86: Chapter 86 Taking Advantage of a Pretext

Liu Hui's face visibly flushed.

"You... you... why so sudden?"

Shen Yan lowered his eyes and expressed his feelings.

"Before, because of my Ex-wife, I always thought that being in a relationship would affect what I finally managed to regain, so I didn't dare, nor did I want to take that step."

"But now, what you've done has made me realize one thing: I was putting my trust in the wrong person before. I shouldn't stop moving forward just because of past shadows."

"Liu Hui, are you willing to be with me?"

Tears welled up in Liu Hui's eyes, and she nodded tearfully: "I am willing!"

"Thank you, Shen Yan, thank you for being willing to tell me all this, and thank you for being willing to try again with me."

As soon as she finished speaking, they arrived at Liu Hui's home.

Opening the car door, Liu Hui said to Shen Yan reluctantly: "What should I do? I don't want to go back so soon. I keep feeling like I'm dreaming..."

Shen Yan couldn't help but smile.

"Then if you really don't want to go back, we can go for a walk nearby."

Liu Hui readily agreed.

So, Shen Yan had the designated driver park the car in the parking lot, and the two of them got out to take a walk nearby.

The next day.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

The alarm clock sounded, and Shen Yan sprang out of bed, hitting the alarm clock on the nightstand.

Turning his head, Liu Hui beside him was still fast asleep.

Seeing this, he carefully got out of bed.

After washing up and leaving the bathroom, he found that Liu Hui was already awake and making breakfast for him.

He walked over and hugged Liu Hui from behind.

"Was my movement too loud and woke you up?"

Liu Hui turned around with a smile and replied to him: "No, I woke up on my own."

Saying that, she placed the breakfast she was holding onto the table.

"Besides, I have things to do today too. Come on, let's eat breakfast together."

After happily eating breakfast, Shen Yan rushed to the company.

As soon as he arrived at the company, he saw Chen Guangke constantly scrolling on his phone at his workstation.

"Tsk! Pay attention! Why are you always on your phone during work hours?"

Chen Guangke rolled his eyes at him.

"What? Starting to put on airs as the boss, are you?"

Shen Yan laughed heartily and replied: "So what if I am? Who told you that you are my Employee now?"

Chen Guangke noticed something was off.

"That's not right. Why do you look so happy today? Did something good happen?"

Shen Yan cleared his throat, said nothing, and went straight back to the office.

Chen Guangke would never give up such a good gossip opportunity. He tiptoed after him, following Shen Yan into the office.

"Hurry up and tell me! What good thing happened to make you so happy?"

Shen Yan hadn't intended to hide it from him anyway.

"First, close the office door."

Chen Guangke immediately complied.

Immediately after, Shen Yan told him about getting together with Liu Hui.

"Holy crap, you two are progressing incredibly fast."

"But... didn't you stop me from setting you two up before?"

Shen Yan replied with some guilt: "Before was before, now is now. I like her now, isn't it okay for me to want to be with her?"

Chen Guangke and Shen Yan were friends since university, close enough to share the same pair of pants.

Seeing Shen Yan like this, he knew things weren't as Shen Yan claimed.

"Oh, come on!"

"Do you think I don't know you?"

"Your previous demeanor clearly showed you had feelings for Liu Hui. If I hadn't thought you liked Liu Hui, why would I have tried to set you two up?"

"Forget it, since you two are together now, I won't say any more. Remember to treat me to a meal next time, to thank me."

Shen Yan agreed without hesitation.

He has a girlfriend, so what's wrong with treating a single person to a meal?

Chen Guangke didn't know Shen Yan's inner thoughts.

If he had known, he would definitely have cursed Shen Yan for not knowing what was good for him.

"Oh right, what were you looking at so intently just now?"

Upon hearing the question, Chen Guangke honestly replied: "Didn't you report Chen Ling's company yesterday? I was checking if there were any reports about them being reported."

Shen Yan shook his head.

He had just reported them yesterday; how could there be reports today?

Chen Guangke was being too anxious.

Thinking of this, his eyes darted, and he asked Chen Guangke: "Then did you check the app? Are their malicious ads still there?"

Chen Guangke nodded and replied: "I checked this morning. Those malicious ads are still on the app. Do you think the relevant departments haven't started dealing with this matter yet?"

Shen Yan frowned, sensing something fishy.

"Go log in and check again, see if the malicious ads on the app are gone."

Chen Guangke did as he was told.

This time, he couldn't even log into the app.

"Huh? Why can't I log into this app anymore?"

Chen Guangke said while handing his phone to Shen Yan.

On the phone screen, the app's page kept showing a loading circle.

"They probably took the software offline temporarily."

Chen Guangke's face brightened.

"So they were required to undergo rectification?"

Shen Yan neither nodded nor shook his head.

He didn't know if Chen Ling's company was required to rectify.

He only knew that if their company's software didn't come back online, their entire company would starve.

"What are you still doing here with me? Don't you have tasks that need doing? Or do you want to work overtime until dawn today?"

Chen Guangke pouted and took his phone back.

"I know, I know, I'm going to work now!"

On the other side, Chen Ling was holding a meeting in the conference room.

"The main reason I called you all here today is to talk about the software being taken offline."

The company's executives laughed.

"CEO Chen, do you think our company is playing house?"

"How long has this software been online? We haven't even earned back the promotion costs, and you want to take this software offline?"

Chen Ling patiently replied: "It's not that I want to take this software offline, it's that this software has too many problems. Instead of constantly patching it up, it's better to just take the software offline directly."

"We will research a different software."

How could the executives, who had finally caught her mistake, let her off so easily?

They used this matter to collectively launch an attack on Chen Ling.

"CEO Chen, it's not that we have an issue with you, but what you did in this matter is too unethical."

"First, you demanded the project team Employees work overtime collectively to rush the software production and launch it within ten days."

"Then you drove away all the project team Employees, causing the software to be taken offline in less than a week after launch."

"CEO Chen, don't you think you've gone too far in this matter?"

A flash of annoyance crossed Chen Ling's brow.

She knew these executives would use this matter to make an issue out of it.

"So what? What do you want?"