KC | Chapter 67

The sky was drifting with faint clouds, soft light fell on the leaves, pedestrians on the street hurried past, and the early autumn morning was quiet and beautiful.

The Cadillac drove onto the First Ring Bridge. Lin Yiran drove with his eyes fixed ahead, the corners of his lips slightly lifted. “What did you just say? I didn’t catch it.”

Chen Xi smacked his lips, swallowed the rice ball, and tried hard to speak clearly. “Brother Lin, I like you!”

“Oh.”

When Chen Xi saw that Lin Yiran did not sound happy after hearing the reply, he became even more certain of his previous guess, and said angrily, “You wouldn’t be regretting it today after confessing to me yesterday, would you?”

Lin Yiran did not answer his question, and deliberately kept a straight face. “What do you like about me?”

After all, there had been a precedent of turning the page and moving on, so when Chen Xi saw him like this, his heart started thumping. In order to strengthen Lin Yiran’s impression of last night’s confession, Chen Xi said, “I like you liking me!”

“What liking this and liking that, I don’t understand.”

“Just…” When Chen Xi saw the smile hidden at the corners of his lips, he finally caught on. How could KA’s top expert not understand such a simple logic!

It was clearly you who confessed first, I didn’t keep you hanging, but you turned around and hung me instead!

Don’t blame me for being unkind if you were unkind first, whoever speaks first is the dog!

(｀′)3 So angry!

Chen Xi did not say a word, and buried his head in eating. Lin Yiran’s expression was faint as he focused on driving. On weekends he was a clingy dog, but on workdays he automatically returned to his steady role as a boss. The close contact over these two days made Chen Xi feel a little dazed.

It seemed like there was a control switch on Lin Yiran’s body, one that could switch to different operating modes at any time. Press the switch, and he would sleep when told to sleep, work when told to work, switching from human to dog very smoothly.

Chen Xi could not do that. People with split personalities often wavered between gains and losses. After Lin Yiran left him hanging for a while, he started to suspect, how much of last night’s confession was real?

Fuhai Zhibang was 5km away from Lihua Tower. It took five minutes to get down from the First Ring Bridge, and they would arrive. Lin Yiran calculated the time precisely. After the Cadillac got off the viaduct, the cars behind them gradually increased. Lin Yiran only drank a couple of mouthfuls of black coffee while waiting for the signal. By the time the car reached Lihua Tower, the cup of black coffee was just finished, and the cheese panini had not been touched at all. Chen Xi could not help suspecting, did he usually only order coffee?

Although he said he would not talk to Lin Yiran, Chen Xi kept looking at him from the corner of his eye all the way. The too-long suit pants covered his sneakers, the toes turned inward and then apart again, over and over, hesitating again and again. He kept warning himself, speaking should have limits, once you gave a response, that would be it, two grown men liking each other back and forth, wasn’t that way too mushy!

Lanhai rented the 3rd-floor office area in Lihua, and was a VIP client of Lihua Property. Every year when Lanhai renewed the property fee, Lihua would give them a parking space. The gifted parking space was in the fixed parking area, right facing the elevator. Most of the cars in the fixed spaces were Mercedes and BMWs, so the Cadillac looked a little out of place.

Having a car was really convenient, 5km solved in minutes, Chen Xi decided that once his house’s commercial mortgage was paid off, he would take out a loan to buy a car.

Just as Chen Xi was about to get out of the car, Lin Yiran’s arm reached over and crossed over his body. The perfect side profile was right in front of him. Chen Xi held his breath, his back pressed against the car seat, instinctively feeling that Lin Yiran was going to kiss him, and subconsciously closed his eyes.

Lin Yiran unfastened his seat belt, withdrew his hand, and there had been no physical contact with him the entire time.

Chen Xi waited a few seconds and still did not wait for a kiss. He quietly opened his eyes a little, and saw Lin Yiran with his arms folded, looking at him with full of amusement. He instantly flushed with embarrassment and anger, turned sideways, grabbed Lin Yiran’s tie, and bit toward that handsome face.

The kiss was intense and fierce, teeth clashing, the whole mouth full of coffee flavor, even rabbits bit when they were pushed too far.

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“Try hanging me again, I’ll bite you to death, bite you to death!” Chen Xi pressed down on Lin Yiran’s head and bit his lower lip.

“I thought you weren’t planning to talk to me this morning.” Lin Yiran’s voice in the early morning was very low. Speaking mouth to mouth sent out bursts of warm breath, blowing Chen Xi’s face red and teasing Little Chen until he wanted to stand up.

Chen Xi said angrily, “I wasn’t planning to talk to you at first, who told you to keep provoking me!”

Although I was the one who spoke first, you are the dog╭(｀′)3

Lin Yiran laughed and pushed him away. “Alright, alright, stop kissing. The elevator’s going to get crowded in a bit.”

“Oh, right!” Chen Xi came back to his senses abruptly and wiped his mouth, clearly still not satisfied.

“I have a few collections to chase at the end of the month, so I might not know what time I’ll be home tonight,” Lin Yiran said. “But if you’re willing to wait, you can come stay at my place.”

“Not going.” Chen Xi refused decisively. Riding the subway to your house and waiting there eagerly for you to come home, going out of my way to look for grass would be too cheap! Besides, on workdays I should focus on work. If I mess around today, how am I supposed to work tomorrow!

Lin Yiran nodded. Although it was tempting, work was more important.

The two of them tacitly pushed this matter to the weekend.

Lanhai’s work hours were 8:30, and after 8:00 the elevator usage would become more frequent. Chen Xi usually arrived downstairs at 8:15 and could get upstairs around 8:20. If he arrived downstairs at 8:20, he would probably be late.

The two got out of the car. Before leaving, when Lin Yiran helped Chen Xi put on his shirt, he had only buttoned half the buttons. Now seeing that the buttons were still open, he helplessly helped him button the rest.

Unluckily, they ran into Zhang Yuanji just after he parked his car.

Chen Xi: Σ(⊙▽⊙”a We just confirmed our relationship with Brother Lin and got exposed. Can we still happily carry on a secret romance?

Zhang Yuanji: I f***ing!!!

Lin Yiran: “Good morning, Yuanji.”

Zhang Yuanji swallowed hard and said fearfully, “Brother Lin, good morning!”

Help, what should I do after bumping into my boss’s secret romance!

The three of them took the elevator together. Lin Yiran’s face was as calm as ever, Chen Xi’s face was wrinkled into a ball like a wet tissue, and Zhang Yuanji stared at the ad screen in the elevator, as if he were concentrating on studying the advertiser’s slogan.

Silence the phone, turn off the flash, point it at the two main characters, focus——

【KA Welfare Group】

「Yuanji wishes you a long and happy life together: (picture)」

「Li Hua: Holy crap, couple outfits, couple meal!」

「Ma Longfei: Admiration to the point of total respect.jpg」

The elevator rose to the 20th floor. The moment the door opened, Zhang Yuanji wanted to strap two wheels of wind and fire under his feet and flee the scene at top speed.

Chen Xi was a little flustered and stammered, “Brother Lin, did he discover it?”

Lin Yiran’s expression was faint. “Discover what?”

“We just got off from the same car…”

Lin Yiran was clear and logical. “That was because you moved, and the new place happened to be near my home, so I gave you a ride on the way this morning.”

“He probably also saw you helping me fasten the buttons.”

Lin Yiran was in the right, and even more confident. “If he asks, just say he saw wrong. If he doesn’t ask, then don’t say anything.”

(⊙o⊙)… Awesome, bro, that’s confidence for you, truly worthy of you.

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“L, Brother Lin, I’m a little sleepy today, I want to go to the 22nd floor to buy a cup of coffee.” Don’t walk with me. It’s better for us to keep some distance at Lanhai.

Lin Yiran nodded, not exposing his little thoughts, and swiped his fingerprint to enter the company.

Zhang Yuanji walked ahead with the air of someone weather-beaten by the wind and dust, while Lin Yiran sauntered along behind.

Top sales usually had two traits: 1. They walked like the wind and had strong execution, 2. They had loud voices and confidence.

From far away, Li Hua shouted, “Holy crap, the partitions have been installed in President Lin’s office!”

Ma Longfei nodded, indicating that he was not blind.

Li Hua: “Could this be because…”

Ma Longfei quickly covered his mouth and signaled for him to look behind them.

Li Hua turned around, and his eyeballs nearly fell out from fright. “Pr, President Lin, good morning.”

Zhang Yuanji turned back and did not see Chen Xi. He smiled awkwardly at Lin Yiran. “Where’s Xiao Chen? How did he disappear in the blink of an eye?”

The three pig heads stared at one another with their mouths wide open, as if waiting for the feeder to come hand out melons.

After tossing around for two days and still not eating any melon, how could Lin Yiran have anything to feed them.

If a bunch of pig heads put the energy they used for gossiping into dealing with key clients, how could Yucheng KA be pressed down and beaten by Beishi.

The early autumn morning carried a slight chill, and Lin Yiran’s eye刀 was like a cold wind, fiercely sweeping across the three pig faces, imposing without being angry.

Lin Yiran suddenly threw out a question. “What date is it today?”

Ma Longfei: “The 29th.”

Lin Yiran said faintly, “How many days are left until the end of the month?”

Li Hua: “3 days.”

“Didn’t everyone submit the incentive registration fee at the beginning of the month?”

Zhang Yuanji: “Yes.”

“Then if you’re not going to ask the client for the payment now, what are you waiting for? Waiting for other KAs to split up your money? Or waiting for me to help you go ask for it?”

The three pigs spoke in unison, “We’ll definitely collect payment today!”

Lin Yiran gave a light laugh, powerful yet restrained. “There are only 3 days left, you need to improve work efficiency.” If you can’t even get the client’s payment, what right do you have to act all proud and have time to gossip?

The three pigs said in unison, “We must improve!”

Lin Yiran went back to the office to eat breakfast, and the three pig heads drooped as they returned to their respective workstations.

Chen Xi returned to his workstation during morning exercise time, and for once, the king of watching drama did not cling to him asking this and that. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

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Just after the hanging heart was put down, seeing the new blinds installed in Lin Yiran’s office made it rise again.

Chen Xi; …

Although this had been mentioned last week, nobody had discovered it back then. Now that Zhang Yuanji had clearly sensed something odd, installing a partition at this very sensitive time, wasn’t that just the proverbial thief shouting to catch the thief!

Also, during the weekend we were always together, so where did Brother Lin get the time to install the partition?

Chen Xi once again admired Lin Yiran’s time management and execution.

After morning exercise, Liu Xueying whispered to a colleague in the back row, “Why have they installed partitions in President Lin’s office? Not being able to see what the leader is doing is pretty hard to get used to.”

Chen Xi had always subconsciously glanced toward Lin Yiran’s office, and he had not expected someone else to be the same as him.

Maybe in other companies, the leaders monitored the employees, but at Lanhai, the employees monitored the leaders, turning cause and effect upside down, totally crazy.

As the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

The three pigs were busy all morning, and still had not gotten the payment, feeling a mountain of pressure.

At lunch, Li Hua felt that during non-working hours they could talk about some gossip, so Liu Xueying heard a message from his mouth that began with “I’m only telling you, don’t tell anyone else.”

When Zhang Yuanji smoked, he felt that this little secret was stuck in his heart and he just had to get it out, so Wang Dan heard the earth-shattering secret…

After Ma Longfei went to the bathroom, Yang Bin’s gaze at Chen Xi also became off…

The news spread quickly, and in just one day, aside from Wang Shuang, everyone in KA knew.

Chen Xi could never have imagined that the emotion he had carefully hidden for 3 years would be exposed to the public like this.

Lin Yiran could never have imagined that, after being straight for 35 years, he would suddenly be bent by someone like this.