I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

Chapter 148 A Kiss

"Hiss—"

Lin Yan felt something slippery and sticky, like a loach, wrap around his ankle.

You're finally here! We've been waiting for you for so long.

He was quite cooperative, even secretly applying a forward thrust underwater.

"Holy crap!"

Lin Yan's acting this time was a bit exaggerated. He suddenly stood up and let out a gasp!

Then her whole body went limp as if she had no bones, and she lost her balance and collapsed in the water.

Like a slippery bar of soap, it drifted forward with a current of water controlled by who knows what.

Extremely accurate.

impartial.

I plunged headfirst into the bizarre embrace of the person hiding in the corner, cosplaying as a refrigerator!

This plunge caused water to spray everywhere.

Lin Yan's shameless fake fall was perfectly timed and executed.

He not only bumped into Saya's arms, but also "instinctively" wrapped his arms around her slender waist.

"What are you doing?!"

Saya clearly hadn't expected this bastard to pull such a stunt in the water.

Her dark eyes suddenly trembled, and her ears, which had only been slightly red from the heat, turned completely red.

She soon noticed something unusual in the water.

The moment Lin Yan crashed into her arms, the water ghosts didn't even have time to feel the temperature of their prey.

"court death."

A force of rules surged outwards from the pool water.

Those water ghosts didn't even have time to scream before they were shattered by the shockwave.

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment. He asked himself if he could do such a clean and efficient job even if he used the deep water power.

However, now is not the time to think about that; the real show is just beginning.

The crisis is over.

But Lin Yan, like a leech, remained stuck to Saya, and kept desperately trying to climb up.

"Something—something's pulling my leg—"

Lin Yan buried his head in Saya's collarbone, his voice muffled, and even trembled realistically.

"Saya-nee~ Thank goodness for you, otherwise I would have been dragged away just now."

Saya was held tightly in his arms.

Even through her swimsuit, she could feel Lin Yan's hot and hard chest pressed against her without reservation.

That completely unfamiliar masculine scent was aggressive, barging into her small refrigerator.

She had always been aloof, her hands only accustomed to killing, but now she was gripped by a panic she had never felt before, and for a moment she forgot to push him away.

"You—you let me go first."

Saya gritted her teeth, her voice trembling as she spoke.

She instinctively wanted to push him away, but as soon as her hand touched Lin Yan's shoulder, she froze as if burned, unable to muster any strength.

She sensed it.

The wound on Lin Yan's back.

Although the scabs have formed, you can still feel the pitted scars through the skin.

This is the proof he left behind in his struggle to survive in this cruel world.

Saya's hand, which had been pushing her away, gradually loosened its grip.

Instead of pushing Lin Yan away, she remained suspended in mid-air for a long time without falling.

She herself was unaware of this silent indulgence.

"With your spineless attitude, don't ever say you're mine when you go out—"

"Don't say he's my partner."

Saya turned her head away, gave a haughty snort, trying to hide her soft heart.

Lin Yan leaned on her shoulder, secretly smiling as he listened to her words, which, though seemingly disdainful, implicitly acknowledged his identity.

This stubborn defense is finally starting to crumble.

Knowing when to quit while you're ahead is clearly not in Lin Yan's nature, so he slowly raised his head.

The two were practically face to face at that moment.

The steam from the hot spring swirled around them.

Lin Yan looked at Saya, at her black, tousled hair that clung tightly to her face, damp with moisture, and at her slightly trembling eyelashes.

His gaze finally settled on the conspicuous medical mask.

This was her last and most solid layer of disguise.

It was the root of her deep-seated inferiority complex, and also the wall that separated her from the world.

Lin Yan took a deep breath, his gaze becoming more focused than ever before.

He raised his hand and reached towards Saya's ear.

Saya finally realized what was going on.

"Don't touch it!"

Her voice suddenly rose, sharp as a string that would break if plucked again, with a faint pleading sob.

As he spoke, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Lin Yan's wrist, his strength so great that Lin Yan almost couldn't maintain his special gaze.

"It's ugly—"

Saya trembled violently, and her usually aloof eyes were now filled with tears.

"Don't look at me—I'm really ugly—"

At this moment, she was no longer the freakish Half-Step Ascension who roamed Jiangcheng and tore through space at the drop of a hat.

She was just a pitiful girl who was abandoned by the world because her appearance was ruined, and who was afraid of being disliked by the person she liked.

Seeing her heartbreaking state, Lin Yan felt as if her heart had been squeezed hard.

A player can be a jerk, but he can never be cold-blooded.

Lin Yan did not back down.

At this point, going along with her wishes would be equivalent to agreeing with what she said.

Training must begin with rejection.

He took the initiative, forcefully grabbing Saya's wrist and pulling her hand down little by little.

"I'm not blind, I can see for myself."

Lin Yan's gaze was firm, leaving no room for Saya to question him.

He gently hooked the ear loop and slowly peeled off the white barrier, bit by bit.

The mask slipped off.

Lin Yan was stunned.

He remembered clearly the last time he cooked for her at her apartment, and the time before that at the Japanese restaurant.

When Saya took off her mask to eat, there were only faint pink scars on both sides of her mouth.

Lin Yan felt that it was more accurate to call them battle-damaged makeup than scars.

But at the moment.

But it was a horrific wound that tore from the corner of his mouth all the way to the base of his ear!

The dark red flesh turned outwards, like a ferocious centipede crawling on her snow-white skin, creating a cruel and morbid beauty.

What's going on?

Seeing the fleeting look of surprise in Lin Yan's eyes, Saya assumed it was disdain.

The last glimmer of light in her eyes dimmed, and she silently turned her head away, trying to hide her face in the shadows.

"This is due to the backlash from the rules when I used my true form during my trip to another province."

Saya's voice was hoarse, and her pleading tone became increasingly obvious.

"It will recover soon—you, you shouldn't look."

Her feeble explanation sounded like a massive boulder crashing into Lin Yan's heart.

That's it!

Lin Yan suddenly realized that if it weren't for him, Saya wouldn't have gotten involved with the strange creature.

No wonder she's been keeping a low profile these past few days, even wearing a mask in her apartment.

The reason she was so afraid of him seeing her was simply because of the scar he had caused her!

That foolish woman—

Lin Yan felt a slight burning sensation in her eyes.

It's too late to say anything now.

He gently but irresistibly cupped Saya's face, turning her face back to him as she tried to avoid his.

Followed by.

A kiss carrying the warmth of a human body.

Without any hesitation, it landed on the edge of her rift.

Saya stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Not ugly at all."

""

Lin Yan stepped back slightly, looked into her captivated dark eyes, and smiled indulgently: "In my eyes..."

"6

You've always been beautiful.