Chapter 18

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“No need. I can handle myself.” Hu Jian immediately rejected Li Yang’s suggestion. She didn’t want to owe him a favor.

“Alright. Be careful then.” Li Yang didn’t say anything when he saw her reject so quickly.

The dishes were served. The two of them hardly communicated during the meal. To be more precise, Hu Jian didn’t have any thoughts. She only wanted to finish eating as soon as possible and go home early.

Hu Jian was the first to finish the meal and stood up to pay the bill. Li Yang immediately spoke when he saw her actions.

“Let me get it.” As he said that, he prepared to pay the bill.

“I’m the one that wants to thank you by treating you to a meal. How could I let you pay for it?” Hu Jian said these words without any emotion. When Li Yang saw this, he had nothing to say. Sometimes, this girl was quite direct, she could always make people choke and unable to speak.

He could also see that she did not want to have too much interaction with him, so he spread his hands and followed her.

After finishing and walking out of the restaurant, it was obvious that Hu Jian did not want to talk too much with Li Yang. This made Li Yang, who had originally planned to send her home, have no choice but to give up. When he saw her figure completely disappear from his sight, he turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Hu Jian, who was walking on the road, quickly reached home. Seeing that the lights were still lit in the room, she opened the door and entered without thinking too much.

Once she entered the door, she could clearly sense that the atmosphere in the room was stiff.

She looked at Lin Yan, who was sitting on the sofa, and said tentatively, “I’m back.”

“Where did you go?” his tone was not very good. It was not difficult to see that he had already restrained his emotions.

“Didn’t I tell you I was going to have a meal with a classmate?” Hu Jian was a little confused.

“With which classmate? Yang Si?” Lin Yan continued to ask.

“With a classmate from F Class. He helped me yesterday,” Hu Jian looked at the somewhat strange Lin Yan and replied.

“Male classmate or female classmate?”

“Male.”

“Hu Jian, I have to tell you something. You are now in the third year of high school. It’s best that you don’t fall in love and instead focus on your studies. I heard from your class teacher today that you transferred to F Class because you dropped 200 places in the exam. You don’t want to be unable to get into university, right?” When Lin Yan heard Hu Jian confess that she was having a meal with a man, his emotions were a little out of control, he kept blabbering on and on, trying to stop Hu Jian from having any thoughts of falling in love.

“What are you talking about? I’m just thanking him for helping me yesterday. Otherwise, would I still be able to go to your place for medicine yesterday?” Hu Jian said angrily, she knew what Lin Yan was thinking about her, but she felt that it was ridiculous. “I wonder what you’re guessing at?!”

Hu Jian really hated it when people guessed at her for no reason.

Lin Yan looked at Hu Jian, whose face was still a little pale but eyes full of anger, and saw her looking at him expressionlessly.

“What happened yesterday?” Lin Yan only managed to squeeze out this sentence after a long while.

Hu Jian still did not speak. If she told Lin Yan, then Lin Yan would definitely go back to Wang Li, then Wang Xin would know, and there would be no way to resolve this matter.

“Come here, take off your clothes and I’ll apply some medicine on you.” Lin Yan saw that Hu Jian did not speak, and he knew that she was unwilling to speak, so he did not ask further.

Hu Jian also took off her clothes and waited for Lin Yan to apply the medicine. She did not understand what Little Hu Jian was thinking. On one hand, she was very dependent on this foster father, and on the other hand, she liked Qiao Han. Then what kind of feelings did she have for her foster father? She clearly knew that it was not that kind of father-daughter relationship, but a man-woman relationship, but she still tacitly agreed to Lin Yan’s behavior…

Hu Jian was still thinking when Lin Yan brought the medicine box in front of her.

Lin Yan looked at her with a face full of pity. His eyes could not hide the tenderness and heartache in them.

“Just now, I was afraid that you would be deceived, so I spoke a little too harshly. Don’t take it to heart. I just don’t want you to joke about your future.” Lin Yan thought that Hu Jian was still angry, so he apologized first.

“I didn’t even think about dating.” Hu Jian only said six words, but she could clearly sense the man in front of her let out a sigh of relief.

He was already twenty-nine years old, yet he still didn’t find a wife. Instead, he had that kind of inexplicable affection for Hu Jian. This made Hu Jian a little puzzled. With her body, she couldn’t compare to a woman in her twenties, why did he choose Hu Jian?

“You do have the opportunity to choose your own life now, but I hope you take it well and don’t do anything that you will regret, okay?” Lin Yan was still brooding over Hu Jian’s words yesterday. He was afraid that she would be anxious to get rid of him and leave, so, he begged her to think carefully before making a decision.

Right now, Hu Jian only wanted to find out what exactly happened during the explosion. As for studying, and what Lin Yan said about dating, she had no interest in it at all.

It was just that she didn’t want to return to A Class now. It seemed to be more challenging than in F Class, she really didn’t want to talk to Qiao Han and Wang Xin.

“Got it.” Hu Jian replied to Lin Yan after a while.

Lin Yan calmed down after hearing her answer. He began to seriously apply the medicine on her.

His heart ached when he saw her covered in wounds. He blamed himself for not protecting her well, and he was afraid that someone else would appear beside her to protect her, just like that boy.

After applying medicine, Lin Yan hugged Hu Jian. Hu Jian was about to break free for some reason, but she heard him say.

“Next time, tell me what happens. I don’t want to be the last to know, and I don’t want to see you get hurt like this again….”