Chapter 12: The Snail Girl

  When Lin Yu saw Yao Jing, she was sleeping on a small square table. Her sleeping posture was lovely, just like the first time he saw her. The table in front of her was filled with all kinds of wine bottles, including beer, liquor, and red wine.

  Lin Yu stood there and looked at her for a while. Actually, Lin Yu let out a long sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, she was fine.

  Lin sat down beside her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. She was wearing a T-shirt, and he had no idea where her jacket had gone. Her skin felt cool to the touch, as cool as snowflakes in winter. Lin only held her for a moment before feeling a chill run through him. He gazed at those beautiful sleeping eyes, his heart aching with a tearing pain. She was such a pitiful girl.

  Thinking of her experience that he had just seen today, Lin let out a soft sigh and took off his own jacket to cover her shoulders. Yao Jing softly turned over, her body curled up like a rabbit. She wrapped the clothes around her and buried herself in Lin's arms.

  She opened her dazed and drunken eyes, looking at Lin Yu's neck. There was a blue mark there, Yao Jing recognized it, that was what she had sucked out of him on the bed with great force. She stretched out her own hand, gently stroking the bruise.

  "Does it still hurt?"

  "It doesn't hurt, it never hurts." Lin Yu placed her hand on Yao Jing's neck, pressing the palm of her hand against her skin until the cold palm slowly warmed up. For some reason, looking at Yao Jing's dazed and beautiful eyes, Lin Yu suddenly felt a little bit like crying.

  "You're here, I knew you'd come." Yao Jing didn't say anything else, nor did she ask him any questions. Including Chen Yun, she simply blew a gentle breath into Lin Yu's ear and said: "I'm tired, carry me back."

  Lin Yu easily picked her up. Lin Yu, when he was in the A Corps, could run hundreds of kilometers with a load of thirty kilograms on his back. Lin Yu felt the weight in his arms, how much heavier was she than thirty kilograms?

  Yao Jing was lying across Lin Yu's chest, her hands hanging around Lin Yu's neck. Lin Yu could clearly feel that her shoulders were so sharp and hard, the bony tips pressing against his chest, causing a dull ache.

  His hands were wrapped around Yao Jing's back and legs. There was only one feeling, that was hardness. This feeling wasn't the first time. That morning, in Yao Jing's home, Lin Yu had clearly felt it once. Her icy skin, hard skeleton, stimulated every pore of Lin Yu.

  Now Lin felt truly that the girl lying in his arms was so pitiful and so helpless.

  He didn't know how, but his tears still flowed down.

  He let out a long sigh, this was his second time crying since he returned to Hannan. Since returning home, he had cried more than in the past 20 years.

  Yao Jing saw Lin Yu's tears and smiled quietly.

  "Lin Ge, you look great when you cry."

  "Whatever..." Lin couldn't help but laugh. He didn't know why, but as soon as the little demon in his arms opened its mouth, he started laughing uncontrollably.

  "Really, so handsome!!" Yao Jing opened her big eyes and looked at Lin Yu seriously. "So handsome, you cried for me, did you?"

  Lin smiled and didn't say a word. What a joke, making him admit it to his face was even more unbearable than killing him directly. Big Brother Lin was indeed very concerned about saving face.

  "I feel very happy, it's great." Yao Jing continued to look at Lin Yu, her eyes shining with a soft light, the dark pupils seemed to be covered with a thin layer of mist. "I don't know what to say, anyway, it's just great. Being held by you like this is so warm." Lin Yu could feel her cool little head nestled in his arms, rubbing against him contentedly.

  "It seems you're really drunk today."

  "Why?"

  "You used to stutter when you said things like that, but not today." Lin Yu smiled and nudged her small ear with his nose. "It means you're really drunk."

  "Ugh!!" Yao Jing shouted, slapping Lin Yu's chest with a loud thud. Lin Yu burst out laughing, but then couldn't help coughing violently twice.

  Yao Jing's heart ached as she gently stroked Lin Yu's shoulder. When Lin Yu hugged her, he had deliberately used his left hand. She knew that his injury would never heal.

  "Does it hurt?"

  "It doesn't hurt."

  "Am I very bad?" Yao Jing sighed softly, her tone not at all like a 17-year-old girl. She lightly kissed Lin Yu's shoulder with her own lips. "Actually, I did it on purpose. I ran out on purpose just to see if you would come find me. Just to know if you care about me. I know it's very dangerous, but I don't care... Don't care..."

  "I knew." Lin Yu was still smiling as he looked at the beauty in his arms, with a gaze that was full of pity. "Actually, I've known all along. Only this way would you feel like you're being cared for, only this way would you think I'm really willing to risk my life for you. Only this way would you feel safe, and feel protected by me, right?" Lin Yu said, then couldn't help but scold himself harshly. "Damn it, are we acting out a Qiong Yao novel or something?"

  Yao Jing also smiled sweetly. But she became nervous, her hands wrapped tighter, and she gently struggled out of Lin Yu's arms, then fiercely kissed Lin Yu's lips.

  "Lin Ge, you said it yourself, you want to protect me, you said I'm your woman. So, you can't abandon me, can you? I...I don't want to be alone again, I really don't want to... Even if you have other women, even if you're not really in love with me, I don't care, I really don't care..." Yao Jing muttered to herself.

  "You little imp! Don't talk nonsense... You heard it today, didn't you?"

  "Ah, I heard everything. I followed her out of the hospital. I took a good look at her. She's beautiful, really. Much more beautiful than me, I know I can't compare to her. But... but..." Yao Jing bit her lip tightly, and tears fell like broken pearls into Lin Yu's arms, flowing down his neck and into his chest.

  "No need to say anything more. I heard the boss say that you ate a lot of snails today?" Lin Yu didn't let Yao Jing continue, he knew what she was thinking in her heart, and he understood her inferiority complex. However, he didn't want to mention it.

  "Yes, a lot, the boss's craftsmanship is very good." Yao Jing leaned against Lin Yu's neck and closed her eyes. "I kept eating, kept eating, I don't know how much I ate. The snails were delicious, very delicious, but too spicy. Every time I finished a plate, I had to drink two big bottles of wine to suppress the spiciness... I just kept eating, kept thinking, when would Lin Ge find me? Would he want to come find me? The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to eat, so I ate even more... My mouth was swollen, but I still wanted to eat, what should I do? Lin Ge, you tell me, what should I do?"

  "Alright, little imp. Open your eyes and look at me."

  Yao Jing opened her big eyes wide and locked onto Lin Yu's face. Lin Yu was very serious, Yao Jing could swear that Lin Yu's expression now was even more serious than when facing Japanese special agents!!

  "Little fairy, will you be my girlfriend?"

  Yao Jing looked at Lin Yu in surprise, she had never heard Lin Yu speak to anyone with such a gentle and serious tone before. The tone was so pleasant to hear.

  The next moment, she tightly covered her mouth.

  Yes, she cried, what else is there to worry about at this time?

  She wildly hugged Lin Yu and patted his back hard. The banging sound was so piercing in the dark night.

  "Lin... brother... Lin and... damn it!! Big damn it... I'm willing... I'm willing... You really, really are... damn it..."

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  Lin Yu: "Why did you agree to be my girlfriend and scold me as a bastard?"

  Yao Jing: "Who told you to bring it up so late? Why didn't you say anything when I did it for the first time?"

  Lin Yu: "#￥%%……￥%……#￥%"