Chapter 1006: Chapter 267: Yurong Takes the Initiative

Chapter 267 Yurong Takes the Initiative

When Zhang Yurong entered the bedroom, she discovered that Li Yan was not inside, which made her frown slightly, but she remained calm and proceeded to the adjacent bedroom.

To her surprise, Li Yan hadn’t returned to his bedroom to sleep, and there was no one inside!

Li Yan was only active in a limited area at home, and Yurong quickly found him frantically exercising in the gym.

Although they lived under the same roof, they used to mind their own affairs, had different schedules, and never worked out together. Generally, those who persevere in long-term, regular exercise do aerobic exercises, not excessively rigorous workouts. Observing Li Yan’s state and considering his reaction upon returning, Yurong guessed he must have encountered something.

She walked over, watching him exercise from the side, and smiled encouragingly: "Impressive! How about I bring you a glass of water?"

Li Yan just glanced at her without speaking. His exhaustion was primarily mental, having drained substantial energy, but he wasn’t physically tired; rather, he was prone to excitement. So after returning, before trying to sleep, he went to the gym to exercise like crazy, using it to drain his energy until he was so exhausted he could fall asleep immediately and deeply.

Seeing him remain silent and continue exercising on his own, Yurong began to worry a bit and softly asked, "Did something trouble you? If there’s anything unpleasant, why not talk about it? I might not be able to assist you or you might not want my help, but I’m your wife, at least I can share and listen."

Li Yan appreciated her concern, exhaled deeply, "Sun Hui from Human Resources, my friend at the company, was supposed to have lunch with me at noon, but he got hit by a car."

Yurong wasn’t very familiar with Li Yan’s circle, but she knew a bit about his friends at the company. Observing Li Yan’s abnormal behavior and hearing Sun Hui got hit by a car, she thought he was perhaps killed or seriously injured, which might explain Li Yan’s unusual mood.

"How is he now?" If she was to help share his burden, she needed him to verbalize it, so she asked.

Li Yan shook his head: "Not too severe, he injured a leg. But the scene was quite dangerous, nearly knocked both of us out. I was quick to dodge, but he reacted a bit slower."

Yurong secretly sighed with relief; getting hit by a car and injuring only a leg is relatively good compared to many serious situations. But Li Yan’s subsequent words caused her concern again. "You weren’t injured, were you?"

"Would I be bouncing around here if I were injured?" Li Yan retorted.

Yurong didn’t mind his tone, reassured he wasn’t hurt, she felt at ease. She realized his unusual behavior today wasn’t because of her or Yue Yao, but because a friend got injured.

"As long as you’re fine. No use worrying about his injury, the hospital will handle it. You’re in a bad mood, if you want to vent, go ahead and vent. I’ll prepare bath water for you." Once she knew the source, Yurong stopped bothering him, giving him some quiet time.

After she left, Li Yan continued his workout, as Yue Yao quietly entered.

"Are you okay? You seemed a bit off today. No matter what reason you gave Yurong, I believe there’s a deeper reason." Yue Yao, of course, knew Li Yan better.

Yet, Li Yan’s ability to control people’s "Heart Demon" was known only to himself, he hadn’t shared it with anyone, including Yue Yao. Previously, when he employed Heart Demon during missions and showed signs of backlash, he wouldn’t return but would indulge himself. Hence, Yue Yao had never witnessed this side of him.

Looking at Yue Yao, Li Yan didn’t hide, sharing a bit appropriately was also beneficial for his agitated feelings. "This noon, a friend of mine got injured in a car accident... That’s what I told Yurong. What I didn’t tell her was it wasn’t an accident but an assassination attempt, meant to be staged as a fatal car accident, with me as the target!"

Yue Yao’s expression turned cold, losing her usual gentle, dreamy demeanor, revealing a fierce aura: "Who is it? What level of assassin?"

Li Yan sneered: "Nothing to worry about, just some low-level assassins. I’ve already dealt with it. As for the mastermind, I’ve tracked him down and made him commit suicide at his house tonight. Oh, before forcing him to kill himself, I transferred his mobilizable funds entirely to our account. I’ve liaised with He Bin to handle it, although he mentioned the sum is quite substantial, he’ll proceed to erase the original account and will contact you separately for follow-up."

"No problem." Hearing he had eliminated the enemy relaxed Yue Yao’s expression. Yet, she still found it slightly odd; with Li Yan’s skills, composure, and experience, would killing one person unsettle him?

"No worries! I’m fine, just didn’t expect to be schemed against, involving a friend, leaving me a bit repressed, I’ll be okay once I vent." Li Yan signaled her to exit.

Frankly, whether it was Zhang Yurong visiting or Yue Yao coming over, both made him feel a bit eager! Because before when exploiting the "Heart Demon," the ensuing manic violent side effects, he would always vent through wild sex. So seeing women before him stirred former habits.

Yet, over two years of introspection had significantly improved his self-control, holding deep affection for both Yurong and Yue Yao, he would never sully them just for venting. Thus, choosing another form of physical release, but that requires their departure to avoid temptation.

Desire is also one of the most common Heart Demons, under uncontrolled circumstances, even slight temptation can ignite it.

...

It was Yurong’s first time preparing a bath for Li Yan, even setting out his pajamas and underwear. But in the end, she was disappointed. She waited in the room for a long time, yet he never returned. As the water turned cold, she replaced it with hot water again. When she went to the gym, she found it empty. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Returning to Li Yan’s bedroom, she saw that he had already finished his shower and was asleep in bed.

This made her slightly annoyed. What was the deal? Criticism if she wasn’t nice to him, yet no gratitude when she was!

But when she thought about his car accident today, how he almost got hit, and his friend was injured, she could understand his mood. Maybe he just didn’t want to affect her mood?

With this thought, Yurong watched him for a while by his bed, hesitated for a moment, then decided not to leave but dimmed the light instead. She lifted the covers and lay down beside him.

These days, she had gotten used to sleeping next to him. Plus, since they officially moved in together after returning, they shouldn’t separate overnight. Once in bed, she still kept a small distance between herself and Li Yan. After hesitating again for a while, she began to slowly move her body closer to him.

Almost every time before, it was him who took the initiative to hold her while she slept. All she did was go from resisting out of discomfort to semi-acceptance to silent compliance. But now, it was her who had to take the initiative to get closer to him, which made her heart race.

It was just a few inches, not even a full foot between them, that she took a long time moving across. Then she suddenly realized, he was already asleep—what’s the harm in moving in? When he woke up the next day, wouldn’t he assume it was him who moved close voluntarily?

At this realization, she turned over and boldly reached out to embrace Li Yan’s body.

But the moment she touched him, she froze. This guy... was sleeping naked!

Indeed, everywhere her hands touched, there wasn’t a trace of pajamas, and her feet didn’t encounter any pants. Remembering that she had just set out clothes for him, bringing his usual pajamas and underwear over to her wardrobe, now it seemed likely that he wasn’t wearing anything at all!

This discovery left Yurong extremely embarrassed. What if he woke up now? Wouldn’t he think, just like Yue Yao said, that she was feeling amorous? If she pulled away and left the room, it would feel even more guilty—she was a bit stuck.

After a while, though Li Yan’s body felt warm, he didn’t seem to wake up, which made her feel much more at ease. As long as he didn’t wake up, it wouldn’t be awkward.

There’s still one thing she wanted to confirm, and that was whether Li Yan was wearing underwear! If he was wearing underwear but just not pajamas, she felt she could barely spend the night like this until dawn. But if he was truly completely undressed... the mere thought of it might touching her at any moment made her too nervous to sleep well all night.

But how was she to confirm it? Lift the blanket?

Not to mention the risk of him catching a chill if he had no clothes on, if he really wasn’t wearing anything, wouldn’t it be immediately exposed in front of her? Although she had seen it before...

After thinking for a moment, she decided to feel with her hand!

Not touching there, but to see if she could feel the edge of underwear. As long as she could touch the edge of underwear, she should only be hovering around the lower abdomen, which shouldn’t be too big of a problem.

This idea and action were already a bit of a challenge for Yurong. But she quietly assured herself that Li Yan was already asleep and wouldn’t notice—just a touch, it would be fine...

So, her hand, wrapped around Li Yan’s waist, began to lightly slide downward, very gently and slowly, fearing even a slight movement would wake him.

This is... the belly button?

This is... the lower abdomen?

No further, moving further would lead to dangerous territory, feeling the heat already. She prepared to feel toward the side, to the groin; if he was wearing underwear, she would definitely feel it there without touching anything else.

Just at this moment, she felt Li Yan seem to move!

It startled her, making her freeze, not daring to move for fear of waking him.

Unexpectedly, Li Yan moved slightly under the covers and then grabbed her still hand! (To be continued, for more, please visit www.qidian.com, support the author and legal reading!)