165: Chapter 165

It wasn't until dark that she walked out of the mall carrying bags of all sizes.

"Ring ring! Ring ring!"

Just as she got into the car, Yang Jin's call came through.

"Baby, are you almost home?"

Chen Ling glanced at the time and said, "Not that fast. I just came out of the mall. I expect it'll take another half an hour to arrive."

"Have you already finished cooking?"

Hearing the question, Yang Jin quickly replied, "I've finished cooking, but there's no rush. Take your time."

Chen Ling gave an "mm" and then hung up the phone.

Half an hour later.

She finally returned to the front door of her home.

*Beep!*

Opening the door, she found that the lights in the villa's living room were off.

Strange, didn't Yang Jin say he had finished cooking at home and was waiting for her?

While thinking, Chen Ling called out twice.

"Yang Jin? Yang Jin!"

No sooner had she spoken.

In the next second, Yang Jin pushed a small cake out from a room in the villa.

Seeing the small cake, Chen Ling was stunned and subconsciously asked, "Is today your birthday?"

Yang Jin smiled slightly, let go of the small cart, and shook his head as he answered, "Today isn't my birthday."

Chen Ling was full of confusion.

It wasn't her or Youyou's birthday today either.

Why prepare a cake out of the blue?

Just as her head was full of question marks, Yang Jin pulled a ring out of his pocket and knelt on one knee before her.

"Chen Ling, I love you. Please marry me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Ling's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You're proposing to me?!"

Yang Jin nodded with certainty.

"That's right, Chen Ling. I think it's time for us to consider this step. Will you say yes?"

As he spoke, he held out the ring in his hand toward Chen Ling.

Looking at the ring box in front of her, Chen Ling thought to herself: If she married Yang Jin now, would she be able to legally share Yang Jin's assets?

Since she had been with Yang Jin, besides helping her with some networking occasionally, Yang Jin hadn't really spent much money on her.

If she could get Yang Jin's money through marriage, why wouldn't she do it?

Thinking this, she immediately made a decisive move, took the ring from Yang Jin's hand, and slipped it onto her ring finger.

"I'm willing to accept your proposal!"

Having received her consent, Yang Jin sprang up from the ground and hugged Chen Ling.

"That's great! Thank you! Thank you for saying yes and being with me!"

"Don't worry, I've already decided. As long as you're willing to be with me, I'll give you the company."

Yang Jin was going to give her the company?!

Chen Ling pushed Yang Jin away and asked him with a face full of disbelief, "You plan to give me the company?!"

Yang Jin nodded and replied, "That's right. This is also a guarantee for you. I don't want you to lack what others have. My company will be your betrothal gift."

Chen Ling was completely stunned by this windfall falling from the sky.

Could there really be such a good thing in this world?

Why found it so hard to believe?

Thinking this, she suddenly remembered Youyou.

"By the way, where's Youyou?"

Hearing the question, Yang Jin curled his lips and replied, "Youyou is in her room. She knew I was going to propose to you and was quite unhappy. Go and comfort her."

Chen Ling nodded, brushed past Yang Jin, and entered Youyou's room.

Two minutes later, she rushed out of Youyou's room with a face full of panic.

"Youyou isn't in the room! Where is she!"

Yang Jin was stunned, also dumbfounded.

"Wasn't she just in the room?!"

Chen Ling was so angry she immediately rolled her eyes.

"In my ass! What are you still standing there for? Call the police immediately!"

...

At this time, Shen Yan didn't know that Youyou was lost again.

He had just finished dinner with Lü Yan and Wu Ya and was planning to leave the restaurant.

"It's getting late now. I'll take you both back."

"Sure."

Lü Yan nodded in agreement, then very naturally got into Shen Yan's passenger seat ahead of time.

*Cough cough...*

As soon as Shen Yan got to the car, he saw Lü Yan standing by it.

He opened the car window and asked Lü Yan, "Are you not planning to go back?"

Lü Yan smiled and shook her head. "No, it's just that I get carsick and am used to sitting in the passenger seat..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wu Ya's expression immediately changed.

But soon, her expression returned to normal.

"So you get carsick. It's fine, you take the passenger seat. I'll sit in the back."

Saying this, she opened the car door and went around to the back seat.

Because Lü Yan's home was closer to the restaurant, Shen Yan planned to drop Lü Yan off first.

Just as Shen Yan was about to start the navigation, Lü Yan suddenly spoke up:

"Why don't you send Miss Wu back first? Regarding the case, I still have some things I want to talk to you about."

Hearing this, Shen Yan didn't think much of it and immediately switched the navigation destination.

"Then Xiao Wu, I'll drop you off first."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Ya said to him, "Actually, you don't need to be in such a hurry to send me back. I also have some company matters I want to talk to you about."

His fingers paused, and Shen Yan said helplessly, "Since you both have things to talk to me about, let's just talk in the car."

Lü Yan was the first to refuse.

"That won't do. This is about a case. Law firm regulations state that we can't let unrelated personnel know the details of a case."

Wu Ya followed up, "That's right, Brother Shen. What I want to talk to you about are confidential company matters that can't be heard by unrelated personnel."

What was going on?

What on earth were these two playing at with him?

Shen Yan ran his tongue over his back teeth and said to them both with a forced smile, "Since it's so inconvenient, then we'll talk separately over the phone after we get back. That should be fine, right?"

Wu Ya and Lü Yan couldn't find a reason to refuse, so they could only agree.

Seeing that these two had finally stopped making trouble, Shen Yan started driving.

An hour later.

Shen Yan dropped Lü Yan off at her front door.

"We're here. Go on in. We'll talk over the phone if there's anything."

Lü Yan got out of the car somewhat reluctantly and said to Shen Yan, "Then when you get back, call me first thing."

Shen Yan gave a perfunctory response and then stepped on the gas to drive away with Wu Ya.

Once back on the road, Shen Yan asked Wu Ya, "Speak, what are the company matters you wanted to talk to me about?"

Wu Ya didn't actually have anything to talk to Shen Yan about; she had just said it casually because she didn't want Lü Yan's scheme to succeed.

"Uh... I wanted to talk to you about the artificial intelligence project..."

Before she could finish, Shen Yan interrupted her with a cold face.

"Regarding the artificial intelligence project, I think I've already made it very clear to you. Get the plan to take over Fuchen Enterprise ready first before considering this matter."

Wu Ya nodded somewhat guiltily. "Oh, I just suddenly remembered this matter and wanted to chat with you about it."

Shen Yan didn't believe her at all.

He stepped on the brakes and pulled the car over to the side of the road.

"Xiao Wu, what exactly is wrong with you tonight?"