TSBIR Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Yin Yan’s Birthday

Shen Xingyang deliberately returned very late, just to avoid running into Song Yichen, and saw that the living room lights were all off.

Shen Xingyang immediately relaxed. Even Aunt Luo and the others were resting, so Song Yichen must be asleep too.

He lowered his guard and turned on the lights. A figure on the sofa startled Shen Xingyang, making him jump.

Shen Xingyang smiled awkwardly at the person on the sofa: “Doctor Song, still not asleep?”

Shen Xingyang lowered his head, trying to minimize his presence, and quickly headed towards the stairs.

“Don’t call me, don’t call me…”

“Shen Xingyang.”

Shen Xingyang immediately stood up straight. He couldn’t avoid it, so he could only force a smile.

“Does Doctor Song need something?”

Song Yichen looked at the spot next to him, gesturing for Shen Xingyang to sit down.

Shen Xingyang was helpless and could only sit next to him.

Song Yichen suddenly turned around, and Shen Xingyang nervously covered his face: “Doctor Song, I’m sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose yesterday. Shen Jinlin drugged me, I…”

Shen Xingyang thought Song Yichen was going to interrogate him, so he hurriedly confessed. But before he could finish, he saw the thermometer in Song Yichen’s hand.

“You’re not going to scold me?”

Shen Xingyang was puzzled. That shouldn’t be! Song Yichen is so sharp-tongued, how come he’s not scolding him?

Song Yichen rolled his eyes. Does he like scolding people that much?

“Taking your temperature.”

Shen Xingyang said “Oh” and took the thermometer.

It seems Song Yichen has forgotten about last night’s incident. That’s good. If Song Yichen brought it up, he’d probably want to die.

“Shen Jinlin, your brother?”

Song Yichen frowned as he asked. He had thought of many people, but he didn’t expect it to be Shen Xingyang’s brother.

Shen Xingyang nodded, smiling mockingly as he looked at Song Yichen: “Isn’t it laughable? Since I was born, everyone in the Shen family, except my eldest brother, has wanted me to die, Shen Gai too.”

Shen Xingyang leaned against the sofa, suddenly feeling very tired.

“Before, I always wanted a happy and complete family. Later, I wanted a healthy body.”

Shen Xingyang finished speaking and smiled in relief, “But now, I just want my brother, I want the people I care about to live well.”

He doesn’t have many wishes now. It’s not good to be too greedy.

Song Yichen was silent. Actually, the things Shen Xingyang wanted were just within his reach. He had never experienced an incomplete family, nor had he suffered from any serious illness. The people around him were all very good.

Perhaps he was wrong. He wasn’t Shen Xingyang. He hadn’t lived the kind of difficult life Shen Xingyang had. He always wondered why Shen Xingyang had to scheme and use such dirty tricks to plot against others every day.

But think about Shen Xingyang’s situation. His family all wanted him to die, but his brother was in the military camp. Because of the kindness of being raised together since childhood, he could only be with someone he didn’t like.

If a person like that didn’t have any schemes, how could he have survived until now?

“Thermometer.”

Song Yichen felt very regretful, regretting that he had rashly commented on and criticized Shen Xingyang without knowing anything back then.

But he couldn’t bring himself to say those apologies. He didn’t know what meaning those apologies had now.

Shen Xingyang took out the thermometer. Actually, he didn’t think he had a fever, just a slight cold.

Song Yichen looked at it: “A bit of a low fever. I’ll get you some medicine later.”

After Song Yichen finished speaking, he looked at Shen Xingyang’s hand. The bandage was stained with blood, and the wound had opened again.

“What happened? It opened right after I bandaged it.”

Song Yichen frowned and gently unwrapped the bandage.

Shen Xingyang nodded, constantly sniffing. With Song Yichen in front of him, he couldn’t directly reach over him to get a tissue.

“Maybe I accidentally bumped it at work today.”

Song Yichen didn’t believe that at all. This clearly required a significant force. How could his work cause such a severe opening?

Oh well, he was too lazy to ask. Shen Xingyang probably wouldn’t tell the truth anyway.

Song Yichen thought about getting up to get the medicine. Before getting the medicine, he handed the tissue to Shen Xingyang.

During the process of finding the medicine, Song Yichen was also regretting it. Knowing Shen Xingyang’s physical condition, he still let him soak in cold water. He hadn’t considered it properly.

Now that Shen Xingyang’s hand hadn’t healed yet, and he was also sick, how long would it take to recover?

Song Yichen returned to Shen Xingyang’s side and re-bandaged his wound.

He also gave Shen Xingyang the oral medication, watching him take it before preparing to go back to sleep. Just as he got up, he suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Shen Xingyang.

“When are you breaking up?”

“Cough cough cough…”

Shen Xingyang choked on the water and coughed violently, asking again in disbelief: “What did you say?”

Song Yichen said with a dark face: “Forget it if you didn’t hear it.”

After Song Yichen finished speaking, he turned and went upstairs, leaving behind a confused Shen Xingyang.

Shen Xingyang didn’t think much about it, only considering that Song Yichen was just asking casually. He was just grateful that Song Yichen didn’t mention yesterday’s incident.

Shen Xingyang didn’t expect Yin Yan to be so busy but still have time to find him and ask him to help celebrate his birthday.

Although Shen Xingyang was unwilling, he still had to go. Now he needed to stabilize Yin Yan and couldn’t let him see anything was wrong. Otherwise, he would become wary of him, and many things would be difficult to plan.

But he didn’t expect Yin Yan to have arranged to meet at an amusement park. Was he crazy?

After he jumped off the building in his previous life, he had become very afraid of heights. He never wanted to experience that feeling of falling, of being on the verge of death, again.

“Yin Yan, let’s go somewhere else.”

Shen Xingyang looked at the amusement park rides in front of him and already started to feel scared.

“Why change? A’Yang, didn’t you used to love playing these things the most?”

As Yin Yan spoke, he pulled Shen Xingyang inside.

Shen Xingyang immediately fell silent upon hearing this. Right, these were all things he used to like. If he didn’t play them, Yin Yan would probably become suspicious.

But Shen Xingyang still deliberately took Yin Yan to play some gentler rides, claiming that he was tired of the other rides.

Yin Yan followed his wishes and didn’t say anything.

Until night fell, Yin Yan pulled Shen Xingyang to the Ferris wheel. No matter what Shen Xingyang said, Yin Yan insisted.

In the end, Shen Xingyang could only follow Yin Yan onto the Ferris wheel. No one could shake Yin Yan’s unwavering determination.

At first, Shen Xingyang didn’t feel anything, but as they went higher and higher, Shen Xingyang began to feel afraid, unconsciously grabbing onto Yin Yan tightly.

Yin Yan looked at Shen Xingyang, feeling very satisfied. He really liked this feeling of Shen Xingyang relying on him.

“A’Yang, you weren’t afraid of heights before.”

Shen Xingyang couldn’t hear Yin Yan’s words at all. His mind was filled with the pain he felt when he jumped off the building in his previous life.

Yin Yan hugged Shen Xingyang tightly, letting him bury himself in his arms. Only when they reached the highest point did he lower his head to look at Shen Xingyang.

Shen Xingyang was really scared. His face had turned pale, and he wished he could bury himself completely in his arms.

“A’Yang, open your eyes.”

Yin Yan was like the executioner at the execution ground. These words were like giving the final order.

“A’Yang, if you don’t open your eyes, we’ll continue playing this later until you open your eyes, how about it?”

Yin Yan’s voice was very gentle, but the words he spoke were without warmth.

Yin Yan seemed to have discovered a new continent. He hadn’t realized that Shen Xingyang was afraid of heights before. Now that he had another way to control him, he felt extremely pleased.

Shen Xingyang had no choice but to open his eyes. The Ferris wheel was completely transparent, as if reminding Shen Xingyang that he was now high in the air.

His whole body was trembling with fear, and he was extremely tense.

Yin Yan was very happy to see Shen Xingyang’s obedience. He liked Shen Xingyang being so obedient to him.

As he got off the Ferris wheel, Shen Xingyang’s legs were so weak that he couldn’t walk. He sat down and rested for a long time.

Yin Yan bought a bottle of water and handed it to Shen Xingyang: “Have some water.”

Shen Xingyang didn’t take it. He looked at Yin Yan and forcefully pushed the bottle of water away.

“I want to go back.”

The smile on Yin Yan’s face froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered. He squatted down and gently held Shen Xingyang’s hand.

“A’Yang, what’s wrong? Are you angry?”

“A’Yang, everyone says that couples who kiss at the highest point of the Ferris wheel will be together forever. Don’t worry, we will always be together.”

Yin Yan explained the reason why he was so determined to play on the Ferris wheel. He thought Shen Xingyang would compromise for him, like before.

But Shen Xingyang had heard these words countless times, and now his heart couldn’t be stirred up at all.

“You believe these words too, Yin Yan? I said I was afraid of heights, what did you do? Is it that you always think about controlling me, no matter what?”

Yin Yan didn’t expect Shen Xingyang to be so angry. This was something that hadn’t happened before.

“A’Yang, I was wrong. I won’t force you again next time. I didn’t think about controlling you either. I just wanted to try what other couples try, don’t be angry, okay?”

Shen Xingyang looked at the hypocritical Yin Yan, who was completely different from the person who had forced him just now. Does this person have two faces?

Perhaps the one just now was the real him. The current him is just pretending.

“I want to go back.”

“Okay, I’ll take you back.”

Today was the weekend, and Song Yichen had a rare day off. Shen Xingyang had been picked up by Yin Yan very early, so he was the only one at home.

Looking at the fluctuating heart rate displayed on his phone, his heart also became chaotic.

Has Shen Xingyang truly fallen for it now? Or are they doing things other than kissing? Song Yichen didn’t know and didn’t dare to think about it.