Chapter 2022: Sooner or Later

Since Yaen Chi said so, Bo Yanching didn’t insist, “Contact me anytime, let me know if you need anything.”

“I wouldn’t be polite with anyone, let alone you. Don’t worry, I’m not mute; I’ll speak up.”

Yaen Chi thought about the gift Yan Di gave, but it couldn’t be cleared up in a phone call, and he had many questions. It would be better to discuss it when back in Rongcheng.

“I’ll return ahead of the wedding.”

Bo Yanching responded, “Just try your best, focus on recovering well. That’s most important.”

“I must be there for your wedding. Those guys aren’t as handsome as me in the best man attire. I’ve tried the suit, the size fits me. No one else can wear it, and don’t you dare replace me, or I’ll fight you.”

Bo Yanching let out a muffled laugh, “Alright, you relentless rascal.”

Yaen Chi felt quite proud. He said he wanted to sleep, then hung up the phone.

Despite feeling annoyed, he opened the group again to check, and while scrolling up, he saw a message from Xu Shu:

Three days later, I’ll be heading to the Capital City hospital with an expert team for study. I’ll find a way to transfer to the military hospital then.

Yaen Chi smirked and replied specifically to this: “Great! Someone’s been missing you, losing sleep every night, come early and find them.”

Xu Shu replied instantly: Get lost.

Yaen Chi was laughing hard, unwilling to check what the group chat said further, so he logged out and lay on his side with two pillows beneath him.

Actually, life wasn’t that bad.

Family cared for him, friends were worried too. Although most of these guys were unreliable at times, when you needed them, each was useful, and grew up with a wrestling-like companionship, where being too sentimental felt uncomfortable.

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Nan Jiaojiao came out after the shower, as Bo Yanching had just finished his call. She usually didn’t ask, but seeing Bo Yanching smiling with joy all over his face, it was clear it wasn’t a company call.

She asked casually, “Who is it?”

“Yaen Chi.”

Nan Jiaojiao blinked in surprise, “Brother Chi? Is there news about him? Is he safe?”

“He’s in the Capital City, injured, undergoing treatment at a military hospital. He’ll return to Rongcheng in a while.”

“Is it serious? Should we go visit him?”

“No need.”

Bo Yanching removed the shark clip from her hair she used for fixing, skillfully clipped it onto his pajama, and then arranged her messy hair from the shower and fixed it with the shark clip.

“It’s inconvenient to enter the military hospital, requiring layered approvals. Although we have a deep connection with the Li Family, it’s not ideal to trouble Elder Li. Xu Shu will go to the Capital City for an exchange study in a few days and will figure out a way to transfer to the military hospital. Having him there gives us peace of mind.”

Nan Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief, showing concern for Yaen Chi, even if she hadn’t explicitly expressed it. She could roughly guess; when she first met Yaen Chi, she thought he was a rich kid with assets but no position in any company, essentially idle. Later, she realized there’s a Li Family behind him, learning Yaen Chi’s identity was special, and publicly he hadn’t engaged in business. He had left himself, with only one path backward.

He would return to the military.

It’s just a matter of timing and suitable opportunities.

Currently, Yaen’s family is run by Yaen Chi’s father. Some projects have had Yaen Chi’s input, but only suggestions without hands-on action. Mr. Yaen and the Li Family often argued over Yaen Chi’s future, having tense discussions that eventually mellowed with a drink, before the next argument. Mr. Yaen also noticed Yaen Chi’s intentions years ago, and from distant relatives, selected a child with deceased parents, fostering him under his name, and after years of evaluation, began mentoring him personally.