Chapter 212 I Like Them All

(There will be another Chapter later)

The atmosphere in the guest room became completely tense. Li Yan felt utterly helpless, not knowing how to respond. Compared to any previous collision, this one was more complete—it was directly witnessing an intimate act!

Hai Fu felt extremely awkward and nervous. She and Wen Qianyi were somewhat friends, having eaten together, gone out for fun, and drank together. They were colleagues at the same level in the company, and neighbors living on different floors in the same building. This relationship was quite good, but it hadn’t reached the level of intimate friends due to time and other reasons. Therefore, being seen by Wen Qianyi in that scene really made her feel incredibly embarrassed and unsure of how Wen Qianyi would perceive her.

All she could think of was leaving this place as soon as possible. Simply put, she wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Unfortunately, Li Yan held her back, making her sit on the edge of the bed. As a result, she had to face Wen Qianyi’s gaze even more directly. Giving up on running out, Hai Fu immediately grabbed a quilt and covered her face, feeling like she couldn’t face anyone.

But in Wen Qianyi’s eyes, it was interpreted differently.

"I’m sorry, I... I apologize, maybe my visit is ill-timed..."

Wen Qianyi stood up and quickly walked out, "Don’t mind me, I’ll go out, you continue..."

Under the blanket, Hai Fu bit her tongue, thinking that not only was she seen, but now Wen Qianyi assumed they had arranged to meet in the guest room!

"What are you doing?" Wen Qianyi whispered sharply, finding this behavior too much!

Li Yan didn’t respond, he reached out and lifted the quilt from Hai Fu’s head, making them face each other directly.

"Uh..."

Hai Fu and Wen Qianyi were playing mahjong together last night. No, before that they were having breakfast together! Now, both of them promptly turned their faces away, one to the left, one to the right, avoiding looking at each other. Immediately, both of their legs moved, indicating they wanted to get up.

Li Yan was helpless, at this point, he could only straddle them and press his legs on their thighs, using his hands to hold their shoulders.

"What are you doing?"

They spoke almost in unison and continued to say, "Let go of me!"

In the struggle to speak with him, they obviously had to look at him, and because of the way Li Yan had his legs and hands pressed down, his head was close to their faces. The three of them formed a triangular angle with their faces and gaze.

"Ha...this..." Li Yan awkwardly laughed, since he had no experience in dealing with this, he decided to fumble through the experience. The awkwardness had already happened, there were only three of them here, and no matter how much, this was the extent of it.

"I understand your feelings... You both feel very awkward and embarrassed right now, and in fact, the person who should feel the most awkward and embarrassed is me. So I’m asking you to be patient, since things are the way they are, you two will see each other every day at the company, whoever leaves first will complicate matters. So why don’t we clarify things together first?"

Both of them ceased to struggle and lay back on the bed, giving an opportunity for clarification. However, neither of them had any intent to speak. Hai Fu was too embarrassed to even open her mouth; Wen Qianyi showed a slight smile—a sarcastic smile, as if saying, can’t tell how capable you are!

Seeing Wen Qianyi’s mocking smile, Li Yan felt both guilty and heartache, knowing she must be deeply disappointed. But now was not the time for consolation; trying to comfort would lose the initiative. To not lose Wen Qianyi, he had to muddy the waters and pull her in!

"Ahem...first, please allow me to explain!"

With no response, he had to ask and answer himself.

"Hai Fu, actually what you just saw was a misunderstanding. Although Qianyi and I are improperly dressed, a man and a woman alone in a room, we really didn’t do anything. No need to misunderstand us doing anything, anything..." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Their gaze was triangular with his, watching him falter his way through the explanation.

Hai Fu felt somewhat confused; wasn’t it me snuggling with you and being caught by Wen Qianyi? You two are dressed decently, why are you explaining to me? Could it be... were you guys playing some unspeakable game before I came in? Just covering it well?

Wen Qianyi was also puzzled, and couldn’t help but say, "Are you out of your mind? It’s you two doing whatever, whatever, why drag me into it? I originally didn’t have anything with you!" Is this explanation necessary? The more you explain, the more misunderstanding it creates!

Li Yan nodded humbly and said, "Right, right, we really didn’t have anything. Yes, I should also explain to you that Hai Fu and I aren’t as you imagined, we didn’t arrange this time or plan to meet here, let alone plan some rendezvous or anything, everything was just..."

He didn’t know the best words to use, ’illusion’? Was it an illusion? ’Misunderstanding’? Misunderstand what?

"...Uh, everything is just a coincidence."

Wen Qianyi snorted softly, "Whether you arranged anything or not, what does it have to do with me? I appeared here and disrupted the ambience. You move aside, I’m going out first!"

At this point, Hai Fu vaguely understood Li Yan’s intention, which was to pull her into his scheme, making her unable to escape, turning the witness into a participant! Just like someone doing something bad, once discovered, they often offer some benefits to the discoverer, so they join in sharing the spoils, no longer fearing they’ll be reported.