He Lin, looking sickly and pale, appeared before the two people and the dog.
Upon seeing familiar faces, the cotton plant wagged its tail even more enthusiastically.
Cotton barked twice at He Lin happily.
Yu Lian was filled with questions, but He Lin didn't give her a chance to speak, staring intently at Li Yanshen.
"What's he doing here?"
Seeing this, Li Yanshen hid behind Yu Lian and then began to scream.
"I'm so sorry! I'm just hungry. Please don't let them take me away."
"I'm so sorry! I don't want to be taken away, please!"
Phrases like "Don't take me away" lingered in Yu Lian's ears for the next half hour.
Yu Lian ignored He Lin's dissatisfaction and led the two into the house.
"Let me see if you cut your hand."
The wooden crate that hit him was so rough that splinters pierced his palm.
It's nothing serious; He Lin simply doesn't want his lover to waste their attention on someone insignificant.
"OK."
Yu Lian turned around and went to the island counter to pour him a glass of warm water, telling him to drink it while it was still warm.
Then they went to the restaurant and let Li Yanshen eat by himself.
Li Yanshen relaxed considerably upon seeing the food.
After sitting down and taking a bite, I started praising myself.
"Sister's cooking is so delicious! You're amazing!"
"We need to be quiet while eating. I'll go check on things first. Come find me in the front when you're done."
The dining room and living room were not far apart. Yu Lian turned around and took two steps. He Lin squinted and stared at the man in the dining room through the gap.
But Li Yanshen only had eyes for the food and buried himself in eating.
"Alright, I don't know what kind of person he was before, but at least he saved the child. It's not too much for me to treat him to a few meals."
"How many meals?"
He Lin suddenly raised his voice, "He came to the house while I was away?"
"Why are you getting so worked up? I just gave him some food. How can you say he injured his hand while protecting the child?"
Yu Lian told He Lin what had happened while he was away some time ago.
He Lin's suspicions deepened, and he felt that Li Yanshen was deliberately getting close to his wife in order to replace him.
After He Lin expressed his thoughts, Yu Lian laughed for a long time without any attempt to hide it.
Finally, she put her hands on her hips and spoke her mind, "To be honest, besides my family, you're the only one who treats me like a treasure. I don't know this Li Yanshen at all. Besides, he's an idiot. All he cares about is food. He doesn't even know what money is."
"But speaking of which, tell me, how did you get discharged from the hospital when you were perfectly fine?"
Changing the subject, He Lin gestured for Yu Lian to go upstairs.
Yu Lian glanced through the partition between the living room and the dining room at Li Yanshen, who was still engrossed in his food.
As if sensing her presence, Li Yanshen turned his head and greeted her through the gap in the partition before continuing his meal.
Back in the master bedroom on the second floor, He Lin was still worried, so he pulled Yu Lian into the bathroom and closed the door again.
"I am still hospitalized and in critical condition. The news has already been released, and the company's stock price has been falling."
In just a few words, Yu Lian understood He Lin's meaning.
"Shouldn't you find a safe place to hide and wait for the fish to bite?"
"I haven't seen you for several days, I miss you. Besides, the most dangerous place is the safest place. I'll try not to move around, and no one will find out."
The two chatted in the bathroom for half an hour, and then Yu Lian told He Lin to lie down and rest.
It seems the medicine from yesterday worked well.
"The doctors couldn't find the cause before, but it improved so quickly. They examined me all night."
"Really? That means you're in good physical condition."
"I knew it was because you were there with me that things got better. I'm just glad you're not angry with me."
Yu Lian didn't intend to pay attention to his fallacies. "It's good that you're better. Now that you've recovered from your serious illness, you should lie down and rest. I'll go get you something to eat."
"No, I'll go with you. Tell that idiot to get lost. He looks like a beggar, doesn't he look disgusting?"
Saying such things is completely out of character for He Lin.
Yu Lian was already used to his jealous nature and didn't want to argue with the patient. "You rest, I'll let him go home now, okay?"
"Um."
Yu Lian took two steps out, and He Lin followed her all the way to the edge of the stairs. Although he stopped, he kept looking at Yu Lian without any intention of going back to the bedroom to rest.
Upon arriving on the first floor, Yu Lian looked at the clean tabletop and then went to the kitchen. The sink was covered in water droplets, and the dishes and chopsticks had been washed perfunctorily.
Following the sound, she looked outside and saw that Li Yan's dark gray T-shirt was mostly wet, but he didn't seem to care as he played with cotton in the yard.
Yu Lian felt a pang of sadness. The police had said that this was all there was to his life.
He has no friends, that's probably why he's sticking to the cotton so much.
"Have they left?"
He Lin's inquiry came from upstairs.
"Let's go, you should rest now. I'll make you some nourishing soup."
"I don't want to drink it. Can you stay with me and sleep for a while?"
Yu Lian didn't go along with He Lin. When they first met, she noticed that He Lin's complexion was abnormal. Although he had recovered to a certain extent, he was still weak.
You need to continuously consume some spiritual spring water during this period in order to fully recover.
"Lie down first and wait for me for twenty minutes."
With all the ingredients at home, I quickly prepared them and put them all in a pot to simmer over low heat.
After cleaning up the mess in the kitchen, Yu Lian glanced at the front yard.
As soon as Li Yanshen returned to the apartment across the hall and closed the door, Mianhua was sleeping in her little nest, basking in the sun.
A rare tranquility enveloped the small courtyard.
Yu Lian went upstairs, and He Lin was already lying down. He thoughtfully lifted the other side of the thin blanket.
"Come quickly, I've been waiting for you for so long."
Aside from yesterday, it's been a long time since the two of them have spent time alone together.
He Lin missed her terribly. Yu Lian had slept all day and was now wide awake. She simply lay down next to He Lin as a formality.
"Go to sleep, I'll stay with you."
He Lin could feel his body's need for sleep, but whenever he thought of what Yu Lian had said yesterday, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and wanted to get a more accurate answer from her.
"What did you mean by what you said in the office yesterday?"
"What do you mean?"
He Lin could tell she was deliberately avoiding answering, so he leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Do you also like me, just a tiny bit, perhaps?"
Sometimes Yu Lian really wanted to become a little colder, or change He Lin's attitude and make him more assertive and strict in front of her.
But He Lin was very different from what she had expected.
He's clearly a winner in life, but in front of himself, he acts like a pitiful person.
It was precisely this contrast that caused her to gradually break through her own bottom line.
Despite deeply recognizing her own "degradation," Yu Lian still couldn't bring herself to be ruthless.
"Hmm..." Yu Lian mumbled, vaguely uttering two words.
He Lin couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile. "You admitted it. I heard you."
Seeing his smug look, Yu Lian was genuinely curious: was it really necessary for him to be so happy?
The atmosphere had already reached this point, and He Lin couldn't resist moving closer.
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