You Owe Me, My Love

Chapter 382 Working Hard During The Day

“Whatever he has up his sleeves, I would rather give up this partnership than have you involved with him. Even if it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t mean that I can’t travel with Bao,” Liu Yan said with certainty.

“Let’s just take one step at a time.”

They went back after dinner.

Wu Nian went back to her room for some shut-eye, and Liu Yan was about to do the same. Shen Yiyan had been a pain the night before. She lost sleep because of him.

As soon as she returned to her room, the butler blocked her way. “Madam, Mr. Shen would like you to come to the lake.”

“What? Shen Yiyan hasn’t left? I thought he’s gone back to A City?” Liu Yan said what was on her mind.

The butler grinned. “The master arranges his own schedule. We don’t interfere.”

Liu Yan shrugged. She thought about Su Xuyan’s speech earlier and decided to tell Shen Yiyan about it.

She went to the lake to meet Shen Yiyan and saw that Gu Mingchen was there, too.

It seems Gu Mingchen hasn’t left yet. Or did he come back again?

The two men seemed to be having a good time fishing by the lake, without a care in the world, while here she was sulking over Su Xuyan.

Just thinking about it made her flare up in anger.

“Shen Yiyan, you should know that kings who do not hold their morning court usually set their nations up for ruin far quicker than others. You’ve been here for two days. Don’t you have work to do?” Liu Yan questioned him bluntly.

Shen Yiyan was not angry at her critique. Instead, he chuckled. “Since you brought that up, you should know that I have annual leave at my disposal.”

“You seem to have quite a lot of it, then. You’ve taken twenty days off this year, haven’t you?” Liu Yan walked toward him.

“Well, weekends are off by default, and business trips are a necessity. In total, I’ve only taken three days off my annual leave so far,” Shen Yiyan replied her in all seriousness.

Liu Yan noticed there were more than a dozen fish in his bucket. She commented in disgust, “If you have the time to fish, why don’t you use it to think about what you can do to secure a partnership with Mo Xue?”

“It’s my strategy to fish with my competitors and leave the plotting to you,” said Shen Yiyan with a smile.

than one competitor, you know? Nian and I bumped into Su Xuyan at the mall today. He was confident he could

and pressed his lips

Shen Yiyan chewed on that information before

be any problems,” Gu Mingchen said solemnly, admiring the lake from a

partners somehow. She was beginning to feel uneasy. “Hey,

his eyes were as dark as ink. “There are some things in life where the less you

Yan felt that those words were spoken with resentment toward her. She felt her dignity had

why are you looking for me?” Liu Yan

to join us?” Shen Yiyan handed a fishing rod to

his chair. “Not interested, but

Yiyan rose, his good temper still intact. Then,

Mingchen and, when she supposed he was not within hearing distance anymore, proceeded to

were talking about

guys are obviously not

Yiyan smirked and held her finger, “We’ve gone over them. I invited him to stay and fish with

hand. “Why

“To help you complete your mission, what else? Haven’t you always wanted

scrutinized his

Yiyan, Gu Mingchen, Su Xuyan, and Bai Rong were all smart and sensible people, which led Liu Yan to believe that she was the fool among them. They might talk the talk, but they might not necessarily walk the walk. They could start with Plan A, which

pick on Wu Nian,” Liu

Yiyan grinned. He put his arms around her waist. “Come home with me tomorrow

Stephen will be there and he’s going to introduce them to me.

to Wu Nian?” Shen Yiyan asked as though he already

of awkwardness loomed over her. She cleared her throat and spoke despite the discomfort. “Introducing them to Nian

Nian can handle herself at the party tomorrow. You’ll only cause trouble if

his hands on her waist. She sneered, “Hey, Shen Yiyan! I bet

Yiyan gave it some serious thought and then said, “Actually, you just need to know how to do one

Yan retorted,

“Have my baby.”

scoffed, giving him an icy glare. “Any

be my son’s mother,” Shen Yiyan stated with

Liu Yan stared at Shen

acting awfully strange today. Only I can be your son’s mother? What, your wife