nashuaworldcup Chapter 180: Has the plan worked?
Chapter 180: Has the plan worked?
The next day.
The vibration of her phone in her pocket woke Xie Yan. She groggily reached for her phone and suddenly woke up when she felt an arm around her waist.
Two figures were pressed close together on the sofa. Shen Yan was next to her, his collar slightly open, revealing a section of his collarbone. His eyelashes were trembling gently. He had Xie Yan wrapped up in his arms, almost completely enveloping her, his back slightly curled up.
Xie Yan felt utterly absurd; she had no idea when she had fallen asleep last night, given her condition!
She can actually sleep?!
The morning sunlight streamed in through the window curtains, like a thin layer of golden gauze. Xie Yan could see his handsome face very close to hers with just a turn of her head. His eyes were closed, and he was completely non-threatening, gentle and handsome, so exquisite that he could be described as beautiful. He looked somewhat like he used to be.
It is said that beauty can bewitch people, but Xie Yan stared at Shen Yan's face for a full minute before she could bear to look away.
The phone vibrated again, the buzzing sound particularly noticeable in the quiet space.
Shen Yan frowned and slowly opened his eyes.
Eyes facing each other.
Shen Yan's voice was hoarse, "...Answer the phone."
He withdrew his arm, and Xie Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly taking out her phone to answer the call.
"Where are you?" It was Cui Nan calling. "Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to debug the new system today? Old Feng is already waiting here."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yan quickly glanced at the time. It was already 9:30 in the morning. She sat up with a start. "Sorry, I overslept. You guys go ahead and start. I'll be there in a bit."
After hanging up the phone, she saw that Shen Yan had already gotten up and sat on the sofa. His collar had been straightened, and apart from the wrinkles on his clothes that showed what happened last night, his eyes were clear, and he had obviously woken up after a good night's sleep. There was no trace of the madness he had shown before.
No one spoke, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Xie Yan pursed her lips, but could still hear a clear heartbeat coming from her eardrums.
The scalding tears from last night were still vivid in her mind. She suddenly remembered the scene she saw in the system space after her death ten years ago.
At that time, Shen Yan, who was still a boy, climbed into the coffin to be cremated with her body, but Xie Qingyu grabbed her and broke her leg, leaving her disabled.
He accused her of being a liar, word by word, in his ear, leaving Xie Yan speechless and unable to refute him.
His dark control and possessiveness were real, but so were his feelings. The intensity of those feelings, so intense that they could destroy everything, still burns people when they are thought about it.
Memories of the past flooded her mind, and considering that Shen Yan had saved her yesterday, Xie Yan's tone softened in the end.
"Mr. Shen, about yesterday..."
"Sorry, I drank too much yesterday and don't remember."
As if everything yesterday was an illusion, Shen Yan returned to his usual aloof demeanor. With his eyelids lowered, he took out a check from under the coffee table, held it between two fingers, and casually handed it over.
"You can fill in any amount on this blank check; consider it my compensation."
Xie Yan was stunned for a second, unable to describe her feelings, only feeling surprised. She felt that this was not something Shen Yan would do, but then she thought about it again and felt that it was indeed something he would do.
Anyone who turns down money is out of their mind. Xie Yan took the check, but it felt heavy, and she felt a little choked up.
So, could it be considered that she acted as a substitute for herself?
"Thank you, Mr. Shen. I need to get back to work now; my team leader is urging me to get back to work."
"I'll have the driver take you."
Xie Yan shook her head, "No need, it wouldn't be good if my colleagues saw it."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yan suddenly smiled faintly, a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes, the curve of his lips almost imperceptible, "That's true, you already have a boyfriend, don't let him misunderstand."
"Gao Yang is not my boyfriend."
Xie Yan didn't know why she said that, and quickly got up to say goodbye, "I should go now, you should get some rest."
She turned to leave, but glanced back at me the instant she closed the door.
Through the increasingly narrow crack in the door, a tall, thin figure sat alone on the sofa, looking inexplicably lonely.
After thinking for a while, Xie Yan still dialed Zhou Panpan's number.
............
When Zhou Panpan arrived, Shen Yan was lying on the sofa, looking very unwell.
An hour later, Shen Yan was taken to the hospital.
Bai Xiao and Yang Huiyun arrived travel-worn. If it weren't for the presence of their elders, Bai Xiao would have already been swearing at them.
"What the hell?! You want to be Superman?! Running around the streets with a limp, throwing away your cane, do you want to kill yourself?! If you're so capable, why don't you go to the Paralympic Games and win a gold medal to bring glory to the country?!"
Who can understand how shocked they were after hearing what the doctor said?
The doctor said that after he started running independently without assistance, his old injury had to withstand greater impact, especially in the area where he had undergone fracture surgery, which caused the old injury to recur.
My leg, which has been crippled for ten years, has never been able to bear weight. Putting aside whether the muscles have atrophied or not, my knee was once shattered, making it impossible for me to walk alone, let alone run!
At this moment, Shen Yan was half-lying on the hospital bed, his right trouser leg was rolled up, revealing a swollen and terrifying knee joint. At the same time, his calf was covered with surgical suture marks that looked like centipedes. It was almost as if a person had grown on various scars, which looked particularly frightening.
Zhou Panpan glanced at it once and then looked away, unable to bear looking any longer.
Sitting next to her, Yang Huiyun's eyes reddened with heartache, and Zhou Panpan put her arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"Xiao Yan, what's wrong with you? Huh? Why did you suddenly become like this?"
Shen Yan's expression was calm; he was actually the most composed of them all. "The cane is lost."
"Bullshit!" Bai Xiao couldn't help but exclaim. "You lost it, why didn't you make a phone call? You lost your phone too? Are all those people in the company just sitting around doing nothing? Do you, the richest man in the country, need to run around like a limpy bum? I think you're really crazy. You shouldn't be seeing an orthopedic doctor, you should be seeing a psychiatrist."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Panpan quickly tugged at Bai Xiao's sleeve, indicating that he had gone a bit too far.
Bai Xiao scoffed, "Shen Yan, I'm just watching you court death. You'll behave when you amputate your own leg. Then you'll obediently sit in a wheelchair. I don't believe you can speed in a wheelchair!"
"..."
Shen Yan simply closed his eyes and leaned against the headboard, letting the words go in one ear and out the other.
They were all too familiar with his aloof and unapproachable demeanor. Seeing that Bai Xiao was about to explode again, Zhou Panpan quickly pulled him out, leaving Yang Huiyun in the ward to take care of Shen Yan.
Fortunately, there weren't many people on the VIP ward floor, so Bai Xiao's cursing didn't bother anyone. He looked down at the examination report and recommendations the doctor had just given him, which clearly stated that bed rest was recommended and that he should ideally use a wheelchair for at least the next six months.
"Are you kidding me? You think that stubborn person would agree to sit in a wheelchair?"
Zhou Panpan's eyes were lifeless, and she looked as if she had aged five years.
Shen Yan's situation is complicated. He can't keep anyone by his side. He has no secretary at the company and no nanny at home. At this moment, the few people in the hospital are the closest to Shen Yan.
Therefore, they also knew how much Shen Yan resisted the wheelchair. To expect such a proud and sensitive person to sit in a wheelchair and completely accept the fact that he was disabled was simply wishful thinking.
Zhou Panpan buried her face in her palms and rubbed it hard, then sighed. Sometimes she really felt sorry for President Shen.
Especially considering that she had met Mr. Shen when she was young, she couldn't help but sigh at the unpredictability of fate.
After Bai Xiao calmed down from his outburst, he seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, Lao Zhou, how did you know Shen Yan was behaving like that at home? Did you go to see him for something?"
"...No, Xie Yan told me."
Bai Xiao looked shocked. "? Xie Yan? Which Xie Yan? The one I poached from out of town with a high salary?"
Zhou Panpan nodded. "Yes, it's her."
Not long ago, she received a call from Xie Yan, who said that Shen Yan was home alone and seemed unwell. Xie Yan was worried that something might happen to him if he was alone, so Zhou Panpan went over to check on him.
"She didn't say why she was at President Shen's house, she just told me to keep it a secret and not to tell President Shen that she sent me."
Bai Xiao's brain was racing, but after a long time, it finally crashed.
"...Could it be that my substitute plan has worked after all...?"