Chapter 133

Upon hearing Wen Qianyi sneeringly interpret his "different" as "once you have it, it’s no longer exciting, but if you don’t have it, it’s thrilling," and it happens to be her birthday today, making it the perfect opportunity to win her over...

This left Li Yan speechless, yet he was hesitant to explain because just moments ago at the restaurant, the reaction was directly felt by her.

Wen Qianyi took a deep breath to calm herself, then sighed, "Speak up!"

"Speak what?" Li Yan felt a bit helpless, thinking, "You’ve already made up your mind about me, what else can I say?"

Just like he mentioned to Zhang Yurong in the morning, people tend to be very subjective in their perspectives, and once those opinions are formed, they are not easily changed, which is summarized as "silence means consent, explanation is cover-up."

"Sorry, I got a bit agitated earlier. From what I know of you, you’re someone with big desires but limited courage, and also we all know that it’s always Yu Xiaodi who’s more forward with you. To bed her, you don’t really need to wait until a birthday, nor force it. Speak up, I believe what you say."

Wen Qianyi finished off by giving him a buddy-like pat on the shoulder, waiting to hear what he had to say.

Her misunderstanding left Li Yan rather speechless, contemplating just leaving, but didn’t expect her to quickly offer another calm perspective and even apologize. This gave him quite a bit of consolation, though being described as someone with "big desires but limited courage" made him sweat a bit.

"Thank you."

"Hmm?"

"Haha, thank you for understanding me well and seeing things clearly. Actually, the recent misunderstanding wasn’t your fault, it’s because I didn’t explain clearly. While celebrating her birthday, I indeed created some romantic atmosphere and made her touched, and that’s why we ended up like that, fully consensual, without any coercion. In fact, we both enjoyed it immensely..."

Wen Qianyi wanted to hear the whole story, but seeing him talk so explicitly about bed matters left her slightly speechless. What does "enjoyed it immensely" mean, bragging to me?

"Sorry, can we skip those details? If you really like detailing, just go ahead and describe specifically, I’ll listen like it’s a midnight sex education show!"

Regarding Wen Qianyi’s reaction, Li Yan was a bit embarrassed, "No, too detailed would be vulgar and disharmonious... I’ll skip! Essentially, I just wanted to point out she was happy throughout the process... Hence, afterward she shouldn’t have any psychological shadows from it, and it’s not like she’s avoiding me because of regret..."

He recounted the events of Yu Xiaodi’s birthday, then the lack of contact thereafter, his own inquiries only revealed that she was taken away by Chen Mingying, and so on.

In his heart, he knew that during that evening, if Xiaodi was going to have any psychological shadow, it would surely be over breaking the promise with Zhang Yurong, definitely not out of regret for the intimacy and thereby avoiding him.

After listening, Wen Qianyi pondered for a moment, "So that’s how it is... No wonder you’ve been acting off lately, there was such a reason behind it, no wonder you pushed yourself so hard at work. What you just mentioned..."

"What I just said was that although I’m not able to use certain methods to track her whereabouts now, I am still respecting—Chen Mingying. If after some time there are still no news of Xiaodi, I’ll take proactive measures." Li Yan said earnestly.

"You haven’t yet figured out what kind of agreement is between them, the reason Chen took Xiaodi away, and are afraid of misunderstandings, so you’re holding back? I think your approach is right, after all, they are mother and daughter, calming down is good for everyone." Wen Qianyi hesitated a bit.

Li Yan nodded, "I understand that if Xiaodi was made to choose between me and her parents, the most painful would undoubtedly be her. And she’s still too young to face such choices now. I can’t push her like this; for now, it’s better to give them a little more time. Perhaps... they just have matters to attend to, or Chen Mingying thinks her daughter might be fooling around and wants to test if Xiaodi’s serious this time around. Hopefully, after some time, they’ll have a resolution, or at least... let her give me a call."

"Agreed! Your mindset is right, and your approach is correct too. Don’t feel burdened, just keep focusing on your work. After all, your job is extremely dangerous, and like being a call girl, it relies on youth, you can’t do it when you age; business and management are fine now, time to plan a career path seriously."

Upon hearing Wen Qianyi’s heartfelt advice, Li Yan couldn’t help but laugh-cry, "Hey! Wen Xiaoyi, how old are you this year? Acting mature before me, like you’re some wise older sister!"

"Hehe... Age doesn’t define ambition. You might be a few years older, but regarding social dealings and seeing matters, I have more experience. You indeed need my psychological guidance now!" Wen Qianyi noted how his mood seemed less tangled and started steering him towards a lighter, happier path.

"But... though you don’t really understand my work, you shouldn’t compare us to call girls, right? To those unaware, it might seem like I’m some gigolo involved in sexual labor." Li Yan chuckled, expressing that if this analogy were mentioned, it would surely anger some fellow assassins! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Hey, I merely meant the youth aspect, that’s the most common comparison. If you want to hear something nicer, swap call girls for athletes; they share the same notion, right?" Wen Qianyi finished, then chuckled further, "You wouldn’t interpret it as ’bed exercise’ athlete, would you?"