Addicted: Book One - The Inquietude of Youth

Chapter 199 - The YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE BANTERS

Lifting his head to squint up at the sky in an attempt to catch a glimpse of color, Gu Hai then closed his eyes and let out a few heavy breaths. Just as he was about to return, he suddenly saw the small shop that sold tanghulu. As it turns out, it was just one corner away. With just one look, there were still a rabble of noisy, excited customers inside.

It must've also been crowded when he was queuing to pay too, huh? Isn't he normally unhappy about being in the crowd?

He turned around to glance at the fallen tanghulu on the ground. Thinking about it, a sense of regret and distress subconsciously formed in his chest, gripping it just a bit. Glancing once more, he turned, went in the shop to buy a few sticks of tanghulus, then carried it back to their rented apartment.

Having returned earlier, Bai Luo Yin was now in the bedroom processing his thoughts. The bags of goods that he had previously purchased with Gu Hai and brought back with him were thrown at the front doorway unattended.

Once Gu Hai entered through the door, the floor near his feet were stacked with bags that had been lying there for a long while now. He first tidied them up in an orderly manner then picked up a stick of tanghulu and stood rooted at the bedroom doorway. Just as he cleared his throat, he was met with the back of Bai Luo Yin's eerie figure. Without seeing the expression that lined his face, one could make out the gloominess that exuded from his body. Even after hearing Gu Hai's voice, he did not turn his head around.

When Gu Hai sauntered into the room and placed his hand on Bai Luo Yin's shoulder, he was immediately answered with a 'fuck off.' Undeterred by that expected reaction, Gu Hai playfully stretched out his hand, holding the stick of tanghulu in front of Bai Luo Yin. But Bai Luo Yin unswervingly flung his hand back.

"You're really angry?"

At those words, a sense of coldness licked at Bai Luo Yin's tongue and crept into his voice, spreading across his skin like the icy tide on a frigid winter beach.

"It's not fucking worth it!!"

"Do you have to go that far? Isn't it because of a tanghulu, huh? Besides, you're the one that smashed it to the ground yourself. Look, didn't I buy it back for you? If it's not enough, there's more in the other room."

Bai Luo Yin's brows drew close as anger boiled deep in his system. It churned within his mind, making it nearly impossible for him to control himself.

"It has nothing to do with the tanghulu at all!"

"Then what's the reason? Because I'm terrible to you? Tell me yourself, aren't you to blame for today's situation? If it was any other time, it wouldn't have mattered as much but what's happening now, huh? If you couldn't find me, wouldn't you be anxious?"

Bai Luo Yin deliberately maintained a strong-minded attitude, "I won't be anxious!"

Gu Hai knew full well that Bai Luo Yin's harsh words were said in a moment of anger. He proceeded to point at his own face and said accusingly, "Look here, look at the punch that you gave me, it's already bluish green. Is there anyone out there that punch a person like you? Who am I for you to hit me however you want?"

Keeping his eyes on him, Bai Luo Yin's foreboding eyes pressed at the person in front of him, "Didn't you also kick me?"

"Where? I didn't use any strength at all!"

"Whether there was strength in it or not, you'd know?"

"See! And you still have the nerve to say you're not angry!" Gu Hai reached out and pinched Bai Luo Yin's cheeks before teasing him, "Did that kick really hurt that much? Let me look at it. I want to see if you're bruised or not."