62: Chapter 62 Family Business

Ever since Wu Ya confessed her feelings to him last time, the atmosphere between the two of them had been very awkward.

Shen Yan didn't want things to be so awkward with someone he saw every day, so even if Wu Ya didn't come looking for him, he would have gone to find her.

[Alright, let's meet at the cafe near the office.]

After replying to the text, Shen Yan put away the papers and left for the meeting.

At the cafe, Wu Ya and Shen Yan sat facing each other.

Neither of them spoke first, unsure of how to start a conversation.

After a long while, Wu Ya apologized to Shen Yan.

"I'm sorry, Brother Shen. My emotional issues have made things difficult for you these past few days."

Shen Yan immediately shook his head.

It was perfectly normal for things to be awkward after a failed confession.

The fact that Wu Ya hadn't resigned yet showed that she was someone who kept her professional and personal lives separate.

For that alone, Wu Ya didn't need to apologize.

"Xiao Wu, to be honest, I personally admire you, but my admiration for you is like that for a younger sister."

"You should know, I have a younger sister who, like you, has the single character 'Ya' in her name, so I've always subconsciously seen you as her. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wu Ya certainly understood what Shen Yan meant.

She gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Brother Shen, don't worry, I can take a hint. I actually thought about whether I should resign because I felt it was too embarrassing—falling for my boss is one thing, but failing the confession as well..."

Shen Yan hadn't expected that Wu Ya had actually considered resigning.

He nervously swallowed and quickly urged Wu Ya to think twice.

"To be honest, I didn't have high expectations for your abilities at first. My company was really short-staffed back then, so I just told Old Chen to hire you without a second thought."

"It wasn't until you started developing software with us that I realized I'd found a treasure. I don't want you to give up your current position because of our relationship."

Wu Ya raised an eyebrow, a hint of teasing in her eyes.

"So, you mean you don't want me to resign?"

Shen Yan raised his hand.

"I swear to God, I really don't want you to resign at all."

"As long as you keep working at our company, I guarantee there will be opportunities for you to truly showcase your talents!"

Wu Ya burst out laughing. She pointed at Shen Yan and said:

"Do you know what you look like right now?"

Shen Yan looked completely bewildered.

"Like what?"

Wu Ya replied, "Like a black-hearted landlord drawing a pie to satisfy a peasant's hunger!"

Shen Yan laughed upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, even if I am a landlord, I'm definitely a good one who will make sure the peasants are well-fed."

Having said all this, the air between them was finally cleared.

Wu Ya took a deep breath and looked at Shen Yan with bright, spirited eyes.

"Alright, although my confession failed, I don't want to lose in both love and career. So, let's consider this matter settled."

"From today on, I won't have any more feelings for you—and even if I do, I'll keep them buried in my heart!"

Shen Yan opened his mouth to speak but instead helplessly raised his coffee.

"It's all in the coffee."

...

By the time he returned home, it was already 8:00 PM.

Drowsiness washed over him.

Shen Yan collapsed onto the bed in exhaustion.

[Ding! System upgrade successful!]

The sudden electronic voice instantly dispelled Shen Yan's sleepiness.

He snapped his eyes open and brought up the system panel.

[Host: Shen Yan

Balance: 2,000,095

Net Worth: 2,208,653

Wealth Level: Grade C

Daily Intelligence Available: None

Daily Special Intelligence Missions Available: One]

Shen Yan rubbed his eyes and looked repeatedly at the "Daily Intelligence Available" column.

That's not right.

It used to be two; why did it become "none" after the update?

Shen Yan pondered for a while and finally reached a conclusion.

"Daily Intelligence Available" and "Daily Special Intelligence Missions Available" actually meant roughly the same thing.

The system had said before that the reward for special missions was either advanced wealth intelligence or wealth intelligence even higher than advanced.

In other words, the daily intelligence he could obtain had changed from ordinary wealth intelligence to advanced wealth intelligence.

"That works."

Shen Yan muttered to himself.

To be honest, ordinary wealth intelligence wasn't of much benefit to him right now.

He had too much on his plate.

Even if ordinary wealth intelligence appeared, he wouldn't have the means to go and collect the money.

Rather than constantly receiving intelligence he couldn't use for now, it was better to convert it into advanced wealth intelligence for his use.

After figuring it out, he washed up and went to sleep.

The next morning, as soon as he opened his eyes.

He heard the tycoon system update him on the special mission.

[Ding! Daily Special Intelligence Update: Please find Bi Ming, the Second Young Master of Bi Corporation, and become friends with him.]

Bi Corporation?

Shen Yan felt that he might be somewhat ill-informed.

In all his years, he had never heard of Bi Corporation.

To find out who this Bi Ming was, he specifically searched for Bi Corporation online.

The online descriptions of Bi Corporation were extremely simple and brief.

"Family Business"

These four characters were the online description of Bi Corporation.

There was no other information at all.

Finding no useful information online, Shen Yan called Chen Guangke.

"Where are you right now? Are you free? Can you help me look someone up?"

"Who do you want to look up?"

Shen Yan gave him Bi Ming's name.

"You want to check on Bi Ming?"

Shen Yan hummed in affirmation and asked, "Do you know him?"

Chen Guangke laughed and replied, "Of course I know him, it's just that he doesn't know me."

"Why did you suddenly think of asking me to check on him? This guy is quite famous online. He's a rich second-generation heir who loves tipping female internet celebrities."

Shen Yan understood.

So this Bi Ming was a young master who enjoyed a life of debauchery.

After pondering for a moment, he said to Chen Guangke, "Help me look into him and see which places he usually frequents. I have something I need to talk to him about."

Investigating information like this wasn't difficult for Chen Guangke.

So he readily agreed.

After agreeing, he asked Shen Yan:

"By the way, any progress on the audit?"

"Why don't you go find that big shot surnamed He? He seems very capable. If you go to him, he can definitely help us resolve this!"

Shen Yan sighed and said to Chen Guangke:

"He is indeed very powerful and could certainly help us solve this, but we're the ones running a company. We can't go running to him every time we run into trouble."

"If that were the case, what would be the point of us starting this company? We might as well just go work for someone else."

Chen Guangke curled his lip on the other end of the line.