She Really Liked His Voice

The sky has long turned dark and the surroundings were quiet when Zhang Yu Han sent her back to the apartment. Because the two of them has spent half of the day to accompany both Mo Cheng Yi and Fan Yun Xi around the site, once they went back to the office, they had to work overtime. As the day to submit the tender was approaching soon, there were a lot of things that they have to do.

Li Qin Yao slid her knapsack properly on her shoulders as Zhang Yu Han went to open the door for her. Since the last time she almost stumbled when she descended from his vehicle, Li Qin Yao learned that she should wear her knapsack properly.

"Thank you," Li Qin Yao said as she adjusted the straps on her shoulders. "Sorry. You have to accompany me to work until late at night."

"It can't be helped. The submission date is the day after tomorrow. And I couldn't help much with it."

Li Qin Yao smiled. Today, when everyone was busy with completing their work, Zhang Yu Han went out for a while and got everyone a hot cup of coffee from her cafe. Zhang Yu Han could not help them much with their work, but these past few days, he had stayed around to look after everyone else.

When Li Qin Yao thought about it, she thought that it was inappropriate for someone like Zhang Yu Han to do such menial tasks. However, Zhang Yu Han had said that he was willing to do it.

Of course, Li Qin Yao did not know that Zhang Yu Han was trying to curry favor with her employees. Seeing how someone like Zhang Yu Han was willing to run a few errands for them, naturally, the workers in QL's B City's Branch looked up at him. The employees thought that although Director Zhang had a stern expression, that man was quite nice and easy to approach.

"Will you be free to come along with us to submit the tender? The result will be announced on the same day," Li Qin Yao said.

Zhang Yu Han nodded. "Tell me the time. I'll come and pick you up as usual."

Li Qin Yao paused. She was not asking him to come along to have him acted as her chauffeur. However, Li Qin Yao had no way to bring up that matter. In the end, she just let the matter pass.

"I should go in. Text me when you have reached home safely."

Sensing that the girl was worried about him driving alone at night, Zhang Yu Han's lips curled into a smile. "Alright."

After saying her goodbye at the apartment entrance, Li Qin Yao stood behind the wall to watch his vehicle disappeared into the night before she entered the lift.

Her mother, Xu Yilan, went outstation for a few days and thus, Li Qin Yao stayed home alone.

Li Qin Yao put her belongings in her room and went into the bathroom to clean up. It was a busy day and she was planning to go to bed soon. However, once she walked out of the bathroom, Li Qin Yao heard her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Fan Yun Xi.

Sliding her finger across the screen, Li Qin Yao then pressed the phone to her ears. "Hello? Yun Xi?"

"Yao Yao. You're back from work?"

"Hmm…"

"I was planning to call earlier, but Cheng Yi and I went out around the city. I couldn't find a suitable time."

Li Qin Yao raised a brow as she listened to her friend's words. She sat down on the bed and dried her hair with a towel with one hand. "Miss Fan, could it be that you are calling me to brag about your date with your fiance?"

Fan Yun Xi laughed at her accusation. She glanced towards the bathroom and heard the shower running. "Actually, I wanted to apologize to you about Cheng Yi's question during lunch. Cheng Yi was insensitive and it was uncomfortable for you. The last time we talked, you did mention that you were seeing someone."

"Well," Li Qin Yao heaved a sigh. "You don't have to apologize. That person and I have broken up for months."

"Ah? You broke up?" Fan Yun Xi sat up straight on the bed. "Yao Yao, you didn't tell me. Are you okay?"

"Mmm… I'm alright. I didn't have much time to dwell on it," Li Qin Yao sandwiched her phone between her ears and shoulder before she continued to dry her hair with the towel. "Soon after that, my grandfather assigned me to take over this project and I was busy preparing the proposal and tender. You know how it is. When we were busy to chase after the deadline, we tend to forget about everything else."

"As long as you're alright. Yao Yao, you know that you can always call me if you need anyone to talk to."

Li Qin Yao let out a giggle. "Thank you. Don't worry about me. I have moved on. I have long accepted that between Chen Hao and I, we couldn't be together."

"What happened?"

"Let's just say that his mother did not like me as the daughter-in-law and had picked a candidate for him."

As she listened to Li Qin Yao's tone, Fan Yun Xi could tell that her friend did not want to talk much about her ex-boyfriend. Since it was the case, she immediately thought of another subject to change the subject. "Anyway, that Director Zhang, he had a voice that you liked, huh?"

Li Qin Yao's movement stopped. Slowly, her hands moved to cover her face. "Yun Xi, why do you still remember about that band?"

"Have you forgotten that I was your roommates? You used to listen to that band on repeat," Fan Yun Xi laughed. Then, she tried to imitate the way that lead singer of TIME used to sing.

Hearing Fan Yun Xi's imitation, Li Qin Yao burst into a laugh. When she thought about that phase during her fascination with that group, Li Qin Yao was embarrassed. Back then, she had a couple of their CDs as well as posters. At one time, she had gone over to the band's concert alone and thought that the lead singer really does have a nice voice.

Of course, even after her friend had baited her to talk about Zhang Yu Han, Li Qin Yao had cleverly changed the topic to something else. In the end, the two friends talked about Fan Yun Xi's upcoming wedding until Mo Cheng Yi had urged his fiancee to go to bed as they need to check out and leave B City early in the morning.

Once she had hung up the phone, Li Qin Yao browsed the internet and listened to the band's song for a while. At the end of the song, Li Qin Yao was surprised to find that the lead singer's voice did not enchant her as much as it did years ago.

She had thought that Zhang Yu Han's voice sounded deeper and gripping than TIME's lead singer.

Recently, she had spent most of her time with Zhang Yu Han. The more she heard his voice, the more she thought that she really liked his voice. Sometimes, Li Qin Yao thought that it was not easy to have a discussion with Zhang Yu Han as she would always entranced by his voice.

Could she really have a fetish towards this type of voice?

Coincidentally, just as the song ended, her phone rang with an incoming message from Zhang Yu Han, informing her that he had arrived home safely.

Seeing his name on the screen, her lips formed a smile. Suddenly, she could almost hear his deep voice, wishing her good night.

Startled by her imagination, Li Qin Yao immediately covered her face with a pillow in embarrassment.