She drove for about an hour and thirty minutes before they finally arrived at his house, she got off the car to open the gate but before she could open it, the gate had already opened automatically...

"I forgot about that..." She remarked then she returned to the car and drove it into the mansion, she leaned her head on the headboard of her seat and heaved a sigh of relief with her eyes closed and her chest rising up and down. ​​

"I can't believe I abandoned my work because of him," she said then she opened her eyes and turned her head to the side to look at him, she had almost forgotten that he was in the car with her through the whole journey since he didn't say anything throughout the drive or make a sound, he had his hands crossed on his chest and his seat leaned backwards as he slept the whole time.

After staring at him for some seconds, she turned her body to the side and moved closer to him with her head still resting on the headboard, she fluttered her lashes as he eyes gazed at him from his hairline to his jaw.

"He is really handsome though..." she remarked then her eyes landed on the little scar that seemed like a scar gotten from a cut on his neck slightly under the collar of his shirt, she wouldn't have been able to see it if not for the rays of sunlight entering the car that highlighted every one of his facial features.

"That....that feels familiar...." she said then she raised her index finger to touch the scar but just as her finger was about to touch his neck, he grabbed her hand tightly and pulled her closer to him, her eyes widened at his touch, she definitely didn't expect him to wake up at that moment. She struggled to release her hand but he wouldn't let her go, he opened his eyes and turned his head...

"What are you trying to do...." he questioned with his eyes staring right into hers but her face went blank as though she is in a daze.....

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"Why did you save me?" a feminine figure whose face she couldn't see clearly asked, but she seemed to be wearing a school uniform that resembles her high school uniform.

"I guess I just wanted to be the hero who saves the damsel...." another voice answered

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She cleans the cut on his neck with her handkerchief and blows on it...

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"What in the world was that?" Yu Yan asked herself, as she stared intently at the little scar on his neck, she could swear that she has seen the wound before and the brief and vague flashes in her head were just too familiar even though she couldn't see their faces, she could feel something indescribable.

"What are you talking about?" he asked when he saw that she seemed to be mumbling about something and she is also staring at his scar.

"That scar, where did you get it?" Yu Yan asked with her rapt attention still focused on the scar, he bent his head to look at the scar then he looked up at her again with a quizzical expression on his face.

"Do you remember this scar?" he asked with his eyes narrowed at her, every part of him wished that she would say yes and then she would be able to recover her lost memory of him.

"I....I...wait, why would you ask that, why should I remember that scar when I have never met you before our meeting at the villa or have I?" she asked

"No...No, there is no reason why you should, I was just teasing you but you took it seriously, I got this scar when I was still in high school, it was during a fight, you know.....the work of testosterone and masculinity..." he answered with few breaks in his sentence, which made her really suspicious but she didn't want to ask further.

"Yeah....testosterone and masculinity....something tells me not to ask further than I already have," She said then she opened the door and came out of the car then she placed her Versace shoulder bag on her shoulder and waited for him to come out.

"Now that we are here and I have returned your car, I will take my leave now, I hope we don't ever have any reason for such unnecessary meetings again..." Yu Yan said then she turned to leave but he quickly rushed over to her side and held her hand.

"Why...did I do something wrong," Han Chen asked with a pitiful look on his face that would have managed to melt her heart if not that she is someone who is always resolute once she makes a decision.

"This is the reason why..." she looked down at his hand holding hers then he quickly released her hand.

"You keep crossing my boundaries and surprisingly, I keep letting you off and that is something I don't normally do unless I have a good reason to but with you, I don't have any reason, so, therefore, I need to distance myself from you" Yu Yan answered, then she turned to leave again.

"So, because I am an anomaly to you, you want to distance yourself from me, that is not something someone who is a surgeon should do, don't you agree," he questioned, she stopped at his remark while he walked to her front.

"What you should do is find out why and not run away from it and obviously, you don't have to be suspect that I have feelings for you or something, I know you have a boyfriend who according to Jia Yu you are deeply in love with, I don't waste my time on such things so fret not," Han Chen added.

"Truthfully, I was beginning to speculate that you are having feelings for me or a tingle but I am happy to know that you are not, Jia Yu is like a sister to me and I don't want any entanglement that might separate us, since you have reassured me then I have no problem with finding out why, I hope your feelings remain that cos..." she hesitated for a while then she gave him a confident smile which told him that whatever she is about to say is surely narcissistic.

"Guys fall in love with me easily...." she concluded to his surprise.

"Okay! that doesn't sound good to my ears but I will be sure to keep it that way, so...to thank you for your help today, I would like to invite you in for a drink," Han Chen said

"I think you are mistaken here...as a surgeon, I don't drink, I only made an exception because my friends had just arrived and I wouldn't be on duty for a while, thanks but I will pass" She answered.

"Then you can have juice while I drink" Han Chen insisted, she paused for a while before answering.

"Alright then, considering the stress you put me through, I deserve it, you can tell me about your heroic adventure with your sidekicks that has got the whole country talking about you over the drink," Yu Yan said

"They are not my sidekicks, the word friends will be the better expression to use"

"Oooh! forgive me, I assumed that since the little one kept calling you boss"

"That is because in the mili....ehmmn! I won't bother explaining, it is too complicated" he held her wrist and pulled her as he walked towards the entrance but she suddenly stopped, he turned back to see why she stopped but he traced her gaze to her hand.

"Boundaries..."

"oooh sorry, I am getting quite used to that"

"Do you always hold women's hand without their permission?" She asked with her eyes squinted

"I was thinking that Jia Yu would have told you lots of bad stuff about me but I am not really close to any woman enough to hold their hand unless necessary so you are the only one apart from my mother as far as I can recall," he answered with an apologetic look in his eyes.

"Hmmnn...I don't think so, you must have been used to this" Yu Yan said then she walked to his front and continued walking towards the entrance of his house while he just stood there watching her.

"I was really used to it back then," he whispered then he ran to catch up with her.

After entering the house, the lights automatically went on while he removed his suit jacket and rushed to the kitchen to get the juice and alcohol for himself, he arrived later at his balcony where she was seated, he placed the glass cup and drinks on the table then he sat on the chair opposite hers.

"The view here is really nice" she said then glanced at the table to see what juice he had brought her.

"I thought I said I won't be drinking"

"about that, I couldn't find any juice so I brought you fruit wine" he replied

"How nice of you"

"Sarcasm!"

She held the bottle of wine and tried opening it with the wine opener but he gripped the bottle of wine.

"Let me, I am the host" he opened the wine then he poured a little into the glass cup, he passed the glass of wine and held his beer can up.

"Cheers!" she lifted her glass and clinked his beer can, she sipped the wine gently and then placed it on the table.

"Do you realize that the whole country is singing your praise for your heroic act, you should really be proud of yourself,"

"Trust me, the last thing I want is to be in the face of the media or have the whole country singing my praise for a heroic act that I couldn't bear to not do," Han Chen replied then he gulped down his beer.

"Why, you should be proud of it at least Jia Yu is, it won't be long before she starts telling our colleagues that you are actually are cousin, you know what she is like,"

"I don't think so, she has learnt her lesson from high school so she won't be doing that, I basically stole her shine when she was in high school" Han Chen replied

"So if you were going for an interview, how did you get into that mess," she asked, noticing that she had already finished the wine he poured her, he poured her another glass while he opened another can of beer for himself.

"Long story short, I asked Roy and Shi Fen to follow me to the interview, we entered two or three traffics which lasted for more than four hours then we saw the accident in the last traffic, the rescue team were just too slow and I couldn't watch them, so I took actions with the help of my friends after the whole ordeal passed, we slept in the car and the next morning, the car ran out of fuel and we didn't have our phones or wallet" he narrated while she kept nodding her head and keeping her eyes narrowed.

"That is quite a tale you have to tell and it makes me wonder, Jia Yu is the daughter of a conglomerate just like Ji Chen and the others and you are her cousin, I was assuming that you also have your own company or your parents have their own companies, how come you are job-seeking and you have a mansion as big as this and those cars," Yu Yan asked then she gulped down her wine instead of sipping it.

"Let's just say my deceased parents are not good entrepreneurs like my aunt and uncle, as for my house and cars, my uncle got them for me, so you can just say I am living off my uncle," Han Chen replied

"I am so sorry, I didn't know that your parents are late, I wouldn't have mentioned them if I did" Yu Yan apologized.

"It's alright, you couldn't have known unless you were told, they actually passed away when I was very little so there is no need for me to whine about it" Han Chen replied, he gulped down what was left of his beer then he squeezed his can and threw it on the floor.

"You know what, I don't think one can of beer can make me drunk" she hinted

"are you saying you want to drink?"

"Maybe"

"I will take that as a yes" Han Chen said then he opened one can of beer and handed it to her, the both of them clinked their cans together and gulped it down.

"So why don't we talk about you now, what is going on with your life or your job," Han Chen asked

"I don't think we are that close to telling you what is going on in my life as I said, boundaries..." Yu Yan stressed.

"You are awkwardly straightforward," Han Chen remarked then he leaned his back on his seat.

"But I think it wouldn't be bad to share my work problems, I am actually having trouble with making a decision between doing something I desperately want to do but if it fails it might ruin my career or not doing it at all and saving myself from the risk," Yu Yan said then she leaned forward with her hands crossed on the table, while he followed suit.

"That is indeed a very serious decision to make, it depends on what that is, I think a little more detail will help me advise you better"

"We have a VIP patient who needs a heart surgery, he is a very influential and powerful politician and also an investor in the hospital, his children are also the same, he needs a total artificial heart surgery but he has had one heart transplant and one biventricular artificial heart surgery, I want to take the case but..."

"You can't because of the difficulty and you fear that if it fails then his status and his children might destroy your career, I am guessing that your friends have also tried to convince you against doing it" Han Chen interjected.

"Bingo!"

"Part of me wants to agree with them but I need to put myself in your shoes, you want the experience and the achievement but such a procedure has a high failure rate, with your level of experience and as a general surgeon, you might not be fit for such surgery and the hospital will never let you take that case" Han Chen stated while she nodded in agreement to his hypothesis.