Chapter 54
The book in his hand turned into a smiling face, smaller and softer than the book. The chin rested on his palm without any defense. The soft and warm touch began to spread from the skin little by little, like a tiny but not negligible electric current, gathering from the tendons and bones, and finally numbing the heart.
Xie Lingxu's muscles were tense and his whole body was as stiff as a stone statue. He couldn't even hear what she said.
He seemed to be standing on a rope hanging high in the air, with scorching magma below, licked by flames and scorched by heat waves. If he was not careful, he would fall into an irretrievable situation.
At the moment when the rational string in his mind was stretched to the limit, the man in his palm suddenly tilted his head, as if he didn't understand why he had been silent for so long. His pupils, which were so dark that they could drip ink, were reflected in his clear and bright eyes.
Her soft hair brushed against his skin, and in an instant, he completely surrendered, gave up the pointless resistance, and fell into the endless lava.
At this point, trying to escape from your own heart is like covering your ears and stealing the bell.
The strangeness he felt a few days ago now had the best explanation. Even though he had never experienced such uncontrollable emotions before, and even though he knew full well how much grudges and barriers existed between them, he still fell in love with the person in front of him.
Xie Lingxu could clearly hear the sound of his own heart beating.
To others, he was just as calm and composed as ever, seemingly indifferent to the current situation.
Only Xie Lingxu himself knew how many storms and waves his heart had experienced in those few short seconds.
Finally, the wind and waves calmed down, and he looked down at the person in his palm from top to bottom with a completely different look, almost a scrutinizing look.
The blood that had solidified at the fingertips gradually flowed back, and the tip of the thumb slowly touched her cheek.
So what if she is the daughter of the evil sect leader? So what if she is the disciple of the evil cultivator who slaughtered more than a hundred people in his clan? She is not the murderer herself, and that is enough.
That's enough...
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Su Yin blinked in confusion. She seemed to hear Xie Lingxu's almost inaudible sigh.
It also seemed like it was just her illusion. Apart from his thumb touching her face, the man clearly had no other reaction.
So weird.
Not getting any response, Su Yin tried to pull away, but the hand holding her chin suddenly exerted force, trapping her in a small space, making it impossible for her to escape.
Su Yin: “???”
She was a little stunned for a moment.
Xie Lingxu suddenly came back to his senses and quickly released the strength in his hand. "Sorry."
That was the body's reaction that preceded the mind, and the subconscious did not want her to escape.
"It's okay." Su Yin waved her hand generously and raised her chin tentatively. This time there was nothing blocking her, so she stood up and inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
The look in Xie Lingxu's eyes just now reminded her of the look in his eyes when she confronted Xie Lingxu before he was struck by lightning in her previous life. There was a slight difference, but both were extremely aggressive.
If she hadn't become increasingly familiar with the dean over the past few days and hadn't been able to clearly tell the difference between him and that bastard, she would have jumped up long ago.
Before sitting back on the sofa, Su Yin hesitated for a moment, still feeling that his reaction just now was not right, and asked Xie Lingxu with concern: "Are you okay?"
Xie Lingxu let out a faint smile as he picked up the book she had thrown away. His expression remained unchanged as he said, "It's okay."
"Oh." Su Yin didn't doubt it.
When Su Yin and Xie Lingxu were interacting, Gu Cheng's eyes kept moving back and forth between the two of them, and he keenly sensed a hint of something unusual.
This kind of contact and this kind of atmosphere are definitely not the normal distance between a patient and a doctor.
Unlike the group of psychopaths locked up in the sanatorium, he was knowledgeable and experienced, and he almost guessed the relationship between the two at once.
But developing this kind of relationship with a mentally ill patient, especially one that you treat, doesn't that go against medical ethics...?
Gu Cheng thought to himself and did not disturb them.
As for Gu Qian'an and Tian Xiao, they had almost developed an instinct to form a united front and minimize their presence the moment the young sect leader and the dean communicated.
Then, stare with shining eyes.
When Gu Cheng came back to his senses, he saw his girlfriend squatting in the same position as other men.
Even though there was a distance between them, displeasure still appeared on his face.
He quickly hid himself again and gently helped Tian Xiao up. "Why are you squatting, Xiaoxiao?"
Tian Xiao was startled for a moment before she reacted. She lowered her head a little embarrassedly and explained in a low voice, "I'm used to it."
Gu Cheng frowned, "This is not a good habit."
"Ah?" Tian Xiao didn't expect him to say that. She got anxious and grabbed the corner of his clothes. "Then I, I'll change it right away."
Gu Cheng smiled slightly, patted her head as a reward, and said lovingly, "Be good."
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed a fiery gaze.
He turned his head and saw Gu Qian'an with an impatient look on his face.
"Well, have you two agreed on this?" Gu Qian'an rubbed his hands and gave his friend a look as usual.
This was a secret habit developed between him and his friend. Ever since the young sect leader asked them to help come up with a plan to seduce the dean, the two of them had paid special attention to the progress of the love between the young sect leader and the dean. Whenever they encountered a scene like the one just now, they would always review it together in private.
If he hadn't seen Tian Xiao talking about love with Gu Cheng just now, he would have gone up to her and asked her to analyze the scene just now.
Gu Qian'an really couldn't help it. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't share the details of what he had just seen with others. He couldn't say it directly, so he winked at Tian Xiao as if his eyes were twitching.
Gu Cheng put his arm around Tian Xiao's shoulders, blocking them. He pretended not to notice his gesture and asked him kindly, "Is there anything you want to talk to Xiaoxiao about?"
It was difficult for Gu Qianan to answer this question directly, so he could only continue to signal Tian Xiao, "Soulmate, you know what soulmate is!"
Seeing that he was still like this, Gu Cheng took a deep breath and said with a forced smile, "Is there anything that can't be said directly?"
The noise here attracted Su Yin's attention. She leaned on the back of the sofa and asked curiously, "Why can't you just say it directly?"
Gu Cheng: "I also want to know what cannot be said directly."
He held Tian Xiao's hand tightly and asked softly in her ear, "Xiao Xiao, what do you think?"
Tian Xiao's eyes were a little evasive, but she looked at Su Yin, "No, nothing."
"Listen, Xiaoxiao also said it was nothing." Gu Cheng didn't know whether to believe it or not, he just looked up and repeated her words to Gu Qian'an.
"...Okay." Gu Qian'an had to suppress his desire to talk deep in his heart.
Gu Cheng struck while the iron was hot and asked a question that had puzzled him for a long time: "Why are you soulmates?"
"because……"
Gu Qian'an subconsciously glanced at the dean, and intuitively felt that the real reason was not suitable to be revealed now.
He thought for a moment and said solemnly: "Because we hit it off right away!"
"It felt like we had known each other for a long time?" Gu Cheng repeated these four words. After a long moment, he sighed softly, "That's great, Xiaoxiao. I'm so happy that you can meet a good friend here who feels like you've known each other for a long time."
"I want to thank everyone for taking care of Xiaoxiao while I was away."
As he spoke, Gu Cheng bowed solemnly to the three of them.
Tian Xiao clutched the corner of his clothes tightly, tears welling up in her eyes, "Ah Cheng..."
When he bowed, he brought all three of them in.
Gu Qian'an scratched his head. Since the other person had already bowed, he felt like he had to say something.
But he didn't know what to say.
Su Yin reached out and pulled away the bewildered Gu Qian'an, glanced at Tian Xiao who was deeply moved, and then looked straight at Gu Cheng with clear eyes.
"What does taking care of her have to do with you? Her family paid to send her here, so of course they have to take good care of her."
She said as a matter of course: "I got paid for this."
Gu Cheng had never expected her to say that. His face turned pale and blue, and after a long while he managed to squeeze out a sentence, "But you confiscated the money from the Tian family..."
Su Yin smiled, "Then it has nothing to do with you if we take care of her. We don't even know you."
Gu Cheng was choked by her and couldn't speak. His chest heaved violently twice and his face turned from red to black.
Tian Xiao couldn't bear to see her beloved being wronged, "Young Master, the people in the sanatorium took the money but didn't take good care of me!"
Xie Lingxu interrupted the conversation at this time and said indifferently, "That is the Tian family's own doctor. He has nothing to do with the hospital."
"You can't say that to Ah Cheng!" Tian Xiao was heartbroken and tried to comfort her lover.
The atmosphere just stood there.
Gu Cheng calmed down for a while and comforted Tian Xiao, "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Tian Xiao shed a few more tears. She couldn't bear it any longer. She stood in front of Gu Cheng with her frail body and said to the people in the room, "Ah Cheng is the one I love. He treats me well with all his heart. Don't treat him like this. It's very unfair! Can't we all just get along well?"
Su Yin looked at her steadily for a while, shrugged, and said nothing.
Gu Qianan tried to smooth things over without any instruction, "Get along well, get along well."
Tian Xiao wanted to say something else, but Xie Lingxu turned his wrist and glanced at the time on the sofa, then interrupted calmly, "It's already dinner time, patient, it's time to go back and eat."
Gu Cheng's eyes couldn't help but be fixed on the watch on his wrist, a limited edition luxury watch worth millions...
Tian Xiao was still a little afraid of the dean. After he had spoken, she did not dare to stay any longer. She pulled Gu Cheng's sleeve and said, "Acheng, let's go."
Fearing that she would be discovered by the medical staff, she did not dare to go out with Gu Cheng. She could only say goodbye at the door and said a lot of comforting words before leaving. Gu Cheng did not want to continue to be rejected by those people inside, so he waited at the door for three minutes and left.
After they left, the room became quiet.
Gu Qian'an, who was never very smart, saw it all and said, "Young Sect Master, you seem to dislike Gu Cheng very much?"
Su Yin did not deny it, "Is it so obvious?"
"Why?" Although he had asked this question before, Gu Qian couldn't help but ask it again.
This time, Su Yin was silent for a moment before revealing the real reason, "This person always reminds me of an old friend."
She was talking about an old friend, but her eyes were looking at Xie Lingxu.
"Huh?" Gu Qian'an's eyes suddenly widened, and his clever brain turned and he thought of it.
"Is it the same situation as that bastard who looks exactly like the dean? Has the young master ever seen someone who looks exactly like Gu Cheng?!!"
Xie Lingxu paused in turning the page and recalled that among the people he knew, there was no such person.
"No..." Su Yin closed her eyes, "That's another story."
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