Chapter 100 Too Shameless

Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Too ShamelessLi Yifei slept in and didn’t get up until past six-thirty.

After washing up, Lin Qiong also got up, and Li Yifei greeted her with a smile, "Good morning, Officer Lin."

"Morning!" Lin Qiong replied with a smile that seemed quite stiff.

Li Yifei thought Lin Qiong was uncomfortable staying at his place, so he didn’t mind it much and pointed to the clothes hanging in the washroom, saying, "You threw up messily last night, so I washed your clothes. They’re spun out, but not fully dry. You’ll have to make do with them or go home early to change into a new set."

Lin Qiong looked towards the bathroom, and this time a genuine smile appeared on her face, "Thank you so much. I didn’t even know I threw up. It’s really such a bother for you."

Li Yifei shook his head and said, "Officer Lin, I told you yesterday that you can’t just drink casually. It’s a good thing you ran into me. If it were someone else, then you..."

Lin Qiong said in a hurry, "Yes, yes, I was just feeling a little down at the time. Lucky it was you I was drinking with."

Although both were talking about the same thing, and it sounded similar on the surface, the true thoughts in Lin Qiong’s heart were miles apart from Li Yifei’s.

"Alright, hurry up and get ready. I don’t have a spare toothbrush here, so you’ll have to brush your teeth back at your place."

Lin Qiong nodded, entered the bathroom, closed the door, and looked around. The room was very simple: a toilet, a washing machine, and above the sink was a small shelf with two cups, each with a toothbrush in it, but there was only one towel.

Two cups for brushing teeth meant someone else also lived here, and Lin Qiong knew it must be that university student named Feng Yiyi.

That made Lin Qiong puzzled again. If Li Yifei’s orientation was questionable, why would he let a girl stay here?

Thinking of Feng Yiyi, Lin Qiong suddenly understood that Feng Yiyi had always said Li Yifei was a good person, which meant that he hadn’t done anything to her. A girl would feel even more trust towards a man who treated her with respect, which is why Feng Yiyi thought so highly of him.

Lin Qiong, with a police officer’s intuition, quickly made this judgment.

It wasn’t that Officer Lin was dense or her thoughts twisted; having been a drunken beauty brought back by Li Yifei without a scratch, she had her line of thinking solidly fixed in one direction. So now, whatever she thought of, she first regarded Li Yifei as gay and then

"What brings you here so early in the morning?" Li Yifei asked them, puzzled.

Meng Xiaofei stuck out her cute little tongue and said, "Brother Li, we’ve come to scrounge for breakfast."

Li Yifei was instantly torn between laughter and tears, saying, "Well, come on in. You two really take the cake, treating my place like a cafeteria."

Li Yifei could understand Meng Xiaofei coming over to freeload food and drinks; after all, they had been neighbors for some time, and Meng Xiaofei was a pretty casual girl, not so reserved. But Su Mengxin was different; she was Huaxia’s number one beauty with innumerable assets, and yet she also came over to scrounge for breakfast, which was a bit odd.

Su Mengxin walked into the living room with a smile, looking at Li Yifei, "Where were you last night? You didn’t say a word when you didn’t come back. I knocked on your door several times, but in the end, I had to settle for instant noodles."

Meng Xiaofei immediately nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I knocked quite a few times too."

Li Yifei looked helplessly at them both and said, "I had something to take care of last night and ate out."

Su Mengxin narrowed her eyes and said, "Couldn’t you have called to let us know if you weren’t coming back? We would have been prepared."

"That... isn’t really necessary, is it? I have to report to you two whether I’m coming home or not?"

Expecting Su Mengxin to be embarrassed, to his surprise she very frankly said, "It’s needed of course. Otherwise, who would cook the groceries we buy?"

"So are you saying I don’t need to buy groceries anymore?"

Su Mengxin nodded, "If you can guarantee that you’ll come back to cook for us every day, then there’s no need to buy groceries."

Li Yifei immediately shook his head quite firmly, "Sorry, I can’t commit to that. I have my own private life and my circle of friends. It’s normal for me not to come home for dinner."

Su Mengxin immediately said, "Of course, but you should at least give us a call in advance, right?"

Li Yifei couldn’t shake the feeling that it seemed like they were all cohabitating. Although the three of them lived on the same floor and shared an elevator, at the very least, they didn’t live in the same apartment, did they?

"Brother Li, you wouldn’t refuse us, would you?" Meng Xiaofei fluttered her eyelashes, her big eyes brimming with a watery look, starting to act adorable.

Li Yifei couldn’t bear Meng Xiaofei’s gaze and hurriedly raised his hand in surrender, saying, "Okay, okay, I agree."

Su Mengxin and Meng Xiaofei immediately high-fived in celebration. Seeing Su Mengxin shout and cheer without any regard for her image, Li Yifei was instantly covered with a look of dread. Was this still the top beauty of Huaxia, Su Mengxin? It felt as though she was just an ordinary woman.

Two fried eggs per person, a glass of milk each, and slices of bread—that was their simple breakfast, and it was enough to leave Su Mengxin and Meng Xiaofei thoroughly satisfied.

"I have to get to work now, so you two help me clean up a bit." Li Yifei quickly finished eating, pushed his plate aside, and left. Since these two enjoyed a free meal, it was only fair they put in some labor.

"Wait, I’ll go with you." Su Mengxin quickly followed him.

"Ah! You two are bullying me!" Meng Xiaofei yelled from behind, but she obediently cleaned everything up. Now that she was quite broke, she could only make up for it with a bit of labor.

Once in the elevator, Li Yifei looked at Su Mengxin, dressed in a standard professional suit, and asked, "Where are you off to?"

Su Mengxin smiled slightly and said, "Dressed like this, can’t you tell what I’m going to do?"

Li Yifei sized up Su Mengxin again and said, "You look like a typical white-collar worker in the city. Don’t tell me you’re planning to go to work?"

Su Mengxin chuckled and said, "You’re exactly right, I am going to work."

"Oh."

Seeing that Li Yifei didn’t continue to ask, Su Mengxin felt a bit disappointed, but still asked, "Don’t you want to ask where I work?"

"You definitely won’t be working in the same place as me."

"That’s not necessarily true. Maybe someday I’ll be working in the same company as you."

Li Yifei felt a stir in his heart and said with a smile, "Now you’re poaching President Xu and He Fangqing, you wouldn’t be thinking of poaching me for your company too, would you?"

"How about it? Are you interested?" Su Mengxin did not deny it.

"That depends on whether your company’s offer is better than what I have now. If it is, I wouldn’t mind considering it. People go where there’s a higher position, and water flows to a lower place, right?"

Su Mengxin narrowed her eyes and said, "Then I’ll take that as your agreement."

Li Yifei said in surprise, "You’re not serious, are you?"

"Do I look like I’m joking?"

Li Yifei looked at Su Mengxin, shook his head, and said, "Miss Su, thank you for holding me in such high regard, but I really don’t want to go back to my old life. I’d rather be an insignificant figure, commuting to work, hanging out at bars, having a few drinks, and shooting the breeze with colleagues. I find that kind of life very comfortable."

Su Mengxin quickly retorted, "Who said I want you to come work for me as a bodyguard?"

"Then what do you want me to do in your company? I don’t know how to do anything but drive. I’m hardly the talent you need, are you sure you have to insist on me?"

"It’s simple, I trust you. If you join my company, I’d be at ease with whatever you’re working on. Managing a company without a few trustworthy people is definitely not going to work."

Right then, the elevator doors opened, and the two had reached the ground floor, interrupting their conversation. They stepped out, and Su Mengxin walked shoulder to shoulder with Li Yifei, asking, "So, do you accept the offer or not?"

"Let’s talk about it later; I’m feeling good right now."

"Okay then, but I think you’ll want to switch places soon."

Li Yifei didn’t say much more. He understood what Su Mengxin meant by her words; that both Xu Yingying and He Fangqing were likely to leave, and once Huayang Company returned to the hands of those at the head office without Xu Yingying, the weather might change, making it uncertain whether the current good atmosphere would last.

With a casual glance, Li Yifei noticed people following both in front and behind them. They seemed to walk without purpose, but through Li Yifei’s eyes, their differences from ordinary people were clear. These were obviously Su Mengxin’s bodyguards.

As they left the complex, a taxi came directly to them. Su Mengxin got in, and the driver was someone Li Yifei had seen before—the one from the bodyguard room that day. This made Li Yifei chuckle. Su Mengxin seemed to want to live a normal life, but this semblance of normality was obviously lacking. But on second thought, for someone like her to live a truly ordinary lifestyle was much more difficult than for him.