223: The legendary fascia... scalpel - 1

Time flew by, and over half a month passed, with the calendar flipping to January 30th.

During these past ten-plus days, the atmosphere in Room 1601 of Jindi Shangfeng was best described by one word: "eerie."

The relationship between Ye Cheng and Su Ning had become much more harmonious in a delicate state of "both competing and cooperating." They could even occasionally watch a movie together or complain about some of Jiang Ye's bafflingly "clueless guy" behaviors.

As for Lin Wanxing, she had fully entered "defense mode."

Aside from necessary yoga and fitness classes, she hadn't spoken more than ten sentences total with Jiang Ye, most of which were casual, brief replies like "Mm," "Okay," or "Got it."

What was even more extreme was that after each reply, Lin Wanxing would immediately fall into brief self-reflection, scrutinizing her own words and actions with vigilance, afraid she might accidentally fall into some carefully designed "trap."

Regarding her state of being on high alert, Jiang Ye's feeling could be summed up in two words: utterly confused.

He completely couldn't understand what this woman was angry about, or rather, what she was "guarding" against.

To be reasonable, that incident in the bathroom had happened over ten days ago. If he didn't occasionally find himself unconsciously recalling it, he might have already forgotten about it.

In the end, he could only attribute it all to: "Coach Lin has deep, unfathomable thoughts beyond ordinary comprehension."

...Inside Gama Gym at MixC City on Qingnian Avenue.

Jiang Ye had just finished his last set of heavy squats. Sweat dripped continuously from his chin, and his muscles looked particularly full from the pump.

He let out a long sigh, stepped off the equipment, stretched his sore legs, and turned his gaze toward Lin Wanxing, who seemed somewhat distracted.

"Coach, didn't we agree that after today's training, you'd give me a good treatment with that... legendary massage gun?"

Lin Wanxing stiffened slightly, the inexplicable awkwardness and discomfort in her heart instantly skyrocketing.

As Jiang Ye's training intensity gradually increased, the post-session relaxation inevitably involved more and more physical contact between them.

Although Jiang Ye had always behaved properly without any inappropriate actions... the problem lay with his mouth and... nose.

This guy would occasionally, when getting close, suddenly say something like, "Coach, is that sparkly stuff on you perfume? Smells pretty good... oh, it's sweat," or when she leaned over to help him stretch, he'd lightly sniff with his nose and then show an... indescribable expression.

Such actions always made Lin Wanxing feel extremely uncomfortable, giving her a strange sense of being "mentally harassed."

What frightened her even more was that if any other man dared to sniff around her like that, she would absolutely slap him without hesitation and report him to the gym to be blacklisted.

But with Jiang Ye... she found that aside from her anger, the subconscious thought that popped up was: at least he's just sniffing and not doing anything else... This "double standard" made her panic, further strengthening her resolve to "stay away from the source of danger."

Lin Wanxing hesitated for a moment, avoiding Jiang Ye's gaze, and carefully spoke:

"Jiang Ye, that... massage gun relaxation doesn't really require much skill. How about... I call a male assistant to help you? The effect is the same."

Jiang Ye looked at her high-alert demeanor, sighed softly, his face filled with "wronged" and "distrusted" expressions:

"Wanxing, how long has it been? Can you try to see me as just an ordinary trainee who needs a coach's help? Not as some... special man in your life?"

Lin Wanxing: "..."

Looking at Jiang Ye's pitiful yet self-righteous expression, she felt utterly helpless and couldn't help rubbing her temples.

He was the one behaving inappropriately, making the atmosphere weird, and now he's turning the tables, making it seem like she's the one with impure thoughts?

"...Fine."

Lin Wanxing ultimately compromised, after all, it was part of her job: "Let's go, to the VIP Recovery Room."

Jiang Ye chuckled inwardly, obediently following her through the equipment area toward the VIP Recovery Room he should have visited long ago but hadn't had the chance due to Coach Lin's various "polite refusals."

Standing at the recovery room door, Lin Wanxing stopped, glanced back at Jiang Ye's expectant face behind her:

"Once inside, no..."

"Wanxing, don't worry!"

Jiang Ye immediately cut in, assuring with a serious expression: "I guarantee with my character, I'll be absolutely proper and won't make you uncomfortable!"

"Guarantee with something else."

"...How about I swear?"

"..."

"..."

Seeing her still staring at him expressionlessly, Jiang Ye cleared his throat and added the four most crucial words: "I won't touch you!"

Only then did Lin Wanxing let out a soft "hmph" from her nose and pushed open the soundproof door to enter.

Once inside, Jiang Ye finally understood why Lin Wanxing had always made excuses not to bring him here before.

The environment here was indeed... too easy to let one's imagination run wild.

Soft warm-toned lighting, a wide professional massage bed, a clothes rack and storage cabinet nearby, a faint aroma of scented oil lingering in the air, and soothing light music playing in the corner.

The overall atmosphere wasn't much different from that massage parlor he'd visited before.

Lin Wanxing stood in the room, clearly somewhat uneasy.

She first walked to the wall and turned up the originally dim lighting by one notch, then flusteredly adjusted the aromatherapy diffuser, seemingly trying to make it disperse faster.

Watching her slightly frowning, somewhat clumsily fiddling with the machine, Jiang Ye couldn't help but chuckle softly:

"Coach Lin, looking at you, could it be this is your first time using this VIP Recovery Room too?"

Lin Wanxing paused her movements, didn't turn around, just softly replied "Mm":

"I mainly teach yoga and basic fitness classes. Post-session stretches for those can be done in the public area. And... there really haven't been any VIP trainees who needed to use this room before."