Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 126 – The Plan Works

Warm steam filled the entire bathroom, condensing into tiny droplets on the smooth walls and slowly trickling down.

Sun Jing felt her cheeks were even hotter than the steam.

She sat pressed close to Lin Fan, their smooth skin almost touching. Their body heat transferred through the thin curtain of water, sending her heart into a chaotic rhythm.

“Lei Jie… I… Shall I start?”

Sun Jing’s voice trembled slightly. She clutched the shampoo bottle in her hand as if it were a hot potato.

“Mm.”

Lin Fan, with her eyes closed, let out a lazy hum. She swept all of her magnificent silver hair behind her, revealing her smooth, elegant neck and back.

Sun Jing took a deep breath and carefully squeezed some transparent shampoo into her palm.

She pressed her palms together and gently rubbed them until a thick, fine foam formed.

Then, she gently applied the handful of foam to Lin Fan’s silver hair.

The moment her fingertips touched the strands of hair, Sun Jing’s heart skipped a beat.

So soft…

It was even smoother than she had imagined, like the finest silk, cool and resilient.

Her movements became increasingly gentle, afraid of hurting this older sister who was almost a goddess in her eyes.

“It’s fine, use a little more force.”

Lin Fan’s voice held a hint of a smile, as if she had seen through her restraint.

“My hair is very strong.”

“Oh… okay!”

Emboldened, Sun Jing grew a little braver.

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Her ten fingers sank into that silver ocean. Following the head massage techniques she had learned back in the hospital, she gently yet firmly massaged Lin Fan’s scalp.

More and more foam appeared, emitting a faint, sweet fragrance that mixed with the steam in the bathroom, creating a reassuring scent.

“Little Jing, you must have been very popular with the patients back at the military hospital, weren’t you?”

Lin Fan spoke casually, her eyes still closed.

“Your technique is so good.”

“N-Not at all…” Sun Jing was a little embarrassed by the praise, but her hands worked even more diligently.

“I was just an intern nurse, running errands for my mentor every day, giving injections, changing dressings, doing all sorts of odd jobs.”

“That’s still very admirable,” Lin Fan’s voice was soft.

“Saving lives and healing the wounded has always been the noblest of professions.”

“And now… even more so.”

That last sentence from Lin Fan was like a needle, gently pricking the softest spot in Sun Jing’s heart.

Her movements paused slightly.

“But…”

Sun Jing’s voice dropped, tinged with confusion.

“Now… I spend every day killing, or watching others kill.”

“My ability is to save people, but what I face every day is more and more death.”

“Every time Captain Shi Ming and the others go out, someone gets injured. Sometimes… they never come back.”

“I can heal their wounds, but I can’t save their lives…”

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“I… I really don’t know what use I am as a vice-captain…”

By the end, her voice was choked with a sob.

The pressure, self-blame, and confusion buried deep in her heart were easily drawn out by Lin Fan’s casual remark in this private and warm environment.

Lin Fan didn’t answer right away.

She just quietly felt the slight trembling of the small hands on her head.

The time was right.

Shhh…

Lin Fan tilted her head slightly, and the warm shower water cascaded down, rinsing all the foam from her hair.

Her long silver hair fanned out in the water like a blooming sea anemone.

“Huh?” Sun Jing was taken aback.

Lin Fan had already turned to face her. Her rainbow-colored eyes looked exceptionally clear and powerful in the mist.

“Look at me.”

Sun Jing subconsciously obeyed, her flustered gaze meeting Lin Fan’s.

“You think you’re useless?” Lin Fan asked.

Sun Jing bit her lip and nodded forcefully, her eyes instantly turning red.

“You think that because you can’t save everyone, everything you do is meaningless?”

Sun Jing’s tears finally broke free, mingling with the warm bathwater as they streamed down her face.

“Little Jing.”

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Lin Fan’s voice carried an undeniable gentleness.

“You’re only twenty-three.”

“Before the apocalypse, you were just a young girl.”

“You’re not a soldier, not a commander. You’re just a kind nurse who wants to save people.”

“Just because you awakened a powerful Healing ability, everyone pinned their hopes on you, making you bear responsibilities you were never meant to bear.”

“They pushed you into a high position, made you face bloodshed and death, but no one ever asked you if you were tired, or if you were scared.”

Every word from Lin Fan was like a key, precisely unlocking the shackles around Sun Jing’s heart.

She was saying everything Sun Jing didn’t dare to say, couldn’t say, and had even deliberately ignored.

“I…” Sun Jing opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a single word, only letting the floodgates of her tears open.

“This world is just that cruel.”

Lin Fan reached out and gently wiped the tears from her cheeks.

“It won’t treat you kindly just because you’re a good person. It won’t pity you just because you’re young.”

“It will only place the heaviest burdens on the kindest people.”

“You’ve already done well enough, really.”

“You don’t need to save the world. You just need… to be yourself.”

Lin Fan’s voice was like the gentlest enchantment.

“From now on, I’m your real older sister.”

“If there’s anything you can’t figure out, any grievance you have, you can come to me.”

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“If the sky falls, your sister will be here to hold it up for you.”

“You don’t have to bear it all alone anymore.”

That sentence was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

Sun Jing could no longer hold back.

“Waaah—”

Like a child who had been terribly wronged, she threw herself into Lin Fan’s arms, hugged her, and began to wail.

“Lei Jie… sob… I’m so scared…”

“I’m so scared every day…”

“I’m scared Captain Shi and the others will die, I’m scared those monsters will break in, I’m scared… I’m scared I won’t be able to save everyone…”

“I don’t deserve to be a vice-captain at all… I don’t know how to do anything… sob…”

Her cries were filled with long-suppressed fear and helplessness, her body trembling violently in Lin Fan’s embrace.

Lin Fan didn’t speak.

She just wrapped her arms around the girl before her, holding her tightly, gently, in her embrace.

She lightly patted Sun Jing’s smooth back, letting her tears and snot soak her own shoulder and chest.

The girl in her arms had completely let down all her defenses and pretenses, revealing her most vulnerable side completely before her.

Lin Fan’s rainbow-colored eyes were perfectly calm.

A smile touched the corners of her lips.

Plan successful.