Chapter 797 Le Yan's Retreat
Le Yan patted Le Xiaomiao's head: "It's okay, Xiangyu and I can take care of it together, but it can only be kept in the hotel when we're not there during the day. The hotel aunt has to clean it every day, and we're afraid it will run away and get stressed, so we have to keep it locked up. It doesn't like being locked up and always meows."
Actually, thinking about it, this is quite unfair to the cat.
"So I'm thinking, should I just leave it in my hometown and come back to pick it up when I return to Beicheng?"
“There are only stray cats in the countryside. If it’s so cowardly, it’ll probably get beaten up every day.”
Le Xiaomiao yelled at Fu Nian'an, "Meow!!!"
Fu Nian'an glanced at it indifferently, then looked at Le Yan, "Why don't you leave it with me for now, and come back to pick it up when you return to Beicheng?"
Before Le Yan could respond, Le Xiaomiao seemed to understand and jumped into Le Yan's arms, rubbing her round head against Le Yan's chin.
'My dear master, I'm so soft and cute, please don't send me away. I don't like that scheming man, I want to stay with you~'
Le Yan was tickled by it and couldn't stop laughing, "What are you doing..."
Fu Nian'an looked at the cat rubbing against the woman's arms, his deep eyes narrowing slightly.
Or is it a green tea cat?
He curled his lips coldly, but his tone was indifferent: "It's quite happy. It seems to like me a lot and wants to go back with me."
Le Xiaomiao paused in her coquettish act, then abruptly turned to look at Fu Nian'an: "?"
"Meow!!" Le Xiaomiao shouted at Fu Nian'an.
'You cunning man, don't even think about forging an imperial edict!'
Seeing this, a sly glint flashed in Fu Nian'an's deep eyes, and then she smiled and said, "Look, it's very excited. I was right!"
Le Xiaomiao: "..."
“That’s great!” Le Yan stood up, holding Le Xiaomiao, and smiled at Fu Nian’an, “I’m relieved that you’re taking it home. It’s rare that Le Xiaomiao is willing to be affectionate with you.”
Fu Nian'an's plan succeeded, and her smile deepened. She walked over and stroked the cat's head with her large hand. "I will take good care of it. You can focus on your training in the troupe."
Le Xiaomiao shrank her neck: "..." Master, are you confused!
Le Yan was completely unaware of the undercurrent between the person and the cat. Holding the cat, she said to Fu Nian'an, "Breakfast is ready. Let's go in and eat quickly, or those noodles will multiply!"
"Reproduction?"
Le Yan nodded, "You'll find out when you eat!"
Fu Nian'an smiled slightly and followed Le Yan into the house.
As soon as they entered the house, Lin Minsheng warmly invited Fu Nian'an to sit down and eat noodles.
As soon as Fu Nian'an sat down, he saw a large bowl of noodles and was momentarily stunned.
Le Yan put Le Xiaomiao down in front of the cat, got up and went into the kitchen to wash her hands before coming out and sitting next to Fu Nian'an.
Seeing that the noodles in the bowl were starting to multiply, he showed a pained expression.
She looked at Lin Minsheng and said, "Brother Sheng, I told you not to pack so much for me, why can't you remember?"
"I really didn't serve you much. This is how it is with noodles. It looks like a lot, but you can finish it in just a few bites. Besides, look how thin you are, you should eat more!"
Le Yan picked up her chopsticks, lifted the noodles, and looked at Fu Nian'an.
Fu Nian'an looked at her.
The moment their eyes met, they both smiled helplessly.
Finally, after Lin Minsheng urged him repeatedly, Fu Nian'an finished the whole bowl of noodles.
Le Yan had a small appetite to begin with, and with only a third of her food left, she clutched her stomach and refused to eat any more.
Seeing that she really couldn't eat anymore, Lin Minsheng couldn't bear to force her to eat any more.
After breakfast, the two set off for the city together.
...
An hour later, the car stopped in front of a large chain pharmacy in the city.
Fu Nian'an and Le Yan went in with the prescription.
After obtaining fifteen doses of medicine.
Pharmacies offer decoction preparation services.
Leyan returned to the troupe on the eighth day of the lunar new year. Since it was inconvenient to prepare the medicine at the hotel, she had the pharmacy prepare it for her.
It takes more than an hour to decoct the medicine. Le Yan asked Fu Nian'an if she wanted to take a drive around the city.
Fu Nian'an said yes.
But the navigation system soon indicated that the road ahead was congested, and upon inspection, it turned out to be a popular tourist area in the city.
Due to restrictions on outside vehicles, the two eventually gave up, returned to the pharmacy, and sat in their car quietly waiting for the medicine to be prepared.
The luxury car was parked in a temporary parking space by the roadside with its hazard lights on.
The carriage was very quiet.
The atmosphere became inexplicably awkward. Le Yan took out her phone and opened WeChat.
I received several text messages from Lin Xiangyu.
Several posts included photos and complaints about being pressured by parents to go on blind dates after returning home.
Le Yan looked quite helpless.
Lin Xiangyu has many siblings: four daughters and one brother. She is the third child in her family, and her two older sisters are already married. Lin Xiangyu will be 24 years old after the New Year. In her hometown, daughters from ordinary families like hers who haven't gone to university are usually arranged to marry by their families by this age.
Of course, Lin Xiangyu had the job of Le Yan's assistant as a shield. Although Le Yan hadn't made much money over the years, she never mistreated Lin Xiangyu, even after selling her own car.
Lin Xiangyu sends half of her salary home to her parents every month, claiming it's out of filial piety, but it's really just a way to exchange it for her freedom.
For the sake of money, Lin's parents have not forced Lin Xiangyu to get married over the years.
But every year when Lin Xiangyu goes home for Chinese New Year's Eve, she is still pressured to get married.
While they claimed to be pressuring Le Yan to get married, it was actually Lin's parents using Lin Xiangyu to put pressure on her in a roundabout way.
They knew that Leyan and Lin Xiangyu had a good relationship and would never watch Lin Xiangyu be forced to marry hastily. So every year, whenever they urged them to get married, Leyan would come to visit them at home. She would bring very nice gifts and give the two elders New Year's red envelopes, as well as a big red envelope to their youngest son!
All that money combined would be enough for Lin Xiangyu's salary for a year.
But Le Yan never let Lin Xiangyu know about these extra payments.
This is a secret between Le Yan and her parents.
The Lin family elders didn't want Lin Xiangyu to know either. They understood how much Lin Xiangyu valued Le Yan. If they knew that they had been secretly extorting so much extra money from Le Yan over the years, Lin Xiangyu would probably rather get married than work for Le Yan again.
Anyway, they all thought that Lin Xiangyu's family would get married sooner or later, so keeping her for two more years to share some of the burden with their family was also Lin Xiangyu's way of showing filial piety as their daughter!
...
My phone vibrated; Lin Xiangyu had sent another message—
A socially awkward girl who just wants to eat and wait to grow old: 【Yangyang, I'm coming to your house tonight, I want to sleep there!】
When Le Yan saw this message, her expression froze.
Fu Nian'an noticed her expression, "What's wrong?"
Le Yan turned to look at him, "Xiang Yu said he's coming to my house tonight...and sleeping with me."
Fu Nian'an knew that the girls had a good relationship, and it was common for girls to sleep together.
But he didn't understand Le Yan's reaction.
Is there a problem?
"You're in my house!" Le Yan said with an embarrassed smile. "How am I supposed to explain this to her?"
Fu Nian'an still didn't understand, "Explain what?"
Le Yan frowned, suspecting that Fu Nian'an was pretending to be stupid: "Explain our relationship!"
"Haven't we already confirmed our relationship?"
“Confirm…” Le Yan frowned, “Confirm the relationship?”
Fu Nian'an looked at her, making sure she really hadn't reacted, and pursed her lips helplessly.
He raised his hand and tapped her forehead with his fingertip. "Lin Leyan, you were the one who pounced on me and kissed me last night. Are you trying to back out now?"
boom--
Lin Leyan was stunned!
So, it really isn't a dream!
She actually kissed Fu Nian'an last night!
She was both surprised and embarrassed. "But I was drunk at the time..."
"You're drunk, but I'm not."
Le Yan's eyelashes fluttered wildly. "I'm sorry, I... I was drunk. I didn't mean to..."
Fu Nian'an paused, looking at Le Yan's bewildered expression, her brows furrowing slightly, "What do you mean?"
"I... I know our relationship was just a business agreement. I was impulsive last night..." Le Yan pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and decided to go all out. "Just pretend it never happened!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Nian'an's smile faded, and he stared at her with his deep eyes. "Lin Leyan, do you know what you're saying?"
Le Yan lowered her head, not daring to look at him, clutching her wool sweater with both hands, her voice barely a whisper: "I know I'm not good enough for you, Mr. Fu. Last night, I was under the influence of alcohol, and it's my fault for not being able to resist temptation and doing something inappropriate. In short, the problem is mine, and I apologize to you..."
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