Free Web NovelChapter 1152: Chapter 346: Awake or Not Awake?
Chapter 346: Awake, or Not?
When the four of them arrived at the bedroom, Li Yan continued to maintain his ’coma’ state. He didn’t know how the conversation went among them, but could imagine that it wasn’t a pleasant outcome. If he woke up now, it would certainly add fuel to the fire for them. So he continued to pretend to sleep; after all, he was back and didn’t need injections or anything like that.
Among the four, Yue Yao was a given, and both Yu Xiaodi and Hai Fu were relatively tolerant towards Li Yan. One of them knew he had a wife early on, and the other knew he had another girlfriend and only maintained an underground lover relationship. So even if they now knew there might be others with whom he had ambiguous relations, it wasn’t too shocking.
By reckoning, only Yurong was the most pitiable and most deservedly angry. She indeed had some grievances—if she hadn’t been associated with such a man, how could she have brought so much trouble? And how would it all end? Nevertheless, she was reasonable, realizing that these were all seeds sown when their relationship was lukewarm; compared to cheating after their love bloomed, it was less severe.
Especially... seeing Li Yan lying on the bed, her resentment disappeared. No matter what, the most crucial thing now was to awaken him.
She couldn’t mention this to Yu Xiaodi and Hai Fu, but she understood that Li Yan’s mishap must be linked to the assassins from last night, who indeed confronted their family, and Li Yan shouldered it all in the end. —Although she also felt those assassins might be related to Li Yan, they could also have connections to her family.
Looking at Li Yan, none of them had anything more to say. Hai Fu sighed softly and said, "I’ll head back first. If he wakes up, just send me a message."
"Okay."
"You should rest early too. Don’t let yourself collapse before he wakes up. You have company responsibilities to carry." Hai Fu advised again. Yurong rarely stayed away from the office all day due to private matters, and this situation couldn’t be made public, unlike Zhang Tianyi’s illness or being trapped at the Prince Hotel.
Zhang Yurong nodded; she knew sitting and watching him wouldn’t help, but without any news of him, and as long as he didn’t wake up, she couldn’t eat or sleep despite her fatigue.
After seeing Hai Fu off, everyone went to bed, and Yu Xiaodi stayed there for the night.
Of course, Yurong personally took care of Li Yan all night, but she also knew she couldn’t delay further and had to go to work the next day. Thus, she especially instructed Yue Yao to rest well, planning to have Yue Yao care for Li Yan while she was at work tomorrow —Yue Yao’s investment company was still just a shell. Yu Xiaodi also offered not to go to school tomorrow to care for Li Yan.
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Pretending to sleep for a long time is quite uncomfortable.
Especially for someone like him who has already been lying down for a day and a night; his body needs activity—walking, running, swimming—all these would make him feel much better physically. Continuing to lie in bed, remaining motionless, is psychologically and physically uncomfortable.
While Yurong and the others were out waiting for Hai Fu, he got up for some activity, but after making a phone call and understanding the situation from Zheng Yixuan, he returned to bed to avoid revealing any flaws.
If Yurong had just returned and turned off the light to sleep, he would have been better off. But Yurong wasn’t sleepy; she took a shower first and forgotten her underwear and pajamas out of a preoccupied mind. Coming out, she was wrapped in a towel, and then she went to find her underwear and pajamas, changing right in front of the bed!
After returning from the New Year, they both lived in one bedroom and slept in one bed. Yet Zhang Yurong remained shy, maintaining some avoidance—when showering, she’d bring pajamas inside to change, and in the morning, even if he hadn’t woken up, she’d take clothes to change in the bathroom. So although they had been together for more than a month, it was the first time he could see her change in front of him!
This made Li Yan feel even more uncomfortable, wanting to see more, see more clearly, ideally sitting up to adjust his angle. But now he couldn’t even move his head freely, nor open his eyes widely, only able to squint to sneak a peek.
Peeking always brings extra excitement, even if it’s one’s own wife, and especially since the opportunity was rare, this made Li Yan unable to restrain his excitement, yet he could only suppress it bitterly. Squinting his eyes also added a touch of hazy feel. He vaguely saw Yurong holding a small piece of underwear, sitting on the bed, lifting her legs into it, standing up, and pulling them slowly upward...
By this time, her towel hadn’t come off yet, but because she had to pull up the underwear, she had to lift it higher, revealing her fair and beautiful legs, and even more parts at the moment of pulling them up to her hips, Springtime Leaked. This kind of hazy peeking, more thrilling than completely naked changing, stimulated Li Yan’s excited nerves; he felt his breathing quickened a bit but had to endure to see it all.
For heaven’s sake, Yurong absolutely didn’t intend to tempt him.
Worried about him, combined with the matters involving Yu Xiaodi, Hai Fu, and others, her mind was in turmoil, and she forgot to take her clothes when she went in. Now changing directly by the bed instead of the bathroom was because she knew Li Yan was still "unconscious," no need to avoid anything. If he could wake up immediately, even if seen by him, she wouldn’t mind. So when she lifted the underwear, she instinctively looked at Li Yan’s direction without avoidance.
After putting on the small piece of underwear, Yurong pulled at the slightly messy towel hem, covering the faintly visible fair behind and deep jade legs, but merely an habitual instinct. She then picked up the found one-piece nightgown, to put it on, she first had to remove the towel.
She glanced at Li Yan again, only to see that Li Yan seemed to be facing her direction, but with his eyes closed, calm as before. She sighed softly, opened the bath towel, and picked up the nightgown.
At the moment the bath towel slipped off, Li Yan’s eyes captured every detail like a high-definition camera, imprinting every scene he saw. That perfect body, like Venus, appeared before him, white as the bath towel, yet with an additional smooth, glossy skin like creamy jade, as pure and bright as moonlight and as dazzling as the sun, turning Li Yan’s excitement into admiration, for it was a masterpiece of beauty.
In just a few seconds, the beautiful view in front of him changed. The satin nightgown covered that dazzling captivating body, but the clothes’ accentuation gave Yurong a different transformation from when she was wrapped in a bath towel, adding an air of elegance and an otherworldly presence.
At this moment, Li Yan was truly a bit bewildered. In one’s lifetime, having such an exceptional beauty as one’s wife, what more could one ask for? She’s not just a stunning vase; in terms of filial piety and work capability, she is perfect. To be with her is a blessing from past karmic ties, and yet hoping for multiple wives and a harmonious harem?
Isn’t that being too greedy?
But ’love’ is the hardest to measure for a person.
Body, appearance, character, ability, etc., are often initial attractions, the prerequisites for pursuing someone. But once feelings develop, these are no longer the sole standards and metrics. Because Yurong excels in various aspects, can he simply let go of Huang Ying, who is inferior in many ways, or the small sacrifices made for him?
Like Wang Fei in her early mature woman years, with the perfect body, looks, temperament, wealth, fame... all top choices. Compared to Cecilia, not to mention physique or appearance, at least her fame and fortune were less, along with debts. By logic, Nicholas should choose Wang Fei, but can he abandon the deeply felt affection for Cecilia?
...
While Li Yan was secretly lamenting, Zhang Yurong lifted the blanket and got onto the bed, sitting beside him, without lying down or doing anything, just dazedly.
Since earlier, when the three had bathed Li Yan, moved him to bed, dressed him, there was only him on the bed, so although the bed was large, he was placed right in the center. Now with Yurong coming up, she was a bit close to his side.
Li Yan’s head wasn’t far from Yurong’s slender waist. He could smell the fragrance mixed with shower gel and a faint body scent, allowing her jade legs to be close to his body, slightly cool.
Wake up? Or not?
This is the question.
As Li Yan struggled with this dilemma, he felt Yurong turn and look down at him, and he hastily maintained his motionlessness.
Yurong reached out, stroked his face, then sighed softly, "Is it my past life debts to you?"
With her conditions, not to mention countless suitors, at least quite a few excellent diamond men competing. Marrying Li Yan is fine, but now she has to compete with others for him!
"In your heart... who do you like the most?" she murmured softly, sighing again, "Although we met first and married first, initially it was just duty and obligation, right? Emotionally, maybe I’m the later one... but who can be so generous? What should I do?"
Her long hair hung down, brushing across Li Yan’s neck, face, forehead, with a strand touching his nose, almost making him unable to resist sneezing...
After a while, Yurong whispered, "Perhaps... it would be best if you were in a coma for a year or two..."
Li Yan’s heart jumped, Yurong wouldn’t curse him to be in a coma for a year or two, could she have seen through that he was already awake?
Just then, his stomach growled untimely...
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