54: Chapter 54 Office Romance

"I just think there's no need to waste that undeserved money."

Chen Guangke blinked, unable to help but say to Liu Hui: "If you don't want to stay in an expensive hotel room, and you don't want to stay in a small, unsanitary hotel room, then where exactly do you want to stay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Guangke thought of a good place to go.

"Hey... why don't you go stay at Old Shen's place?"

Liu Hui's face and neck both turned red, and he roared towards Chen Guangke.

"Why should I go stay at CEO Shen's house?!"

Shen Yan did not expect Chen Guangke's reaction to be so strong.

After a moment of stunned silence, he said to Liu Hui: "If you really are unwilling to stay at my place, then I can book you a presidential suite to make you a bit more comfortable for these two days."

Liu Hui shook his head like a rattle drum.

"A presidential suite is definitely not necessary. Don't worry, I will arrange my own place to stay."

...

After finishing the welcome dinner, the four of them took a walk along the riverbank together.

Because Liu Hui had no intention of hiding his desire to pursue Shen Yan, he constantly tried to insert himself between Wu Ya and Chen Guangke.

"By the way, has your aunt contacted you recently?"

Hearing Shen Yan's question, Liu Hui nodded.

"Yes! She asked me about you."

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected Grandma Liu to directly ask Liu Hui about him.

"So what did you tell Grandma Liu?"

Liu Hui shrugged his shoulders and replied: "I just said that the two of us have become friends."

After saying that,

Liu Hui suddenly shifted gears, turning to ask Shen Yan: "But actually, I don't want to be just friends with you. I want to pursue you. Are you willing to let me pursue you?"

Hearing the question, Shen Yan was instantly dumbfounded.

He had never met anyone who could speak so directly.

To be honest, he did have some feelings for her.

They were all adults; everyone knew what feelings they had for each other.

If he had to say it, he actually had some feelings for Liu Hui too.

It was just that he was carrying too much baggage right now. If he started dating now, he might very well fail to accomplish many things.

To be safe, Shen Yan directly rejected Liu Hui.

"This... I'm currently busy with my career and don't have the mood to date."

Liu Hui took a deep breath, still holding that bottle of wine.

"I'm not asking to date you. I just want to hear what you think of me. Even just a little bit of good feeling would make me very happy."

Shen Yan thought for a moment, and finally admitted: "I do have a little good feeling towards you, but it's only a little. I don't know what Grandma Liu told you, but to prevent what I say from contradicting what Grandma Liu said, I will repeat my past situation to you now..."

He spoke for more than half an hour before finally finishing everything.

"Your Ex-wife is truly terrible. After all, you were married once; how could she show no regard for your past relationship?!"

Liu Hui truly couldn't hold it in.

Shen Yan leaned back against the chair and said:

"So, do you still intend to like me?"

"I've told you everything about my past. I had a wife, and I have a daughter."

"In addition to that, my company was stripped away from me by my Ex-wife, together with an outsider..."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Hui said resolutely:

"Saying all this won't change the fact that I like you. I know what you want to say—you want to tell me your circumstances aren't good enough. But I'm telling you, in my eyes, your circumstances are already extremely, extremely good!"

As the words fell, Chen Guangke and Wu Ya, who were walking ahead of them, returned.

"Are we going to keep circling along this riverbank? Should we just go back?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"It's getting late. Let's head back first."

When he spoke, the others naturally had no objections.

After all the extraneous people had left, Chen Guangke excitedly asked Shen Yan:

"How was it? Do you like her or not? If you like her, then hurry up and go for it!"

Shen Yan pretended not to know anything and played dumb.

"I don't know what you're talking about, what liking or not liking."

Chen Guangke rolled his eyes.

"Why are you still putting on an act with me? We clearly heard everything you two said earlier yesterday!"

Shen Yan replied expressionlessly: "Now is not the time to consider liking or not liking. I have more important things to do and cannot waste time on romantic trifles."

Chen Guangke wanted to advise Shen Yan but didn't know how to persuade him.

If it were him, he would definitely want to seek revenge as quickly as possible.

"Alright then. You rest well. I'm leaving!"

Shen Yan said without turning his head: "Remember to close the door when you go out!"

"Bang!"

The sound of the door closing was deafening.

Shen Yan chuckled a little.

Chen Guangke was truly childish sometimes.

But this kind of childishness wasn't annoying.

Just as Shen Yan was about to go to sleep, he received several text messages on his phone.

["Brother Shen, can we talk?"]

The message was from Wu Ya.

["OK"]

After replying, Shen Yan went out to find Wu Ya.

"Actually, if there's something, we can talk about it tomorrow. It doesn't have to be right now."

Wu Ya heard the sound, turned, and looked at Shen Yan without speaking.

For some reason, looking at the way Wu Ya was staring at him, Shen Yan had a bad premonition.

"How about this, whatever you need to say, say it tomorrow. I'll go back first."

Just as Shen Yan was about to turn and leave, Wu Ya spoke the words she wanted to say.

"Brother Shen, I really like you. Would you... be willing to..."

Before she could even finish speaking, Shen Yan directly rejected her.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Wu, I don't engage in office romances."

Wu Ya was stunned for quite a while. She hadn't expected Shen Yan to use that reason to reject her.

"So, you have some good feelings for me?"

Shen Yan closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh.

He didn't know what was going on today; why was everyone coming to express their feelings to him?

"Xiao Wu, perhaps I did something poorly before that gave you some illusions. I apologize to you..."

"But I truly cannot accept your feelings. I think it's quite good for us to interact in our current manner."

Wu Ya's eyes immediately turned red.

The reason she was so anxious to express her feelings was because, during the walk by the river, she had overheard the conversation between Shen Yan and Liu Hui.

"So, you really do have good feelings for Liu Hui?"

"You like her?"

Shen Yan pursed his lips and replied kindly to Wu Ya: "Whether I have good feelings for her or not does not affect the relationship between us two."

"To put it another way, I truly do not have romantic feelings for you. I'm sorry."

Wu Ya bit her lower lip and asked Shen Yan: "Then what if I pursue you?"

"Would you be willing to be with me?"

Shen Yan was completely helpless.

What in the world was going on?!