"Don’t cry."
He reached out to wipe away her tears, kissed the corner of her eye, pulled her up, and embraced her tightly.
He thought he might really be about to fall ill. He couldn’t rember at all what had just happened, nor why he had made the little girl cry. Lu Feng wasn’t here; neither was Lin Ling! He couldn’t get any clues.
An Yan lay quietly in his arms. She didn’t know what else she could say. Growing up, this was the first ti she had experienced a love confession. According to TV drama plots, either he would accept, and the two of them would sweetly start dating, or he would refuse, and they would part ways. But what did his silence and just holding her an?
Twilight slowly descended, enveloping the villa in darkness. The courtyard lights flickered on.
Wen Ya ca to knock on the door, "Ninth Master, Miss, dinner is ready."
Only then did Li Tianyao let go of An Yan and call out to the door, "Bring it in half an hour."
After speaking, he carried her upstairs, helped her wash up and change clothes. Once everything was ready, he carried her back downstairs.
Wen Ya had already set out the food. Seeing An Yan being carried down by Li Tianyao, Wen Ya grinned dopily, "Ninth Master, Miss, please take your ti."
Li Tianyao never did respond to her "I’ve fallen in love with you," but An Yan didn’t care anymore at that mont.
Who cared? She liked him and wanted to be with him, so they should just be together. As for what he thought, what did that have to do with her? "I love you, and it’s none of your business! If you happen to love too, then... good for you, you have taste!"
The al was lavish. Li Tianyao, as always, served her food and ladled soup for her. It was as if the unpleasantness between them had never happened.
An Yan activated her X-ray vision and scanned his brain. It seed no different from a normal person’s. The retina... Hmm? Was Li Tianyao wearing colored contacts? Underneath the contacts, the color of his irises was becoming grayish-white. So he was wearing colored contacts just to hide the color of his pupils, so she wouldn’t worry?
In an instant, An Yan understood why Li Tianyao had lost control earlier. He must have felt that he was about to fall ill. At that mont, he was worried that once he beca ill, she would leave him. And that cooperation agreent had confird his suspicions!
Her heart ached inexplicably. She had unintentionally hurt him again.
"Li Tianyao, let’s go see my elder brother, shall we?"
Li Tianyao was startled. "et An Yaoluo? He’s co to Yuncheng?"
An Yan looked at him in surprise. Wasn’t it because of this that he had doubted her and argued with her?
Her reaction made Li Tianyao realize sothing was amiss. "Did I forget what just happened?"
"Then, what do you rember?" An Yan asked anxiously.
"I rember you saying you love !"
An Yan: "..."
"Did I bully you? Because An Yaoluo ca to Yuncheng, I suspected you of being unfaithful to ? Then what did An Yaoluo co here for?"
"You said he was with Mo Shiyan’s people," An Yan stated.
"Oh. I rember now. I’ll have Luolie take you there later."
"You’re not coming with ?"
"As long as I don’t appear, Gu Shifang won’t dare to make a move. He’ll be constantly worried and suspicious, afraid that I might already be at his door!"
An Yan nodded. This was the strategic ga between Gu Shifang and Li Tianyao.
Li Tianyao picked up a shrimp and fed it to her. "As for the Golden Thread Worm, I’ll do my best to find it for you before I fall ill. You just need to wait."
An Yan nodded. "Okay."
"If I’m unfortunate enough to fall ill, go back to Luocheng Villa and focus on your research. At that ti, Lu Feng and Luolie will return to Shangjing City to manage Li Group’s affairs, but everyone else will stay by your side."
An Yan nodded. "I understand. I’ll stay in Luocheng and wait for you to co back for ."
Li Tianyao nodded with satisfaction. "Don’t even think about running off to another country. Blackstone Group is mine too!"
An Yan: "..."
The shocked expression on the little girl’s face greatly pleased Li Tianyao. He couldn’t help but lean down and kiss the corner of her mouth. "There’s no escape; you can only wait obediently for ."
His voice was full of triumph. Next, his only mission was to capture Gu Shifang! Before he fell ill, he *had* to catch Gu Shifang and hand him over to the little girl for imprisonnt. With Gu Shifang in her hands, his forces would naturally hesitate to act rashly, fearing they might harm their own interests. Given enough ti, they would inevitably disintegrate!
"As for the rumors online..."
"Let them be!" This was the ga between Feng Jingnian and Mo Shiyan; he couldn’t care less who won or lost! He had initially thought about intervening because he was worried about the little girl’s reputation. But now that she had said she wanted to use this opportunity to gain more fans, he would let her be. However, since Feng Jingnian had chosen to be Gu Shifang’s dog, that man could not be spared!
「Online.」
Rumors about An Yan and Mo Shiyan were rampant. Feng Jingnian directed his subordinates to clip all the footage of An Yan and Mo Shiyan together from that episode of "Escape from Desperate Island" and release it. They interpreted it from every possible angle, practically ramming it down everyone’s throats that An Yan was Mo Shiyan’s mysterious girlfriend.
Consequently, An Yan’s fan base skyrocketed once more. The short video’s view count quickly surpassed one hundred million.
An Duxuan, as the definitive male lead in the three short videos, also started to gain a following.
[Watching this makes grind my teeth; I wish I could jump through the screen and slap him a few tis!]
[Sa here, An Duxuan really brought the scumbag character to life.]
[Boohoo, An Duxuan is so handso, why does he have to play a scumbag? And one after another at that! As a pure ’face-value fan,’ I can’t even bring myself to ship the characters in the drama!]
[True acting makes you forget the actor themselves! An Duxuan, keep it up, looking forward to more of your works.]
[Please play a good role next ti, please!!]
[If there really are no roles, An Duxuan, you could do a reality show, right? I want to see An Duxuan on a reality show!]
[I heard An Duxuan is going to be in the second season of that survival show, but why hasn’t it started yet? Hurry up and start, or you’ll lose a distinguished VIP mber like !!]
[...]
An Duxuan never expected he’d shoot to fa in the entertainnt circle in such a manner. That very day, he received several audition invitations from film crews.
He had been worried his sister would be misunderstood by Li Tianyao because of this. However, after contacting An Yan and learning that she had cleared things up with Li Tianyao, he simply stopped worrying. Let the rumors spread as they will!
anwhile, the survival reality show seized the opportunity, imdiately getting him to rejoin for the filming of the second season!
An Yan wasn’t bothered by the online rumors anymore. No, she *was* paying attention to them.
Even on her way to et An Yaoluo, she checked it several tis, watching her fan count steadily climb and the view count soar. It left her in high spirits.
Her tree seed just as delighted, its leaves visibly becoming sleek and glossy.
An Yan had an idea and used the Divination Technique to try and locate Gu Shifang.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, good Yezi, tell , where, oh where, is Gu Shifang?
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