Chapter 1184: I Like You, But You Treat Me Like a Sister

His eyes widened instantly.

His whole body felt as if it had been electrified, a current surging through him from head to toe.

This woman.

Did she really think of him as a sister?

Why was she so guileless?

Yun Qitian gently pried her leg off and moved it back, but before he could even catch his breath, she draped it over him again.

This time it was even more excessive; not only did she drape her leg over his waist, but she also clung to him tightly like an octopus, her face almost pressed against his.

She was in a state of deep sleep and had no idea what she was doing!

She was playing with fire!

Yun Qitian was not actually gay; he was a hot-blooded young man.

With the girl he loved sleeping beside him, he could even feel her steady breathing; if he didn't feel anything at all, he would have to be a wooden statue.

But he dared not move, struggling to restrain himself.

Heaven knows how he managed to survive that night.

The next day.

Early morning.

Shi Ran's biological clock was very punctual; no matter how late she went to bed the night before, she would wake up on time the next day.

She opened her eyes and gave a big, satisfied stretch—a good night's sleep!

Huh!

She discovered she was hugging Yun Qitian, but she wasn't very surprised, because she knew she was never still when she slept.

But what was wrong with Qi Tian? Was he sick?

He was covered in sweat, his pajamas soaked through in several places, his eyes bloodshot, and his complexion flushed red.

"Qi Tian, what's wrong? Do you have a fever?"

Shi Ran hurriedly scrambled up and reached out to touch his forehead.

Huh?

Although his forehead was sweaty, it wasn't hot.

Yun Qitian shuddered all over as if he had been electrocuted.

With lightning speed, he swatted Shi Ran's hand away, then immediately did a carp-leap to sit up and jumped off the bed—"Ouch!"

A miserable cry.

He had jumped too fast and, unsteady on his feet, fell down.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bone, and Yun Qitian's eyes widened in pain.

"I'll call 120, just bear with it for a moment, the doctor will be here soon."

Shi Ran dialed 120, and the doctor arrived very quickly, but they didn't go to the hospital—Yun Qitian wouldn't go!

He refused to go no matter what, insisting he was fine and that there was no need to make a big fuss.

In reality, he was afraid of affecting Shi Ran's work.

She was so busy every day and still had to take care of him; he couldn't bear it.

The doctor arrived.

An ankle dislocation, and with a "crack," it was twisted back into place.

Yun Qitian howled in pain, but after the initial sting, he realized it didn't hurt anymore!

The doctor left behind some anti-inflammatory medicine, and as he was leaving, he glanced at the two of them and said meaningfully, "Young people, take it easy; don't be too vigorous. It's a good thing it was only a foot injury this time."

Shi Ran:...

Yun Qitian:...

"No, you misunderstood..."

Before Yun Qitian could finish his sentence, the doctor walked away with a smile.

He was afraid Shi Ran would be angry, so he wanted to chase after him to explain clearly.

Shi Ran stopped him: "No need to explain, never mind what they say; the innocent remain innocent, and the corrupt remain corrupt."

Back at the company, Shi Ran told Yun Qitian to go home and rest, but he refused to agree no matter what.

It really wasn't out of dedication to his job; it was mainly because if his mother found out about this, she would basically dig to the bottom of it and wouldn't stop until she understood the cause of the incident.

Whatever you fear comes to pass; Ma Ling'er found out about this incident after all.

Just as Qi Tian had guessed, Ma Ling'er first checked the location of her son's foot injury and then hounded him about the cause of the injury.

Yun Qitian: "Oh, stop asking, I already told you I tripped while walking; why won't you believe me?"

His mother slapped the back of his head without ceremony: "You brat, you're actually trying to fool your mother? Do you know what your mother does for a living? If you tripped while walking, the injury wouldn't be in this spot; the point of impact is wrong."

"The location of this injury looks like you tripped while rolling off a bed. Tell me the truth, did you do something bad while on your business trip?" He hadn't actually done anything bad, but his mother's gaze was very malicious.

Moreover, before Ma Ling'er questioned her son, she had done her homework.

On the soil of Jiangzhou, it wasn't difficult for her to investigate which hotel they stayed at, which room, and what had happened at the hotel.

"No, really, no!"

It was true that there wasn't, but he blushed, not daring to meet his mother's gaze; people with a guilty conscience were all like this.

But in the eyes of a mother, her son's behavior meant something else.

Ma Ling'er was pleasantly surprised: "Son, son, have you and Ranran made such fast progress? Oh, my good son, you're amazing!"

She happily hugged her son tightly, then began to ask questions in even greater detail: "Son, what date is Ranran's period? Did you take precautions? If there is a baby, will you get married before having the child, or have the child before getting married?"

"Don't worry, your mother is an open-minded mother, and I will be an open-minded mother-in-law. Whether you have the child first or later is fine, as long as it is a child of the Yun Family."

"You have many things to do every day, so go be busy. I will resign and stay home specifically to raise the child. You can just play with the baby when you have time; you don't need to worry about the business of raising a child..." Ma Ling'er was so immersed in her wonderful longing to be a grandmother that she couldn't extricate herself, and her monologue left her son stunned.

Yun Qitian:...

His mother's imagination was too wild.

It left him speechless.

He interrupted his mother's fantasies: "What are you talking about? Things are not the way you think. We are innocent and have no relationship whatsoever. Mom, you must not go outside and say anything. If you go around talking nonsense in front of others, I won't have the face to see anyone..."

His mother didn't believe him, and even put on an expression of someone who had been through it all and understood everything, indicating that she understood young people were too embarrassed to talk about it and that she would give Shi Ran time.

After all, Sheng Hanyu and his wife were still missing, and she and Qi Heng had only recently ended their relationship, so she had to be mindful of the impact...

His mother's way of thinking was very ahead of its time.

But the more reasonable she acted, the more Yun Qitian felt like laughing and crying at the same time.

Wasn't this just causing trouble?

Why was she meddling in things?

He didn't want to say it, but he had no choice; if he didn't say it, his mother might do something truly shocking.

He knew his mother too well.

When his father was at home, with his father there to hold her back, she wouldn't be too outrageous.

But now his father wasn't home, and he was by Shi Ran's side... his mother might come over eight times a day, and there was no telling which time she might let the secret slip.

So he told his mother that Shi Ran treated him like a "sister." Don't look at how close they were now, sleeping in the same bed, it was just a pure sisterly bond, the purest kind imaginable!

Ma Ling'er widened her eyes, reached out to pinch her son's ear, and said in frustration, "Are you stupid? Are you stupid?"

"You said that back then to scare off Liu Min, why didn't you explain it clearly to Ranran? A girl as excellent as Ranran—if you don't seize the opportunity and someone else gets there first, you won't even have a place to cry."

"Ouch, let go, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

"Hmph! Only when it hurts will you learn your lesson."

Although she said that, she still let go.

Yun Qitian told his mother not to tell anyone and to keep it a secret for now.

Shi Ran was in a difficult period right now, and she wouldn't start her next relationship so quickly. He wanted to be good to her silently; even if she liked someone else, it didn't matter!

True love is not "I love you, so you must love me," but "I love you without needing you to know; as long as you are doing well, I am at ease."