150: Chapter 15: Major Progress!

Shen Yan closed his eyes, no longer indulging Lü Yan.

"Since you won't eat this or that, I'll just take you somewhere to eat randomly."

Saying that, he led Lü Yan to a nearby Western restaurant.

The Western restaurant was much quieter than the Chinese restaurant.

As soon as they entered, the Waitress led them to a private room.

"Take a look, see what you want to eat."

Lü Yan picked up the menu, looked at it carefully for a moment, then pointed to the salad on the menu and said: "Just this."

Shen Yan didn't even look, and directly replied to the Waitress: "One salad, and a new steak, and please open a bottle of red wine for us."

The Waitress nodded, took the menu, and left.

When only the two of them were left in the private room, Lü Yan rested her chin on her hand and asked Shen Yan: "Are you always this good-tempered with everyone?"

Shen Yan didn't know why Lü Yan would suddenly ask this question, he frowned and replied: "You misunderstood, I am not this good-tempered with everyone."

Lü Yan's lips curved into a slight smile: "But I was being so difficult just now, and you didn't get angry with me!"

Shen Yan was helpless.

He found Lü Yan's train of thought to be very peculiar.

"Because the conflict between us is only about what to eat, it's not a big deal. There's no need to get angry with you over such a small matter, right?"

Lü Yan nodded and replied: "What you said is correct, but many people actually get angry at those around them over such small things..."

Shen Yan no longer wanted to continue discussing this matter with her.

He picked up his bowl, rinsed it with hot water, and asked Lü Yan: "What is the progress on the matter you mentioned?"

This time, Lü Yan didn't play games with him.

"I hired a Private Detective to follow your Ex-wife and discovered that she doesn't usually take care of the child herself, but rather leaves the child with the Nanny."

As soon as she finished speaking.

Shen Yan looked up at Lü Yan.

"You hired a Private Detective?!"

Lü Yan blinked, answering Shen Yan with a wry smile: "Is there a problem? Special means for special times..."

"Hey, wait a minute. Why don't you seem surprised by what I said? Shouldn't your attention be on the fact that your Ex-wife leaves the child with the Nanny?"

Shen Yan let out a cold laugh.

He had already known for a long time that Chen Ling left the child with the Nanny every day.

If he hadn't known that Chen Ling didn't love the child and didn't take care of the child, he wouldn't have competed with Chen Ling for the child's custody.

"Alright, stop with the nonsense. Just tell me how what you investigated can help this case."

Lü Yan snorted and replied: "Don't worry, everything I investigated is useful to the case. As long as we can have sufficient evidence to prove that Chen Ling doesn't care about the child at all, we can win this lawsuit!"

Shen Yan leaned back in his chair and asked Lü Yan: "So the sufficient evidence you mentioned is hiring a Private Detective to investigate?"

Lü Yan nodded.

"Yes, I already had the Private Detective take photos and store the evidence. As long as we have this evidence, we can prove that Chen Ling is completely inattentive to the child normally."

"Put another way, as long as we can prove that Chen Ling doesn't have time to accompany the child normally, then we can win."

After listening, Shen Yan nodded with great admiration.

"You're capable. It seems I didn't pick the wrong person."

Lü Yan snorted proudly twice.

"Of course! Otherwise, how could I ask you out today to treat you to a meal? This is my self-praise for my own ability!"

Shen Yan didn't feel that he was being taken advantage of by Lü Yan.

On the contrary, he felt he had benefited from Lü Yan.

"How much did you spend hiring the Private Detective? Do you need me to secretly give you a subsidy?"

Lü Yan raised an eyebrow, a hint of cunning in her expression.

"What? Have you fallen in love with me?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, his face turned red.

"You... what are you talking about?!"

Seeing his reaction, Lü Yan burst out laughing.

She hadn't expected Shen Yan to be so easy to tease.

It was just a joke, and Shen Yan turned completely red.

"Hahaha! Can I ask you a question? Do you have a girlfriend right now?"

Shen Yan nodded without hesitation: "I do! I already have a girlfriend!"

Lü Yan showed a look of regret.

"Alas, it seems I started too late."

Shen Yan opened his mouth, pausing as if wanting to say something but stopping.

Up to this point, he and Lü Yan had only met three times in total.

He couldn't understand at all why Lü Yan would suddenly fall for him?

Because he had already written the word 'puzzled' on his face, Lü Yan immediately saw through his thoughts.

"Are you thinking right now why I suddenly fell in love with you?"

Shen Yan cleared his throat: "I think you're just teasing me."

Lü Yan nodded very readily.

"That's right, I was just teasing you. Please don't take what I said seriously."

"My personality is like this, carefree, and I like to make all sorts of jokes."

After confirming that what she said was indeed a joke, Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, don't worry, I won't take it seriously."

"No matter what, I owe this to you. As soon as we win the lawsuit, I'll immediately give you a bonus."

As soon as the words fell, Lü Yan let out a chuckle.

"Hahaha! Mr. Shen, are you so used to being a boss that you have to bring up bonuses for everything?!"

Shen Yan belatedly remembered that the other party was just a lawyer he hired, not an Employee under him.

He scratched his head awkwardly and laughed along with Lü Yan.

"Sorry, occupational hazard..."

The two of them laughed together.

The atmosphere during the rest of the meal was also very pleasant.

After eating.

The time was already past eight in the evening.

Walking out of the restaurant, Shen Yan asked Lü Yan: "Where do you live? I'll drive you back."

Lü Yan glanced at the time and replied: "It's only 8:45 now. The nightlife is just beginning. You want to send me back already?"

8:45 PM was already considered quite late for Shen Yan.

He didn't have Lü Yan's good energy, having the mind to go out and do other things after working all day.

After finishing work, he only wanted to go home and lie in bed to rest well.

"Okay, since you don't want to go home, I'll head back first then."

Just as Shen Yan was about to open the car door to leave, Lü Yan stopped him once again.

"Mr. Shen, don't you have any gentlemanly demeanor?"

Shen Yan looked completely bewildered.

How was he lacking gentlemanly demeanor?

Seeing Shen Yan's confusion, Lü Yan sighed and replied: "In a situation like this, you should have asked me where I was going next and then offered to take me there!"