Aren't we friends? Why are you rushing at me?

Xing Li listened to Shen Zhixiao's idea and raised her head somewhat awkwardly.

Now she's starting to wonder if she's prescribing too strong medication, and if Mr. Shen sometimes takes his medication too "aggressively," which might have made him stupid.

Just as I was about to gently advise President Shen not to keep jumping around in the minefield of pressuring him to get married, and to find another reasonable excuse if I wanted to help him, I was about to...

Shen Zhixiao waved his hand, indicating that he had regained his senses first:

"Never mind, Lin Shi knows about my family's situation."

"Those bastards surnamed Shen couldn't wait for me to disappear from the world so they could rightfully divide up the family fortune. They would never pressure me to get married."

"Now that they're all in jail, they have no time to urge me to get married?"

She gave a disdainful sneer and looked down to scan the text message sent by her subordinate again.

With a light tap of his fingertip, he replied with two words: "Understood."

Outside the door, the subordinates, who were still attentively listening to the conversation in the office, saw the screen light up.

Seeing that Shen Zhixiao chose to believe his edits, I finally felt relieved.

I helped Lin Shi live another day, and my merit points increased by another 12306.

As the conversation inside the room drew to a close, he swiftly stuffed his expensive listening equipment into a concealed package at the end of the corridor with the speed of a special forces soldier making an evacuation.

Then he straightened his suit, put on a poker face that said "I didn't do anything," and knocked heavily on the door.

"Enter!"

Natsuno's somewhat unconventional voice pierced through the door and came out.

The subordinate and Li Wei exchanged a glance, and the two pushed open the door and entered with perfect understanding.

"Did you two come to any conclusions from your discussion?"

The subordinate spoke first, his eyes filled with curiosity, his body subtly blocking the doorway.

It was as if to say, "If you can't give me a reasonable excuse, I might not be able to let you leave the room in a very pleasant way."

Li Wei, standing to the side, watched his pretentious posture, and the corner of her mouth twitched subtly.

If she hadn't seen her subordinates' professional equipment, she might have thought they were completely clueless.

He kept thinking to himself: his subordinate shouldn't be a secretary, she should be an actress. She would definitely become a huge star.

Despite her complaints, Li Wei ultimately didn't expose the truth.

After all, she didn't have a headset to hear what was going on inside.

More important than the performance of his subordinates is extracting information from the two men in the chairs.

"That's about it."

Liu Ruyan had completely recovered from her previous state.

He stood up from his chair, yawned, and casually glanced at the two people in the doorway:

"You two can talk to Natsuno about the rest. I need to go downstairs and check on my house..."

"Cough! Cough cough cough!"

Before Liu Ruyan could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a deafening cough.

Looking back, I saw Natsuno with a slight frown, giving me a frantic "Are you crazy?" look.

Liu Ruyan instantly realized what was happening, and swallowed back the words "my Lin Shi" that were on the tip of her tongue, letting out an awkward chuckle.

There's no way around it; today, thanks to my boyfriend's request, I finally got to call him the name I've always wanted to use. Now, I can't seem to get rid of it all at once.

She forced herself to calm down, offered no further explanation, and walked towards the door.

Her steps were somewhat hurried, whether from the awkwardness just now or from wanting to see her beloved as soon as possible.

Watching Liu Ruyan's departing figure, her subordinates didn't stop her, but silently pulled out a swivel chair and sat down opposite Xia Ye.

Even though they already know all the information, they still have to finish the act and not let the two of them become suspicious.

"Ms. Xia, could you please explain what happened today?"

Li Wei stood to the side with her arms crossed. Although she knew that what Xia Ye was talking about was definitely the officially censored version, there was nothing she could do; this was all she had now.

All we can do is look back and see if we can extract some key information from it.

Despite facing two scrutinizing gazes, Xia Ye remained calm and composed. He casually took an unopened bottle of cola from the small refrigerator next to his office, opened it, and took a sip.

Then, with a serious expression, he began to ramble on:

"Alright, since you've asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you."

"To prevent the world from being destroyed, to safeguard world peace."

"Miss Xia!!!"

Listening to Xia Ye's nonsense, Li Wei couldn't help but interrupt. She genuinely needed information to fill in the gaps in her understanding of the situation.

Xia Ye pursed his lips as he listened to Li Wei's voice. What she just said wasn't a lie; she truly meant to prevent the world from being destroyed.

He took another sip of cola and continued speaking:

"One of the Liu family members is coming to see their daughter in a week."

"You all know they're always dealing with the 'wind direction' and people; they have a very sharp eye. They've been trying to find Ruyan a capable son-in-law who will live with her family."

"So Ruyan had to have Lin Shi pretend to be her boyfriend. Today is also to cultivate their relationship in advance and prevent them from being exposed."

The subordinate nodded in agreement as he listened to Natsuno's explanation. He looked at Natsuno with some approval.

The two of them had similar ideas, and they made slight modifications to the story background and plan.

Li Wei frowned as she listened. She knew there was some exaggeration involved, but she didn't know exactly where the changes had been made.

Or we could apply to the higher-ups to get a few listening devices.

........

Down in the lobby, Lin Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Liu Ruyan walk down unharmed.

She turned to look at Li Xuan, who had been greeting her since the beginning, and replied with a sentence.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan's face broke into a bright smile.

"Mr. Lin, to be honest, why don't you come work for my trucking team?"

"No matter what conditions Natsuno offers you, I'll offer double."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xuan quickly shook his head, rejecting his previous idea.

"No, no, no, triple! I'll open triple!"

As Lin Shi listened to Li Xuan's request, he suddenly remembered the contract Xia Ye had given him.

The first rule is 50% of your future wealth.

If the amount triples, wouldn't it mean I have to give you all my assets first, and then borrow some more?

Just as he was about to refuse, Liu Ruyan quickly walked behind Li Xuan.

A small, delicate hand was placed on his head, its veins bulging.

He lowered his head and threatened Li Xuan:

"I'll count to three, and if you don't disappear from my sight by then, I promise I'll make you happy."

Lin Shi didn't hear what Liu Ruyan said clearly, but then he saw Li Xuan's face suddenly turn pale and his whole body begin to tremble, just like when he saw him come downstairs.

Two seconds later, Li Xuan disappeared from the restaurant.

Lin Shi and Liu Ruyan returned to the state they were in when they first arrived at the restaurant.

"Like smoke".

Lin Shi spoke, then quickly turned around to check if any of the "guests'" plates had fallen.

Only after seeing that everything around him had quieted down did he continue speaking:

"Is the issue upstairs resolved?"

He didn't ask what the specifics were, but only whether the matter had been resolved. This was also a clever tactic he used to get a promotion and a raise.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan nodded without offering any further explanation.

We can't exactly say that everyone in this restaurant, except for the two of us who are customers, is a "spy," can we?

The two finished their dinner in a relatively calm manner. Liu Ruyan ultimately did not engage in any post-dinner exercise and was driven home by Lin Shi, accompanied by a group of cars.