Incurable Pain

IP Chapter 69

Incurable Pain | Chapter 69

Yu Luoyin was eating when he was summoned by the emergency bell of the 18th bed nurse, forgetting his phone in his haste. 

Luckily, the situation with the patient in the 18th bed wasn’t serious. It took about twenty minutes to handle, and he returned to the office. Unexpectedly, he encountered “Tianluo Girl*”.

*T/N: Literally translates to river like girl, but metaphorically refers to a girl with a soft or gentle aura

Bai Xunyin, who knows when she arrived, was sitting on a simple consultation bed in the office, her slender legs wrapped in deep blue jeans swinging gently. 

Her loose half-sleeved shirt made her look pet.i.te, with slender arms and legs. She turned her unadorned face towards the sound.

The hazel eyes made Yu Luoyin feel as if he had returned to his eighteen-year-old self, seeing her as a high school student.

Indeed, time ages people.

Yu Luoyin, who was contemplating this despite not having graduated yet, couldn’t help but laugh at himself. 

He walked over to Bai Xunyin, pinching her chin with his fingers, and chuckled, “When did you get here?”

“Just now,” Bai Xunyin blinked, looking particularly obedient. 

“I brought you some food.”

“Just seeing you can satisfy me enough,” Yu Luoyin said contentedly, leaning down to lightly kiss her dry and cold lips twice. 

“You are a feast for the eyes.”

Bai Xunyin pushed him away.

“Seriously, don’t dress so young all the time,” Yu Luoyin said somewhat reluctantly, echoing Ah Mo’s complaints. 

After that, he sat down on the swivel chair in front of the desk, pulling her onto his lap and said with a m.u.f.fled voice, “It makes me look like an old man preying on young girls.”

Bai Xunyin couldn’t help but laugh, her eyes flickering mischievously. 

“You already look older than me.”

Yu Luoyin, who was usually quite confident about his appearance, was stunned for a moment. Then he unexpectedly took out his phone and used the screen as a mirror to look at himself. 

His voice sounded somewhat desolate, “Have I lost my charm and elegance from staying up late these past two years?”

…

“Yu Luoyin,” Bai Xunyin said with a wry smile as she turned his face back to her, “you’re a man, why do you care so much about your appearance?”

“I have to care,” Yu Luoyin said seriously after checking that he didn’t have any gray hair or wrinkles. 

He put down his phone with a serious expression and said, “I still have to rely on this face to charm you.”

Really, shameless.

Bai Xunyin couldn’t help but feel helpless. 

“Who said you charmed me?”

“You did,” Yu Luoyin smiled, wrapping his long arms around the slender waist of the girl and picking up a piece of broccoli with his chopsticks.

The remaining fifty percent, of course, was achieved by actively seducing her.

But what he said was also true.

In school, Bai Xunyin never paid much attention to boys, but she noticed Yu Luoyin the first time she saw him. His outstanding appearance was definitely a factor.

So she nodded generously and admitted, “Fine—can we eat properly now?”

How could she eat when he kept pinching her waist?

“Does that mean you admit it?” 

Yu Luoyin, who wasn’t very hungry, just wanted to “play” with her.

“Did you also develop a crush on me at first sight?”

Bai Xunyin shrugged, “So what if I did?”

“Then you have to give me some ‘reward’ for my beauty,” Yu Luoyin shamelessly said, a hint of cunning in his dark eyes.

Bai Xunyin was taken aback, but before she could say anything, she felt a cool sensation on her outstretched hand.

When she looked up, she saw a plain ring sparkling on her middle finger, complementing her slender and fair fingers perfectly, as if it were made for her.

She subconsciously asked, “How did you know my finger size?”

Bai Xunyin’s first words weren’t “Don’t,” which made Yu Luoyin breathe a sigh of relief.

Resting his head on her shoulder, his voice lazy but proud, like a child who had stolen candy, he said, “I measured it secretly.”

…

The refusal was right on the tip of her tongue, but seeing Yu Luoyin’s hopeful expression, she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

Bai Xunyin could only sigh helplessly, “Why did you buy this?”

She had clearly said before that she didn’t want a ring anytime soon.

“Don’t worry, it’s just a token to prove that you’re not single anymore,” Yu Luoyin kissed her hair affectionately, his voice bewitching and a hint of resentment, “After all, I’ve seen ‘admirers’ twice when I went to pick you up after work.”

The first time it was Mr. Li, the second time it was Mu Anping.

If these ‘100% certain’ incidents happened a few more times, Yu Luoyin felt he would be really angry.

His jealousy really made Bai Xunyin feel a little overwhelmed.

The young girl’s eyes flickered as she couldn’t help but retort, “But you also have those admirers around you.”

Yu Luoyin frowned, pretending to be innocent. 

“Where?”

“Like Sheng Churan and others,” Bai Xunyin said lightly, “But they are very loyal.”

Yu Luoyin smiled, a hint of indifference in his tone. 

“I almost forgot about this person until you mentioned it. But… darling, you get jealous too?”

That actually made him quite happy.

Bai Xunyin didn’t say anything. She turned the delicate ring on her slender finger but didn’t take it off. 

After some thought, she said, “I can wear it, but… let me see your phone.”

This sudden request caught him off guard, and it didn’t match her usual demeanor. After Bai Xunyin spoke, she keenly caught a clear look of astonishment on Yu Luoyin’s face.

She understood and couldn’t help but want to bite her lip to suppress a smile.

“Look at my phone?” 

Yu Luoyin’s gaze flickered, his slender fingers involuntarily playing with his own phone. 

He deflected, “Why? Planning to check up on me?”

“Is that not allowed?”

Yu Luoyin’s eyes flickered, clearly diverting the topic. 

“It’s not that it’s not allowed, it’s just that checking up on someone is usually the wife’s job…”

Bai Xunyin stood up decisively, about to leave.

Yu Luoyin was completely helpless. He raised his hands in surrender and unlocked his phone, handing it over. 

“Go ahead… but no laughing at my choice of you as my wallpaper!”

She had already laughed about that.

Bai Xunyin remained composed, sitting on the man’s lap as she opened his WeChat — in reality, she wasn’t interested in Yu Luoyin’s other contacts; she just wanted to see if he had any ‘hidden’ information about herself.

However, when she opened his WeChat profile, Bai Xunyin was surprised to find that Yu Luoyin’s Moments were ‘curiously empty’. Many Moments that were visible only to her didn’t appear. All she saw was a series of blank snowscapes, with dates that seemed vague and ambiguous.

Looking at it, Bai Xunyin felt puzzled. 

“Did you take all these photos?”

Yu Luoyin gently murmured, “Hmm,” his back unconsciously stiffening. 

Yet, he also felt fortunate that he hadn’t left too many traces.

“Linlan doesn’t snow in winter,” Bai Xunyin murmured, “Where did you take these photos?”

In an instant, many bold guesses flooded her mind.

“Little fool,” Yu Luoyin chuckled softly, brushing her smooth hair aside to kiss the nape of her neck lightly, his voice soft, “You haven’t been back home for two years. You don’t know how much it snows in Linlan.”

There were still many things she didn’t know.

It was just his inadvertent carelessness that made Yu Luoyin forget how sharp Bai Xunyin actually was. She glanced at him, a slight smile playing on her lips. 

“How do you know I haven’t been home for two years?”

Yu Luoyin hesitated for a moment, then instinctively said, “Just a guess.”

Even he didn’t quite believe what he said.

Seeing the woman squinting her eyes, Yu Luoyin cleared his throat and lowered his head, holding her waist as she sat on his knees. 

He murmured, “I admit, I asked Lu Ye and the others.”

Bai Xunyin furrowed her brows in confusion.

“Lu Ye and the others…” Yu Luoyin’s eyes shifted subtly. “Are connected to Ning Shumo.”

Crafting lies like plugging a hole in a dam, he hoped the young girl wouldn’t catch on, believing his lies as truth.

In reality, during these blank six years, he never sought information about Bai Xunyin from others, especially not from close friends.

The more familiar someone was, the more Yu Luoyin was inclined to maintain his impenetrable facade, hiding everything behind a veil of nonchalance.

He wanted to know about Bai Xunyin’s news, he would do it himself.

He wouldn’t rely on others.

This excuse seemed plausible, but there was something off about it. Yu Luoyin’s Moments, visible only to himself, of the snowy landscapes seemed strangely familiar.

Yet, Yu Luoyin’s annoying aura lingered, distracting her thoughts.

“Yinyin,” Yu Luoyin wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, the faint scent of mint mixed with a slightly hoa.r.s.e voice, teasingly asked in her ear, “When is Auntie going back?”

He was still waiting to ‘feast’ after Ji Huiying left.

Bai Xunyin naturally knew what he was thinking — once Ji Huiying left, they could continue what they hadn’t finished that night.

Her face remained expressionless, but her ears turned slightly red. Bai Xunyin pushed Yu Luoyin’s chest with her hand and scolded sternly, “Rogue.”

“Alright, I’m a rogue.” 

Yu Luoyin couldn’t help but laugh, his voice light and cheerful, simply put, shameless. 

He was completely unapologetic. 

“Who made me so hungry?”

…

Bai Xunyin felt she couldn’t stay with him any longer. After all, her own skin wasn’t as ‘impenetrable’ as his.

Before leaving, she left a sentence, “Next Sat.u.r.day.”

That was the day Ji Huiying would return to the ancient town.

Yu Luoyin was stunned for a moment, but then he chuckled when he came back to his senses, a sly smile playing on his lips, hinting at some carnivorous intentions.

As Bai Xunyin left the hospital building, the gentle night breeze brushed her face, dispersing the heat in her ears. It wasn’t until then that she remembered the snowy landscapes from earlier.

With her mind clear at the moment, she suddenly realized where the sense of ‘familiarity’ came from.

The snowy landscapes Yu Luoyin took…

They looked very similar to those from the southern regions. In winter, water would freeze, forming droplets of ice on dry branches like strings of crystals, shimmering in the sunlight.

Such naturally beautiful scenery could only be seen in cities with long winters, while Linlan only had light snowfall.

Yu Luoyin was lying just now.

So, were those beautiful snowy landscapes taken by him in the north? If he went north, aside from his own city and the famous Snow Tree Garden at the university, where else could he go?

For a moment, Bai Xunyin felt like there was a snowfall in her heart, making her shiver from the cold, yet she also felt a hidden excitement.

She took a deep breath, hesitating for a while with her slender fingers on the phone. She didn’t know where to go or who to ask about Yu Luoyin’s blank six years.

She just wanted to ask if Yu Luoyin had secretly gone to the north.

Because he had never appeared in front of her, not even a shadow.

In an instant, Bai Xunyin truly felt that she knew too little about Yu Luoyin.

No wonder he lacked that so-called ‘sense of security’.