Chapter 719: Chapter 95: Date Schedule
This kind of situation is very common. Whether it’s people who are looking for another job while still working or those fearing being fired and looking for an exit strategy, they often search for the next job before they quit. But usually, they do it outside of working hours, so the company doesn’t find out. However, time is fixed every day, and for some people who don’t have enough time, they naturally compress their original working hours. For example, authors on Qidian, when their old books are about to end, tend to slow down updates to save some time for preparing their new books.
According to Yurong’s analysis, she feels that Li Yan is like a Qidian author preparing a new book. However, she can’t verify it, nor does she want to persuade him, to avoid accelerating his departure. She can only continue waiting, waiting...
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Luo Ling continues to find ways to develop implant advertising clients, while Bai Jie, the next day, Li Yan contacts Qiao Pan to see if there’s any undecided, suitable supporting role for her, to help her get added in.
As for Bai Jie, whether she’s really Li Yan’s classmate or has slept with him, Qiao Pan doesn’t care. He will give her a role due to Li Yan’s face, even if there are none.
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Today is the 24th, and tomorrow is Christmas. Li Yan is not in the office again, but since this afternoon, his phone has been ringing one after another.
First was Huang Ying. After Li Yan talked to her that night, she really started doing it. Occasionally, at night, she would send Li Yan a message with words she couldn’t say in person, but it was simple—just the two words "miss you." Sometimes when work didn’t go well and stress mounted, she’d send these two words to Li Yan, and Li Yan generally would reply with something even more affectionate.
Girls are always sensitive. Although Li Yan never said anything, she felt he likely has an official girlfriend elsewhere. So thinking about Christmas over the weekend, she decided she shouldn’t disturb him. But if she didn’t reach out, it would seem like she didn’t care about him at all. So this afternoon, she rarely made a call to Li Yan, hesitantly asking if he was free that evening and if he wanted to come to her place for dinner?
Li Yan thought about it. If there was work, it would be tomorrow evening. He was free tonight. Besides, it had been some time since he was with her. She completely followed his arrangements, leaving a company with good benefits for a place with much worse conditions to restart. Her frail shoulders bear a lot of pressure. So he quickly agreed, but instead of going to Huang Ying’s place for dinner, he told her to wait and that he would take her out for dinner that night.
The second call was from Hai Fu; she bluntly asked, "Why aren’t you at the company? What are you sneakily up to lately?"
Li Yan couldn’t explain this, but he guessed, so he could only say, "Busy with work, what else could it be? Since the film company just opened, I, being a half-baked manager, must work twice as hard."
"As if I’d believe you!" Hai Fu didn’t trust his bragging but didn’t press for what he was up to, instead changing the topic, "What’s the date tomorrow? Do you know?"
"What date?" Li Yan paused, could it be some anniversary? We’ve only known each other for less than a year, how many months?
"Tomorrow is the 25th, Christmas!"
Li Yan felt a bit dizzy; he thought it was something more. But it was just Christmas. "Oh, what a coincidence, this year’s Christmas is on the 25th again."
"..." With a hint of jealousy, Hai Fu said, "I suppose you have a date for Christmas, and I, being the underground lover, have no right to occupy your prime time."
Li Yan felt touched; indeed, Hai Fu is considerate and sensible! "Actually, I have no date, but tomorrow I do have something important. This Western holiday isn’t a big deal!"
"Since it’s tomorrow you’re busy, what about tonight? Considering I’m all alone, can you keep me company tonight?" Hai Fu was calling from the office, but on the phone with Li Yan, she didn’t show any of the strong presence she had as the boss. Instead, she had a hint of a little woman’s grievance.
"Sure, I’ll be with you tonight!" Hearing his woman say this, Li Yan felt a pang of heartache and quickly agreed.
"You! Always joking..." Hai Fu gently chided.
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Before he realized it, a third call came in!
"President Wen, you’re a busy person. How come you have time to call me today?" Seeing it was a call from Wen Qianyi, Li Yan teased, smiling. In front of her, he felt at ease.
Wen Qianyi laughed even more sweetly, "Oh, Brother Yan, aren’t you jesting? Now that your wings have grown, you’re not willing to bother with your old partner."
During this time, Li Yan was busy and planned to look for her on her birthday, so he hadn’t gone to the business department to see her or eaten, drunk, and connected with her. Hearing what she said, he knew she implied he hadn’t been in contact. He awkwardly chuckled, "Qianyi, aren’t you teasing me? No matter how tough I am, I can’t escape the palm of your hand!"
As he said this, he vaguely sensed some ambiguity in his words, but he couldn’t immediately pinpoint what it was.
"Haha, just kidding! Of course, you’re my talent spotter."
"Now that you’re prosperous, shouldn’t you treat your talent spotter to a meal?" Regarding his pleasantry, Wen Qianyi immediately seized the opportunity without any courtesy.
