Incurable Pain

IP Chapter 40

Incurable Pain | Chapter 40

Later, until the months before the college entrance examination, it was always the most “pleasant” time in Bai Xunyin’s memory.

She regained her voice, no longer needing to endure the sympathetic or strange stares as a mute, not having to endure the bullying from Sheng Churan and others like in sophomore year, and not having to… maintain the state of complete non-interaction with Yu Luoyin.

In the last few months, apart from studying well and “dreaming about the future” with Yu Luoyin, she didn’t have to think about anything else.

Bai Xunyin emptied her mind, not thinking about what might happen after the college entrance examination, just cherishing the present.

Cherishing the present without deception, a simple and pure high school period.

Or maybe it was Yu Luoyin’s one-sided “purity”, but she wasn’t like that.

Later, Bai Xunyin briefly explained to Ah Mo the “karmic relationship” between her and Yu Luoyin. The girl listened in a daze, her expression resembling a scene from a large-scale drama, but she ultimately respected Bai Xunyin’s wishes.

However, Ah Mo still didn’t have a good expression when she saw Yu Luoyin. This animosity had lasted for many years, making them archenemies.

Life went smoothly and quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was mid-April, the city-wide unified second mock exam.

This exam was basically to assess the students’ performance in the college entrance exam, and the scores were usually similar.

It was raining lightly on the day of the exam. The rain at this time of year was very soft, almost silent as it fell to the ground.

After finishing the exam, Bai Xunyin walked out of the exam room. After some thought, she turned and headed towards the sixth exam room—Yu Luoyin was there, and she couldn’t bear not to go.

The surrounding area was bustling with noise, with discussions about the questions echoing in her ears. Bai Xunyin always felt that the world was particularly noisy once she could speak.

She lowered her head and took out her earphones from the pocket of her school uniform. Just as she was about to put them on, she paused and saw a “harmonious” scene.

At the entrance of the sixth exam room, Yu Luoyin stood by the corridor, lazily leaning against the railing. His pitch-black hair was slightly messy, falling in front of his forehead, and his eyes seemed unfocused.

But Sheng Churan stood in front of him, her body language and expression clearly tense, indicating that the young man’s eyes were consistently cold and indifferent.

Bai Xunyin stood nearby, watching with interest, not going to “disturb” them but rather listening to Sheng Churan’s attempts to strike up a conversation—

“Yu Luoyin, um… can you come to our classroom after school? I have something to tell you.”

Yu Luoyin asked, “Why?”

“I want to discuss a question. I’ve been studying diligently recently, and I want to estimate how many points I can score, but our class is just a regular class.” 

Sheng Churan turned her eyes and racked her brains to find excuses, then looked at Yu Luoyin with anticipation. 

“Or I can come to you?”

“You come to me?” 

Yu Luoyin silently repeated these words in his mind, then couldn’t help but smile.

“Sure.” 

He lazily glanced at Sheng Churan and unexpectedly agreed, “Wait in the classroom after self-study. I’ll come find you.”

Some people not only have a poor memory but also forget to hit even when they don’t eat, such as Sheng Churan.

Seeing the girl’s joyful and excited appearance, a hint of coldness flashed in Yu Luoyin’s smiling eyes.

Not far away, Bai Xunyin saw this scene, furrowing her brows slightly.

She didn’t think that Yu Luoyin liked Sheng Churan or anything like that. 

She just felt… he probably wanted to do something bad.

And indeed, it was almost as Bai Xunyin expected.

After self-study, Yu Luoyin rarely didn’t pester her, threatening to have the family driver pick her up, but instead said he had something to do.

His face was neither red nor white when lying, and he even winked at her playfully, this straightforward appearance was not considered lying to her—after all, Yu Luoyin did have “something to do” and didn’t lie.

Bai Xunyin pondered for a moment and nodded obediently, leaving first.

Just as Yu Luoyin walked out of the classroom wearing his school uniform, leaning on his crutches and heading towards Sheng Churan’s classroom, Bai Xunyin quietly followed from the corner.

Her sneakers stepped silently on the ground, quiet and agile like a cat.

A pair of tea-colored pupils were the same, pure and innocent, but with an inexplicable penetrating power.

It wasn’t until Yu Luoyin walked out of the classroom alone and grabbed a key from Li Yuan’s hand, then turned around and decisively locked the door, that Sheng Churan seemed to realize something. 

At the moment the door was closed, she stood up and walked over to the door, pounding on the windows and shouting, “Yu Luoyin! What are you doing?!”

There was undisguised fear in the girl’s voice, almost trembling. It was evident that she was extremely afraid of being locked alone in the dark classroom at this time of night, then “enjoying” the feeling of being isolated and helpless.

Yu Luoyin raised the corners of his lips, smiling faintly, and didn’t answer.

He just threw the key outside the railing without looking back.

“I’m going, can you be a little more responsible?” 

Li Yuan was quite annoyed, regretting deeply why he had helped him in the first place.

It wasn’t just about the key. 

Sheng Churan’s incessant cries for help inside the classroom were quite distressing, and Li Yuan hesitated in the dark corridor, looking at the tightly locked classroom door. 

“Brother Yu, can this really work? After all, she’s just a girl…”

“It’s okay. Sheng Churan is already quite skilled at doing this kind of thing herself. How could she be afraid?” 

Yu Luoyin smiled faintly, flicked his fingers against the door, his voice conspicuously cold and indifferent. 

“Right?”

The cries of “let me out” from Sheng Churan, which had been continuous just a moment ago, suddenly stopped.

Yu Luoyin withdrew his gaze and gave Li Yuan a glance. 

“Don’t you know?”

Li Yuan had nothing to say—regarding Sheng Churan’s previous habit of locking Bai Xunyin in the classroom, he had also heard about it a long time ago.

Yu Luoyin slung his school bag over his shoulder. 

“Let’s go.”

Li Yuan shook his head helplessly and followed along, becoming another crutch for him as they descended the stairs.

Just as they turned the corner on the second floor, a slender figure suddenly appeared.

“Damn!” 

Li Yuan was startled by the sudden appearance of this figure, and cowardly hid behind Yu Luoyin. 

“Ghost! Ghost! Ghost!!!”

After Yu Luoyin recognized that it was Bai Xunyin, the phrase “what the hell” he was about to blurt out got stuck in his throat, and unconsciously changed to, “What are you doing here?”

But he directed the question at Bai Xunyin.

Hearing Yu Luoyin’s strange question, Li Yuan dared to timidly poke his head out.

What he saw was Bai Xunyin’s fair and gentle face under the moonlight, with rosy lips and white teeth, as if she had been coated with a layer of light, incredibly beautiful.

Li Yuan instantly felt like a third wheel.

He glanced around at the silent exchange between Yu Luoyin and Bai Xunyin, then quickly made up an excuse and hurriedly left.

After Li Yuan left, Yu Luoyin muttered to himself, “You… didn’t go home.”

Bai Xunyin’s clear eyes looked at him, “I followed you on purpose.”

Yu Luoyin was a very clever person. He immediately understood after hearing Bai Xunyin’s words, and looked at her thoughtfully. 

“After the exam, you saw me talking to Sheng Churan.”

“I did,” Bai Xunyin tilted her head slightly. 

“At the time, I felt like you were up to no good.”

“Up to no good?” Yu Luoyin couldn’t help but chuckle, unable to suppress his laughter. 

“Do you think what I did was wrong?”

Bai Xunyin thought for a moment, then replied seriously, “It’s a bit ungentlemanly.”

“No choice.” 

Yu Luoyin sighed lightly, but his words were rational and strong. 

“I have to retaliate like this.”

…

“Being gentlemanly is out of the question.” He looked at Bai Xunyin innocently. 

“Moreover… I can at best say I’m just giving her a taste of her own medicine, right?”

In his ‘seeking praise’ clear eyes, Bai Xunyin felt a sense of nowhere to escape. She lowered her head slightly in a daze, and the corners of her lips curved slightly. 

“How did you know that she locked me in the classroom before?”

To think of this way to teach Sheng Churan a lesson, he was indeed worthy of being him.

“I know everything about you.” 

Yu Luoyin casually draped his arm around her shoulder, wanting to lead the girl down the stairs. 

“Stop thinking about it. She locked you up so many times, it’s not unfair for her to be locked up for a night, especially in the classroom.”

This was already the most “gentle” form of retaliation in his arsenal, and Sheng Churan should be grateful she was a girl.

“Sheng Churan has relatives at school.” Bai Xunyin grabbed him. 

“Aren’t you afraid she’ll tell the teachers?”

“She won’t dare.” Yu Luoyin said indifferently, without any hint of boasting, as if he was stating a fact, half jokingly. 

“I have a bigger backstage than her, believe it or not?”

Bai Xunyin was taken aback, subconsciously thinking of Gu Yan.

That woman who she once wanted to save up money and knowledge to attend her lectures after she got into university, treating her as a spiritual idol. 

She couldn’t forget… 

Gu Yan was Yu Luoyin’s mother.

The heart that had just shown a slight crack seemed to be slowly repaired by a small snail, unconsciously using its mucus to restore it to its original indomitable state.

“Yeah.” Bai Xunyin smiled, her eyes obscured by the darkness, her voice gentle and soft. 

“I believe you.”

“So stop worrying about it.” 

Yu Luoyin didn’t notice her strange expression, his slender hand resting on her shoulder. 

“Accompany me for a late-night snack.”

“What are we going to eat?” Bai Xunyin asked.

“There’s a small wonton shop on Huainan Road that’s pretty good…”

Amidst the chattering conversation, the two of them were the last to leave the school, their long shadows interweaving along the streetlights.

In the end, Bai Xunyin didn’t persuade Yu Luoyin to let Sheng Churan out, not because of the discarded key. She knew that if she and Yu Luoyin proposed it, this guy would break the classroom’s glass window.

She just didn’t want to be a “saint.”

Just as Yu Luoyin said, everyone has to pay the price for their actions, and Sheng Churan was no exception.

The boy who leaned on her ‘weakly’ was actually extremely ruthless, but she would slowly become even more ruthless than him.