Chapter 137 - Yu Yan’s Decision

San Xia turned around. "Since you're now fine, I'm going to watch over Madam. You can rest here alone and call Lan Huo if you need anything."

An Lin was utterly speechless once more. He already knew that his brother was a cold person who would even beat him black and blue but why did his sister in law had to be this way too?

Lan Huo entered the room with a box of food. He placed it on the table. "Eat some food first. You can only eat porridge for the next few days, so don't complain."

"No worry. I'm used to it."

"Good.."

After saying that, Lan Huo also walked out of the door once more. He did open the box, which meant that An Lin only needed to reach it and he could eat. However, the seemingly lack of care made An Lin was utterly speechless.

'Are they really my brothers whom I swore an oath with?'

Right now, he was full of self doubt. However, seeing that the porridge was filled with his favorite meat, he knew that his brothers were not as uncaring as they looked like. The only reason they kept up their appearance was because they didn't want him to know.

After An Lin woke up, the burden on their heart was lesser.

Long Ying was still waiting for Yu Yan and held her arm by the side. His eyes didn't leave her again after he had finished eating.

When it was evening, he suddenly felt Yu Yan's fingers stirred a bit.

"Yan'er?" Long Ying called out.

Yu Yan felt as if she had fallen into a long sleep, one where all she could see was nothing more than emptiness. When light suddenly came from one direction, she slowly made her way towards it.

Blinking her eyes, Yu Yan saw the unfamiliar ceiling then the smell of medicine entered her nose. She furrowed her brows lightly before she sensed the presence of another person nearby. Slowly, she tilted her head and saw that there was someone near her. 

"Ying…" Yu Yan called out.

"Are you alright? Do you feel anything bad?" Long Ying reached out his hand and pressed the button to call the nurse and doctor. In any case, he had no intention to leave her alone.

"My back…" Yu Yan grimaced. Lying down like this felt uncomfortable but the doctor couldn't lie her down on her stomach when her stomach was also hurt due to the kick and being beaten up on the way. Since she was unconscious, she didn't feel any pain until just now.

Long Ying's face changed. He stood up and helped Yu Yan to lie sideways. Looking at how her small body trembled, his heart ached.

"Yan'er, I…"

"Don't you dare to leave me!" Yu Yan's eyes were giving warning to Long Ying. "I have told you before that if you dared to leave me, I'll post all of our pictures in the social media!"

The threat was actually not that much. It was easy for Long Ying to ask his friend to delete it all if he wanted to, but he knew that Yu Yan was saying this for him. Looking at the woman on the bed, Long Ying didn't know any words to say.

The nurse came and called the doctor. They did a quick check and determined that Yu Yan was fine. It might be uncomfortable for her to lie sideways like that but it would be the best position considering her wounds.

"How long until she heals?"

The doctor passed a look at Long Ying. "Don't worry, she'll heal completely within a few days."

Yu Yan looked at her bandaged hands. There were some scratches there because of her struggle. "Will there be a scar?"

The doctor narrowed his eyes. "That man will leave scars on all of the doctors here if there's a scar left on you."

Yu Yan: "…" will it be that drastic?

Long Ying chased the doctor away after he had already gotten the answer. Since Yu Yan was fine, there was no need for him to keep that doctor in the room just to be an eyesore. He glanced down on Yu Yan. "Do you want to eat something?"

"I want to drink."

Almost immediately, Long Ying poured a glass of water then helped Yu Yan to sit up. He carefully propped her up while being mindful about the location of her wounds in case he might accidentally touch it.

He was being very careful in his movement as if Yu Yan was a fragile glass that might break with just a little bit more force. His eyes were looking at Yu Yan with guilt. After all, he understood that she would not be in this predicament if it was not for him.

"Are you regretting?"

Long Ying raised his head and saw Yu Yan stared back at him. She was sitting down and handed the glass back to him, which he put on the table nearby because he didn't want to hold it all the time.

"I…"

"Haven't I made myself clear enough, Ying?" Yu Yan looked back at him, her eyes were clear. "I'll never leave you."

She knew from the very beginning that staying with Long Ying would not give her a safe home nor anything like that. His position was completely filled with dangers and just the fact that he could not leave his position told her that this would not be the first time.

However, she didn't want to leave him. The years without him, she occasionally thought about him but never dared to contact him again. What if he finds me annoying for contacting him again after months or years not contacting? What if he had girlfriends out there? What if he didn't like me even for a little bit? What if… he had forgotten about me?

There were many of those questions that Yu Yan uttered to herself whenever she saw his contact in her phone. But each time, she still didn't dare to take the initiative to make the call.

She was afraid.

Now that he appeared in her life and offered his hand to her, she took it. He told her at the beginning that he would not let her go, now it was her turn to say it to him. No matter what happened, she would never leave him.

Be it rain, cloudy, stormy, or shine, she would stay by his side.

"If you dare to leave me, I'll pester you to no end. If you dare to block my way from reaching you, I'll cut down all the obstacle and chased after you." Yu Yan's eyes were clear. "This is nothing."

"What do you mean nothing? You…" Long Ying looked at Yu Yan with exasperation. He knew very well that if those men called his father and knew that Yu Yan worth nothing, they would not hesitate to kill her. After all, there was no use keeping a piece that they couldn't even use by themselves.

She had seen their faces and they had lost a lot of men just from their attempt to kidnap her during the destruction of the mall.

If something happened to her, Long Ying would never be able to bear with it.

"Nothing happened, right?" Yu Yan replied back, smiling. She was still safe and sound.

It would be a lie if Yu Yan said that she was not afraid. However, she knew that it all had passed and Long Ying will protect her. She would not let one incident stopped her from staying together with him. 

"Yan'er, you…"

Yu Yan held Long Ying's hand. She didn't want to leave him and if he forced her to leave, she would do anything she could to disturb him. He had seen how stubborn she could be, so she would definitely show it once more if he forced her hand.

Long Ying looked at Yu Yan and sighed. "I don't want to lose you, Yan'er."

The thought of losing her terrified him greatly. If hiding her away and stayed away from her could keep her safe, he would be willing to do that. Even if it pained him, he wished for her wellbeing and happiness the most.

"Do you think I'll be happy if I stay away from you?" Yu Yan asked sharply.

Right.

He had left her for eight years and during that period of time, there were many times Yu Yan felt that fate hated her so greatly to the point that they didn't even let her live in peace. After meeting with Long Ying, she had laughed so much more as if she had returned back to her pure first love that she had back when she was still in high school. 

"Will you?"

Yu Yan's eyebrows furrowed. "Will you be happy if I'm away from you?"

Long Ying faintly shook his head. How could he be happy if she was away from him? He longed for her and wished for her to stay by his side but he worried that she would be harmed because of him. The conflicting thoughts continued to swirl in his minds.

He thought that he could protect her well but this incident showed that he was not that invincible yet. If he really wanted to protect her completely, he had to stand at the very top.

It was the only position that would allow him to protect her completely.

"Ying."

"Yes?"

"Since I don't want to leave you and you won't be happy if I leave… train me so that I can be as strong as you."