The little rose is so sweet and alluring, even the aloof CEO can't resist!

Yan Zhixu turned her phone screen towards Yan Bei'an, a slight smile playing on her lips: "See? She told you to be careful with my wound, or else you'll be held responsible."

Yan Bei'an's lips twitched, and he took the phone with both hands.

"Yes, I understand. I will definitely take good care of my uncle."

Yan Zhixu turned around and continued to walk up the stairs slowly, holding onto the handrail.

Yan Bei'an followed two steps behind, his eyes fixed on the man in front of him, whose posture, though slow, remained upright, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

My uncle is a real man. Even though his injury hurt so much that he was sweating when he got up, he didn't utter a sound. You couldn't tell he was injured from his movements. His willpower is incredible!

Yan Zhixu asked casually, "Have you been in frequent contact with Weiwei lately?"

Just as Yan Bei'an was about to put his phone away, he heard him ask this question and quickly put his phone up again: "No, Weiwei and I only contact each other occasionally to say hello. Uncle, you know I've been very busy lately. Not to mention Weiwei, I haven't been to places like nightclubs in a long time. If you don't believe me, look at my phone."

Yan Zhixu didn't stop walking, nor did she take his phone. She said calmly, "No need. I can use Weiwei's phone to look. She has no secrets from me."

Yan Bei'an secretly rolled her eyes and glanced sideways at the man's back as he walked to the corner.

He secretly thought to himself, "Why does it feel like my uncle is blatantly showing off?"

However, since we've come to the topic of secrets, there are some things he has to say, even if the other person is his uncle.

"Uncle, um... since you think Weiwei has no secrets from you, shouldn't you be a little... more honest with her?"

Yan Zhixu turned her head: "Hmm?"

Yan Bei'an dared not meet his sharp eyes, and said tactfully, "What I mean is, regarding Lisa, don't you need to explain to her why Lisa came to the old house with you tonight?"

Yan Zhixu pursed her lips and said, "You're questioning me? Isn't this all because you spoke too quickly? She didn't need to know, but now it's become my problem?"

Yan Bei'an protested, "She asked me!"

Yan Zhixu: "You'll just answer her if she asks?"

Yan Bei'an scratched his head and said, "Uncle, it's not that I meant to say it, but... she's already suspicious, and you've been keeping it from her. She's a girl, and girls are known for being sensitive. She's bound to overthink things, and overthinking will make her uneasy. So she has to find someone to ask her clearly, right?"

Yan Zhixu scoffed, "Really? You know so much about women?"

Yan Bei'an was speechless: "I..."

The two finally reached the second floor. Yan Zhixu pushed open the room door and walked straight towards the bathroom.

Yan Bei'an followed.

Outside the bathroom, he carefully helped Yan Zhixu take off his clothes, trying not to touch his injuries.

After taking off her shirt, some red marks were visible on Yan Zhixu's shoulder bandage, indicating that the wound had reopened slightly at some point.

He couldn't help but feel sorry for his uncle's plight.

"Uncle, does it hurt a lot?"

Yan Zhixu glanced casually at his shoulder: "Not bad."

Yan Bei'an used a towel dampened with water to gently wipe the stitches on his forehead that were covered with powder.

Yan Zhixu went into the bathroom, and Ren Yanbei used a wet towel to wipe his body, chest, back, and legs.

After wiping, Yan Beian left, and Yan Zhixu cleaned the remaining parts himself.

When he came out, Yan Beian brought the medicine to change it for him.

He had already learned the process of applying medicine from the nurse in the afternoon. Although he was not very skilled, it was not difficult. After applying the medicine, he would put a clean bandage on the wound and then wrap it with gauze.

For the forehead, simply apply a clean bandage.

Then, medicine was applied to the knee.

Yan Zhixu sat on the edge of the bed, and Yan Beian pulled over a single sofa and sat down to carefully handle the situation.

Yan Zhixu looked down, his dark eyes flickering slightly, as if deep in thought.

He explained, "I had a special purpose in bringing Lisa over. There's nothing improper between us. Some things are confidential, and Vivi isn't involved, so she doesn't need to know."

Yan Beian glanced at him and said, "Uncle, you should let Weiwei know this, not me. I'm an outsider."

Yan Zhixu remained silent.

Yan Bei'an continued, "Uncle, I know you must be planning something important, and there are many things that cannot be revealed to outsiders. But Weiwei is your girlfriend, not someone else. You may not care about others, but you shouldn't be indifferent to your girlfriend's thoughts."

Yan Zhixu's lips curled slightly as she whispered, "Really? She cares a lot?"

Yan Bei'an: "If she didn't care, would she keep asking me like this? Look how many messages she's sent me these past two days asking me about Lisa."

He glanced at Yan Zhixu again, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but say, "Actually, Lisa came to the old house with you tonight and brought so many gifts. Everyone in our family got one, even me. It really makes sense..."

Yan Zhixu: "What does it look like?"

Yan Bei'an: "It's like going home with my boyfriend to meet his parents!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhixu's expression immediately changed. His face darkened, and he said angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting!"

Yan Bei'an shrank back, but still bravely said, "Think about it yourself, okay? If it were Weiwei doing this, wouldn't it be like she's meeting the parents?"

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Although Weiwei didn't bring any gifts when she came with me the two times, my situation is different from hers. You know, she and I had a mutual agreement to help each other. I didn't think much about it at the time, and now that I think about it, it was quite careless of me to let my 'girlfriend' come empty-handed..."

Yan Zhixu's sharp eyes swept over her again.

Yan Bei'an quickly raised his hand in an innocent manner: "Agreement, agreement, it's an agreement girlfriend!"

After his knee was healed, Yan Bei'an put away the medicine bag, stood up, and said, "Uncle, I'll head back now. You should get some rest."

Yan Zhixu: "Mm."

Yan Beian walked towards the door, hesitated for a moment, then turned back and said, "Uncle, please consider what I just said."

Yan Zhixu exchanged a glance with him and nodded slightly: "I will consider it."

Yan Bei'an closed the door and left.

Yan Zhixu slowly moved to the head of the bed and sat down in the quilt.

I reached out and turned off the main light in the room, leaving only the small yellow light on.

The room quieted down, the light dimmed, perfect for contemplation.

Lisa is just bait, a pawn in the game. She is not important; what is important are the hidden figures behind her, who are watching his every move with predatory eyes through her.

Otherwise, why would they have ambushed him on his way home after leaving the social gathering, and deliberately caused that chain-reaction car accident?

Lisa did send him messages and call him that night, but he ignored them all.

But the car accident still happened.

This shows that those people didn't completely trust Lisa either, after all, she is half Chinese and grew up in the Zhou family.

Or perhaps, there are other hidden agents lurking, who have obtained information that even Lisa doesn't know.

The reason Lisa was brought to the old house was purely so that she could see for herself whether he was injured.

As long as the news that he was not injured gets out, it will make those people doubt the reliability of the intelligence from the undercover agents, thus disrupting their plans.

Judging from Lisa's reaction before leaving, she believed that he had not been at the scene of the car accident.

Otherwise, they wouldn't focus solely on personal emotional issues.

But Vivi...

For his part, there were some things he couldn't let her know; and for his part, he didn't want her to doubt his feelings.

But things seemed to have gone against his expectations.

Her initiative in asking Yan Beian about Lisa suggests that she must have learned something from elsewhere.

Why did she not ask him but instead seek out Yan Bei'an? Was it because she was uneasy?

He was caught in a dilemma.

His phone, which was lying to the side, rang. He glanced at it and saw it was a WeChat message from Liang Liangwei. He immediately picked it up.