Li Yan also laughed at her antics, "You were saying something nice earlier, why spoil it with that last part? Fine, even if you’re intentionally mocking me, I won’t hold it against you, it’s your birthday and you call the shots. Whether you say I’m a male gigolo or an AV actor, I don’t mind."

"Wow! So, Brother Li Yan has such a broad mind? I never noticed!" Wen Qianyi exaggeratedly exclaimed in a coquettish voice.

Her deliberately exaggerated ’Brother Li Yan’ made Li Yan involuntarily think of how Yu Xiaodi jokingly called him ’Yan gě gé’. He sighed inwardly, trying to stop overthinking, as it might lead him to do something irrational.

"Of course you can’t tell, just how broad is it? Only a touch will tell!" Li Yan patted his chest and laughed, "Want to check just how broad it is?"

"Sure!"

Wen Qianyi agreed with a smile, then made a gesture that made Li Yan break out in a cold sweat.

"Hey! I said you could feel my manly broad chest, not that you could molest me, what are you doing with that pose... even the Dragon Claw Hand is coming out!"

Wen Qianyi had already raised her hands in front of her, making a ’Dragon Claw Hand’ gesture, not at all embarrassed that Li Yan mentioned this was Wei Xiaobao’s ’Dragon Claw Hand’. Instead, she cheerfully said, "What? Even if the name is like you said, in Stephen Chow’s movies, it seems it’s used more on men, right? In ’The Deer and the Cauldron’, Eunuch Hai used it on Wei Xiaobao and Ao Bai; in ’Hail the Judge’, Leopard Head used it on Bao Longxing’s nephew, Mo Zai Jiang on Bao Longxing...hehe, this move is targeted at men, so just give in to me!"

Seeing her deliberately make an evil grin, then her hands reaching forward in a teasing gesture.

Li Yan looked around wordlessly.

"What are you looking at? Shouting won’t help, no one will come to save you here!"

"No, I’m just checking if there are any buns or dumplings around, like Bao Longxing hiding things in his chest, so you have something to grab..."

Li Yan knew Qianyi was trying to cheer him up and stop him from being gloomy, so despite the image, she used the ’Dragon Claw Hand’, and he cooperated. But what he didn’t expect...she actually grabbed him!

"Hey... I told you there’s nothing to grab, do you think I develop as well as you, carrying two papayas all the time?" Seeing her jade-like hands on his chest, Li Yan sweated and jokingly said.

Wen Qianyi felt a bit awkward, but since she had already made the move, she didn’t pull back, turning her claws into palms, and rubbed his chest a few times, "Tsk tsk...you’ve been working out, your pecs are well-developed! It’s not every day you get to cop a feel, hehe, can’t waste this chance!"

Li Yan tilted his head back, looking up at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle, purely.

Seeing his non-resistant appearance, Wen Qianyi, initially a bit blushing and awkward, got bolder, didn’t let go, and cheekily asked, "Hey, Old Li, you look like an aggressor type, why act like a submissive? Does being molested excite you, feels good? Ah ah ah... let this lady transfer 20 years of skills to heal your wounds!"

Her jade-like hands pressed on Li Yan’s chest, shaking vigorously, mimicking the skill-transferring move from martial arts films.

Li Yan was already exasperated by her actions, reciting poetry with a sigh: "Let her touch, let her touch, a deep well stays unperturbed; let her kiss, let her kiss, spring dreams leave no trace..."

Wen Qianyi giggled, "You’re even in the mood to quote poetry!"

When it comes to shamelessness, Li Yan isn’t thinner-skinned than Wen Qianyi, so he thought of another line and earnestly said, "There’s a saying...if someone strikes your left cheek, you should offer your right as well..."

"I’m not hitting you now, are you saying you’d give both cheeks to me anyway?" Wen Qianyi raised her brow slightly.

Li Yan shook his head mysteriously, "No, no. I don’t study dead texts; I learn and apply them flexibly. In this scenario, it means...if someone touches me on top, I should let them touch below too!"

"You wish!" Wen Qianyi laughed and withdrew her hands.

Li Yan also chuckled, "When someone hits your left cheek and you offer the right, maybe they’ll feel embarrassed to continue. Seems effective, when someone touches me on top, I offer below, and they’re too embarrassed to continue."

"Pfft! That’s not embarrassment, it’s thinking you’re nuts!" Wen Qianyi swept her hair back and leaned against the sofa, "Feeling better?"

"Much better, thank you." Li Yan sincerely said.

She smiled softly, "That’s good, no need for thanks between us."

"True. So should I take this as you kicking me out now?" Li Yan blinked.

"Hmm? Why so?"

"I followed you up here because of the thing with Xiaodi, to find someone to confide in, and you were willing to listen and console me. Now that I’ve vented, and you ask if I feel better, are you hinting I should leave?" Li Yan asked with a smile. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Wen Qianyi also laughed, "According to your logic, I’d like to ask, are you thinking of leaving now because that thought hasn’t faded yet?"

"Uh..." Having just discussed such a matter, Li Yan didn’t have much of that thought, even if he had it in the restaurant, it had dissipated.

But he admitted it was just an excuse. Clearly now, if he didn’t follow through with it, it’d be hard to find an excuse to leave otherwise; he might end up accompanying her to see her father this afternoon. What about Yurong at home? He took time out to spend her birthday with her; can’t be too inconsiderate towards Yurong.

Seeing him stumped, Wen Qianyi’s smile grew wider, clearing her throat, she continued in a boss-like demeanor, "I’m telling you, Old Li, you’re not young anymore. You claim to be experienced, not a virgin, so stop thinking about such things all the time. You’re now the manager of Heavenly Film, the producer of a film release, practically an elite of society, yet so sensitive, eager to run back home in broad daylight... aren’t you ashamed? Focus your energy and mind on work!"

Li Yan was speechless to her ’lecture’, after a moment of silence, he asked, "Am I considered an elite of society? Then let me ask you, what’s the antonym of a societal elite?"

Wen Qianyi got the specific meaning of what he said, playfully punched him, "Vulgar, lowbrow!"

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