Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Nanli looked at Fu Zhi speechlessly, as he did not know what he should be saying. He had a hunch that Fu Zhi could not get what he was talking about. However, it did not matter. He had a lot of time to teach her.
With that thought in mind, he cupped Fu Zhiâs hand in his gently. With a smile, he said, âYeah, but donât worry. I will guide you in the future.â
âHuh?â Fu Zhi raised her head.
Under the light, her eyes were bright and her eyelashes were long. When she lifted her head to look at him, she kept blinking her eyes, and he had a feeling that he might not be able to keep the monster inside of him in check any longer.
He took a few deep breaths to press down the bolt of heat that was wreaking havoc in his body and said, âI said, I will teach you in the future.â
Fu Zhi had no idea why but she felt that Li Nanli liked to be around her, as he kept smiling whenever he was talking to her.
Just as she was about to say something, Liu Mi knocked on the door.
Li Nanli pressed his lips, and his smile disappeared.
âPresident Li.â Liu Mi opened the door and greeted him. âItâs time to change your dressing. Besides, there is a cardiac monitor in the inner sanctum, so we need you to come with us.â
After saying that, he turned around and smiled at Fu Zhi.
The distance from the bedroom to the inner sanctum was about a dozen meters. It was not very far away and it used to be nothing for Li Nanli in the past, but things were different now.
After all, he had just escaped death.
The inner sanctum was a large room equivalent to a sterile miniature operating room. The family doctor of the Li Family was now standing outside of the inner sanctum. He was holding a tray of different medicine and wearing a pair of disposable gloves on his hands.
Li Nanli lifted the blanket and released Fu Zhiâs hand.
Fu Zhi had no idea why but she suddenly felt a cold sensation on her hand.
As she moved to the side, her phone began to ring. Li Nanli glanced at it and realized it was a call from Lu Yumo. Lu Yumo would call Fu Zhi every night whenever she was outside to check on her.
Just as Fu Zhi lifted the phone and was about to answer the call, Li Nanli raised his brows and called out her name. âZhizhi.â
Fu Zhi, who was stunned, turned around to look at him.
âCan you help me?â
âHold on a second,â Fu Zhi said. âI need to answer my brotherâs call.â
The moment she finished speaking, he suddenly lifted his hand to his mouth and dissolved into a violent coughing spell.
The family doctor was startled. He wanted to rush into the room, but Liu Mi stopped him.
Trying his best to push Liu Mi out of his way, the doctor shouted, âMr. Liu, what are you doing? I have to take a look at President Li!â
âCanât you see that heâs in pain right now?â
Liu Mi then replied indifferently, âHeâll be fine. Go back and wait inside the inner sanctum.â
The family doctor was stunned.
âHow is there any possibility that heâs fine? Look at him! Heâs coughing and panting! If I donât go in and take a look at him now, he will be in danger!â
Liu Mi glanced at Fu Zhi, who was equally shocked, before turning to the doctor and saying, âPresident Li knows what heâs doing. You donât have to worry about him.â
The doctor was even more confused.
Inside the room, Fu Zhi did not know what had happened to Li Nanli either. She set her phone aside and hurriedly went to fetch a cup of warm water for him. When she was about to grab his wrist to feel his pulse, he pushed her hand away and said, âIâm fine.â
Then, he lifted his head up, offering her a weak smile before adding, âArenât you going to answer your brotherâs call? Go ahead. You donât have to care about me.â
Fu Zhi looked at him and had to admit that he was really good-looking. The hand that he had put in front of his mouth was fair and beautiful. She set her jaw tight and fell silent.
Her phone was still ringing, and it seemed like Lu Yumo would not end the call until she answered the phone.
After what seemed like an eternity, Fu Zhi made up her mind and said, shattering the silence, âLet me take you to change your clothes.â
She then put her phone on the desk and asked, âDo you want some more warm water?â
âIâm good.â
A smile crossed Li Nanliâs eyes. He let out a few more coughs before saying, âItâs okay. Itâs just a cough. Itâs not like itâs going to kill me or anything. You should go and answer your brotherâs call. Donât make him worry about you.â
Liu Mi did not know what to say. As Li Nanliâs secretary, although he knew that Li Nanli was someone who would do anything to achieve his goal, this was on a whole new level.
Fu Zhi had a feeling that Li Nanli had misunderstood Lu Yumo. âDonât worry. He will be fine. Iâm sure he will give up soon.â
Meanwhile, Lu Yumo, who was sitting on top of a tree in the winter night to get a better phone signal, wondered why Fu Zhi was not answering his call.
Did she not know how much blood and tears he had shed in order to maintain their difficult brother-sister relationship? He was freezing to death out here, yet she refused to accept his call!
He then sent a message to Fu Zhi. [Why are you not replying to my messages or answering my calls? Have you forgotten about your brother already?
[Hello? Are you there? Cat got your tongue? Why donât you say something?
[Very well, Fu Zhi! You donât know how I look when Iâm very sleepy, yet I still hold on to you and say Iâll sleep after you sleep, and you definitely donât know how anxious I look when Iâm holding my phone and waiting for you to get back to me every day. Youâve never seen any of it before! Youâre so heartless!!!]
Her phone kept ringing, and Fu Zhi noticed. Had the situation permitted her to reach for her phone right now, she would have replied to Lu Yumo and told him that she had never seen it because he had never done this before!
Liu Mi then handed a roll of gauze that heâd gotten from the doctor to Fu Zhi and said, âWe will leave President Li in your care then, Ms. Fu.â
âIâm going to do it alone?â Fu Zhi asked.
âIf you donât feel comfortable doing it...â Li Nanli added. âItâs fine with me. I can do it myself.â
âOkay,â Fu Zhi replied. âHelp yourself then.â
Li Nanli was stumped.
âThatâs it? Thatâs her answer?â
Li Nanli pressed his lips firmly.
Liu Mi was dumbfounded as well. It took him quite a long while to find his voice again and say, âErm, why donât you help him, Ms. Fu? I donât think President Li can change the dressing himself.â
âMaybe you should view him as a disabled person now or a giant baby who needs to be taken care of?â Liu Mi thought. However, he did not say it out loud.
Li Nanli put his hand to his mouth and let out a few coughs again. Fu Zhi had no other choice but to take the medicine from the doctor.
Then, she went near him and began undoing the buttons on his shirt.
Since he insisted on physical training all year round, his body was covered in lean muscles. When she got near him, she was welcomed by a waft of mint fragrance and she could sense his sharp gaze boring into her. However, since she had to remove the gauze around his chest, she had no other choice but to go even closer to him. From the side, it looked as though he was holding her in his arms.
When her finger accidentally grazed his back, Fu Zhi froze and her face turned slightly red. Li Nanli looked down at her.
The face of the girl in front of him was fair with a tinge of pink. Her eyes were pretty, and her eyelashes were long. When he looked further down, he could see her perfectly shaped collarbone and a red mole. Due to the fairness of her skin, her veins were visible to the naked eye, and Li Nanli felt a strong bolt of heat rushing up and down his body.
He put his arm around her waist with a strong desire in his eyes.
Fu Zhi felt even more uncomfortable and she could not view him as a patient anymore.
âHands,â Fu Zhi commanded. âRaise your hands, please?â
Li Nanliâs Adamâs apple bobbed up and down in his throat. He felt hot despite the cold weather. It took him a lot of effort to peel his gaze away from the girl. He raised his arms and focused on the cup of water not far away.
âThis is torture.â
The silver lining was that Fu Zhi soon finished changing his dressing. She hastily pulled herself away from him and picked up her phone.
âMy shirt is dirty,â Li Nanli said as he patted the stain on his shirt.
Liu Mi understood instantly. âI will go get you a new one.â
Li Nanli nodded and just as he was about to take his shirt off, Fu Zhi took a look at her watch and said, âItâs getting late. I have to go home.â
The susurration of clothes against skin rang out in her ears, and the entire room was filled with the fragrance of mint.
Fu Zhi pulled the door open, and without waiting for Li Nanli to say anything, she took a step out of the room. However, before she could close the door, she raised her head and peeped into the room through a tiny slit between the door and the frame. She traced her eyes along the manâs shapely collarbones and...
Baam!
The door was slammed shut.
Li Nanli chuckled as a hint of amusement crossed his eyes.
âLiar.â
He rested his hand on the side of the pillow and tapped his fingertips on the edge of the bed in boredom.
And she still said she loved him and would treat him nicely? She ran faster than anyone whenever he took off his clothes.
Liu Mi took a step back, as he wanted to take Li Nanli to the inner sanctum for an electrocardiogram. However, the moment he walked closer to him, Li Nanli suddenly bent over and his face turned ghastly pale.
âDr. Shao!â he shouted.
No sooner had he shouted than Dr. Shao went into the room. When he saw Li Nanliâs complexion, his heart nearly stopped and he hastily said, âPresident Li, give me your hand. I need to feel your pulse.â
Li Nanli stretched his arm out.
Although Dr. Shao was the Li Familyâs family doctor, he was pretty capable. After he took Li Nanliâs pulse, he ran a thorough check on him and said, âItâs not a serious problem. Itâs a normal reaction considering that President Li damaged his heart and moved too much just now. He just needs to rest well and he will be fine.â
Liu Mi nodded and understood everything. It turned out that Li Nanli was pretending to be fine because he did not want Fu Zhi to worry too much about him.
Dr. Shao then put the medicine that Fu Zhi had given him in Li Nanliâs hand. After Li Nanli took the medicine, Liu Mi stepped forward and said, âPresident Li, the International Crimes Unit has sent an encrypted file to you. They want you to help them recover a video.â
Li Nanli nodded. Liu Mi then took the laptop that Fu Zhi had put on the desk over to Li Nanli.
Li Nanli turned the laptop on and saw a new document on the desktop. He remembered that Fu Zhi had been using his laptop just now, so he did not think too much about it.
Dr. Shao had already exited the room. Li Nanli took a glance at Liu Mi and commanded, âGo get Gu Yanqi for me.â
Liu Mi nodded and went to do his bidding.
Then, Li Nanli went through a series of biometric recognition, turned off the camera, and entered the meeting room of the International Crimes Unit.
Seven chat boxes appeared on the screen, and the seven captains of the International Crimes Unit entered the meeting one after another.
âRegarding the silver sports car that appeared on Mount Qiu Ling in Myanmar, weâre unable to get a clear view of the driver because the surveillance video was destroyed. However, according to our initial investigation, the sports car is produced by the Fu Corporation,â the captain of the 2nd division said.
âNow, there are two ways to know who the driver is if we want to. The first way is to hack into the Fu Corporationâs mainframe directly and get the information of the driver. This way, we will be able to verify whether the owner of the car is the driver that appeared on Mount Qiu Ling. The second way is to recover the destroyed surveillance footage. Then, we can zoom into the video and ask a painter to draw the driverâs face and put it in the database of the International Crimes Unit to verify the driverâs real identity.â
The captain of the 3rd division frowned. âYour suggestions are good, but donât you think it will affect our relationship with the Fu Corporation if they find out that we hacked into their database?â
âI donât think they will notice if weâre careful enough.â
Since the captains of the 4th and 5th division had seen with their own eyes how good the driving skills of the driver were, they chimed in and said, âIf weâre not mistaken, the driver is likely to be a hacker as well, and itâd be great if we could scout him.â
Most of them thought it would be a fair trade to offend the Fu Corporation in exchange for a bigshot. If worse came to worst, they could just pretend that it was not them if the Fu Corporation realized something.
Thud!
A loud noise echoed, and everyone was pulled back from their thoughts.
The captain of the 2nd division frowned and said, âDo you have a problem with my arrangement, captain of the 6th division?â
âWell...â Jiang Ningbei touched his nose. âLetâs not jump the gun. Iâm worried that the Fu Corporation might not be happy about it when they find out what weâve done behind their backs...â
âThere is nothing to be worried about. Besides, Matthew and Anmisu are both outlaws that need to be taken care of as soon as possible.. Iâm sure the Fu Corporation will understand.â
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