Chapter 94

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Ni Xuanyi was lying on the bed, constantly looking at her phone with a faint hope in her heart. However, her phone remained silent; she checked the battery and saw that it was fully charged. She tried calling 10086 (customer service) and found that the communication status was good. Finally, feeling restless and frustrated, she angrily pulled on the bed sheets and threw pillows around before reluctantly getting out of bed.

She tidied herself up, changed her clothes, and headed to the restaurant downstairs.

The resort's restaurant was large; standing on the second-floor staircase, Ni Xuanyi could see all the diners in the first-floor lobby. She clearly saw Li Yi and Tang Moli holding wine glasses as they went around each table toasting everyone. Both were smiling happily, and everyone seemed to be having a great time, completely ignoring whether she came or not.

Ni Xuanyi stood on the upper floor for quite some time before quietly entering the banquet hall and sitting in her designated seat. Her two colleagues who shared a room with her greeted her warmly when they saw her suddenly reappear to eat.

No matter what situation one is in, one should not make life hard for oneself. Ni Xuanyi, who had grown up like an orphan from childhood, understood this principle better than anyone else.

Not long after Ni Xuanyi sat down and started eating, Li Yi and Tang Moli approached their table with wine glasses in hand. The dazzling lights illuminated the snow-white shirt of Li Yi, making it abnormally eye-catching. Along with everyone else, Ni Xuanyi stood up sincerely and said, "Mr. Li, Director Tang, good evening!"

Li Yi smiled amicably at everyone; his eyes met hers just like they did with others—no difference whatsoever. He spoke formally to the crowd, saying "Thank you all for your hard work throughout the year," while Tang Moli echoed beside him, "Everyone has been working very hard." The two smiling faces truly looked as if they were a couple in harmony.

Ni Xuanyi naturally smiled along with everyone. After Li Yi and Tang Moli left, she sat down to eat with the others. After dinner, she watched the performance in the lobby before climbing the stairs as usual for her weight loss routine.

The fire escape at night was very quiet; her footsteps sounded particularly clear.

Ni Xuanyi walked slowly, letting her mind wander and trying not to think about anything. She climbed all the way up to the rooftop on the 26th floor. When she opened the door, a cold wind immediately hit her face, messing up her hair.

The rooftop was spacious and empty; nobody was there. She stepped onto the small rooftop area and closed the door behind her.

Standing by the edge of the rooftop, Ni Xuanyi faced the hazy mountains stretching out before her and took a deep breath.

Shortly after she arrived on the rooftop, her phone rang. She thought it was Li Yi calling and quickly picked up, only to find that it was actually Ran Zhao's call.

If it were any other day, Ni Xuanyi would have found Ran Zhao’s calls annoying. But today, she suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for him; he seemed just like her now, desperately chasing after someone who had no interest in him whatsoever.

Ni Xuanyi answered the call with a soft "hello", and the intelligent Ran Zhao immediately sensed the difference in her attitude towards him. He became excited and started chatting with Ni Xuanyi enthusiastically.

Ni Xuanyi, feeling empty inside, felt a slight comfort hearing Ru Zhaos voice this time. She was amused by his witty remarks and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Ru Zhao talked on the phone with Ni Xuanyi for a long time. This time, Ni Xuanyi didn't hastily end the call while waiting for Li Yi's phone call because she no longer seemed to have any expectations.

The next day, the company organized all employees for a group activity. This event completely disregarded hierarchical positions and departmental divisions. All personnel were uniformly divided into different teams by the overall commander. Then, each team competed through various games, with prizes awarded based on their rankings.

Ni Xuanyi heard her colleagues around her very excited, all hoping to be assigned to a group with President Li Yi because he had always shown exceptional ability in previous activities. The company's rewards were also generous; the teams that Li Yi was part of almost won first place every year and received highly valuable prizes.

The overall commander for this event was the director of the Human Resources Department, who handled matters with utmost tact and consideration. Even though he claimed to randomly assign people, he still made adjustments, intentionally placing his HR department and key senior executives in one group, Tang Molin and Li Yi in another, while shunting Ni Xuanyi's administrative team and others into less significant groups.

When distributing the teams, Li Yi noticed the issue but was unwilling to show dissatisfaction in front of everyone. He could only dispatch his several exceptionally capable young directors to other groups, which somewhat balanced out the situation.

The HR director saw this and knew he hadn't handled things well enough upon seeing Li Yi's actions. Looking at Li Yi, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Ni Xuanyi was assigned to a team with two colleagues from the administrative department. She didn't care about her teams strength or not being in a group with Li Yi; she felt that it made no difference who she was grouped with.

At the beginning, everyone was just playing indoor games like two-legged races and balloon grabbing. These were not very strenuous or difficult activities. The white-collar elites, who rarely got a chance to escape from their work pressures, found it hard to contain their laughter.

Li Yi joined in with the crowd but unlike his usual serious demeanor, he was quite amiable and played along with everyone. However, overall, he did not participate much in the activities, mostly standing beside the general commander, smiling as he watched his employees act like mischievous monkeys.

When they reached the game involving a balance beam, Li Yi was also dragged into it. He originally teamed up with one of his male colleagues, but someone suddenly said, "Men and women working together is less tiring," and forcibly pushed Tang Moli onto the balance beam while pushing the male colleague off.

This game required physical contact between partners. Many colleagues standing by laughed at this development; on a two-meter high balance beam, Tang Moli screamed as she tightly hugged Li Yi, prompting immediate laughter and applause from below.

Ni Xuanyi looked up at her teammate with unwavering focus, shouting "Come on!" not daring to glance sideways for fear of seeing the scene of Li Yi holding Tang Moli on the other balance beam.

Whether it was true acrophobia or a pretense, Tang Moli kept laughing and screaming. She constantly claimed that she was afraid since she had to lead the way across the beam. Li Yi could only continually reassure her: "Don't be scared; I'm here! I'll hold you!" His hands firmly held her waist.

As if his hands were magic, Tang Moli suddenly became very brave and managed to place the wooden plank perfectly each time. Amidst everyone's cheers, she and Li Yi completed the task of crossing the balance beam first.

Everyone was clapping for them, Ni Xuanyi’s applause was also very loud.gtao vaguely realized that he was not acting like a man. When Yan Luoxi wanted to leave him initially, he refused to let go; now, he couldn’t tolerate everything as he should have, and instead, behave...