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The next day, Lin Feng was awakened early by the ringing of his mobile phone. Although he had gone to bed early the night before, the longer he slept, the more tired he felt. So, he decisively turned off his mobile phone.
Just as he pressed the button to silence it, the phone rang again insistently.
With no other choice, Lin Feng took out his mobile phone to see who was disturbing his peaceful sleep so early in the morning.
It didn’t matter that he looked; upon seeing the caller ID, Lin Feng suddenly remembered that he hadn’t exactly taken his leave in a very proper manner yesterday—at least not in a formal way.
Now, his intuition told him that Liu Yan was calling to settle the score.
After hesitating for a moment and recalling Liu Yan's fierce attitude towards him, Lin Feng decided it would be best not to answer this lady’s call. Thus, he put the phone on silent mode and continued to bury his head under the covers.
Lin Feng didn’t turn off his phone; he simply set it to silent mode and even turned off the vibration.
On the other end, Liu Yan dialed three times. She was furious with Lin Feng for taking leave so forcefully yesterday. Since she had no choice, she had to come up with an excuse to explain to Chen Li on his behalf.
But now Lin Feng wasn’t answering her calls again. This truly infuriated Liu Yan.
For a moment, she even thought about going to Lin Feng's house directly. The only thing that stopped her was that she didn’t know his address; she only knew he lived nearby.
Helpless, Liu Yan could only continue calling and told herself that if Lin Feng didn’t pick up this time, she wouldn’t buy him breakfast.
Fortunately, this time Lin Feng answered the phone.
“Lin Feng, are you still not up?” Liu Yan was seething with anger inside but managed to calm herself down and asked in a concerned tone.
“Uh-huh.” In his groggy state, Lin Feng didn’t catch Liu Yan’s reprimanding tone because she wasn’t actually angry; he just responded casually.
In fact, Lin Feng was still in bed.
"Lin Feng, are you really still sleeping? I’ll give you three minutes. If you don’t make it to the bus stop by then, I’ll leave your breakfast here," Liu Yan said, having gotten the answer she wanted from Lin Feng, and she wasn't going to be polite about it.
"Ah." Lin Feng was startled awake and wanted to come up with an excuse, but Liu Yan had already hung up the phone.
Lin Feng knew that despite Liu Yan's usually gentle demeanor, she was someone who meant what she said. He had no doubt about the truth of her words; if he didn’t meet her deadline, she would indeed do as she said.
At this point, calling Liu Yan was pointless and would only waste time. Reluctantly, Lin Feng quickly got out of bed, dressed, put on his shoes, and rushed outside.
Lin Feng had some toiletries stored in his magic ring for emergencies, which came in handy now. After stepping out, he conjured a mouthwash cup into his hand and started brushing his teeth while hurrying along.
This was convenient, but Lin Feng didn’t dare brush for too long; he hurriedly finished and put away the toiletries.
Then he conjured a towel, wiped his mouth hastily, and stored the towel back in the magic ring.
After that, Lin Feng kicked into high gear and started running.
Of course, while it was called running wildly, Lin Feng still didn’t dare to go all out. It was morning and there were already many pedestrians on the road; he thought it would be better to keep a low profile.
After a struggle, he finally reached the bus stop. Lin Feng knew that the three-minute deadline had passed; it had been at least five minutes now. However, when he looked up, he saw that Liu Yan was indeed still waiting for him.
As he had expected, Liu Yan must have felt that giving him just three minutes was too harsh. So after that time had passed, she decided to wait another five minutes. But unexpectedly, after just two minutes of waiting, Lin Feng actually showed up.
Seeing Lin Feng drenched in sweat, Liu Yan knew he must have run here.
Looking at Lin Feng’s current state, Liu Yan thought he looked quite adorable at that moment.
Just because she casually mentioned a three-minute deadline, Lin Feng really came running—even if he was two minutes late.
"I knew it, you must have suddenly remembered that the time you just casually mentioned was too harsh, so you thought it would be better to wait for me a bit longer." As soon as they arrived, Lin Feng started to banter, even though he was pretending to be out of breath.
"Fool..." Liu Yan herself didn't understand why she acted that way, but she did it anyway.
Just now, in a moment of impulse, Liu Yan actually hugged Lin Feng.
And then she said that word, "fool."
As everyone knows, this kind of term is usually only used between couples, and given the current position of Lin Feng and Liu Yan, it indeed suggested a romantic relationship.
Lin Feng was also taken aback by Liu Yan's hug; perhaps at that moment, he truly felt like a fool.
"Hehe... I'm not really that foolish," Lin Feng said with a silly grin, lacking any real experience and unsure of how to place his hands.
Lin Feng felt a bit embarrassed inside. Although he didn't know exactly why Liu Yan hugged him, he realized that even though he had run over, with his current abilities, running such a short distance deliberately slow meant he couldn't possibly be out of breath or sweating. In the end, he had to use his Internal Energy to force out what he called "sweat," while also pretending to be out of breath.
So regarding Liu Yan's embrace, Lin Feng genuinely felt somewhat undeserving.
"Talkative..." Holding Lin Feng, Liu Yan realized her actions were somewhat thoughtless. After hugging for a few seconds, she released him and playfully scolded him.
"Hehe... I haven't had breakfast yet; it's normal for me to be a bit talkative," Lin Feng continued his banter upon hearing her words.
"Here, take this. I was going to throw it away, but I thought it would be wasteful," Liu Yan said as she handed Lin Feng the breakfast she was holding.
Of course, at this moment, Liu Yan's words carried a hint of forced bravado.
"Hehe... I knew you wouldn't really have the heart to let me go hungry," Lin Feng said as he took the breakfast and began to eat while still continuing his playful remarks.
"Eating won't stop your chatter; even if I threw it away, you could still buy something to eat. Why make yourself go hungry?" Liu Yan continued to scold him with a smile, but her words were filled with concern.
Looking at Liu Yan, Lin Feng really didn't know what to say. In his past and present life, he hadn't interacted much with women, but he had indeed been in a serious relationship before. He naturally understood that Liu Yan might have some feelings for him. However, Lin Feng treated her more like a younger sister and never considered her as a girlfriend. At this moment, neither of them made things clear, and Lin Feng felt it was inappropriate to be too obvious.
Lin Feng had thought about distancing himself from Liu Yan, perhaps by finding an excuse not to go to work together in the mornings or not letting her buy him breakfast anymore. But he knew that wouldn't work.
It might lead Liu Yan to misunderstand things and end up getting hurt.
Lin Feng understood that girls like Liu Yan are not easy to love, but once they fall in love, it's hard for them to detach. Because of this, he was always afraid of hurting her.
In recent days, Lin Feng had contemplated this issue several times but ultimately couldn't come up with a good solution. He could only hope that once Liu Yan stopped working with him, she would be able to forget about him.
Although Liu Yan would still be working for Lin Feng in the future, given his personality, he would likely continue to be hands-off. Therefore, the interactions between Lin Feng and Liu Yan would be much less than they were now.
For now, Lin Feng could only pretend not to know anything and let time dilute everything.
After getting on the bus with Liu Yan, Lin Feng consciously paid for his fare.
Upon arriving at the company, Lin Feng pretended to fiddle with the computer for half an hour before slipping away.
He knew that Liu Yan wouldn't report him for skipping work, and Chen Li certainly wouldn't make things difficult for him.
Chen Li was now Lin Feng's direct supervisor and had the authority to make decisions regarding attendance issues. This meant that if she said Lin Feng was at work, no one would question whether he actually showed up.
Moreover, procedurally speaking, Lin Feng had clocked in.
So he wasn't worried about his attendance; instead, after sneaking out of the company, he called Mengqi.
"Hello..." Since Meng Li had just gone through a big incident yesterday, she didn't force Mengqi to go to school today. Plus, Mengqi remembered that Lin Feng was supposed to take her out, so while Meng Li went to work, Mengqi stayed home.
"Mengqi?" Lin Feng recognized it was Mengqi on the line but still asked cautiously.
"Yes, Brother Lin Feng, are you free?" Mengqi was very happy to hear that it was indeed Lin Feng calling and asked.
"Yes, I managed to sneak out of the company. Are you able to come out?" Lin Feng replied honestly.
"Sure, I can come out." Mengqi naturally took Lin Feng's words about sneaking out of the company as a joke; she knew that with Lin Feng's strength and status, he wouldn't need to do such a thing.
But little did she know that her Brother Lin Feng had a heart for experiencing life, and he truly had sneaked out of the company.
"Alright then, come over to a restaurant where I can introduce you to a few people," Lin Feng said after confirming that Mengqi could come.
"Okay, I know that restaurant. I'll head over now," Mengqi replied, recognizing the restaurant Lin Feng mentioned.
"Great, I'll be waiting for you here," Lin Feng said before hanging up the phone.
Next, Lin Feng called Li Zhong and informed him about the meeting at the restaurant he just mentioned to Mengqi, asking Li Zhong to book a private room.
"Understood, Feng Shao. I'll take care of it right away," Li Zhong replied, knowing well which restaurant Lin Feng was referring to.
Li Zhong always complied with Lin Feng's requests without question.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Feng felt that with all this calling and scheduling, along with introducing Mengqi to Li Zhong and others, he increasingly felt like he was playing matchmaker.
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