Li Yan hesitated, then thought for a moment: "Hmm, while you are all women, you rarely get the chance to interact with ordinary people. Maybe my experiences could be more valuable for reference... Let me think..."

You rarely get the chance to interact with ordinary people... Zhang Yurong was speechless, do you think I’m royalty or something? Aren’t I just an ordinary person?

"With Yue Yao’s kind of personality, if she encountered something heartbreaking, she ought to go home and heal under her parents’ care. Even if you got along well at the time, you were just someone she met online not long ago, she had no reason to suddenly run to you."

"That makes sense..." Zhang Yurong had considered this issue before, but she managed to find a friend she could talk to, and after hearing Yue Yao’s pitiful story and meeting her dream-like persona, empathy mixed with affection, of course, she wouldn’t feel Yue Yao was lying.

"Could it be... she doesn’t even have a home?" Li Yan couldn’t say much, he could only guide or mislead her. By saying this, even if the truth was revealed later, he couldn’t be considered a liar, Yue Yao indeed didn’t have a home!

Sure enough, Yurong was clever and thought of more possibilities under his guidance: "She doesn’t have a home, and after breaking up with that despicable boyfriend, she might have been kicked out... Plus, as an online writer, she doesn’t earn much money, temporarily having nowhere to go, so she suddenly sought refuge with me, an online friend? It’s possible! Otherwise, with her personality, she surely wouldn’t do such a thing unless driven to desperation! And because she feels like she’s living under someone’s roof here, she doesn’t go shopping or play outside, she hasn’t even bought clothes, it’s all what I gave her, she doesn’t want to spend money, doesn’t have money to spend..."

"..." With things like this, Li Yan could only nod solemnly in agreement.

"If she really doesn’t have relatives, then it’s too pitiful... But she can live strongly and still have writing dreams, it’s truly admirable! It’s just that damn boyfriend of hers is unforgivable, not only deceived her but maybe swindled her money, and finally kicked her out to be left with nothing and nowhere to go!" Yurong spoke with increasing agitation.

Li Yan was extremely awkward, unable to nod in agreement anymore. The prototype of Yue Yao’s fictional boyfriend was none other than himself, a man shouldn’t curse himself! He could only silently protest in his heart: I am not a man who cheats emotionally and financially... Uh, just an emotional cheater maybe, but I’d never kick out a woman I like.

"Say... should we help Yue Yao vent her anger? Find that shameless ex-boyfriend of hers, beat him up, you help me castrate him!"

In Zhang Yurong’s heart, Yue Yao had already become like a sister, because she had shared all her secrets with Yue Yao, naturally closer than long-acquainted friends like Hai Fu. Before, she was just angry, condemning Yue Yao’s imaginary boyfriend, now realizing Yue Yao might not have family, relatives, having been forced to such desperation, she was extremely furious.

"Castrate—him—?"

Li Yan felt a chill down below, this is surely not a good thing.

"You afraid?" Yurong was speaking out of anger anyway!

Li Yan sweated: "Better not."

"Pfft... Can’t expect ivory from a dog’s mouth." Yurong blushed. It’s because she was momentarily agitated, and in front of Li Yan, there was no image to maintain hence why she said such things, after his detailed interpretation, she felt a bit embarrassed instead.

"Hey hey, on this issue, Yue Yao herself should have the final say. She might have already moved past the shadow, if we investigate her past, aren’t we reopening her wounds? Whether she willingly shares or is exposed, the feelings are very different. Perhaps she’d feel she can’t face us, and would never appear again."

Seeing Li Yan’s serious talk, Zhang Yurong thought it over and agreed she may have been too meddlesome. And her condemnation of the fictional boyfriend was just a moral stand, even if she truly met him, she wouldn’t tell someone to castrate him. After hearing his talk, she accepted it.

"Oh no! Terrible!"

Seeing her so different from usual today, jumping at everything, Li Yan wondered if she was mentally unstable: "What’s terrible now?"

"Yue Yao left this time, according to our last analysis, she might be raising money to repay us. But if she doesn’t have family, how can she raise money?" Zhang Yurong looked worried.

"Uh... You’re saying she plans to run away, not come back? No need to repay then." Li Yan deliberately said.

Zhang Yurong annoyed, kicked him lightly, grumbled: "Can’t you think worse of her?"

"..."

"Yue Yao definitely wouldn’t run off and not come back, even if she doesn’t have the money to repay, she’d certainly make things clear. I just fear, she might think that with web novels one never knows when or how much money will be earned, so she’s trying to find another way, maybe work to earn money. Yet we don’t know what skills she has, what job she can find, but her injuries are not yet healed, doing anything might have lasting repercussions! But the scariest is when..." Zhang Yurong couldn’t continue.

"What’s the scariest? Robbing a bank?" Li Yan wondered if Yurong had realized something extraordinary about Yue Yao?

Since he knew Yue Yao’s background, upon hearing her ’scariest’ possibility, immediately thought of crime, couldn’t say killing, so said bank robbery which makes money fast.

Zhang Yurong frowned at him as if looking at an idiot: "Yue Yao doesn’t even have the strength to bind a chicken, can she rob a bank? You think everyone has your physical prowess?"

"So what are you worrying about?"

"Dummy!" Yurong hesitated but still spoke: "Just afraid she might fall into a pit and do those kinds of things that make money fast..."

This made Li Yan sweat profusely, he never expected such a possibility.

"Uh... she shouldn’t! Yue Yao has her principles, definitely won’t do such things." Li Yan couldn’t reveal Yue Yao’s identity as Queen, could only explain powerlessly.

Zhang Yurong rolled her eyes: "Is this what counts as principles?"

"..."

With nothing else to say, Li Yan directly said: "What’s the use of just thinking about it here? She hasn’t called you, why don’t you call her? Just tell her she doesn’t need to repay the money, wouldn’t solving it easily?"

Yurong thought it made sense. She hadn’t considered this angle, wanting to protect Yue Yao’s dignity without saying much. But things have changed now, it can’t be let to lose more dignity for any particular level of dignity.

"I’m full..." She stopped eating directly to make a call.

Li Yan was speechless, thought whether he should text Yue Yao and have her follow Yurong’s arrangement to prevent Yurong’s worry. But figured Yue Yao’s wisdom should cover that angle.

...

When Li Yan finished eating and went to the living room, he already saw a calm Zhang Yurong.

"How’s it?" Li Yan sat next to her, asked.

Zhang Yurong smiled slightly: "Yue Yao actually had other issues, not going to raise money."

"Hmm?"

"I told her about what we just discussed, she said she knows, she doesn’t regard us as outsiders. Also believes readers will purchase her VIP Chapters, she will earn some money eventually. If really doesn’t work out, she’ll even help Aunt Liu clean the house for debt payment."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan couldn’t help but laugh or cry. If Yue Yao really wanted to bring in money that way, she could completely buy out a site!

"Then don’t worry about it. You can celebrate New Year peacefully!"

"And..."

"And what?"

"Yue Yao will return soon! She said since we’ll probably go home for the New Year, she’ll return to look after the house." Yurong said, feeling a bit emotional, after finishing she summarized again: "Li Yan, you’re right, Yue Yao might really not have family, else why would she still come back here for New Year."

Li Yan wanted to say: Then let’s just be her family! You call her a sister, we live happily together...

But couldn’t be too blunt, he only said: "I have no siblings, and neither do you, she doesn’t regard us as outsiders..."

"Yes! We’ll treat her as family! To take our longstanding friendship to the next level!" Zhang Yurong finished speaking, added: "You don’t mind caring for Yue Yao together with me, do you?"

Li Yan grinned widely, even knowing she didn’t mean it like that, still seriously nodded. "Of course!"

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