AMTBYIGA Chapter 26

Lin Sui saw Gu Nian softening and a dimple appeared on his face as he pushed the wheelchair towards the bed.

Gu Nian, however, suddenly grabbed his retracting hand, his deep eyebrows furrowing together, “How did you get hurt?”

Lin Sui pulled his hand back, not caring as he said, “It’s nothing, I just scraped it when I was getting the drawing board.”

Gu Nian stared at the glaring, nearly five-centimeter-long scratch on his fair finger, his eyes darkening slightly. What kind of scrape could be this long?

Lin Sui huffed and puffed as he moved Gu Nian onto the bed, kneeling on the soft mattress, slowly rolling up Gu Nian’s pants to the root of his thigh.

Soft, warm fingers landed on the acupoints on his leg, skillfully massaging them.

The paralyzed legs felt nothing, but Gu Nian closed his eyes, unwilling to look.

Even though it had been almost half a year since the accident, he still couldn’t face his own body.

The leg under his pants was a sickly pale, even whiter than the sheets below. The once firm and powerful muscles showed faint signs of atrophy, and a light press of a finger could create a small dent. In Gu Nian’s eyes, seeing himself like this was a form of torture.

Lin Sui leaned slightly, stray hairs covering his amber eyes, focused and accurately rubbing the acupoints.

Without sight, Gu Nian’s other senses became particularly acute. He heard the sound of medicated oil rubbing against his skin, and his nose was filled with the mixture of Lin Sui’s warm, soapy scent and the medicinal aroma, which was very comforting.

Gu Nian allowed himself to be immersed in the fragrance. Just as he was about to completely relax, a pungent chemical reagent smell entered his nostrils. This smell was hidden under the scent of oranges, and unless Gu Nian specifically focused on it, he wouldn’t have noticed it at all.

Gu Nian opened his eyes, deliberately avoiding his legs and focusing on Lin Sui’s face.

Lin Sui was massaging vigorously when he suddenly felt a burning gaze and looked up at Gu Nian.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Sui tilted his head, his round almond eyes sparkling, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead from the exertion. He asked with concern, “Are you thirsty? Should I get you some water?”

Gu Nian stared at him for a while, unable to detect the slightest hint of oddity or pity on the young man’s face. The corner of his heart softened slightly, and the question that had reached his throat was silently swallowed back.

“Nothing,” Gu Nian said, closing his eyes again.

Lin Sui was confused, but he lowered his head and continued the massage.

In Lin Sui’s original plan, the massage should last at least forty minutes to be effective, but before twenty minutes had passed, Gu Nian grabbed his hand and said in a light tone, “Alright, that’s enough.”

Lin Sui wore a stern face and lectured, “You can’t avoid treatment. If you don’t massage, you won’t be able to walk even if your legs get better.”

Gu Nian scoffed at these words, and said lightly, “With these legs of mine, as soft as mud, what’s the point of talking about standing up?”

Lin Sui was unhappy when he heard this, and he pinched his own soft calf, pouting in dissatisfaction, “What’s wrong with being soft? My legs are also soft, and being soft is great.” After saying that, he snuggled up to Gu Nian, sticking out his leg, “If you don’t believe me, feel it.”

Gu Nian was about to refuse, but the fair skin in his field of vision firmly occupied his attention. As if possessed, he reached out and pinched Lin Sui’s calf.

The pinched skin, slightly raised, was smooth and soft. There wasn’t much meat, but it was warm, more comfortable than any pillow.

Gu Nian restrained himself to only one pinch before retracting his hand, thinking that his legs were different from Lin Sui’s. Lin Sui’s legs were warm, and with a little pressure, he could feel the blood flowing under the skin. The vitality contained within was incomparable.

However, he didn’t dislike this comparison, and even wanted to pinch it again.

Lin Sui was chilled by his hand and muttered softly, “Why are your hands so cold?” He looked up at Gu Nian and continued to grumble, “See, my legs are soft and that’s fine. You’re not allowed to discriminate against people without muscles!”

Gu Nian nodded absentmindedly, his mind still on the feeling from just now.

Lin Sui saw the distracted expression on his face and pouted unhappily, but in the end, he rolled down his pants before climbing off the bed.

“I’ll let you off this time, but next time you have to massage for the full forty minutes!” Lin Sui put his hands on his hips and issued a final ultimatum. Before Gu Nian could refuse, he slipped out of the room in a puff of smoke, slamming the door shut, afraid that he would be called back if he was a little slower.

Gu Nian couldn’t help but smile, touching his chin as he recalled the moment, a faint smile on his lips.

After a long while, he calmed down and took out his phone.

[Gu Nian! Gu Skinflint! Do you want to see what time it is? Do you know you’re making me work overtime? … Sigh, baby, it’s not anyone else, it’s my damn boss… ]

As soon as the call connected, Jiang Sheng’s condemning voice came from the other end, mixed with a woman’s dissatisfied inquiry. Gu Nian held the phone further away and said slowly and methodically, [This month’s doubled bonus is enough to pay for your overtime.]

Jiang Sheng glanced at his girlfriend on the sofa, who was crossing her legs and looking like she would settle the score with him later, turned his back and gritted his teeth, [Yes, boss, what are your instructions?]

Gu Nian pretended not to hear the murderous tone and said seriously, [Help me find out what happened to Lin Sui at school today, the more details the better.]

Jiang Sheng was stunned for a moment before agreeing: [Okay, I’ll check it for you later. Don’t tell me to do it right away, or your loyal subordinate will die alone!] After saying that, he immediately hung up the phone.

Gu Nian looked at the phone making “beep beep beep” noises and snorted inwardly, disdainfully mocking Jiang Sheng.

Being so afraid of his wife, not like Lin Sui, who never scolds him.

Gu Nian’s eyes contained three parts contempt, three parts pride, three parts self-esteem, and one part something he didn’t know what it was, as he proudly turned off his phone.

Lin Sui returned to his room, first applied medicine to the wound on his hand, then went upstairs to get a guitar, set up his phone on the sofa, and started a live broadcast.

The “Sunset Piano” video had a significant traffic-driving effect. Lin Sui’s account now had 30,000 followers, and dozens of people came in as soon as he started broadcasting.

[Wow, the streamer is actually broadcasting! Is the background your home?]

[Are you playing the guitar today? I actually wanted to see the streamer play the piano.]

[Sui Sui baby is so cute today hhhhhh]

Lin Sui bent his eyes when he saw this comment. “Thank you.”

[Ahhhhhhhh the baby smiled! Satisfied jpg.]

[Come on, do you want this golden sack, or this silver sack, or this sack full of snacks?]

[Upstairs, don’t be too selfish, add me!]

Lin Sui’s face was already outstanding, and when he smiled, it was sweet enough to melt people’s hearts. The comment section instantly filled with several screaming chickens. Lin Sui couldn’t help blushing as he looked at the rainbow farts.

Lin Sui coughed and held up the guitar in his arms, “The piano is too loud, and it’s very late, and there are other people at home, so we’ll play the guitar today.”

[Sending you a little heart, the guitar is good too, baby, keep it up!]

[Is the baby still living with his family?]

[Why does it have to be family, can’t it be a girlfriend, like me]

[Upstairs, if you had a peanut…]

Lin Sui didn’t expect the netizens to guess the truth so quickly, although there were some discrepancies – Gu Nian didn’t look like his girlfriend or wife – but seeing that everyone else treated it as a joke, he let them do whatever they wanted, tuned the instrument, and gently plucked the strings.

The clear guitar sound rang out, and there were fewer comments about Lin Sui’s appearance. Some people posted the songs they wanted to hear.

There were old songs and popular online songs. Lin Sui had done his homework in advance, and after quickly scanning through to confirm that he basically knew them all, he breathed a sigh of relief and carefully picked one that was included in the platform’s music library.

After a little recollection, Lin Sui plucked the strings.

The melody of this song was relatively gentle, and relatively simple, but precisely because of this, it was not easy to play it well. Although it was Lin Sui’s first time playing it, he immediately grasped the essence of the song, slowly telling the sadness hidden under the gentle melody.

The sound of the guitar was lively, but in Lin Sui’s hands, it seemed to have a soft light filter added to it, making it particularly gentle in the night.

When the song ended, Lin Sui looked at the live broadcast feedback and was immediately taken aback.

The live broadcast, which originally only had a few hundred people, had reached four figures at some point, and was still growing.

The comments were even more crazy.

[Help, ahhhhhh, it’s too gentle, gentle young men are too attractive to us old aunties]

[It has the feeling of a school’s pure male god, sob sob sob, baby, you’re so gentle I’m going to act spoiled]

[I wanted to say it when I watched the video, this is the living, breathing campus white moonlight, right?]

[Suddenly I understand those white moonlight substitutes]

[Just kidding, how can anyone replace this level of white moonlight?]

[You’re all just focusing on Sui Sui’s face, I’m different, the look in baby’s eyes when he was playing the guitar just now was so focused and gentle, like he was looking at a lover, a pure love fanatic has gone crazy]

A large number of compliments about his looks, praise for his high skill, and even more outrageous comments flew across the comments section, and various gift effects exploded on the screen one after another. Lin Sui was flattered, and he sincerely thanked each and every one of them. There were so many that he couldn’t keep up, and his tongue tied several times.

The comments section was filled with haha, and the mommy fans were all lovingly patting his head.

Lin Sui touched his nose embarrassedly, and after realizing that he couldn’t thank everyone, he gave up trying to make a thankless effort, picked up the guitar, and continued to play songs, giving back to his fans through his actions.

He played like this for half an hour. Usually, streamers set goals for each song, or chat for ten minutes after playing for a few minutes, keeping people in suspense. But Lin Sui didn’t know any of these live broadcast techniques, and only responded to some fans’ questions between each song before continuing to play.

In half an hour, he played twelve songs, and the comments exclaimed that the live broadcast world had another try-hard king.

Lin Sui’s fingers ached from exhaustion, and he secretly stretched his hand out of the camera to rub his injured pinky finger.

Anyone who has played the guitar knows that pressing the strings is a physical task. Lin Sui played for so long with an injury, and the wound was torn by the muscles pulling on it with force. He didn’t feel it when he was focused on playing, but now that he had stopped, a dense, numb pain couldn’t be ignored.

Fortunately, the comments were also advising him to rest for a while, and Lin Sui went along with the flow and chatted with the comments.

As he was chatting, suddenly a castle exploded on the screen, the special effects so huge that they blocked the entire screen.

Lin Sui was stunned for a moment, and it took him a second to react. His expression looked silly because he was too shocked.

Isn’t this the most expensive gift on this platform!

A full five thousand yuan for one! When Lin Sui saw it before, he thought it was just something the platform put there for show, after all, who would spend five thousand yuan to buy a special effect!

But now! The sucker was actually his fan!

The comments also exploded after a brief moment.

[Damn, a rich man has appeared!]