Love Healing Manual

Chapter 30 Senior Student is a habitual liar

Morning runs are beneficial for cardiovascular health, increase the heart's pumping capacity, promote blood circulation throughout the body to deliver nutrients, improve lung capacity, and provide a significant workout for the legs, hips, and core muscles.

This is only part of it.

Besides its health benefits, running can stimulate the brain to release endorphins, which can help reduce stress and improve mood.

And when you wake up early, the air is often the freshest it is of the day.

Making a morning run a ritual to start the day can greatly help cultivate self-discipline, establish reasonable and healthy lifestyle habits, and keep you energized throughout the day.

With each breath, Lin Ze's arms swung rhythmically.

He started from downstairs again, passing through the Ueno Shinkansen, stopping at a ramen shop in 1-chome, turning and passing through narrow alleys, and entering Shinobu Park Avenue from the shopping street—where the rippling Shinobu Pond came into view.

He sweated profusely.

In the golden autumn of October.

After finishing the entire run, Lin Ze took off his headphones and checked the apps on his phone.

6.4 kilometers, with an average pace of 5 minutes and 40 seconds per kilometer.

Slower than usual.

This was, of course, because he took the time to buy breakfast and bring it back. On weekends like this, Lin Yuning wouldn't get up to make him breakfast; she would probably sleep until noon.

Lin Ze had already made a plan.

So he finished his breakfast at the coffee table, tidied up, went back to his bedroom to review the vocabulary he had memorized twice, then took a shower, changed his clothes, and got ready to go out.

A fulfilling day begins here.

In the morning, Lin Ze decided to ride his bicycle back and then go to the bookstore.

Shimazu Kazune, his senior, gave him a list of books to buy, some of which were out of stock on online shopping platforms—because they were too obscure, he could only try his luck at some secondhand bookstores.

After the internship period.

The supervision of the supervising teacher can only play a supporting role. To truly make progress, one still needs sufficient self-discipline.

Lin Ze knew very well that the knowledge he learned from books might not be used tomorrow, but it would be used sooner or later.

He'd try his luck at the bookstore, but if he couldn't find it there, he'd have to download an electronic version online, which would be a bit more difficult to read.

He planned to buy books and go back halfway through, since he couldn't carry the big doll with him. As for the materials he planned to take to his senior's one-bedroom apartment, they were heavier than he had imagined.

It wasn't too strenuous, but it was still too much for a bicycle to carry.

He plans to call a taxi then.

At this point, you can't be stingy with money.

……

It's approaching noon.

Lin Ze made a purchase. In a remote and narrow alley in Ueno, Tokyo, he found a very old bookstore and managed to find two books there. Combined with the one he bought from a chain bookstore, there was only one book left on the list his senior sister had given him that he hadn't bought yet.

for this result.

Lin Ze was already quite satisfied.

Now that his book-buying plan was mostly complete, he didn't linger. He rode his bicycle back to the store, went upstairs to call a taxi, and then carried his belongings from the bedroom downstairs one by one.

It's worth mentioning that after Lin Ze returned home, Lin Yuning had already left. Her bedroom door was open, but she was nowhere to be seen. Presumably, she had happily gone shopping with Aunt Meiyue.

That's good, it saves her from asking all sorts of questions and having to explain things to me later.

As Lin Ze thought about this, he picked up the bed canopy that was wrapped in a box, and tucked the four folded supports under his armpits before going downstairs.

drop--

The taxi driver honked his horn downstairs.

Lin Ze went downstairs for the second time and just reached the doorway.

Taking a taxi in Tokyo is very expensive, and unless it's an emergency, nobody usually wants to take one. The starting fare alone is enough to make a lot of money. Fortunately, the subway system is extensive and well-developed, so you can go almost anywhere by subway every day, and you don't have to call a taxi every few days.

Thanks to senior student Beichuan, Lin Ze splurged a little and used his funds to pay for the taxi fare.

"Intersection of Chiyoda Line and Den Den Shokai Road?"

After all the items were loaded into the trunk, Lin Ze had just sat down when the taxi driver, who was nearly fifty years old, asked him a question.

"correct."

"Please be seated and fasten your seatbelts, we're about to depart."

……

buzz-

buzzing-

street.

Because her phone was on vibrate mode, it vibrated a few times in her pocket, which Kitagawa Ayane clearly felt.

She had been waiting at the entrance of the residential area for half an hour.

There's a vending machine here, filled with drinks, and a gazebo on top of it.

She stood here to avoid the direct sunlight.

Kitagawa Ayane felt very awkward about Lin Ze wanting to come to her house. Although the small house was dilapidated and cramped, it was still a place to live.

Lin Ze was her junior, a young man she had just gotten to know—well, he was the doctor in charge of treating her condition.

Kitagawa Ayane had no right to refuse anything that could help with her illness.

Otherwise, it would be too heartless.

Frankly speaking, if it weren't for Lin Ze, she might not have made it this far. Even if she had found a doctor who could treat her instead of Lin Ze, it's uncertain whether she could have afforded the medical expenses.

Fate is so strange; when she was at her most desperate, the person who could save her appeared.

And there are no fees charged.

Kitagawa Ayane took her phone out of her pocket, opened the LINK message notification on the screen, and the content of the chat box came into view.

"Dr. Lin: I'm at the entrance of the residential area. Where are you, senior student?"

"Dr. Lin: Please reply upon receipt."

arrive?

Kitagawa Ayane raised her pretty little face and looked around.

She scanned the street from the shops at the entrance of the residential area, her gaze sweeping over the unfamiliar faces, but she did not spot Lin Ze.

So the girl stood on tiptoe.

Suddenly, she saw a boy standing on the zebra crossing, strolling towards her with a group of pedestrians.

He was tall. And everyone around him was at least eight feet away from the boy.

The boy had long poles tucked between his arms, which automatically swept across other people within a radius whenever he turned his body.

"Lin...Lin Ze." She called out, her lips slightly parted.

Immediately afterwards, the boy's expression shifted slightly, as if he had heard the shout and was searching for the direction from which the sound came.

Kitagawa Ayane quickly waved her hand, standing on tiptoe to do so, afraid that her petite figure would be overshadowed by passersby.

However, apart from Lin Ze, everyone else turned their attention to the shout as well.

This made Kitagawa Ayane quickly stop waving and put her hands behind her back, looking somewhat embarrassed.

After a while.

Lin Ze walked directly towards her, still with that calm expression.

But what's with this cold-faced man holding a giant doll?

Kitagawa Ayane was slightly stunned, but within those few seconds, a large bone doll was stuffed firmly into her arms.

She swayed and froze in place.

"Eh?!"

"Senior, could you help me carry some of these things? There are too many things, and it's a bit of a hassle to carry them all."

"Is that so..." Her voice was barely audible, and she was breaking out in a cold sweat of embarrassment.

"Lead the way."

"Okay... okay."

From the entrance of the residential complex to the elevator, and then to her 17th-floor apartment, the two didn't exchange a single word.

They went upstairs together in a strange yet tacit way.

She was in front, and Lin Ze followed behind.

Throughout the entire process, Kitagawa Ayane was in a daze. She had no idea what Lin Ze wanted to do, what his plans were for coming to her place, or what the doll she was holding was for.

It wasn't until the door to the one-bedroom apartment opened and she went inside first that she belatedly came to her senses and turned to Lin Ze, saying, "Please...please come in."

Do I need to take off my shoes?

"no need."

Lin Ze nodded and stepped into the room.

He looked around the room.

Although Lin Ze had seen what the room looked like from the perspective of the detector, it was a completely different experience from seeing it in person.

Oncoming.

His first feeling was one of oppression.

With Lin Ze's height, he could reach the ceiling without much effort, as if the entire floor above his head was about to fall down.

Needless to say, the space is cramped. After passing through the entrance hall, you enter the bedroom, where the bed and desk are placed in the same location, while the opposite direction is a combined shower and kitchen.

There is only one window.

If you think about it, you'll understand. In a place like Tokyo where land is incredibly expensive, the apartment you rent part-time can't possibly be very comfortable.

The only advantage is that it provides privacy; at least you don't have to share an apartment with others.

His sweeping gaze put considerable pressure on Kitagawa Ayane.

In any case, the two weren't that familiar with each other...

"Dr. Lin, this is where I live. I wonder what brings you here?" Kitagawa Ayane asked, forcing herself to speak.

"I forgot to explain, cough cough," Lin Ze coughed twice, trying his best to make his voice sound friendly: "I've thought of some new treatment methods. Didn't you say a while ago that your insomnia hadn't improved much?"

With that, he walked into the house on his own.

He walked straight past the small bed, went to the window, drew back the curtains, and looked downstairs.

The streets were bustling with pedestrians.

Not far away, there are rows of residential buildings standing close together.

"How about last night? Did you sleep well?"

"I'm alright," Kitagawa Ayane replied, but her eyes darted around.

Lin Ze turned his head, leaned closer, and glanced at Kitagawa-senpai—she had obvious dark circles under her eyes.

That's like blatantly lying through one's teeth.

suddenly.

As Lin Ze gazed at Kitagawa Ayane, the threshold of the patient pain detection device appeared, displayed next to her forehead.

"Patient: Kitagawa Ayane"

Pain threshold: Level 7 (increasing)

It's already at the very top of the yellow area, close to the red area.

In just two days, her threshold should have been hovering around level 5 or 6, and it's impossible for it to have risen to such a high level.

Lin Ze frowned.

When Kitagawa Ayane saw his expression, she was immediately terrified, wondering what she had done wrong. In any case, she felt that his gaze and expression were very frightening.

She avoided eye contact and took a step back.

There was a wall behind me.

Caught off guard, Kitagawa Ayane kicked the wall with her heel. She glanced back instinctively, but when she came to her senses, Lin Ze's gaze was still fixed on her.

Under such gazes, she felt immense pressure and couldn't help but feel even more guilty.

And... why is the junior getting closer and closer?

From an outsider's perspective, the two's current posture looked exactly like a wall slam. The tall Lin Ze not only cornered the petite Ayane against the wall, but also leaned in to scrutinize her.

dong dong dong-

She could hear her own heart pounding like a drum.

This wasn't during treatment; the two were now interacting as senior and junior students, and Lin Ze's gaze was undeniably aggressive.

A habitual liar, deceiving oneself, and failing to control the rising threshold—it almost reached a severely red level in just two days…

Lin Ze was very disappointed in her.

This time, it's really necessary to teach Kitagawa a lesson.

(End of this chapter)