Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 255 - 260 Competition and Cooperation

Chapter 255: Chapter 260 Competition and Cooperation

Lin Qiong had a habit of getting up at night almost every day, and tonight, having drunk quite a bit, she woke up in the middle of the night, all groggy, to relieve herself. After she was done and returned to bed, she directly lifted the covers and crawled in, yawning. Just as she was about to continue sleeping, something felt off. It seemed like there was someone next to her.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you sneaking into my bed in the middle of the night?" Before Lin Qiong could react, Li Yifei had already spoken up.

At that moment, Lin Qiong’s mind wasn’t functioning too clearly, but she recognized Li Yifei’s voice. Instinctively, she always spoke to Li Yifei in a fierce tone, and she snapped, "So what if I get into your bed?"

Li Yifei found Lin Qiong’s response both amusing and frustrating, saying, "Big sister, it’s the dead of night, and you’re lying here bare-bottomed. Are you trying to make me make a mistake?"

"You’d need the guts first, hmph, as if your bed is that great. I don’t even want to stay in it." Saying this, Lin Qiong quickly flung off the covers, scrambled over Li Yifei, and hastily dove into another quilt.

"I’m telling you, I need to sleep well, and you’re not allowed to come over here."

Lin Qiong felt both shame and embarrassment, huffing a sound but not daring to continue the conversation with Li Yifei. Running into Li Yifei’s bed in the middle of the night, and in the nude no less, was truly mortifying. After a good while, she nudged Li Yifei and whispered, "Hey... I got confused in my sleep just now; don’t think I was trying to seduce you."

Li Yifei replied impatiently, "I know, I know what you’re usually like around me; I wouldn’t daydream like that."

Lin Qiong heaved a sigh of relief, and her mood lightened. She poked Li Yifei again and said, "At least you know what’s what."

The next morning when Li Yifei got up, Lin Qiong was still sound asleep. However, the quilt on her body had been kicked off, revealing most of her bust and a large stretch of thigh, a pale expanse. Early in the morning, when a man’s desires were at their peak, the sight made it quite difficult for Li Yifei to look away.

Perhaps sensing Li Yifei’s gaze, Lin Qiong’s eyelids suddenly fluttered. Li Yifei immediately averted his eyes, just as Lin Qiong also opened hers. She quickly discovered her exposed state, hurriedly pulled up the quilt to cover her body, and turned to look at Li Yifei, saying fiercely, "Hey, did you see everything?"

"I’ve seen it all before; it’s no big deal," he replied.

Li Yifei’s answer nearly twisted Lin Qiong’s nose with rage, but since he hadn’t actually done anything to her, she couldn’t very well do anything to him, and she sulkily pouted, stewing in irritation by herself.

"Alright, it’s not the first time I’ve seen it, so there’s no need to be so sensitive about it. Let’s get up early and tidy up; I’ll call Ma Yiwei in a bit."

When the topic turned to serious matters, Lin Qiong could no longer afford to be petulant. She quickly got up, grabbed a bath towel to wrap around herself, and briskly entered the bathroom.

After getting ready, Lin Qiong applied makeup on both herself and Li Yifei, and then they went downstairs for breakfast. Afterwards, Li Yifei called Ma Yiwei to check when there would be results. Ma Yiwei didn’t promise anything immediately but asked Li Yifei to wait another couple of days. Li Yifei informed him that he and Lin Qiong were going out to have fun and that Ma Yiwei should call him immediately once there were any updates. Ma Yiwei agreed promptly.

The two of them wandered around Mile City for half the day, putting on a show. Then they took off their makeup and went back to their respective homes.

Li Yifei headed straight for the company. Xu Yingying called him over as soon as he arrived. As soon as he entered, she frowned and said, "Where did you run off to today? I called you several times, and your phone was turned off."

Li Yifei surveyed Xu Yingying, who had quickly returned to normal after being scared off that day. He moved closer to her with a smile, resting his hand on the back of Xu Yingying’s executive chair, and said with a grin, "What’s the matter? Miss me?"

Xu Yingying, unafraid of Li Yifei’s roguish demeanor, turned to meet his gaze and said, "Yes, I missed you."

"Not lonely again, wanting me to help you like last time?"

Xu Yingying narrowed her eyes slightly, nodded, and replied, "Yes, I quite liked that feeling. Come stay at my place tonight, I want to try it again."

"Really?" Li Yifei’s eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes, I’m a normal woman too. Besides, I’ve decided to be with you, and we’d have to do it sooner or later anyway, so why would I be so conservative?"

"Alright, then I’ll come over tonight," Li Yifei agreed readily.

"Mm, we’ll leave together tonight. For now, let’s talk about some business matters of the company."

The reaction from Xu Yingying left Li Yifei baffled. He thought he had grasped Xu Yingying’s intentions – her claim of wanting to be with him was for the sake of her sister, Xu Shanshan. However, given her readiness to agree now, Li Yifei wondered.

"Alright, my behavior is also rather unusual, so she must think I’m pretending. That’s why she is so certain. Let’s see who can outsmart whom. I don’t believe you can stay composed when I come to your house."

Determined, Li Yifei then said with a smile, "As for work, you’re the president. You just arrange it as you see fit."

Indeed, Xu Yingying started discussing company matters with Li Yifei earnestly, and he engaged seriously in the discussion. Soon, half an hour had passed, and Li Yifei’s phone began to ring.

The call was from Ye Yunzhu, and Li Yifei looked up at Xu Yingying before answering with a smile, "It’s Yunzhu calling."

"Then you should answer it," Xu Yingying said calmly, waving a dismissive hand.

Li Yifei answered Ye Yunzhu’s call sitting across from Xu Yingying.

"Are you busy tonight? If not, let’s have dinner together," Ye Yunzhu spoke directly.

Li Yifei glanced at Xu Yingying again and said, "President Xu has invited me to have dinner at her place tonight."

"Why would you have dinner there? If you’re dining with your little girlfriend, I won’t stop you, but going there is out of the question. You have to accompany me."

"But President Xu is sitting right across from me. If I flat-out reject her, won’t she make my life difficult afterward?"

"Then hand your phone to President Xu. I’ll talk to her."

Li Yifei passed the phone to Xu Yingying, saying, "Yunzhu wants to talk to you."

Xu Yingying took the phone and chuckled, "Yunzhu, are you asking Yifei out for dinner?"

"Yes, catching up as old classmates. You wouldn’t deny some time off, right?"

"How could I deny that? After work hours aren’t under my control, but under the control of his little girlfriend."

"Heh, that doesn’t quite sound like your style, President Xu. You’ve said you like this guy, then you should try to grab him for yourself."

"I do want to, but this guy is pretty good to his little girlfriend, and I don’t have a plan for the moment."

"Ha ha, if you don’t make a move, then I will. I don’t have as many concerns as you do."

"Yunzhu, really? You’re not joking with me, are you?"

"Giggle, I’m serious. I won’t hide it from you; back in high school, Yifei and I had a thing. We split up later due to some issues. I’ve been single all these years because of him. I’d been holding back watching you with him, but yesterday... we... so I still feel I can’t let him go, Yingying. In public, in my role as Township Chief, I can give you the greatest concessions in our cooperation, but in private, as a woman, I need to fight for my own happiness."

Xu Yingying’s mouth twitched, and her gaze towards Li Yifei was thick with murderous intent. After taking a deep breath, she said, "I was wondering why you looked at Yifei differently, so there was such a story."

"I thought we were a thing of the past, so when I saw you with him, I didn’t harbor that kind of thought anymore. But I can’t accept that his girlfriend is just a college student, so I have to fight for him. Hehe, Yingying, if you have any ideas, I won’t be mad. We cooperate in work and compete in love, which is quite an interesting thing."

Xu Yingying lifted her head and said, "Okay, it’s hard to find you in such high spirits, Yunzhu. Of course, I won’t disappoint you."

"Giggle... good. Now, here comes the tricky question. Who will this guy spend this evening with?"

Xu Yingying smiled faintly and said, "That’s easy to handle. I’ll put the phone on speaker and let this guy sort it out himself. Hey, you stand right there, you bastard, don’t you run! Yunzhu, he’s running away."

One Xu Yingying was already enough to give him a headache, let alone adding Ye Yunzhu to the mix. Li Yifei didn’t wait for them to toss this hot potato his way; he had already made a dash for it.

Rekindling old flames with Ye Yunzhu was now inevitable, but Li Yifei wanted to avoid turning the situation into a ticking time bomb.

With a quarter of an hour until the end of the workday, Li Yifei slipped out of the company to avoid being caught by Xu Yingying again. But just as he reached the company’s entrance, he saw Xu Yingying standing at the doorway, which scared him into turning around to flee. However, Xu Yingying had already spotted him and called out loudly, "Brother-in-law!"

Li Yifei paused, turned around with a beaming smile, and approached, saying, "Shanshan, what brings you here?"

"Hehe, I’m treating you to dinner today," she chirped.

"You’re treating me to dinner? Any particular reason?"

Xu Shanshan giggled, took hold of Li Yifei’s arm, and gave it a gentle shake, saying, "I’ve officially started working; shouldn’t I be thanking you for the job you helped me find?"

At this time, other than a few security guards on the first floor, there were no other people around, and they didn’t recognize Xu Shanshan at all. They had always thought she was President Xu. Now seeing President Xu being so intimate with Li Yifei, their eyes nearly popped out. The goddess of their hearts was with another man, and they could hardly describe the taste of disappointment in their hearts.