The friend request sent in Chapter 15 was not accepted.

Zhou Songyan checked her phone dozens of times that night.

The friend request I sent was not accepted.

He was extremely agitated.

Didn't you see it?

impossible!

How many people don't look at their phones these days? Several hours have passed; he doesn't believe Li Mai hasn't checked his phone.

Li Mai must have seen it and deliberately refused to approve it.

I considered this possibility.

He was so angry that he tossed and turned all night.

What does "Li Mai" mean?

Is she deliberately keeping him hanging, playing hard to get?

Ha, forget it. Did you think he would beg her to add it?

The next day was Monday.

Chengcheng doesn't need to go to kindergarten.

Li Mai got up early to prepare brunch for him and then hurriedly left.

The car is in the repair shop; I still need to catch the subway today.

It rained yesterday, and the roads were flooded.

Li Mai walked carefully, afraid of getting her shoes and trousers dirty.

The morning rush hour in Beijing is terrifying; the subway is so crowded it makes you question your existence.

After getting off the subway and transferring to a bus, the bus was so crowded it made me question my existence.

Arrived at the company.

Li Mai tidied herself up in the elevator.

I'll only feel at ease when I'm sure it's perfect and without any flaws.

The company starts work at 8:30, and Li Mai arrived at her workstation at 8:15.

After arriving in Beijing, the company assigned Ji Wangyu two additional assistants.

Although he was called an assistant, he was actually an informant planted by Chairman Ji.

The Ji family is very complicated.

In previous years, the Ji family did not like Ji Wangyu and placed him in Suzhou, which was a disguised form of exile.

If it weren't for the incident involving Ji Wangyu's elder brother, Chairman Ji would never have allowed Ji Wangyu to return to Beijing.

On the one hand, they wanted Ji Wangyu to help manage the company, but on the other hand, they wanted to control him and guard against him.

Li Mai experienced for the first time just how deep the waters run in the world of the wealthy.

Being born into such a complicated family must have been exhausting.

At 8:25, two assistants came in.

He greeted Li Mai: "Good morning, Secretary Li."

Li Mai smiled faintly: "Good morning."

Ji Wangyu arrived at the company around nine o'clock. As he passed Li Mai's workstation, he tapped on her desk and said, "Notify the project team to hold a meeting."

"Yes, Mr. Ji."

Li Mai stood up and headed towards the project site.

After informing her colleagues in the project department, she returned to organize the materials needed for the meeting and followed Ji Wangyu into the meeting room.

The meeting lasted three hours.

Afterwards, Li Mai followed behind Ji Wangyu and said, "Mr. Ji, Assistant Liu has ordered lunch for you in the lounge. You can go and have your meal now."

Ji Wangyu: "And you? What are you eating?"

Li Mai was slightly taken aback, then realized what she meant and said, "There's still time, I'll go downstairs to the restaurant for a meal."

Ji Wangyu nodded.

Li Mai ate lunch and returned to the Secretariat.

I learned that Ji Wangyu had gone to Rongzheng.

Li Mai was grateful that her boss hadn't asked her to come along.

Although Zhou Songyan helped her a lot yesterday, she didn't want to have too much contact with him.

...

Ji Kun is still hospitalized because he was angered by Ji Yunshan.

Ji Wangyu represented the Ji family at a meeting at Rongzheng, bringing with him three department managers.

Zhou Songyan walked into the conference room, glanced at Ji Wangyu, and when he didn't see the person he wanted to see, his eyes darkened.

The South City Resort is a large enterprise, and many companies with some strength want to get involved.

Today, life or death will be decided.

The representatives from each company were very nervous.

The same goes for Jiwangyu.

This is the first project he's handling since returning to headquarters, and he hopes to win it.

It lasted five hours.

Rongzheng ultimately selected three companies to participate in the South City Resort project.

Among them was the Ji family.

Ji Wangyu's anxiety subsided.

He looked up, and Zhou Songyan strode away from the conference room.

...

Friday arrived.

Li Mai has not yet received a call from Zhou Songyan.

I wonder if her car has been repaired.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Mai called Zhou Songyan during her lunch break.

I called twice but no one answered.

When I get off work.

Zhou Songyan called back.

"What's up?"

A clear, deep voice.

Li Mai had also gotten used to Zhou Songyan's cold and impatient attitude towards her.

"Mr. Zhou, is my car fixed yet?"

"Come to Unit C08, No. 58 Chunfeng Road in a bit."

Li Mai assumed the car was parked there and said, "Okay, I'll be there in a bit."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Songyan hung up the phone.

Li Mai didn't mind and called You Huan: "Senior, are you free later?"

You Huan: "Yes, I've been lying at home all day."

"Could you go pick up Chengcheng for me? My car is fixed, I'll go get it."

"No problem, go ahead, I'll bring Chengcheng to my house."

"Thank you, senior."

No. 58 Chunfeng Road is a bit far.

Taking a taxi is so expensive.

Li Mai took the bus there.

It was an hour and a half later when we arrived there.

When I got off the bus, I saw that the surrounding area was a villa district.

She was a little confused.

After thinking for a while, she guessed that this must be Zhou Songyan's house.

It's possible the repair shop drove her car to Zhou Songyan's house.

Unit 58, c08, has been located.

She rang the doorbell.

Zhou Songyan, dressed in a smoky gray loungewear, opened the door for her.

He seemed a bit more languid, less cold and hard than usual.

Zhou Songyan opened the door for her and then turned to go into the villa.

Li Mai pursed her lips and stepped inside.

The villa is very large.

Li Mai went inside and surveyed the yard. There were two luxury cars parked there, one of which was a Bentley, the one Zhou Songyan often drove.

The other one was a silver Lamborghini sports car, which looked really cool.

Li Mai had never seen such a cool car before.

She was looking for her beat-up car.

Well, compared to Zhou Songyan's, her car really is just a beat-up old car.

Where's her beat-up little car? Where's it parked?

"Mr. Zhou, where did I park my car?"

Zhou Songyan glanced at her, didn't reply, and stepped into the house.

Li Mai pursed her lips, looking somewhat at a loss.

Zhou Songyan seemed unhappy again, with a sour face on his face.

Did she provoke him?

Well, since we're already here, let's get the car first.

Li Mai entered the house.

The villa was empty; Zhou Songyan was nowhere to be found.

She changed her shoes and went inside.

The villa was covered with thick carpets, so that there was not a sound when you stepped on them.

Li Mai called out, "President Zhou."

No one answered.

She stood in the large living room for a while.

Zhou Songyan came down from the second floor.

She was loosely wrapped in a white bathrobe, her hair still wet.

His bathrobe reached just to his knees, revealing his strong, muscular calves. Every step he took felt like stepping on Li Mai's heartbeat.

Li Mai blushed and her heart pounded. Her eyes fell on his face, and she saw water droplets running down his hair and disappearing into his sexy collarbone.

A handsome man emerging from a bath!

Li Mai stammered, "Why...why are you taking a shower?"

She was just wearing her pajamas, and even took a shower after she knew she was coming.

Zhou Songyan stopped and tilted his head to look at her: "Li Mai, what are you thinking? I was just about to take a shower, and I only changed into my pajamas and came downstairs to open the door for you when you arrived."

Li Mai's face turned bright red, and she retorted, "You can wash it later."

"Ha, I'm not feeling well, why should I wait?"

Li Mai: "..."

"Li Mai, you don't think I want to sleep with you, do you?"

Li Mai's face turned even redder.

The voice was very soft: "I didn't."

Zhou Songyan walked up to her.

A strong masculine aura emanated from him, and Li Mai tried to back away, but Zhou Songyan grabbed her chin.

His movements were frivolous.

He turned her face and looked her up and down.

"It's so ordinary, I have absolutely no interest in it!"

Li Mai: "..."

She glared at Zhou Songyan.

You stinky man!

I don't know who it was that kept bothering her five years ago, staying in her bed five days a week.

Several times, he was late for work and had his perfect attendance bonus deducted because he kept bothering her.