Lima syndrome

When Bai Zhiyan returned to the ward, Che Jingcan had already regained his resentful look from a few days ago. Bai Zhiyan didn't know what had happened to him, but he didn't want to continue arguing with him and watch him go crazy.

Seeing that he had no intention of paying attention to him, Che Jingcan was not anxious. After all, he knew that this person had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. On the surface, she was arguing with him, but wasn't she secretly knitting a scarf for him behind his back?

Christmas is coming after midnight, and he must give him the happiest and most unforgettable Christmas.

On the other side, Bai Zhiyan was still sending messages to Ji Chengxun to ask him to come out during the day.

"Sure. I have time. My sister is coming to see me too. You two are about the same age. You will definitely become good friends."

Bai Zhiyan looked at Ji Chengxun's reply and thought about it. The sister he mentioned should be the girl he met in the coffee shop before.

"So what does your sister like, Seung-hoon? I prepared a gift just for you, what would she like?"

"Don't worry about her. Just come to my house tomorrow. I've praised your cooking skills in front of her before, and she's been looking for a chance to try it. Your willingness to cook tomorrow is already the best gift. =^_^="

"Yes! I will try my best!"

After successfully making the appointment, Bai Zhiyan was a little excited. This was the day he had been looking forward to for a long time and would soon become his most precious memory.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside. Bai Zhiyan put down his phone and stood up. He happened to meet the eyes of Che Jingcan who also sat up. He felt a little awkward for a moment.

"I'll go see what the commotion is outside."

Bai Zhiyan broke the awkwardness and wanted to escape from here first.

"Don't bother to look, they are counting down."

As Che Jingcan spoke, he looked out the window with his face flickering. Bai Zhiyan followed his gaze and saw a countdown on the large LED screen of the shopping mall opposite.

"10, 9, 8..." Che Jingcan's voice was very light, like the falling snow outside the window. He looked at the big screen and counted down with it.

"3, 2, 1——"

The timer ended and fireworks covered the sky outside the window. Bai Zhiyan looked at Che Jingcan. Under the reflection of the fireworks, his profile looked particularly gentle.

The sparks of the fireworks bloomed in the night sky, dazzling like stars, dancing gorgeously, emitting charming light in the darkness, illuminating the entire sky.

Che Jingcan slowly turned his head and his eyes met Bai Zhiyan's.

At that moment, time seemed to freeze and everything around them became blurry. Only their eyes were clearly visible to each other. There were colorful lights flashing in their eyes, as brilliant as fireworks.

"Happy holidays, Bai Zhiyan." Che Jingcan said softly.

"This is our first Christmas together."

Bai Zhiyan was burned by the heat in his eyes and subconsciously took a step back, then looked out the window, "Draw the curtains."

As soon as he finished speaking, his phone suddenly vibrated. This was the exclusive message reminder he set for Xu Shiyuan, but he didn't have the mind to see what he sent.

"Didn't I ask you what you wanted that day?" Che Jingcan ignored what he said and took out a palm-sized box from under the quilt.

"I've wanted to give you this for a long time, but I didn't know what you like or want, so I prepared this."

Bai Zhiyan didn't take it, and Che Jingcan didn't give him a chance to refuse. He directly opened the velvet box, and inside was a black and white cat pendant, which was almost exactly the same as the one he had given to Che Jingcan before.

"This is……"

"I think you bought this because you liked it, so I bought one that looks very similar to you."

"Resemble me?"

Bai Zhiyan then took the pendant out of the box. After seeing the kitten's face, he finally understood why the kitten said it looked very much like him.

The kitten had a frown on its face with a fierce look, its mouth slightly open and teeth bared, and its eyes looked one big and one small because it was staring.

So Che Jingcan was making fun of him for having different-sized eyes?

Bai Zhiyan also glared, "Che Jingcan, are you deliberately making fun of me?"

Che Jingcan took the cat and placed it next to Bai Zhiyan's face for comparison, and nodded with satisfaction.

“It’s exactly the same.”

Just as Bai Zhiyan was about to open his hand, he pinched his face first, and his facial features wrinkled instantly.

“That makes it more like it.”

"Ugh—Qu Shi ah!"

Bai Zhiyan punched Che Jingcan in the face, finally making him let go.

Che Jingcan then let go of his hand and covered the place where he was hit, "You hit me on such an important day, you clingy guy?"

Bai Zhiyan also covered his red face and replied angrily, "You deserve it!"

Having said that, Che Jingcan didn't care about Bai Zhiyan's playfulness at all. He put the cat pendant back into the box, handed it to Bai Zhiyan, and said seriously: "Anyway, I hope you will like this gift."

Bai Zhiyan hesitated for a moment, but still took the box and said softly, "Thank you."

He had just turned around to put the box away when he heard Che Jingchan's faint voice coming from behind him.

"What about my gift?"

Bai Zhiyan paused. He knew he was talking about the scarf. It was all Li Enna’s fault for being such a big mouth.

But luckily, Liu Zhimin gave him a box of chocolates today and asked him to give some to others as well.

He calmly took out the box of chocolates, turned around and handed it to him.

"Christmas gift."

Che Jingcan took the exquisitely packaged gift box with surprise, but when he opened it, it was completely different from what he imagined. He fiddled with the individually wrapped chocolates for a few times, and when he found that there was really nothing else, he said in a muffled tone, "Is this what you prepared for me?"

Bai Zhiyan crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow, "Yeah, what else do you think it is?"

Che Jingcan choked. Li Enna told him secretly about knitting the scarf. If he said it out loud, it would be like exposing himself. If Bai Zhiyan knew that he had sent someone to keep an eye on him, he would probably be angry again.

But if the scarf was not knitted for him, then who was it for? Was it Xu Shiyuan?

Thinking of this possibility, Che Jingcan no longer cared whether he would be angry or not. He put down the chocolate and grabbed Bai Zhiyan's wrist.

"Li Enna clearly told me that the gift you prepared for me was a scarf. Where is the scarf? Why is it this? Do you want to give my scarf to someone else?"

"I knew Li Enna would tell you."

Che Jingcan looked at Bai Zhiyan's face and there was no anger at being spied on, as if he had known that he would do this.

"Then tell me where the scarf is? Do you want to give it to someone else?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Bai Zhiyan patted his hand that was still holding his, "I haven't finished knitting yet, so I'll give you this first."

Che Jingcan let go of his hand half-believingly, remembering that there was indeed a ball of wool that had not been used up in the video his younger brother sent him. Maybe he was really overthinking it.

Bai Zhiyan picked up a piece of chocolate, unwrapped it, and passed it to Che Jingcan's mouth, "Would you like to try it?"

Looking at his slender white fingers, Che Jingcan lowered his head and opened his mouth to bite the chocolate. The rich sweetness of the chocolate spread between his lips and teeth, and he curved his eyebrows and smiled ostentatiously.

“Delicious, very sweet.”

"That's good."

As soon as Bai Zhiyan withdrew his hand, he was pulled back by him, "Try it too."

After saying that, he held the back of Bai Zhiyan's head and kissed him on the lips.

Bai Zhiyan was startled by his sudden action. Before he could struggle, Che Jingcan had already pried open his lips, and the sweetness of chocolate instantly filled his entire mouth.

When he was about to raise his hand to punch him again, Che Jingcan had already let go of him and held his fist.

"You still want to hit me?"

He grabbed his hand and kissed the back of it hard, "I'm just being nice and letting you have a taste too."

So Bai Zhiyan slapped him with his other hand, "You damn bastard!"

The moderate force did not cause Che Jingcan to feel any pain. Instead, he went even further and lifted Bai Zhiyan up by his butt.

Bai Zhiyan was frightened by the sudden feeling of weightlessness. He subconsciously hugged Che Jingcan's neck and clamped his legs around his waist.

"What are you going to do again?"

Bai Zhiyan was speechless. Why did these people want to lift him off the ground just because of a disagreement?

Che Jingcan smiled and hugged him to sit on the bed. They looked at each other, with only each other's reflection in their eyes.

"I just want to be able to hold you like this all the time, so that you can never leave my sight. I want you to only look at me and only think of me in your heart."

Fireworks continued outside the window, lighting up the darkened room, and reflecting warm colors on the faces of the two. Che Jingcan's affectionate eyes were like stars, bright and firm.

Bai Zhiyan suppressed all the dirty words he wanted to say.

"I really like you." He slowly tightened his arms around his waist and rested his chin on his shoulder.

"You said before that I didn't know what love was and that I was just impulsive. Bai Zhiyan, now I really understand what love is."

Bai Zhiyan's mind was in a mess. He didn't expect Che Jingcan to bring up the reality that he least wanted to face at this time.

"You, you let me go first."

Che Jingcan pretended not to hear and increased the strength in his hands, as if he wanted to rub him into his bones and blood.

"You don't know what I was thinking when I was unconscious. I saw you in my dreams countless times but couldn't touch you. I couldn't tell the difference between day and night. It seemed that I couldn't touch you no matter how hard I tried. During that time, I felt like I was in hell. I even thought it would be better to die. Maybe then you would come to my funeral and shed a few tears for me."

"you……"

"But when I woke up, the first person I saw was you. I almost forgot all the pain. I thought it was a good thing that I didn't really die, otherwise how could I see the look on your face that worried about me."

"do not talk."

Che Jingcan's slightly trembling voice was mixed with a hint of pain. Humans are not plants, and such a heartfelt confession would be hard for Bai Zhiyan to remain unmoved, even if he hated him.

"You don't know, in my dream I saw myself being very mean to you, and I remained indifferent when others bullied and scolded you, but I could only watch you crying and begging to me in the dream."

Hearing him say this, the blood in Bai Zhiyan's body almost stopped flowing in an instant, even his heartbeat stopped. He opened his mouth and found that his voice was so hoarse.

"What did you dream about?"

"I saw you being bullied and I wanted to kill those people." Che Jingcan didn't notice the change in his voice and rubbed his neck with his head, where there were still marks left by him.

"But I'm glad that you and I didn't meet like that."

"Cha Kyung-chan..."

Bai Zhiyan's voice and body were shaking uncontrollably, and Che Jingcan then noticed that something was wrong with him.

"What happened Zhiyan?"

Fireworks exploded, and he saw despair and trembling in Bai Zhiyan's eyes. After the light faded, he seemed to find a hint of hatred.

"What if I tell you that what you saw is real?"

His voice contained emotions that Che Jingcan could not understand, but he suddenly felt scared, as if something irreversible stood between them.

"how could be!"

Che Jingcan raised his voice to cover up his inexplicable panic, "That kind of thing can't happen!"

He hugged Bai Zhiyan tightly, as if to prove something, but Bai Zhiyan suddenly pushed him away, his eyes so cold that it made him heartbroken.

“It doesn’t matter whether it will happen or not.”

Bai Zhiyan's voice was calm without a trace of ripples, "Che Jingcan, I'm tired, don't bother me anymore."

This was the second time Bai Zhiyan said this to him. The panic in Che Jingcan's heart spread like wildfire. He wanted to reach out and hug him, but Bai Zhiyan avoided his hand with a cold face.

"No, I don't want it."

"From now on, I won't come here again."

After saying that, Bai Zhiyan started packing his things.

Che Jingcan didn’t know what he said just now was wrong, but he had a strong premonition that if Bai Zhiyan left today, he might really not be able to be with him.

"No, you are not allowed to leave!"

He grabbed Bai Zhiyan's backpack and threw it away, holding his shoulders tightly.

"How much do you hate me? Why did you have to run away from me?"

Bai Zhiyan's emotions fluctuated no less than his, and he frowned and glared at him.

"I told you that I don't like you, and you've been pestering me all along. I've done everything I could for you. If you don't want to make things too ugly, just let me go."

Che Jingcan heard the disgust in his tone and a trace of hurt flashed in his eyes. He did not get angry but laughed, "What do you mean by doing your best? You came to the hospital for another purpose, why do you act as if you were wronged?"

"But I have achieved my goal, and that's enough." Bai Zhiyan sneered, as if he was mocking his questioning.

"Che Jingcan, I want to leave, you can't stop me."

After saying that, Bai Zhiyan raised his hand and pressed on the place where he was injured.

Che Jingcan's face twisted in pain for a moment, but he still held him tightly and refused to let go.

Bai Zhiyan thought that if he could make him feel pain a little, he would let go of himself, but he underestimated Che Jingcan's madness.

"Let go of—"

"What? Don't you want to continue?"

Che Jingcan's forehead was covered with fine cold sweat because of the pain. He looked pale but still smiling.

"Do you need my help?"

He grabbed Bai Zhiyan's hand and continued to press on his wound until blood flowed out.

Bai Zhiyan was trembling all over, his hands were covered in his blood. He felt that his hands were about to be burned by the temperature of his blood, but he couldn't pull them out.

"Che Kyung-chan you're crazy!"

Che Jingcan was in so much pain that he could hardly stand. He staggered back to the bed with Bai Zhiyan. He was clearly laughing, but his laugh was filled with sadness.

"I've already gone crazy."