196: Chapter 196 Sadists and Masochists

She looked at Su Yuling, then at Qin Lin, and finally decided to stop thinking about it.

“Brother Lin, eat this!”

She picked up a piece of braised pork and placed it in Qin Lin's bowl.

Su Yuling's hand tightened a bit more.

Qin Lin ate the piece of meat without changing his expression.

“Thank you.”

Han Yurou smiled and continued eating.

Throughout the entire process, Su Yuling didn't say a single word.

But her hand, which was holding Qin Lin's, never once let go.

Her nails also remained slightly sunk into his skin.

Not deep, but enough for him to feel it.

As Qin Lin ate, feeling the temperature and pressure of that hand, a strange sensation suddenly welled up in his heart.

This girl is marking her territory.

He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

She was eating with her head down, her expression calm, showing no signs of anything unusual.

But that hand couldn't lie.

After the meal, everyone dispersed.

Han Yurou originally wanted to pull Qin Lin aside for a chat, but seeing Su Yuling still sitting next to him, she hesitated for a moment and gave up.

“Brother Lin, I'm going back to my room now. I'll come find you another day.”

Qin Lin nodded.

“Okay.”

After Han Yurou left, only Qin Lin, Su Yuling, and Su Yuran remained in the living room.

Su Yuran looked at her younger sister, wanting to say something but hesitating.

Su Yuling looked up and met her sister's gaze.

The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds.

Then Su Yuling stood up and walked over to her sister.

“Sis.”

Su Yuran looked at her.

“Yuling, you...”

Su Yuling suddenly reached out and hugged her.

Very tightly, with a lot of force.

Su Yuran was stunned.

“Sis,” Su Yuling whispered in her ear, “thank you.”

Su Yuran opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, she just reached out and gently patted her back.

“Silly girl,” she said softly, “you're my sister.”

Su Yuling let go of her and smiled.

It was a smile different from before.

But Su Yuran could tell it was a sincere smile.

“Go on, get some good rest.”

Su Yuling nodded and turned to walk back to Qin Lin's side.

Then she took his hand.

“Brother Lin, let's go back.”

Qin Lin looked at her.

“Back where?”

“To your place.”

She said it in a matter-of-fact tone.

Qin Lin was taken aback for a moment, then he smiled.

“Okay.”

The two of them walked toward Bedroom No. 000 together.

Behind them, Su Yuran watched their departing figures, a complex smile on her lips.

This girl has truly changed.

Back in Bedroom No. 000, as soon as the door closed, Su Yuling pushed Qin Lin toward the bed and made him sit down.

Then she straddled him.

“Brother Lin,” she looked at him, “does it hurt?”

Qin Lin knew she was asking about the wounds on his back.

“It's okay.”

Su Yuling reached out and gently stroked his back, feeling the scratch marks through his clothes.

“I'm sorry,” she whispered, “last night... I lost control of myself a little.”

Qin Lin shook his head.

“It's nothing.”

Su Yuling looked at him.

“Do you not hate it?”

“I don't hate it.”

“Really?”

“Really,” Qin Lin said. “I like that side of you.”

Su Yuling was stunned for a moment.

“Like it? Why?”

Qin Lin thought for a moment.

“Because you being like that makes me feel like I'm still alive.”

Su Yuling looked at him, her eyes turning slightly red.

Qin Lin reached out and gently wiped away the tear at the corner of her eye.

“Silly girl, why are you crying?”

Su Yuling buried her face in his shoulder.

“I don't know... I just... want to cry.”

Qin Lin gently patted her back.

“Then cry.”

Su Yuling cried on his shoulder for a long time.

Tears soaked his clothes, but she didn't stop.

The emotions that had been bottled up for too long finally found an outlet.

Qin Lin just held her like that, without saying a word.

When she finally finished crying, she looked up with red eyes and a red nose, looking quite pitiful.

Qin Lin couldn't help but laugh.

“Little kitten.”

Su Yuling glared at him, but the corners of her mouth also couldn't help but turn up.

Then she suddenly lowered her head and bit his shoulder through his clothes.

Not heavily, but not lightly either.

Qin Lin let out a hiss.

“What are you doing?”

Su Yuling looked up at him.

“Leaving a mark to prove you're mine.”

Qin Lin smiled helplessly.

“Didn't you leave enough last night?”

“Not enough, never enough.”

Then she lowered her head again and began searching for a new spot on his body.

Looking at her like this, Qin Lin suddenly felt that this mode of interaction seemed quite good.

One willing to hit, one willing to take it.

A sadist and a masochist.

A match made in heaven.

He reached out and pulled her into his arms.

“Yuling.”

“Hmm?”

“In the future, however you want to leave a mark, it's up to you.”

Su Yuling looked up at him.

Her eyes were bright.

“Really?”

“Really.”

She smiled.

It was that eerie smile again.

Then she extended a finger and lightly traced it across his chest.

“Then I won't be polite.”

Qin Lin smiled.

“No need to be polite.”

The sunlight from outside spilled through the curtains, falling upon the two of them.

This would be another long night.

...

The next afternoon, Han Qing sat in the Medical Room, holding a medical record in her hand, but she couldn't focus on a single word.

She was thinking about Su Yuling.

Ever since she saw Su Yuling and Qin Lin come out of the room together yesterday, she had been observing the girl.

As a doctor, she had a professional sensitivity to people's psychological states.

A few days ago, she had noticed that Su Yuling had a tendency to turn into a yandere.

That terrifyingly focused gaze, that growing possessiveness, that excessive dependence on Qin Lin...

These were all typical characteristics of a yandere.

She had even prepared herself to deal with potential problems at any time.

But seeing Su Yuling's state yesterday, she was suddenly unsure.

Su Yuling had indeed changed.

She had become more composed, more certain, and more... confident.

But her change was different from what Han Qing had anticipated.

A yandere, especially the hidden type, usually exhibits even stronger possessiveness after obtaining the person they like.

They would try every means to keep the person they love to themselves, excluding anyone who might threaten their position.

But what about Su Yuling?

During the meal yesterday, Han Yurou sat next to Qin Lin and served him food.

Su Yuling saw it, but she didn't say anything.

She simply tightened her grip on Qin Lin's hand.

Her nails sank slightly into his skin.

But that was it.

No hostility, no exclusion, no secret sabotage.

She didn't even have any reaction when Han Yurou said, “I'll come find you in a few days.”

This didn't fit the behavioral pattern of a yandere.

Han Qing frowned, drawing a few circles on the medical record.

Now that she had obtained Qin Lin, she didn't show any hostility toward other women.

Han Yurou approached Qin Lin, and she had no reaction.

Han Yurou said she would come find Qin Lin in the evening, and she still had no reaction.

This was too abnormal.

Either she was hiding it too deeply, even deceiving herself.

Or she simply wasn't a yandere.

But if she wasn't a yandere, how could her previous behavior be explained?

That terrifyingly focused gaze.

That growing possessiveness.

That excessive dependence on Qin Lin.

And that night when she went out alone, smeared strawberry juice all over her face, and then went to knock on Qin Lin's door...

If that wasn't a yandere, then what was it?