Chapter 283: Going Home to PK?

As Li Yan drove away, he silently calculated the time. If Yu Hong left when she saw him carrying Li Jie into the parking lot, given the evening traffic and her sports car’s speed, she should have arrived home by now, even if it was a bit farther away.

Back then, because of the life-threatening situation for Xiao Di, the Yu Family had, besides the security and bodyguards led by Zhou Yunfei, also brought Li Jie to protect her. At that time, Li Yan had saved her several times, and to coordinate protection and response, he also had Zhou Yunfei’s phone number.

Now he didn’t know the fixed line for the Yu Family and didn’t have Yu Hong or Chen Mingying’s numbers, so he had no choice but to call Zhou Yunfei, with whom he didn’t have much interaction and whose impression of each other wasn’t great.

"Li Yan? Looking for me?" Zhou Yunfei was a bit surprised to receive the call.

"Captain Zhou, where are you now? Did Xiao Di go home?" Li Yan wasn’t in the mood for pleasantries and asked directly while driving.

"Miss Yu? No." Zhou Yunfei was even more surprised. He was only in charge of security and had no authority to know Yu Hong’s whereabouts. Now that the crisis had passed, there weren’t bodyguards following her around all the time. But asking whether she went home was something he could confirm. "What’s going on?"

Li Yan briefly explained, "I don’t know where she is now; she’s not at school. Can you check the GPS on her car to see where it is?"

Zhou Yunfei agreed gravely and immediately hung up the phone.

Not wanting to act without purpose, Li Yan stopped and started analyzing Yu Hong’s situation. There was no need to go to the dormitory. In such an unhappy state, she likely wouldn’t return there; it’s possible she went home but hasn’t arrived yet, or she found another quiet place to clear her head, and turning off her phone was simply to avoid him. All that aside, he was just worried she had encountered an accident...

If that’s the case with Yu Hong, then what about Wen Qianyi?

She should be fine, right? She might not even like me. Even if she’s angry tonight, she’d see it as ridiculous rather than letting it affect her mood, and she is likely more capable of taking care of herself.

Li Yan sat there waiting in silence, feeling time pass agonizingly slowly. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Finally, when Zhou Yunfei got back to him, after receiving the information, Li Yan was left stunned, unable to calm himself for a long while.

Zhou Yunfei told him the general location of the GPS, and it turned out to be in the area of his residence in the Houhai Villa District, with the signal consistently remaining there!

Could it be that, at the parking lot, Zhang Yurong and Yue Yao also left upon seeing him carrying Li Jie out? And Yu Hong followed Zhang Yurong back?

With the car parked there, could the two of them be having a real-life PK at home?

Li Yan was very conflicted and hurried to drive home. Although the fight wouldn’t happen, since Yu Hong found her way home, the issue needed to be laid out and discussed.

He was simply puzzled. No matter how you looked at it, Yue Yao was his confidante. In situations like earlier, she wouldn’t hesitate to pass information to him even in inconvenient circumstances. If Yu Hong really went home, why wouldn’t she take the opportunity to call and inform him? Were the two of them ganging up to beat Yu Hong?

Driving quickly, Li Yan dialed Yue Yao’s number, wanting to understand the situation on their end.

After a few rings, the call was answered, and Yue Yao asked in a low voice, "What exactly happened tonight? Did you invite all four of them at once? Do you know they all started arguing because of you?"

Her tone was heavy. Although she supported Li Yan unconditionally, regarding tonight’s incident, any woman would stand on the women’s side. It’s already fortunate she wasn’t condemning him outright.

Li Yan chuckled bitterly, "Not four, but five..." He silently added in his heart, that’s counting you and Zhang Yurong as one unit, and Li Jie, of course, isn’t counted.

"Five!" Yue Yao was speechless for a moment. That was excessive... As she felt sorry for Zhang Yurong, her heart suddenly raced. If there were five, wouldn’t that mean she was included too? From tonight’s situation, he had only invited women he liked; could it be he also likes me?

This thought made Yue Yao both excited and ashamed. Originally, she was on the same side as Zhang Yurong, condemning Yu Hong and Wen Qianyi. But in the blink of an eye, wasn’t she herself becoming the so-called seductress?

Li Yan didn’t notice her change in demeanor and continued, "I know you want to scold me, but now isn’t the time. First, tell me the situation at home. And how did they argue earlier?"

Yue Yao snapped back and thought for a moment before quickly recounting the three women’s meeting and conversation at the concert hall to him.

After listening, Li Yan was deeply conflicted. They didn’t know, but he was very clear. So he immediately understood that Wen Qianyi and Yu Hong both simply thought he had invited two people and allocated only 20% of his time to themselves, while the other 80% was given to the opposite party. The 80/20 rule, with the 80% naturally being the most significant. And they also took his final excuse as him wanting to see the other off.

That’s why the two of them were in a bit of a standoff, but unexpectedly Zhang Yurong got involved too, and in their conversation, especially Yu Xiaodi’s analogy, directly insulted Zhang Yurong! Actually, she didn’t know and didn’t mean to, but it’s like cursing a bald monk right in front of them, or a Daoist to their face—Zhang Yurong couldn’t help but be angry!

"How’s Yurong?" Li Yan sighed and asked.

"What do you think?" Yue Yao replied irritably, "Those two alone were enough to make Yurong very angry. And then you stepped in, carrying someone on your back in public! We were already parked outside, wanting to see who you’d leave with, whether it was to send off Wen Qianyi or Yu Xiaodi, but then there was a fourth person. Yurong was so mad she just came right back. Since returning, she’s locked herself in her office, saying she needs to calm down. I’m a bit worried about her... and your relationship. Where are you now? Are you with that woman and not coming back tonight?"

Hearing Yue Yao’s words, Li Yan felt a bit relieved; at least Yurong could still get angry! It means he still has a place in her heart, though the future is uncertain, at least recently, there’s still room for him.

"Things aren’t what you think. The person I carried out was Nian Yufei’s bodyguard; she had a knife wound on her leg. Everyone else was protecting Nian Yufei, and no one paid attention to her..."

"So you acted on your hero’s instinct to save the damsel in distress? And by the way, hooked another one?" Yue Yao chuckled bitterly, "Brother, your backyard is already on fire, don’t you have enough girlfriends? Even if you can’t control your flirtatiousness, you have to watch your timing! She was injured, did it have to be you to save her? It was just her leg, not serious! Did it have to be you carrying her?"

"If it were an ordinary stranger, I wouldn’t have bothered. This person I knew from before, I met her when she was protecting Yu Xiaodi, so she’s an acquaintance. How was I supposed to know you hadn’t left yet!" Li Yan was even more aggrieved.

"Yu Xiaodi’s bodyguard? Now she’s Nian Yufei’s bodyguard? And you know her? You know Nian Yufei too?" Yue Yao felt things getting more and more tangled.

"Don’t overthink... I do know Nian Yufei, it’s like this..." Li Yan briefly explained how he knew Nian Yufei, reassuring her completely, and also mentioned their past shared moments on Cloud Island.

Yue Yao sighed softly, "I really don’t know what to say about this..."

Being able to share all his secrets made Li Yan feel much better, he exhaled a breath and joked, "Queen, now that I’ve told you everything, my secrets are shared between two people, cutting the pressure in half."

"But my pressure is multiplied a few times!"

"Alright, enough about that, what’s the current situation? Is Yu Xiaodi with you now?"

"Yu Xiaodi? No! She’s just an ordinary person; she couldn’t have followed me without my noticing, right?"

Yue Yao’s certainty left Li Yan puzzled. Yu Xiaodi didn’t follow? Then what was going on? With her abilities, she might fool Zhang Yurong but definitely not Yue Yao. Could Zhou Yunfei have lied? What was his intention?

Either way, considering the distance he had already traveled, going to the Yu Family to find Zhou Yunfei wasn’t worthwhile, and it couldn’t be clarified over the phone. Had this been orchestrated by Yu Xiaodi?

If so, that would be good—it at least meant she had safely returned home.

"It’s alright, I’ll find out more. Keep an eye on Yurong; I’ll be back soon!"

After hanging up, Li Yan accelerated his pace, rushing home as fast as he could.

On his way back home, there was a section of undeveloped road. Once past it, he’d reach his home in the Houhai Villa District, with much more beyond.

As he drove through there, high-speed driving made him slow down, as memories of his first encounter with Yu Xiaodi flooded back—stopping to relieve himself, her car unexpectedly collided right into him. No romance in that, rather, they had a bad first impression, but due to Yu Xiaodi’s retaliation and subsequent events, it led to the present complicated situation!

If he hadn’t stopped that night to relieve himself, if Yu Xiaodi hadn’t crashed into him, or if she accepted her lesson and hadn’t sought revenge, what would the present situation be? Would they still know each other?

Reality seldom entertains such ’what ifs,’ but it’s a reflective thought. Driving past, Li Yan couldn’t help but stop, for right there, at the spot where Yu Xiaodi had hit his car, he recognized her car—Yu Xiaodi’s sports car!

"Xiaodi!" He immediately ran over, but the car was empty. On the ground, several beer cans were carelessly thrown, and a strong smell of beer lingered.

Li Yan understood instantly—Yu Xiaodi was upset, she hadn’t gone home or to her dormitory. She had come back to the place where they’d first met, drinking alone! Perhaps deep down, she hoped to see him return!

This realization brought a hint of bitterness to his heart—he hadn’t thought their acquaintance was long, yet this little girl’s affection was such!

But where was she? How was her car here, but she was gone? (Chapter 3, Chapter 4 is still being written. Please subscribe, purchase a monthly pass.) (To be continued. For more, visit www.qidian.com, support the author, and enjoy legitimate reading!)