Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 1153 - 1199: Awkwardness Resolved

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1199: Awkwardness Resolved

Since the girl has already done so much, Li Yifei, being a man, couldn’t be petty. He hurriedly said, "Miss Reiko, I was the one who intruded upon you, yet you’re apologizing to me. This makes me feel even more uncomfortable."

Aoki Reiko’s face blushed even more as she said, "Yifei, can we not talk about this anymore?"

"Of course," Li Yifei chuckled, quickly changing the subject. "Where did you plan on going this time? I’ll take you there."

Aoki Reiko brushed her hair from her forehead. Having been trained in etiquette from a young age, even such a simple gesture was extremely graceful. She said, "I want to find a hotel first, and later I plan to rent or buy a place."

"So you really plan to stay here for a long time?" Li Yifei was genuinely surprised.

"I like it here. Even if I don’t stay all the time, I can visit often. Having my own place here would be convenient. Yifei, could you help me with this?"

Li Yifei immediately responded, "Of course, no problem. I have a spare house, if you don’t mind, you could live there."

"Wouldn’t that be inconvenient?"

"Not at all, it’s my old house and no one has lived there for a while now."

"That would save a lot of trouble. Why not sell that house to me then?"

"No need for that, we’re friends after all, and I should be the one hosting you."

"Well...then I’ll at least pay you rent."

"You can do as you like. If I didn’t accept any payment, it would make you uncomfortable."

"Thank you, Yifei."

Both of them exchanged a smile. For both of them, money wasn’t a concern. This arrangement allowed both sides to be at ease, avoiding owing each other favors over a house. For a woman like Aoki Reiko, owing someone a favor could be a life-changing event for an ordinary person.

Leaving the airport terminal, there was a driver waiting outside. Currently, everyone at home was busy, and the company was large, now having many drivers made things much more convenient.

Li Yifei directly took Aoki Reiko to his old residential area. He said, "I have a few properties here. One is a two-story interior, and there are a few with a smaller square footage. Which one would you like to live in?"

Aoki Reiko quickly responded, "I’ll live in the smaller one. It’s just me, and I don’t want to spend too much time cleaning."

"Alright."

Li Yifei took Aoki Reiko to the place he and Xu Yingying used to live. It was quite well equipped, and Aoki Reiko wouldn’t need to bring much.

Li Yifei let Aoki Reiko into the living room and said, "This is where my wife used to live. After moving out, we never sold it. This place holds many beautiful memories of us."

"Would that destroy those memories?"

"Not at all, we always have to look forward. We can’t live in the past forever. So, do you like it here?"

Aoki Reiko looked around and nodded repeatedly, "This place is very nice. I really like it."

"That’s settled then. I’ll have someone clean up for you later."

"No need, I can clean it myself."

"You?" Li Yifei looked at Aoki Reiko somewhat skeptically.

Aoki Reiko smiled sweetly, "Do you think I can’t clean?"

Li Yifei couldn’t help but grin, "Yes, cleaning somehow doesn’t seem like something you should be doing."

"Well, that’s not necessarily true. I find cleaning my own place to be a joyful thing."

"This gives me a whole new perspective on Japanese women."

"Really? What was your impression of Japanese women before?"

"I thought that with societal changes, Japanese women would go to work and abandon many of your traditions. But in you, I seem to see those traditional virtues of Japanese women once again."

Aoki Reiko chuckled lightly, "Are those the virtues of exclusively serving men?"

"Well... now that you mention it, it seems like those are virtues more for men."

"Yeah, is this kind of a restriction for us women? But I’ve noticed that you Huaxia women seem to have handled it quite well, mostly liberated."

Li Yifei smiled, "Liberated in what way?"

"I see that women in Huaxia are really impressive. I often see women losing their temper, which is quite rare in Japan."

Li Yifei laughed heartily, "You’re right, our Huaxia women are indeed becoming more and more formidable."

After a couple of jokes, the awkwardness on the plane seemed to have dissipated. Li Yifei looked around and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this yourself?"

"Yes, but if there’s anything that shouldn’t be moved, you’d better tell me."

Li Yifei shook his head, "There’s nothing special, just some unwanted clothes. Since no one was living here before, they were just kept there. Now that you’re going to live here, feel free to throw them away. You can handle everything in here."

"That settles it then. You go ahead with your work. You should have gone home first after coming back, but here you are helping me first. If your wives... knew about this, there might be some unnecessary misunderstandings."

Li Yifei nodded, "Then I won’t help you anymore, I’m heading back. If there’s anything, just give me a call. You have my number, right?"

"Sorry, could you give me a business card again? I had your number saved on my phone, but I lost it."

Li Yifei took out a business card, "No worries if you lost it, you know the company I work for here. You can just come and find me directly in the office."

"Thank you." Aoki Reiko took the business card and smiled gratefully at Li Yifei.

Li Yifei left the place. Regarding Aoki Reiko, he really didn’t know how to properly handle the situation, sometimes he felt sorry for her as she had traveled all the way to Huaxia, helpless and alone. All of this was caused by him masquerading as Mu Fei, so he held an undeniable responsibility. However, Li Yifei didn’t want to admit it, knowing the kind of personality Aoki Reiko had, this might make her even more entangled and might even cause a lot of trouble for Li Yifei due to national interests.

It was still early, so Li Yifei went back to the office first, where Su Yiyi was intently reviewing something. Hearing the door, she looked up, saw Li Yifei, and excitedly said, "You’re back."

Li Yifei smiled and said, "Yeah, how’s it going? Been very busy these last few days?"

Su Yiyi immediately made a cup of tea for Li Yifei, and as he sat down, she began massaging his shoulders, "It’s been alright. How did it go on your side?"

Li Yifei leaned on Su Yiyi’s chest and happily said, "Not bad, this trip to Capital City was greatly fruitful."

"What did you gain?"

"Heh, I met a real master this time, someone much better than me. He taught me a lot of things, and now I can make a significant improvement."

"I believe my husband will surpass him one day."

Li Yifei laughingly patted Su Yiyi’s hand, "That won’t be easy, such a master is truly formidable. I don’t even know when I’ll surpass him, reaching his level feels like a distant thing."

"Everything is up to human effort, and you’re still young, there’s plenty of time, let’s take it slow."

After chatting casually, Li Yifei started working, and Su Yiyi began discussing important matters of the past few days. These were handled by He Fangqing and Xu Yingying, and were mostly without issues, often even better managed than by Li Yifei.

"Honey, there’s one thing, although it’s not big, it’s quite troublesome. Sister Yingying and Sister Fangqing are both unsure how to deal with it."

Li Yifei asked curiously, "What’s so troubling that even they don’t know how to handle?"

"It’s like this, remember Sister Xinyue’s brother, Li Xuehai, who works at one of our subordinate companies?"

Li Yifei immediately frowned, "Is he messing around over there?"

"That’s right, he was barely managing at the beginning, but within a few days, he started throwing your name around, acting all high and mighty, and the manager there is really troubled by him, but can’t really interfere deeply. What’s worse, after a while, he even meddled in the company’s procurement and had some materials delivered that the company needed, but the materials were of poor quality and completely unusable. The manager there is very annoyed and now doesn’t know what to do."

Li Yifei snorted coldly, "That’s just a scoundrel, absolutely worthless, tell the manager there to fire him immediately."

Su Yiyi quickly said, "Honey, don’t be impulsive, he is, after all, Sister Xinyue’s brother. If we handle him directly like this, it won’t look good for Sister Xinyue either. You should discuss it with Sister Xinyue first and then decide how to deal with it."

Li Yifei hesitated for a moment, "Alright, I’ll talk to Xinyue about it tonight. Ah, this matter is definitely difficult for Xinyue, having such a brother must be really frustrating."

Su Yiyi nodded, "Yes, so when dealing with this matter, be sure to discuss it carefully with Sister Xinyue and respect her opinion. Our family isn’t short of that small amount of money."

"It’s not about the money, it’s about not setting this precedent. If we let him do whatever he wants, others will surely follow suit in the future. With such a big company it would be chaos, so this matter needs to be dealt with, but how to manage Li Xuehai, we still need to think it through."

Li Yifei found this matter quite troublesome. At the time he agreed to have Li Xuehai working at the company, Li Yifei thought it was a good idea. If Li Xuehai didn’t perform well, he would simply fire him. However, now that it came to actually doing it, he realized it wasn’t so easy to decide.