Chapter 488: Scan the Patent Certificate

In the scorching summer, under a gray, overcast sky, an anxious, stifling heat seemed to permeate every corner of the earth.

After getting into the car, Chen Shanni fastened her seatbelt while asking Shen Yan what he was going to do; Shen Yan replied that he was going to the Intellectual Property Office.

"What are you going there for?"

"It's a secret!"

"What secrets could you possibly have from me?"

"There's no need to be honest with a woman who might leave me at any moment."

Hearing this, Chen Shanni looked embarrassed; not being one for words, she opened her mouth but didn't know how to retort.

Clearly, she hadn't meant it that way, yet Shen Yan was still deliberately using his words to squeeze her.

A grown man, and he didn't even know how to yield to a girl.

So infuriating!

Seeing her look like a little punching bag, Shen Yan couldn't help but laugh. Chen Shanni huffed, "What are you laughing at? Why did you say that to me?"

"I'm stating a fact. Didn't you threaten to leave me?"

"I just didn't want you looking for other women."

Shen Yan knew he was in the wrong and didn't want to dwell on such matters, but this attitude, in Chen Shanni's eyes, became cold violence.

"I was generous enough to give you a chance to correct your mistakes, what more do you want? I'm a girl following you without status or title, and I have to endure the existence of Yue'er and An Qi; can't you consider me for once?"

At this, Chen Shanni couldn't help but cover her face and sob.

If she didn't love Shen Yan to death, she wouldn't suffer this grievance.

Shen Yan, however, was a sucker for this. He climbed over the armrest console to the passenger seat, lifted his left leg to push aside Chen Shanni's thigh, knelt on the seat between them, and lifted her chin, looking down at her.

"Why are you crying? As if I've already found a whole basketful of women."

Chen Shanni pouted, aggrieved: "Who told you to use cold violence on me? I hate it when you don't talk to me."

"I hate it when you all suspect me at the drop of a hat, but did I say anything?" Shen Yan argued shamelessly, his scumbag nature on full display.

"Then I won't suspect you anymore, just don't touch other women, okay?" Chen Shanni pressed her face against Shen Yan's chest, wrapping her arms around his broad shoulders and thick waist.

"I'll try!"

"What do you mean 'try'? Do you have someone else out there?"

"Look, you're doing it again!"

Chen Shanni stuck out her tongue, having overreacted again by accident. Shen Yan changed the subject and asked: "Have you had a check-up lately? How is your recovery from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?"

"What do you mean by that? Do you think I can't live without you?"

One couldn't blame Chen Shanni for overthinking; after all, Shen Yan had chosen to ask such a question at this very moment.

Shen Yan frowned slightly, feeling that the good girl was in a very strange state today—too sensitive and prone to wild thoughts, so similar to Hao Anqi back then.

"Of course not. Getting a check-up is just for peace of mind. Even if we part ways one day, you'll still be able to live a healthy life."

Hearing this, Chen Shanni felt a hundred flavors of bitterness in her heart. Shen Yan was actually imagining the day they would part; he didn't have a positive outlook on their future.

It must have been those earlier words that gave Shen Yan a bad impression of her.

Yet Chen Shanni had never thought of leaving Shen Yan; those words were merely a warning.

"Oh! I'll find time to go for a check-up." Chen Shanni replied gloomily.

Shen Yan sat back in the driver's seat and suggested: "Let's just go now. I'm heading to the Intellectual Property Office anyway, so I can drop you off at the Second Hospital on the way."

"Suit yourself!" Chen Shanni snorted coldly, turning her head to look out the window in a huff.

"Hey, are you throwing a tantrum at me?"

"No!"

"If you have any opinions, just say them directly; there's no need to bottle them up."

However, the only response to Shen Yan was silence and the sound of audible sobbing. Shen Yan sighed and stopped his preparations to drive.

He grabbed Chen Shanni's small hand and pulled her over to sit on his lap.

He gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

The man's tenderness completely dismantled Chen Shanni's defenses. She snuggled into Shen Yan's arms and whispered: "Don't be angry with me, okay? I never thought about leaving you."

Shen Yan indicated he wasn't angry, but Chen Shanni insisted: "You are, you definitely are!"

"Fine, fine, fine! I'm not angry anymore."

Sometimes, Shen Yan really couldn't understand the female thought process. He was just in the wrong and didn't want to dwell on it, so how did it become him being angry in Chen Shanni's mind?

Hearing him say that, Chen Shanni finally broke into a smile through her tears. She raised her hand to wipe her face, then wrapped her arms around the back of Shen Yan's neck and pressed her hot lips firmly against his.

"Stop kissing, or things are going to get out of hand."

"No, let's go home and have little Jingzhu."

"Don't mess around! You're still in school. You can have as many as you want later."

"Then I want to have three!"

After another bout of doting, the car finally drove away from the solemn sanctuary of the academy.

There was no need to go to the hospital now; according to Chen Shanni, she wouldn't have any issues as long as she stayed by Shen Yan's side, and she didn't want to give herself any opportunity to leave.

Damn it!

Shen Yan was filled with guilt by this woman. He was just a dead scumbag, a playboy, and he really couldn't bear this depth of affection.

Arriving at the Intellectual Property Office, Shen Yan submitted the relevant materials and paid the fees, successfully obtaining the patent certificate for "Scan".

Patent applications in other countries were also being approved one after another.

Shen Yan let out a long breath; he had finally completed a key step before the release of the Xiaogu Mobile.

Scan?

Looking at the bright, bold characters on the page of the certificate, a flash of light appeared in Chen Shanni's eyes. Wasn't this the project Shen Yan had entrusted to He Yichen last time?

He said it was to add this function to the mobile phone.

But the current situation did not seem as simple as imagined.

"What exactly is the use of this Scan?" Chen Shanni asked, her face full of curiosity.

"Well, as for that..." A mischievous smirk curled the corners of Shen Yan's mouth as he leaned in to her ear; just as Chen Shanni was concentrating, ready to uncover the answer, she heard two words that made her grit her teeth.

"Secret!"

This bastard!

Chen Shanni felt like hitting him; he shouldn't keep people in suspense like this, so she pouted coquettishly: "I'm your woman, what could there be that you can't tell me?"

"I just won't tell you; what if you run off one day and stab me in the back?"

"Didn't I already say, I've never thought about leaving you, why are you still like this?" Chen Shanni pouted, feeling a bit unhappy.

Shen Yan asked tentatively: "What if I mess around outside? You still wouldn't leave?"

"If you are willing to break my heart, then go ahead and do it."

Chen Shanni's eyes were dim and filled with resentment; Shen Yan patted her little head, his tone sincere: "I have been trying hard to refuse, otherwise the women would have already lined up from the school gate to the residential complex."

Chen Shanni believed this deeply and did not say anything more to tell Shen Yan not to touch other women.

"As long as I don't see it with my own eyes, it means it never happened," she comforted herself in her heart.