CHAPTER 247: CHAPTER 247 LET’S HAVE AN ARGUMENT

"Mr. Mo, you certainly have a lot of nerve!"

Li Tianyao’s lips curled slightly. "Asking a married woman to be your girlfriend—are you tired of living?"

"Why are you here?"

Mo Shiyan stared at Li Tianyao in surprise. The information he’d received indicated that Li Tianyao was busy dealing with an espionage incident in R Country. Wasn’t that the case?

"Naturally, I’m here to protect my wife! After all, there are so many unperceptive people around! And my wife is so outstanding!"

It was the first time Mo Shiyan had been pointed at and scolded so directly for his lack of perception. However, he knew he was indeed at fault, so he endured it. He said, "Mr. Li, you misunderstand. I harbor no improper thoughts towards Miss An Yan."

"No improper thoughts, yet you asked her to be your girlfriend?"

"I told you, it was just temporary, an act."

"Even an act is unacceptable! Why should my wife, Li Tianyao’s wife, play along with your charade?"

Li Tianyao wrapped an arm around An Yan’s shoulders, looking down at Mo Shiyan as if he were an ant. "Get rid of your little schemes! Don’t harass my wife again, understand?"

Mo Shiyan’s pale face turned dark. "Mr. Li, strictly speaking, this matter arose because of you!"

Li Tianyao raised an eyebrow, his gaze ice-cold as he glared at him.

Mo Shiyan continued, "Only one person can remove the Brain-eating Insect in my grandfather’s brain."

"And her condition is that I must win over Miss An Yan! Because she loves you, Mr. Li! She wants to tear you and Miss An Yan apart."

"I know pursuing Miss An Yan is unethical, but I have no choice!"

"If my actions have caused you any harm, I will kneel and beg for your forgiveness once my grandfather’s surgery is over!"

Li Qingqing? An Yan instinctively thought of the name.

"Yes."

Mo Shiyan looked at Li Tianyao. "I merely asked Miss An Yan to cooperate in an act, Mr. Li, and you raise such a storm. But what about you?"

"Do you truly know nothing about the things Li Qingqing has done?"

"You know, yet you condone it. Is that fair to your wife?"

His words were clearly meant to sow discord.

But An Yan didn’t feel particularly fazed.

She knew Li Tianyao hadn’t taken action against Li Qingqing because Li Qingqing could treat... or at least alleviate his eye condition.

Besides, once he learned Li Qingqing was exploiting his illness, he had dealt with her promptly.

If that counts as indifference, then what would truly dealing with her entail?

It’s not like he could just kill Li Qingqing, could he?

This is a society ruled by law. Even someone as powerful as Li Tianyao can’t just kill people at will, right?

"Heh."

Li Tianyao scoffed. "She really is something. Even locked up in solitary confinement, she still finds ways to stir up trouble. Lu Feng!"

"Present."

"Effective immediately, Li Qingqing is forbidden from all contact with the outside world. I’d like to see how she plans to cause trouble now!"

"Understood."

"Mr. Li!"

A flicker of struggle crossed Mo Shiyan’s expression.

He desperately wanted to question Li Tianyao: why, when Li Tianyao suspected him of harboring ill intentions towards An Yan, did he want him dead? Yet, when it came to Li Qingqing’s blatantly obvious schemes, Li Tianyao had let her off so lightly.

This isn’t fair!

It’s unfair to Miss An Yan.

But he sensed that pressing the issue now would only make things worse. The thought flashed through his mind. Mo Shiyan suddenly bent his knees and knelt.

"Mr. Li, I beg for your help. Please let Miss Qingqing save my grandfather. If you agree, from this day forward, I, Mo Shiyan, will be yours to command!"

Mo Shiyan had lost his parents at a young age; his grandfather was his dearest relative in the world.

He couldn’t bear to watch his grandfather die because of that Brain-eating Insect!

But he had clearly overestimated his own influence and underestimated Li Tianyao’s ruthlessness.

Even with Mo Shiyan kneeling, Li Tianyao showed no hint of compassion. He kept his arm around An Yan’s shoulder, ready to leave.

An Yan hadn’t wanted to get involved, but she couldn’t ignore the stirring of Yezi in her mind.

She knew Yezi wanted her to save the old master.

But the crucial point is, I can’t save him right now; I don’t know how to remove the Brain-eating Insect.

Could it be that if Li Qingqing performs the surgery on the old master, the credit would ultimately fall to me? That...

Just as she thought this, Yezi stopped moving.

An Yan’s face darkened instantly. If the credit isn’t coming to me, what was all that excitement from Yezi about?

Yezi’s five leaves (or components) shivered and shook, looking for all the world like someone anxiously scratching their head.

An Yan pondered. Could it be that Yezi means the old master *must* be saved?

So, if I let Li Qingqing remove the Brain-eating Insect, and then I perform the subsequent surgery on the old master myself, would the credit then be mine?

Yezi nodded enthusiastically in unison.

An Yan smiled.

She reached out and hooked Li Tianyao’s arm. "Since Li Qingqing can save Old Master Mo, let her do it! After all, Old Master Mo has served the country well, don’t you think?"

"Are you sure?"

Li Tianyao gave her a sidelong glance. "Her goal is to break us up. Are you sure she’ll still be willing to save him if she sees us together?"

An Yan thought for a moment. He’s right. To get Li Qingqing to willingly save the old master, it seems I’ll have to make her believe I’ve really betrayed Li Tianyao.

"How about... we have a huge fight and break up?"

The man’s expression turned icy in an instant.

An Yan shook his arm. "Li Tianyao, I want to save the old master."

"Your reason?"

An Yan shook his arm again and again, her voice soft. "I’ve been so bored lately, and I want to perform surgery on the old master. But I can’t handle that Brain-eating Insect."

"So, I want to see how Li Qingqing does it. Then, if I encounter a similar situation next time, I’ll know what to do, won’t I?"

"Medicine is a discipline where you either advance or fall behind. Only by conquering one difficult case after another can one’s medical skills truly improve!"

Such a righteous and noble-sounding reason, surely Li Tianyao will believe it, right?

But Li Tianyao said, "Tell me the truth!"

An Yan let go of his arm, abashed, and said, "The truth is, I must personally perform the surgery on the old master for my Clairvoyant Ability’s duration to increase!"

"Actually, I don’t want Li Qingqing involved either. After all, she’s my rival in love! Whether you admit it or not!"

"But, as you’ve seen, Enyu, Liang Chen, and I have been holed up in the lab researching that Brain-eating Insect. No matter what methods we try, we can’t seem to extract it completely without harming the brain!"

"Li Tianyao, if Old Master Mo dies just like that, I don’t know how long it will be before I encounter another patient who can help increase the duration of my Clairvoyant Ability!"

Seeing her dejected expression and downcast eyes, Li Tianyao’s heart softened.

"Then let her come," he said.

An Yan’s eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "So, do you know how to have an argument?"

Li Tianyao: "..."

He didn’t. He usually handled such matters by taking direct action!

The next second, An Yan suddenly raised her hand to cover her face, crying out, "Li Tianyao, if you truly love me, please let me go!"

Li Tianyao: "???"