Thinking back to what Chen Yan had just said about "atonement" and "finding inner peace", Yu Qiaoqiao felt a little frightened for a moment.
She looked at Chen Yan, and then asked cautiously, "Chen, Chen Yan...did you do anything illegal or criminal?"
She whispered, "If you really did it, don't hide it. Go and turn yourself in."
"The police said that those who confess will be given leniency."
"Don't worry, I'll wait for you to come out."
Chen Yan was confused.
He tapped Yu Qiaoqiao's head gently and said, "What are you thinking about?"
"That's all I said."
"Besides, I'm still saying: if it has anything to do with you."
"Then do you think that any illegal or criminal acts I commit will have anything to do with you?"
Hearing Chen Yan's words, Yu Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment, and then she didn't know what she thought of. Suddenly, her face turned red, she lowered her head, and whispered, "You...you don't have to break the law."
Chen Yan: ???
Chen Yan was confused for a moment, and then he suddenly understood what Yu Qiaoqiao meant.
So he couldn't help but cover his forehead.
He felt that ever since he led Yu Qiaoqiao astray, Yu Qiaoqiao's thinking seemed to be getting more and more deviant.
Sometimes, she clearly didn't mean that, but she had already started to think about it.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan hugged Yu Qiaoqiao again and explained, "Qiaoqiao. I won't do anything illegal or criminal."
“I’m just worried about doing something wrong.”
After hearing Chen Yan's words, Yu Qiaoqiao also gently hugged Chen Yan.
Then she hesitated and said, "Although I don't quite understand what you said."
"But I just want to ask. ...Will you leave me on your own initiative because of this wrong thing?"
When Chen Yan heard Yu Qiaoqiao's question, he was confused instead.
He asked, "Why should I leave you when I did something wrong?"
Yu Qiaoqiao said weakly, "When I watch TV shows and movies, the protagonists always leave the people they love because they do something wrong and feel guilty."
"I'm afraid... you're like that too."
Chen Yan smiled and smoothed Yu Qiaoqiao's hair, which had not yet been blown dry, and then said, "Don't worry. I won't."
"If I did something wrong."
"Whether you still want to be with me or not."
"I will stay by your side silently. I hope to get your forgiveness and let you be with me again ."
After hearing Chen Yan's shameless words, Yu Qiaoqiao actually felt relieved.
She said, "That's good..."
She left Chen Yan's arms, then looked at Chen Yan with her weak but firm eyes, and said, "Chen Yan..."
"Though I don't know what you'd do wrong."
"I don't know if I will be really angry then."
"But I know I really don't want you to leave me."
"I like you and want to be with you forever..."
"No matter what happens in the future, whether you are good to me or not."
“No matter what kind of person you become in the future.”
"As long as you don't drive me away, I will always be by your side..."
Looking at Yu Qiaoqiao's determined eyes, Chen Yan's originally depressed mood was slowly relieved.
He hugged Yu Qiaoqiao again, as if he was holding a treasure.
Then he whispered in Yu Qiaoqiao's ear, "Don't worry, Qiaoqiao. I will treat you well all my life."
"Because you are the best gift God has given me..."
"Meeting you is really the greatest luck in my life."
Listening to Chen Yan's confession, Yu Qiaoqiao closed her eyes and leaned on Chen Yan's shoulder.
The two of them just hugged each other, quietly listening to each other's heartbeats, as if time had stopped at this moment...
And five or six minutes passed.
Chen Yan suddenly tilted his head to look at Yu Qiaoqiao and said, "Qiaoqiao... you're so wet."
Hearing Chen Yan's words, Yu Qiaoqiao's face turned red and she waved her hands repeatedly, "I didn't. I'm not. Don't talk nonsense... Chen Yan."
Seeing Yu Qiaoqiao's bewildered look, Chen Yan touched his shoulder, coughed, and said, "I mean your hair is so wet."
"My clothes are all wet."
After hearing Chen Yan's words, Yu Qiaoqiao became even more embarrassed and angry.
She looked at Chen Yan angrily, wanting to say something, but because she was shy, she couldn't say it.
In the end, everything can only turn into a shy "hum~"!
…
Half an hour later, at Yu Qiaoqiao's request, Chen Yan sat behind Yu Qiaoqiao and used a hair dryer to dry her hair.
Maybe she was really too embarrassed, this was one of the few times that Yu Qiaoqiao took the initiative to ask Chen Yan to do something while acting coquettishly.
So, Chen Yan did not refuse, but agreed happily.
After blowing their hair, they lay on the bed, relaxing their tired bodies from the day.
I don’t know if it was because of what Chen Yan said just now that gave Yu Qiaoqiao some ideas.
She lay in Chen Yan's arms, looked at Chen Yan every few seconds, then lay back, and after a few seconds, stole a glance at Chen Yan again.
At first, Chen Yan didn't notice her gaze, but when he noticed it later, he immediately asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
Yu Qiaoqiao hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Chen Yan..."
"I've actually always wanted to ask you. But I didn't dare to."
Chen Yan looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yu Qiaoqiao asked, "Why are you so nice to me when you just met me?"
"Moreover, you gave me and my roommate such expensive gifts..."
At this point, seeing Chen Yan wanted to explain himself, Yu Qiaoqiao quickly added in a low voice,
"Don't say no..."
"Although Brother Ying and the others didn't tell me, I overheard their discussion later."
"I just realized that you gave each of us a pen worth tens of thousands of yuan just a few days after we met."
Chen Yan was stunned for a moment.
He did this when he first met Yu Qiaoqiao.
He had forgotten it all these years, but Yu Qiaoqiao still remembered it vividly.
Chen Yan hesitated for a moment. He wanted to tell a lie and get away with it.
But seeing Yu Qiaoqiao's innocent eyes, he thought for a moment and said half-truthfully, "Well... I want to say that I gave you these gifts because I fell in love with you at first sight. Do you believe me?"
Yu Qiaoqiao looked at Chen Yan and nodded.
Seeing this, Chen Yan couldn't help but smile.
Then he said, "That's part of the reason."
"You are definitely my ideal type."
"No matter the appearance, figure, or personality."
"You are like my dream lover, walking out of a painting."
"That's why I'm so nice to you."
Yu Qiaoqiao asked cutely, "What about the other reason?"
Chen Yan said, "The other part of the reason... is the mission."
"Mission?" In the past two years, Yu Qiaoqiao has thought of many reasons, but this is the only reason she has never thought of.
She looked at Chen Yan and asked curiously, "Truth or Dare?"
Chen Yan pondered for a moment and said, "I guess so."
"It's just that there's a reward after you complete it."
After hearing Chen Yan's words, Yu Qiaoqiao finally felt as if she understood some of Chen Yan's strange behavior over the years.
She couldn't help but say, "You guys are so boring... to actually set up such a task."
Chen Yan smiled and hugged her, saying, "It's very boring."
Yu Qiaoqiao raised her head, looked at Chen Yan with her big eyes, and asked, "So... are you still playing these tasks now?"
Chen Yan understood what Yu Qiaoqiao meant.
He smiled and shook his head, "No. Now everything I do for you comes from my heart."
After hearing Chen Yan's words, Yu Qiaoqiao smiled happily again.
Even so, Chen Yan added, "Also, I like you because of you. Not because of any mission."
After hearing Chen Yan's explanation, Yu Qiaoqiao covered her mouth and smiled, "Of course I know that."
"There's no such thing as a task that will make people like someone."
"Chen Yan, you are so stupid~~"
Maybe because the charity event on this day helped so many people, Yu Qiaoqiao was in a very good mood and she even took the initiative to make fun of Chen Yan.
Chen Yan immediately hugged her and said, "Am I stupid?"
"Come. I'll let you see if I'm really stupid."
As he spoke, Chen Yan pounced on Yu Qiaoqiao like a hungry tiger, and pressed her down under him as she cried out.
As it turns out, Chen Yan's skill in blow-drying hair is indeed average.
Because Boss Qiaoqiao, it's still a little wet...
So, after a while, her beautiful music was played in the room...
…
People feel refreshed when happy things happen.
And exercise can also make people feel refreshed.
The next day, Chen Yan went to the company in high spirits.
After arriving at the company, the employees he met on the way looked at Chen Yan strangely, then greeted him with a smile, "Mr. Chen, you look so good today. Is there any good news?"
Every time this happened, Chen Yan would always use two different excuses.
To those I don’t know very well, I would say, “It’s OK, it’s OK. Haha.”
To those who are familiar with me, I would say, "I washed my face today. Hahaha."
In this way, Chen Yan came all the way to his office.
Arriving at the office, Chen Yan returned to his boss chair, turned on his computer, and began to check the news from last night and this morning as he had done in the past two years.
As an entrepreneur who has developed to a certain level, understanding national and international affairs has become his daily homework.
However, there were no major national events happening today.
The only piece of news that caught his attention was:
Toutiao Technology’s rival: Slow Hand released its user report for the first quarter of this year.
Look at that series of upward curves and the user data in billions.
Everyone knows that a new Internet upstart is rising.
This brought about the dilemma of Toutiao Technology.
Although Toutiao Technology is still developing rapidly in the content distribution industry, its main future development direction: short videos, is after all a latecomer.
As industry leaders grow rapidly, their development will become increasingly difficult.
I believe that the capital market will again lower its expectations because of this incident.
After reading this news, Chen Yan had a guess in his mind: He suspected that this news was released at this time, maybe it was related to [Forced Purchase Card].
After all, only by making the capital market begin to doubt and worry about Toutiao Technology can it be possible to turn it from a non-saleable product into a sellable product.
Chen Yan felt that this was good news for him.
After reading the news, Chen Yan returned to his busy work.
A new company has been established, and it is an overseas company.
There will be a lot of things to do.
Although He Mengxue and Qin Ming shared the work, Chen Yan was the chairman after all, so he was still very busy.
And just like this, Chen Yan was busy until noon.
It was not until his stomach growled that Chen Yan woke up from his dream: it was time to eat.
He stopped what he was doing and hesitated for a moment about who to have dinner with.
As a result, he hadn't even decided on the candidate yet.
His phone started ringing.
Picking up the phone and taking a look, Chen Yan found that it was Lu Man calling.
Ever since Yu Qiaoqiao replaced Chen Yan and gave Lu Man a surprise last time.
The little devil Lu Man is a little tired of Chen Yan.
However, because she had a new drama to shoot during this period, she had no time to find Chen Yan.
So, Chen Yan didn’t know why this girl called him at this time.
Is he done with his work?
While thinking, Chen Yan answered the phone.
The call was connected, and Lu Man's voice came from the other end of the line, "Brother-in-law, you are hanging out with Fahai again~~~"
Hearing Lu Man's words, Chen Yan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
It’s indeed Lu Man’s funny style.
It's always so nonsensical.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan also cooperated, "Humph! I am not your brother-in-law! I am Fahai!"
"Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon! Xiaoqing, take my vajra!"
Hearing Chen Yan's cooperation, Lu Man immediately laughed.
She smiled and said, "Little Chen, you really understand my heart more and more now."
Chen Yan couldn't help but smile.
Then he asked, "Okay, Your Majesty. I wonder what you are looking for me for?"
Lu Man laughed and said, "Your Queen is lonely. She wants you to have dinner with her."
Chen Yan picked at his nails carelessly, "I would like to eat with you."
"But I remember Sister Meili said a few days ago that you went to Hengdian."
And just when Chen Yan said this.
Suddenly, the door of his office was pushed open.
Lu Man's funny voice came from the door and the receiver at the same time, "Chromatography Ruize~~!"
Chen Yan looked at the little fool, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Then he threw his phone on the table, walked over and pulled her into the office.
Behind her was the laughter of many spectators from the gaming company.
Obviously, seeing Lu Man, a first-line actress, being so funny made everyone very happy.
After pulling Lu Man into the office and closing the door, Chen Yan hugged her and said gently, "Are you back?"
Lu Man hummed twice, then said, "Yes."
"I've been busy in Hengdian for several days. I'm exhausted."
Chen Yan pulled her to sit on the sofa, and then said, "Then what do you want to order? What do you want to eat? I'll ask the chef to make it for you."
Lu Man opened his mouth and said, "I want to eat steamed lamb, steamed bear paws, steamed deer antlers, and roasted duck..."
Judging from Lu Man's appearance, he had been learning Guankou Opera in Hengdian for the past half month. As soon as he opened his mouth, he actually performed a piece for Chen Yan.
When Lu Man first said this, he was a little smug, thinking that he could finally embarrass Chen Yan.
But when she saw Chen Yan was just recording silently, she came over curiously and said, "Chen Yan, don't you think I ate too much?"
Seeing Lu Man, the funny guy, asking this, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Not much."
"My my baby wants to eat, no matter how much."
Seeing Chen Yan doting on me so much.
Lu Man suddenly became happier.
She said, "Forget it. Then don't take anything I said."
"Give me a plate of spicy and sour shredded potatoes."
"Two more burritos."
"I want a potato burrito."
At this point, she pointed at Chen Yan and said, "You roll for me~"
Chen Yan touched her head and said, "Got it, Your Majesty."
Seeing that Chen Yan agreed, Lu Man became even more arrogant.
She was so arrogant that her nose seemed to be reaching the sky.
After a while, Chen Yan finished his call.
She lay in Chen Yan's arms again and said, "Since you are so obedient, I won't be jealous."
Hearing Lu Man's incoherent words, Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help asking, "Jealous? Jealous of what?"
Lu Man pouted, looked at Chen Yan aggrievedly, and said, "Of course I'm jealous of your new love."
"New love..."
Chen Yan spread his hands and said, "Where do I start?"
Lu Man nodded, "Yes, let's start with 'He'."
Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat.
Then he saw Lu Man get up from him and walk around in front of him.
"I'm asking you."
"Have you been very, very, very close to He Mengxue during this period?"
Lu Man used the word "special" three times in a row.
Chen Yan quickly waved his hands, "It's not that special."
Lu Man rolled his eyes at Chen Yan, then continued, "Did you make billions in Hong Kong?"
This matter is all public.
So Chen Yan nodded and admitted, "This is it."
Lu Man asked, "Where did the billions go?"
Chen Yan opened his mouth to explain.
But suddenly he seemed to understand what Lu Man meant.
So, he didn't explain, but coughed and said, "That's all normal business layout."
"No love affair between children."
Lu Man looked at Chen Yan with an expression that said "I don't believe you at all".
Then he said, "Well. No personal feelings involved. Just give her 30% of Chen Investment's shares."
"Then he spent billions to build a new company and let her invest in it."
"Moreover, he stayed with her until late every day, and even went in and out of the hotel together."
The more he spoke, the angrier Lu Man became.
Her pretty face was puffed up into two little buns.
However, the more Chen Yan listened, the more he felt something was not right.
He couldn't help but ask, "How... did you know?"
Hearing Chen Yan's words, Lu Man said indifferently, "Of course someone else told me."
Chen Yan frowned slightly, "Sister Meili?"
As soon as this candidate was mentioned, Chen Yan himself rejected him.
After all, Sister Meili usually stays with Lu Man.
Lu Man went out to film, and Sister Meili followed her out.
She had no chance to learn this information.
Could it be... someone else in the group?
Chen Yan felt that it was even more impossible.
Because, although Chen Yan's group is a solid entity, it is divided into several internal factions due to the relationships with Chen Yan's women.
The Qiaoqiao system is mainly composed of game companies and charitable foundations, with Fat Phoenix as its leader.
The Lu Man system is mainly composed of the agency and Lu Man Studio, with Sister Meili as the head.
The He Mengxue group is mainly based on Chen investment and headed by Qin Ming.
In addition, there is the independent film and television company headed by Yang Rou.