Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 281: Open Your Heart

Chapter 281: Chapter 281: Open Your Heart

"Not yet," Su Luo spoke in a low voice, careful not to wake Nian Nian.

"I can’t sleep," Xia Yi said after a moment of silence.

Su Luo turned over and sat up, looking at Xia Yi, "I can’t sleep either. How about we go out for a walk, or have some late-night snacks?"

A look of surprise flashed across Xia Yi’s face; she hadn’t expected Su Luo to make such a suggestion.

However, lying there with a restless mind and suffering from insomnia was indeed a form of torture.

"What about Nian Nian?" Xia Yi asked.

"We’ll just stay downstairs, not go far. I can sense Nian Nian’s condition," Su Luo explained. After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, his Divine Sense now covered a kilometer radius. As long as they didn’t go too far, Nian Nian would always be under his watchful eye.

Xia Yi was even more astonished.

What kind of ability was this?

Although she trusted Su Luo, she still couldn’t help but worry about Nian Nian.

Su Luo said, "Nian Nian is my daughter too. I care about her just as much as you do. Trust me, okay?"

Xia Yi had an indescribable trust in Su Luo; she nodded, "Okay."

...

Downstairs at the hotel, there was a night market not far away.

Su Luo and Xia Yi found a barbecue stall.

"Su Luo, when you first went to the company, it was for President Lin, wasn’t it?" Xia Yi broached a subject she had always been curious about.

"No," Su Luo shook his head.

"No?" Xia Yi was stupefied, "Then why did you go to the company every day to work, just to play dumb?"

Su Luo gave a wry smile, "There was no playing dumb. Back then, I was honestly just a naive youngster who was new to the world."

"You’re not naive," Xia Yi said with a laugh.

"If I weren’t naive, I wouldn’t have been played for a fool by others," Su Luo smiled. Even now, he still remembered the vile faces of Xu Yanran and Dong Fei. Of course, he no longer cared—Xu Yanran and Dong Fei were nothing but grasshoppers he could crush at any moment to him now.

A hint of confusion crossed Xia Yi’s eyes, and after a moment, she asked, "Can you tell me about it?"

"Of course." Su Luo selectively shared his story with Xia Yi.

He talked about Xu Yanran’s betrayal, being toyed with by Xu Yanran and Dong Fei, almost losing the Su Family Ancestral House, inheriting his legacy, the Dong Family sending the Inner Strength Martial Artist Lin Wu to kill him, Lin Jiangpu seeking revenge for Lin Wu, the misunderstanding with Lin Ruoxi, saving Lin Songbai, and so on.

Su Luo shared most of his journey up to this point with Xia Yi.

However, he selectively omitted certain parts, such as his relationship with Aunt Shen, and the bed-sharing mishap with Lin Ruoxi.

Even though it was just a verbal recounting, Xia Yi found his experiences breathtaking.

Moreover, she was part of Su Luo’s story.

Including when Su Luo risked his life to save her in Jinling.

This touched Xia Yi’s heart once again.

"Su Luo, the path you’ve walked has not been easy," Xia Yi said, looking at Su Luo with unprecedented tenderness and gratitude in her eyes.

Su Luo smiled, "I think it’s pretty good. Compared to drifting aimlessly before, struggling to make ends meet, and being forced into labor, I prefer my life now—more passion, more challenging. I also like this feeling of controlling power."

After speaking, Su Luo added, "Moreover, if it weren’t for these changes, none of the subsequent events would have happened, and I might never have had the chance to be so close to you, nor to have Nian Nian call me ’Daddy’."

Xia Yi’s eyes flickered.

So, did Su Luo enjoy being in contact with her, enjoy the sound of Nian Nian calling him daddy?

At that moment, Xia Yi felt an impulse; she wanted to tell Su Luo that if he was willing, she could let Nian Nian call him ’Daddy’ forever.

And even, she might...

However, the words reached the tip of her tongue, but Xia Yi ultimately held back.

She always remembered that Su Luo was Lin Ruoxi’s fiancé, the son-in-law of the Lin Family... If she said such things, what would that make it?

Seducing someone else’s fiancé?

She couldn’t do it.

Xia Yi fell silent again.

Su Luo looked at Xia Yi’s complex expression. He could probably guess what she was thinking, and he could confirm that Xia Yi must have a fondness for him.

But Su Luo knew that some things can’t be rushed.

"Sister Yi, the hardships you’ve faced along the way are not less than mine..." The look Su Luo gave Xia Yi became ever more tender.

Compared to him, he was still fortunate to have a loving grandfather, while Xia Yi, being the illegitimate daughter of the Jinling Xia Family, with an unrecognized mother and herself unrecognized, was forced to marry, and later on, was driven out of the Jinling Xia Family. All alone, she arrived in a strange environment, alone with her daughter...

The bitterness in that, how plentiful it was.

Su Luo poured beer and drank with Xia Yi. He also wanted to guide Xia Yi to talk about those unpleasant things that were on her mind.

To open up to each other.

By doing so, not only could it deepen the bond between him and Xia Yi, but it could also allow Xia Yi to vent, releasing those buried emotions.

Sure enough.

Under Su Luo’s guidance, Xia Yi slowly revealed her past affairs to him, and the spirits of the two resonated with each other throughout the night.

"Su Luo, thank you. I have never told these things to anyone else before. They’ve been pressing on my heart, but after telling you tonight, I suddenly feel much lighter."

Xia Yi raised her glass again and drained the beer in one gulp.

"So do I," Su Luo smiled.

If one shall say that before tonight, his relationship with Xia Yi was close but still with a barrier, then the heart-to-heart conversation of this evening and the spiritual resonance had brought their relationship even closer.

"Sister Yi, if you drink anymore, you’ll get drunk. Let’s head back," said Su Luo as he stood up after finishing the last bottle of beer.

He understood the value of moderation.

"Alright, I’ll go pay the bill."

Xia Yi got up, intending to settle the account.

Su Luo quickly supported her, laughing, "With me here, why do you need to pay the bill?"

"I am the elder sister, you are the younger brother, of course, I, as your sister, should pay the bill." Although Xia Yi wasn’t quite drunk, her speech and actions were inevitably different from usual under the influence of alcohol.

"I don’t want to be your brother," Su Luo said.

"You call me Sister Yi, so I am the sister, and you are the brother," Xia Yi said coquettishly, glancing at Su Luo. But then she seemed to realize something was off, that the state of affairs was wrong, that she had to maintain a distance from Su Luo. She immediately changed her expression, pretending to put on a stern face.

Su Luo also didn’t use any tricks to sober up. At the moment, under the influence of alcohol, he too felt a bit tipsy.

Looking at Xia Yi who was within arm’s reach, especially that moment of coquettishness, Su Luo’s heart skipped a beat. He felt a surge of impulse to kiss her right then and there.

However, Su Luo didn’t want to risk losing the greater goal for the sake of a small one.

This trip was meant to cultivate feelings with Xia Yi, not to frighten her. If he was too aggressive, it could backfire and cause Xia Yi to resent him, which would be bad.

Su Luo resisted the urge, paid the bill, and then he and Xia Yi walked back to the hotel.

Only.

Even though Su Luo didn’t intentionally sober up, as a Cultivator, the change in his body still made his alcohol tolerance surpass Xia Yi’s.

He was merely a bit tipsy.

But Xia Yi could hardly walk steadily, regretting, "I shouldn’t have drunk so much."

"Don’t worry, I’ll carry you back," Su Luo said.

"What?" Xia Yi thought she had heard wrong, looking at Su Luo in surprise.

And Su Luo responded with action, wrapping his arms around Xia Yi’s waist and picking her up in a princess carry, striding towards the hotel.