After being attacked by the rich young ladies with hatchets, I chose to enter "sage mode".

The moment Bai Yu saw Lin Ying, he immediately thought of Si Yu. He quickly expanded his field of vision and looked to his right, only to find that Si Yu had not left. She was asleep next to him, just like Lin Ying.

On the left is Lin Ying, and on the right is Si Yu. Bai Yu doesn't know how the two women got along while he was unconscious, but at least for now, it seems that there were no conflicts. Otherwise, they wouldn't be here together guarding him.

Bai Yu raised his left hand, wanting to touch Lin Ying's lips, because this girl had bitten her lips until they bled when she saw him letting Si Yu hurt her.

Unfortunately, he had been so focused on comforting Si Yu that he had temporarily overlooked Lin Ying's feelings.

But when Bai Yu reached out from under the covers, she discovered that her left wrist was already wrapped tightly in gauze. Because the gauze was quite thick, it was very difficult for her fingers to move.

However, it was Bai Yu's actions that woke up Lin Ying, who was already a light sleeper.

Sitting up straight and rubbing her eyes, Lin Ying's eyes instantly filled with tears when she saw Bai Yu wake up. Her teary-eyed appearance was incredibly endearing.

"Boss lady, I'm sorry. I apologize for not telling you about this part of the process before, because I was afraid you would worry. I'm sorry."

Speaking in the private ward, Bai Yu was still weak and powerless even after receiving a blood transfusion, her voice extremely faint.

Hearing him apologize to her as soon as he woke up, how could Lin Ying possibly blame him? However, not blaming him didn't mean that Bai Yu's words were meaningless or ineffective.

His words were meant to resolve a small knot in Lin Ying's heart. Although it was very small, it could gradually grow into a very large knot over time.

Bai Yu knew Lin Ying's personality very well. If she didn't clearly know her mistake and point it out, Lin Ying wouldn't take the initiative to talk to him. She would just suppress herself in her heart again and again until she couldn't suppress it anymore.

Therefore, Bai Yu understood very well that he could deceive Lin Ying, but after the deception, he absolutely could not have any intention of deliberately concealing anything from her or not wanting to tell her, or even treat her as an outsider.

Lin Ying gently touched Bai Yu's cheek, but she didn't respond. However, the tenderness in her eyes said it all.

"Boss lady, aren't you going to say anything to me?"

Bai Yu looked at Lin Ying with a wry smile, feeling that she would feel guilty if Lin Ying didn't say something negative about her behavior.

He already felt incredibly indebted and guilty towards Lin Ying, and on top of that, he hadn't even consulted her before taking the initiative to cut his wrists. If he died, what would happen to her? Who would protect her wholeheartedly?

Upon hearing this, Lin Ying shook her head, her deep eyes looking gently at Bai Yu, her red lips slightly parted.

"Bai Yujun knows he was wrong."

Her voice was soft and beautiful, with a touch of gentleness and virtue. However, it didn't sound like she was scolding anyone at all, but rather like she was defending Bai Yu, which really confused Bai Yu.

After all, this didn't make him feel like he didn't need to feel guilty; on the contrary, the more Lin Ying acted this way, the more he felt he had let her down.

If he had another choice, Bai Yu would still choose to cut his wrists to force Si Yu, but the guilt and sense of indebtedness he felt would only grow heavier.

"Boss lady, please scold me, just once. You always think I'm good, and even defend myself. You make me feel even more indebted to you."

Slightly taken aback, Lin Ying was a little confused after hearing Bai Yu's words, and didn't quite understand why Bai Yu insisted that she scold him.

However, when she saw the pleading look in Bai Yu's eyes, she softened and uttered the first curse word of her life.

"You...you're a little stupid..."

If insults were ranked, Lin Ying would be at the scrap metal level, utterly harmless. Bai Yu even thought she was cuter.

With a deep sigh, Bai Yu decided to give up. It was unrealistic to expect Lin Ying to scold him, and besides, Lin Ying's personality wasn't suited to swearing.

"Boss lady, if what you're saying counts as swearing, then if I were to swear, someone might die. You're really not suited for this chaotic world at all. Gentleness and virtue are your defining characteristics, but gentleness is your most fatal weakness."

After saying that, Bai Yu placed her left hand, which was wrapped in gauze, into Lin Ying's palm, and then continued.

"But I'm obsessed with your weaknesses, what should I do?"

Bai Yu looked at Lin Ying with a wry smile. Despite her pale and sickly appearance, Bai Yu's expression was quite roguish and charming.

How could Lin Ying, listening to his words, resist Bai Yu's blatant flirting? It was hard not to blush when he flirted with her so openly.

"I...I don't know."

After softly and shyly replying that she didn't know, Lin Ying lowered her gaze, mainly because she didn't dare to meet Bai Yu's blatant "I love you" gaze; she was too excited and nervous to bear it.

"How could you not know to kiss me?"

Although Bai Yu seemed to be flirting with Lin Ying, he was also confirming that Lin Ying truly had no grudges or discomfort in her heart, and that he had to provide fairness and relative fairness in every slight gesture.

Lin Ying had no idea how complicated Bai Yu's thoughts were. Although she had been slightly dissatisfied with Bai Yu's behavior of letting Si Yu hurt him, she had long forgotten about it after a few words.

Lin Ying rarely heard sweet words, and Bai Yu's sincere sweet words were the best medicine to heal her heart.

With a blush on her pretty face, Lin Ying gently closed her eyes and kissed Bai Yu's lips with her long, trembling eyelashes.

Just as she kissed Bai Yu's lips, Bai Yu suddenly opened her mouth and gently bit her.

"You bit your lip again and it bled. Now it's my turn to scold you, you stupid landlady."

Chapter Forty-Five: Reckless Devotion

Lin Ying didn't feel anything when she was suddenly bitten after the kiss, mainly because Bai Yu had bitten her like that before, and it wasn't uncomfortable but rather quite tingling. However, Bai Yu's slightly displeased tone made her delicate body tremble involuntarily.

She wouldn't be angry with Bai Yu, but she was afraid that Bai Yu would be angry with her.

Bai Yu himself was well aware of Lin Ying's personality, so there was a reason why he suddenly pretended to be angry.

With her hands gently supporting her on the edge of the bed, Lin Ying looked at Bai Yu with a hint of unease in her eyes, and the way she gently bit her lip showed the grievance in her heart at this moment.

After all, she was suddenly scolded by Bai Yu, so she must have felt wronged.

However, Bai Yu soon revealed why she had scolded her.

"Boss lady, I told you not to bite your own lips. You bite them when you're nervous or anxious. I really like your small lips. How are you going to make up for my affection if you bite them?"

Lin Ying had prepared herself for Bai Yu's criticism, but instead of being scared by what he said, she felt a warm and sweet feeling in her heart.

"sorry."

She lowered her head and softly said sorry, but Lin Ying loosened her grip on her lip.

In her opinion, since Bai Yu actually liked her mouth, she should take good care of it from now on, keeping it moist and tender. If he wanted to bite it, she could bite it as much as he wanted, but she couldn't bite it anymore.

That's what a selfless person is like; Bai Yu could probably guess that Lin Ying was thinking the same way.

Of course, it was precisely because he understood Lin Ying's personality and thoughts that he said those things.

"It's good that you know you were wrong. Don't do it again next time. Would you like to lie down in bed for a while?"

After saying that, Bai Yu shifted her body, wanting Lin Ying to come up and lie down, since sitting on the edge of the bed and sleeping face down is not as comfortable as lying down.

But his movements were so drastic that they startled Si Yu, who was on his right, awake.

Compared to Lin Ying's gentle and delicate manner, Si Yu seemed much more anxious, and the first thing she did upon opening her eyes was to look at Bai Yu on the bed.

When she saw Bai Yu looking at Lin Ying, her brows immediately furrowed, and a feeling of pain and unease rose in her heart.

However, how could Bai Yu not pay attention to Si Yu? He could feel her as soon as she sat up.

So when Si Yu got up and saw him, he immediately turned to look at her heartbroken eyes.

"Sister Siyu."

With a weak call, Bai Yu's smile, which had been fixed on Lin Ying, vanished, replaced by solemnity and apology.

"When I wake up... I'll leave."

After saying that, Si Yu stood up, her eyes red, and prepared to leave.

However, at this point, no man could fail to see the seriousness of the situation. Bai Yu understood that once Si Yu left, the illness that she had been forced to suppress might relapse, and it would only flare up more violently with each attack.

So if this girl leaves alone, it's questionable whether we'll ever see each other again.

"Sister Siyu, you promised you would trust me. What will I do if you leave?"

Hearing Bai Yu's pleading and uneasy voice, Si Yujiao stopped in her tracks, her body trembling slightly. She turned her back to him and choked out a reply.

"You still have her, right? Even without me... you'll still be happy. I don't need happiness or joy."

After saying that, Si Yu started walking away.

Upon seeing this, Bai Yu got up without thinking twice, reached out and pulled the syringe from the back of her hand, then rolled off the bed.

Having just woken up and having received blood transfusions after losing blood, Bai Yu is now so weak that she can barely stand up.

But this did not stop him from stopping Si Yu's actions, and he also knew very well that what he needed to do was to act more intensely than Si Yu before each episode, so that she would have to focus her attention on him and ignore the darkness she imagined for her future.

This behavior might be crazy, and could even cost her her life, but Bai Yu has no other choice. Si Yu is not a normal girl; she is a dependent yandere with a mental illness, and normal methods cannot stop her from leaving this world at any time.

"Sister Siyu..."

Clenching her teeth, Bai Yu pulled out the IV and rolled off the bed with fluid movements. Even Lin Ying, who was sitting next to her, didn't realize that he had already rolled off the bed.

As soon as he rolled off the bed, the wound on his hand burst open from the impact, and the back of his hand, where he had been receiving an injection, began to bleed profusely because the needle had been forcibly pulled out.

Hearing a thud, Si Yu turned around and saw Bai Yu lying on the ground trying to get up and reach out to her.

"Idiot, idiot, idiot, what are you doing..."

It only takes a moment for a person's emotions to break down. Si Yu was already very sad, and now seeing Bai Yu desperately trying to stop her from leaving made her heart ache even more, and she didn't know what to do.

She never asked for much; she just wanted Bai Yu's gentleness, his love, and the warmth of building a family together.

But now he has another girlfriend, so what am I then?

"Sister Siyu, I'm such an idiot, such an idiot..."

The pain from her lacerated wound and falling off the bed and hitting the corner of a cabinet made it difficult for Bai Yu to speak, but her tone was still full of self-blame and guilt.

For him, Si Yu could abandon him, but he really couldn't abandon her, nor did he have any right to abandon her. In fact, he might have been destined to be inseparable from her all along.

Weakly standing up, Bai Yu staggered towards Si Yu.

Lin Ying harbored resentment towards Si Yu. In her eyes, it was Si Yu's repeated torment of Bai Yu that caused Bai Yu such suffering, a pain that tore at Lin Ying's heart. Yet, she was utterly helpless.

If Bai Yu hadn't said that Si Yu was a good person and that no one should hold a grudge against her for what she did afterward, Lin Ying really, really wanted to get rid of her.

She could endure being hurt, because being bullied, rejected, and looked down upon had become a habit and a daily routine in her world. But Bai Yu could not be treated like that. Bai Yu was the most sacred taboo in her heart. Her world was all darkness, and only that one patch of light could not be trampled on by anyone.

"Bai Yu Jun..."

She reached out to help Bai Yu, but Bai Yu waved her hand, signaling her not to come over and not to worry about her.

He now knows that what he needs is to talk to Si Yu alone. If Lin Ying gets involved, things will become more complicated. She just needs to stay put.

But this behavior was nothing short of torture for Lin Ying. She opened her mouth to bite her lips to vent her grievances and pain, but when she thought of Bai Yu saying that he liked her lips, she hesitated for a long time and could only sit there and watch, her fingers tightly clenching her palms, because she was really in pain.

Chapter 46 Relative Fairness

Bai Yu could see Lin Ying's expression and actions, and he knew very well that Lin Ying must be feeling bad at this moment. It was not only because she was upset to see him so selflessly doing things for Si Yu, but also because she was upset that he was being nice to another girl in front of her.

All Bai Yu could do was achieve a degree of fairness, since there is no such thing as absolute fairness in the world, and it is impossible to achieve absolute fairness under any circumstances.

Of course, his love for Lin Ying and his love for Si Yu are absolutely equal, and he has absolutely no intention of favoring either side in the slightest.