Chapter 1531

By the time Wu Lin woke up, it was already several days later.

All the matters had settled; Duan Xiao Bai and Wei Yan, who came to visit every day, could feel that the previously cold-as-ice Chief Forensic Doctor Wu had quietly become lively.

Jin Chen, on the contrary, came less often; each time he came, he deliberately waited while Wu Lin was asleep, then fled as soon as the person woke up.

Wu Lin had been hospitalized for over half a month, yet he had hardly seen Jin Chen a few times, only able to learn from Wei Yan's slow tone that Jin Chen had come and left.

Jin Chen was still angry; not only did Wu Lin know, but the entire criminal investigation team knew.

Duan Xiao Bai and Wei Yan had been ordered to come and provide care; they dared not be swayed by Wu Lin, had nowhere to turn for help, so Wu Lin could only think of ways to coax them himself.

Another dawn arrived.

Usually at this time, Wu Lin was in deep sleep; Jin Chen brought the nutrient porridge into the ward, humming silently as he pinched the face of the person on the bed.

"Your body is really recovering slowly."

Jin Chen had just finished pinching and wanted to stand up, when in the next moment two arms stretched out from the blankets, softly resting; immediately after, Wu Lin opened his eyes, with a warm, soft smile on his lips.

"You've come."

Jin Chen: "……"

"No, I didn't come."

Wu Lin lifted his head and kissed his lips, his tone tinged with grievance: "I haven't seen you in a long time."

Jin Chen's Adam's apple bobbed; he gave a low hum and turned his gaze away: "Caring for your wounds, seeing you doesn't heal them."

"But not seeing you makes me feel insecure," Wu Lin muttered, his cheek pressed against Jin Chen's neck, not forgetting to glance up at him furtively, then continued: "I have nightmares every night."

"If you hadn't acted on your own, you wouldn't have gotten hurt."

"And this," Jin Chen conceded, pulling him into a hug, his finger pointing straight at Wu Lin's wrist—those were several scars that could not be concealed.

Wu Lin narrowed his good-looking eyes slightly, decisively changed the subject: "You're scolding me again."

"I didn't."

Wu Lin's eyes reddened; he stopped clinging and made a move to push Jin Chen away: "Then go; I never want to see you again."

Jin Chen was startled, thinking, "How did my wife suddenly change her attitude!"

"No, you…… hey hey! Don't cry!"

Jin Chen sealed Wu Lin's remaining words with a kiss, carefully avoiding the IV drip, he held Wu Lin's waist and kissed and rubbed him in his embrace until Wu Lin, weak, let out a soft moan before he let go.

He raised his hand, wiped the moisture from Wu Lin's lip corner, and said: "You don't listen at all."

Wu Lin breathed lightly; hearing that, he stopped feigning anger and snuggled into Jin Chen's embrace.

"I haven't lied; these days, when I sleep, I see my master in my dreams, I see the scene from ten years ago……"

"Upon waking, I still have to face the ward alone without you."

Jin Chen suddenly fell silent, and a strong sense of guilt welled up.

He said dryly: "I also can't sleep well; every night when I close my eyes, I see you covered in wounds."

We're practically developing PTSD!

Wu Lin lightly stroked Jin Chen's nose bridge, then kissed his face, saying: "So don't be angry with me."

"If you hold me while we sleep, we won't have nightmares."

Jin Chen wanted to say more, but Wu Lin's finger pressed his lips; all he could hear was Wu Lin continuing: "I shouldn't have privately decided to meet Gu Luhui first."

"I feel awful; please don't be angry, okay?"

Jin Chen: "……"

Wu Lin moved his fingers aside, lowered his head, and buried himself in Jin Chen's neck crook, lightly kissing the collarbone nearest to his heart.

Jin Chen: "……" He hissed.

He wasn't angry anymore, but he felt a bit of a reaction that wasn't appropriate for a hospital ward.

Jin Chen was teased by his wife into a jumble, so he simply dove under the covers, pressed him down and gave him a fervent kiss, scaring Wu Lin into thinking he was about to do something in the ward.

The conscientious nurse doing rounds interrupted their flirtation; Wu Lin's hospital gown hung loose, his whole body flushed red with embarrassment, buried in Jin Chen's embrace, he refused to lift his head.

Jin Chen stared at the nurse's trembling pupils, his arm reaching out from under the blankets to shake slightly, "Please close the door, thank you."

Nurse: "……"

Does being in the top-floor VIP ward mean we can do whatever we want!?

Yes, we can!

The nurse, indignant, clutched the rounds record and fled the room.

Jin Chen lifted the blanket: "Honey, if you stay cooped up any longer you'll get cooked."

Wu Lin lifted his face, flushed red beneath the pale skin, and, in revenge, bit the beast's shoulder.

The next second he flopped back down, motionless, his heart filled with an unparalleled sense of security.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -10, total now 10!】

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +5, total now 100!】

——

Old Mu was posthumously added as a martyr.

When Wu Lin learned of this news, it happened to be the very day the chief personally invited him to return to the municipal bureau, and also the day he was to be discharged.

Many people came to pick up Wu Lin from the hospital: Jin Chen was constantly by his side, plus the Major Case Team led by Duan Xiao Bai, the bureau chief who had cleared up all misunderstandings with Wu Lin, Jinlaoxiu who had come to visit his niece-in-law, and the forensic department colleagues from the municipal bureau.

And Sang Xue, who cooperated with Jin Chen in faking her death to exchange lives.

Wu Lin suddenly realized that ever since he stepped into the municipal bureau, he had never been alone again.

"I accept your invitation," Wu Lin told the chief, and after the long-standing misunderstanding, this was the first time he showed such respect as a junior: "Thank you."

The chief let out a long sigh, silently patted Wu Lin's shoulder, and with his hands behind his back stepped ahead.

"Old Mu, you've left behind a fine disciple," the chief sighed in his heart.

Wu Lin resumed his forensic doctor identity and worked side by side with Jin Chen on cases; all past pains were gone, leaving only what could be felt in the present.

Several months later, Lao Mu's spirit tablet entered the Martyrs' Cemetery.

It was an ordinary day in the warm, humid rainy season.

Jin Chen woke as usual, had breakfast with Wu Lin, lingered a while before driving to work; the passenger seat still held the health tea Jin Chen had brewed, although Wu Lin truly didn't like that flavor.

Everything was no different from countless bygone yesterdays.

But today, as they approached the Municipal Bureau Main Gate, Jin Chen received a call and shared the good news with Wu Lin.

"Want to go see?" Jin Chen asked.

Wu Lin took a sip of the health tea, nodded, and said: "Go."

He looked at Jin Chen, pursed his lips, and said: "I'll take you to see my master."

Understanding his meaning, Jin Chen chuckled and gently ruffled Wu Lin's forehead hair.

Light rain pattered, muffled against the umbrella.

Jin Chen stood half a step behind Wu Lin; seeing him remain silent, he put an arm around his shoulder and gave a pat.

Like Ru Meng just awakening, Wu Lin whispered: "I have no parents; my master took on the roles of both parent and teacher during my upbringing, and often… he was always stern and unsmiling."

"I used to secretly call him little old man."

"But no matter how many times I called him that, my master never became a real little old man."

"But it's all right; I didn't let him down."

Wu Lin lifted his gaze to Jin Chen: "Isn't that right?"

"Yes." Jin Chen gently wiped the tear from the corner of his eye, saying: "You allowed my master's grievance to be redressed; he did not die in vain on Green Ring Mountain."

Wu Lin stepped forward, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and was embraced by Jin Chen.

The nail that had been lodged in Wu Lin's heart for ten years, bringing endless decay and chronic pain, was forcibly pulled out.

From then on, the sky was bright and clear.

【Congratulations, Host! Mission completed, reward points accumulated!】

【Transferring to the next world……Transfer successful!】