In the living room, Yurong had Li Yan lean back on the sofa while she hurried upstairs to find eye drops. She often worked long hours and her eyes would become tired, so she always had the best eye drops on standby at home or in the office. The discomfort in her eyes just now made her think that eye drops might alleviate the discomfort.

Yue Yao also ran upstairs immediately but she went to get her own face towel, which she then soaked in boiling water in the kitchen for a while. When she brought it over, Yurong had already come down and was administering the eye drops to Li Yan.

Li Yan said with a bitter smile, "I think I should do it myself. It’s not that serious, it’s just eye drops, I can handle it..."

"No way! I’m afraid you’ll bluff your way through!" Yurong insisted on administering the eye drops to both of his eyes.

Seeing Yue Yao bring a plate with a wet towel on it, Yurong laughed out loud: "You don’t have to be so nice to him, right? Getting him a towel to wash his face and hands too?"

Although Yue Yao knew she was just joking and didn’t take it to heart, she still felt a slight tension. In fact, she was aware that Li Yan was fine, but her level of concern was no less than Zhang Yurong’s! However, due to her position, she could only silently care in her heart and couldn’t take care of him directly like Yurong. In front of her, she had to maintain the proper boundaries.

"It’s not for washing his face or hands, but for a warm compress. It’s said that it promotes capillary expansion, boosts blood circulation, promotes sweating and detoxification, it might make the eyes feel a bit more comfortable. You can try it!" Yue Yao held the plate forward a bit.

When Yurong heard that it was prepared for Li Yan’s eyes, she immediately put down the eye drops and was eager to take it.

"I soaked it in boiling water, be careful, it’s hot..." Yue Yao reminded her.

"Okay." Yurong picked it up, and it was indeed very hot, so she quickly put it down again, wondering, "Putting it on like this, won’t it cook his eyes?"

Listening to their conversation, Li Yan couldn’t help but laugh: "I have thick skin, I won’t be that easily ’cooked’. At most, I’ll get panda eyes!"

Yue Yao smiled gently: "You can blow on it first, wait until the surface is a bit warmer before putting it on."

Yurong blew on the folded wet towel Yue Yao had prepared, occasionally touching it with her hand. After a while, she felt the surface wasn’t hot enough to burn, while still warm enough to have the effect of a warm compress. Carefully, she picked it up, disregarding the water dripping down her arms and onto her sleeves, and gently placed it over Li Yan’s eyes.

"Phew..." Li Yan exhaled.

"How is it? Does it burn?" Yurong asked nervously, her hand ready to remove it if he said it was too hot.

"No, it’s just right, I actually find it...quite comfortable." Li Yan replied sincerely.

In fact, at that moment, whether he really felt comfortable or not, he would have said so. Because it was not just a hot towel, but it represented the selfless care of the two girls for him! Just those two gestures already made him feel very warm and touched, the effect of the compress on his eyes was secondary.

Seeing that it actually worked, Yurong let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Yue Yao."

Yue Yao smiled wryly: "You treat me as family, shouldn’t you expect me to do these small things?"

Yurong smiled apologetically: "I was wrong to say that."

Looking at the towel, it seemed to be Yue Yao’s own face towel, and thinking about how she immediately ran to get it from her own room in a hurry. She thought about asking Yue Yao to bring a few new towels, but when she was about to speak, it turned into: "I won’t be polite either, go get my face towel, soak it too, so we have a replacement later. I’ll call the doctor to consult!"

Due to her personal habits, she ordinarily minded sharing her face towel with others. But given the situation, even Yue Yao didn’t hesitate to bring her towel down, if she, as his wife, was still picky about these things, wouldn’t it seem too distant?

Moreover, just like the earlier discussion in the hotel lobby about taking photos, she felt that if someone else’s towel could have close contact with Li Yan, she’d feel at a disadvantage if she didn’t do the same.

As Yue Yao agreed to go up, Li Yan held the towel over his eyes and stood up.

"Where are you going?" Yurong quickly asked.

"I’ll head upstairs first. If Aunt Liu comes out and sees me like this, she might tell your parents and make them worry," Li Yan whispered. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Li Yan hadn’t been around these days, and tonight Zhang Yurong and Yue Yao went out, saying they wouldn’t be back early. After Aunt Liu finished her work, she was resting in the first-floor nanny’s room watching TV, currently unaware of their return, but the possibility wasn’t small. Yurong immediately nodded and gestured to Yue Yao, the two of them supported Li Yan to go upstairs.

In her heart, she was actually a little eager for Li Yan to go upstairs. To prevent him from feeling better later and insisting on leaving.

...

With the two of them tending to him, Li Yan lay on a sofa in the small living room on the second floor, with Yue Yao replacing the warm towel with hot water now and then. Considering that calling their family doctor might alert her parents, Yurong decided instead to search for answers online in the office.

When it was just Yue Yao and Li Yan left in the living room, Yue Yao kept an eye on the direction of the office while softly asking about the earlier situation.

Li Yan also quietly recounted the evening’s events to her.