Mu Enyu was montarily speechless. What on earth is Su Siming spouting now? Liang Chen couldn’t possibly believe it, could he? She suddenly grew anxious.
Over there, Su Siming raised his eyebrows, a teasing and sly grin on his face as he looked at Liang Chen. Love or friendship! Let’s see how this little girl chooses!
anwhile, Liang Chen lowered his eyes, a guilty conscience pricking him. He knew he was being a bit of a jerk, but if he didn’t take this step, he feared he’d regret it imnsely in the future.
"Su Siming, I’m sorry," Liang Chen began. "If you’re not willing to let go, then our only option is to compete fairly!"
Su Siming scoffed, "Compete fairly with ? You know perfectly well that Mu Enyu is my..."
"Su Siming!" Liang Chen didn’t want to hear the words ’my girlfriend’ co from his lips and imdiately cut him off. "What I an is, we each put in our best effort—no dirty tricks, no mind gas—and leave the choice to Enyu."
"Whoever she chooses, the other will step back unconditionally, sincerely wish the other person well, and never, ever try to poach from the other again!" Liang Chen stared intently at Su Siming.
Su Siming tutted. "But aren’t you trying to steal her from right now? You know full well that Mu Enyu and I are together!"
Faced with Su Siming’s blunt accusation, Liang Chen’s emotions churned, and a wave of helplessness washed over him. If only emotions were like a math problem; with enough effort, you could always find a solution. But they weren’t, and he didn’t even know how to approach this problem, where to even begin.
"Su Siming!" Mu Enyu truly couldn’t bear it any longer. "Who said I’m with you! If you keep spouting nonsense, I’ll—I’ll—I’ll tell my sister-in-law!"
Su Siming stiffened and slowly turned his head.
By the holly bushes, Mu Enyu glared at him, her cheeks puffed out in anger.
Su Siming suddenly looked sheepish and rubbed his nose. "What are you getting so worked up about? I was just testing Young Master Liang Chen’s true feelings for you! You ungrateful little brat!"
"No need to test!" Mu Enyu’s face flushed red as she ran over and took Liang Chen’s hand. "I know what kind of person he is. I like him, and I’m willing to face all future possibilities with him!"
"TSK TSK TSK!" Su Siming looked up at the sky. "What is it with today? Everyone’s determined to feed dog food!"
"I can’t take it anymore! I’m going ho to find my dear Miss Lanlan."
Liang Chen frowned slightly. "Which Lanlan?"
Su Siming said smugly, "Zhang Zhilan, of course. Don’t you rember? Last ti in the operating room, she walked right up to and practically dived into my arms."
Liang Chen thought for a mont, then recalled. "Didn’t she just use you as a towel?"
"What do you an, towel? You’re just jealous! Enyu hasn’t voluntarily thrown herself into your arms, has she? HEH HEH!"
Liang Chen subconsciously glanced at Mu Enyu.
Mu Enyu’s face turned beet red. "Su Siming, if you keep spouting such nonsense, I’m really going to tell sister-in-law!"
The three of them began to banter and laugh, their earlier tension gone.
Ya Zhuo watched enviously. It’s so good to be young. Though only a few years their senior, he felt as if they belonged to a different generation.
「In the car on the way back.」
Li Tianyao couldn’t hide his joy as he leaned in and kissed An Yan’s forehead. "Why so enthusiastic today?"
An Yan was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly burst out, "Why don’t you tell ? Why did you lie to ? You were clearly going to the Li Family to retrieve the Golden Thread Worm, so why didn’t you tell ? Am I, in your eyes, the kind of unreasonable person who would insist on following even if I knew it might put you in more danger?"
"I didn’t lie to you!" Li Tianyao held her close. "I just felt that you had your tasks, and I had mine. It’s a good feeling for us to handle our respective matters and then co ho together."
An Yan didn’t buy his excuses, her eyes red as she looked at him. "Do you know why, even after hearing you’d gone to the back mountain, I didn’t follow?"
"Why?"
"Because I rembered how I felt when I tried to stop you from coming to Shangjing City. I figured the reason you didn’t tell what you were doing was likely the sa as mine back then—simply not wanting the other person to face danger."
"Clever girl!" the man praised her with genuine admiration.
"Of course I’m clever! Unlike so people!" An Yan shot him a sidelong glance. "I just don’t understand. How much could that woman possibly resemble for you to have an episode when she was pushed down the stairs? Did you really not see that she was a fake?"
"I did see through it," he admitted. "But that didn’t prevent from imagining it was you."
The re thought that the woman tied up and pushed could have been An Yan made him lose control of his emotions.
An Yan was quiet for a mont before saying, "You need to learn to trust more. When you always have to rush in to save , it makes feel so useless! Look at —I can trust you completely, believe entirely that you’ll be safe!"
Li Tianyao reached out and gently touched her cheek. "Then why were you crying so hard just now?"
"Who cried?" An Yan retorted stubbornly.
The man leaned down and gently kissed the tear tracks on her cheeks.
An Yan argued, "That wasn’t tears, it was sweat! I perford acupuncture on over a hundred children today without even looking up. That’s sweat from exhaustion, got it?"
The man suddenly changed his term of address. "You’ve worked hard, Wife!"
An Yan was speechless.
Seeing her stunned reaction, the man chuckled softly. "Don’t you like this form of address?"
An Yan looked away. "Well, it’s... acceptable, I suppose." She wasn’t as particular as he was; it was just a term of endearnt, after all. As long as she knew he was talking to her, it was fine.
The man took her hand, bringing it to his lips for a light kiss. "After saving those children, did the duration of your X-ray vision increase?"
"It increased by three minutes!"
Just as An Yan had guessed, she gained three more Yezi. An Yan was now certain the Living Dead she had eliminated hadn’t increased her Yezi. Although she had gained three more Yezi, that separate cluster of vibrant green energy remained shrouded in mist; she could see it, but it hadn’t extended the duration of her X-ray vision. It felt like a juicy piece of at dangling right in front of her—she wanted to eat it but couldn’t. The frustration was imnse.
"Li Tianyao..."
"Call ’Husband’!"
Alright, An Yan complied. "Husband, I’ve captured Li Yanluo! She’s also the one who told you went to the Li Family’s back mountain."
"Just as we suspected, she’s indeed colluding with Gu Shifang and has mastered his mory Resurrection Technique. However, after her resurrection, she lost all her vitality. The incident at the kindergarten was actually a plot to extract vitality for her."
"This ans Gu Xiu is very likely serving Li Yanluo. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get any crucial information out of Li Yanluo!"
"She probably wouldn’t say anything," Li Tianyao comnted. "Since she can also undergo mory Rebirth, she has no need to fear death."
"Yes, I thought the sa. That’s why I’ve temporarily confined her to her original location. Hopefully, her accomplices will try to rescue her, or perhaps, silence her."
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