Lin Yanping behaved like this to avoid the situation, essentially deceiving herself and others.

"Suit yourself! I just wanted to remind you not to commit murder against the Junior Palace Master in broad daylight again, especially with the Master backing you up,"

Li Dafeng sighed and then left.

He knew well that he was powerless now, and since that was the case, he might as well let go. If any mishaps occurred, he would sacrifice himself to make amends.

Seeing her senior fellow disciple so disheartened, Lin Yanping felt some heartache. She had always been deeply grateful to this man who had always taken care of and protected her. However, gratitude was gratitude, and she couldn't force her conscience to like Li Dafeng, because it was unfair to everyone involved and hurtful as well.

"Senior brother! I'm sorry!" Lin Yanping sobbed, filled with remorse.

At that moment, these three words were all she had to compensate Li Dafeng for her indebtedness.

"Don't say sorry, everything was my own choice; no one else is to blame," Li Dafeng responded, then turned away sorrowfully and left.

The more it was so, the more heartbroken Lin Yanping became; she did not know what the outcome of spurning someone's love would be; she only knew that this was what her heart wanted to do.

Meanwhile, An Qi continued to stroll about inside Cinnabar Palace.

Honestly, Cinnabar Palace was massive, even larger than a famous university and occupied an entire mountain peak; now, her legs were weak from walking.

Beyond that, the scenery of Cinnabar Palace was beautiful, and the air was fresh. Standing there, one could overlook the masses and enjoy the view below the mountains.

"I wish Yifan, Sister Jiajia, and the rest were here, then the five of us could enjoy this beautiful scene together," An Qi thought to herself.

Being in the sect, she realized how uncomfortable she felt, every move watched by others.

Just now, she had heard the disciples within the palace discussing her.

Additionally, holding the position of Junior Palace Master had involuntary isolated her; the intense cultivation schedule allowed her little downtime.

All these factors made her miss the happy moments she had shared with Lin Yifan and the others even more.

"Yifan! Are you all okay?" An Qi spoke to the distant horizon, expressing the longing in her heart.

On the other side of the sky, Lin Yifan and the others were busy selecting a location for their company's branch.

They wanted to establish a foothold in Capital City first before deciding whether to move the company headquarters there.

Choosing a branch meant renting office spaces, hiring staff, and addressing staff accommodation issues among other things.

So firstly, they needed to choose the office location, then gradually address the other issues.

Yesterday, after consultations, they settled on two floors of a several hundred meters tall office building located in the Capital City financial center. The rent for one year was tens of millions, incredibly expensive.

However, they had no choice, wanting to compete with national and even global tech giants; they needed a presentable and proper office space, so they wouldn't be looked down upon.

After finalizing the office location, the next step was to address the staff accommodation issue.

Given the exorbitant land prices in Capital City, they were not planning to buy land there to build the company branch and staff accommodation buildings; instead, they decided to subsidize the staff's accommodation costs monthly, allowing the staff to find rental places elsewhere.

After resolving the staff accommodation issue, the next challenge was to solve their accommodation issues.

Without a doubt, they chose a detached villa because they wanted to live a bit more freely.

A week later, all the major problems had been basically solved; at that time, they took some of the company's staff and entered Yanjing to compete with the large enterprises there.

Upon disembarking the plane and arriving at the company's branch, these accompanying employees quickly adapted and worked in an organized manner.

Although they had brought a portion of people, the branch's manpower was far from sufficient, so they began recruiting talent from all over society, seeking elites from various fields.

Once the recruitment announcement was made, people gradually came to apply.

Lin Yifan led several key members of the company to set up an interview panel to interview those talents who came inspired by the company's reputation.

Lin Yifan naturally became the chief interviewer, and his method of selecting candidates was somewhat unique; he briefly glanced over qualifications and certifications, focusing greatly instead on personal character and hobbies. Thus, he dismissed batch after batch of highly educated individuals.

Certificates and qualifications were, to him, rather elusive and could even be falsified, so he placed more importance on an individual's character and moral cultivation. Only those with good character and cultivation could make a tangible contribution to the company.

As a result, over the days, very few people were hired, and some of those hired were not even professionally matched or were young people from society without any diplomas.

Seeing this situation, the other interviewers expressed their opinions to Lin Yifan.

Lin Yifan understood what they wanted to say, but he had a clear idea of where these people should be employed; thus, they needn't worry.

With the boss insistent on this approach, the interviewers had no choice but to comply with his wishes.

However, a day later, upon knowing Lin Yifan's arrangements for the newly recruited employees, they felt sorry for the doubts they had raised the day before.

Because Lin Yifan had placed these people in positions that matched their abilities, high academic positions involving technology, philosophy, design, innovation, and products were still unappointed.

"Boss, sorry, we were a bit rash yesterday," the interviewers apologized, feeling pleased.

"It's okay, I know you all mean well for the company, I don't blame you," Lin Yifan responded.

He appreciated the company culture where concerns were raised openly; he disliked environments where flattery and sycophancy prevailed all day long.

When the weekend arrived, it was time to rest and relax.

Having been in Yanjing for a while, Lin Yifan and his team had been busy with branch affairs and hadn't had a chance to go out and enjoy themselves.

So this weekend, they decided to go out and have fun to relieve their tired spirits.

After work, Lin Yifan accompanied three beauties on a shopping spree.

They visited Longxing Street, one of the most famous pedestrian streets in Yanjing, to see what fun things were there.

After parking the car, they got out and walked.

Soon, they arrived at Longxing Street.

Longxing Street has a long history, legend has it that it was once crawled over by a dragon, a place under the protection of the Emperor, making it a most auspicious location. Therefore, the common people named this street Longxing Street, commemorating this significant event.

Longxing Street was very lively, especially around seven to eight o'clock in the evening. So, Lin Yifan and his group saw a sea of people; there was hardly a gap to squeeze through!

Such crowdedness was quite dangerous, especially since there were three beauties with him. At such times, perverts specifically take advantage of the confusion to harass women.

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