Lin Zhiyi glared at Li Huan.
Li Huan chuckled, "Please, just treat it as helping me out, will you? He hasn’t even been willing to take his medicine lately."
Lin Zhiyi took a deep breath. Considering how Li Huan had helped her before, she still agreed.
"Where should we do it?"
"There’s a place nearby we can go. Wait for me."
Li Huan went to get the car, while Lin Zhiyi sent a message to Sang Li.
"I’m catching up with Li Huan. You go ahead first."
"Alright."
Shortly after, Lin Zhiyi got into Li Huan’s car, and they stopped along the way to pick up some necessary ingredients.
Li Huan, who often had to work night shifts, had bought a small apartment near the hospital.
About ten minutes later, the two of them arrived at the apartment.
Opening the door, what came into view was a clean and tidy room, along with... Chen Jin?
"Assistant Chen? What are you doing here?" Lin Zhiyi asked in surprise.
"He stayed here last night," Li Huan said, opening a cabinet and handing Lin Zhiyi a pair of disposable slippers.
Lin Zhiyi’s gaze darted between the two of them. "Huh?"
Chen Jin explained, "He had a night shift yesterday."
"You sure know a lot," Lin Zhiyi muttered.
Chen Jin remained silent, surprised by how much Lin Zhiyi seemed to understand.
Li Huan looked perplexed as he glanced between them and asked, "What’s going on? Aren’t we going in?"
Lin Zhiyi spoke cautiously, "I hope I’m not disturbing you?"
"Not at all," Li Huan replied while pouring some water. "Miss Sang’s mood has been quite erratic after her surgery. She insisted on having the Third Young Master by her side. So, the Third Young Master and Assistant Chen only had time to come here for a nap before rushing back to work at the company."
"Assistant Chen is here today to help the Third Young Master pack his things."
Li Huan gestured towards the bag in Chen Jin’s hand as he spoke.
"Oh."
Lin Zhiyi glanced at the two of them with a hint of awkwardness.
Li Huan paused his pouring, then raised an eyebrow and said, "What are you imagining?"
Lin Zhiyi quickly changed the topic, "Can you find me a large pot? I need to wash the ingredients first."
Hearing this, Chen Jin looked at the two of them, puzzled.
Li Huan explained bluntly, "I asked her to come over and help make some loquat leaf water."
Chen Jin immediately understood who the loquat leaf water was for.
Seeing Lin Zhiyi’s injured hand, he rolled up his own sleeves. "Let me help."
Li Huan turned and said, "I’ll use the restroom. You two start preparing the ingredients." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Soon, only Lin Zhiyi and Chen Jin remained in the kitchen.
Chen Jin lowered his head and began washing the loquat leaves. His voice was calm as he said, "It seems like you’re the only one who remembers that this drink works for him."
"It’s not a big deal," Lin Zhiyi replied casually.
"Miss Sang demanded he stay by her side all night, and he caught a cold because of it. Plus, the company’s workload in the first half of the year has been overwhelming..."
"Oh."
Lin Zhiyi interrupted him.
Chen Jin wasn’t usually talkative. Now that he had said so much, Lin Zhiyi knew what he had in mind.
"Don’t misunderstand. It was Li Huan who asked me to come. I’ve written down the method; I’ll send it over to you later. As for the smoking and drinking, I can’t control that. If he wants to destroy his health, no one can stop him."
Lin Zhiyi’s indifferent tone made Chen Jin inexplicably irritated, causing him to accidentally tear a loquat leaf.
Seeing this, Lin Zhiyi grabbed the torn leaf and tossed it into the trash can.
"If it’s no good, it should be thrown away."
"..." Chen Jin fell silent.
When Li Huan returned, he found the atmosphere even more tense. Quickly, he pulled out the biggest pot he could find to divert their attention.
"Will this pot work?"
"Yes," Lin Zhiyi nodded.
After boiling a large pot of water, all that remained was enough to fill a thermos.
Lin Zhiyi placed the thermos aside and said calmly, "I’m heading back now."
"Miss Lin."
Chen Jin suddenly walked towards Lin Zhiyi, the scent of his body wash lingering in the air.
The faint fragrance was an ordinary one, yet Lin Zhiyi, being pregnant, had become overly sensitive to smells. A scent she would normally find pleasant now felt worse than gasoline.
"Ugh."
She dry-heaved and ran to the restroom to vomit.
When she returned, Li Huan and Chen Jin were standing in the living room, staring blankly at her.
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