Chapter 16
At the moment of signing the surgery confirmation form, Yun Lin'ai clearly had a better way to deal with it. He could also ask someone else to sign on his behalf, but when he saw Shi Yu's painful and fragile expression, he just hoped that the other party could receive treatment quickly, and his mind was full of the words Shi Yu had said.
So he really wanted to ask Shi Yu why his freedom was restricted. Was it forced or... voluntary?
Yun Lin'ai didn't dare to guess, nor did he dare to really ask. When it came to expressing emotions, he was the most timid one. His mentality was too distorted. His father had said when he was training him that someone as weird as him would suffer in the future, and Yun Lin'ai himself felt the same way.
It was unknown how long it took before the lights in the operating room dimmed. Yun Lin'ai then noticed that the moon was hanging high in the sky outside the window. Light snow had begun to fall in the southern region. The cold wind blew in through the gaps in the window, making people's necks stiff from the cold.
Yun Lin'ai slowly stood up and stared at the gurney being pushed out. He felt as if the four wheels were too dull, so he took a few steps forward. Before Qin Yue could say anything, his brows furrowed, "It's time to replace the hospital's wheels."
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Qin Yue had long been accustomed to his neurotic remarks. Maintaining his professional identity as a doctor, he said to Yun Linai, "The operation went smoothly. Although your body will be a little weak in the early stages, at least this will help your glands return to normal."
"By the way, I think it's necessary to remind you."
Yun Linai raised his eyes, and Qin Yue paused: "His fever period will soon come. You two are so compatible, be careful not to be influenced by him."
Once a pheromone disorder strikes, it can be very troublesome. Even if Yun Lin'ai takes her medicine on time every day, she will still be affected by Shi Yu's pheromones. Yun Lin'ai showed no expression, only lowered her eyes and said, "I understand."
The corridor was eerily quiet for a moment, with only the dull sound of the nurse pushing the wheel. Yun Lin'ai didn't notice when Lu Yichuang and Jiang Kuo left. He returned to the single room assigned to Shi Yu, sat by the bed without feeling sleepy, and looked at him quietly and calmly.
Shi Yu was lying on his side due to glandular surgery, with half of his face hidden under the quilt, revealing only his soft brow and tightly closed eyes. Steady breathing sounds came from the ward. Yun Linai silently reached out and pulled down a corner of the quilt, pulling it to under his nose before relaxing and leaning back in the chair.
Yun Linai closed his eyes and rested for a while. Before long, he caught a slight sound by his ear. If it weren't for his shallow sleep, he wouldn't have heard the faint sound made by Shi Yu. He bent down and spoke slowly with some helplessness: "What's wrong?"
"pain......"
Shi Yu's anesthetic gradually wore off, and he felt waves of pain in the gland that had just undergone surgery. Even though he was still asleep, he tried hard to suppress his groans of pain, but his brows were tightly furrowed.
Yun Lin'ai pressed the call bell, and while waiting for the doctor to arrive, he avoided the human glands and picked up Shi Yu sideways, protecting his shaking head with one hand and wrapping his other arm around his lower back with neither too much nor too little strength.
But Shi Yu seemed to be in great pain. He grabbed Yun Lin'ai's clothes with both hands, his body trembled slightly, and he kept muttering that it hurt.
An Omega's sense of pain is stronger than any other gender and is the most unbearable, but Shi Yu always seems to be able to endure it. Even when his hand was scratched by glass shards, he never complained about the pain.
This time, perhaps in a dream, I can finally allow myself to indulge myself for a while and no longer have to be so cautious.
So even though he moved around in his arms, Yun Lin'ai didn't get angry with him. He just patted his back gently, his eyes lowered, completely devoid of the coldness he had shown in the Alliance. He waited until the doctor came to re-inject the anesthetic and Shi Yu fell asleep in his arms before he stopped lifting his aching wrist.
The temperature difference caused by the light snow in the middle of the night was quite large. The moon was hidden in the dark clouds, sometimes bright and sometimes dim. I don’t know when the snowflakes began to become sparse. The atmosphere was surprisingly quiet. The sparse sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves and shone into the slightly stuffy house, casting a golden glow.
Shi Yu slept soundly during this rare night. The anesthetic seemed to last for a long time, and he still had no pain in his glands. He seemed to have completely forgotten whether he had woken up during the night, until he woke up and saw a figure sitting upright beside the bed.
Yun Lin'ai had his eyes closed, but he could feel the gaze on him, so before opening his eyes, he asked with a slightly tired voice, "Are you awake?"
Shi Yu felt a little cold, and huddled in the quilt, moving his body sideways for a long time: "Um... have you been here all the time?"
Yun Linai denied it: "No."
He also didn't mention the scene last night when the anesthetic wore off and the other person was shaking in pain in his arms.
So Shi Yu thought that the other party had just come in the morning, and his eyes were staring at a point in the air, not daring to look at him.
"Are you hungry?"
"What?" Yun Lin'ai, who had been somewhat distracted, repeated it a second time before Shi Yu heard, "Not bad."
Yun Lin'ai remained noncommittal about his always pertinent answer. He stood up and hesitated for a moment, then said as if nothing had happened: "Wait."
Shi Yu didn't know where the other person was going, but Aunt Wang came over, carrying two lunch buckets.
"Your body is in bad shape after the operation and you need to replenish your body. You have lost weight again after more than half a month." When Aunt Wang saw Shi Yu, she felt like seeing her own child. She felt so distressed that she helped Shi Yu sit up and poured him a bowl of soup.
"Thank you, Auntie."
Shi Yu actually had no appetite, especially during the days of surgery. His glands would hurt from time to time, and the worst pain was always in the middle of the night. But he could feel someone holding him, but whenever he wanted to see who it was, the warm embrace and the troubled dreams would make him completely indulge, unable to extricate himself.
During the days in the hospital, Shi Yu rarely saw Yun Lin'ai. The wound on the gland gradually began to scab over, and the doctor only saw a little trace when he came to apply medicine. Qin Yue told him that he could walk more these days and he would be discharged soon.
At the end of the inpatient corridor, Qin Yue walked into another ward and looked at the person on the bed, shaking his head. "I told you not to get too close to him, otherwise it will be difficult for your susceptible period to stabilize."
Yun Linai said with an unapproachable aloofness: "I know my limits."
Qin Yue didn't know where he got the measure of his temper from. He only knew that he had sneaked out many times in the past few nights and harassed people in other people's wards. After harassing them a few times, his wounds split open again. Qin Yue could only follow behind him and apply medicine to him.
With all these operations, it would be strange if the susceptible period is not advanced.
Qin Yue emphasized to him again that people with pheromone disorders will have particularly strong attacks during their susceptible period. Not only will they lose their rationality, but their waking time will also be much shorter than that of ordinary people. Their pheromones are also most likely to get out of control. Only daily medication can stabilize their condition somewhat. However, if people with a high degree of matching are thoroughly marked, there may be some improvement.
Shi Yu's pheromones are obviously beneficial to him, but if the marking is not completed, it will also be a trigger for Yun Lin'ai to enter the susceptible period prematurely.
Only Shi Yu didn't know all this, but Yun Lin'ai knew it very well.
"Since you know that, you should stay away from him instead of running to sit in someone else's ward in the middle of the night without caring about your injuries. In the end, you were affected by pheromones and didn't even care about your life." Qin Yue exposed him mercilessly.
Yun Lin'ai remained silent, but he seemed to have listened. He really did not go to Shi Yu's ward again in the next few days. During the day, he just took a look outside and went back. Later, he returned to the Alliance Building for business.
But just as he arrived at his office, a cold and authoritative voice appeared behind him: "For an Omega, I don't know where your mind has wandered."
Yun Lin'ai didn't turn around, and said calmly, "Aren't you also thinking about Omega?"
Yun Che knew he was referring to the Omegas in the research institute. He couldn't help but say in a deep voice, "They all signed voluntary agreements."
Yunlin chuckled. "What a wonderful thing! They lure them into voluntary work, then force them onto the operating table. After the research is done, it's like abandoning a dog. Some people develop immune rejection reactions, their glands become infected, and the virus spreads. How could those people not realize that freedom actually means death?"
Yun Che didn't react to his words. Instead, he walked closer and looked at the face that looked somewhat like his own. "So you want to report me? Don't forget, half of the members of the Alliance personally review and approve all cases."
What this means is that there are too many termites and Yunlin Aiqing cannot clear them all out. If you try to eradicate them completely, you will get into trouble.
Yun Linai felt disgusted by that expression, and his right leg ached slightly from the memory. He said expressionlessly, "Then I'll clear it slowly."
Yun Che raised the corner of his mouth, "Then we'll wait and see."
"You didn't mark that Omega, right? I saw the results from the hospital. I didn't expect that you really liked him." Yun Che narrowed his eyes and looked at Yun Lin'ai with scrutiny.
"It seems you've forgotten everything I taught you before."
Once a person has something important, it is equivalent to having a weak point, so he should throw it away before it loses its value. This is what Yun Che told him. Yun Lin'ai will always remember it, and also remember that he abandoned his mother in that way.
So when Yun Lin'ai had a weak spot, he didn't know how to deal with it. He could only keep the person by his side and protect them from a distance based on his instinct. Even if he wanted to ask for something from the other person, he didn't dare to dream about it, because once he thought about it, the psychological defense line would completely collapse.
Yun Lin'ai parted ways with his father again on bad terms. He returned to the hospital and passed by Shi Yu's ward on the way. Unexpectedly, the person inside was not there.
"Where are the people?"
Yun Linai's face was gloomy, and even Aunt Wang was stunned when she saw it: "Xiao Lu took him out, and the doctor also said he can walk."
Yun Lin'ai pursed his lips, turned around and left, intending to catch the person back, but at this moment he saw Shi Yu outside the door.
When the other party saw his expression, he stood there, somewhat afraid to go over. However, Yun Lin'ai's brows relaxed, and the haze covering his face was immediately swept away. He asked casually, "Where did you go?"
Shi Yu answered hesitantly, "Lu Yichuan asked me to accompany him to pick out a gift for Dr. Jiang."
Later he asked him carefully, "Are you angry?"
Yun Lin'ai's eyes flashed: "No."
He noticed that Shi Yu was also holding a bag, and asked him hesitantly, "What's in your hand?"
Shi Yu only then remembered the paper bag in his hand. He paused, walked to Yun Linai, and handed the bag to him: "I bought this for you."
Yun Lin'ai seemed not to have heard clearly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "What did you say?"
Shi Yu repeated it again, and Yun Lin'ai finally heard it clearly. His heart skipped a beat, and his Adam's apple slid up and down, as if he smelled the snow lotus pheromones on the other person again.
Yun Linai took the heavy bag and finally found his voice: "Where did you get the money to buy this?"
Shi Yu touched his neck out of habit: "I exchanged the small gold beans for some money."
Yun Lin'ai only then noticed that the red line on his neck was now empty, and his voice suddenly became hoarse: "Is it worth it?"
Shi Yu looked up. Yun Lin'ai was half a head taller than him, so he could only look up. When their eyes met, he nodded and said, "This is your return gift for inviting me to the aquarium."
His heart was filled with cotton and was about to burst. A strange emotion surged in Yun Lin'ai's eyes, like magma, as if he was about to lose control in the next second.
He was the first to look away, lowered his head and opened the hot paper bag, revealing the transparent box inside. Yun Lin'ai paused when he saw it.
It was a very ordinary night light, but it was the first time he saw a light bulb in the shape of a heart. At this time, it was lying quietly on the base because the light was not on.
Shi Yu was worried that the other party would not like this gift, but then he heard Yun Linai ask him: "Why don't you borrow from Lu Yichuan? He is so rich."
Shi Yu couldn't explain why, or perhaps he didn't know why either. Lu Yichuang had clearly said that he could lend him money, but he refused. Instead, he exchanged the gold beans he had worn for a long time for money to buy this night light and gave it to Yun Lin'ai.
"I want to buy it for you with my own money." Shi Yu said stubbornly.
It’s a bit silly, Yun Linai thought.
Later, he returned to his villa and placed the night light that Shi Yu had bought with the most valuable thing on his body on the head of his bed. He turned on the night light, and the heart slowly floated up from the base, lighting up a dim light.
A long time later, Yun Lin'ai discovered that the night light had two modes while fiddling with it. In the steady mode, the light was slightly softer, and his heart beat slowly.
Yun Lin'ai pressed another button, and the light bulb began to float slowly, simulating the beating of a heart. The tungsten filament hidden inside also moved continuously, following the shape of an electrocardiogram.
For some unknown reason, Yun Lin'ai turned it to heart-beating mode.
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I won’t tell you who is the one who made my heart flutter.
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