(I've had a very chaotic schedule these days, and the past two days I've been tangled up with an issue that greatly affects Mixed, but I managed to resolve it yesterday. Today, I must deliver two updates, aiming for three, ten thousand words! Thanks for your support.)

When Li Yan finished drying up and came out wrapped in a towel, he saw that Zhang Yurong hadn't left and was tidying up the luggage he brought back.

"Hey! Be careful there." Li Yan chuckled as he walked over.

But during this moment, Zhang Yurong had already adjusted her mindset, thinking she seemed too weak just now.

Hearing his words, she glanced at him sideways, without stopping her hands from tidying up the clothes.

This left Li Yan feeling a bit awkward.

"Mind you, when I said a pervert appeared, I was referring to you..."

"What did you say?" Zhang Yurong raised her eyebrows, finding it shameless, turning the tables on her.

"Isn't it true? I was taking a shower inside, and you bust in like this. If not a pervert, are you a hooligan?" Li Yan stood next to her, teasingly said, "Do you really want to continue this?"

"Humph!" As if I rushed in just to peek at you? Zhang Yurong felt she couldn't compete with his shamelessness, so she simply turned away and ignored him.

Seeing her attitude, Li Yan didn't continue, but instead went to lay down on the bed, muttering, "Ah, so tired, I'll rest for a bit."

Although Zhang Yurong didn't look at him, she was still aware of his movements from the corner of her eye, which almost made her turn and leave. But recalling her decision earlier, she continued to pretend to be calm and kept tidying up.

"Honey, want to nap together? Absence makes the heart grow fonder!"

"Just look at you!"

Zhang Yurong murmured, ignoring him, and quickened her pace in tidying up. After a while, she tossed a few clothes onto the bed: "Put on some clothes, I have something to tell you!"

"Hey, I still want to rest for a bit!"

"All you do is sleep! Did you just come back to bathe and sleep? Do you take this place for a hotel?" Zhang Yurong said exasperatedly.

Seeing her slightly agitated appearance, something rarely seen, after a brief reflection, he understood she was worried about herself first, and now for Yue Yao, so he didn't tease her further, and began swiftly putting on clothes while she was hanging clothes.

Not hearing Li Yan's response, Yurong thought he was sulking and went off to sleep on his own, helpless, she had to compromise by not demanding he change the location to talk seriously. She first said it there: "You know? Yue Yao has disappeared!"

"How could she disappear? She's a grown person, maybe she just went out to have fun?" Due to Yue Yao's repeated requests, Li Yan had to keep her injury a secret, not revealing it to Yurong. Yue Yao said she would contact Yurong herself after recovering a bit.

"Yue Yao is such a quiet person, you know? She's been here for several months, her entertainment is just watching TV and surfing the internet at home. She has hardly any friends and isn't willing to go out alone. This time... Ah!"

Zhang Yurong, in the middle of explaining, suddenly sensed something was off. Li Yan didn't seem to be on the bed but had actually come to her side. Turning to look, sure enough, not only had he gotten up but also fully dressed.

"How... how are you so fast?"

Seeing her incredulous look, Li Yan smiled, "I'm a very efficient person, dressing is always quick for me."

"No need! I believe you..." Yurong felt a bit awkward, but she thought it might be because she was too busy tidying clothes and thinking about Yue Yao that she didn't notice.

Now she had finished tidying up, made a gesture of invitation: "Let's go! Let's talk somewhere else."

"Why change? I think here is just fine!" Li Yan opened his arms as if to embrace her, making Zhang Yurong quickly duck under his arms and slip out of the room.

"I'll be waiting for you in the office!"

Li Yan went to get his phone, then grabbed the phone left at home. His regularly used phone wasn't just turned off and left at home, considering that Yurong couldn't find him and might come back to the room to look for clues, opening it might show messages from others. So he removed the SIM card and hid it alone, only now retrieving the SIM card and installing a battery.

As he turned on the phone, he estimated a flood of text messages would come through soon. He set it to silent mode before heading to Yurong's office.

...

Yurong was waiting for him in the office and handed him a cup of tea when he entered.

"Aunt Liu made ginseng tea, it'll energize you a bit."

Li Yan took the ginseng tea and sat down on the sofa, surprised, he touched his chin with his left hand, "Why are you being so nice to me? I must look obviously worn out, right?"

He had been on edge the day Yue Yao got shot, with worry and anxiety compounded by losing blood, making him seem very distraught. He had been resting while accompanying Yue Yao in the hospital these days, preparing a lot of nourishing food for her every meal. Being a girl with a limited appetite, hindered by injury affecting her appetite and minimal energy expenditure while lying down, she couldn't eat much, so Li Yan consumed the rest to avoid waste.

Moreover, with Yue Yao's condition stabilized and recovering well, he was no longer as haggard as before. So seeing Yurong prepare ginseng tea for him was a bit surprising.

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