Mute Beauty

Chapter 84: Healing

"I'm sure you've done plenty of bad things," Su Nian added.

Ran Ling remained noncommittal, simply curling her lips slightly. The young maid served tea to Su Nian, who took a sip and found it bitter, saying, "Shall we chat?"

Just right, Ran Ling was planning to head to the studio, and Su Nian had long wanted to see where she worked, so she went along.

—Her perfume lab.

A closed room of about sixty to seventy square meters, the wooden decor was quite classical. As soon as the door opened, a faint and comfortable peculiar fragrance wafted in. The shelves were lined with jars of various perfumes, an array of spices and fresh flowers, along with the cold, clinical tools for making perfume. The dim lighting made the place feel too luxurious and mysterious; looking at the countless glass jars felt oddly reminiscent of specimens in a laboratory, sending a chill down one's spine and creating an instinctual urge to escape.

Su Nian turned her head to glance at Ran Ling and whispered, "Creepy."

Ran Ling let out an unclear light laugh, her eyes curving as she quietly stared at her. Su Nian felt a shiver run through her body and lightly tapped her, saying, "Don't scare me."

Ran Ling turned away and walked to the workstation, picking up a beaker and bending down to sniff the results of her work from yesterday that had been drying there.

Su Nian followed her gaze, picking up a small bottle and bringing it to her nose to sniff, asking, "Do you know what her situation is now?"

Ran Ling didn't look at her, seemingly not understanding what she was saying.

Su Nian pressed on, "You don't know?"

"How could you not know?" Su Nian continued. "Is there anything in this world that you don't know? You know everything about her: her bipolar disorder, her grandfather, Yu Hao, and how her parents died. You know that... you even deliberately provoked her on her birthday..." Su Nian said, "After you left, she had an episode and was hospitalized. Isn't that exactly what you wanted? Stop pretending to be clueless."

Putting down the items, Su Nian looked at her seriously: "At first, I thought you just wanted to treat her, you know? She really isn't very compliant. I only just found out how outrageous you've been. Now I feel guilty for being an accomplice, for putting her in this state. Aren't you afraid she won't be able to hold on?"

No need to be afraid. Ran Ling glanced at her.

"Ugh..." Su Nian furrowed her brow, genuinely unable to see through what this woman was thinking.

"What do you plan to do next?"

"When do you plan to let her come find you?"

【First, treat her】Ran Ling signed back calmly.

Su Nian laughed at this: "Treat her? Don't you know whether she can be treated or not?"

"...You," Su Nian suddenly thought of something and paused, her eyes widening. "You're not trying to let her know that she can't be treated no matter what, are you?"

Su Nian said, dumbfounded: "Letting her go through the futile effort of treatment, just to make her obey your command to get treatment..."

"Hey, that's a bit too ruthless..."

As Su Nian was about to say something, Ran Ling turned and walked to the side. Su Nian noticed her putting on gloves and casually walked over to the shelf, opening a bottle of perfume to sniff it, then returning with a pipette to extract some and dropping it into the beaker. As she heated it, the fragrance wafted out, filling the entire room.