Chapter 14
I slept very soundly.
When Yu Li woke up naturally according to her biological clock, she saw the pattern on the wallpaper of the suite.
He was in a daze and it took him a while to realize he was lying in bed.
Wait, on the bed!
Wasn't he sleeping by the bedside last night? How did he end up on the bed?
Could it be that her sleeping position was uncomfortable, so she sleepwalked and climbed into Yan Shiting's bed?!
Yu Li froze, not daring to move an inch, afraid that if she moved, she would see Yan Shiting lying on the bed as well.
...The psychological trauma that morning inflicted on him was immense.
As her thoughts wandered, Yu Li heard a cough coming from the direction of the sofa.
Yu Li came to her senses and slowly sat up, seeing Yan Shiting leaning back on the sofa, coughing with his fist to his lips.
Seeing his movement out of the corner of his eye, Yan Shiting turned his head and looked over: "Awake?"
Yu Li tugged at the blanket, relieved that her worries hadn't come true.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yeah. Um, how did I end up in bed?"
Yan Shiting's voice was also hoarse: "The temperature at sea is low, and there's a strong wind. You'll catch a cold if you sleep on the ground."
Yu Li felt a little embarrassed; he hadn't realized it himself, and had been thinking wildly when he first woke up.
He got out of bed and noticed the blanket on Yan Shiting's body, immediately realizing that the other man had slept on the sofa in the latter half of the night.
But Yan Shiting was still ill.
Yu Li paused for a moment, then said, "Brother Yan, you can wake me up and let me sleep on the sofa."
Yan Shiting turned his head without speaking, and coughed a few times rapidly.
Putting everything else aside, Yu Li took care of him for most of the night, and for that reason he couldn't possibly let Yu Li sleep on the sofa.
Looking at Yan Shiting's expression, Yu Li understood more or less.
He pursed his lips, thinking of Yan Shiting's hoarse voice, and pulled out the box of throat lozenges from his pocket.
He walked up to Yan Shiting and handed him the box of candy: "Brother Yan, have some of this to calm your nerves. I'll go call the doctor."
After saying that, without waiting for Yan Shiting's reaction, she stuffed the box of candy into his hand.
Yan Shiting was caught off guard and only looked down at the throat lozenge in his hand after Yu Li's figure disappeared outside the door.
Yan Shiting: "..."
After the doctor arrived, he gave Yan Shiting a brief examination and prescribed some cough suppressant and anti-inflammatory medication.
After washing up and having breakfast, Yan Shiting took the medicine, but his cough didn't stop; in fact, it seemed to be getting worse.
Yu Li listened from the side, her eyes unconsciously becoming somewhat worried.
Yan Shiting looked at him, pursed his lips and said, "Go back and pack your things, we'll go back together later."
Yu Li knew she couldn't be of much help here, so she could only nod.
Fortunately, the cruise ship was already on its way back to Y City.
Yu Li returned to the staff dormitory, packed her schoolbag, and returned her work clothes.
After the cruise ship docked, he followed Yan Shiting and got into the Yan family's car.
Back at the manor, Butler He heard Yan Shiting coughing and immediately called Dr. Xu over.
Dr. Xu, carrying his medical kit, was slightly taken aback when he entered the room and saw Yu Li in the living room.
"Ah, it's you."
That night, when I was having my blood drawn, I saw another protagonist of the traditional Chinese medicine.
Dr. Xu was a little curious to see Yu Li here. Could it be that the two of them ended up together by some twist of fate after that night?
Yu Li blinked, her eyes filled with confusion.
This was the first time he had met Dr. Xu, but why did Dr. Xu seem to know him?
Beside him, Butler He said with a hint of anxiety, "President Yan is still ill, Dr. Xu, you should go see a doctor first."
"Oh, oh." Dr. Xu came to her senses and followed Butler He upstairs: "President Yan hasn't been sick for several years, has he? He's always been in very good health. What happened this time?"
Butler He sighed: "President Yan has been working overtime until late at night even after returning home lately. That night, he fell asleep in the study without realizing it, and the air conditioner was on the whole time. When he woke up, he had a slight fever..."
The two talked as they went upstairs.
Yu Li looked away, assuming that Dr. Xu had mistaken her for someone else.
School starts tomorrow, and Yu Li went back to her room to pack her luggage.
There weren't many items, mainly clothes and daily necessities, which were quickly sorted out.
On the bedside table were the books he usually read, which he had taken from the Yan family study and had already finished reading.
Yu Li was tidying up and preparing to put the notebook back in the study when she accidentally knocked it over.
He crouched down to pick it up, but found a tube of ointment in the gap between the bed and the cabinet.
Yu Li picked them up as well.
The blue and white outer shell is very new. It doesn't list any effects, only some ingredients and a production date from three months ago.
Moreover, it was clear that more than half of the ointment had been used.
Yu Li frowned.
The ointment was produced three months ago... In these three months, he was the only one who stayed in this room.
It's obvious this ointment wasn't for him, so where did it come from?
Yu Li couldn't figure it out, so she put the ointment in her pocket and planned to go out to ask Butler He, hoping that perhaps one of the housekeepers who cleaned the rooms had left it there.
Just as I stepped out the door, I bumped into Dr. Xu coming downstairs.
Yu Li thought for a moment, then stepped forward and greeted, "Hello, Dr. Xu."
"Hello," Dr. Xu replied with a smile, "You're staying here now?"
Yu Li nodded subconsciously, "Yes."
He then realized something was wrong and asked blankly, "Dr. Xu, do you know me?"
Dr. Xu suddenly remembered that Yu Li was unconscious when he last came, so he naturally didn't see him.
He quickly replied, "I've seen you once, but you didn't see me then."
Yu Li's doubts were finally dispelled.
He took out the tube of ointment from his pocket and asked, "Dr. Xu, I'd like to ask if you recognize what this medicine is?"
Dr. Xu stared at it for a while, a strange smile appearing on his face.
He coughed lightly and asked in a low voice, "What kind of medicine is this... Why don't you just ask President Yan? Didn't he tell you?"
Yu Li was completely confused.
Dr. Xu was speaking the same language as him, so why couldn't he understand what she meant?
Seeing the confused look on Yu Li's face, Dr. Xu sensed something was wrong.
He asked in surprise, "This... you didn't use it afterward?"
You guys? And then?
Yu Li felt uneasy, and her hand holding the ointment trembled.
His expression stiffened as he asked, "Dr. Xu, what do you mean by this?"
Dr. Xu frowned and said, "I gave this medicine to President Yan when I was drawing your blood during my house call that night. Its main purpose is to reduce inflammation afterward. After all, you have to be careful with that kind of thing between two men, otherwise they might get a fever or get injured."
President Yan never used this medicine afterward? That's incredibly irresponsible.
Dr. Xu looked disapproving, but then suddenly remembered something and muttered, "I still have one more pill in my first-aid kit; I must give it to President Yan later..."
He didn't notice that after he explained the effects of the medicine, Yu Li's face suddenly turned pale, and her bright red lips lost their color.
That night I made a house call for President Yan, that night for President Yan, that night...
Yu Li realized almost instantly that it was from the night of the party.
Hearing Dr. Xu's whisper, he quickly said, "No need!"
The sudden increase in volume startled Dr. Xu, who looked at him in confusion.
Yu Li's mind was a complete mess, she couldn't make sense of it at all, and could only repeat, "No need, no need..."
He turned and went back into his room. As soon as he closed the door, he saw the familiar room layout and wanted to run away immediately.
Now that I'm back at the "scene of the crime," what happened that night is even clearer in my mind.
Yu Li leaned against the door and squatted down helplessly.
After a brief conversation with Dr. Xu, he was already able to deduce what happened later that night.
Yan Shiting knew they had all been drugged, so after he fell into a deep sleep, he called Dr. Xu to draw blood for testing.
That's why Dr. Xu said he had seen him, but he hadn't.
It is estimated that Dr. Xu also misunderstood the relationship between him and Yan Shiting.
Yu Li hugged her knees with both hands and buried her face in her arms.
After realizing that Yan Shiting had been sober that night, his mind was in turmoil, filled with shame and unease.
He actually had many questions, such as why Yan Shiting stayed in his room to sleep after inviting Dr. Xu to make a house call that night? Why did Yan Shiting keep remembering that incident but show no reaction?
Did Yan Shiting know about his probing?
He presumptuously assumed that Yan Shiting didn't remember, doesn't that make him look like... a fool who's making a fool of himself?
Yu Li bit her lip and clenched her hands, thinking anxiously.
What exactly is Yan Shiting's attitude, and what does he want to do?
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Seeing Yu Li's distraught appearance, Dr. Xu touched his head.
He went to the car to get the IV fluids, returned to Yan Shiting's room, and said as he took out the IV needle:
"Mr. Yan, I went downstairs to get some medicine and noticed that the young man seemed a bit off."
Yan Shiting's voice was low and deep: "What's wrong with him?"
Dr. Xu said, "He first brought me some anti-inflammatory ointment and asked me what kind of medicine it was. After I told him, his condition changed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Shiting clenched his fist.
Anti-inflammatory ointment... He applied the ointment to Yu Li that night and then placed it on the bedside table.
Could it be that he accidentally fell into the gap between the bed and the cabinet, which is why the nanny who was cleaning the room didn't notice?
Fortunately, Dr. Xu reacted quickly and stopped, otherwise the IV needle would definitely have pricked somewhere else.
He looked up and saw that Yan Shiting's brows were furrowed and his face looked rather unpleasant.
Dr. Xu was startled, thinking she had said something wrong. "President Yan?"
Yan Shiting looked up at him and asked, "Did you tell him that I asked you to come over for a house call that night?"
Dr. Xu nodded: "I told him."
He paused, realizing he might have misunderstood. Judging from President Yan's demeanor, it didn't seem like he was with that young gentleman.
The room was deathly silent.
Dr. Xu was a little uneasy. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively asked, "Mr. Yan, is it possible that I can't even tell you when I'm on a house call?"
Yan Shiting raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, saying, "You go back first."
Dr. Xu was taken aback: "But..."
The injection hasn't been given yet.
He looked up, only to be met with Yan Shiting's indifferent gaze.
Dr. Xu pursed her lips, said nothing more, and left after packing her medical kit.
As the door closed, he caught a glimpse of Yan Shiting out of the corner of his eye; Yan Shiting's figure was hidden in the shadows of the light, and he couldn't see the expression on his face.
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During dinner, Yu Li was worried about running into Yan Shiting and felt a little uncomfortable, so he told Butler He, who had come to call him for dinner, that he planned to go downstairs later.
It was getting dark, and the room was pitch black with the lights off.
Yu Li had been sitting curled up behind the door, and her legs were still a little numb when she got up to go downstairs.
He still clutched the ointment in his hand, as if only in this way could he remind himself that what happened that afternoon was not a dream.
As I stepped out of the stairwell and around the corner, I saw Yan Shiting sitting upright on the living room sofa.
Yu Li didn't dare to look at him and walked towards the kitchen with her head down.
But just as he was passing through the living room, Yan Shiting suddenly appeared in front of him.
Caught off guard, he bumped straight into Yan Shiting's shoulder, startled so much that the tube of ointment in his hand fell to the ground.
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