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In a reception room at the medical checkup center, several people who had completed their examinations had already received most of their results. Li Yan, who had taken the most tests, was the last to return.

"Shall we go eat first? I'm starving. We can come back in the afternoon to see how many results are out," Li Yan checked the time and suggested leaving as it was quite late.

"Most of the results are out. They've organized yours for me as well..." Yurong said, holding a stack of examination reports.

Li Yan noticed that both Yurong and Wen Qianyi looked serious, while Hai Fu had a peculiar expression. He was slightly surprised—could I really have a problem?

"Really? Let me take a look."

But Yurong didn't hand them to him, shaking her head sadly, "Forget it, you better not see them. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it after you look..."

"Haha, what would I not be able to handle?" Li Yan was quite confident about his health because the original issue was just a pretense. It couldn't possibly turn into something real, right? "It's fine, let me see."

Yurong bit her lip and then sighed softly, "You were diagnosed with... cancer..."

"What?" Li Yan was startled, what kind of joke is this? Testicular cancer came up, what kind of checkup is this!

Hai Fu was also shocked, almost screaming.

"Yes..." Yurong looked sad, "The doctor said it's urgent!"

"Cut it out!" Li Yan laughed and cursed, reaching for the report in her hand, "I want to see which quack dares to say such a thing!"

"Li Yan, don't get overly stimulated, go through with it!" Wen Qianyi also advised.

Hai Fu couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this a mistake?"

Seeing that they couldn't trick Li Yan, but indeed managed to fool Hai Fu, Wen Qianyi and Yurong finally couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

"Sister Hai, you take things too seriously. We were just joking with Li Yan to scare him a bit!"

"Yeah, yeah, we wanted to see how he'd react, but unfortunately, he's too sly and didn't fall for it," Yurong said playfully, handing all the reports over.

This was the real purpose of their checkup this time, naturally always concerned about Li Yan's condition. All the examinations were carefully consulted with the doctors by them, learning that Li Yan had no internal injuries or hidden issues. Wen Qianyi's half-day worries and Yurong's few days of concern finally eased.

With the worry gone, Wen Qianyi was not so easily fooled. Although she hadn't witnessed the incident, she suspected that Li Yan was pretending, so she carefully asked Yurong about the situation at the time. Yurong, having heard it second-hand from Zhang Yurong, couldn't express it completely, making it sound even more like there were loopholes, leading her to boldly conclude that Li Yan was faking it!

Yurong was somewhat skeptical herself but hadn't witnessed it live either, nor did she know if Zhang Yurong was fooled by him. But now that the results were fine, it couldn't be without reason, right? After worrying for nothing for so long, she wanted to prank Li Yan.

Despite their prank, Li Yan was not fooled, while Hai Fu couldn't help but smile wryly, getting shocked instead!

Li Yan smiled and patted Yurong on the head, "What are you doing??"

"No, just playing with you," Yurong felt relieved seeing he wasn't angry.

Feeling Yurong's warm breath on his ear, it tickled a bit, and her words made Li Yan's heart itch.

Yurong had previously shown such intimacy with Li Yan in front of Hai Fu and Li Jie, and Wen Qianyi was already acknowledged as a girlfriend by Li Yan. Now in front of them, it was very natural.

"Alright, you two are so intimate, continue when you go back! For now, let's eat, I'm hungry. Li Yan, sister Hai and I are giving you another chance to flatter us today. You're treating!"

...

The four found a place to eat, though some results were yet to come, they didn't care anymore and didn't go back to the hospital but went together to the community where Hai Fu and Wen Qianyi lived.

After sending them back, the now more familiar group ended up visiting one another's homes. Hai Fu first went to Wen Qianyi's home with them, then took them up to her place, learning where each lived.

Li Yan was familiar with both their residences but now had to act as if visiting for the first time. He felt reassured if Hai Fu could take the initiative to have some interaction with Wen Qianyi. Living in the same building, they could rely on each other in emergencies.

But for him, it also posed an inconvenience, because no matter if he went to Wen Qianyi's or Hai Fu's place before, he just needed to be cautious not to meet them downstairs coming and going. Now, staying in one house might make it worrying if the other visits, especially Hai Fu!

When it was time to leave, it was almost evening. Originally, Yurong had arranged for everyone to have dinner together, but Hai Fu and Wen Qianyi both expressed they didn't want to be the third wheel, and Yurong came by car herself, so didn't need to leave with Li Yan.

When retrieving their cars in the parking lot, the two stood in front of the car door.

"Yurong, are you heading home or back to school? I'll take you," Li Yan, although with others around, had spent the day with her. It wasn't ideal to go somewhere else, so he thought of sending her home and then having dinner before leaving.

"I..." Yurong didn't want to go back to school or home. She desperately wished for more private space with Li Yan, but knew he definitely had to leave later, at most accompanying her for dinner. "Can I... go to your house for a bit?"

She mustered up the courage to ask but quickly shook her head, fearing Li Yan might misunderstand, "I didn't mean anything else, and won't act impulsively like last time... I know I can't compete with her, nor do I intend to... just, just don't want to be alone going back..."

Her voice grew smaller, seemingly feeling her reason wasn't strong enough.

Li Yan immediately understood her real intention. That afternoon, he noticed Yurong carefully kept all his checkup reports. Now her request to visit his house was likely to pass the reports to Zhang Yurong, ensuring she wouldn't doubt Yurong's verbal assurances.

Seeing her making such an inconvenient request for his sake, Li Yan pulled her into his arms, gently saying, "It's okay, I won't mind anything... Just, you know, in the current scenario, caught between you all, you won't feel relaxed and happy. How about I come with you tonight and stay at your place instead?"

Hearing his agreement, Yurong felt much relieved, although there was some mist in her eyes, she still gave him a youthful smile, "No need! You staying at my place isn't good, even if we don't do anything, others... won't think that way. Me staying at your place—if possible, at least it won't be like this..."

She referred to Zhang Yurong, knowing she'd definitely be aware if Li Yan stayed at her place, and she'd be unhappy. Conversely, visiting Li Yan's place would be under Zhang Yurong's watchful eyes, just like staying in the guest room last time.

Li Yan patted her head, unsure of what to say.

Though no words were exchanged, his habitual gesture made Yurong feel a warm affection. She nestled against him like a kitten, pondering his touch on her head.

After a long while, Li Yan released her, whispering, "Let's go."

"Mhmm." Yurong responded softly, opening the car door, but before getting in, she turned to Li Yan, flashing a mysterious smile, "Let me tell you something!"

"What is it?"

"You remember that crush you had on your beautiful classmate, Qiao Huanxuan? She's not gone yet! It turns out she's one of the architects invited for a project by my dad and the others, staying at a hotel not far from my home. They've been quite generous, booking a sea-view suite, so if you want to visit her, you could stay there too... Hehe, but I trust your integrity enough to sleep in the living room. However, if you really stay there, others might not think so."

After saying this, Yurong got into the car with a chuckle, started the engine, "Let's see who's faster!"

Li Yan smiled, turned towards his car, and pondered her words. It seemed she already knew he spent the night in Qiao Huanxuan's hotel room, indicating her belief that nothing happened, but it seemed Zhang Yurong also knew and possibly thought something did...

Of course, something did happen, and he had already discussed it with Zhang Yurong. After this realization, he understood why Yurong questioned him last night—surely, after their meeting, they discussed Qiao Huanxuan, concluding he didn't come home that night and was with her.

He also realized Yurong was worried he'd be misunderstood or blamed by Zhang Yurong, using a hypothetical way to subtly remind him he had been found out.

Watching the red Ferrari zoom out, Li Yan sighed, thinking that this girl truly cared about him wholeheartedly...(To be continued, for more, please visit www.qidian.com, support the author, support legitimate reading!)

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