“What use are your ears if you can’t understand human words?” Liu Lin sneered wickedly.
He didn’t hold back any strength on the kick he just punted her with, so the girl was unable to move afterwards.
She raised her eyelids and did a quick cursory glance at the man, then immediately lowered her head, desperately shrinking herself into a ball and falling mute.
Liu Lin couldn’t be bothered to care about what the girl thought about his attitude towards Yao Qi, it was fine as long as she never appeared in front of his sight again.
“Scram.”
Seeing that she was no longer trying to haggle with him, Liu Lin kicked her again.
The girl gritted her teeth, falling against the wall several times, but she finally managed to get up and scampered out of the alley limpingly.
Liu Lin hummed another tune and used his shirt to wipe off the bloodstains from his knife. Then he stuffed it into his clothes to hide it.
Yao Qi said that killing a person was not good, so he wouldn’t kill.
He only stopped the bitch for a talk, and the knife was also just used to scare her. He was still very obedient—perhaps he could even get Yao Qi’s praise?
Although he gave Yao Qi some sleeping pills, he only did that to let him have a good night’s sleep.
He protected Yao Qi. In order to keep him away from the threat of that little thing, he drove away the danger, so Yao Qi would praise him, right?
Yeah.
He definitely would.
Yao Qi would give him kisses.
Maybe he could also make Yao Qi go on a date with him two days in advance?
Liu Lin’s mind was a little jumbled—he forgot that he had never even told Yao Qi about doing this, let alone get his approval. He didn’t want Yao Qi to find out, but after experiencing the intense fight, he dazedly thought Yao Qi might commend him for it.
So he became even happier.
Humming a weird little tune, he walked home with a skip in his step.
His and Yao Qi’s home.
He carefully crept into the house and quietly entered the bathroom, planning to clean himself up.
His dirtied body would scare Yao Qi—it would have to be treated soon. The slash wounds he got from her knife were quite hard to look at, and Yao Qi would not be pleased if he saw them.
In fact, if Yao Qi found out about this matter, he wouldn’t merely be unhappy about it.
But Liu Lin, who was still muddle-headed, thought that Yao Qi would always remain his gentle self. He had never contemplated the other possibilities, nor did he intend to do so.
Therefore, when he was faced with Yao Qi’s anger, he couldn’t even comprehend it.
Yao Qi had something occupying his mind; if it wasn’t for the sleeping pills, he wouldn’t have been able to fall asleep. Now that the effect of the pills had worn off, his sleep had gotten shallow, and the faint sound of water he was currently hearing disrupted it even more.
He stirred in his sleep, a light frown forming between his eyebrows. Tossing and turning into a more comfortable position, he tucked his head into the blanket, habitually reaching out to pull the person beside him into his arms. However, the space in front of him was empty, so Yao Qi turned over to the other side and seeked out Liu Lin with his hand only to be met with emptiness once again.
With some impatience, he opened his eyes and propped himself up on his elbows, looking at both sides of the bed.
Nobody.
He could still hear the sound of water falling on the floor.
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It took a moment for Yao Qi to regain his senses. Sitting at the edge of the bed, he put on his slippers and walked towards the bathroom.
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Perhaps hearing the movements outside, the sound of water soon came to a stop. Not long after, Liu Lin walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his lower body.
Yao Qi was just about to doze off on the sofa. When he heard the sound, he languidly opened his eyes to look at Liu Lin. Then his eyes widened in an instant, taking in the sight in front of him with a look of disbelief.
Seeing his frightened appearance, Liu Lin took a glance at his own body. Having been washed away by water, there was no more blood flowing out from his various slash wounds. But those open wounds had now turned white, looking ugly and disgusting.
“What did you do!”
His roar shocked Liu Lin to the core, freezing him for a second. Yao Qi had always been so gentle and polite that interacting with him felt as though a spring breeze had blown by. He never really raised his voice, and even when he was angry, he would only give you a cold attitude instead of confronting you with a loud voice.
But without even taking into account that it was late at night, without caring that a lot of people were still sleeping, Yao Qi bellowed out that shout.
Faced with another side of Yao Qi he had never seen before, Liu Lin was hit with a guilty conscience.
“N-nothing.” As soon as he said that, Yao Qi’s expression turned even worse. Liu Lin furrowed his brows, “I’ll deal with these wounds soon, don’t be afraid—”
It must be these wounds that had angered Yao Qi to this extent. But the wounds were all on his own body and wouldn’t cause Yao Qi any pain, so the reason he got mad must be because he was frightened by these grotesque wounds.
If it weren’t for the unsuitable atmosphere, Liu Lin would’ve liked to eat some treats to reward himself for being so smart.
Needless to say, the word ‘afraid’ snapped the last string in Yao Qi’s mind. Unable to hold back, he stood up and walked to the man who still put on a look as if nothing of matter had happened to him. He curled up his fist, wanting to give him a punch, but upon seeing the wound on Liu Lin’s face, his punch turned into a slap at the last second.
He was indeed afraid, but what he feared for was Liu Lin’s safety. What should he do if anything were to happen to Liu Lin?
Yao Qi’s hands were still shaking, and he was so mad he didn’t even want to speak. Looking at Liu Lin who was disgruntled because of the slap, he wanted to beat him up even harder.
But after slapping Liu Lin, he gradually managed to calm down. Giving him one last harsh glare, he proceeded to ignore the man and returned to the bedroom, taking out his phone to call that person.
It rang for a long time before the call was finally picked up, the answering voice sounding muzzy.
“Come to my place…” Yao Qi told him the address of his house.
“Oh…” The person on the other side of the call had yet to fully wake up, humming in response.
“It’s for slash wounds, bring the things you need to treat them.”
“Okay… wait! Xiao Qi??!” The originally fuzzy voice turned shrill in an instant.
“Yeah.”
“What’s with the slash wounds? Didn’t you say that the lunatic wouldn’t hurt you?!”
“The one who got hurt is not me. Anyway, hurry up.”
“Alright.”
Yao Qi hung up his phone.
The one he just called was his good friend, the first person to know about Liu Lin’s existence. Shao Qing was a very keen person. After meeting Liu Lin for the first time, he told him that Liu Lin was abnormal and very dangerous. He always persuaded him to break up with Liu Lin, but Yao Qi’s clear-cut rejection forced him to accept the fact that his good friend was dating a dangerous lunatic.
When Yao Qi turned around after ending the phone call, he found that Liu Lin was not following behind him. Frown climbing back on his face, he walked to the door and looked over only to see Liu Lin still standing in the same place, motionless as a statue.
“Why are you still standing there? Come here.”
Liu Lin kept his head lowered, unmoving.
Yao Qi went to the bathroom to get a hand towel and another bath towel. Then he pulled Liu Lin into the bedroom, pressed him to sit down on the bed and threw the bath towel over to Liu Lin, using the hand towel to help the man dry his wet hair.
“Wipe your body.”
Seeing that Liu Lin didn’t move, Yao Qi repeated his order.
Only then did Liu Lin start to slowly wipe his body with the bath towel.
“What did you do?” When Liu Lin’s hair had stopped dripping, Yao Qi tossed him a bathrobe to put on.
Still fuming, Liu Lin ignored him.
Yao Qi mentally recounted the recent events that had taken place. The odd things that happened during the day made him recall the look in the eyes of the girl he saw a few days ago. And that, in turn, reminded him of Liu Lin’s abnormal state before they went to bed.
“You went looking for that girl, didn’t you?”
Yao Qi wasn’t stupid, someone must’ve posed a threat to either one of them for Liu Lin to go this crazy.
And the person who could fit this criteria was the little girl who appeared before them a few days ago.
The way she looked at him was not right, and she was most likely targeting him.
It was no wonder that Liu Lin went crazy. Moreover, looking at Liu Lin’s injuries, the girl was indeed harbouring ill intentions towards him.
Liu Lin suffered these injuries in his place.
Thinking about it made Yao Qi feel distraught, but more than that, he was angry.
Angry that Liu Lin didn’t cherish himself at all.
Angry that Liu Lin didn’t tell him.
Angry at the girl who was inexplicably targeting him.
He remained silent in his fury, eyebrows frowning, the word ‘unhappy’ clearly written across his cold face.
Liu Lin clicked his tongue, snapping out, “Why are you so angry, you’re obviously the one who hit me!”
“Do you know why I’m angry?”
“Who cares about you!” Liu Lin snorted, his face still a little numb. Yao Qi’s slap really made him feel dumbfounded.
If he really wanted to dodge, Yao Qi’s slap would’ve never had the chance to graze him. But he didn’t dodge, because he thought that Yao Qi wouldn’t really hit him. The previous times Yao Qi hit him, he had only done so as a joke, doing it without any real strength.
So when the hard slap smacked him across the face, he was unable to react.
“Looks like you still don’t know what you did wrong.”
“What the fuck did I do wrong?!” He couldn’t stand Yao Qi’s attitude. It made him burn with anger. It made his heart ache.
He felt so wronged.
It hurt so much.
Yao Qi smacked the back of Liu Lin’s head. “Don’t swear.”
“I said I’d deal with these wounds!” Up to this second, he still blindly insisted that the reason for their argument was his injuries. Although it was true in a sense, their views on it were too fundamentally different.
Yao Qi was too fed up to refute him.
Right as the silence started to sink, Shao Qing rang the doorbell to Yao Qi’s unit. Worried that something had happened to Yao Qi, he hurried all the way from home. Although Yao Qi said he wasn’t the one who was injured, he was afraid that Yao Qi was lying.
His friend had a good temperament. Lying in order not to worry him was something he could definitely do.
But it turned out that Yao Qi didn’t lie.
Yao Qi, who appeared in front of him after opening the door, was perfectly fine and healthy, which made him relieved.
“What happened?” he asked when Yao Qi took him to the bedroom.
“You can see for yourself.” Yao Qi walked over and untied Liu Lin’s bathrobe, pulling it down to his waist.
“Hey—did these wounds get wet?” Shao Qing raised his eyebrows.
Yao Qi shrugged his shoulders, noncommittal.
Liu Lin threw him a disdainful look, then lowered his head and continued playing with his fingers—he was still feeling wronged.
Shao Qing rubbed his hand over his forehead. Resigning himself to his fate, he opened his suture kit and began working.
“If you’re lucky, it should heal fine. If you’re unlucky, you’ll get an infection. When that happens, go to the hospital yourself and don’t come to me,” Shao Qing nagged while bandaging the wounds.
Standing on the side, Yao Qi responded to his words and reassured him.
From his expression, Shao Qing could tell that his friend was mad about Liu Lin’s injury. He didn’t want to worsen Yao Qi’s mood any further, so he simply didn’t ask about how it came about or what exactly led to it.
He only reminded Yao Qi before leaving, “Make sure he doesn’t get his wounds wet this time.”
“Okay.”
“Remember to call me if you need anything.”
“Alright.”
Yao Qi nodded with a smile, not wanting to worry his friend.
But the moment he closed the door, his face immediately sank.
Small theatre
Xiao Qi: What bad things have you done? *bursting with anger*
Ah-Lin: …No… Nothing…
Xiao Qi: (I’m so angry but I still have to keep smiling—forget it, I can’t keep up a smile anymore)
Ah-Lin: *face full of confusion* Xiao Qi, why aren’t you smiling??
So Xiao Qi smacked Ah-Lin across the face and smiled at Shao Qing.
Shao Qing: Fuck, this is so stupid.
T/n: me at Liu Lin
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Thank you for the chapter! Yao Qi really cares about him!