Xie Siyan frowned and said unhappily, "It's dirty."
“Uh…” Yan Shenyu: “I’ve slept in this bed before, and it’s dirty.”
Xie Siyan frowned and thought for a long time before shaking his head: "You're not dirty, you're clean."
Yan Shenyu: "..."
This is completely nonsensical. Has the traditional Chinese medicine made your brain go haywire?
traditional Chinese medicine?!
Yan Shenyu finally realized what was happening and quickly said, "Don't sleep, I'll take you to the hospital."
Last time Xie Siyan took him to the hospital, so he returned the favor; this time it was his turn to bravely sacrifice himself. He tossed him a T-shirt, telling Xie Siyan to put it on and hurry up and leave.
However, the latter shook his head: "I'm not going to the hospital."
Yan Shenyu: ?
Xie Siyan: "It's not good to go to the hospital, so I called a private doctor to come over."
Yan Shenyu was taken aback, then instantly understood. Xie Siyan's status was no ordinary person; if he were to be hospitalized because he had been drugged, it would make the financial headlines that very night.
That's too tragic. Yan Shenyu suddenly felt a sense of sympathy. He poured a glass of ice water over and said with a tone full of sympathy, "Then you should bear with it for now."
Xie Siyan took the water glass and drank it all in one gulp. In the process, he accidentally touched Yan Shenyu's fingers, which felt like two red-hot irons, burning him terribly.
Yan Shenyu's fingers twitched almost imperceptibly, and he inexplicably felt a bit hot as well. After a moment, he casually took the empty water glass and asked, "Want some more?"
Xie Siyan nodded and said thank you.
He poured another glass of water, and after Xie Siyan finished drinking it, Yan Shenyu said, "Since you want to stay in my room, then you can go to sleep first. I'll go next door for a while. There are bodyguards outside the door, so no one will dare to come in."
No sheep wants to share a room with a wolf, and by the same logic, he doesn't want to take care of Xie Siyan, who is as dangerous as a wild beast.
However, just as he stood up, his wrist suddenly tightened, and he instantly lost his balance and fell onto the bed.
Yan Shenyu:! !
The instigator, Xie Siyan, was holding his wrist, staring at him with bloodshot eyes. His gaze held an unusual aggression, like that of a predator ready to pounce.
The moment their eyes met, Yan Shenyu's heart skipped a beat. He tried to pull his hand out of Xie Siyan's grasp, but the other held it firmly, like the strongest clamp, making it impossible for him to budge an inch.
Xie Siyan stared at him, the heat on his wrist growing increasingly intense, his dark eyes flashing with turbulent waves.
"President Xie?" Yan Shenyu was almost in tears, asking pitifully, "You wouldn't be...?"
Could it be that the medication is taking effect and they want to operate on him?
Just as Yan Shenyu had imagined 108 different ways to stir-fry him, Xie Siyan suddenly released his hand. The man's gaze was deep, and his voice was hoarse, as if he had used all his strength to let go.
"You can leave now."
After speaking, he turned his back to Yan Shenyu. The man's tall body was hunched over. For the first time, he, who was always strong, revealed his vulnerability in front of outsiders.
Yan Shenyu felt uneasy watching this, and after struggling with the decision for a long time, she still couldn't bring herself to leave.
"Alright, I'll stay with you until the doctor arrives." After saying that, he sat down on the sofa some distance from the bed. Although he couldn't really help much here, having someone with you when you're sick would at least offer some comfort.
Yan Shenyu thought optimistically.
"I don't know how long it will take for the doctor to arrive," Yan Shenyu asked Secretary Lin on her phone.
Upon learning that Yan Shenyu had not left, Xie Siyan on the bed stiffened for a moment. After a while, he slowly clenched his fingers and gripped the bed sheet beneath him.
He lay on his side in bed, his chest compressed by the position, like two towering sand dunes. His exposed forearm was strong and powerful, the muscles taut from the effort, and paired with his fiercely restrained face, it was both cold and alluring.
If Yan Shenyu had seen Xie Siyan's expression, he might have reconsidered whether his decision to stay was correct. However, he had been deceived by Xie Siyan's forbearance and had forgotten that he was now sharing a room with a hungry wolf.
Yan Shenyu sat cross-legged in a chair and made a phone call: "Secretary Lin, when can the doctor arrive?"
"Mr. Yan?" The moment the call connected, there seemed to be a cry on the other end. Only after the sound of footsteps faded away did the voice on the other end return, "Sorry, it was a bit noisy just now, it's okay now."
Yan Shenyu nodded: "Then you speak."
"That's how it is," Secretary Lin explained, "Because President Xie doesn't often travel to Haishi, we don't have a private hospital or doctor on hand. We found a doctor through President Yu's connections. The private doctor has already set off and should arrive at the hotel in about half an hour."
Half an hour?
Yan Shenyu glanced at Xie Siyan on the bed, somewhat worried: "When are you going to finish dealing with things downstairs and come up here?"
Although he stayed on his own initiative, Xie Siyan was still a ticking time bomb, and it was somewhat unsafe for him to be alone with him.
"This..." Secretary Lin hesitated, "I'm sorry, there are still some things to take care of. We are investigating the source of the drugs and whether the hotel was involved. We are currently reviewing the surveillance footage in the monitoring room, and we will also need to cooperate with the police investigation afterward, so I may not be able to leave for a while."
Yan Shenyu raised an eyebrow: "So you just dumped him on me?"
Secretary Lin: "".
Yan Shenyu: "What will you do if I'm not here?"
“Same here, the president would never let me in.” Secretary Lin said seriously, “Although outsiders think the president’s secretary is omnipotent, our job does not include being present at the scene where the president is drugged.”
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Indeed, given Xie Siyan's CEO persona, if his secretary were to see him drugged, Secretary Lin might not live to see the next day.
"Mr. Yan, you've really gone to so much trouble," Secretary Lin said obsequiously upon seeing Yan Shenyu's concession. "If you need anything, just let me know and I'll bring it up to you right away!"
Yan Shenyu: ?
It's only been half an hour, what could he possibly want?
Yan Shenyu was about to retort when at the same time he felt a sudden heat on the back of his hand as his phone was snatched away. The next moment, Xie Siyan's hoarse voice rang out: "No need, the hotel has them."
Secretary Lin: ! !
Yan Shenyu: ? ?
After Xie Siyan finished speaking, he hung up the phone, giving the two of them no chance to react.
Why did Xie Siyan suddenly come over?
The sudden contact startled Yan Shenyu. He wanted to move away, but Xie Siyan had already moved around from the single sofa to the front and placed his hands on either side of the chair back.
The man's tall frame loomed over him, instantly blocking all his paths.
Yan Shenyu looked up in surprise and met Xie Siyan's dark and deep eyes, where a storm was brewing.
Yan Shenyu almost frantically looked away, intending to avoid the embarrassment, but when he looked down, he saw an even more terrifying scene.
On the vast Earth, the Himalayas rise abruptly from the Eurasian plate, with Mount Everest growing ever higher, seemingly about to pierce the sky.
This...this is simply unbearable to look at. Yan Shenyu covered her face and buried her head even lower.
Embarrassed, the boy curled up into a small ball on the single sofa, burying his head deeply in his chest.
He was wearing a loose summer bathrobe from the hotel, and his freshly washed hair was exceptionally smooth. When he lowered his head slightly, it cascaded down his neck like flowing water, revealing his slender, fair nape.
He was very thin, with a particularly fragile nape, a slightly protruding spine, and shoulders that were smoothly laid out before disappearing beneath his black bathrobe. He looked slender and elegant, like a piece of precious jade placed in a velvet box.
Xie Siyan paused, suddenly remembering the day he discussed a collaboration with a business partner when he first started his business.
The business partner was fond of Japanese culture, and when discussing the collaboration, they chose a Japanese teahouse, a small room where geisha with exposed nape of their necks performed slowly.
His business partner talked at length about the small patch of exposed skin on the back of his neck. At that time, Xie Siyan didn't understand why anyone would like it. He only remembered that the air conditioning there was too cold, the food was bad, and he had insomnia after drinking tea that night. He worked all night after returning home.
But now, as Yan Shenyu revealed this space to him, he suddenly understood the full meaning of this place.
He raised his hand and touched the back of Yan Shenyu's neck.
In that instant, he seemed to hear the wind howling across the wilderness, wild grass swaying and brushing against his fingers.
And all of this was what he sensed from Yan Shenyu.
Xie Siyan's fingertips trembled slightly. He slid his Adam's apple, pressed his palm against the back of Yan Shenyu's neck, and forced the other to raise his head little by little.
"Thank you, Mr. Xie?" Yan Shenyu's eyes widened, and she was so frightened that she could hardly speak.
So what's going on now? Is Mount Everest going to invade Belize's Blue Hole?!
Xie Siyan didn't speak. He leaned down slightly and reached into Yan Shenyu's wide-open lips with his other hand.
Yan Shenyu: ! !
Holy crap! Is this medicine really that potent? He never used this much traditional Chinese medicine before!
Yan Shenyu hurriedly tried to back away, but Xie Siyan firmly pressed down on the back of his neck with his other hand, leaving him nowhere to retreat.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Yan Shenyu took a drastic step and bit down hard on his finger.
Only when he tasted a hint of blood did the latter finally snap out of his daze and release his grip.
In an instant, Yan Shenyu saw confusion, frustration, and bewilderment in his eyes.
"I'm sorry..." Xie Siyan got up from Yan Shenyu and almost awkwardly turned his face to the other side.
Yan Shenyu lowered her eyes, pulled up her pajamas that had slumped over her shoulders, and walked silently to the window. Looking at the shimmering night view outside, the boy said softly, "If you really can't resist, I'll call you a male escort."
"I don't want to." Xie Siyan refused without even thinking.
Yan Shenyu: "Then I'll call Fu Shuyu over for you."
Xie Siyan frowned: "What does this have to do with him?"
Yan Shenyu turned around, completely losing his patience: "So what exactly do you want?"
What exactly does he want?
Xie Siyan was stunned and stood there for a moment.
Yan Shenyu was always more responsive to gentle persuasion than force. Seeing the other person's bewildered look, she sighed and suggested in a good-natured manner, "Why don't you go to the restroom and take care of it yourself?"
Xie Siyan paused, then turned his gaze to the restroom next door. As if remembering something, his cheeks flushed instantly, turning a deep red as if they were burning.
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Are you a boy entering puberty for the first time? Why are you reacting so dramatically?!
Yan Shenyu didn't take it seriously at first, but Xie Siyan's innocent look made him feel embarrassed.
Yan Shenyu awkwardly looked away and stammered, "Do you want a movie? I'll find one for you."
"Uh..." Xie Siyan remained blank, looking completely out of the loop, but his exposed ears were getting redder and redder, indicating that he had indeed taken it all in.
"Alright, let me look for you first. In these special times, you can make do with whatever you don't like." Yan Shenyu said, and started typing the well-known website that starts with P into the browser.
"No need." Xie Siyan finally spoke, striding into the bathroom and leaving only one sentence: "You wait for me at the bathroom door."