But now his feelings have reminded her of the days when they used to work together. At the time, it didn’t feel special, but looking back, it truly is precious.

However, she only reminisced briefly before regaining her strong rationality and calmness. In Wen Qianyi’s view, people are constantly changing; it’s not just the work environment but even her own personality that has changed significantly from before! And a year ago, she was still at another company.

"If you want to reminisce, go back to your own place. You’re not welcome here. Don’t disturb me while I’m working!" Wen Qianyi unceremoniously issued an eviction order, thinking that since today was the first confrontation, if she let him succeed this time, it would be even harder to refuse his other requests in the future.

Li Yan wasn’t surprised at all by her words. Given the relationship between them, if she could still laugh and joke as she did before, it would show she didn’t care at all. The more abnormal and stern she acted, the more it indicated his significance in her heart.

"I’m not disturbing your work; all you need to do is agree. Just listen to me first; I’m not making unreasonable threats. You must go!"

"Why must I go? Have your powers grown so much that you can command me now?" Wen Qianyi laughed mockingly, seemingly disdainful of his words. No matter how you look at it, Li Yan, the manager, doesn’t have greater authority than her, the director with real power.

Li Yan smiled and shook his head, "You forgot? Initially, you led me in the film project, including introducing me to Qiao Pan and choosing several planning projects, all under your guidance. Later, you left because you found the progress too slow. But even the project we are currently working on, ’Springtime Leaked,’ was one you rated highly and believed had investment value. So, although this film appears as my investment, it indeed references your opinions. You could be considered the hero behind the scenes!"

Wen Qianyi was a bit surprised. With her busy schedule, she didn’t remember much about the projects and evaluations she had seen long ago. It was only with his reminder that she recalled indeed that was the case. She hadn’t expected him to remember her efforts; most people are adept at taking credit, eager to bring all the accolades to themselves, and would hardly remember others’ contributions.

"Today is just a premiere, not a victory banquet, but I really want to see you there. I won’t insist on you accompanying me, but I hope you at least can show up and see this scene. It’s rooted in you; from being the idle person everyone in the business department sneered at, to now managing Heavenly Film, not saying it’s entirely because of you, at least it’s your passionate encouragement and guidance that brought me here." Li Yan spoke sincerely, then placed the movie ticket on her desk.

He could almost predict that Wen Qianyi certainly would not attend as his date; it would be good enough to have her present at the venue. Offering choices like this was merely a way to make it difficult for her to refuse after declining him once, making the easier choice more likely achievable.

Wen Qianyi did not directly refuse again; she focused her gaze on the computer monitor, ignoring Li Yan’s movements.

After placing the ticket, Li Yan stood up, "I left the ticket here for you. If you decide to go, go on your own. If you want to go with me, give me a call; I’d be very much looking forward to it, and if you have some feedback, it might help us out. If you truly don’t want to go, you can just give it away. After all, it was purchased with money, not gifted. Don’t waste it. I’m leaving now..."

Wen Qianyi still kept silent, inwardly criticizing: So what if you spent money? Must I give you face for that? It’s just a movie ticket. How petty!

Though he said he was leaving, he didn’t really go but kept looking at her, while Wen Qianyi acted like she didn’t feel his gaze.

"I’m really leaving now..."

Knowing he did this trying to provoke her to speak, Wen Qianyi was already annoyed by him and snapped, "I told you to go earlier. The door is there, and no one is stopping you! So annoying..."

Finally, getting her to speak, Li Yan leaned down to her level and said closely, "Qianyi, I want to apologize... I shouldn’t have done that to you last time. Even though you haven’t said anything, I know I’ve hurt you. But since it happened already, I will take responsibility for you, although next time I’ll seek your permission first. If you ever need anything, you can always call me..."

"Dong!" Wen Qianyi pounded the table forcefully, her beautiful eyes glaring in anger at him. Hearing his earlier words made her feel warm inside, ready to say ’As long as you understand,’ but she hadn’t expected his later words to go so off-topic. What needs, calling him? She could hit him over the head right now!

Li Yan realized and chuckled embarrassingly, "What I meant was if you have any matter, you can call me. I didn’t mean that kind of need, although for such needs, you should definitely find me..."

Wen Qianyi grabbed the phone on the table.

"Calm down, calm down, remember to be a lady!" Li Yan, smiling, quickly dashed out.

After he left, Wen Qianyi heavily put down the phone, stared blankly at the movie ticket on the table, and reflected on his words. After a long time, she realized she originally intended to find him for something! But she had forgotten.

Chasing him out to find Li Yan now was definitely not an option, so she reluctantly picked up her phone. (To be continued, for more information on future developments, please visit www.qidian.com, where there are more Chapters available. Support authors, support legitimate reading!)