Shen Yanli walked to Zhou Yunwan, exchanged glances with her, and his gaze fell on her left hand again. He wanted to reach out to check the burn, but was afraid of hurting her.
The hand hanging by his side clenched into a fist. After hesitating for a long time, he looked at her and asked hoarsely: "How is it? Does it hurt?"
His expression looked calm and composed, but the slight tremor in his voice still exposed his panic at the moment.
Zhou Yunwan met his distressed gaze, pursed her lips and said, "Not bad."
After flushing with cold water for a while, the pain was gradually replaced by numbness, and she didn't know whether it was cold or painful.
"Come out, I found the burn ointment." Guo Yulin's voice sounded outside the kitchen.
Zhou Yunwan responded with an "OK" and turned off the faucet. Without the cold water, her left hand was suddenly exposed to the air. For some reason, it felt even colder than before, and her teeth were chattering with cold.
I couldn't help but mutter softly, "It should be almost done...hiss, it's so cold."
As soon as she finished her words, a pair of warm hands gently held up her left hand, avoiding her obviously abnormal skin, and leaned over to blow gently on the back of her hand, as if to drive away the cold.
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Zhou Yunwan couldn't stand the slight itch brought by his action. Her fingertips trembled and curled up. She was afraid that Aunt Guo would see this scene. She wanted to pull her hand back, but he let go of her hand before her: "Apply the medicine first."
"Okay." Zhou Yunwan nodded dazedly.
After following Shen Yanli out of the kitchen, she was asked by Guo Yulin to sit on the sofa.
Shen Yanli handed her a hot water bottle to warm her hands, and whispered to Guo Yulin, “I’ll give her…” Apply it.
Zhou Yunwan realized what he wanted to say and quickly interrupted him: "It's not so convenient for me to use one hand. Can you please help me apply the medicine, auntie?"
Guo Yulin held the ointment in his hand, and first agreed to Zhou Yunwan's request, then glanced at Shen Yanli who was interrupted rashly, and raised his eyebrows suspiciously: "What's wrong? What do you want to say?"
Shen Yanli frowned, obviously a little surprised, turned his head but met Zhou Yunwan's warning gaze, and the words on his lips changed and became: "Nothing."
His concern for her was too obvious. If Zhou Yunwan didn't stop him, it would be exposed soon.
After sighing helplessly in her heart, she suddenly thought of something and reminded Shen Yanli in a low voice: “Well, your colleague is still here.”
After these words were spoken, everyone remembered that there were guests at home, and their eyes fell on Li Jinning, who was standing at the door of the study looking a little embarrassed.
Shen Yanli knew that he was being rude, so he stood up and walked over: “Sorry.”
There was a reason for this, and Li Jinning knew that they did not intend to ignore her, so she said magnanimously, "It's okay."
But she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, and the reason for her discomfort was that Chen Yanli was so nervous about Zhou Yun.
Although she had noticed Shen Yanli’s care for Zhou Yunwan when they first met, it was not as obvious as it was today.
The special feeling he had for Zhou Yunwan was something he had never given to anyone else. If they were really siblings, she could understand, but they were not related by blood, and they had not known each other for long. How could someone as naturally cold-hearted as Shen Yanli...
Because she often watched Shen Yanli and was quite sensitive to his emotional changes, she could tell at a glance that the way Shen Yanli looked at Zhou Yunwan was different.
I heard that Shen Yanli had helped her block a knife in the hospital before, could it be...
No, no, no, how could Shen Yanli like such a delicate girl?
Definitely not.
Li Jinning pursed her lips to suppress the absurd thought, and just when she was distracted, Shen Yanli's businesslike and indifferent voice rang in her ears.
"Now that we have finished talking, shall we meet at the station the day after tomorrow?"
Li Jinning came back to his senses and looked at Chen Yanli beside him. His expression had returned to his usual solemnity and calmness, as if the person who was so nervous and panicked just now was not him.
Li Jin Ning forced a twitch of her lips and said, "Okay, see you the day after tomorrow."
Yes, I'm on a business trip, so why not find a chance to ask him then? If Chen Yanli really had a partner, given his personality, he would definitely not hide it.
After seeing Li Jinning off, Chen Yanli told him about his plans for this business trip.
Guo Yulin raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and said, "More than a month? Huaqing should have started school by then, right? Will you have enough time to prepare lessons?"
Guo Yulin didn't ask too much about his work. Anyway, Chen Yanli had never given her any worries since he was a child, so she didn't have to worry about him at all.
"There's still time." Shen Yanli was used to doing both, so no matter how busy he was, he could handle it.
Besides, the school has just started and the workload is not that heavy.
Zhou Yunwan noticed what Chen Yanli and Li Jinning had just said, and after a moment of thought, she pretended to ask casually, "So, will it be just you and that female comrade going on this business trip?"
As a girlfriend, she is naturally more sensitive about this aspect, especially when the other party is a woman who is eyeing her boyfriend, she has to get everything clear.
Shen Yanli didn’t notice anything wrong and answered frankly: “Yes, it’s just the two of us.”
Seeing that he answered so guilt-free, Zhou Yunwan's hand on the hot water bottle curled up unconsciously. She really didn't know whether he was pretending to be confused even though he knew the truth, or he simply didn't know that Li Jinning liked him.
But based on her understanding of him, the latter is more likely.
With Guo Yulin around, Zhou Yunwan couldn't ask more questions, so she could only continue to ask some trivial questions: "Where do you stay when you're away on business for so long?"
Shen Yanli said seriously: “Usually they stay in a guesthouse.”
"Oh, I see." Zhou Yunwan blinked and didn't ask any more questions.
Guo Yulin did tell him to bring some thick clothes with him, as it was much colder in the Northeast than in Beijing, and it would be very uncomfortable if he caught a cold or got sick by accident.
After talking about Shen Yanli, Guo Yulin talked about Zhou Yunwan again, "I have already found a school for you. You will be in the same class as Sister Maohui. I will take you to her house in a few days. You two can get to know each other better and have someone to look after you."
Hearing this, Zhou Yunwan smiled, and couldn't help but reach out and hug Guo Yulin, saying coquettishly, "Thank you, auntie, you are so kind."
Guo Yulin couldn't help laughing at her annoyance: "We are all family, there is no need to say thank you or not."
At this time, Shen Yanli interrupted and said, “I have a party with my friends tomorrow, how about I take Xiao Wan to meet Xing Maohui’s sister?”
"You take her with you?" Guo Yulin looked at Zhou Yunwan who was leaning on his shoulder, as if asking for her opinion.
Zhou Yunwan was also stunned when she heard it. Meeting Shen Yanli’s friends?
Isn't this no different from "meeting the parents"?
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