Qin Lianyi was shocked. She did not expect to hear a man's voice from the other end of the call. Besides, it sounded like... "Are you… Yi Jinli?" she asked breathlessly."Yes," he answered and hung up.Qin Lianyi stared at the phone in her hand. If Yiran was asleep and it was Yi Jinli who answered her phone… Did that mean that Yi Jinli was now with her best friend?Plus, if Yiran was not living in her rented house, where was she now? Qin Lianyi looked away from her phone to the closed door of the rented house. Could it be that... Yiran was now living with Yi Jinli?Was life truly so magical?Meanwhile, Yi Jinli put away Ling Yiran's phone. He gingerly lifted the person asleep in his arms and got out of the car.He took off his coat and covered her body in case she caught a cold.As he made his way inside, the servants could not hide their surprise at the sight in front of them. Although they suspected that Miss Ling was a special guest to be able to move into Yi residence, they
No... No!She wanted her mother, she wanted her brother!She cried desperately only to find that she could not make a sound.Just then, a bell rang as if to pull her out of the nightmare...Ling Yiran slowly opened her eyes. She heard a graceful voice in her ear. "You're awake?"A pretty face bumped into her somewhat faraway eyes, and the bright eyes seemed to hold an indescribable gentleness within them."Yes..." she replied dully, not yet back to her senses.It was as if her dreams and grasp on reality were constantly interlacing. It was overwhelming her."You answer the phone then," he said, holding the phone to her ear.Ling Yiran froze as she listened to a familiar voice coming from her cell phone. "Yiran? Are you awake, Yiran?"Ling Yiran suddenly sobered a little. "Lianyi!""Yes, where are you now? Are you with Yi Jinli? I called you last night, and he answered the phone. When I called you again just now, he answered the phone too."Qin Lianyi was speechless. Who wou
The photo album contained her most precious memories.Yi Jinli frowned unknowingly. "Are you giving up your life for a photo album? You were lucky yesterday. You only have some bruises on your fingers. What if you really burned yourself?""This album means a lot to me!" Ling Yiran said."Can it be more important than your hands? Are you going to lose your hands just to protect a photo album?" His voice deepened."It's very important. Even if both my hands will get burned, I'll still want to keep it with me." Ling Yiran took a deep breath. To her, it was a remembrance and obsession in her heart.It was the best family affection she had ever felt and the happiest she ever been.Her answer turned him pale, and he felt a rush of anger in his chest after seeing that she did not value herself. He cared more about her body than she did.He cared enough not to see her hurt even the slightest."Where's my photo album?" she still asked him the question eagerly.Yi Jinli exhaled, stood u
"No one can fire you," Yi Jinli said with great certainty. "Just take care of your fingers first. Do you think you can lift things and sweep the floor with the state your hands are in right now?”Ling Yiran kept her head down and was silent. She really could not do anything with her hands."Take good care of your hands first. You can do anything you want once your hands have healed," Yi Jinli said. Then, as if thinking of something, he said, "Are you going to meet Qin Lianyi tonight? Why don't you take a rain check until the injuries on your hands get better."A person familiar with Yi Jinli would probably be surprised to hear that.When had the most elusive man in Shen City ever worry so much about a woman's injuries?If it was someone else covered in blood standing in front of him with only one last breath left, they would not cause him the slightest concern."I must go," Ling Yiran answered with great certainty. "It seems that Lianyi has news of the witness in my case. I'm goi
She looked so tiny in the photo. Her chubby cheeks and thick black hair looked so cute.Yi Jinli never knew he would look at a child and be mesmerized, but at the moment, he felt genuine love while looking at the little person in the photo. He even thought that if this little person appeared in the present in front of him right now, he might be tempted to hug and kiss her.Was it because this was her as a child? Was that why he found her cute? He had never gotten this feeling when he looked at other kids.Yi Jinli took out one photo after another.The photos, which began with photos of Ling Yiran and her mother, then turned into her alone.In the photos, she looked older than the photos of her with her mother. She looked about five to six years old here.There were not many of these photos, at least not as many as there were of her with her mother."When my mother was alive, she liked to take photos with me, but after she died, I took fewer photos," Ling Yiran said wistfully whi
"Sick? You were sick?" There was a sudden tension in his voice."Only a fever which lasted a few days. It made me a little drowsy, but I was alive and kicking when I recovered. Unfortunately, the dress was gone," she said with some regret. However, later, her grandmother secretly told her that she would buy her a beautiful dress if she was ranked first in her class in the final exam.However, when she finally got first place, she had to leave her grandmother to go back to her father.Before she left, her grandmother slipped a new dress into her luggage.Just as she was thinking, a huge hand suddenly came up and touched her forehead. Ling Yiran was stunned and looked up at Yi Jinli. "I... I don't have a fever now.""I know," he whispered. "I'll buy you any dress you want in the future."His words gave her a sudden shudder. "It's not like I'm a kid who keeps thinking about dresses." She bit her lip a little and quickly lowered her eyes.The longer she looked at him, the more it se
However, the problem was that people like him had seen a lot of cute people. Was the photo of her when she was little so cute that he had to keep one for himself?At the moment, however, meeting Qin Lianyi was the most important thing to her.When she was about to leave, Yi Jinli asked the driver to take her there.She knew from experience that it was useless to refuse. Once he had made up his mind, there was little room for negotiation.Once she got into the car, Ling Yiran told the driver where to go.As a result, she arrived half an hour earlier for what was supposed to be an hour-long trip.Ling Yiran walked into a fast food restaurant. She took a seat, ordered a drink that cost six dollars, and sent Qin Lianyi a message.While she was waiting for her best friend, she casually looked through the transparent French window and watched several food delivery riders running in and out of the restaurant from time to time with their food delivery orders.Food deliveries... Ling Yi
"Does your hand hurt?" Qin Lianyi asked with concern."It's fine," Ling Yiran said. "The bandages make it look worse. I didn't feel any pain today and was able to carry things myself."Qin Lianyi breathed a sigh of relief and ordered a meal.As they ate and talked, Ling Yiran found out what was going on with the witness her best friend mentioned on the phone. A colleague at Lianyi's design studio had posted a video to their co-workers' group chat. From there, Lianyi saw the witness who testified back then.The man was the newly married husband of Lianyi's colleague's relative's daughter, and he now lived in S City.Qin Lianyi asked his name casually, just in case, but the colleague did not know his name. The colleague only kne that his last name was You.There were not many people with the last name ‘You’. Qin Lianyi played the video for Ling Yiran.It was a video of the newlyweds being teased. The video was full of joy and laughter. Ling Yiran's eyes were fixed on the groom i
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he