"Thank you, but I should go now."
"What's the rush? I'm a doctor. You're very weak right now. Rest for a while."
Bai Yanfei shook his head: "I'm leaving."
Brother Yu definitely wouldn't want to see him at another man's house.
As Bai Yanfei was about to get out of bed, Wen Xiuyuan reached out and grabbed him. Bai Yanfei, like a startled rabbit, quickly dodged and tumbled off the bed in a clumsy manner.
"Hey! Why do you always try to stage accidents for money? I was trying to help you up."
Bai Yanfei frowned, her delicate face filled with pain. She had hit her arm on the bedpost and now couldn't move it.
"I'm fine, thank you, but I really have to go now."
“It’s hard to get a taxi here, how are you going to get back? It’s getting dark now, are you going to walk back to the city?” Wen Xiuyuan leaned against the wall and glanced at Bai Yanfei. “Your phone doesn’t seem to be on you either.”
"Ah... cell phone."
My phone fell on the road.
"Where do you live? Let me take you home."
"Thank you." Bai Yanfei couldn't refuse, otherwise he wouldn't be able to leave this place.
Bai Yanfei walked out of the living room, supporting his arm and frowning.
He looked like he'd fallen pretty hard. He rolled up his sleeve and looked down; there was a large bruise on his elbow. Wen Xiuyuan came out, and Bai Yanfei quickly put his sleeve down.
"Let's go, I just went to get the keys."
The door was suddenly opened, and Bai Yanfei stared in astonishment at the person in front of him.
"Xiuyuan, can you help me with this..."
The television in the living room was playing footage of Ling Zeyu and Bai Yanfei's engagement yesterday. Wen Xiuyuan glanced at it, then looked at Bai Yanfei.
"Oh, it really is yours. I was just about to return it."
"How did he end up here with you?" Ling Zeyu narrowed his eyes, and the suspicion in them chilled Bai Yanfei to the bone.
"I was surrounded by reporters, and this gentleman saved me." Bai Yanfei was pale, and he subconsciously covered his injured arm.
"What a coincidence." Ling Zeyu snorted coldly, and Bai Yanfei lowered his head even further.
"You really have some guts to get out of the car and run outside without permission."
"I'm not..."
"Forget it, don't explain. Come back with me. You register a Weibo account and I'll manage it."
Bai Yanfei looked up. Was Brother Yu asking him to register an account and post about their daily life as a couple? If he didn't care about him, why would he be in the same frame with him?
Bai Yanfei nodded excitedly: "I understand, Brother Yu."
"This is your fiancé?" Wen Xiuyuan rubbed his nose. "I thought..."
"What did you think?"
Wen Xiuyuan leaned closer to Ling Zeyu and lowered his voice, saying, "Although I have face blindness, this person doesn't look like the Xiao Fei you mentioned. Could he be a fake?"
Ling Zeyu glanced at Wen Xiuyuan: "Yes."
"Then why..."
“I only recently left the entertainment industry and took over the company. My popularity is still there, and the stock is rising. If I had any scandals now, what do you think the old man would do to me?” Ling Zeyu asked, his back to Bai Yanfei.
Bai Yanfei peeked at Ling Zeyu's profile and sighed. Why was Brother Yu facing away from him again?
"You can take that person with you. I was just passing by."
Ling Zeyu nodded and led Bai Yanfei away.
"Brother Yu..."
"Get in the car." Ling Zeyu turned his head to fasten his seatbelt, then suddenly pulled Bai Yanfei's arm and rolled up his shirt.
"What happened?"
"It was an accident, nothing serious." Bai Yanfei was reluctant to pull her hand back. Ling Zeyu's palm was very warm, his fingers were slender and his knuckles were distinct, and the skin he touched felt warm.
"Xiuyuan is a doctor, why didn't he say anything just now?" Ling Zeyu released Bai Yanfei's hand and made a phone call, "Get some disinfectant and anti-inflammatory medicine."
"What a troublesome thing."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yanfei tugged at his sleeve to cover the bruises.
He's caused trouble for Brother Yu again; he can't do that again next time.
Not long after, Wen Xiuyuan came over with the medicine. He noticed the bruises on Bai Yanfei's arm and asked, "When did you get this?"
"I just fell after getting out of bed."
Wen Xiuyuan paused as he poured the disinfectant. He gave Ling Zeyu a reproachful look: "You should at least be a little more careful. You can even fall down when you get out of bed."
"It has nothing to do with me." Ling Zeyu said with a straight face.
"No, no, it's my own fault for not standing properly, it has nothing to do with Brother Yu. Brother Yu wasn't there when I fell."
"It's still a little white rabbit." Wen Xiuyuan chuckled. "It'll hurt a little, just bear with it."
When the disinfectant touched the broken skin, the stinging sensation made Bai Yanfei cry out.
"Brother Yu..."
Ling Zeyu only showed Bai Yanfei his profile; he didn't even turn his head. Bai Yanfei pursed his lips, staring at Ling Zeyu's profile, momentarily forgetting the pain in his hand.
"It's alright, nothing serious, just a minor bump."
"Thank you." Bai Yanfei looked away, only then feeling the burning sensation of the disinfectant on his wound.
"Does staring at someone make the pain go away?" Wen Xiuyuan joked.
Bai Yanfei glanced at Ling Zeyu furtively, but the other party didn't react. He nodded slightly and said, "Brother Yu's profile is very handsome."
"He's truly beyond saving," Wen Xiuyuan clicked his tongue. "Remember not to get the wound wet."
The car sped away, and Bai Yanfei kept glancing at Ling Zeyu's profile until the surrounding scenery changed to a bustling scene of cars and people, at which point he finally came to his senses.
"Brother Yu, aren't we going home?"
Ling Zeyu stopped when the light turned green and glanced at Bai Yanfei: "You don't even know where your own home is?"
Chapter 4 Scandal
Ling Zeyu drove Bai Yanfei to the Bai family's doorstep. As soon as Bai Yanfei got out of the car, Ling Zeyu left.
Back in his own little space, Bai Yanfei sat on the ground, hugging his knees.
The events of the past few days felt like a dream. He spread his fingers, revealing a ring on his ring finger. If it weren't for this ring, he still wouldn't believe that he was engaged to Ling Zeyu.
After the engagement party, Ling Zeyu took off the ring, and Bai Yanfei watched as he casually tossed it into the drawer like trash.
Do you not like the style of the ring?
He quite liked it.
After an unknown amount of time, Bai Yanfei drifted off to sleep. Early the next morning, the door was pounded on.
"You still have the nerve to come back?! You bitch, look what you've done!"
Bai Yanfei rubbed his eyes; he hadn't slept well for the past few days, and there were dark circles under his eyes. Yawning, he went to open the door, where Zhang Rongrong angrily pointed at his nose and berated him.
"How dare you sleep?! Look at what you've done! You dared to cheat on me on the very first day!"
"Cheating?" Bai Yanfei was completely sober. "How could that be! My heart only belongs to Brother Yu. I don't even look at other men."
"Then go online and see what you've done!" Zhang Rongrong pointed at Bai Yanfei's nose and cursed, "Ling Zeyu finally agreed to Zhenrong's request to save the Bai family, and the only condition was that Xiaofei had to marry into the family. I don't know what got into Xiaofei, but she actually dared to run away from home. You cheapskate got off easy."
Bai Yanfei pursed his lips as he accepted Zhang Rongrong's accusation: "Mom, I am also your son."
He also wanted his parents' approval. He had never been favored since childhood. Bai Yifei was a well-behaved child. He was a bit rebellious when he was young, but he learned to be obedient as he grew up. However, Zhang Rongrong still didn't like him.
“If he’s my son, you should think more about the Bai family. If the Bai family falls, our whole family will starve.” Zhang Rongrong said earnestly. “You should contact Ling Zeyu quickly and ask him what to do. He’s been in the entertainment industry for several years, he should be able to handle these things.”
"Mom, what happened?"
Zhang Rongrong showed him the webpage, and Bai Yanfei's eyes widened.
"Mom, let me explain, that's not how it is."
In the photo, he looks panicked as he gets into Wen Xiuyuan's car, and judging from the accompanying text, it does seem somewhat like he's having an affair.
"Mom, believe me, I wouldn't do such a thing!" Bai Yanfei was sweating profusely with anxiety. What should he do? He had caused Yu-ge trouble again.
"What can I do? Look, it's trending on Weibo. Weibo even crashed just now." Zhang Rongrong refreshed the page again, but the message was gone. She opened Weibo, and Bai Yanfei was no longer trending.
"It must have been Brother Yu who did it."
"Then why don't you contact him quickly?"
"I..." Bai Yanfei looked down at his toes, "I don't have Brother Yu's contact information."
He lost his phone yesterday, and he hadn't even had time to memorize Aunt Wang's number. He also can't contact Ling Zeyu now.
"You don't have his contact information?!" Zhang Rongrong was so angry she didn't know what to say. "Right, Xiaofei should have it. I'll go to his room and look for it."
Zhang Rongrong opened Bai Yifei's room door, and Bai Yanfei walked in. He was the one who usually tidied up the room, as Bai Yifei often left things lying around, and as his older brother, he couldn't stand it and would often come over to help him clean up.
Zhang Rongrong opened Bai Yifei's computer and found that it required a password. Bai Yanfei went over and entered the password.
Bai Yifei's family dotes on him, but Bai Yifei also loves his older brother, so he treats Bai Yanfei well and even gave him his computer password.
Bai Yanfei opened his computer and found that Bai Yifei had deleted everything on it.
"No."
"Go find him quickly and explain things clearly, otherwise what if Ling Zeyu misunderstands?"
"That person is his friend, he won't misunderstand."
"If it's a friend, it'll be even more troublesome. What if he believes his friend but not you, and that friend says you seduced him? How do you explain that?"
"Mom! Can you please stop making such malicious assumptions about others!"
"You're still yelling at me? Isn't marrying Ling Zeyu your lifelong dream? If Xiao Fei hadn't disappeared, do you think you'd even have a chance?" Zhang Rongrong sneered. "You should be content. Listen to your mother's advice and try to please Ling Zeyu, or I'll make sure you can't even go back to the Bai family."