"It’s not that serious, no need to apologize." Xia Siyu looked down at her toes and chuckled softly, "Just have him fix my car." Yun Lih was silent for a few seconds, his voice becoming deeper, "Alright, bring the car to the Cloud Hotel tomorrow, and I’ll have him handle it." Possibly worried that Xia Siyu might say something nonsensical again, Yun Lih hastily said goodnight and ended the call. Xia Siyu took the phone away from her ear, feeling that she certainly wouldn’t sleep well tonight. Yun Lih’s illness, Yun Lih’s voice, everything about Yun Lih... Xia Siyu abruptly closed her eyes, tossed her phone aside, and ruffled her hair, "So annoying." She hated her own persistence, even somewhat despised it. She decided to let go, decided not to interfere anymore, decided to treat him as just a friend. But when Yun Lih appeared, all these resolutions seemed to crumble. Xia Siyu couldn’t understand what was so special about Yun Lih, but every time she stood before him, she couldn’t help her racing heartbeat, with a desire to approach him fearlessly. She could control her body, but couldn’t control the longing in her heart for him. Xia Siyu messed up her long hair, like a girl trapped in unrequited love, feeling both restless and unable to forget him. The next day, at four in the morning, Xia Siyu opened her dark red eyes and sighed at the ceiling. She had counted over thirty thousand sheep, yet still hadn’t fallen asleep. As expected, whenever Yun Lih appeared, insomnia followed. Xia Siyu rubbed her forehead, picked up her phone, and checked the time: 4:20 in the morning. Without the slightest sleepiness, she simply got up and went to the closet to pack. At eight in the morning, Huanxia’s private jet took to the sky, its destination: the South Sea. As for the sports car, she specifically arranged for her assistant to send it to the hotel. By noon, Xia Siyu arrived at Renhe Laboratory. At this time, Li Qiao was still busy, so she didn’t go to the lab to disturb her and instead patiently dealt with a few company emails in the conference room. In less than ten minutes, Li Qiao pushed the door open. Coincidentally, a call came to Xia Siyu’s phone. By chance, it was Yun Lih. She looked at Li Qiao with a raised eyebrow, leaned against the sofa, and brought the phone to her cheek, "Brother Lih?" At this time, Yun Lih, with a lozenge in his mouth, was looking down at the car key in his palm, "Are you very busy?" Too busy to even have time to send the car? Xia Siyu exclaimed, "I’m on a business trip, is something up?" "Was this a last-minute decision?" Yun Lih was a bit displeased and had every reason to suspect she was deliberately avoiding him, "Did you go on a business trip just as I arrived?" Xia Siyu found it amusing at heart, and spoke without hesitation, "Of course not, whether you come to Cloud City or not, I had to go on a business trip." Yun Lih’s handsome face turned dark, feeling a bit ridiculously self-absorbed as if mocking himself frantically. He gripped his phone tighter, his tone somewhat unfriendly, "Xia Lao Wu, I see you’re becoming more and more ignorant of the ways of the world." With that said, the call was cut off. Listening to the tone on the other end, Xia Siyu suddenly found it both laughable and heartbreaking. She had long been mingling in the workplace, no one understood social norms better than her. But... she just couldn’t treat Yun Lih like she did others. Unfortunately, the one who didn’t understand was him. Meanwhile, Yun Lih, feeling frustrated, pinched his throat; pretending to cough too long last night, now his throat burned painfully this morning. Ah Hao stood by silently, occasionally glancing at Yun Lih, looking every bit the scoundrel. Yun Lih ignored his gaze, bit through the lozenge in his mouth, bent over to pick up a pack of cigarettes, and said, "Get ready, we’re going to the South Sea." "Master Yun, transfer or cash?" Yun Lih didn’t react immediately, "What are you talking about?" Ah Hao nonchalantly touched his pant pocket, "Miss Xia’s car repair costs eighteen grand, I have twenty-three bucks left, should I buy the plane ticket via transfer or cash?" Plus, with the transfer to those students yesterday, the twenty-three bucks came from shamelessly asking the students to round off the bill. Yun Lih’s temples throbbed twice, he fished out a bank card from his pocket, flicked it with two fingers, and it hit Ah Hao, "Aren’t you something." The bodyguard of the dignified leader of the Mercenary Group, so broke he was like a scrap picker. As evening approached, Xia Siyu rubbed her sore shoulders, leaned back into her chair, and took a deep breath, "Let’s settle on this, the experimental project needed for skin immune disorders, I’ll have someone prepare the proposal when I get back." "Okay." Li Qiao fiddled with the pen in her hand, glanced at the calm-looking Xia Siyu, "Huanxia started research on blue-ringed octopus before, any progress?" Xia Siyu’s breath hitched, she shook her head with an embarrassed smile, "No, I had someone archive the project last year." After attending Qiaoqiao and Master Yan’s wedding, she returned to Cloud City and stopped the blue-ringed octopus research. Because at that time, Yun Lih was doing well, Xia Siyu thought... he probably didn’t need her meddling anymore. Li Qiao curved her lips casually, "Hmm, cutting losses in time." Xia Siyu smiled wistfully, "In hindsight, maybe I should have let them continue studying. Even if they couldn’t find a cure, at least they could buy him some time." Due to her complete belief in Xiao Qi Zai, Xia Siyu never verified Yun Lih’s condition, nor did she notice the mischief and playfulness in Li Qiao’s eyes. Get full chapters from 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚~𝙣𝙚𝙩 As night fell, Li Qiao had to go home to feed the little cub, and with nothing to do, Xia Siyu followed her to the mansion. She was indeed on a business trip in the South Sea, but more importantly, she just wanted to relax. At the Round Island Mansion, Xia Siyu chatted and laughed with Li Qiao as they walked into the living room, "You wouldn’t believe it, Yun Lih’s subordinate was acting like an idiot saying he didn’t have a phone, I just wanted to laugh, in this day and age, no phone, he might as well say he has no brain." Just as she finished speaking, the atmosphere became a bit off. Xia Siyu twisted her neck, feeling as if the temperature inside the mansion suddenly dropped. Then, at Li Qiao’s glance, Xia Siyu turned and looked, a frozen smile on her face. In front of the living room, Yun Lih was sitting with his legs crossed on a single sofa, with a smile that wasn’t a smile, and behind him was the dim-witted Ah Hao. While Shang Yu spread his hands towards Li Qiao, his voice magnetic and rich, breaking the silence in the hall, "Working overtime?" Li Qiao stepped forward, her cool fingertips grasping the warm palm of the man, "Hmm, setting research topics." Saying so, she looked at Yun Lih, "Came in the afternoon?" Yun Lih moved his gaze from Xia Siyu’s face, glancing at the intertwined hands of Li Qiao and Shang Yu, "Yeah, for business." Xia Siyu awkwardly walked to the other side and sat down, waving a greeting at Shang Yu, "Master Yan, sorry to intrude." The man lowered his gaze and nodded, then gently squeezed Li Qiao’s fingers, "You guys talk." Shang Yu bent his knee and stood up, so did Yun Lih. The two men, nearly as tall as 1.9 meters, stood together, adding a significant sense of pressure to the living room. In an instant, Yun Lih and Shang Yu walked side by side up the stairs, reaching the landing, he glanced back at Xia Siyu, "Don’t leave later."