Even through the phone, Li Jinning still heard some unusual questioning, as if a girlfriend was checking on her boyfriend who was out of town.
This made her think of her previous guess: were they really having an affair?
However, when they first arrived here, the receptionist curiously asked Shen Yanli if he had a partner, and Shen Yanli replied that he did not have one.
If Chen Yanli says no, then that means no.
So Li Jinning thought that Zhou Yunwan was just like her and only liked Chen Yanli unilaterally.
If that's the case, why should she speak to her in the tone of a queen?
Li Jinning secretly rolled her eyes and lowered her voice: "Yanli is still sleeping. The phone ringing was too loud, so I answered it for him. Tell me what you want to say. I'll tell him later."
This was said in a very ambiguous way, and I wondered what the relationship between her and Shen Yanli was.
Zhou Yunwan was no fool. She saw through her clumsy tricks and sneered mercilessly: "Why are you sleeping at five o'clock? Please help me wake him up, because my business is more important and it is not convenient to tell outsiders."
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She deliberately emphasized the word "outsider" to remind Li Jinning not to cross the line.
Li Jinning was so angry that she clenched her fists and almost couldn't suppress her voice. She looked guiltily at the closed door not far away. There was no movement coming from inside, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
I didn't expect that this girl Zhou Yunwan was so eloquent and quick-witted. If it were someone else, they would have mistaken her and Shen Yanli as a couple and hung up the phone. But she had to dig deep and get to the bottom of it.
Li Jinning thought for a moment and sighed helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to help you call, but it's really not convenient."
At this point, she was silent for a few seconds, and then she said pitifully: "Yanli has been ill and had a high fever recently. His physical condition has not been very good. I have been taking care of him personally for the past two days."
"Today he finally listened to my advice and left work early to rest. I really couldn't bear to wake him up."
She was thinking about Shen Yanli in her words and deeds, and was gentle and kind, as if she felt sorry for the sick Shen Yanli. She was implicitly blaming Zhou Yunwan for being ignorant. Shen Yanli was in such pain, but Zhou Yunwan was still only thinking about her own affairs.
Zhou Yunwan felt a lump in her throat and was unable to utter a word for a moment.
Shen Yanli is sick? Why hadn't he told her about it?
There are so many people in the institute, why did he let Li Jinning take care of him?
She had clearly reminded him before, but he still didn't know how to keep a distance from Li Jinning?
She knew she shouldn't doubt him, but...
Zhou Yunwan felt like something was blocking her throat, making it feel sour and bitter. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Li Jinning's voice came from the other end of the line.
"If it's nothing important, I'll hang up. I still have to make porridge for the banquet."
Li Jinning finished her words and hung up the phone without waiting for Zhou Yunwan's response.
After staying there for a few seconds, Li Jinning took the packed lean meat porridge to the kitchen. It was open and the kitchen utensils were clearly visible, but because they ate in the cafeteria, they could not use the things here at all.
The porridge was packed by her from the cafeteria. It had been delayed for too long on the road and had already gone cold. She was just about to light a fire to warm it up when she heard the door open behind her. She turned around and saw Shen Yanli who had just walked out of the room.
Shen Yanli stood against the light, wearing a simple coat, with a slender and tall figure, clear and deep facial features, and slightly sharp narrow eyes, giving people a cold and distant feeling.
"Why are you still here? Didn't you leave with Lao Ma and the others?"
Because the fever had not yet subsided, his voice was very hoarse and low, as if it had been soaked in wine, which was fascinating.
Li Jinning was distracted and said with a red face, "I saw that your fever had not subsided and you hadn't eaten dinner, so I wanted to help you heat up the porridge before leaving."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanli frowned impatiently, seeing through her purpose at a glance, and drove her away in a ruthless and cold voice: “No need, you can leave now.”
Colleagues in the research institute did not understand the situation, and even after he explained it, some people still thought that he and Li Jinning were secretly dating and often made jokes about them.
And maybe because more people were talking about it, Li Jinning's attitude towards him was different from before. She was extremely attentive to him these past few days. Even though he deliberately kept his distance, she still kept getting closer to him.
He was already annoyed because he had contacted Wanwan less frequently in the past few days, and he became even more annoyed when she came close to him.
Considering their many years of friendship as classmates and colleagues, and the fact that they would be working together in the future, and the fact that the other party had not clearly expressed whether or not they liked him, he naturally did not want to say anything too unpleasant, but he had politely rejected her in some ways.
He thought Li Jinning understood, so he ignored her.
He wanted to return to Beijing to see Wanwan as soon as possible, so he devoted all his attention to his work. However, he didn't expect that when he went out to work with experimental equipment a few days ago, he spent too much time and accidentally caught a cold.
Because of a fever, he took a leave of absence and stayed in the house for two days. Although the fever has not completely subsided, his will has gradually become clear.
In the past two days, Lao Ma, who had more contact with him at work, came alone to deliver meals, but today two or three colleagues came to visit him together, and Li Jinning was among them.
After talking for a while, he let them go.
Hearing the sound of the door closing and seeing Lao Ma there again, he thought they had all left, so he went into the room and continued to sleep.
Who could have thought that Li Jinning was so tactless that not only did she not leave, she also stayed.
Nowadays, reputation of men and women is more important than anything else. What's the point of her staying?
Shen Yanli suddenly felt his head hurt more, and the hostility between his brows became even more severe.
"I..." Li Jinning looked at his unfriendly expression and avoided his eyes guiltily.
She did stay on her own initiative. When everyone was about to leave, she used the excuse of using the phone in Shen Yanli's room to call her family and coaxed them to leave first, just wanting to stay with Shen Yanli for a while longer.
But who knew that after she closed the door and walked into the living room, she found that Shen Yanli had gone back to her room to rest. She was reluctant to leave, but it was inappropriate not to leave. She hesitated for more than ten minutes and just happened to receive a call from Zhou Yunwan.
Thinking of this, she first explained the reason for staying, pursed her lips aggrievedly, and said, "I'm leaving now."
Having said that, she put down her lunch box and was about to leave.
"Take the porridge away."
Li Jinning paused, stared in disbelief, then turned back and grabbed the lunch box in her hand.
When she just walked to the door, Shen Yanli suddenly stopped her: “Wait.”
Li Jinning's face lit up with joy. She knew that he would not let her down.
Shen Yanli ignored the joy on her face, frowned and asked, “Were you really on the phone with your family just now?”
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