A few days later.
While Li You was working that day, he suddenly received a friend request on WeChat. When he opened it, he saw that the profile picture was of a woman in a manga style. Li You was a seasoned anime fan, but he couldn't remember which anime featured this character. He guessed that it was a photo of a real person turned into a manga style. The message she sent read: "Hello, Lu Yunhan."
Unfortunately, this anime-style avatar doesn't really reveal how good-looking the person is.
Li You was a little incredulous. He had thought it was just a joke, but he never expected that Yunhan would actually introduce him to a potential partner.
After Li accepted the friend request, the other party immediately sent a message: "Hello, my name is Tan Xiaorui, what's your name?"
"Hello, my name is Li You."
You know why I'm here, right?
"Since Sister Yunhan introduced me, I should know about it."
"You call her 'sister'? How old are you?"
"twenty two!"
"Just graduated?!" The other person seemed quite surprised by Li's age.
"Yes! I just graduated. Yunhan is two years older than me, so you two were classmates?"
"That's right, I'm two years older than you! Can you accept that?"
"It depends on whether you get along well."
"Don't give me that, you just want to know what I look like!"
Li You felt a little embarrassed that the other person had guessed his thoughts. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and he also became a little wary of the woman named Tan Xiaorui, who was currently dominating their conversation.
Before Li You could reply, the other party immediately sent a coordinate address: "Is it far from here?" Li You looked at the address, "Starry Night Coffee," located in the CBD of the city center, while Li You and Chen Yanfei's small company was in the suburbs: "It's not close at all, it takes about an hour and a half by subway." Li You answered truthfully, specifically mentioning the subway, also to tell the other party that he did not have a car, and if they minded, they could stop communicating.
"Alright, the subway goes directly to the CBD. Come over now, and let me know when you get off, then I'll come downstairs!"
"I'm a bit busy right now, can we do it another time?" Li You looked at the string of text he typed on his phone, hesitated for a while, then deleted and re-edited it: "Okay, I'm on my way now."
After sending the message, Li You put on his coat, stood up, and went to Chen Yanfei's office. He knocked on the door and said, "Come in!" As Chen Yanfei's voice fell, Li You pushed the door open and entered. "Old Chen, I didn't expect Sister Han to actually introduce me to someone. She's added me on WeChat now, and she really does work in the CBD. She's asking me to come over to meet her!"
"Really? Do you have photos? Let me see!" Chen Yanfei also seemed particularly excited.
Li You then realized he hadn't checked her WeChat Moments yet, but when he clicked on it, he only saw "Friends only show Moments from the last three days." He then shook his phone to show Chen Yanfei.
"Then why don't you hurry up and go? What are you arguing about?" Chen Yanfei urged.
"Okay, then I'll head out now. I might not be able to get back this afternoon, so I'll come back tonight to catch up on the progress." Li You said, already walking out of Chen Yanfei's office and heading towards the company gate.
Chen Yanfei poked his head out of the office and said to Li You's retreating figure, "You're the boss yourself! You don't need to tell me about things like whether you come or not. We won't be paralyzed if you're not here for half a day or a day."
Li You raised the hand holding the phone, waved it at Chen Yanfei, and then disappeared from his sight.
Chen Yanfei suddenly remembered something, quickly ran to the company entrance, and shouted at Li You's back in the corridor, "You don't need to come back tonight. Have a good date and try to find a girlfriend soon." After saying that, Li You's figure disappeared around the corner at the end of the corridor. Although there was no reply from Chen Yanfei, he must have heard it.
Chen Yanfei turned around to go back to his office, but as soon as he turned around, he saw the six employees, four men and two women, who all stood up and looked at him. They pointed to Li You's workstation, as if to say, "Going on a date?"
"Go away, don't ask such nonsense!" Chen Yanfei's amused expression already told them the answer.
One of the girls said coquettishly, "President Chen, since President Li has gone on a date, can we also take the afternoon off to celebrate President Li having a girlfriend?"
After he finished speaking, the other five people immediately looked at Chen Yanfei with expectant eyes.
"What do you mean you have a girlfriend? It's not even close to happening yet!" Chen Yanfei said, just about to lift his foot, when he heard: "Please, Mr. Chen!"
"Please, Mr. Chen!"
"President Li has been working so hard with us, day and night to meet deadlines. We need to relax a bit, it's for better work later on, right, President Chen?" the girl who started said coquettishly.
Chen Yanfei made a very troubled expression, and all six of them stared intently at him, eager to see what would follow. As expected, they said, "Okay!" With that, Chen Yanfei's troubled expression turned into a grin, and the six of them cheered in unison, "Thank you, President Chen!"
"But! You should thank President Li. Although I'm often out and about, I know that President Li doesn't make you work overtime much. It's actually him who's been working day and night to meet deadlines. He hasn't made you work overtime many times, has he?" Chen Yanfei's serious words left the six of them feeling a little embarrassed and at a loss for words.
"Let's go, let's go. Just don't forget to save the project and shut down the computer!" Chen Yanfei said before heading towards his office. The six people cheered again, "Thank you, Mr. Chen."
"Please also thank General Manager Li on our behalf."
"Yes, and thank you Mr. Li for helping us catch up on the schedule."
"You can thank him yourselves tomorrow." Chen Yanfei sat down in his boss's chair, touching the armrest, looking at the small but fully equipped office, and recalling the scene at that time.
Actually, according to Chen Yanfei's personality, he didn't want to set up this office. He could just sit with Li You and the other employees, so that everyone's workstations would have more space. However, Li You felt that Chen Yanfei often needed to discuss business, and it would be inconvenient without an office. Also, it would be inconvenient for the two of them to talk without an office. They couldn't say everything in front of the employees, so they set up this office at Li You's suggestion. He himself was very glad about this decision, because many of the subsequent business deals were made in this small office.
He himself was very fortunate to have found Li You to start a business together, because Li had solid technical skills, plus his resources and eloquence. The combination of internal and external cooperation allowed the two young people who had just graduated from university to start a business to make progress in just six months.
Li You is a very hardworking person. Even though he has relatively ample time, he always wants to finish quickly, squeeze out more time, take on more business, and save enough funds to develop their own products.
Chen Yanfei admired Li You's hard-working spirit, but seeing Li You working day and night to meet deadlines, he couldn't bear to see his good friend so exhausted. So he thought of finding him a girlfriend to distract him from his work.
But how many girls do IT people know? Even he, who is out in business all day, only knows male clients. The few female clients he knows are already married and have children. That's why he had no choice but to ask Yunhan to introduce him to someone at the foot massage parlor they frequent.
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Inside Starredy Coffee Shop in CBD.
Li You chose a seat by the window. It was during working hours, and there were still quite a few customers scattered around the coffee shop. Looking at this scene, Li You couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder this is the CBD. In my own park's coffee shop, it's considered good if there are three people at this time."
"Miss Tan, I've arrived. I'm at table number 3 by the window. What would you like to drink? I'll order first," Li You sent a message to her.
After a moment, the other party replied: "You're already at the store?"
"Hmm, what would you like to drink?"
"Didn't I tell you to text me as soon as you got off the subway? Why didn't you listen?"
Looking at the message on the screen, Li You frowned slightly, feeling a little displeased: "Is Miss Tan testing my obedience?"
"Huh? What are you thinking? Tell me when you get off the subway. I'll go downstairs, and we should be around the same time at the coffee shop. That way, we won't waste each other's waiting time. You're supposed to work in the internet industry, don't you even understand how to maximize time?"
Upon hearing Tan Xiaorui's words, Li You's displeasure vanished instantly, replaced by a sense of embarrassment. Before he could reply, the other end sent a message: "Iced Americano, 50% sugar, please."
"Okay!" After replying to the message, Li You immediately scanned the code to order two coffees. Just then, he looked out the window and saw a sophisticated urban woman with wavy, burgundy, shoulder-length hair, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, a black skirt, and black pointed high heels, dressed in a classic office lady outfit, slowly walking towards the coffee shop.
Such beauty immediately caught Li You's eye. Upon closer inspection, Li You noticed that her oval face was covered with a light layer of makeup, and her blinking eyes were full of confidence and allure. His gaze moved downwards, past her straight and beautiful nose, and landed on her delicate and small red lips. The glossy red color was both luscious and sexy. His gaze moved downwards again, and the two buttons undone at the collar of her white shirt revealed a deep cleavage. Even the slightly loose black skirt could not hide her round and perky buttocks.
Such a captivating, devilish curve made Li You hold her breath, and every step she took with her high heels seemed to step into Li You's heart.