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Incurable Pain | Chapter 93.1
A Dream in a Parallel World: If Lies Were Never Discovered
Eight years ago, on a winter night, during New Year’s Eve.
After finding out her scores for the final exams of the first semester of her senior year, Bai Xunyin eagerly went to the abandoned teaching building to find Yu Luoyin. She wanted to tell the man the fact that her physics score this time was better than his.
However, just as she reached the staircase, she happened to bump into Yu Luoyin and the figures of Li Yuan and Zhou Xinsui, who were accompanying them down.
The girl’s hurried steps coincided with the boy’s chest. She took a step back in panic, covering her nose with her hand, and innocently looked at Yu Luoyin with big eyes.
Then, it seemed like he faintly saw a trace of panic in the boy’s eyes.
But it was fleeting, and Yu Luoyin quickly calmed down, his lips curling up mischievously.
“Seeking a hug so sneakily—when did you come over?”
Before Bai Xunyin could take out her phone, Ah Mo behind them responded, “Just now, you guys are really here.”
It seems that Yu Luoyin really understood her.
Yu Luoyin didn’t reply, just smiled, and the three boys behind him visibly relaxed.
—Because they had just been warned to be careful with their words and never mention anything related to the ‘bet’ again.
It’s as if they never talked about this matter months ago.
But if the person involved accidentally heard it, it would be embarrassing.
Fortunately, Bai Xunyin and Ning Shumo just arrived.
“Let’s go.”
Yu Luoyin didn’t want to dwell on what just happened. He wrapped his arm around the girl’s slender shoulder and left with Bai Xunyin.
On the way, he asked the girl, “How are you planning to spend the New Year?”
Bai Xunyin thought for a moment and replied with a message: [Going to my grandparents’ house.]
Yu Luoyin was somewhat disappointed, sighed in a dramatic manner, and said, “What a pity, what a pity.”
…
Why say ‘what a pity’ twice?
Bai Xunyin looked at him somewhat confused, her clear pupils filled with puzzlement.
“I wanted to spend New Year’s Eve with you.”
Yu Luoyin smiled half-seriously, half-jokingly, gazing into her eyes seriously.
“After you come back, how about we go out on a date?”
Under the unwavering gaze of the young man’s dark eyes, Bai Xunyin’s fair face slowly turned red. She nodded gently.
*
On New Year’s Eve, Bai Xunyin sat alone on a big tree halfway up the hill in the ancient town. Coincidentally, a shooting star streaked across the sky, and the girl took a photo with her phone and sent it to Yu Luoyin.
It felt like they were watching it together.
Yu Luoyin’s reply came quickly: [Made a wish?]
Turns out he also knew the custom of making a wish when you see a shooting star. Bai Xunyin smiled and replied: [I did.]
The boy asked again: [What did you wish for?]
Bai Xunyin hesitated to say.
I wished… I wished for us to always be together.
It sounded childish and ridiculous to say it out loud, but it was full of dreamy anticipation for the future, which was exactly what Bai Xunyin thought in her heart.
After a while, the girl replied: [I wished for our dreams to come true.]
Let’s hope everyone’s wishes come true.
On the third day of the new year, when they returned to Linlan, Bai Xunyin helped Ji Huiying clean up her home, which had accumulated a layer of fine dust in the past few days, and then they went to the hospital. They had been worried about Bai Hongsheng in the hospital for three or four days.
The man’s physical condition was still stable and calm, with his pale face and closed eyes, motionless and lifeless… but they were used to it long ago.
Watching Ji Huiying gently wipe the man’s hands and face with a gentle smile, Bai Xunyin’s phone in her pocket vibrated.
The girl picked it up and looked down, feeling a little startled.
On the screen was a message from Yu Luoyin, asking: [Are you back? I’m downstairs at your house.]
How did he know where she lived?
Bai Xunyin put away her phone somewhat surprised, said goodbye to Ji Huiying, indicating that she had something to do, and left.
On the way back to Ajun Alley, her heart beat fast.
The girl’s fair and delicate face was slightly reddened by the biting cold wind. Even with a scarf, she couldn’t block it. It wasn’t until she saw Yu Luoyin’s tall figure standing by the tree from afar that her heart seemed to settle down like dust.
The whole person seemed relaxed and lazy, with his head slightly lowered, staring at the soil debris on the ground with boredom, playing with them with the tips of his toes in sneakers.
He heard footsteps in the silent cold air, looked up, and smiled when he saw Bai Xunyin.
“You’re back.”
The hand hanging by Bai Xunyin’s side couldn’t help but shrink back, and she felt her neck wrapped in the scarf become somewhat warm.
Sure enough, it was blushing in a place where no one could see.
“Tsk, it’s freezing.”
Yu Luoyin took a few steps forward with his long legs, walked up to Bai Xunyin, and stretched out his long, slender hand, showing a hint of aggrievedness in his tone.
“Warm it up.”
His fingers were long, his fair skin was red from the cold, his nails were neatly trimmed, showing the firm and broadness of a man, but also a hint of delicacy.
Bai Xunyin’s two ears, whether because of the cold or something else, also turned red.
She remained silent for a while before finally extending the small hand that had been tucked in her coat pocket all this time. It was cute and delicate, gently wrapping around Yu Luoyin’s big hands—there was even a somewhat ridiculous feeling of being ‘exposed to the elements.’
But Yu Luoyin didn’t think so.
He hummed contentedly, “It’s quite warm.”
Indeed, girls are the warmest and cutest creatures in the world.
Bai Xunyin blinked, feeling a bit conflicted for a moment.
She wanted to take out her phone and talk to Yu Luoyin, but her hands were still helping him keep warm… being unable to speak was really troublesome.
Seeing the girl’s annoyance between her delicate brows, Yu Luoyin enjoyed it for a moment before letting go of her soft little hand.
He smiled and asked, “When did you come back?”
Bai Xunyin breathed a sigh of relief—although holding hands with him felt extremely pleasant, it was also really nerve-wracking.
She took out her phone to send him a message: [Just got back this morning.]
“Yeah, the scenery in your hometown is really nice.”
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