Chen Yiran’s phone vibrated. Li Linlin hurriedly took it out from his suit pocket and saw the words ‘Wu Mian’ on the screen.

It’s Assistant Wu.

The phone was still vibrating in her hand so Li Linlin pressed the answer button. Covering her mouth, she said with lowered voice, “Assistant Wu, President Chen just fell asleep.”

Assistant Wu was taken aback for a moment. Chen Yiran hadn’t slept well in the past few days. He knew it better than anyone else. Although he didn’t know why President Chen was sleeping in the ward, he secretly hoped that he could sleep a little longer.

“Do you have something important to report to him? Do you need me to wake him up?” Li Linlin asked Assistant Wu in a whisper.

Assistant Wu thought for a while and told her, “It’s alright. Let President Chen sleep for a while. I’ll call back in twenty minutes.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin nodded thoughtfully. “Hasn’t he been sleeping lately?”

“Yeah, even a person made of iron can’t go on like this.” When Assistant Wu said this, he became worried about the physical condition of their president again. He knew about Chen Yiran secretly taking medicine.

“Then I’ll hang up first and let him sleep for twenty minutes.”

Li Linlin was about to hang up the phone but unexpectedly, Assistant Wu called out to her on the other end, “Wait a minute, Miss Li, there’s something……”

Assistant Wu hesitated, as if it was difficult for him to speak. Li Linlin glanced at Chen Yiran, who was sleeping on the hospital bed, and whispered to the other person, “Assistant Wu, if you have anything to say, just say it.”

After hesitating for a moment, Assistant Wu said, “It’s like this, President Chen went abroad secretly this time and even a lot of executives in the company didn’t know about it. Guen and his people got the news so quickly. Did you accidentally leak something to them?”

Li Linlin was stunned for a moment and quickly reacted. No wonder Guen kept mentioning Chen Yiran that day. It turned out that he just wanted to get news about Chen Yiran from her. Although she didn’t directly tell him Chen Yiran’s whereabouts, when he asked about the dog, she said that a friend was away so he left it to her.

A cunning villain like Guen could definitely figure it out from just those few words.

Li Linlin pursed her lips and told Assistant Wu, “I’m sorry, it seems I accidentally slipped up.”

Assistant Wu said, “I don’t mean to blame you, but in the future, Miss Li shouldn’t casually mention President Chen’s matters to others. There are too many people staring at President Chen and you don’t know what the other person’s purpose is.”

“I understand. “

“Then I’m hanging up now and call back in twenty minutes.”

“Okay.”

After the call ended, she glanced at the sleeping Chen Yiran and put the phone back into his suit pocket.

Chen Yiran woke up on his own ten minutes after Assistant Wu’s call. When Li Linlin saw him waking up, she was a little surprised. “You woke up so soon?”

“Mm……” Chen Yiran was also surprised that he had fallen asleep. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“I wanted to, but you said you’re exhausted and then you started snoring afterwards.”

Chen Yiran: “……”

No, he doesn’t snore.

He straightened his messed up hair and the sleepiness from earlier disappeared without a trace. Li Linlin thought that he had too many things on his mind and didn’t even dare to sleep. “Assistant Wu called you when you were asleep. He said he would call back later.”

“En.” Chen Yiran nodded and took out his phone to take a look.

Li Linlin looked at him and said, “It seems I have accidentally revealed the news of you leaving the country to Guen. Oh, I think I’ve mentioned it in the chat group with Madam Qiu as well. I won’t say anything again in the future.”

Chen Yiran’s movements paused. He raised his head to look at Li Linlin. “Did Assistant Wu tell you something?”

“No.” Li Linlin shook her head and didn’t look at him again. “You should hurry and call him back.”

Chen Yiran looked at her for a while longer before he stood up from the bedside and said, “I’m going out to do some work. Will you be fine here alone?”

“Why won’t I be? I’m not a child, and I’m not so injured that I can’t take care of myself.”

Chen Yiran stood in place for a while, and then added, “I’ll come back after I finished handling things. What do you want to eat? I’ll bring it for you.”

Li Linlin said in a weak tone, “The doctor said I can’t eat.”

Chen Yiran was silent for a moment. He raised his hand to rub Li Linlin’s head, then turned around and walked out.

Assistant Wu’s car was waiting for him outside. After Chen Yiran got in the car, he didn’t wait for Assistant Wu to report to him. He asked first, “What did you say to Linlin?”

“……” Assistant Wu answered, “I just reminded her a little……”

“Remind her of what?” Chen Yiran’s voice clearly sounded unhappy. “Are you blaming her?”

“No, President Chen.” He didn’t dare. “It’s not what I meant, I just—”

“Just what? Even if Linlin did something, I’ll talk to her myself.” Chen Yiran interrupted him. “I don’t want this to happen a second time.”

“……Yes, I got it.” He had overstepped his bounds.

But President Chen’s way of protecting another’s shortcoming was a little too obvious. He had never seen him be so partial to anyone before.

After discussing Li Linlin’s matter, the two talked about work. Chen Yiran went directly to Xinchen to find Guen, who was having a meeting in the conference room.

“President Chen, you really can’t go in.”

Guen’s secretary wanted to stop him, but she didn’t dare do so forcefully, so she could only watch Chen Yiran break into the conference room. Everyone inside turned towards the door and saw that Chen Yiran had barged in with his people, and they all looked shocked.

Guen was also a little surprised. He had seen Chen Yiran on the dating show before and guessed that his relationship with Li Linlin mustn’t be simple, but he never expected that he would directly bring people to their company.

The other party never did things like this before.

Guen waved to his secretary and signaled her to go out. He then looked at Chen Yiran with a cold expression. “What brings you here, President? This is unlike your usual style of conduct.”

Chen Yiran glanced at him and corner of his mouth curled up without any warmth. “What style do I have? Am I usually too gentlemanly, making you all think I have no temper?”

Guen laughed inwardly. With Chen Yiran’s methods, who would think that he had no temper?

“What’s this about, President Chen?”

“I’m here to remind you not to cross the line.” Chen Yiran said expressionlessly. “Business matters should be settled in the business field. Don’t test my bottom line.”

Guen was surprised. Chen Yiran came so aggressively today, obviously because of Li Linlin. He made no secret of his care for Li Linlin and showed them his bottom line. Was he blinded by anger?

No, he was giving them a warning. Li Linlin’s significance to him couldn’t be hidden, so it’s unnecessary to cover it up. Chen Yiran was warning him that he could use other means but he shouldn’t touch Li Linlin, otherwise Chen Yiran could do anything.

“President Chen, I think you’ve misunderstood something.” Guen didn’t want to confront him head-on as they wouldn’t gain anything. “Miss Li’s car accident has nothing to do with me. Don’t look at me like that, I’m also a person who has bottom line.”

Chen Yiran scoffed. He stared at the other person and said, “You better be.”

After he was done speaking, he led his people out of Xinchen’s office. As soon as he left, the people in the office started talking in whispers. A man came up to Guen and asked him in a low voice, “Boss, was it really not you who did it?”

“Of course not.” Guen glared at the man. He had thought about using Li Linlin to get Chen Yiran back to the country, but he was planning to show intimacy with Li Linlin to stimulate Chen Yiran, and when Chen Yiran saw him appearing next to Li Linlin, he would naturally be unable to sit still.

The car accident was really Miss Li’s bad luck.

Fortunately, he didn’t really touch Li Linlin. Although they and Huachuang were competitors, he didn’t want to cause a fight with Chen Yiran.

———pr

Chen Yiran left and went back to the company for a meeting before going to the hospital again in the evening. He had arranged bodyguards at the hospital to ensure Li Linlin’s safety. Several paparazzi who tried to sneak into the hospital were kicked out by them.

When Chen Yiran came, he brought Li Linlin porridge from Tianxiaju, which was a light food. He didn’t think the doctor would stop it. In addition, he also brought Li Linlin’s books.

Although Li Linlin said that she would review in the hospital, she didn’t expect Chen Yiran to be so active.

“……Thank you very much, President Chen.” Li Linlin looked at the pile of books next to her and took a sip of the porridge in the bowl.

Chen Yiran sat beside the hospital bed and watched her eat. “The matter between me and Guen has nothing to do with you. Even without you, Guen can still find out my whereabouts from somewhere else. It’s just a matter of time.”

Li Linlin’s hand holding the spoon paused for a moment and then responded as if it was nothing, “Oh.”

Chen Yiran’s mouth moved slightly but he said no more.

“Oh, by the way, I saw Xiao Xi and Xiaoxiao this afternoon. They’re both my assistants so you have no right to fire them.”

Chen Yiran was stunned for a moment. “When did I say I would fire them?

“Do you still have to say it yourself?” Li Linlin raised her eyes and looked at him. “You’re so notorious that you don’t even need to open your mouth.”

Chen Yiran: “……”

The ward was quiet for a while. Chen Yiran coughed lightly and called out, “Linlin.”

“What?” Li Linlin ate the porridge without even raising her head.

Chen Yiran said, “When you’re discharged from the hospital, let’s go and fetch Xiao Chaichai together.”

Li Linlin pondered about it. Xiao Chaichai was at home and it was really difficult for Chen Yiran to go there alone. Judging from her father’s attitude towards Chen Yiran today, he would probably get kicked out by her father. “Alright.”

“Xiao Chaichai will also have to get vaccinated. By how timid she is, she’ll probably need your help then too.”

“……Fine.” For Xiao Chaichai’s sake.

A smile finally surfaced in Chen Yiran’s eyes.

“By the way, I have something to ask you.” Li Linlin suddenly put down the spoon and turned to Chen Yiran.

“Tell me.” Chen Yiran looked like he wouldn’t hide anything.

Li Linlin said, “Why does my father seem to hate you so much? How did you offend him?”

“……” Chen Yiran pursed his lips tightly and only spoke after some time had passed, “He knows about me rejecting you before.”

“……” Alright, there’s no need to ask. It must be that traitor Wu Hui’er who told him!

“Then what happened?” Li Linlin looked at him and asked, “Did he say something to you?”

Li Linlin could probably guess what was in her father’s mind. She never expected that between her and Chen Yiran, Chen Yiran was the one who would be told, ‘I’ll give you five million, leave my daughter’.