Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
With this in mind, she held her breath and raised her eyes. However, she saw Yin Jiujin staring at the calluses on her palm that had faded quite a bit, with a complicated expression.
His thumbs were still stroking her.
Suddenly, Yan Jinyu’s heart seemed to have been burned by something. She retracted her hand abruptly.
It was rare to see a look of bewilderment on the face of “Chi”, the number one killer. “Um, after using the medicine you sent, my hand feels much better.”
With that said, she moved away from Yin Jiujin.
Yin Jiujin’s slightly furrowed brows had yet to relax when he saw her retreat. She looked like she wished she could get as far away from him as possible. She slowly retracted her hand and curled her fingers into fists. Her frown deepened. “You’re sitting so far away from me. Are you afraid of me?”
Yan Jinyu’s eyes widened.
Afraid?
How was that possible?
She had not known what fear was like for a very long time.
However, why did she find Yin Jiujin’s words so strange? It was as if Yin Jiujin was mocking himself when he said this.
Mocking himself?
Who was Yin Jiujin? Why would such emotions appear on him?
As far as she knew, Yin Jiujin had an indifferent character and wasn’t even close to his family. Why would he mock himself because others were afraid of him and chose to stay away from him?
But…
Although she thought so, even if she didn’t think deeply about whether it was her illusion, Yan Jinyu had already sat back down when she reacted. “Afraid of you? Why should I be afraid of you?”
Seeing that he was looking at her and not saying anything, Yan Jinyu didn’t know what she was thinking either. She just reached out to hold his hand that was gently clenched into a fist on the sofa. She rolled her eyes unnaturally, “Sigh, I was too surprised just now. I didn’t expect that you would still remember such a small thing like having calluses on my hand for so long. Thanks to the medicine you sent, it’s already much better. If you don’t believe me, look.”
Yin Jiujin looked at the hand that was holding the back of his hand, then at the palm that she had raised and placed in front of him. He pulled her forward and sat on his lap.
He held her waist with one hand and squeezed her palm with the other.
Yan Jinyu was stunned.
This… this… this…
Ever since she was two years old, no one had ever placed her on their laps like this!
In the beginning, no one wanted to hug her. Later on, no one dared to do this to her.
Yin Jiujin was the first!
Forget it if he was hugging her, but why was he hugging her waist tightly, squeezing his palms, and leaning his chin on her shoulder?!
Her heart skipped a beat.
Her rationality told her that she could not let him hug her like this, but when she thought about how if his slightly self-deprecating tone earlier was not her imagination, he would probably do it again if she jumped away just like that.
She sighed.
Forget it, just let him hug her for a while. Anyway, she had already acknowledged him as her fiancé, and he was not anyone else.
Aunt Cheng, who was about to walk out of the kitchen and ask Yin Jiujin what he wanted to drink, was shocked when she saw this scene. She hurriedly retreated.
She smiled.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
“What’s wrong with you? Why are you so abrupt at such an old age?” Uncle Cheng, who was assisting her, asked.
“Nothing. I just feel that Second Young Master seems to like Miss Yu.”
Uncle Cheng felt a little emotional too. “Of course I do. Otherwise, with Second Young Master’s personality, why would he bring her to Mount Jing?”
“There’s nothing wrong with liking her. The two of them are engaged and the marriage was decided by the Old Madam herself. It’s perfectly justifiable.”
Aunt Cheng sighed. “That’s true, but I think Miss Yu…”
“Let’s not talk about the others. Madam is not going to be easy to please. Madam has always emphasized on families with matching statuses. Miss Yu’s status in North City is not low, but in the capital…”
“I was worried that Second Young Master wouldn’t care about Miss Yu. I was even more worried that Second Young Master might care about Miss Yu too much. However, seeing that Second Young Master has finally met someone whom he is willing to care about and is no longer so cold and distant, I’m very relieved… Anyway, my feelings are very complicated.”
“You’ve been worrying for nothing the entire time. Do you think that Madam can make the decision for Second Young Master? If Second Young Master really has feelings for Miss Yu, not to mention that Miss Yu is a likable pretty girl, even if she’s an ugly fool, who can interfere if Second Young Master insists on being with her?”
“Also, didn’t I say just now that Second Young Master and Miss Yu’s marriage was decided by Old Madam? It’s perfectly justifiable. Even if Madam objected, how could she go against Old Madam’s wishes? Don’t forget, Old Master is still around.”
“You’re right, but… will Old Master not like Miss Yu? Miss Yu has been wandering outside for so many years. Even though Old Madam insisted on finding Miss Yu, Old Master didn’t help.”
“Given Old Master’s status, wouldn’t he be elevating the Yan Family’s status if he helped Miss Yu in this matter? It’s fine if Old Master Yan and Old Madam Yan are still alive, but the two elders are already dead. If Old Master still finds someone to help them, wouldn’t all the benefits be taken away by Miss Yu’s heartless parents? Think about it carefully. Didn’t Old Master help look for Miss Yu for a few years when the two elders of the Yan Family were still alive in the early years? Although he didn’t help her openly, he helped her quite a lot secretly.”
“Now that you mention it, I remember it.”
“Alright, don’t worry all day. Hurry up and cook. Second Young Master has been on the plane for a few hours. He must be hungry.” Uncle Cheng was not as calm as he looked on the surface, but he was more relieved than Aunt Cheng’s worry.
He felt relieved that he could fulfill Old Madam Yin’s final wish and find Yan Jinyu. He felt even more relieved that Yin Jiujin, who had become more and more indifferent, had finally met someone he was willing to come into contact with.
In the living room.
“B-Brother Nine.”
“Huh?” He was still leaning on her shoulder. From this angle, Yan Jinyu couldn’t see his expression. Even if she was willing to think about it, she didn’t have any basis to think about it.
She had no idea what he meant.
“Can you… let go of me first?”
Instead of answering, he asked, “Why are you so light?”
Without waiting for her to respond, he said, “Eat more in the future.” He caressed her palm. “And these hands of yours. I’ll get someone to find better medicine to nourish them as soon as possible.”
“Actually, I… don’t really care about that. You don’t have to put in so much effort on them.” She really didn’t care much. Otherwise, with her ability to take care of her face so well, how could she not be able to take care of it?
She did not care about it because she felt that even if they were cured, there would be a new callus after training. Hence, she did not bother about them.
As a killer, especially a killer whom nobody could not even touch or see her hands, she only needed to take care of her face. Whether her hands could recover or not, would not affect her mission.
“I’ll get someone to deliver better medicine.” His tone was firm.
His breath landed on Yan Jinyu’s neck, and she retracted her neck.
Forget it. Let him do as he pleased.
He had sent the medicine to her and she would just use it accordingly. Wasn’t this what she did previously?
“Alright. Thank you, Brother Nine.”
“Yes, Brother Nine. Can you let go of me first?”
“No hurry.”
No hurry…
These words.
So Yin Jiujin was like this in private? How should she describe it…
He seemed a little clingy?
Was it her imagination?
Yan Jinyu tried to break free, but he held her even tighter. She could only give up.
“Did you mean it when you said you weren’t afraid of me?”
Yan Jinyu didn’t understand why the topic was brought back, but she still nodded. “Of course, why would I be afraid of you?” Not to mention that she had already treated him as one of her people, even if she didn’t, she wouldn’t be afraid of him either.
“Besides, you’re my fiancé. If I’m afraid of you, how am I going to spend the rest of my life with you?”
The rest of my life…
Few people were afraid of him. Even his own mother was afraid of him.
Of course, there were people who were not afraid of him, but she was the first person who was not afraid of him and dare to say that she would spend the rest of her life with him.
Yin Jiujin’s eyes darkened.
He pinched her waist. “You’re just a child. What do you know about life?”
“I’m already 18 years old. How am I still a child? Why won’t I understand?” Yan Jinyu was dissatisfied and wanted to raise her head to glare at him. However, he was leaning on her shoulder, so her lips brushed past his face when she raised her head.
“…”
Yin Jiujin looked straight at her and tightened his grip on her waist. He could hear sounds of heartbeat, but he didn’t know whose it was.
Yan Jinyu felt very uncomfortable being stared at by him. She felt even stranger than before. She forcefully pulled his hands away and jumped down from his lap. She took a few steps back. “Who… who asked you to be so close to me! You deserve to have saliva on your face!”
Then, she quickly said, “Aunt Cheng hasn’t finished preparing lunch. I’ll go to the courtyard to take a look first!” She turned and ran out as if she was escaping.
After a long while, Yin Jiujin touched his cheek and chuckled.
He let her be.
He looked up at the cartoon on the television and chuckled again.
She even watched such a childish cartoon. If she wasn’t a child, what was she?
However, even if she was a child, they would be labeled by him. No one would dare to think about her. She would grow up one day.
Slowly.
However, he did not expect that although the young lady looked silly, she had a bad temper. He did not say anything when she had taken advantage of him, but she got angry instead.