At first, it was to accommodate Yue Yao and let her unwind. As it developed, Yue Yao learned about their situation and helped her analyze, provide references, and offer ideas, playing the role of a love consultant. And then, she ended up staying longer.

Now, what concerns Yurong is that Yue Yao seems to have recovered from her ’heartbreak’ sadness; and this step in her development with Li Yan is also gradually not needing Yue Yao’s love advice anymore. When these two points disappear, might she feel that it’s inappropriate to stay here?

After half a year together, she has already gotten used to Yue Yao living here, and they’ve elevated from close friends to a familial level. She doesn’t want Yue Yao to leave, but ultimately, people have their own lives. If she wants to pursue new careers or relationships, she shouldn’t be held back. For now, the only thing to do if she feels it’s inconvenient to stay here and decides to leave is to certainly try to keep her.

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Li Yan quickly moved his belongings over, but there wasn’t much to move in the first place. He always explained to Liu Sao and Zhang Tianyi’s couple that the reason he had a room in Yurong’s house was because she was excessively busy with work and feared mutual disturbance, so sometimes, he stayed over. Suddenly moving everything to another room would unwittingly reveal that they had been living separately before. So he maintained the room there, only moving some basic clothing and daily items.

After he moved over, Yurong suggested that after everyone showers and changes clothes, they’d head out for dinner to save time, asking him to use the bathroom in his original room.

Li Yan didn’t insist on using Yurong’s bathroom; he quickly sorted himself out back in his original room. He then went downstairs early and saw Yue Yao, who had already changed into her daytime style, in the living room.

"Congratulations." With a woman’s intuition, just one look was enough to see their relationship has heated up significantly. Yurong can now smile and speak freely with Li Yan, a huge difference from when she first arrived. How could Yue Yao be totally unaware of him packing his stuff just now?

Li Yan couldn’t really clarify or explain anything regarding this topic, so he just laughed awkwardly, inhaled deeply, and seriously said, "Yue Yao, we’ve taken another step forward. But I don’t want you to leave; stay on here with us! She feels the same way."

Stay and watch them become more and more loving? Any normal friend would feel like a third wheel, not to mention someone who likes him. Even Li Yan himself felt this request was somewhat excessive.

However, Yue Yao didn’t show any signs of sorrow or bitterness; she just faintly smiled, "Sure. You want me to stay, I’ll stay."

With just a simple sentence, she revealed her heartfelt sentiments.

She even worried that Li Yan might fear she’d feel awkward and unhappy, thus prompting her to leave, which would upset her even more. Being by his side, regardless of the role, she was willing to do so; this had always been her philosophy.

"By the way, any recent movements? Are ’they’ all doing well? Yun Country people celebrate the New Year, but many don’t - is there business during this time?" Li Yan shifted the topic to make everyone feel less awkward.

Yue Yao glanced towards the stairs, realizing she needed to finish this topic before Yurong came down. She quickly reported softly, whether for the month she was gone or for those dozen-plus days over the New Year, she never stopped managing ’their’ organization. It’s both her job and her heart and soul.

For several years now, she’s handled various affairs, including annual performance assessments, profit sharing, rewards, etc., all arranged by her. Generally speaking, Li Yan didn’t question her; even if she reported, he would completely agree. Moreover, she effectively ensured the operation under the premise of safeguarding the organization’s interests and Li Yan’s interests, never lining her own pockets.

Besides reporting broad data on last year’s profits and expenses, Yue Yao also introduced the organizational situation over the past month or more. Some requested holiday leave to celebrate the New Year, while others continued with their missions. Meanwhile, Shi Jian’en, Feng Wuqing, and Liu Xi, the three most powerful individuals, have long since joined Qi Zhongtao and Yan Ping’s focused training as coaches. In terms of weapons and equipment, she had discussed with Qi and Yan and formulated a series of armament parameters. But contacting reliable buyers, purchasing in batches, and equipping personnel wasn’t something that could be completed quickly, shaping up to be a fixed task for this year.

As for other news, there wasn’t anything particularly critical. Nonetheless, Yue Yao mentioned an interesting update about the founder of a "whistleblower" website, Julian. After failing to resolve the issue through covert means in Si Country, they applied influence on the International Criminal Police, which issued a red notice, eventually leading to his arrest in a certain county of Lan Country.

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The three of them went out, naturally with Li Yan as the chauffeur.

Because of the New Year, Yurong had been eating food with flavors from Li Yan’s hometown nonstop—not that they were bad, but certainly not something she was used to. Now that she’s back, she wanted to have a meal of Wu Dong seafood. The restaurant she referred to was the Wu Dong seafood restaurant in the five-star hotel Li Yan visited with Zheng Yixuan and Wang Jiaqi previously.

Remembering the time they bumped into Liu Yuyang and his group, Li Yan found it amusing; with just a brush past, wallets, phones, and such were all swiped by Lao Shi from them. He hadn’t seen him contact Yurong again since, possibly because he had the sense to give up.

As luck would have it, from this perspective, Li Yan reckoned that they might bump into Liu Yuyang’s group at the restaurant again this time, with them likely coming over to show off. He even prepared for this possibility.