Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 491 - 491 487 Li Zhaojun Meets Zhao Lina Four Updates

491: Chapter 487: Li Zhaojun Meets Zhao Lina (Four Updates) 491: Chapter 487: Li Zhaojun Meets Zhao Lina (Four Updates) Since they were all music students, the group of vibrant young girls had swarmed over to the karaoke machine long before the food was brought in.

Zeng Jingwei, being half-Eastern, didn’t feel comfortable fighting over song choices.

Of course, Ye Fan wouldn’t possibly compete to select songs either.

“Brother, do you want to sing?

I can choose a song for you,” Zeng Jingwei asked Ye Fan.

Ye Fan shook his head with a smile, “No, I won’t sing.

I’ll just have fun here and listen to you guys sing.

You go choose some songs as well; the more the merrier.”

“Okay.

I’ll choose some songs in a bit,” Zeng Jingwei responded.

Ye Fan added, “I’ll leave for a while soon, and after you guys have had enough fun, I’ll come back.”

There was one guy among a group of girls, and he didn’t sing at KTV, so staying there made him and the girls uncomfortable.

Thus, it was better for him to leave for a while.

“Okay,” Zeng Jingwei understood and nodded in agreement.

Ye Fan took out a stack of new hundred-yuan bills and gave them to Zeng Jingwei, “Here’s the money.

Add more to it for food and drinks if it’s not enough; don’t worry about spending it.

It’s rare to treat your classmates, so let them have a good time.”

“Alright,” Zeng Jingwei took the money and put it in her purse.

After the food and drinks were served and Zeng Jingwei’s classmates had sung two songs, livening up the atmosphere, Ye Fan made an excuse to leave the private room for a while.

Meanwhile, Li Zhaojun had arranged to have dinner with Zhao Lina at an elegantly decorated five-star restaurant around 6:40 p.m.

Since she was dining with Li Zhaojun, Zhao Lina had specifically picked out a nice outfit and even carefully applied light makeup after work, so she wouldn’t just blend into the background when they met.

Both women were outstandingly capable and of a similar age, so after sitting down, they exchanged pleasantries naturally without feeling awkward or unfamiliar.

Once the dishes were served, Li Zhaojun didn’t immediately probe into the real relationship between Ye Yu and Zhao Lina but casually chatted while eating.

After about seven or eight minutes, Zhao Lina couldn’t hold back anymore and said, “There’s a person named Ye Fan in your company; do you know him?”

Zhao Lina wasn’t aware of the real relationship between Ye Fan and Li Zhaojun, nor did she know the rumors that Ye Fan and Li Zhaojun were cousins.

“I know him.

He holds a significant position in our company, and I’ve heard some things about him,” Li Zhaojun said with a smile, “I heard he ran into some trouble a few days ago, and you helped him out.

What is your relationship with him…?”

She found it somewhat funny as she was contemplating how to skillfully extract the information she wanted without Zhao Lina realizing, but Zhao Lina had brought it up proactively.

“Hehe, he and I are good friends; we get along quite well,” Zhao Lina said, “How is he doing in your company?”

“Which aspect are you referring to?

His job performance or his interpersonal relationships?” Li Zhaojun played dumb, pretending to believe Zhao Lina’s words.

Zhao Lina wasn’t interested in Ye Fan’s work prowess.

Knowing his unique status—involving the Director of National Security personally coming to the police station to release someone—his position at the Emali Group was likely mission related, and his displayed job capabilities in the company certainly weren’t a reliable criteria to judge by.

“Interpersonal relationships.” Zhao Lina said.

Li Zhaojun pretended to ponder and said, “His relationships within the group are quite good.

A while back, when he was the assistant manager in the HR department of a new subsidiary, he got along very well with his department’s manager.

At the time, when I was about to transfer him to another position, his manager was very reluctant.”

“Oh, it seems this guy is quite good at clinging to others,” Zhao Lina said, thinking that the manager was a male in his thirties or forties.

Li Zhaojun couldn’t help but smirk a bit oddly and thought to herself that he was indeed “clinging” too much.

Hu Jing, a shrewd woman who wouldn’t make a move without seeing benefits, was completely charmed by him.

She had often taken the initiative to sit with Ye Fan and have meals together in the group’s cafeteria.

However, Li Zhaojun did not intend to voluntarily tell Zhao Lina that the manager was a very beautiful young woman.

“What about his other colleagues?” Zhao Lina asked.

Li Zhaojun said, “He also gets along quite well with other colleagues.

Hehe, it seems you have a very good relationship with him and are quite concerned about him.”

Zhao Lina’s face blushed a bit and she said, “You could say that.”

Since she admitted it, Zhao Lina straightforwardly asked, “I heard he had a female colleague he was close to, named Lu Xiaoman.”

“Indeed, their relationship was very good.

However, Lu Xiaoman resigned a few months ago,” Li Zhaojun stated, not voluntarily revealing that Lu Xiaoman and Ye Fan had developed into a romantic affair.

Zhao Lina wanted to ask more about the relationship between Ye Fan and Lu Xiaoman, but then she thought that Li Zhaojun, as the chairman of the group, wouldn’t possibly pay such detailed attention to two lower-level employees.

So she stopped there.

“By the way, how did you get to know Ye Fan?” Li Zhaojun asked as if she were gossiping.

Zhao Lina hesitated for a moment, recounted the process of getting to know Ye Fan, of course omitting some embarrassing incidents and only mentioning the initial part; she didn’t talk about what developed later.

“The way you two met is indeed quite dramatic, it must be fate,” Li Zhaojun commented after listening.

Zhao Lina couldn’t help but be pleased and said, “Indeed, there is some fate.”

“But I’m a bit puzzled,” Li Zhaojun said, “Ye Fan’s performance at work isn’t remarkably outstanding, yet you, to be honest, are highly sought after and many talented young men don’t even get the chance to befriend you.

How does Ye Fan qualify to be such a good friend of yours?”

This question delved deeply into privacy, but as the two women were chatting together, secrets were bound to surface, not to mention this topic wasn’t very private.

“Ye Fan is not an ordinary person,” Zhao Lina immediately retorted subconsciously, “Most people only see his surface.”

Li Zhaojun immediately followed up sensitively, “Oh?

What’s so special about him?”

“That…” Zhao Lina instantly became cautious and vaguely said, “Anyway, I think he’s different from ordinary people.”

Seeing this, Li Zhaojun became more suspicious and deliberately asked, staring into Zhao Lina’s eyes, “Is it because of his family background?”

Zhao Lina wanted to say it wasn’t, but then thought that responding that way would reveal too much, so she changed the subject and countered, “Speaking of personal matters, you said you had something private to discuss with me, what is it that I can help you with?”

Zhao Lina didn’t answer, but Li Zhaojun had already read the answer in her eyes.

She pondered inwardly, “Zhao Lina thinks Ye Fan is different not because of his family background.

What exactly makes him so special, even more so than being one of the direct heirs of the Ye family?

Is it his abilities, or another identity that’s even more unique than that of the direct heirs of the Ye family?

It must be an identity, definitely Ye Fan’s hidden identity!”