CHAPTER 378: CHAPTER 378: DO YOU STILL WANT TO MARRY HIM?

Yan Qianyi hurriedly said, "No trouble! I can just call a car."

Nangong Xiaoxue said, "You can’t hail a car around here."

"Then... having the driver take me is fine," Yan Qianyi said with a troubled face, "No... there’s no need to bother Ah Lie, it’s so late already."

"It’s not a bother." Mu Yunlie’s voice suddenly came through.

The three people in the living room turned to look at him.

Seeing him come down the stairs again, he spoke with a polite and distant tone, "Doctor Yan is my grandfather’s lifesaver. It’s only right that I personally take her."

A smile quickly spread across Nangong Xiaoxue’s face.

Not waiting for Yan Qianyi’s consent, Mu Yunlie directly picked up her bag and walked out first.

Nangong Xiaoxue urged, "Qianyi, hurry up and go. If you’re hungry, let Ah Lie take you out for some late-night snacks."

Yan Qianyi nodded her head, finding herself unable to refuse anymore, and had no choice but to steel herself and follow Mu Yunlie.

After the two of them left, Nangong Xiaoxue excitedly said to Nangong Jie, "Ah Lie is willing to take the initiative. This shows that there’s still hope for the two of them."

"May it be as you wish." A faint smile also overflowed on Nangong Jie’s face, which did not appear as authoritative as usual.

After Mu Yunlie placed Yan Qianyi’s bag in the trunk, he walked over to the passenger side, opened the door, and looked back at her, "Doctor Yan, please get in the car."

Yan Qianyi had intended to sit in the back seat, but she saw him standing by the car door waiting.

He was behaving so gentlemanly that it would’ve seemed artificial for her to avoid him any further.

After all, it was she who had suggested the breakup, and she herself had said she hoped they could return to being friends afterward.

And she still needed to continue detoxifying him, making contact with him unavoidable.

"Thank you." Yan Qianyi stepped forward, not daring to look at him, and quickly got into the car.

Mu Yunlie closed the car door and walked around to the driver’s side to get in.

Throughout the journey, neither of them spoke, and the car was very quiet.

Yan Qianyi had thought that having him drive her home would definitely be awkward and torturous.

But it wasn’t.

Instead, she felt it was no small feat that they could still coexist like this.

She took it as an opportunity for the baby in her belly to feel its father’s presence a bit more.

Mu Yunlie wasn’t driving fast.

Yet to Yan Qianyi, it felt as if in the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the entrance of her home.

She hadn’t even come to her senses when the car stopped.

Until Mu Yunlie said, "We’re here."

"Oh, thank you." Yan Qianyi came to her senses and was about to get out.

Suddenly, Mu Yunlie asked, "You’ll see your idol tomorrow, are you happy?"

Yan Qianyi was stunned for a moment, not expecting him to suddenly ask this.

He couldn’t think that she had broken up with him because she still harbored thoughts of marrying the Commander?

Sure enough, Mu Yunlie asked, "Do you still want to marry him?"

He turned his head to look at her, his eyes hiding a faint expectation.

If she still wanted to marry the Commander, did that mean they still had a chance to return to how things were before?

However, he saw Yan Qianyi shake her head.

"No, I only admire and respect him."

She had already said enough hurtful things, and now that he could face her with such calm, she didn’t have the heart to say anything that might make him sad.

Just keep things as they are now, like the most familiar strangers, so the baby in her belly could still feel its father’s presence, which was pretty good.

Mu Yunlie didn’t say anything, but she seemed to hear a cold laugh from him.

"Thank you for driving me home today. I’ll be going in now."

Yan Qianyi hurriedly got out of the car.

From the moment she got in until now as she left, she hadn’t glanced at him even once.

She was afraid that if her gaze met his, her emotions would spiral out of control.

Right now, she dared not look back, and like the wind beneath her feet, she swiftly entered the house.

To Mu Yunlie, Yan Qianyi’s actions seemed like a true aversion to him, unwilling to even spare an extra glance.

His brows furrowed, he started the car and drove away.

Yan Qianyi quickly ran back to her bedroom, and only when she reached the window did she find the courage to hide behind the curtains to watch him.

As she watched his car drive away into the night, soon disappearing, Yan Qianyi let out a long sigh and looked down at her belly, which was not yet showing signs of her pregnancy.

"Baby, have you remembered the scent of your father?"

Once her belly grew too large to conceal, she wouldn’t be able to see Mu Yunlie anymore.

She didn’t regret her decision to avenge her mother.

But she felt sorry for Mu Yunlie and the baby in her womb.

The next day was a weekend, and all students heading to the Morris Empire for the international friendship competition had to gather at the school.

Yan Chuhua and Xue Xiaoguang, who lived on campus, also ran to the sports field to join in the excitement.

"Qianyi, you and Yun Mu are going away for a week, leaving me all alone. I don’t know how I’m going to get through the week. I really wish I could go with you," Yan Chuhua said with a face full of reluctance, as though she was facing a tearful farewell.

"Am I not here?" said Xue Xiaoguang. "Am I not a person?"

Yan Chuhua ignored him and continued to talk to Yan Qianyi.

She was relieved that Wang Shanshan hadn’t made it into the top three, otherwise, on this trip to the Morris Empire, Wang Shanshan would have had more opportunities to get close to Yun Mu and foster feelings.

The campus broadcasting system began to sound, urging everyone to gather.

Yan Chuhua and Xue Xiaoguang promptly stepped aside.

Even though it was the weekend, the school was still bustling with people.

The crowd was there because they’d heard that the Commander was going to come and share a spaceship with them to the Morris Empire.

The competitors lined up in neat rows.

Yan Qianyi saw Ning Nuan among the lines ahead.

In this year’s domestic Military Academy friendship competition, Ning Nuan surprisingly took third place in the Medical Department.

Thinking back to the "durian incident" at the Nangong Family’s place, Yan Qianyi sighed.

The fact that someone like Ning Nuan could make it into the top three was indicative of the poor quality of military doctors in the Federation Empire these days.

She truly worried for the sake of the soldiers.

However, the current medical philosophy was indeed different from the Ancient Medical Technique she had learnt.

Nowadays, people relied too heavily on high-tech treatments and did not pay attention to dietary restrictions.

Meanwhile, the Ancient Medical Technique emphasized daily maintenance and dietary therapy.

At that moment, a black military off-road vehicle drove directly onto the sports field and parked in front of the competitors’ lines.

Deputy Officer Pei got out from the passenger seat first, walked around to the rear seat, and opened the car door with respect.

A pair of military boots stepped out, followed by the dashing figure of the Commander appearing before everyone.

Accompanied by a piercing voice, a command rang out: "Salute!!!"

Everyone’s actions were remarkably synchronized.

This salute was not only from those in line, but also from the onlookers around the field, and even from those watching from afar in the windows.

Everyone respected this Guardian God of the Federation Empire from the bottom of their hearts.

The Commander briefly spoke a few words to encourage everyone before setting off.

Yan Qianyi noticed that the mask covering his face was somewhat different from the one he wore before.

The area around the mouth was now exposed.

Thinking back to the last meal they’d shared, where he had not eaten anything, she supposed he must have realized afterward that his mask was inconvenient.