I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

This was somewhat unexpected for Zhao Yanan, who then asked, "Do you have a car?"

"Have."

He paused for a moment, then said, "There's a small electric scooter."

"What is a little electric scooter?" Zhao Yanan and Liu Ruyan asked at the same time.

"It's a small electric car."

“Oh…I’ve heard of it.” Zhao Yanan nodded.

Zhao Yanan has a relative who works in the new energy field and has a production line for electric vehicles.

"It's not much money, is it?" Zhao Yanan asked.

"...Actually, it's quite expensive, even though Xu Xiangxiao is the spokesperson."

Chen Ya felt that he and she had absolutely nothing in common.

The sea urchin porridge was served, and the waiter served a bowl to everyone. For a moment, there was silence at the table as everyone drank their porridge.

Zhao Yanan fiddled with her spoon and said in a deep voice, "Do you think that after being with Ruyan, you won't have to work hard for the rest of your life?"

Liu Ruyan was startled.

Chen Ya did say that, but she thought he was just joking.

Zhao Yanan said that, given his temperament, who knows what he might do.

"Sister Ya Nan, he's not that kind of person..."

Zhao Yanan threw the spoon into the bowl and said:

“I don’t know you, but I have to warn you, her father is not as simple as you think. If I tell him about this, no matter what you think, you will suffer a terrible fate.”

Chapter 58 Can We Go Home?

Chen Ya played with his spoon, a leisurely smile on his face, as if he hadn't taken her words to heart at all.

Zhao Yanan leaned over and said, "Let me emphasize again, don't think that just because you have Ru Yan under your thumb, you can act recklessly. There are too many ways to deal with someone like you who has nothing but wants to climb the social ladder."

Chen Ya's laughter became even more mocking.

“After Liu Ruyan spoke with you, you immediately contacted her parents.” He suddenly said, “If this is the trustworthy friend that Liu Ruyan racked her brains to think of, I’m quite disappointed.”

Zhao Yanan suddenly panicked: "N-nothing."

“Ever since you came in, you’ve been constantly adjusting the position of that phone that’s face down on the table. No matter how many dishes are served, you won’t move it under the table,” Chen Ya said. “I suppose you’re on silent, talking to her parents, right?”

Zhao Yanan quickly put the phone on the table back into her pocket.

"Sister Ya Nan, is that so?" Liu Ruyan asked in a muffled voice from the side.

“No,” she said hastily.

Chen Ya's smile was unrestrained as he said, "So, what you just said, was it your idea, or her parents' idea?"

Zhao Yanan remained silent.

"Do you know what I'm laughing at?" he asked, sitting up straight. "From beginning to end, no one except me has cared about what Liu Ruyan is thinking."

"As her friends and family, you care about how much the person who found her earns a month, whether they have a car and a house, and whether they are easy to deal with... but not a single person asked even one question: why did Liu Ruyan want to commit suicide?"

"To put it bluntly, you don't care what she thinks, nor do you care about her emotional distress. In your eyes, she may be a treasure, a work of art, or a key, but she is not a living, breathing person. A person with thoughts, feelings, and an independent personality."

"Under such circumstances, I finally understand why she wanted to jump into the lake at that time."

Liu Ruyan sat there blankly, her mouth agape.

Zhao Yanan was somewhat suffocated by what he was saying. After a while, she was about to say something when Chen Ya interrupted her again.

"You guessed one thing right: I've had my eye on Liu Ruyan from the moment she got off the bus."

"She was wearing clothes worth 58,000 yuan from the Shivani boutique, and even her socks were free gifts from the Yifanxi membership. Yet, she wandered around the crowded place penniless, completely unaware that she was being watched by several people."

Liu Ruyan's face suddenly turned pale.

Chen Ya continued, "You probably can't imagine, but Yuehu Park isn't exactly a 2% safe place either. She walked around the park, and at least two habitual thieves and a former convict were watching her."

“I followed her all the way, and before she could sit down on a bench in a blind spot of the surveillance camera, I sat down in front of her and forced her to sit on another bench under a surveillance camera. Then I stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning, and this silly girl actually fell asleep in my arms.”

"After further observation, I concluded that she had absolutely no ability to survive in the wild."

Chen Ya shook his head and said, "No, actually, survival skills are secondary. The main problem is that she has only a pretty face but no self. She's like a beautiful vase."

"If this is what you want, then I have nothing to say. Perhaps I am too arrogant and cannot accept this kind of training method from an aesthetic point of view."

“There’s one more thing, you’ve misunderstood me a bit,” Chen Ya spread his hands. “I’ve never forbidden her from doing anything, including now that you’ve taken her back. So, you can take her back now.”

He took a tissue, wiped his mouth clean, stood up and said, "Anyway, these past few days have been very interesting and relieved my boredom during my single period. Thank you for the treat, goodbye."

After saying that, he got up and left.

Only two women remained, sitting side by side in the same spot.

As Chen Ya walked out of the hotel, the sound of his high heels on the ground was like a series of ellipses, followed by a fragrant breeze. He turned around, and Liu Ruyan bumped into him.

She covered her forehead, crying out "It hurts!" and rubbed it for a while before looking up and saying:

Why did you leave me there all alone?

"Huh? Why are you still following me?"

Liu Ruyan held onto his shoulder and lifted her leg to adjust her high heels:

"I'm your nanny. Although I'm just a pretty face, I'm quite serious about my job."

After saying that, she straightened up, smiled sweetly at him, and said, "Didn't you not forbid me from doing anything? Can we go home now?"

Under the moonlight, her dress shimmered just as brightly as she did.

……

Zhao Yanan is already in the manager's office at the Regent Hotel.

Did you take a picture of the license plate number?

"It's been photographed."

The manager held out his phone. On the screen, Chen Ya and Liu Ruyan were getting into a taxi, and the license plate number on the back of the taxi was clearly visible.

"Contact them and see if you know anyone at a taxi company. Once they arrive, call them and ask for the address," Zhao Yanan ordered.

Then she asked the waiter next to her, "Have the photos been taken yet?"

"It's already been sent to the manager."

Zhao Yanan fiddled with her phone screen. There were several secretly taken photos in her WeChat. She picked out the one with the clearest face and forwarded it to herself.

"If we could find his phone address, we wouldn't have gone through all this trouble." Zhao Yanan was a little annoyed. "I'll post the photo in the group later, and we'll eventually find out who he is through online investigation."

Just then, a commotion broke out outside the door, and then the office door was violently pushed open, revealing two incredibly tall men standing before her.

A man with a crew cut walking ahead pulled out an ID card and flung it in front of Zhao Yanan. Zhao Yanan caught a glimpse of the small print on it and gasped.

That was the department she least wanted to encounter.

“We have a case to handle. Come with us,” the man said coldly.

“Okay.” Zhao Yanan complied.

She knew that only by being honest and obedient could she avoid trouble in front of this department.

"Take out your phone."

Zhao Yanan obediently handed over her phone. When the man saw Chen Ya's photo on the screen, his eyebrows furrowed like steel bars.

Who took the photo?

The room fell silent instantly. Another man stood in the doorway and locked it, making it clear that no one was going to get out.

The waiter, bewildered, raised his hand: "Yes, it's me."

The man took the phone, glanced at it with a frown, and then put it in his pocket.

“You come with me. And you, and everyone else in the room, come with us.”

Zhao Yanan walked out of the door in a daze, only to find that there were seven or eight people guarding the door.

She suddenly noticed that one of them had his coat open, revealing half of a gun butt.

Chapter 59 Don't Mess with People You Shouldn't Mess With

At first, Zhao Yanan didn't feel anything.

She believes that she has never done anything illegal or disorderly, and even if the people in this department contact her, it is only to ask her to assist in the investigation.

It wasn't until she saw the men with guns outside the door that she realized things weren't as simple as she had imagined.

She, along with the Regent Hotel manager and several waiters, were led downstairs and put into inconspicuous vans, which drove them to a small building far from the city center.

Throughout the journey, Zhao Yanan was in a state of constant anxiety and unease.

She dug out everything she had done in recent years from her memories and meticulously reviewed it.

There was no reason why I needed to be taken away by the people in this department.

The only thing she did that was a little outrageous was that she asked someone to use their connections to investigate Chen Ya, who had abducted Liu Ruyan.

Chen Ya isn't some big shot, so how could her investigation of the other party have such serious consequences?

She'd investigated many mid-level officials before, but she'd never seen anything like this before!

"Go in," the man behind him said in a deep but unyielding voice.

Zhao Yanan was led to a small, private room. After sitting down, she became even more nervous.

This room is obviously used for interrogating prisoners.

The seat was uncomfortable, the light shining directly on her face was also glaring and uncomfortable, and the people sitting directly opposite her took turns staring at her, making her even more uncomfortable.

"Could you please give me back my phone? I need to make a call," Zhao Yanan said. "There must be some misunderstanding here."

A man with a buzz cut and a fierce face, sitting in the middle, said, "You still want your phone here? Do you even know where you are?"

"I...I don't know..." Zhao Yanan's body trembled like a leaf, not only from nervousness but also from a hidden anger.

She had never been treated like this before.

A kind-looking middle-aged man sitting next to me, drinking tea, smiled and said:

"Don't scare her. Comrade Zhao Yanan, we've come to you to ask you about some things. Please don't be nervous."

Zhao Yanan calmed down a bit and said, "You don't have an arrest warrant, so you can't bring me here. My family is a major taxpayer, and my father is an outstanding entrepreneur. You can't treat me like this."

"Oh!"

The fierce-looking man slammed his fist on the table, almost making the teacups on it jump.

"What arrest warrant? What major taxpayer? We suspect you of colluding with external forces and attempting to endanger our country's security! We hope you will honestly confess your crimes and not take any chances!"

Another woman's voice said menacingly, "Don't tell me your father is an outstanding entrepreneur. Our colleagues are already on their way to take him into custody. He'll be brought back for questioning soon. Forget about an arrest warrant; if you refuse to cooperate, you could be locked up for several years."

Zhao Yanan was startled.

What she thought about most was violating other citizens' privacy. How could that be related to colluding with external forces?

Suddenly, she couldn't even speak.

"I...I didn't do anything! I really didn't do anything!"

The kind-faced man calmly raised his phone, showed her Chen Ya's photo on the screen, and slowly said:

"You're investigating this person, right?"

"Tell me your motives. Why do you want to investigate him?"

Zhao Yanan was extremely surprised.

"My best friend was kidnapped by him. What's wrong with me investigating him?"

The people sitting in the front exchanged glances.

Judging from their expressions, they seemed to want to laugh, but couldn't.