Chapter 68 Li Nian's Independent Side Story - When He Remembered (Seventeen)
"Have you been under a lot of stress lately?"
When Li Nian suddenly heard her boyfriend bring this up, she was taken aback for a moment.
Why do you ask that?
The young man looked at Yu Qingzhou with slight surprise, then suddenly pursed his lips as if he realized something.
"You wouldn't happen to be—"
He frowned as he stared at Yu Qingzhou, looking thoughtful.
"What?" Yu Qingzhou felt a little uncomfortable under the other person's gaze.
This is a very strange thing.
He was clearly the one who asked the question first.
"That's the one."
Li Nian had put down what she was holding at some point and moved closer to Yu Qingzhou. Her eyes, which were of different shades, reflected two identical bewildered faces.
At the same time, a smile appeared on his face.
"Darling, are you perhaps worried about our future?"
"……ah?"
Yu Qingzhou had always known that young people's thought processes were different from ordinary people, but this turn of events was still a bit too sudden.
Before he could deny it, the other person suddenly grabbed his hands.
Then came Li Nian's sincere and heartfelt confession.
"Don't worry, it's just a small problem, and it's already been resolved. Besides, it's just a job; if I lose it, I lose it."
"..."
"At worst, I'll just go home and live off my parents."
Yu Qingzhou simply couldn't understand how a perfectly healthy man could speak of such a thing with such self-righteousness—
Well, if this person is Li Nian, then it doesn't seem so unbelievable.
After all, this person himself is quite...
Yu Qingzhou sighed helplessly.
I have to admit that this interruption did alleviate my heavy mood.
That's not what I wanted to ask.
But when the question I really wanted to ask came to my lips, I didn't know how to bring it up.
—What's with all that sleep talking?
—Did you really kill someone?
...
Yu Qingzhou asked herself, if she were facing someone else instead of a young person, would she still be so conflicted?
No, it won't.
He doesn't even care whether the matter is true or false.
Because Yu Qingzhou would choose to get away as soon as she sensed the risk.
Leave the remaining professional matters to the professionals.
This is a principle that Yu Qingzhou has always believed in.
—Stay away from trouble as much as possible, and never easily get yourself into trouble.
But all these principles became meaningless after meeting Li Nian.
The first time I've been approached by a stranger in a non-essential social situation...
This is the first time I've brought someone home for the night...
First time living with someone...
This is the first time I've dated someone with the intention of spending the rest of my life with them...
The most terrifying thing was that, for a few moments, Yu Qingzhou actually had an unprecedentedly despicable thought flash through her mind: to try to cover up a murder...
But the other party knew nothing about all of this.
After hearing Yu Qingzhou's response, Li Nian crossed her arms and pondered for a moment, then suddenly slapped her forehead and came to an even more unreliable conclusion.
"That's just her being affectionate, blaming me for being too busy to spend time with you lately, right?"
"..."
"I promise you. Once I'm completely done with this busy period, I'll definitely take a long vacation, and then we can go on a trip together, okay? Domestic or international, with lots of people or few... I'll go wherever you want."
Looking at that carefree attitude, Yu Qingzhou suddenly realized that she must have been overthinking things.
Under a clear blue sky, where do all these murderers come from?
She just happened to run into him, and not only did she become his girlfriend, she also revealed her secrets right in front of him.
So many coincidences would seem melodramatic even in a novel, let alone in real life—
So I must have misheard back then.
Yu Qingzhou thought to herself.
"Why aren't you saying a word? Don't you want to go out for a walk with me?"
While observing Yu Qingzhou's expression, Li Nian tentatively asked.
Yu Qingzhou couldn't stand the young man's cautious demeanor. She felt he shouldn't be acting that way.
But what exactly should the other party be like?
If you were to delve into it, Yu Qingzhou really couldn't explain it... He only knew that he absolutely did not want the other person to become like the one in his dream.
Therefore, he could try to deliberately ignore some things.
"It's the same to rest at home."
He paused for a moment and then added, "After all, I'm not like some rich young masters who can just throw away their jobs and go back home to sponge off their parents."
Sensing the teasing in Yu Qingzhou's tone, and realizing that the other person was joking, the person immediately perked up again.
He grabbed Yu Qingzhou from behind and whispered shamelessly in her ear, "Then let's go together."
Yu Qingzhou felt a ticklish sensation from the other person's breath. She tried to dodge but couldn't, and frowned slightly as she asked, "What do you mean, together?"
"Let's go home together as a couple."
Li Nian drew out her words, intentionally trying to capture Yu Qingzhou's embarrassed and annoyed expression.
To her surprise, the other party remained calm: "Your family really doesn't mind you bringing a man home?"
Perhaps Yu Qingzhou's expression was too serious, because Li Nian paused and also put away her joking attitude.
“My mother died young, and for so many years my father has been philandering outside all day long. He probably can’t even count all the illegitimate children he has. He doesn’t need me to carry on the Li family line.”
"..."
"Of course, even if I'm really gone one day, there are so many talented young men in the clan eagerly waiting to be divided up and devoured. It certainly won't be the turn of those outside—"
The young man's lips curled into a mocking smile. Deep within his eyes, hidden by his eyelashes, a chilling, swampy malice flickered...
Those unsettling speculations from before seem to be making a comeback.
Yu Qingzhou's throat bobbed as she tried to swallow the discomfort rising in her stomach.
"you--"
Upon hearing this, Li Nian seemed to suddenly come back to her senses.
Seeing her boyfriend's unwell expression, she hurriedly waved her hands and denied it.
"However, an old man is an old man, and I am me. Once I've decided on someone, it's for life. If something happens to you someday, I'll just—"
Li Nian couldn't finish saying all these words of loyalty in one breath.
Because Yu Qingzhou quickly covered his mouth.
"Okay, I understand."
Yu Qingzhou said, "I believe you."
As for what he believed in, since it wasn't explicitly stated, only he himself knew the truth.
However, because of this little incident...
They were discharged an hour later than expected.
As for why it was discharge rather than transfer—
That was the result of Yu Qingzhou's discussion with Li Nian.
While Li Nian was running off to complete the discharge procedures, Yu Qingzhou happened to run into the chatty nurse and they chatted for a bit.
"That's great, I can be discharged now. It's just a pity that Dr. Shen isn't here."
The turn of events was rather abrupt, and Yu Qingzhou was unable to immediately grasp the causal connection between the preceding and following sentences.
However, speaking of Dr. Shen—
"I haven't seen Dr. Shen lately."
When this topic came up, the nurse's gossipy nature immediately kicked in.
"Right, right? Dr. Shen should have been there when you were discharged from the hospital."
At this point, the nurse paused, looked around, and lowered her voice slightly, saying, "Well, I heard it from someone else. They said Dr. Shen was perfectly fine before—"
What are you talking about?
A voice suddenly interrupted the nurse's eloquent explanation.
Yu Qingzhou turned her head and saw Li Nian, who had returned.
The latter smiled and stood in front of the two of them, looking at Yu Qingzhou and then at the nurse.
"Why did you stop talking? Is there anything I can't hear?"
"No, it's just a casual chat, nothing at all. Alright, since Mr. Li is here, I won't bother you any longer."
Yu Qingzhou wanted to say something more, but the nurse had already run off into the distance.
Anyone who didn't know better would think there was an invisible ghost chasing them.
But behind her, besides herself, there was only—
"What's wrong, darling? Why are you looking at me like that all of a sudden?"
The young man blinked and smiled innocently.
"nothing."
Yu Qingzhou shook her head. Although she was indeed curious about what was wrong with Dr. Shen, now was not the time to dwell on such things.
To avoid any further complications.
This time, Li Nian drove her own car when she was discharged from the hospital.
Perhaps it was a lingering effect of the car accident, but Yu Qingzhou's aversion to riding in cars seemed to have intensified.
To distract himself, he started scrolling through his phone in the car, something he never did before.
As soon as I opened the chat software, I found that the middle school class group, which had been dormant for a long time, had been pushed to the top.
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