RTIWTLITEOTW Chapter 45

Chapter 45 The Most Important Person

They strolled around slowly, their eyes constantly scanning their surroundings, as if trying to find clues in this seemingly calm environment. They stopped and went, sometimes pausing to observe, sometimes whispering to each other.

Jiang Yuan carefully used his ability to carefully probe whether there were any signs of zombies nearby. After a detailed search, they finally confirmed that there were no zombies here for the time being, so they decided to return to the camp.

On the way back, Li Lingyu’s thoughts were always haunted by what Dong Junjie had said before: “Is this your girlfriend?” This sentence seemed like a magic spell, constantly echoing in his mind.

To be honest, even Li Lingyu himself couldn’t say exactly what kind of feelings he held for Jiang Xianchuan deep in his heart. He only knew that he really liked being with Jiang Xianchuan.

This feeling did not stem from other complicated factors, but simply because Jiang Xianchuan was the first person who was not afraid of his cold appearance and withdrawn personality, and always took the initiative to talk to him, trying to find various interesting topics to break the silence.

Whenever he was with Jiang Xianchuan, Li Lingyu could always feel an unprecedented sense of ease and freedom, an atmosphere that made him intoxicated and reluctant to leave.

However, whenever he saw others gradually approaching Jiang Xianchuan, an inexplicable fire would burn in his heart, making it difficult to contain. It felt as if something he regarded as a treasure and cherished was facing the danger of being taken away by others, making him panic. Just like what he saw today, when Jiang Xianchuan was talking and laughing with Lin Pianyue, he couldn’t wait to pounce on him immediately, pull Jiang Xianchuan tightly into his arms, and declare loudly to Lin Pianyue: “He is mine.” However, reason finally suppressed the impulse of emotion, allowing him to remain calm.

Jiang Xianchuan keenly noticed Li Lingyu’s unusual emotional fluctuations, so he asked with concern: “Yubao, what’s wrong? You don’t seem happy, did something happen?”

Li Lingyu shook his head slightly. At this moment, his heart was like a tangled mess, and he didn’t know what kind of mood he should use to face the person in front of him who haunted his dreams.

“Tell me.” Jiang Xianchuan hurriedly stopped Li Lingyu, who was about to turn around and go back to his room, his tone a little anxious and curious, “I really don’t have anything to do.” However, Jiang Xianchuan obviously didn’t intend to give up, he stared at Li Lingyu’s back and continued to ask: “Really? Why do I feel like you must be hiding something from me.”

Faced with Jiang Xianchuan’s persistence, Li Lingyu just silently turned his head away, deliberately avoiding Jiang Xianchuan’s probing eyes, and replied faintly: “Yeah, really.”

Seeing Li Lingyu’s attitude, Jiang Xianchuan sighed helplessly, but he also understood that it would be futile to continue asking, so he said: “Okay, since you don’t want to say it, then I won’t force you anymore. I’m going to play with Sister Pianyue, you can have a good rest.” After saying that, Jiang Xianchuan pretended to leave.

But just as he took a few steps, he suddenly felt a strong hand tightly grab his wrist.

Jiang Xianchuan turned his head back in astonishment, only to see Li Lingyu standing behind him with a serious face. His eyes, which were always clear and bright, were now bloodshot and a little swollen. Li Lingyu bit his lip and asked word by word: “Who…who are you going to find?”

Jiang Xianchuan was a little caught off guard by Li Lingyu’s sudden move, he was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and quickly replied: “Lin Pianyue, the girl we went out with today.”

What Jiang Xianchuan never expected was that after hearing this name, Li Lingyu’s face turned pale as paper in an instant. He slowly raised his hand and directly covered Jiang Xianchuan’s mouth.

At this time, Li Lingyu’s eyes were full of tears, as if they would burst at any moment. He just stared straight at Jiang Xianchuan, begging with a slightly trembling voice: “Don’t go, okay?”

Jiang Xianchuan’s eyes widened, looking at Li Lingyu in front of him with a shocked expression, he was a little at a loss for a while. He had never seen Li Lingyu so fragile and helpless, and his heart couldn’t help but panic, and he quickly said loudly: “I won’t go, I won’t go! Don’t cry! I’m wrong!”

After saying that, he hugged Li Lingyu tightly in his arms, gently patting his back, as if this would give him some comfort and strength.

At the same time, Jiang Xianchuan clearly felt Li Lingyu’s body trembling slightly, shaking like a frightened deer.

After a while, Li Lingyu slowly raised his head, and said in a crying and extremely weak voice: “Chuanchuan, my head hurts so much, so many voices are talking in my ear.” Hearing this sentence, Jiang Xianchuan’s heart ached fiercely. This was the first time Li Lingyu had called out his name since he met him.

He asked anxiously: “Then do you want to take medicine?” Li Lingyu nodded lightly.

Jiang Xianchuan hurriedly took Li Lingyu’s hand and walked carefully into his room, helping him sit down on the bed. Then he asked with concern: “Where is the medicine? I’ll find it for you.” Li Lingyu pointed to the cabinet not far away and replied weakly: “In the cabinet over there, on the second floor.”

Jiang Xianchuan hurried to the cabinet and reached out to open the cabinet door. However, when he saw the dazzling array of medicines in the cabinet, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Just when he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, not knowing how to choose, Li Lingyu endured the headache and walked over unsteadily, grabbed a handful of medicine without saying a word and stuffed it into his mouth, swallowing it hard.

After taking the medicine, Li Lingyu hugged Jiang Xianchuan tightly again, buried his head in the other person’s arms, and said muffledly: “Stay with me.” There was a hint of imperceptible grievance and dependence in his voice.

Jiang Xianchuan felt his emotions and responded gently: “Okay, okay, I’ll stay with you.” At the same time, he gently patted Li Lingyu’s back, as if comforting a child.

However, after a while, Li Lingyu suddenly raised his head, stared straight at Jiang Xianchuan, and asked: “Who are you thinking about?” Seeing that Jiang Xianchuan didn’t answer immediately, Li Lingyu couldn’t help tightening his hands and increasing the strength in his hands, and his tone became a little urgent: “Is it Lin Pianyue? Or someone else? Tell me quickly!”

Faced with Li Lingyu’s sudden questioning, Jiang Xianchuan was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook his head and denied: “No, no, of course I’m thinking about you.”

Hearing this answer, Li Lingyu’s tense body relaxed slightly, and the expression on his face improved slightly, but there was still some suspicion.

Just when the two were silent, there was a sudden burst of rapid knocking on the door. “Should I open the door?” Jiang Xianchuan asked tentatively. “Yeah.” Li Lingyu responded, but he didn’t mean to let go at all.

Helpless, Jiang Xianchuan had to sigh, bite the bullet and hug Li Lingyu, walking towards the door with difficulty. Every step seemed very difficult, but even so, he still didn’t let go of the person in his arms.

Finally, he reached the door, and Jiang Xianchuan took a lot of effort to free one hand to open the door. Standing outside the door was Shi Yi. When she saw the scene of the two people hugging tightly in the room, she immediately felt a little embarrassed and scratched her head helplessly, and said with a smile: “Oops, am I disturbing your sweetness?”

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Xianchuan instantly exploded like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and retorted loudly: “What sweetness, don’t talk nonsense! What are you doing here?” Seeing this, Shi Yi quickly put away her smile and explained with a serious face: “That…I have something to talk to you about.” After saying that, she glanced cautiously at Li Lingyu, who was still being held in Jiang Xianchuan’s arms.

Li Lingyu seemed to have not heard it, just lowering his head slightly, his eyes obsessively falling on Jiang Xianchuan’s face, as if he couldn’t get enough of looking at it.

Seeing this, Jiang Xianchuan asked: “Tell me, what’s the matter?”

Shi Yi then came back to her senses and said softly: “Next time, it’s not anything urgent anyway, you guys are busy first.” After saying that, she reached out and closed the door, turning away.

At this time, Jiang Xianchuan, although he felt that he had not done anything out of line, he inexplicably felt a sense of guilt as if he had been caught in the act of having an affair.

When the door was closed and only the two of them were left in the room, Li Lingyu took the lead in breaking the silence and asked: “Shouldn’t you talk to me too?”

Jiang Xianchuan raised his eyebrows and responded: “Okay, then what should we talk about?”

Li Lingyu thought for a while, and then asked with some hesitation: “What is the relationship between you and Lin Pianyue?”

Hearing this, Jiang Xianchuan showed a relaxed smile on his face and replied: “Just friends, exploring together, we can be regarded as teammates fighting side by side?”

Hearing this answer, Li Lingyu didn’t completely let go of his heart, and continued to ask: “Then what about me? In your heart, what am I? Is it just an ordinary friend of yours?”

The corners of Jiang Xianchuan’s mouth raised, his smile even stronger, and he said slowly: “Of course not, you are not only my friend, but also the most important person to me.”