Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 513 - 523 Security Department Manager

Chapter 513: Chapter 523 Security Department Manager

Li Yifei arrived at the company, and it had been a whole month since his last visit. The security guards at the entrance were quick to greet him warmly when they saw him. Although Li Yifei was one of the company’s managers, he never put on airs, which is why he was so well-liked.

Along the way, he greeted various employees and then headed straight to Xu Yingying’s office. People in the company were still unaware that he and Xu Yingying were married, so upon his return, even if just for appearances, he had to check in with Xu Yingying.

When Xu Yingying saw Li Yifei come in, she immediately put down what she was working on and sat with him on the sofa, smiling as she asked, "Is Yunzhu’s issue resolved?"

Li Yifei rubbed his nose awkwardly and said, "It is resolved, but now it’s turned into a bit of a hassle."

Xu Yingying gave Li Yifei a look and said, "Did they force you to marry Yunzhu?"

Li Yifei quickly shook his head, "No, that didn’t happen. They’ve accepted my relationship with Ye Yunzhu, but I don’t know what to do in the future."

Xu Yingying pinched Li Yifei a little, somewhat annoyed, "So what do you want to do?"

Li Yifei put his arm around Xu Yingying’s shoulder, apologetically saying, "Wife, to be honest, I also don’t know what I should do now. I’ve always thought about living a good life with you, but I couldn’t ignore what was happening at that time."

Xu Yingying gave Li Yifei another look, "All right, don’t put on that troubled face in front of me. I won’t hold it against you."

"Is that it?" Li Yifei looked at Xu Yingying, puzzled. This was no small matter; shouldn’t Xu Yingying have more to say?

"What else can I do? Should I now go tell Yunzhu to stay away from you?"

Li Yifei laughed dryly, feeling indescribably grateful for Xu Yingying’s magnanimity and said, "Wife, you are really so good to me. I promise, no matter what happens in this life, you will always be my wife, and I will never leave you."

"That’s all I need to hear. Well, now that you are back at the company, just focus on your work. However, since you’ve been away for a month, the Human Resources Department has already assigned someone else, so you can’t go back there."

"Oh, then you just arrange it."

"I think it would be better to have you go to the Security Department. I feel that it might be more suitable for you, how about it?"

"Sure, that was actually my old job," Li Yifei agreed with a smile.

"Hmm, then in the future, when you go out with me, it will be more justified. Otherwise, it wouldn’t look good for a Human Resources Manager to always accompany me, it could cause idle talk among the company staff, which isn’t good for the company."

Li Yifei jumped to his feet, stood at attention, and saluted Xu Yingying, loudly declaring, "I will definitely ensure the leader’s safety."

Xu Yingying couldn’t help but smile, standing up to straighten Li Yifei’s collar, "Husband, don’t disappoint me."

Li Yifei nodded. Xu Yingying’s words had a double meaning, but no matter what she was referring to, he didn’t want to disappoint Xu Yingying. She was his wife; they were family.

The Security Department was on the first floor, responsible for the entire building’s security, and had twelve security staff. Previously, it was managed by the Logistics Department, which was under Michelle’s supervision. Now that Li Yifei was taking over, it became independent.

Naturally, Li Yifei had to go to Michelle for a handover. He knocked on the door of Michelle’s Logistics Department office, and her voice promptly invited him in, "Please come in."

Li Yifei opened the door and entered to find Michelle looking at him with a joyful surprise before standing up excitedly, "Brother Li, you’re back?"

Li Yifei closed the door behind him and smiled, "Yeah, I just got back, and right off the bat, I have to split a part of your Logistics Department."

Before Michelle could ask, the phone rang. She quickly answered it, and it was Xu Yingying discussing the matter of separating the Security Department.

After hanging up, Michelle looked at Li Yifei with a beaming smile and said, "Brother Li, this is great. Those security guards are all men; I found it hard to manage them. Now I can finally pass on this headache-inducing issue."

Li Yifei laughed, "But that means you’re losing quite a bit of power."

"What power, who cares about that? I just like working here, like following President Xu, and besides..." Michelle glanced at Li Yifei, a blush spreading across her face.

Even without her saying it, Li Yifei knew she meant she was happy to spend time with him, but that wasn’t something he dared to follow up on. With already so much emotional debt, he couldn’t afford to lead on a good girl like Michelle.

"Michelle, let’s quickly finish the handover then. I’ve been away from the company for so long that if I don’t get serious, I’ll feel bad about earning my salary."

Michelle chuckled and said, "What’s there to be embarrassed about? Boss Su is your good friend, President Xu is your wife, this company is pretty much your own now."

Li Yifei broke out in a silent sweat and replied, "Then I definitely can’t be negligent; otherwise, I’d really be letting Boss Su down."

Michelle didn’t say much more and gave Li Yifei all the security-related documents. While working, she occasionally stole glances at Li Yifei, who could only pretend not to notice.

Not receiving any reply from Li Yifei, Michelle wasn’t the slightest bit disappointed. On the contrary, it made her like Li Yifei even more. Many men she interacted with looked at her with a certain discomforting desire, but she felt comfortable around Li Yifei. She didn’t have to fear him harassing her and even found herself wishing he would make a move on her.

After grabbing the documents, Michelle and Li Yifei went down to the first-floor office, where the security personnel were located, to announce that Li Yifei would be the new manager of the security department. The security guards didn’t really have any particular thoughts on this; they worked here mainly for the good salary, and who became the manager didn’t affect them much. They had many chances to interact with Michelle, their beautiful manager, but they also really liked Li Yifei, who never put on airs.

Li Yifei finally sorted out all the matters of the security department after a full day.

The security department had a total of twelve guards, with eight working during the day and four at night. All of them were ex-servicemen, which was a requirement Xu Yingying had when choosing security personnel.

As soon as Li Yifei mentioned that he had served in the military too, he became even closer to the security guards, and managing the department became even more comfortable for him.

In the evening, Li Yifei took the group of security guards out for drinks—although there were four on duty that night, so he only brought eight with him.

"Manager Li, come on, let’s have another toast to you," said Sun Tao, the youngest at twenty-three. He raised his cup to Li Yifei with a flush face.

By this time, Li Yifei no longer knew how much he had drunk. Being with these people felt relaxed, not as restrained as with his colleagues in the Human Resources Department, so even though he knew these guys were deliberately getting him drunk, he still happily clinked cups with Sun Tao. He had already been toasted by everyone and had been drinking white spirit, so he was getting quite drunk.

"Manager Li, you really are the company’s golden boy. Everyone’s so envious of you," Sun Tao said after drinking from his cup, looking up to Li Yifei with admiration.

"Envious of what?" Li Yifei lit a cigarette and asked with feigned indifference.

"Isn’t it obvious? Michelle is one of the prettiest girls in our company and she’s become your girlfriend."

Li Yifei let out a laugh and said, "That’s nothing."

"That’s nothing?" Wang Gang, who was in his thirties, slapped the table and exclaimed, "Manager Li, do you realize how many male colleagues in our company have a crush on Michelle, yet you were the one who got her first? They’ve got big issues with you."

Li Yifei joined in the banter with these guys as if he were back in the military. Glaring and slapping the table too, he started to boast, "What’s Michelle? If I wanted to woo any of the beauties in the company, I could do it easily."

Wang Gang glared and retorted, "Come on, Manager Li! We can put up with a lot, but blowing hot air like that isn’t on. We’ll give it to you with Michelle, but the company has two other beauties. One is President Xu and the other is Director He. You reckon you can win them over too? That’s rubbish."

Sun Tao giggled and added, "Exactly. Manager Li, I know you came over with President Xu and Director He. Since Director He is divorced, it might be somewhat believable if something was going on between you two. But as for President Xu—she’s the boss of our company! You might be a manager here, but there’s a huge gap between a manager and the president. With just one word, President Xu could have you packing your bags and leaving. I just don’t buy it."

"Boss, we should make our boasts a bit more believable. How could you even claim President Xu? She’s our goddess. We mere mortals shouldn’t even dream about it."

Everyone was pretty drunk and didn’t really treat Li Yifei as a manager, taking turns to tease him.

Li Yifei, his mouth clasping a cigarette, his eyes glaring and his beard bristling, declared confidently, "You lot with no ambition or insight, listen up. With just one phone call, President Xu would come to get me. Believe it or not?"

"Ha, Manager Li, if you can actually get President Xu here with a single call, we’ll truly be impressed."

"Yeah, if you can call President Xu over, then we’ll pay for this meal."

Li Yifei narrowed his eyes at everyone and said, "Are you guys serious with that?"

"Of course, but what if you can’t call her?"

Li Yifei slammed the table and declared, "If I can’t make her come, I’ll treat you guys for a whole week."

"Ha, let’s see it then! We really want to see if you can get President Xu to come here."

Li Yifei quickly picked up the phone and pressed a couple of buttons, but then he turned to the group and said, "Wait up, I’m going to make the call outside."

After Li Yifei left the room, the others burst out laughing, taking his statement as a joke. They didn’t believe Li Yifei could really get Xu Yingying to come.