Chapter 81
Unfortunately, Xu Wanyi didn't let her succeed this time. She used a little force to hold down her restless head. "Not today. I have something important to tell you."
Li Ye's face fell. "What important business do I have? This is my important business."
"Stop joking around, let's deal with what's in front of us first. There'll be plenty of time later. Or are you planning to go somewhere else?" Chairman Xu used a feigned retreat to successfully remove Li Ye, this persistent nuisance, from his grasp.
After Li Ye got up, Xu Wanyi realized that her current posture was really a bit embarrassing and made people's hearts race.
"You... really are?"
"You don't like it? You do like it?" Li Ye grinned mischievously. "Next time, come here again. Your car is bigger than mine."
"Get up quickly, I need to get dressed." Xu Wanyi quickly interrupted her. This person is really shameless as she gets older. You never know what she'll say next.
By the time the two were truly standing in their "home," night had completely fallen. Unusually, a semi-circular moon hung high in the sky, its silvery light illuminating the entire room.
Li Ye put the things on the table, went to the balcony to close the door, and the moonlight shone through the branches onto her, making her slender figure appear even thinner. Xu Wanyi felt a pang of sadness, not knowing whether it was because she felt sorry for Li Ye or because the pain buried deep in her heart for so many years was surging up. She quickly walked to Li Ye and hugged her with all her might, as if she wanted to squeeze Li Ye into her own bones and blood, so that they could never be separated.
"Don't talk, let me hold you for a while."
Li Ye held Xu Wanyi in her arms and kissed the top of her head. No matter how hard she tried or how many tears she shed, all she wanted to do at that moment was give Xu Wanyi a firm and warm embrace.
"I went to see Cen Ruotian." After some time, Xu Wanyi finally calmed down, and the two went to the study and sat on the single sofa in front of the bookshelf.
"Hmm? How did you find her?" Li Ye frowned, quite surprised. She hadn't told anyone about Cen Ruotian's situation. "Wan Yi, you'd better... not have any contact with her."
"Don't worry about how I found her. If something like this happens again, you must tell me."
Li Ye paused and didn't dare to speak, thinking to himself, "Didn't you tell me to maintain a lawyer-client relationship with you back then?"
"Times have changed, but you still have to listen to me." Xu Wanyi glanced at him and knew what Li Ye was thinking. After everything she had been through, she had figured some things out. There might be some problems with her mother, but she would definitely find a way to get her mother to agree. Because this time, she didn't want to lose Li Ye again.
Why did they let you go home so quickly?
“I explained how I discovered the problem with that company in Yuzhou. From my own perspective, you know that lawyers often discover company problems through internal investigations and external information.”
After a pause, Li Ye continued, "However, if we dig deeper, we will still find problems, so I think they haven't fully grasped the situation on Tian Zong's side yet, and they don't want to alert the enemy by talking to me."
Xu Wanyi listened without speaking. At this moment, the moon seemed to have hidden behind the clouds. The moonlight that had been shining everywhere just now suddenly disappeared. Only the floor lamp next to the single sofa cast a yellow glow on the floor, giving each piece of furniture and object in the study its own shadow and color.
“I went to see He Yuanli, and he said you ‘already have wet feet.’” Xu Wanyi frowned slightly. She had thought that Li Ye’s return would bring some good news, but it seemed that her return itself was good news, and the future was not optimistic.
Li Ye was taken aback. In just a few days, Xu Wanyi had not only found out about President Tian, but also Professor He. It seemed that if she really wanted to find out what he had done in the past ten years, it would be a piece of cake.
"What are you thinking? Are you thinking it's easy for me to bring up your past? That's true, but you'd better not have done anything to wrong me in the last ten years, or you'll be in for a world of hurt."
"Uh, no, I was just thinking, Professor He is one thing, but Cen Ruotian was also found so easily. Are my things that obvious? If you can find them so easily, then the investigation team could find them even with their eyes closed."
Xu Wanyi blushed as she recalled how she found Cen Ruotian. "Well, not really. Finding Cen Ruotian was mostly due to luck. I think it would be difficult for others to find him, so you don't need to worry about that."
Li Ye was momentarily stunned. She had no idea that Xu Wanyi had turned her bedroom upside down, nor did she realize that the little trinket she had unintentionally left behind, a testament to their past, contained such important information.
"What else did Cen Ruotian say to you?"
"She gave me some information about that Director Lin." Xu Wanyi walked to the desk, took a folder from the drawer, and handed it to Li Ye.
Li Ye opened the folder, took out the documents inside, and carefully looked at them page by page. The documents contained transfer records to Director Lin and his relatives and friends, including records of various expenses paid to his son who was far away in the United States, as well as proof of the relationships between these people, and even phone records of Director Lin accepting money to arrange jobs for people.
"She gave this to you?" Li Ye looked at Xu Wanyi in confusion. This thing must have been kept by Cen Ruotian for his own life-saving purposes. Why would he give it to someone else so easily?
"She probably has others, but I think the important parts are all here."
"What are the conditions?" Li Ye was a little unsure. She knew that Cen Ruotian was the kind of person who wouldn't get up early without a profit, and he would never easily give these things to Xu Wanyi.
“One hundred million, plus all her sister’s expenses for the rest of her life.” Xu Wanyi held up one finger.
“Yes, that’s definitely Cen Ruotian’s style.” Li Ye’s expression was somewhat unnatural. In the dim light, Xu Wanyi did not notice her abnormality.
“She’s smart. She knows she’ll find out about me soon. Rather than trying to figure it out later or risking everything, she’s better to plan ahead.” Xu Wanyi took the folder from Li Ye and put it back in the drawer.
“Yes, although the current choice is not the best solution, at least her sister is safe. If she can return the stolen goods, she might be released in a few years.” Li Ye stood up, walked to Xu Wanyi’s side, and gently hugged her.
"That was your original plan too?" Xu Wanyi said softly, holding her hand.
"Uh, well, I didn't think that much about it at the time..."
"Aren't you afraid that by the time you get out, I'll already be married?"
"Ah, well, I'm scared too, but..."
"But what? You don't care, or you think I can never let you go in this lifetime?"
This was a real death question. Li Ye touched his nose and stammered for a long time without being able to say anything coherent. He simply buried his head in Xu Wanyi's neck and started acting like a hooligan.
"Take a day off at home tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, contact the investigation team and talk to them. Use these things as an exchange. Their target wasn't you to begin with. I won't teach you the specifics of how to negotiate; you're much better at it than I am." Xu Wanyi pressed down on her short hair that was sticking out of her neck in annoyance.
"Yeah, I'll go the day after tomorrow, but I'm so sleepy right now, I need my wife to sleep with me." Li Ye shook off the bad thoughts and emotions that had just appeared in his mind and suddenly started to act coquettishly.
Xu Wanyi rarely saw Li Ye like this. When she was young, she was very stubborn and would never back down, let alone act coquettishly. After their reunion, she became a bit gentler, but when she was not working, she always had a carefree and easygoing attitude.
For some reason, upon hearing Li Ye's deep, muffled voice, a warm feeling suddenly welled up inside her, filling her heart as if it had materialized. "Yes, let's go rest."
Before dawn the next day, Xu Wanyi woke up to find herself being held in Li Ye's arms, his long arms completely encircling her, his chin resting against her ear, his warm breath on her—Li Ye was sleeping soundly, showing no signs of waking up.
Xu Wanyi turned over and faced Li Ye. She was slightly frowning, her long eyelashes fluttering from time to time, like a child. As she looked at him, Xu Wanyi suddenly felt that she was really a pervert.
She knew from a young age that she didn't like men, but she didn't think she liked women either. Until many years ago, when she first saw Li Ye, she was captivated. Li Ye was certainly not a typical woman, but he was not manly at all. He was handsome and elegant, with extremely bright eyes that made her unable to look away. She followed him like a moth to a flame. After getting to know him, she found that his personality was also very peculiar. He had a strong and tough side, but also many characteristics of a little girl. In short, it was impossible to describe this complex combination in words.
Overwhelmed with emotion at having lost it and regained it, Xu Wanyi couldn't help but gently pat her lips twice.
"Good morning~~" Li Ye was awakened by the light kiss. "The greatest joy in life is being woken up by a princess's kiss in the morning."
"You haven't even opened your eyes yet, and you're already spouting nonsense." Xu Wanyi scolded with a laugh, "Sleep a little longer, it's only six o'clock. I'll get up and arrange things at the company. Let's stay home today and not go anywhere, okay?"
Li Ye rolled over and hugged Xu Wanyi again. "Okay, I'll do whatever Chairman Xu says."
Xu Wanyi looked up and gave her another kiss. After lingering in bed for so long, she finally got up and left the bed. After a quick wash, she went into the study and began assigning tasks to the heads of various departments within the group. Poor bosses, when they woke up, they would find a mountain of work waiting for them. A beautiful day would begin with them working like slaves.
After Xu Wanyi left, Li Ye suddenly opened her eyes. Too many things had happened recently, and once she woke up, she couldn't fall back asleep. She looked at the dark sky outside, stared at the ceiling, and silently thought about everything. A trace of worry flashed through her mind. The investigation team was certainly not easy to deal with, but the Cen sisters were even more difficult to handle. She felt that she was not fully prepared.
That's how people are; they know they can do the impossible, but when they know they can do it, they hesitate and shrink back.
Thinking of this, Li Ye couldn't help but sigh. He touched the pillow that still held Xu Wanyi's warmth and fragrance, and pulled himself together, saying, "Remember what you told yourself. You're not the naive young man you were ten years ago. You have to face what you have to face bravely. Running away won't solve anything. This time, no matter what happens, you can't let go of Xu Wanyi's hand again!"
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