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Incurable Pain | Chapter 49.1
What’s going on?
Wasn’t Yu Luoyin about to get engaged?
Why did Yu Shitian introduce him to herself as a blind date partner now?
A bunch of question marks swelled up in Bai Xunyin’s mind, but unfortunately, after briefly playing the role of a ‘matchmaker’ for the two, Yu Shitian couldn’t wait to leave, leaving Bai Xunyin with no chance to ask.
She could only sit across from Yu Luoyin, feeling a bit awkward, and say, “What a coincidence.”
“Not really.”
Yu Luoyin’s slender fingers skillfully opened the oysters on the table, calmly saying, “I wanted to meet you, so I deliberately induced that idiot to arrange this dinner.”
…
Indeed, this was Yu Luoyin’s style, but now he was more upfront about his methods.
At this point, Bai Xunyin finally realized her previous misunderstanding. When Yu Shitian mentioned her brother who was supposedly getting engaged, it must have been her other brother who had attended her birthday party before, while she had only noticed Yu Luoyin.
But there was no need to declare this subtle misunderstanding she had imagined.
Bai Xunyin just felt a lot calmer, at least not having to face Yu Luoyin with a feeling of suffocation every time. She looked at the man who seemed to have been starving all day and couldn’t stop eating.
“How did you induce Shitian?”
From past to present, it seemed that Yu Luoyin had never encountered ‘failure.’ Bai Xunyin really wanted to know how he was accustomed to manipulating people around him.
“Well, it’s simple.”
The man wiped his slender fingertips with a tissue, looking at her with a playful smile.
“She likes to meddle and worries about me. I just need to hint that I want a girlfriend.”
As for Yu Shitian, who liked to play matchmaker, she naturally wouldn’t miss the opportunity to show off in front of him.
Bai Xunyin was silent for a moment before asking, “How did you know it would be me?”
“Because I showed interest in you in front of her, so she would only introduce you to me.”
Yu Luoyin emphasized the word ‘interest,’ casting a glance at her with his black eyes, the smile on his lips somewhat playful.
“But I’m curious, I came on this blind date to see you, what about you?”
…
“Let me think.”
Yu Luoyin interlaced his slender fingers, a barely noticeable cold light flashing in his eyes.
“Are you short of men?”
Bai Xunyin didn’t say anything. After a while, she raised her head to look at him, her tea-colored eyes calm and unruffled.
“Yu Luoyin, whether I’m short of men or not, don’t you know?”
What was the meaning of what he said?
Bai Xunyin didn’t like to pretend, preferring to confront things directly.
Yu Luoyin’s expression stiffened for a moment, the playful smile on his lips gradually fading.
“Since you can deliberately induce Shitian to arrange a date with me, you can also inquire about other things from her.”
Bai Xunyin picked up the glass of ice water on the table, her breath frosty as she spoke.
She somewhat mockingly asked, “Don’t you know about me?”
She should have realized what kind of person Yu Luoyin was—because she knew him too well.
“You’re right.”
Yu Luoyin let out a sigh of relief, admitting without shame, “I know you don’t have a boyfriend, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have this need now.”
What really made him angry was Bai Xunyin’s decision to come on this ‘date’ today.
Sometimes Yu Luoyin felt unreasonable. Clearly, he had deliberately induced Yu Shitian to help him arrange a date, to act as a matchmaker, shamelessly using his clueless little sister…
But when Bai Xunyin ‘as he wished’ really came for a ‘blind date,’ Yu Luoyin was still angry.
He was genuinely angry, uncomfortable, especially when Bai Xunyin dressed up so beautifully today, even putting on makeup.
Yu Luoyin knew she never wore makeup.
Did this mean she attached great importance to this blind date?
Bai Xunyin looked at Yu Luoyin’s changing expression, her slender fingers unconsciously tightening around the glass.
She asked helplessly, “Yu Luoyin, what exactly do you want?”
Yes, what did he want?
Even Yu Luoyin himself didn’t know what kind of answer he wanted.
He only knew that as soon as he saw Bai Xunyin, he couldn’t help but act recklessly to pursue her.
“Bai Xunyin, don’t go on blind dates blindly.”
Finally, he gently spoke, pushing the well-cut steak in front of her like a gentleman. Yu Luoyin’s eyes showed no emotion, as if he were just recounting a matter, or perhaps, he was making a suggestion—
“If you want a boyfriend, consider me.”
This was the third time they had met since she returned to Linlan. The first two times, Yu Luoyin was as cold as ice, as if he didn’t know her at all.
This time…what’s with his request for a ‘relationship’ that seemed almost abrupt?
Bai Xunyin couldn’t help but feel astonished. She hadn’t even eaten, and after a moment of silence, she hastily grabbed her bag and left.
On the way back, she could clearly hear the frantic beating of her heart, thumping.
Perhaps six years could really change a person to a great extent. Even though at first glance, there seemed to be no change in appearance or temperament, only through close conversation and contact could one detect clues.
Bai Xunyin clearly noticed that Yu Luoyin was more dominant and profound than he was six years ago. A guy who was already good at ‘manipulation’ now seemed even more straightforward and unreserved…
When he stared directly at her and said ‘consider me,’ Bai Xunyin couldn’t help but shamefully admit that there was a feeling of being struck in a certain part of her heart.
That might be more akin to pure ‘appreciation’—appreciation for a charismatic man who almost forcefully ‘confessed’ to her.
Her mind was in chaos. When she got home, she happened to see Ah Mo, who had already finished work and was applying a face mask.
Bai Xunyin felt as if she had seen a savior. With a heart weighed down by a bunch of things, she hesitated for a moment before telling Ah Mo about what had happened these past two days.
She hadn’t mentioned meeting Yu Luoyin at the birthday banquet before because subconsciously, Bai Xunyin thought Yu Luoyin was about to get engaged, and their lives wouldn’t intersect anymore, so there was simply no need to mention it.
But after tonight’s ‘banquet,’ Bai Xunyin understood that avoiding any intersection with Yu Luoyin was definitely not a simple matter.
As Ah Mo listened to her account, her eyes widened more and more, until she finally tore off the face mask, and her facial muscles seemed to be trembling with excitement—
“What? You met Yu Luoyin? And you said Yu Luoyin is the brother of that very close junior you had at the university? You met him at your birthday banquet after you came back, right? And today, he intentionally set up a blind date to be in a relationship with you?!”
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