"CEO, make sure to keep our senior's business card and phone number safe, okay?" Lin Hai said while driving.

Ouyang Xiaoya felt that at this moment, Beast Lin was oozing with sourness, and she slightly furrowed her brows, thinking such a man seemed pretty narrow-minded.

But on the other hand, it also showed that Lin Hai really cared about her.

"What do you mean by that? He's my senior, not yours, hmph." Ouyang Xiaoya's lips curved up slightly, wanting to tease Lin Hai a bit to see if this guy was actually jealous or not.

"Forget it, just consider it a joke, don't get mad. Keep it if you want, or throw it away if you don't," Lin Hai continued driving.

Ouyang Xiaoya looked at Lin Hai's profile, about to speak, when she heard him say again: "If I let you keep it, you'll think I don't care about you and am being jealous. If I don't let you keep it, then you think I'm being narrow-minded as a man. It's hard to please everyone; no matter what you do, there's always someone who won't like it."

"I think you're just jealous." Ouyang Xiaoya felt a slight twinge of happiness inside; her fiance might have his flaws, but overall, he still cared for her.

"Obvious lechers are easy to avoid, but hidden creeps are hard to guard against. I just don't want you to be charmed by some superficially handsome guy," Lin Hai feigned an expression of someone who sees through people's hearts.

Ouyang Xiaoya pursed her lips and said, "Well, at least Wei Luo is a real hunk, unlike some people who don't even have that."

Hearing that, Lin Hai wasn't having it, implying Lin Hai was not the hunk?

"CEO, what do you know, my handsomeness is just not apparent."

"Ts-ts, such thick skin," Ouyang Xiaoya chuckled.

"Can handsomeness be eaten as food? Does he have the wealth I do?" Lin Hai blinked.

Ouyang Xiaoya didn't catch on at first, but suddenly it dawned on her what "wealth" he was referring to. Remembering how Beast Lin was rumoured to be packing a serious weapon and thinking back on various "personal experiences," her face couldn't help but turn red, and she spat lightly, "You beast, only improper thoughts in your mind."

After finishing her sentence, as if still unsatisfied, Ouyang Xiaoya half-jokingly wanted to stoke Beast Lin's jealous fires, so she added, "Wei Luo has always been very healthy, he's got plenty, unlike some people who are just one-hit wonders."

"Who says I'm a one-hit wonder? With my robust 'capital,' ladies have even bestowed me the nickname 'King of Endurance.'" Lin Hai wasn't willing to concede, as this was a challenge to his male pride; he couldn't let a woman say he was inadequate in that aspect!

"Really? Maybe it's all just for show?" Ouyang Xiaoya used Lin Hai's words against him.

"Hmph, it's your senior who's all for show, maybe he does it many times, but each time lasts only three seconds. I wonder how many times he can last in one night." Lin Hai plucked up the courage for a verbal retort, secretly thinking if Wei Luo really fits his description, facing fierce and tough girls like Battle Lord or Mayor Tao, he'd probably be worn out in one night.

"Anyway, I think more times is better, haven't you heard that even ants can kill an elephant? No matter how skilled a martial artist is, they can't stand against numbers," Ouyang Xiaoya felt the need to deflate Lin Hai a bit, lest he keep arrogantly flaunting his "robust capital" in front of her since that one time.

"CEO, you can't speak like that."

"You're still too young, how would you know that a master, once reaching a certain level, can't face a hundred alone?" Lin Hai countered.

"Hmph, keep boasting. No matter how skilled in martial arts, one still fears a cleaver."

"I think a large number of people can cover up the disadvantages and deficiencies of individual abilities, thereby forming collective strength. For example, when I manage a company, even the most elite managers must work in harmony with ordinary employees to form team chemistry. Unity is strength, humph."

Hearing the CEO's words, Lin Hai slightly shook his head and sighed, saying in a tone like he was schooling a junior:

"You can gather a hundred average martial artists and possibly take down the Four Ghosts of the Yellow River with sheer numbers, but they would still be no match for East Evil and West Poison."

Lin Hai sped up the car, speaking as if he himself was a certain "East Evil and West Poison," exuding the lonely air of a master, the peak at the end of the bed, rendered empty by his own prowess.

Ouyang Xiaoya was left speechless by Lin Hai's words, which actually carried a bit of philosophy, and didn't lack humor either. Four Ghosts of the Yellow River, East Evil and West Poison? She marveled at his creativity, but on reflection, it made sense. A large quantity can demonstrate collective strength, but by developing an elite to a certain level, one can also reach an impressive realm.

Suddenly, Ouyang Xiaoya felt that Lin Hai's words provided a breakthrough for the management method bottleneck she'd been experiencing. On one hand, company development relies on team chemistry and the power of numbers, while on the other hand, one could gradually train the core team into the elite of the elite, and likewise cultivate the upwardly mobile employees into elites. By then, the company's strength would be even greater and more stable...

She didn't expect that Beast Lin, someone who couldn't utter a single elegant word, could give her such profound insight from what she saw as flawed reasoning.

With these thoughts, the Iceberg CEO couldn't help but see Lin Hai in a new light, thinking: "This Beast seems to have some small merits, although he probably doesn't even know them himself. As his fiancée and superior, it's necessary for me to help uncover Beast Lin's good points, and aid him in evolving from a miscellaneous excavator to Tsinghua level—or at least to Lanxiang... right?"

Unbeknownst to Lin Hai, his brief comment had inspired great insight in Ouyang Xiaoya. He was smugly convinced that the CEO was left speechless and dared not counter his point.

The car arrived at the villa.

After parking, Lin Hai got out and noticed his shoelaces had come undone.

"Shoelaces untied, wife arrives, tsk tsk, what a good omen."

Lin Hai muttered to himself while squatting down to tie his shoelaces.

At this moment, he didn't notice that he was directly facing Ouyang Xiaoya, who had just turned around to look at him. She saw Lin Hai half-kneeling with his head slightly bowed and hands on his feet. The garage light extended his shadow, making it appear deeper and more solemn.

The pose struck her as extremely similar to that of a man proposing to a woman.

Watching Lin Hai maintain this pose, a thought flashed through Ouyang Xiaoya's mind, leaving her slightly stunned. She couldn't believe she was thinking: "Could it be that stimulated by senior Wei Luo, Beast Lin is actually preparing to propose to me today?"

She was a normal woman, and a marriage proposal would touch her heart. So far, her fiancé Beast Lin had seemed to go from initially being excited about marriage to not caring. The last time her father forced them to get a marriage license, Lin Hai's indifferent performance had left her somewhat inexplicably disappointed and conflicted. Although she disdained Lin Hai, she felt that he had lost "interest" in her.

The hardest thing for a woman to accept is for a man to lose interest in her, even if it's a man she disdains; she still hopes he will fancy her.

Thinking this, Ouyang Xiaoya couldn't stop a wave of inexplicable excitement inside her.

After all this time, was Beast Lin finally ready to confess to her once?

She had never experienced her fiancé showing a romantic side, and she always had a bit of anticipation.

"Whimper, why am I suddenly feeling shy," Ouyang Xiaoya's girlish sensibilities took over her main train of thought.

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