Xiao Yunyun buried her face against Shen Yuechuanâs chest. She could clearly feel her heart pounding.
âBang, bang, bang...â
Her heart raced, and each beat was able to reveal her anxiety.
Fortunately, Shen Yuechuan could not hear them.
Xiao Yunyun closed her eyes and rested her head on Shen Yuechuanâs chest without moving.
She couldnât deny her attachment to him.
She was loath to part with his strong chest. She thought to herself, âWhen will the heart in his chest pound because of me?â
Shen Yuechuan was immersed in a kind of warmth he had never experienced, with a desire to move his arms.
As long kept her close, he could hold Xiao Yunyun and express his feelings for her.
âXiao Yunyun just regards me as one of her friends, doesnât she? âIt will surprise her if I express my feelings for her now. Isnât it just like suddenly calling a halt to our fight and telling her that we should stop to see if itâs love?â
âXiao Yunyun will either think that Iâm crazy or sheâll panic.â
With that, Shen Yuechuan suddenly felt upset and clenched his fists.
Shen Yuechuan was lost in his thoughts, without noticing anything strangeâIf it had been in the past, Xiao Yunyun would have pushed him away the moment she bumped into him. How come she buried her face against his chest for so long?
At that moment, Xiao Yunyun realized that she shouldnât have behaved like that. She looked up; as she was about to speak, there came another urging voice from the hotel gate. âEverybody please get out of the way. We have to rush the patient to the hospital.â
âAnother patient? âWhat happened?â With that, Xiao Yunyun subconsciously turned her head to see it.
âDonât look.â Shen Yuechuan responded quickly. He cupped the back of Xiao Yunyunâs head with his palm while encircling her waist with the other arm to press her face against his chest. âYou can do nothing about it even if you see whatâs going on.â
Xiao Yunyun was flushed again.
âMaybe Shen Yuechuanâs hug just now was accidental. But now he is holding me out of concern, isnât he?â
âOh, what are we like in other peopleâs eyes now? Do they think that we are lovers?â
With those thoughts in mind, Xiao Yunyun didnât realize that she had been close to Shen Yuechuan until a long time later. Fearing that he would notice her feelings, she struggled to look up and asked, âWhy did you say that?â
âHeâs a burned patient, but youâre not a dermatologist. What can you do to help?â Shen Yuechuan glanced at Xiao Yunyun and said, âBy the way, theyâre not heading for the hospital where you work.â
âWherever they are sent, patients are no different to a doctor.â Xiao Yunyun stared at Shen Yuechuan and asked, âWhy donât you let me have a look?â
Shen Yuechuan touched Xiao Yunyunâs head and sighed. âHeâs seriously burned. It looks terrifying. Iâm afraid that you may have nightmares.â
After a silence, Xiao Yunyun gave him a faint smile. âWell, thatâs true...â
The fact was that medical students like her had seen countless even more terrifying scenes that ordinary people could hardly imagine in classrooms and labs. Therefore, she could withstand it.
To watch a seriously burned patient was like a piece of cake to medical students.
Shen Yuechuanâs subconscious concern for her did mean a lot to her.
Shen Yuechuan looked at Xiao Yunyun, who was like a docile pet in his arms. To his surprise, he felt as if a stone in his heart had vanished.
Shen Yuechuan had to keep a cool head in his work. He had always appeared to be casual. However, he had kept asking himself to be heartless so that he could make rational decisions instead of being affected by emotions.
Things would go badly if Shen Yuechuanâs heart softened.
However, he thought to himself, âItâs because of Xiao Yunyun. Well, Iâm glad to accept that.â
Shen Yuechuan smiled and said, âYouâre dealing with peopleâs hearts every day in the hospital. Now, do you feel my heartbeat?â
Xiao Yun pretended to listen to his heart and said, âYes, I do.â
âHow does it feel?â Shen Yuechuan asked.
Xiao Yunyun said, âYour heartbeats sound strong and vigorous. If I could dissect it and look inside, I would see a very healthy heart!â
Shen Yuechuan: â...â
Speaking of her profession, Xiao Yunyunâs eyes lit up with excitement. âBy the way, do you know why I can hear your heartbeat?â
Shen Yuechuan said, âBecause my heart is racing. Isnât it?â He thought that Xiao Yunyun would get the hidden meaning in his words.
âItâs not!â Xiao Yunyun had always regarded her profession as her life. She denied Shen Yuechuanâs answer without thinking. âBecause a human beingâs ribcage is hollow, and your heart is beating inside it!â
Shen Yuechuan: â...â He thought to himself, âD*mn! âWho the hell cares about a hollow ribcage! âThe point is that my heart is racing because of you!â
Seeing Shen Yuechuanâs embarrassed face, Xiao Yunyun said in bewilderment, âYou canât figure it out, can you? âTake it easy. People rarely hear about it though you may not find it hard to understand. Donât get frustrated!â
â...â Shen Yuechuan didnât feel frustrated at all. Instead, he didnât feel like talking with her.
âI should go now.â Xiao Yunyun pointed at the hotel gate and waved her hand toward Shen Yuechuan. âTake care when driving. See you next time.â
â...See you.â Shen Yuechuan watched Xiao Yunyun leave; he didnât get in his car until she was out of his sight.
Shen Yuechuan called the Lu Family after his car mounted the road.
Aunt Liu answered the phone. Hearing Shen Yuechuanâs voice, Aunt Liu asked, âMr. Shen, who do you want to take the call? The young master or his wife?â
âNeither.â Shen Yuechuan said wistfully, âAunt Liu, please tell Jianan that Iâve driven her aunt and Xiao Yunyun to the hotel.â
âOK.â Aunt Liu asked, âAnything else?â
âNo.â
Aunt Liu hung up and told Shen Yuechuanâs words to Su Jianan.
Su Jianan nodded and turned to look at Lu Boyan who was sitting beside her. âI think my aunt also likes Yuechuan.â
Lu Boyan was lost in his thoughts. He replied âohâ and fell silent.
In Su Jiananâs eyes, he looked strange.
Su Jianan stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Lu Boyan. âAre you thinking about Youning?â
Lu Boyan came to his senses and looked into Su Jiananâs eyes. He sighed helplessly and said, âYes.â
Su Jianan seated herself upright and gave Lu Boyan a serious look. âTell me about it now. âYesterday you said you would tell me about Youning after Yuechuan returned from the auction.â
Lu Boyan gently held Su Jiananâs hands and said, âDo you remember that yesterday I thought that maybe Xu Youning had returned to Kang Ruicheng to work undercover for us instead of conspiring against us?â
Su Jianan nodded in a daze. âAre you telling me that you guessed it?â
â...â Lu Boyan was silent, which was equivalent to âyes.â
Su Jianan felt as if having been struck by lightning with a âboomââ sound in her brain.
She had a bad feeling when she talked about that issue with Lu Boyan the previous day. However, she felt as if the world had stopped spinning when Lu Boyan confirmed it at that moment.
Lu Boyan had once told her that Kang Ruicheng was a heartless man who could even be ruthless to his beloved.
Once Kang Ruicheng found out that Xu Youning, who was supposed to work for him, had returned to him to help them conspire against him, he would torment her like crazy instead of ending her life.
Su Jianan would rather Xu Youning regard her and Lu Boyan as her enemies than take such a risk.
âWhat on earth happened?â Su Jianan grabbed Lu Boyanâs sleeves. âHow could Mu Sijue ask Youning to return to Kang Ruicheng and work undercover?â
âHe isnât aware of it.â Lu Boyan briefly told her that Xu Youning had sent a text message to Shen Yuechuan. Then he said, âYuechuan and I guessed from her text message that she may have returned to Kang Ruicheng to work undercover, but weâre not sure since thereâs no evidence of it.â
âBut...â Su Jianan hesitated.
Lu Boyan saw through Su Jianan. He asked, âYou fear that itâs indeed like that?â
Su Jianan looked down. âI donât think Youning would regard my brother and me as her enemies. So Iâd rather believe that she has returned to work undercover. âBut on the other hand, itâs too dangerous for her to do that. I would be better if she saw us as enemies.â
With that, Su Jianan realized that she was talking in a roundabout way. She gave Lu Boyan a helpless look and said, âYou just told me that Mu Sijue isnât aware of it, didnât you? âHe adores Youning. How could he not know that?â
Lu Boyan sighed and said, âPerhaps Xu Youning did know that Mu Qi wasnât the one who killed Granny Xu. âShe must be familiar with Kang Ruichengâs cruelty since she used to be his right-hand woman. Perhaps she did know that Kang Ruicheng was the person who ordered Granny Xuâs murder.â
âShe pretended to fall into Kang Ruichengâs trap. She revealed herself in front of Ah Guang and the others to force Mu Qi to get rid of her. But all that was a play directed by her to deceive Kang Ruicheng. Because she wanted to wait for revenge after returning to him. âShe even knew that Ah Guang would let her go.â
With that, Lu Boyan chuckled. âXu Youning was much more intelligent than we thought.â
âOr perhaps Youning did take a chance. âShe decided to return to Kang Ruicheng to avenge Granny Xu if Ah Guang let her go. âBut if Ah Guang carried out Mu Sijueâs order, she would choose to die.â Su Jianan slumped down in the sofa with a lingering fear in mind and said, âXiaoxi once said that Youning deserved an Oscar. âIt turned out that she would have won an Oscar like Leonardo this year if she had broken into show business...â
Lu Boyan burst into laughter. âWe shouldnât tell Mu Qi about it for the time being. âThose are all our conjectures. We canât get any evidence of it until Xu Youning contacts us a second time. âIf we guessed wrong... Iâm afraid that Mu Qi would not endure the fact.â
â...â Su Jianan nodded in agreement because she could imagine what Mu Sijue would look like when he knew the truth.
She and Lu Boyan had the same idea: Mu Sijue would go mad if he knew about their talk.
It wasnât that he would go mad because Xu Youning had deceived him again.
He would go mad once he realized that he had forced Xu Youning to return to Kang Ruicheng, who would kill her at any time, instead of having seen through her plan.