Roses in Flames

The man not far away was wearing a black windbreaker, with the zipper pulled all the way up, jutting out his sexy Adam's apple.

Beneath his short, jet-black hair, his eyes were dark and deep, and his features were cold and sharp.

Ye Yuntang's gaze swept over the Martin boots the man was wearing, which were still covered in yellow mud that he hadn't had time to clean off.

Ye Yuntang blinked.

Did he go to the mountain?

Xiao Lin strode towards Ye Yuntang, his tall and imposing figure stopping in front of her.

He raised his large hand and touched her forehead. "Do you have a fever?"

The man's hands were long and broad, with calluses on his fingertips, and a cool, misty feel to them.

Ye Yuntang's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she gently rubbed her forehead against his large palm.

The loneliness and coldness instantly transformed into a warm current upon his appearance, rushing from every limb to the heart.

She gave a hoarse "hmm".

Xiao Lin noticed that her beautiful eyes were reddening. He bent down and his deep voice softened a bit, "Why do you look like you're about to cry? Are you in a lot of pain?"

Ye Yuntang shook her head. Perhaps because she hadn't been sick for a long time, she seemed a little fragile at the moment. "I was just thinking about you, and then you appeared... I shouldn't be imagining things, right?"

"no."

"Xiao Lin, I'm thirsty, I want to drink some water."

The man nodded. "Okay, I'll go get you some water."

He turned around and walked quickly outside.

A short while later, he came over with a disposable cup.

He poured her a glass of warm water.

Ye Yuntang took the IV with the hand that wasn't receiving it and drank several mouthfuls.

"Do you want something to eat? I'll go buy you something."

Ye Yuntang shook her head. "I ate something on the mountain, but I didn't have an appetite." She looked into his deep eyes. "Why did you come here?"

The man did not answer, but his angular features tightened, giving him a sharp and aloof appearance.

Noticing the man's unusual mood, Ye Yuntang looked puzzled. "Why are you unhappy?"

Xiao Lin found a stool and sat down next to her, his dark eyes fixed on her. "You suddenly went on a business trip without telling me, without even sending a message."

Ye Yuntang felt a chill run down her spine. She said somewhat guiltily, "Weren't you accompanying your grandfather on an inspection tour recently? After the daytime inspection, you must be by his side at night. How could I dare to contact you? Besides, you'll find out about my business trip when you get back to the police station."

When Xiao Lin sat on the stool, his legs were wide open and his hands were clasped together on his knees. The look in his eyes as he stared at her deepened. "You went on a business trip with your senior brother."

Chen Yang was his college classmate. When he arrived at the mountain, Chen Yang told him with a smile that forensic doctor Shen and forensic doctor Ye were not only a good match in appearance, but also had strong professional abilities. The two of them had worked together in the tent for several hours.

The forensic doctor, Shen, was very observant. He didn't even notice that the forensic doctor, Ye, was feeling unwell, but Shen did, and insisted that he send someone to take Ye to the hospital.

Not only that, the two held hands as they went up the mountain.

Xiao Lin naturally didn't believe that Ye Yuntang would still hold hands with Shen Yan after agreeing to be his girlfriend, but the path up the mountain was indeed difficult to walk—

Ye Yuntang had no idea what the man was thinking. Seeing his increasingly grim expression, her brow twitched violently. "I only found out that my senior was also here on a business trip when I got to the airport. We only met because of work. You don't mind even that, do you?"

Xiao Lin's Adam's apple bobbed. "When you went up the mountain with your senior brother, he held your hand?"

Ye Yuntang's eyelashes trembled, and the hand receiving the IV drip shook slightly. She became agitated, and her voice rose several decibels, "No! Who told you that? He didn't hold my hand. He just helped me up because the uphill road was slippery."

Xiao Lin stared at her, his dark eyes unfathomable. "Where did you go?"

His persistent questioning made her both embarrassed and annoyed. She glared at him, annoyed. "Where do you think I can support you? Your back, of course! Your arm!"

Xiao Lin's brow twitched, his dark eyes narrowing slightly. "You still want him to support your waist?"

The atmosphere in the air suddenly became stiff and tense.

The initial感动 (feeling of being touched) Ye Yuntang felt upon seeing him arrive vanished instantly.

That scoundrel of a man, he came all this way, probably just to annoy her!

Emma's head was even more dizzy, and even her temples were throbbing.

Seeing Ye Yuntang's expression, Xiao Lin realized that he might have gone a bit too far.

But he rushed over and ran up the mountain to look for her. When he heard Chen Yang bring her and Shen Yan together, and heard that the two held hands when they went up the mountain, he inexplicably felt a surge of anger.

Remembering she still had a fever, he knew he shouldn't be like this. He pursed his thin lips, his attitude about to soften, when he heard her suddenly say, "Even if it's just supporting her back, it's better than me falling down, right? Besides, when you carried Bai Chuwei to the hospital, I didn't say anything, did I?"

Xiao Lin was taken aback.

Clearly, she hadn't expected that Bai Chuwei would be dragged into this.

His facial features were tense. "Didn't I already explain that to you?"

Ye Yuntang snorted, "You're the one who's been arguing with me all this time. I'm sick, and you still come here to question me, giving me a stern look and acting really fierce."

Xiao Lin, "..."

He probably wasn't that fierce.

His thin lips moved slightly. "I didn't yell at you."

Ye Yuntang glared at him angrily, "You did!"

Xiao Lin said, "You didn't tell me you were going on a business trip. I rushed over to find you, and then I heard that you and Shen Yan went on a business trip together, held hands on the mountain, and were alone in a tent for several hours. I lost control for a moment."

Ye Yuntang's lips twitched. "Please, my senior brother and I were in the tent examining the body and analyzing the data. What do you think we could possibly do with just a head and a few pieces of limb?"

As she spoke, sensing something was amiss, she frowned and said, "Who spread rumors that my senior brother and I held hands when we went up the mountain?"

"I heard it from Chen Yang."

Ye Yuntang's lips twitched. "Captain Chen shouldn't be in criminal investigation; he should be a gossip reporter."

Seeing that the man didn't speak, Ye Yuntang raised her leg and gently kicked him. "You believe him just because he said they held hands?"

No news.

"You question me without even believing me?"

Seeing her face flushed from the fever, Xiao Lin felt a surge of emotion in his chest ease considerably.

He didn't know why he was being so petty.

He moved the stool closer to her. "I'm sorry, it was my attitude that was bad."

Ye Yuntang turned her head away, ignoring him.

Xiao Lin stretched out his long, slender hand to take her hand that wasn't receiving an IV drip.

But as soon as I touched her, she pulled me away.

"Don't be angry." She wouldn't let him hold her hand, so he gently stroked her cheek with his fingertips.

Ye Yuntang also slapped his hand away.

He pursed his thin lips and said in a low, husky voice, "I admit, I'm a little jealous."

Ye Yuntang looked at him again, "Is it a little bit?"

Seeing that she was finally willing to talk to him, he got up, sat down next to her, put his big hand on her shoulder, and pulled her into his arms.

Ye Yuntang looked up at him, "What are you doing... um."

He lowered his head and kissed her.