Chapter 3
As night deepened, the noise around the pool also ceased.
Dr. Xu, who was woken up by a phone call, stood in front of the villa and yawned.
The next second he stretched and became energetic again.
Even if you're woken up in the middle of the night by a twenty-fold salary, you won't be grumpy in the morning.
Dr. Xu rang the doorbell, and the villa door opened a few seconds later.
It wasn't the butler who opened the door, but his employer—Yan Shiting.
"President Yan," Dr. Xu greeted him with a smile.
"Hmm." President Yan remained as indifferent as ever.
Dr. Xu entered the villa and, in the dim light of the living room, vaguely noticed a bite mark on Yan Shiting's collarbone.
He paused for a moment, but his excellent professionalism made him quickly look away.
Yan Shiting led Dr. Xu upstairs to Yu Li's room.
At this moment, Yu Li was already fast asleep, exhausted, nestled in the blankets.
His soft black hair was a little messy, his thin eyelids had a slight red tinge, and his eyelashes were still damp, making them appear even thicker.
Yan Shiting walked to the bedside and gently pulled Yu Li's arm out from under the covers.
"He was given two kinds of drugs tonight. Let's draw his blood to test if there are any drug residues and whether they will cause any harm to his body."
This was the first time Dr. Xu had ever heard his employer say so much.
After a moment of stunned silence, he quickly came to his senses and took out tools from the first-aid kit to draw blood from Yu Li.
Dr. Xu's movements were very gentle, but Yu Li still let out a soft groan when the needle pierced her skin.
The next second, Dr. Xu felt a cold gaze.
He swallowed hard and tried his best to remain expressionless as he finished drawing blood.
After it was over, Dr. Xu let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
But then he saw Yan Shiting stretch out his arm: "Me too."
Dr. Xu: "..."
Two people who were taking Chinese medicine, and a bite mark on the employer's collarbone.
He seems to have discovered some earth-shattering secret.
Dr. Xu wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, took out a new set of tools, and deftly drew blood from Yan Shiting.
"I'll take it to the hospital for testing immediately, and the results will be available by daybreak."
Dr. Xu packed up his medical kit, then thought for a moment and took out a tube of ointment.
“Ahem,” he pointed to Yu Li on the bed, “President Yan, give me some anti-inflammatory ointment, otherwise she’ll get a fever.”
Yan Shiting seemed to be stunned for a moment, then nodded and took it. When he saw Dr. Xu off, he also handed over the ice bucket to him to take for testing.
...
Yu Li woke up to the chirping of birds.
My head and eyelids felt heavy, accompanied by a sore back and an indescribable pain.
He finally managed to open his eyelids, but when he saw the handsome face so close to his eyes, he was so frightened that he quickly closed them again.
A banquet, a banquet at Shiting!
How could he be lying in the same bed as Yan Shiting?!
In a flash, some scenes from last night suddenly flashed into my mind.
He was drunk, and Yan Shiting took him back to his room. They drank some more, and he looked at Yan Shiting's Adam's apple, and then...
Bad news, he had a one-night stand while drunk.
The worse news was that he was the one who pounced on first, and the person he pounced on didn't really like him.
Yu Li shuddered as he recalled the rumors about Yan Shiting and the cold look in Yan Shiting's eyes when he warned him.
He wondered if the reason Yan Shiting warned him like that was either because of his poor family background or because he hated homosexuals and didn't want his beloved younger brother to be coveted by a homosexual.
Both of these reasons are quite likely.
Now that he's been slept with by this annoying homosexual, what will happen when Yan Shiting wakes up... and silences him?
Silencing them is an extreme measure, but it's hard to say they won't face retaliation.
Yu Li's face was pale, and she secretly opened her eyes again.
Yan Shiting was still asleep, his eyebrows and eyes relaxed, and his breathing steady.
Yu Li breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that he hasn't woken up yet; he can run away first.
Yu Li carefully climbed out of bed, accidentally pulling on his back, and let out a soft hiss.
He turned to look for his clothes, and when he saw the few pieces of clothing scattered and piled up by the bed, his face flushed again.
He didn't dare to think too much, put on his clothes, and slipped away with his legs weak.
As Yu Li went downstairs, she saw the housekeeper hurrying upstairs, seemingly looking for something.
He didn't look at it again, endured his discomfort, quickly ran out of the manor, and took a taxi away.
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Unbeknownst to Yu Li, Yan Shiting opened his eyes as he gently closed the door, his gaze clear and bright.
A moment later, Yan Shiting sat up and glanced at the messy pillows and blankets beside him.
The warmth of human body still lingers there.
Yan Shiting looked away and pinched the bridge of his nose.
He got out of bed, picked up his robe from the bedside, put it on, and was about to go back to the third floor when he bumped into the butler who was coming down.
The butler, his forehead covered in sweat, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing him: "Mr. Yan, I've finally found you."
Yan Shiting: "What is it?"
The butler pursed his lips and said, "Butler He caught a suspicious person in your room. After reviewing the surveillance footage, we found that he put something in the ice bucket."
He paused for a moment, then said guiltily, "It was my dereliction of duty."
He was in charge of security management and was responsible for patrolling the villa regularly.
But after Yan Shiting returned last night, he went up to the third floor less often so as not to disturb Yan Shiting.
Yan Shiting paused in his movement as he went upstairs.
He frowned, then turned and walked towards another guest room on the second floor.
"It's not your fault."
His room is usually locked, but he didn't lock it when he went downstairs last night, allowing that person to sneak in. It wasn't entirely the housekeeper's fault.
"Send over a new set of toiletries and have the housekeeper go upstairs to tidy up the room; throw away anything that needs to be thrown away."
"Take the person to the living room to wait. Also—go and wake Yan Sui up, and have him wait in the living room as well."
Hearing his cold instructions, the butler's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, slowly settled back into place.
"yes."
The party ended at around 2 a.m., and Yan Sui only slept for a little over four hours.
After being woken up by the housekeeper, he dawdled for a while before finishing washing up and going downstairs while yawning.
As soon as he entered the living room, his brother, dressed in a suit and tie, came downstairs behind him.
Yan Sui glanced at the two familiar faces in the living room, who looked ashen-faced: one was his childhood friend Shen Rui, and the other was Qi Jia, whom he had met a few times in the industry.
He glanced at his brother, whose face was grim, and asked, puzzled, "What's wrong, brother?"
Yan Shiting sat down on the sofa and said coldly, "Show him the surveillance footage."
Yan Sui took the tablet from the butler with a blank expression, and after watching it for a while, his eyes widened.
In the scene, Shen Rui kept urging Yu Li to drink. When Yu Li turned to look at the terrace, Shen Rui took out a small plastic bag from his shirt pocket, took out a small blue pill from the plastic bag and threw it into the wine glass in his hand.
Then, Shen Rui handed the glass of wine to Yu Li.
Yan Sui angrily slammed down her tablet: "Shen Rui! You did this to my friend at my party?!"
Shen Rui trembled as he was yelled at.
"Ah Sui, I..." He had just opened his mouth when he saw the cold look in Yan Shiting's eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses and was too scared to say anything more.
"What kind of medicine did you put in?" Yan Sui pressed on.
Shen Rui quickly replied, "It's a kind of aphrodisiac, very mild, with few side effects. Ah Sui, I really haven't done anything yet, Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan..."
Then President Yan took the person away.
Before he could finish speaking, Yan Shiting interrupted, "Take your friend away and deal with him yourself."
Yan Sui clenched his fists, and upon hearing this, he suddenly stood up, grabbed Shen Rui by the collar, and dragged him out.
After the two of them left, Yan Shiting's gaze slowly fell on the remaining Qi Jia.
"Who are you?" His voice was devoid of any emotion.
Qi Jia shuddered before raising his head to glance at Yan Shiting.
"I am Qi Jia, President Yan."
The housekeeper added, "The youngest son of Qi Shengyuan, chairman of Shengyuan Real Estate."
Qi Jia asked expectantly, "President Yan, do you still remember me?"
The butler glared at him and quickly explained the situation.
Last night, after learning that Yan Shiting had sent someone to fetch the wine, Qi Jia approached the ice bucket and drugged it. Ten minutes later, he secretly went to Yan Shiting's room on the third floor. Finding that Yan Shiting was not there, he took off his clothes, climbed onto the bed, and waited.
Who knew that Yan Shiting wouldn't return even after she accidentally fell asleep. Then, this morning, she was caught red-handed by Butler He, who was in charge of her daily life.
Yan Shiting listened without saying anything, but simply opened his phone to look at the test report sent by Dr. Xu.
Fortunately, Yu Li and his blood tests were normal.
A drug was found in the ice bucket. It was a newly developed drug from abroad, specifically for people with sexual dysfunction. It works very quickly and is very potent, but it is also metabolized quickly in the body, with minimal side effects. It is widely praised in the market.
Perhaps out of consideration for doing such a thing at the Yan family manor, Shen Rui and Qi Jia did not dare to use any illegal drugs.
Yan Shiting turned off his phone screen.
He looked up, his gaze falling coldly on Qi Jia, and said, "Take him to the police station."
The butler replied, "Yes."
Qi Jia's face turned pale upon hearing this: "President Yan, I'm so sorry, I made a mistake. Please don't send me to the police station, my dad will beat me to death if he finds out."
The butler snorted and called over security: "You had the guts to drug someone, but not the guts to face the consequences?"
The security guard quickly took Qi Jia away, and the living room became quiet.
Yan Shiting closed his eyes and tapped his fingers lightly on his leg.
A few minutes later, Yan Sui returned with his head down.
He sat dejectedly on the sofa, unable to accept that someone he had grown up with would do such a thing.
Moreover, last night was the first time he had ever hosted a party by himself, and two terrible things happened at the party.
His best friend was drugged, and so was his brother...
On the sofa opposite Yan Sui, Yan Shiting said calmly, "After learning that he was your childhood friend, Yu Li trusted him just as much as you do."
Yan Sui trembled. "Brother, I... I'm useless."
Yan Shiting opened his eyes and looked at his younger brother, whom he had raised, sitting opposite him.
“Yan Sui,” he called Yan Sui’s name in such a cold voice for the first time, “I’ve never interfered with your social life, but you should learn to screen the friends around you.”
Yan Sui pursed her lips.
He nodded, looking dejected, and said, "I understand, brother."
...
On the other hand, after returning to her rented single room, Yu Li was so exhausted that she collapsed onto the bed and slept for a long time.
He was woken up by his cell phone ringing in the afternoon.
It was his mother who called.
On the other end of the phone, her mother asked worriedly, "Chestnut, why did you send me so much money? Do you have enough to live on?"
The restaurant where Yu Li worked during his summer vacation paid out wages the day before yesterday, and he sent some money home.
He used to work part-time during winter and summer vacations, but the money he earned was only enough for his tuition and living expenses. This was the first time he had sent money home.
Yu Li shook his head, looking a bit more refreshed.
He said gently, "That's enough. The restaurant includes two meals, so it won't cost me much. Besides, the wages at a high-end restaurant are very high, even higher than the part-time jobs I used to do."
Mom's voice softened: "That's good, that's good."
Yu Li continued, "Mom, Xin Xin called last time saying she wanted to buy a bicycle. Remember to take her to buy one, and buy a good one so she can ride it to school after school starts, and sleep a few more minutes in the morning."
"It's getting hot, so don't skimp on the electricity bill. Turn on the air conditioner when you need to, or you might get heatstroke."
"Okay, I know. Don't worry about us. Take care of yourself."
Yu Li's eyes welled up with tears. He nodded and said, "Okay, I know."
In the cramped single room, Yu Li nestled on the bed, using an electric fan to cool off, and talked with her family for a long time.
He didn't hang up the phone until his stomach rumbled with hunger.
He got up and cooked a bowl of noodles. After turning on the stove, the temperature in the room rose, and one electric fan was not enough. After eating, Yu Li was covered in sweat.
Yu Li rested for a while, then went to the bathroom to take a shower.
After taking off her clothes, Yu Li blushed again when she saw the marks on her body.
He quickly took a shower and ran to bed to lie down.
As I lay there, sleepiness crept in again.
In a half-dream, half-awake state, some scenes from last night appeared in my mind.
His waist was being pinched, and he looked up impatiently, seeing the lustful expression on Yan Shiting's handsome face.
Yan Shiting's forehead was covered in sweat, which dripped down with his movements.
The next second, a drop of sweat slid down his face and landed on Yu Li's eyelashes...
"!!"
Yu Li suddenly sat up.
His face turned bright red, and he covered his face, screaming silently.
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