Chapter 491 - Li Zhaojun Meets Zhao Lina Four Updates
Opening Chapter 491 of "Invincible Young Master in the City": Since they were all music students, the group of vibrant young girls had swarmed over... Read on for more!
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, didnât feel comfortable fighting over song choices.
Of course, Ye Fan wouldnât possibly compete to select songs either.
âBrother, do you want to sing?
I can choose a song for you,â Zeng Jingwei asked Ye Fan.
Ye Fan shook his head with a smile, âNo, I wonât sing.
Iâll just have fun here and listen to you guys sing.
You go choose some songs as well; the more the merrier.â
âOkay.
Iâll choose some songs in a bit,â Zeng Jingwei responded.
Ye Fan added, âIâll leave for a while soon, and after you guys have had enough fun, Iâll come back.â
There was one guy among a group of girls, and he didnât sing at KTV, so staying there made him and the girls uncomfortable.
Thus, it was better for him to leave for a while.
âOkay,â Zeng Jingwei understood and nodded in agreement.
Ye Fan took out a stack of new hundred-yuan bills and gave them to Zeng Jingwei, âHereâs the money.
Add more to it for food and drinks if itâs not enough; donât worry about spending it.
Itâs rare to treat your classmates, so let them have a good time.â
âAlright,â Zeng Jingwei took the money and put it in her purse.
After the food and drinks were served and Zeng Jingweiâs 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 wouldnât 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 didnât 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 couldnât hold back anymore and said, âThereâs a person named Ye Fan in your company; do you know him?â
Zhao Lina wasnât 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.
âI know him.
He holds a significant position in our company, and Iâve heard some things about him,â Li Zhaojun said with a smile, âI heard he ran into some trouble a few days ago, and you helped him out.
What is your relationship with himâŚ?â
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.
âHehe, he and I are good friends; we get along quite well,â Zhao Lina said, âHow is he doing in your company?â
âWhich aspect are you referring to?
His job performance or his interpersonal relationships?â Li Zhaojun played dumb, pretending to believe Zhao Linaâs words.
Zhao Lina wasnât interested in Ye Fanâs work prowess.
Knowing his unique statusâinvolving the Director of National Security personally coming to the police station to release someoneâhis position at the Emali Group was likely mission related, and his displayed job capabilities in the company certainly werenât a reliable criteria to judge by.
âInterpersonal relationships.â Zhao Lina said.
Li Zhaojun pretended to ponder and said, âHis 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 departmentâs manager.
At the time, when I was about to transfer him to another position, his manager was very reluctant.â
âOh, it seems this guy is quite good at clinging to others,â Zhao Lina said, thinking that the manager was a male in his thirties or forties.
Li Zhaojun couldnât help but smirk a bit oddly and thought to herself that he was indeed âclingingâ too much.
Hu Jing, a shrewd woman who wouldnât 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 groupâs cafeteria.
However, Li Zhaojun did not intend to voluntarily tell Zhao Lina that the manager was a very beautiful young woman.
âWhat about his other colleagues?â Zhao Lina asked.
Li Zhaojun said, âHe 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.â
Zhao Linaâs face blushed a bit and she said, âYou could say that.â
Since she admitted it, Zhao Lina straightforwardly asked, âI heard he had a female colleague he was close to, named Lu Xiaoman.â
âIndeed, their relationship was very good.
However, Lu Xiaoman resigned a few months ago,â 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, wouldnât possibly pay such detailed attention to two lower-level employees.
So she stopped there.
âBy the way, how did you get to know Ye Fan?â 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 didnât talk about what developed later.
âThe way you two met is indeed quite dramatic, it must be fate,â Li Zhaojun commented after listening.
Zhao Lina couldnât help but be pleased and said, âIndeed, there is some fate.â
âBut Iâm a bit puzzled,â Li Zhaojun said, âYe Fanâs performance at work isnât remarkably outstanding, yet you, to be honest, are highly sought after and many talented young men donât even get the chance to befriend you.
How does Ye Fan qualify to be such a good friend of yours?â
This question delved deeply into privacy, but as the two women were chatting together, secrets were bound to surface, not to mention this topic wasnât very private.
âYe Fan is not an ordinary person,â Zhao Lina immediately retorted subconsciously, âMost people only see his surface.â
Li Zhaojun immediately followed up sensitively, âOh?
Whatâs so special about him?â
âThatâŚâ Zhao Lina instantly became cautious and vaguely said, âAnyway, I think heâs different from ordinary people.â
Seeing this, Li Zhaojun became more suspicious and deliberately asked, staring into Zhao Linaâs eyes, âIs it because of his family background?â
Zhao Lina wanted to say it wasnât, but then thought that responding that way would reveal too much, so she changed the subject and countered, âSpeaking of personal matters, you said you had something private to discuss with me, what is it that I can help you with?â
Zhao Lina didnât answer, but Li Zhaojun had already read the answer in her eyes.
She pondered inwardly, âZhao 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 thatâs even more unique than that of the direct heirs of the Ye family?
It must be an identity, definitely Ye Fanâs hidden identity!â