Chapter 184: Chapter 184

The man suddenly gave a soft chuckle. His fingers left the medicine furnace and landed on her.

An Yan stiffened slightly.

He’s crazy! Is he actually going to...

An Yan pushed him away. "Behave yourself! You may have lived for over a thousand years, but I haven’t had enough of life yet!"

"You think I’m old?" The man moved to nibble her earlobe.

"I’m jealous of your vast experience!"

An Yan picked up the tools again, grinding as she spoke. "You’ve seen the changing times and the vast landscapes, but I haven’t. I didn’t come to this world just to make up the numbers!

"Never mind surpassing you; I at least want to look back on my life a hundred years from now and have a few highlight moments!

"So, Mr. Li, please restrain yourself. I don’t want to die young."

The man’s lips paused by her ear, his breathing slowly steadying.

"I won’t let that happen!"

How could he bear to let her die young?

The man bit her earlobe. "Little girl, you must not know there’s something in this world called a condom!"

An Yan was speechless.

Feeling his breath on her ear, An Yan asked a question she had long wanted to ask. "Li Tianyao, have you never thought about making me immortal, like you?"

Such a possessive man should want me to stay with him forever, shouldn’t he?

But he’d never shown any such intention from the very beginning.

His lips paused by her ear for a moment. His body then retreated, and his fingers pinched her chin, forcing her to look up at him. "Do you want immortality?"

"Of course! Who wouldn’t want that?"

If I could be immortal...

"Why?" An Yan was intensely curious.

He bent down and kissed her lips softly. "Because immortality isn’t a reward; it’s a punishment!

One would have to be incredibly strong to calmly watch everyone around them grow old and die, one by one. How much pain must one endure to become so heartless, to face the world’s partings without a ripple of emotion? He didn’t want to be separated from her, but he was even more unwilling for her to endure such torment. The agony of separation by life and death, the terrifying unknown..." The source of this content ɪs novel·fire·net

His eyes regained their icy hardness.

His little girl just needed to obediently accompany him for a few decades; that would be enough. He wasn’t greedy.

An Yan didn’t know what he was thinking, but she disagreed with his viewpoint. "That’s just you being too pessimistic. For someone with ideals, immortality means having enough time to slowly research topics they’re interested in!"

"And then? With so much time, so what if the research succeeds?"

"So what? You just continue researching the next topic, of course!"

"Even an endless supply of topics will eventually run out. Besides, you’d have to guard against others treating *you* as a research subject! Little girl, being unkillable doesn’t mean you can’t get sick! It also doesn’t mean you won’t feel pain!"

An Yan immediately recalled the scene of Gu Shifang tying Li Tianyao to a bed, cutting him and letting his blood.

Just watching it looked painful!

An Yan glanced at Li Tianyao. "Even with you protecting me, it still wouldn’t be possible?"

The man’s brow furrowed suddenly. A flicker of dark, surprised uncertainty crossed his eyes.

Her vision of immortality included him! But... she didn’t know there were some things even he was powerless against.

The man was silent for a long moment, his large hand resting on top of her head. "No! Don’t think about this anymore!"

He had thought she would pester him about it. But to his surprise, when he told her not to think about it anymore, she simply replied, "Oh!"

Then she turned back to grinding her medicinal herbs. Her expression didn’t betray the slightest disappointment, despite her dream of immortality being snuffed out.

Li Tianyao, on the other hand, felt a little unsettled. "Aren’t you going to pester me a bit more? Who knows, I might have agreed."

"I think you’re right. Besides, whether it’s immortality or a hundred-year lifespan, it’s all just one lifetime in the end. Each has its own merits. Becoming too obsessed can drive a person mad."

As she spoke, she looked up at him. "Those with short lifespans don’t need to envy those with long ones. A shorter life means avoiding many of life’s sufferings.

"And those with long lifespans don’t need to envy those with short ones. A longer life gives you plenty of time to do anything you’re interested in. Like you—isn’t your greatest interest chasing down Gu Shifang to fight him?"

The man was amused by her words. His deep laughter, like the sound of a cello, echoed in the study.

The little girl is trying to comfort me! She cares about me.

The corners of the man’s mouth curved up, a hint of smug satisfaction playing on his lips.

An Yan glanced at him with some confusion, not understanding why his mood had suddenly improved, but it was a good thing regardless.

After she finished grinding the herbs, Li Tianyao still needed to fumigate them for a while longer. An Yan took the opportunity to get up. "I’m operating on that drug dealer tomorrow! I need to thoroughly review his case file tonight!"

With that, she went over to her dedicated sofa, took out her laptop, logged into her email, and began studying the drug dealer’s case file that Ya Zhuo had sent.

While reviewing it, she commented aloud, "This surgery is very difficult. I initially thought his cerebral nerve atrophy was due to drug use, but it turns out there’s a bullet fragment lodged in his brain.

"Although the fragment hasn’t fully penetrated the brain tissue, it has caused a significant hematoma.

As she spoke, her brows furrowed. The situation was much more serious than she had anticipated.

"The clotted blood is compressing the neural tissue. The slightest mistake could cause massive bleeding. No wonder those experts were too scared to take it on."

Hearing her muttering, Li Tianyao asked, "Still think performing surgery is entertainment?"

An Yan nodded. "Yes! The greater the difficulty, the more excited I get!"

Li Tianyao didn’t understand, but since she was happy, he let it be.

An Yan habitually performed a calculation with her Divination Technique. Her previously upturned lips slowly drooped.

"Tomorrow might not go smoothly."

It wasn’t just that the surgery might fail; she herself could face a life-threatening crisis!

Li Tianyao’s lips curled slightly. "Afraid the surgery will fail and want me to back you up?"

An Yan was speechless; that wasn’t what she meant.

"What time does the surgery start and finish?"

"If all goes well, it starts at ten in the morning and will probably last until the evening," An Yan replied.

"I’ll check my schedule tomorrow. If I’m free, I’ll go over," the man stated reservedly.

"Okay." An Yan agreed. There was no point in objecting if he wanted to go anyway! The key thing was, after he said that, the unfavorable outcome from my divination showed signs of improving! Does that mean Li Tianyao could actually help me tomorrow?

"Who’s assisting you in surgery tomorrow?"

"Is his leg healed? If not, let Lin Ling and Qingqing help you!"

An Yan shook her head. "I’ve already arranged to use his surgical team. They’ve worked together many times and have good synergy.

"Inserting a stranger into a team that already has good rapport could easily cause problems. This surgery is critical; there can’t be even the slightest mistake."

After An Yan’s lengthy explanation, Li Tianyao said, "Then have Lin Ling stand by and observe!"

An Yan was speechless again.

Is this man really determined to place a spy by my side?