At this moment, however, her eyes were filled with concern, causing Yan Huan's heart to pause.

"Ah, I was sick before, Bai Yi..."

"Uh..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi on the other end of the call puffed her cheeks, turning into a pink blowfish.

"What's wrong?"

"You... why didn't you call me wifey? Huh? Speak up!!"

"Huh?"

Yan Huan was taken aback, and just at that moment, Ye Shiyu passed by expressionlessly, adding,

"The tree upstairs was blown over by the wind."

"Huh?"

Bai Yi's beautiful eyes widened, and she angrily yelled from afar at Ye Shiyu,

"Was it you? That was a birthday gift from my hubby?! Do you believe I won't kill the jellyfish your hubby gave you?!"

"Xiao Huan is my hubby too... Besides, I don't even like going to your house, let alone messing with your tree... ha..."

Ye Shiyu didn't even look back, but her words almost made Bai Yi boil in anger.

Unable to outargue, she had to look pitifully at Yan Huan,

"Hubby, look at her!"

Yan Huan chuckled silently, as if also getting into role, he asked,

"When will you be back?"

"Uh, let me think... sometime after the 20th of next month? Oh, you must come to the airport to pick me up, I have so much to tell you! Wow, you don't know, my concert in Tianjing was packed! Tens of thousands of tickets, all sold out!!"

Yan Huan's lips curled up slightly, but before he could speak, he glanced down and saw Ye Shiyu's face appearing on the screen.

"Alright, let's talk more when you come back. Xiao Huan isn't feeling well, I found some medicine for him."

"Ye Shiyu, you!"

The next second, however, Ye Shiyu, as if feeling annoyed, reached out and hung up the video call from Yan Huan's hand.

As soon as the call ended, Bai Yi sent over a series of "I'm so angry" emojis.

Then, in a larger group chat, she tagged everyone.

Uh?

A big group?

Yan Huan opened another group chat, a group named "Yan Family", consisting of just Yan Huan and six others.

Bai Yi, unable to win against Ye Shiyu in argument, tagged everyone to denounce Ye Shiyu's behavior.

"I want to report! Ye Shiyu is extremely heinous! I was still chatting with hubby, and she hung up the video call!!"

An Le: "Has Xiao Huan woken up? Is he feeling better?"

Sakuragi Hitomi: "Uh, being able to do a video call means he's much better. @Ye Shiyu, thank you for your effort during the time we're away~"

Aria: "

"Look, mom and I took this on the mountain!"

Tong Yingying: "As long as he's okay, I'm coming back at the beginning of next month as well."

Bai Yi: "Is anyone even listening to me?!"

Staring at the chat records on the screen, Yan Huan was momentarily stunned in place.

Then Ye Shiyu spoke softly, capturing Yan Huan's attention,

"I found the medicine, Xiao Huan. Let's go upstairs, I'll warm it up for you to drink."

Yan Huan involuntarily looked up at Ye Shiyu,

"Ah..."

Seeing her calm expression, without the previous fear and anxiety on her face...

She always wore a smile and calmness that Yan Huan had struggled to see before.

Yan Huan remained silent for a moment, eventually locking his phone and nodding with a smile,

"Okay."

"..." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Ye Shiyu nodded and turned to leave the chamber.

Yan Huan followed behind her, just about to leave...

His peripheral vision caught sight of a large ceramic basin on the floor beside him.

In the basin, there were stacks of engraved coins depicting ferocious crabs, totaling a thousand pieces.

This is...

Crab currency.

"..."

Staring at the glittering crab coins, Yan Huan was slightly startled.

He couldn't help but reach out, picking up one to inspect.

"Buzz..."

On the smooth surface of the coin, the reflection of the fierce crab mirrored his blurry face.

"Xiao Huan?"

It wasn't until the next second when Ye Shiyu's voice calling him brought Yan Huan's eyes to the doorway.

"Coming..."

Upon hearing the voice, Yan Huan instinctively pocketed the coin before heading to the door.

"Click click click..."

The chamber door temporarily closed, but once outside, Yan Huan reconsidered and took out his phone again.

He opened a chat with Bai Yi on a platform called plane.

"Wifey, do you still remember your modifier?"

"Uh... do you mean ring finger? Of course, I remember..."

Ring finger...

Seeing this weighty nickname equivalent to "Divine Meow" slip from Bai Yi's side, Yan Huan increasingly felt that he might indeed have traveled to the future.

Thus, he furrowed his brows and immediately inquired about the information,

"Can you tell me all about the ring finger's abilities? Especially the one related to 4:44 PM..."

"Oh, it's possible, but hubby, don't you know already? Besides, it's been so long..."

"I've been wanting to write something lately and can't remember some details, so I wanted to ask you."

"Sure, or maybe hubby, you wait for me to come back?"

Waiting for you… waiting for you might end up like cold daylilies...

The other side saying it would take seven days gave Yan Huan an ominous premonition.

"Uh, how about we do video calls at night these days?"

"Uh, but I'm super busy on my side... oh, maybe you can find An Le! Isn't Little Thumb still with her?!"

Whoa, did Little Thumb survive?

"Oh, wait, she's with Sakuragi Hitomi in Ying Country... uh, or you can ask Ye Shiyu! She must remember everything!"

"Okay..."

"Oh, by the way, hubby, remember to advise Ye Shiyu too! She's the first to become a mom among us, maybe let Ye International's affairs slide a bit next year, don't overwork herself..."

Huh?

Seeing this message, Yan Huan's expression suddenly froze.

He blinked, and after several seconds, looked up incredulously at Ye Shiyu's back in front of him.

While over there, it seemed Ye Shiyu noticed Yan Huan's gaze and instinctively looked back at him.

She tilted her head, looking at Yan Huan expressionlessly, and asked,

"What's wrong, Xiao Huan?"

With a voice and expression seemingly unchanged from the past.

However, at that moment, Yan Huan felt it was different.

As if earlier, when his mind wasn't clear, he mistook her.

Perhaps because, Yan Huan could now always feel...

An unprecedented trait, unconsciously blossoming on her.

Just like the fleeting beauty during their underwater restaurant date, or the momentary charm she showed in the comic book store...

And now, that feeling seemed to settle, forever residing on Ye Shiyu.

"..."

And this is...

The future?