Yu Lian followed closely behind the doctors and nurses, looking at He Lin, who was lying on the hospital bed with a furrowed brow.
Her thoughts drifted back to a few hours earlier, and she reviewed her behavior from the afternoon until now more than once.
"I shouldn't have taken the wrong medicine."
Yu Lian felt a slight panic because of the pool of black blood she had just seen. She only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she hadn't taken the wrong medicine. She remembered what the professor at the research institute had said and figured it was probably because the symptoms were different.
Yu Lian was strolling leisurely down the corridor when, in those few seconds of deep thought, she was suddenly pushed forward by a pair of hands. Although the person behind her only said two words, Yu Lian immediately recognized the other person—it was Xue Ci.
"Don't move, I have something to tell you."
When the two arrived at the stairwell, Xue Ci only said a few words briefly before telling her to leave quickly.
Yu Lian quickly understood Xue Ci's meaning, but she hesitated to leave.
"Before I leave, I want to see He Lin."
"He's vomiting blood, why are you still going to see him? It's pointless."
"Alright, whatever your plans are, remember to be careful. Anyway, he should be fine now."
Seeing Xue Ci's resolute attitude, Yu Lian understood the deeper meaning behind it. They had probably already devised a plan without her knowledge. After all, He Lin's accident happened while he was on a business trip, involving both overt and covert struggles. Their ability to go this far stemmed from their unwavering confidence in themselves.
Xue Ci watched Yu Lian leave without the slightest hesitation and once again wondered if she had no feelings for He Lin.
……
It was late at night when she got home. Yu Lian parked her car in the garage and went home through the side door.
The first thing Yu Lian did upon returning home was to feed Cotton, who was excitedly listening to the commotion in the yard. While feeding Cotton, Yu Lian noticed Li Yanshen peeking out from the small wooden door in the front yard.
"Li Yanshen, stop hiding, come out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Yanshen stood up straight, just enough to poke his head out. Yu Lian glanced at her watch; it was already past midnight.
"Why don't you go home? It's dark, and it's dangerous outside."
"Sister, why didn't you come back on a sunny day today? It's already moonlit now, it's dangerous."
He repeated the way Yu Lian had spoken to him earlier, his serious attitude making Yu Lian chuckle.
"Alright, now that I'm back, go to sleep. I'll treat you to something delicious tomorrow morning."
His expression softened slightly upon hearing there was good food. After Yu Lian repeatedly assured him, he reluctantly returned to the apartment across the hall, never turning on a single light throughout the entire ordeal.
After tidying everything up, Yu Lian lay down on the bed, thinking that she probably wouldn't be able to get up tomorrow. She knew herself very well, but she forgot what she had promised the idiot across the hall in the middle of the night.
So when the sun was high in the east and she was still fast asleep, she was subconsciously disturbed by a cacophony of noise. As she gradually regained consciousness, the barking of dogs continued unabated, accompanied by persistent knocking and shouting.
Li Yanshen had been watching from his own doorstep since before dawn, only daring to walk across the street when the sun rose. Seemingly hesitant, he didn't dare knock, only silently talking to Mianhua from afar. It wasn't until the sun gradually rose and he saw most of his neighbors had gone out that he finally knocked.
Yu Lian, still half-asleep, came to the front yard. Only after she clearly heard what Li Yanshen was saying did she suddenly remember what she had said the night before to coax him home. After thinking for a moment, she let Li Yanshen into the front yard.
"Play with the cotton for a while, and breakfast will be ready soon."
Li Yanshen nodded, then walked towards the cotton without looking back. Looking at the obedient Li Yanshen, Yu Lian sighed, "Not bad, even more obedient than the baby in my belly?"
Back indoors, Yu Lian first called the company and asked for a day off. Then she went into the kitchen and simply cooked Li Yanshen a bowl of clear soup noodles and fried an egg.
As soon as it was taken out, it was enthusiastically received by Li Yanshen. Yu Lian put the bowl on the small table and stool on the lawn in the front yard, but Li Yanshen seemed to have lost the ability to eat at the dining table. He picked up the bowl of noodles and squatted on the ground to eat.
Yu Lian watched him quickly finish a bowl of noodles and then urged him to hurry home, saying, "Go home quickly after you're done eating. I need to rest."
"Sister, can't I play with cotton? Please!"
Li Yanshen looked up at her pitifully. Yu Lian couldn't open her eyes any longer. "Fine, but you can only stay in the front yard. You can't go anywhere else. Otherwise, you can go back to your own home."
"Okay! Thank you, sister!"
Thinking the matter was over, Yu Lian went back to her bedroom on the second floor to sleep. By the time she had slept enough, the sun was almost setting. Finally feeling refreshed, Yu Lian changed her clothes and went downstairs to check on the front yard. When she opened the door, a sight that surprised her was revealed—the previously messy front yard had been cleaned spotlessly.
A while ago, the rain knocked down a lot of dead branches and leaves, and she was too busy to clean them up, thinking she would do it slowly when she had more free time. But right now, the yard has been swept clean and spotless, and even the lawn has been mowed.
"Li Yanshen?"
"elder sister!"
Suddenly, a head popped out from outside the door. Yu Lian patted her chest: "What happened to you?"
Li Yanshen's face and head were covered in ash.
"Sister, Grandpa Chen said that if I help you with chores, you'll give me food and teach me how to clean. So can I eat now? I'm so hungry."
Yu Lian opened the small wooden gate to the front yard, then instinctively closed it again. Not for any other reason than that Li Yanshen was too dirty; it was simply impossible for anyone to get close to him.
"Go home and change into some clean clothes, then come to my house for dinner, okay?"
"Okay! Thank you, sister!"
Over the course of their time together, Yu Lian discovered that the mentally challenged boy was making rapid progress, almost like a child who had just developed cognitive abilities, able to learn anything he was taught.
She spent half an hour preparing a simple two-dish meal and soup. As Yu Lian opened the door for Li Yanshen, a black truck arrived.
"Hello ma'am, are you Ms. Yu? There's a package Mr. Xue Ci sent you. Should we leave it in the yard or inside?"
Another person opened the car door, revealing a very large box. After hesitating for a moment, Yu Lian still had the box placed in her yard—she was afraid Xue Ci might use this opportunity to retaliate against her.
Five minutes later, the two people and the dog circled the huge box a few times before Yu Lian finally took out a knife and began to open it. She had considered a thousand possibilities of being tricked, but she never expected there would be a person inside.
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