14_Interested in Him?

At Xu's First Hospital, Mu Lihai was immediately directed to a room after they arrived as Xu Cheng had made a call to prepare one before they drove to the place.

Xu Cheng was nowhere in sight as he was the one responsible in checking over his friend's condition. When the check-ups were all over, it had been an hour.

Xu Cheng opened a door and he got out. He saw Li Yao sitting on a bench near the hospital room. She was busy checking over her emails and in her left hand was a report of Mu Enterprise's legal action course.

Li Yao managed to make a call to Head Attorney Han and told him that she had to be somewhere else as it was an emergency. Fortunately, he didn't ask any question.

Xu Cheng walked closer to where Li Yao was sitting and he looked like he was looking for someone. Li Yao saw him approaching as she looked up.

"Assistant Zhu went back to the company to take care of some business." she told Xu Cheng to which he nodded with a small sigh.

"So.. I'm sorry for asking you to follow us." Xu Cheng went straight to the point as he didn't want to beat around the bush. He took a seat beside her.

"But I want to make sure that you didn't see anything." he said. Nobody knew of Mu Lihai's condition except for his parents and Xu Cheng. And soon, he was going to tell Zhu Kang about the real situation too. Mu Lihai's personal assistant ought to know about it.

"Well.. I did see president Mu's condition at the parking lot. But it's not like I can say that I know what his problem is..?" Li Yao told Xu Cheng.

"True, but mouth talks. I need you to not tell anyone that he collapsed. Lest it will cause unnecessary assumptions to rise. Lihai just took over, we don't want the higher ups to get upset." he reasoned.

Li Yao then realized how a single piece of news could shake the foundation of a company. She nodded in understanding as she smiled towards the man.

"You take care of each other.. that's nice." she blurted out without noticing. Xu Cheng looked at her in silence.

Then she forced herself to look elsewhere. What was she talking about? He must thought that she was weird.

"Nah.. aside from being his friend, I'm also his doctor. It's natural to do so." he said in monotone, but Li Yao could see his lips slightly curling up.

"So.. I think I don't have to be here anymore. I promise I will not tell anyone of this incident so rest assured." Li Yao began to close the file in her hand and she got up.

"You don't want to know what happened?" Xu Cheng raised his brow. This woman was quite peculiar. Any other women he had seen so far would love to stick their noses in his or his friends' business.

"Well, I don't think I should know about it. I'm not that close to President Mu." Li Yao answered matter-of-factly.

But somehow, when she remembered how his one arm had wrapped around her small waist that one time, her heartbeat increased. She remembered how his cold fingertips grazed over her cheek.

When Li Yao thought back of her words of how they were not that close to each other, she felt a pang of unknown feelings to surface in her chest. It was disturbing.

Xu Cheng looked at her for a while then a nurse came over. She needed him to be somewhere as his shift would start soon.

"Then.. can I ask for your help to look over Lihai for a while? I'll be back." he went away as fast as lighting that Li Yao didn't know what to do. He didn't ask her opinion about it at all. Didn't he know if she was busy or she needed to be somewhere?

Li Yao sighed while she glanced over her wrist watch. It was late anyway, she could just ask for a half-day and come back to work tomorrow.

Li Yao took a few steps into the VIP room and as she looked around, she was amazed by the interior. It was spacious with a living area not far from the private bathroom. This room could be a complete small house if not for the fact that it was a hospital room.

She stepped forward and she saw a hospital bed before her. A man was lying on the bed tucked under the blanket near to his chin. She chuckled seeing him. It was a very cute sight.

Li Yao didn't realize that she was already by his side when she walked to him not minding the surrounding. It felt like he was beckoning her to come closer.

When their distance was closed, she finally could see his face clearly. Li Yao was surprised to see him very pale like a dead man. For a moment, she really thought he was dead! Even his lips lost their color and were white.

Li Yao couldn't resist the temptation so she touched his cheek with her palm. Again, she was surprised. He was very cold! Was he a corpse? A zombie?

It was the beginning of winter and for her, it wasn't that cold. But the snow was brewing just now and she was lucky to bring her knitted gloves with her as precaution.

Li Yao couldn't find herself to get away from him as she took a seat by the edge of the bed. She instinctively hold up her two bare hands and puffed out artificial warmth from her mouth. She then transferred the warmth to his cheeks.

Then she froze.

Why was she acting familiar with this man?

It didn't mean anything just because she had saved him last time. He had already given his thanks and showed his gratitude over a private meal he arranged for the two of them after the meeting in the hotel.

Li Yao couldn't accept it.

Ever since she realized that his gaze always trailed over her, she became conscious of him.

Fortunately, Li Yao wasn't stupid. She was one of the top ranking students in the law school she went to. She even got herself a place in the biggest law firm in the country. So she knew that the unpleasant feelings she had for this man were something that she couldn't decipher. And it was something more than a mere curiosity or attraction.

But these unpleasant feelings were very raw to her. She was afraid to entertain them further. She should just ignore them but then how could she? The moment she recalled that strong arm and those fingers, and the cool sensations emanated from his body.. her heart palpitated unknowingly.

Li Yao scolded herself for the umpteenth time. He was just helping her back then. Why was she so overwhelmed by that!

Li Yao couldn't help but think that this was one of the reasons why she was still single to this day.

Was this just a simple attraction or was she actually interested in him?