Chapter 75 I'll Ruin You!
The aches and pains in his body made Ji Tong's sleep restless. Every time he turned over, he would let out a soft groan. Then Gu Lin's voice came and asked him where he felt uncomfortable.
Ji Tong answered honestly, sometimes talking about the waist, sometimes about the hands, and Gu Lin's palm would press against hers.
Once or twice, Ji Tong assumed it was just the noise he made when he turned over disturbing him, so he stopped groaning. If he was really uncomfortable, he would just bite his tongue to stop talking until his mouth was gently pried open by a finger.
"What are you biting?"
Ji Tong finally realized that Gu Lin wasn't disturbed by her at all; he hadn't been sleeping at all, and probably hadn't even closed his eyes.
"What time is it?" Ji Tong asked again, still sleepy.
“Four-thirty,” Gu Lin answered casually, his mind seemingly focused on Ji Tong’s lips, “Open them a little wider.”
Gu Lin frowned as he checked Ji Tong's mouth for any sores, and Ji Tong frowned in return.
He could feel the light outside the window even with his eyes closed; it was still 4:30.
“It’s not broken,” Ji Tong wanted to kick him, but she couldn’t lift her leg. “You’re so annoying, are you going to sleep or not?”
Because her chin was still in Gu Lin's palm, and her cheeks and lower lip were being pinched and supported by Gu Lin's fingers, Ji Tong's pronunciation was distorted. The three words "You're so annoying" didn't sound like she was angry; they sounded sticky and slurred.
After confirming that there was no cut in Ji Tong's mouth, Gu Lin released his grip: "Wait."
Ji Tong: "Waiting for what?"
Gu Lin moved his hand from Ji Tong's chin to her lower abdomen, his voice calm: "Not wearing it can easily cause a fever."
"..."
Even though Ji Tong was already exhausted and his body felt as heavy as a sinking log, he couldn't help but say, "...It's not burning."
"What did you promise before I came back?" Ji Tong knew that Gu Lin hadn't been sleeping well lately, and the mention of this made him feel uneasy. "'Get some sleep'."
"You've already forgotten about it, haven't you?"
"I brought all your medical records back; they're in my suitcase. Do you want me to take them out and show them to you now?"
Ji Tong didn't want to cause any more trouble, so she simply raised her hand and covered Gu Lin's eyes, issuing an ultimatum: "Go to sleep."
There was no reply from Gu Lin.
Ji Tong: "Speak."
"Okay, I'm going to sleep."
Ji Tong propped herself up, feeling Gu Lin's breathing to make sure he was sleeping well, and finally fell asleep peacefully.
Half an hour later, Ji Tong's breathing became completely long and even.
Gu Lin opened his eyes.
There was an ear thermometer on the bedside table; Gu Lin had taken it when he carried the person to the guest room.
Gu Lin turned around, picked up the ear thermometer, and took the temperature three times.
Even though he was cleaned very thoroughly and medication was applied, Gu Lin was still worried that he might have a fever, but thankfully his temperature was normal.
After taking the temperature, Gu Lin didn't put the ear thermometer back on the bedside table, but placed it directly next to his pillow. He lowered his head again. He didn't sleep or do anything else, but just carefully gazed at the person in his arms in the dim light of the day.
After an unknown amount of time, Ji Tong, perhaps feeling stuffy in his sleep, lifted a corner of the blanket and unconsciously murmured, "Hot." He turned over, about to move away from the warm spot, but before he could fully turn over, an arm pulled him back to his original position.
"Don't hug me, it's hot," Ji Tong mumbled as if in a daze.
Gu Lin took the remote control and turned down the air conditioning in the room by a few degrees, his hand still around Ji Tong's waist: "It's not hot anymore."
The temperature in the guest room slowly dropped.
Ji Tong also quieted down again.
After the stuffy heat subsided, my body temperature adjusted and I felt a slight coolness.
The coolness drew Ji Tong closer to the heat source in front of her.
Gu Lin wrapped his arm around his waist, pulling him completely into his embrace.
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When Ji Tong opened his eyes again, the sun was already high in the sky.
The light stung her eyes, causing a glare in her pupils. In the two seconds it took to close her eyes and block out the light, Ji Tong instinctively wanted to call out "Gu Lin," but then her waist tightened, and she belatedly realized that she was being held.
He squinted, waiting for his eyes to fully adjust before opening them.
Gu Lin was still asleep.
Hanging on the wall was a cartoon alarm clock with traffic lights that Ji Tong had just bought some time ago. He glanced at it and saw it was 11:05.
Ji Tong was very thirsty, but didn't want to disturb Gu Lin, so she carefully moved his hand. As soon as she moved, Gu Lin woke up.
"..."
"What's wrong?" Gu Lin rubbed Ji Tong's nape, then quickly put his hand back on his waist.
"I'm thirsty, I want to drink water."
Now that he was awake, Ji Tong didn't say much, and patted Gu Lin's hand that was around his waist: "Take it away."
As she spoke, Ji Tong was about to get up: "Do you need water? I'll get it..."
Ji Tong froze.
When lying down, the body is largely unconscious, but the mere act of getting up awakens the brain, triggering the reception of sensory signals from the entire body.
The soreness came on instantly, even worse than last night.
Ji Tong remained seated sideways, as if frozen in place by something, not moving an inch.
"Gu Lin," Ji Tong called out softly.
Behind me: "Hmm?"
Ji Tong said expressionlessly, "You're so annoying."
The abrupt and seemingly random sentence elicited a soft chuckle from Gu Lin, who then stood up knowingly, put his arm around the man's waist, and pulled him against him: "Where should I rub it?"
Ji Tong took his hand and placed it on her thigh.
Gu Lin used very little force, but was still scolded.
Are you scratching an itch?
Gu Lin increased the force.
After massaging up and down for more than twenty minutes, Gu Lin carried the person towards the bathroom.
The master bedroom was still messy and untidy, while the living room and bathroom were shared by two people.
The bathroom sink in the living room was at a normal height. Gu Lin wanted to lift him up, but Ji Tong wouldn't let him. Once inside the bathroom, he swung his leg to indicate that he wanted to get down.
The two stood at the counter washing up, one after the other. When Ji Tong was putting down his toothbrush cup, his face was suddenly turned around and he was kissed, causing him to lose his grip on the cup, which fell to the ground and splashed water all over his pants.
Gu Lin received his first beating of the day.
"Change into something else." After being stepped on, Gu Lin lowered his head and kissed him.
There wasn't much water in the cup, and the trouser legs weren't too wet, just a little damp. Ji Tong thought about the messy pile of things in the master bedroom, the sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and the pajamas from last night that needed washing.
"Never mind, this is the only pair of pajama pants I'll have."
Gu Lin squatted down and grabbed a handful of his trouser leg.
It's just a little damp.
Gu Lin got up again, took a bath towel and placed it on the side of the sink, picked up Ji Tong, took off the wet cotton slippers and put them outside the bathroom. Afraid that the wet cloth would be uncomfortable against his calves, he quickly rolled up Ji Tong's trouser legs.
"Sit down for a moment, I'll go get the hairdryer."
The hairdryer is in the master bathroom.
Ji Tong replied, "Yes."
While Ji Tong was idly arranging the gourd ornaments on the shelf, a sharp and urgent bell sound suddenly rang in his ears.
It came from the entrance hall.
It sounded like... a brass doorbell?
Didn't you go to get the hairdryer? Why did you take it to the entryway? Ji Tong wondered.
"Gu..."
Before Ji Tong could even finish saying "Lin," another voice suddenly rang out in the living room: "Brother Lin!"
Ji Tong thought he was hallucinating.
A Yuan?
Then that loud, megaphone-like voice blared again: "Brother Lin! Are you home?"
Ji Tong: "?"
Ji Tong didn't care about his trouser legs or slippers anymore. He stepped barefoot off the sink, and because he was in such a hurry, he pulled his groin. He gritted his teeth in pain before running out of the bathroom.
"Oh no, it seems he really isn't here. What time is it in Germany? Is it daylight yet? Can I call my uncle?"
Ji Tong ran out barefoot: "What call are you making?"
Li Yuan: "Brother Lin is missing—"
Wait, whose voice is that?
Standing in the living room, Li Yuan turned around, his eyes widening even more than the brass bells at the entrance: "Tong-tong-tong?"
Cui Mingying and Zhou Tian, who had just changed into slippers and run in, also stopped in their tracks.
The two exclaimed in unison, "Tongtong?"
Li Yuan could barely speak: "When did you get back?"
"The plane arrived in the early hours of yesterday morning," Ji Tong said casually, then immediately asked, "What's missing?"
Instead of answering, Li Yuan asked, "Where's Brother Lin?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lin, holding a hairdryer, walked out of the master bedroom.
Gu Lin didn't seem too surprised to see them. He simply closed the master bedroom door, turned the key, locked it, and said, "Why did you come over?" He then pulled Ji Tong towards the living room.
Li Yuan held his head in his hands, then put it down, looking utterly devastated.
"Damn, were you two trying to scare us to death?"
Li Yuan still feels like he's dreaming when he recalls what happened that morning.
There was only one long class in the morning, and it was the second period. I talked to Ji Tong and learned that the two of them had made up. Lin Ge has been going to class and eating on time these past two days. They didn't contact each other this morning.
As soon as they got to the classroom, the class monitor received a call from the counselor. After finishing the call, she went over to Li Yuan and the others and said, "Why is Lin Ge also asking for leave, and for two days in a row? Counting the weekend, that's at least four days. What's going on? Is he going abroad too?"
Li Yuan and his two companions were stunned on the spot.
Cui Mingying immediately took out her phone and made five calls, but no one answered.
He had a bad feeling and was really worried. Even though it was already past midnight in Germany, after much hesitation, he still called Ji Tong.
It's better not to dial, because once you do, the phone is off.
Li Yuanxin felt a chill run down her spine; the events of two days prior were still vivid in her mind.
“Tongtong said before that she wouldn’t turn off her phone,” Zhou Tian said.
If it were just Gu Lin who couldn't be contacted, Li Yuan would still have a glimmer of hope, but now Ji Tong's phone is switched off.
Zhou Tian: "...Brother Lin didn't run off to Germany too, did he?"
"Damn, no way, Tongtong even told us to keep an eye on Brother Lin!" Li Yuan's brows were so furrowed they could trap a fly.
Only Cui Mingying remained calm: "Maybe in the apartment."
Li Yuan quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, probably in the apartment."
The three of them were thinking this way, and originally planned to go to the apartment after class, but they couldn't resist and only stayed for a short while and then ran out early after presenting their group PPT.
In just over ten minutes, Li Yuan rode a bicycle so fast that the wheels almost caught fire, and Cui Mingying and Zhou Tian still couldn't catch up.
Having learned from his previous experience, Li Yuan didn't knock this time. He entered the password and broke in, shouting "Brother Lin" as soon as he opened his mouth, until Ji Tong came out.
"Tongtong, you came back last night, so why is your phone still off?"
"My phone was knocked off when I left the airport, and it's broken."
"What about Lin Ge? The counselor said she called him twice this morning, but he didn't answer. She sent him a text message, which was sent at exactly 9:00. It was obviously timed."
Ji Tong didn't know this. Gu Lin led him to sit down on the sofa and asked, "Where's your phone?"
Gu Lin plugged the hairdryer into the hidden power strip on the coffee table and said, "It's probably in the master bedroom."
Li Yuan was utterly speechless: "My goodness, in modern society, who doesn't look for their phone all morning? What are you guys so busy with? So busy you don't even have time to answer a call—"
All of Li Yuan's words vanished the moment he saw Ji Tong rest her calf on Gu Lin's lap.
His mind went through a whirlwind.
Hold.
What are those patches on Tongtong's calves?
At the same time, it was clear that Li Yuan was not the only one who saw it; Cui Mingying and Zhou Tian behind him also had their souls leave their bodies.
Gu Linwei tilted his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over Li Yuan and the others indifferently. He only glanced at them before looking away, calmly rolling down Ji Tong's rolled-up trouser legs to cover the dense hickeys on them, and then turned on the hairdryer to dry the damp trouser legs.
Only Ji Tong didn't notice the strange atmosphere and didn't pay any attention to the two's current actions. He and Gu Lin had been like this since high school. Let alone putting their legs together or blowing on each other's trouser legs, it was common for them to actually hug each other face to face.
Li Yuan and his friends were already immune to this. They could even jump out and say, "This is nothing," when others doubted whether he and Gu Lin were a couple.
Moreover, since they already know they're dating, there's even less reason to hide it.
After apologizing to Li Yuan and the others, Ji Tong patted the sofa next to him and waited for his trouser legs to dry before speaking to them: "Have you not had lunch yet? Sit down for a bit, I'll order some of Guanlong's private dishes later."
silence.
Only silence.
Endless silence.
Ji Tong asked in confusion, "What are you all doing standing there...?"
“I suddenly remembered that the blankets in the dorm haven’t been made yet,” Zhou Tian, who was closest to the door, spoke up first. “I’m not going to eat at Tongtong Guanlong’s private kitchen. I’ll go back and make them.”
Ji Tong watched Zhou Tian run away: "?"
“…I don’t think I’ve folded any either,” Cui Mingying said as she backed away. “Tongtong, I’m not eating either, I’ll go back and fold some too.”
Ji Tong: "??"
In just a few seconds, only Li Yuan and the two of them remained in the room.
Ji Tong looked at Li Yuan, completely bewildered: "Are you going back to fold your blankets too?"
Li Yuan: "&%￥#@"
“…No, I folded it,” Li Yuan swallowed, “but…the almanac says it’s not a good day for me to eat.”
"Tongtong, you and Lin Ge eat. I'm going back now." After saying this last sentence, Li Yuan practically ran out of the apartment, not even having time to change his shoes, and ran out in his slippers.
Ji Tong: "???"
What's wrong?
Ji Tong was puzzled all afternoon until he finished dinner and was about to take a shower when he took off his pants in the bedroom.
Because her lower back and legs were sore, Ji Tong, who hadn't bent over or lifted her legs much all day, only saw the terrible state of her calves when she took off her pants.
His skin was fair, making those marks particularly noticeable.
Ji Tong's vision went black, and he stood there for a while, clutching his pants and leaning against the wall, until Gu Lin came in.
Looking at Gu Lin, Ji Tong wasn't thinking about "A Yuan and the others seeing it," nor was she thinking about "didn't we agree last night not to do it where people would see it?" Instead, she was thinking about—
"Take off your clothes." Ji Tong stepped forward and used both hands to strip Gu Lin of his pajamas, leaving him only in his trousers.
Gu Lin didn't ask anything, he just spread his hands out, looking nonchalant and as if to say "do whatever you want".
Ji Tong casually tossed Gu Lin's pajamas onto the foot of the bed and glanced around.
Sure enough, he was the only one left with traces of his debauchery.
Apart from a few teeth marks on his shoulder that had mostly faded, Gu Lin only had two very faint scratch marks on his back.
Ji Tong closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, raised her hand, and pushed Gu Lin backward against his shoulder.
Gu Lin leaned back on the bed and wrapped one arm around Ji Tong's waist.
"What are you doing?" he asked calmly.
Ji Tong found the tooth mark that had already faded, and bit down again, biting down quite hard.
"What else can I do? Abuse you."
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