Chapter 17: She was moved and couldn't cry. If she cried any more, Qin Yonglian would kiss her...
Qin Yonglian leaned over and gently blew on the wound on the girl's forehead.
Bai Ying felt a gentle spring breeze blowing across her forehead, and those lake-like blue eyes collided straight into hers.
Their eyes met, and the man's gaze gradually fell on her lips.
Her lips were so juicy and gorgeous, like ripe red cherries in summer, bright and gentle, making Qin Yonglian unable to take his eyes off them.
"The corners of my mouth hurt too." The girl tilted her head to look at him, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum, and a barely perceptible nervousness.
The air around seemed to be still for a moment.
"Meow~Meow~"
The kitten's cries were so tender and affectionate, like a pebble thrown into a pond on a moonlit night, breaking the moon in the water, disappearing into the bottom of the pond, and causing ripples on the water's surface.
The tabby cat lay down at the feet of the two men, rolled over, and raised its furry paws to pat Qin Yonglian.
The air began to circulate again, and the clock hands started moving again. Qin Yonglian stood up, withdrew his gaze, and coughed unnaturally.
Bai Ying's mind, which had been blank for a long time, finally started to work, and her inner groundhog screamed: "Ahhhhh! What was I just saying!?"
There was a puffing sound above her head as if smoke was coming out. She wished she could find a hole on the spot, crawl into it and escape immediately.
Noticing that Qin Yonglian was looking at her again, Bai Ying raised her hand to wipe away her tears and yawned insincerely with her hands covering her mouth.
The girl tried her best to keep a straight face and added an explanation, "I didn't sleep all night. I'm very sleepy."
Maybe she cried too hard, and her voice had a soft nasal tone, making her sound like she was acting like a spoiled child.
Qin Yonglian, who has always maintained a calm personality, blushed slightly, and his fair skin, which is unique to Westerners, was particularly noticeable.
Glancing at the clock on the wall, the hour hand had unknowingly pointed to noon. The man said softly, "I'll help you take your suitcase to the second floor. You should have a good rest first."
"Okay, I understand." Bai Ying raised her head and looked at the pair of eyes that were so close to her. There was a tenderness in those eyes that was palpable, making her want to get closer and find out.
Meeting the girl's fiery gaze again, Qin Yonglian paused and added, "I will be working from home today, you don't have to be afraid."
Bai Ying's cheeks flushed, and she replied softly and obediently, "Okay."
*** ***
Returning to her room, she found it had been preserved exactly as Qin Yonglian had said. It was regularly cleaned, spotlessly clean, and the air was filled with a pleasant, light aroma of incense.
Bai Ying calmly and politely said good afternoon to Qin Yonglian.
After closing the door, the girl's back was pressed against the door, and she was finally able to breathe deeply, almost falling to the ground with her legs going weak.
What just happened!!!
She has never been a shy person, and the last time she cried and begged in such a pretentiously acted manner seemed to have happened in kindergarten.
Bai Ying covered her face and screamed silently, "Ahhh! Why did she suddenly become unlike herself?"
He rushed onto the bed, rolled a few times, and then did a set of military boxing at the air. Bai Ying wished he could get on a time machine and go back half an hour.
She would definitely grab the crying girl's shoulders and shake her violently, telling her not to cry, or else Qin Yonglian would kiss her if she continued crying!
Eh!!! Kiss? Qin Yonglian kissed me? Didn’t he kiss me?
Was she waiting for the man to kiss her? Otherwise, why would she feel so lost?
This dangerous thought flashed through Bai Ying's mind. She suddenly felt dazed and stopped moving. All she could hear was the sound of her own heart beating wildly.
She regained consciousness somewhat, and seemed to understand why her heart was so restless today.
Because my heart is moved.
My heart...is moved...
Bai whimpered and shyly buried his face in the soft pillow. Unexpectedly, the wound on his face was touched, and he gasped and jumped up from the pillow like a panicked little squirrel.
With exaggerated movements, he rolled off the bed along with the quilt, and then crawled back up in a panic, holding the quilt.
The girl on the second floor jumped up and down in regret after realizing what had happened. At the same time, the man on the first floor stood in the living room like a wooden man in a daze.
Coffee called out softly a few times. The two-legged animals at home were behaving strangely today. It was so cute, yet no one came to play with it.
The man came to his senses, picked up the kitten, and rested his forehead against the furry little head. Man and cat, touching each other reverently.
This was the first time Qin Yonglian encountered such a situation. His thoughts had never been so confused. His heart was trembling and he couldn't help laughing to himself.
*** ***
In the bathroom of her room, Bai Ying chose the chamomile aromatherapy oil she often used, dripped it on the diffuser stone beside the bathtub, took a hot bath, washed away her fatigue, and had a comfortable sleep.
When she opened her eyes again, the evening breeze blew the curtains, and night had already fallen outside the window. It took her a few seconds to remember that she had returned to her aunt's villa halfway up the mountain.
Qin Yonglian seemed to say that he would stay at home with her all day.
Suddenly thinking of this, Bai Ying couldn't lie down any longer. She jumped up from the bed, put on her coat, didn't even bother to comb her hair, and ran downstairs barefoot in two steps.
Qin Yonglian was busy in the kitchen when he saw the girl with an octopus-like hairstyle running towards him. There was a hint of surprise in her eyes under her long eyelashes. "Awake?"
He changed into a white casual home suit, and his originally angular face looked much softer.
Bai Ying's heart was beating fast, and it seemed that a small bud of joy was breaking out of the ground in her heart: He is still here!
The oven's timer rang, and as if she had suddenly found a way to start a conversation, the girl cleared her throat and asked, "What are we having for dinner tonight?"
"Risotto." Qin Yonglian put down the tweezers and naturally placed his right hand on the edge of the marble countertop.
Risotto is an Italian home-cooked dish, a special rice dish made with broth.
The rice is cooked with broth, wine, olive oil and cream. It tastes soft on the outside and firm on the inside, but because the rice grains have absorbed the essence of the broth, they are extra soft and moist.
Qin Yonglian guessed that Bai Ying's appetite had not recovered yet, so he chose this fragrant and nutritious risotto as the main course for dinner.
The girl took out the hairband from her wrist and tied her long hair loosely into a ponytail. She walked into the kitchen to watch Qin Yonglian cook.
Something on the countertop immediately caught her attention.
In a transparent container, there is a fist-sized red-top mushroom house cake, which looks like a candy house that only appears in the forest in Grimm's fairy tales.
Qin Yonglian was just using tweezers to add cream "moss" to the mushroom house. He molded the cake into a miniature landscape from the animated film "My Neighbor Totoro".
The man saw the question on her mind and smiled, "If you had gotten up 20 minutes later, you would have seen a chinchilla."
Then he added: "Bai Ying, it's okay, don't worry, everything will be fine."
Bai Ying understood what he said. This sentence is a classic line from "My Neighbor Totoro": [It's okay, don't worry, everything will be fine.]
"Leon, thank you." It seemed like she could only say this thank you to him over and over again.
"Drink some ginger soup first to dispel the cold and warm your stomach. Dinner will be served on time in ten minutes." Qin Yonglian scooped a bowl of soup from the pot. The bowl was a white porcelain bowl with a gold-plated edge, and it was the same color as the crystal clear ginger soup.
Bai Ying took a sip, squinted her eyes in satisfaction, and said in surprise, "The ginger soup tastes amazing. What's in it?"
"I added some Delafee chocolate and white sugar syrup." Qin Yonglian smiled and asked, "Do you like it?"
"Yeah!" Bai Ying nodded heavily and found that chopped walnuts and pecans were added to it, making the taste richer.
The girl's mind moved, and she looked at Qin Yonglian and said seriously, "Leon, I will make you a gingerbread man for Christmas next month, okay?"
"good."
"It's a deal then."
"Promise."
*** ***
This attempted assault case did not end there. According to the handling procedure, Bai Ying still needed to report to the community psychological center the next day for psychological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Although Bai Ying received temporary psychological counseling at the police station and she believed that she was mentally strong enough, she was ultimately the victim and party involved in the case.
In order to avoid extreme sequelae in such cases, the police provide relevant post-event psychological counseling.
According to the preliminary assessment of Bai Ying, she needs to receive counseling from a professional psychologist and finally pass the assessment.
Qin Yonglian offered to go with her.
The psychological counseling center is on the 5th floor of a commercial building on Nathan Road in Mong Kok. While Bo Ying was receiving a 50-minute counseling session, Tan Yonglian was talking to Su Jiahao in the lobby waiting area.
When Qin Yonglian heard Bai Ying say on the phone that she was at the police station, he immediately contacted the Qin family’s lawyer and Su Jiahao’s lawyer.
In order not to alert the Qin family, many things were usually entrusted to the Su family's lawyers to help solve them secretly.
This time he brought out the forces of two big lawyers at the same time, which shocked Su Jiahao.
"Yesterday I thought you blew up the bar!" Su Jiahao said, "You didn't reply to my messages, you didn't answer my calls, even Uncle Qin called me."
Qin Yonglian took a deep puff of his cigarette and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Hey, hey! Don't be so formal," Su Jiahao said with a hint of sarcasm. "I didn't say anything good about you. I told Uncle Qin that you weren't the one who committed the crime. I don't know what you were doing with Zhenyan in the presidential suite of the hotel all night. It was just that you happened to pass by the police station and were photographed by the paparazzi."
Qin Yonglian: “…” This is his childhood friend.
The man extinguished his cigarette and exhaled his words of thanks along with a wisp of smoke.
Su Jiahao seemed to sense his junior's thoughts and quickly changed the subject: "How is Bai Ying feeling?"
"It's relatively stable." Qin Yonglian paused, the girl's red, tearful eyes flashing through his mind, and added, "But this isn't a good thing either. She needs an outlet to vent her emotions."
"Aren't you accompanying her for psychological counseling?"
"I wonder how effective it is?" Qin Yonglian looked at the green tree logo of the psychological counseling center on the wall. Next to it were four large characters written in Chinese: [Walking with You]
"Yinn got along very well with Andy and Wei Zai when she was at South Cowes Island last time. She also likes coffee. It's obvious that she is a girl who likes animals," Su Jiahao analyzed.
Qin Yonglian was silent on the other end of the phone:???
The relationship between an older single mother and a straight man really makes my brothers worry.
Su Jiahao offered advice and detailed suggestions: "Since Bai Ying likes animals and enjoys delicious food, taking her to a cafe with cat and dog themes is a sure thing. The healing power of small animals is beyond your imagination."
Qin Yonglian took notes carefully, deep in thought.
*** ***
Bai Ying finished the psychological counseling course on time. The girl still had scars on her face and was wearing a mask, revealing only a pair of clear almond eyes.
As soon as she saw Qin Yonglian, she smiled.
Qin Yonglian asked, "There's a famous cat cafe nearby. Let's go have a cup of coffee before going back, okay?"
Thinking of Su Jiahao's strong recommendation on the phone, he added: "It's very cute. I go there often."
"Really? Great! I really want to go!"
The two walked, turned a few corners, and came to the second floor of a small European-style building.
Bai Ying rubbed her eyes, looked at the cafe sign carefully, and then turned to look at Qin Yonglian.
The man's expression was serious, but the tips of his ears were red.
"Leon, do you often come here to drink coffee?" Bai Ying asked in confusion.
Qin Yonglian was thinking that if possible, he would immediately tie Su Jiahao to a rocket, ignite the device, and let him fly into outer space, as far as he could!
The door of the French classical style cafe was pushed open, and a girl dressed in a cat-ear uniform came out to greet customers with a smile, and said gently in Japanese:
"Master, good afternoon! Welcome back to the maid cafe."
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Qin Yonglian: Su Jiahao, come out, I promise I will beat you severely.
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【Notes】
① Qin Yonglian and Zhenyan live in the same room. For detailed reasons, please refer to Chapter 9 of "I, a Socially Anxious Person, Finally Fall in Love".
Even if you haven't watched it, it won't affect your understanding of the plot. It's basically about Zhenyan giving his room to his future wife.
Qin Yonglian: It's just a matter of talking nonsense. Some people just give up a room and offer flowers to Buddha, and then they get a wife back.
Zhen Yan: ...
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