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Chapter 176 The Meeting of the Century with Brother Long [First Update!]

Li Younan's skills not only do not deteriorate, but they also gradually improve with continuous use, a fact that Li Younan has a deep understanding of.

For example, his previous cooking skills have deepened his understanding of ingredients little by little through long-term cooking. Practice makes perfect... His cooking level has improved a lot compared to when he first acquired the skill. It has gone from very delicious to super delicious.

In short, all of his skills are offensive and defensive.

His highway driving skills are naturally the same. In nearly a year, Li Younan has driven at least 20,000 to 50,000 kilometers.

Although this number is insignificant for professional drivers in the transportation industry, Li Younan has experienced all kinds of road conditions in the past year. The experience he has accumulated has made a very significant improvement, even though he has not yet reached the second level of the systematic highway driving skills.

When Li Younan switched to manual transmission, his control over the limits of the vehicle's chassis and engine speed reached an extremely exaggerated level.

After getting on the highway, Li Younan glanced at the location of the speed cameras. Except for a few cameras where he would slow down to within the speed limit, he was speeding most of the time.

Despite this, Liu Yu did not feel any weightlessness or swaying in the car. In other words, even at such a high speed, Li Younan drove very steadily.

His timing in shifting gears was extremely precise, almost perfectly matching the car's performance parameters.

The journey from the south to Chengdu is about 300 kilometers, but thanks to Li Younan's speeding, he reached the toll station in just two and a half hours.

Although Liu Yu didn't say anything along the way, he was a little nervous. To be honest, he had never ridden in such a fast car before, and for a while he regretted telling Li Younan to drive faster.

Fortunately, we arrived at our destination without any major incidents.

Of course, for Li Younan, although he was speeding, he was basically in control of everything.

With his skill level, he naturally wouldn't pose a risk to others' safety. In fact, because he doesn't linger in traffic, most sections of the road are smooth and safe.

After arriving in Chengdu, Liu Yu's tense nerves relaxed a little, and she began to recount what Liu Li had experienced.

However, Liu Yu wasn't entirely clear on the details of the situation. The call came from the family's housekeeper; when she returned home from grocery shopping, Liu Li had already been taken to the hospital.

It seems that my younger sister went downstairs and hit a dog, then fainted, and someone else made the emergency call.

That's all the information we have so far. Liu Yu didn't ask the nanny for too much detail in order to save time, and besides, he felt that the nanny probably didn't know that much either.

The most urgent task right now is to go there as soon as possible to deal with this matter and ensure my sister's safety.

Therefore, their destination at this point was to go directly to the hospital.

Liu Yu frowned and said, "This is probably an accident, but we don't know the specifics yet."

He sighed. One possible reason was that after his sister fainted, people around her called an ambulance.

“The hospital is an unfamiliar environment for her, which will only make her panic. She needs me by her side at this time.” Liu Yu looked at Li Younan, her eyes filled with undisguised worry.

Li Younan nodded silently.

Although Liu Yu's emotions were relatively stable at this moment, and he seemed very calm when he spoke, Li Younan knew very well that this was only because Liu Yu also knew that being anxious and flustered at the moment would not do any good, and he was of course extremely anxious inside.

While calling an ambulance when Liu Li fainted wasn't necessarily a bad thing, the fact that no one she knew was by her side meant she might face an even more terrifying situation when she woke up.

Liu Yu felt a pang of self-reproach, a hint of pain in her eyes: "I shouldn't have left her alone at home for so long."

Li Younan shook her head and said, "I can't blame you for that. But there must be a reason why she went downstairs alone. You just said she hit a dog. Why would she hit a dog?"

Liu Yu's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he slowly said, "No matter what the reason, if it's because of someone else that my sister had an accident..." He stopped mid-sentence, knowing that now was not the time to make threats.

Liu Yu then took out her phone and made a few more calls to the nanny, learning that her younger sister had not yet woken up, but her other physical condition was relatively normal.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief, then said to Li Younan, "I hope I'll be next to my sister when she wakes up."

Fortunately, there wasn't much traffic today, and Li Younan's car arrived at the hospital where Liu Li was not long after entering the city.

The two parked the car and quickly got out to head to the ward.

The two stood at the elevator entrance, waiting for the elevator to come down. Liu Yu hesitated for a moment, glanced at Li Younan, and suddenly smiled helplessly: "She hasn't agreed yet, she wants to meet you in person."

Li Younan shrugged and said nonchalantly, "If you feel it's not appropriate, then I won't go in."

Liu Yu rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Is that what I meant?" His expression turned serious as he said, "My sister now experiences varying degrees of somatization symptoms when she meets strangers. That's why we haven't met with you yet."

"Thank you so much this time. You gave up the finals for my sister and even sped all the way here. If you lose all the points on your license, you won't be able to travel by car anymore."

Li Younan said nonchalantly, "Don't worry about that. I always drive within the speed limit in those areas where they take photos illegally. Let's not worry about that for now. Should I avoid them later?"

Liu Yu paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile: "The original plan was to let my sister eat your cooking for a while, and then arrange for the two of you to meet. But now things have turned out like this... Well, let's go upstairs and talk about it."

A moment later, the two of them arrived at the floor where Liu Li's ward was located.

As the two looked down the corridor, they immediately spotted the door of a ward where a middle-aged woman was explaining something to a few people.

That auntie was the nanny Liu Yu's family had hired. The two walked over there and overheard the nanny explaining to a few people that they couldn't go in to see Liu Li.

Then the aunt finally saw Liu Yu and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Mr. Liu, you've finally arrived!"

Liu Yu nodded, and immediately looked through the glass window of the ward before asking, "How is she?" The aunt said, "The doctor said her condition is relatively stable, and she should be waking up soon. Why don't you go in first?"

Liu Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, went in alone to check on her sister, and then confirmed her sister's condition with the doctor.

More than 10 minutes later, he came out of the ward and asked the caregiver what had happened.

Only then did he turn his attention to the two people who were also waiting outside the ward, one of whom was an elderly woman.

Upon hearing Liu Yu ask about her granddaughter's condition, she couldn't help but wipe away her tears and said, "My grandson and I were sunbathing downstairs when a rabid dog suddenly ran over and tried to bite him. I'm old and useless; I couldn't control that rabid dog... Just then, that girl rushed downstairs, grabbed a broom, and chased the dog away for me. Then, she fainted... Poor girl..."

Li Younan and Liu Yu exchanged a glance and understood the general outline of the matter.

……

Half an hour later, Li Younan and Liu Yu's nanny were chatting by the wall outside the hospital bed.

At this moment, it is an unfamiliar environment for Liu Li, so it would be better if her brother stayed with her alone inside.

If she's calm when she wakes up, that's fine. But if she's not, the more people who go in, the more trouble they'll cause.

This aunt has been working for Liu Yu's family for several years. Li Younan chatted with her briefly and could roughly tell that she was an honest and kind person.

Speaking of Liu Li's illness, he couldn't help but sigh, saying, "Oh dear, how could such a good girl get such a strange disease?"

Just then, the door suddenly clicked open.

Liu Yu came out, turned around and closed the door. Li Younan glanced at him and said, "Has your sister woken up?"

Liu Yu nodded: "She's awake."

Li Younan asked again, "Is the situation alright?"

Liu Yu nodded again and said, "He was just a little frightened, but since it was the symptoms of somatization that caused him to faint, he needs to stay in the hospital for another hour of observation. Once we confirm that there are no problems, he can go home."

Li Younan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

Liu Yu suddenly looked at Li Younan and said, "Why don't you go in and see my sister too?"

Li Younan paused for a moment, then hesitated slightly: "Is that alright?"

Liu Yu nodded and said, "I just told her inside that you sped all the way back and even gave up the final race. She felt a little bad about it, so she asked me to call you in."

Although Li Younan knew this wasn't the time for jokes, he couldn't help but ask, "If I go in, won't your sister faint?"

Liu Yu said irritably, "I'll go in with you."

After saying that, Liu Yu opened the door again.

For some reason, Li Younan's breathing suddenly quickened.

Although he felt deep down that Liu Li's appearance wasn't important, he still couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he actually met this girl who had been shrouded in mystery for so long.

He chuckled to himself. This was probably what they meant by "the unattainable is always the most alluring," and indeed, human nature is still driven by curiosity.

He then followed Liu Yu into the ward.

As soon as Li Younan stepped inside, Liu Yu closed the door behind him, and the ward instantly fell silent.

In the small space, the hospital bed was right in the middle. The girl on the bed didn't look over; she just looked down and hugged a doll. Her thick, long hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, as soft as a painting.

From this angle, you can clearly see her long eyelashes and upturned nose, but her skin looks a bit pale.

Then, she slowly raised her head—Li Younan swore he had never seen such eyes before, clear as obsidian soaked in spring water, with a hint of sleepiness and a subtle stubbornness, as if starlight had fallen into them, and with a gentle sway, they could ripple with tiny sparkles.

He stood there, stunned. His previous expectations suddenly vanished, and he felt as if something had gently bumped into his heart.

So this is the person who only existed in the description; she really was sitting there quietly.

Li Younan's absent-mindedness went unnoticed by Liu Yu and Liu Li, who were more nervous than Li Younan at that moment.

Liu Li also got a clear look at Li Younan, the guy she had only seen in the videos. He was actually even more handsome in real life than in the videos.

Not knowing what to say, she felt extremely embarrassed and lowered her head, whispering, "Hi."

Her fair face immediately turned rosy, like the sunset.

Li Younan also cheered.

Liu Yu, standing to the side, felt a great sense of relief... Fortunately, Liu Li did not regard Li Younan as a stranger who would make her nervous.

Just as the scene was so harmonious, several women's shouts suddenly came from outside.

"Here! It's the person in this ward... who beat my son badly!"

(End of this chapter)