The yacht docked at 6:30 a.m. the next day, and a faint tinge of dawn was breaking on the horizon.

Su Yan developed a high fever less than two hours after falling asleep. During the winter break, she took medicinal diet to regulate her body and her condition improved a lot. At least she didn't get sick so easily like before.

However, after experiencing such a major event, with such emotional fluctuations, it's normal to have a fever.

When she got ashore, Su Yan was still delirious from the fever and had no strength at all. Her injured leg was also numb and painful.

Xie Jin originally wanted to hug her, but as soon as they reached the shore and his phone had a signal, it started ringing non-stop.

He knew without even guessing who was calling.

He Xiuyun said, "You go and get her, I'll carry her downstairs."

Xie Jin hesitated for a moment but nodded. He glanced at Su Yan, who had a pale face, and then left the yacht with his phone.

He Xiuyun stared intently at the girl on the bed for a long time until Wu Feifan's urging voice came from outside. Only then did he carefully pick up Su Yan and go out.

Outside the yacht.

Duz and Lan Wenyu were each holding a girl in their arms.

The two men immediately went to greet Sixth Master when they saw him.

Lan Wenyu said, "Sixth Master, thank you for taking care of me on this trip. This favor... is it Su Yan?"

He moved closer and finally saw the true face of the girl in He Xiujun's arms.

Upon hearing Su Yan's name, Du Zi's eyes narrowed. He stepped forward, glanced at her, and frowned, saying, "Why is she here too?"

Lan Wenyu hurriedly asked, "Sixth Master, could Su Yan have also been kidnapped by human traffickers?"

They weren't on the same yacht as Sixth Master. They had taken the person back to the yacht as soon as they found him, so they didn't have time to pay attention to anyone else.

He Xiuyun glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "Yes, Wu Feifan has prepared the car. You can go back now."

He wasn't interested in why the two of them knew Su Yan.

The girl in the yellow dress that Lan Wenyu was holding suddenly said, "Brother, it was this girl who helped me untie myself, which gave us the opportunity to take control of the yacht. You should thank her properly."

Before Lan Wenyu could speak, Xie Jin, who had just finished the call, returned. "Old He, what are you standing there for? Junior sister has a fever, try not to let her get chilled."

The wind at the port is strong; it hurts when it hits your face.

Upon hearing this, He Xiuyun immediately picked up Su Yan and headed towards the car.

Lan Wenyu wanted to chase after them, but Du Zi stopped him. "Sixth Master seems to care a lot about Su Yan. He probably isn't in the mood to talk to us much right now. Let's go back first and see Su Yan after we've settled them in."

Lan Wenyu had no choice but to give up, and what followed was guilt.

He said dejectedly, "Brother Yu told us to take good care of his sister, but now Su Yan is in trouble and we haven't received any news. I wonder what Brother Yu will think of us if he finds out."

Duz paused for a moment, then reassured her, "We didn't know something like this would happen to Su Yan, after all, she's so smart. Besides, Brother Yu only told us to take good care of Su Yan's business and not let anyone make things difficult for her. He didn't tell us to focus on protecting her safety. At worst, we can send some people to follow her secretly in the future."

Lan Wenyu remained silent, still feeling very frustrated.

...

Dawn Apartments.

Before arriving, Xie Jin had already asked Wen Liangce to clean the apartment.

After placing Su Yan on the bed and covering her with a blanket, He Xiuyun frowned and asked him, "Don't we need to take her to the hospital?"

Xie Jin sat on the sofa, took a sip of water, and said, "She's had a full check-up. My junior sister's external injuries are severe, and she can only be carefully nursed back to health. Going to the hospital won't help. Don't worry, I'll stay here to take care of her during this time."

Guo Ziming originally wanted to come to Guangzhou, but Ye Feixu stopped him.

Because the two of them are currently researching tuberculosis, once Guo Ziming leaves Beijing, people at the research institute will definitely find out. At that time, people will inevitably say that he is taking advantage of his status as a disciple of Master Jue or his high position to disregard this research, leaving whenever he wants without consulting the director of the research institute.

Because the equipment and funding used by their research institute were provided by the Beijing Municipal Research Institute, which had paid Ye Feixu and Guo Ziming high salaries to specifically study tuberculosis, they couldn't just take the high salaries and slack off.

They didn't want to bring shame to their master.

He Xiuyun opened her mouth, "Then I..."

"Don't worry about what's going on here. You caused such a commotion, and now that you're back, there's a lot of mess to clean up. You'll be busy for a while. Just focus on taking care of your business. With me here, don't you feel at ease?"

Since Xie Jin had already said so much, He Xiuyun said nothing more and simply said, "Alright, then I'll be going now."

"Go ahead, go back and catch up on some sleep before you get busy."

After He Xiuyun left, Xie Jin asked Wen Liangce, "Has Southern Medical University started its semester?"

Wen Liangce scratched his head. "Some majors started reporting yesterday and today. Miss Su's major starts tomorrow and the day after. But she probably can't go to school in her current condition, right? The wound on her hand is nothing, but the wound on her leg will take at least half a month to heal."

Xie Jin took out his phone and called Director Zhong.

After the call connected, he asked directly, "Director Zhong, this is Xie Jin. I'd like to ask when my junior colleague's grade-skipping exam will begin?"

Director Zhong said, "The combined Chinese and Western approaches will be reported on the 24th and 25th, and the make-up exam will be on March 1st or 2nd. How did Su Yan do in her studies this winter break? She can't afford to make any mistakes in the skip-grade exam, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the principal."

Xie Jin recounted what had happened to Su Yan in the past two days: "This is what happened. My junior sister injured her right hand, fractured her leg, and suffered a mild concussion. She probably won't recover by March 1st, which is why I called you to discuss a solution."

After hearing this, Director Zhong immediately said, "In that case, you don't need to worry about it. Su Yan can come back to school when she has recovered. I will explain to the principal myself."

Su Yan writes with her right hand, and it was her right hand that was injured, so she really couldn't write the exam paper.

Xie Jin wanted to hear Director Zhong's words.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to Director Zhong."

"You're too kind. I'll go see Su Yan as soon as I'm done with what I'm doing."

Director Zhong knew that Su Yan was staying at the Liming Apartment.

Since the school wasn't far away, he naturally had to go and visit him, after all, he was a rare and talented student.

Xie Jin did not refuse; he thanked him and then hung up the phone.

The phone rang again less than a minute after I put it down.

He glanced at the incoming call number and answered it.

Guo Ziming's anxious voice came through, "Senior Brother, where are you now? How is Junior Sister?"

"At Liming Apartments." Xie Jin said irritably, "Why did you call so many times? Don't you trust me to take care of my junior sister?"

These words immediately angered Guo Ziming.

He couldn't help but say sarcastically, "If you had been more careful, my junior sister wouldn't have suffered like this! Be careful, or I'll tell Master about this!"

Xie Jin: "..." Damn it!