As the night deepened, the moonlight was like a mist woven by a hazy silver gauze, adding a beautiful shadow to the scenery outside the windowsill—the neon lights under the moonlight, I wonder whose day is just beginning.
Ye Shuang sat on the sofa, his gaze fixed on the long-haired girl on the balcony. The night wind blew through her hair, and she stood quietly in front of the windowsill, looking up at the crescent moon.
Ye Shuang didn't know what Bai Yuyou was thinking, nor did he know whether she was looking at the moon or at her past self. Perhaps on countless nights, she had been gazing at the waxing and waning of the moon like this.
The girl slowly turned her head. Under the moonlight, she suddenly asked a question, "What's on the moon?"
"There's nothing."
"Can we go up there?"
"Probably not for now... Why do you ask?" Ye Shuang didn't understand Bai Yuyou's train of thought at this moment.
"Some people say that after people die, they go to the moon. Is that the same for us?"
Ye Shuang was taken aback, then smiled. "There's no such relevant statement, but it doesn't mean it's impossible either."
"If I die, can I still see you?" Bai Yuyou asked.
"Yes."
"Really?"
"Death is like a drop of water returning to the water. At the right moment, we will meet again." Ye Shuang didn't understand why Bai Yuyou said these things. However, he glanced at the time.
"It's time to go to bed. You have to go to school tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah." Bai Yuyou went back to her room. After a while, she came out with her pillow in her arms and looked at Ye Shuang with a longing gaze.
Ye Shuang felt as if she was a cute little animal begging to be taken in. He was a bit helpless. "You'll catch a cold."
Bai Yuyou whispered, "In the morning, you said we could sleep together."
"It's not appropriate for a man and a woman to be that intimate, unless they are a couple or husband and wife." Ye Shuang intended to educate this girl.
"A couple...?"
"Yes."
"Are we a couple?" Bai Yuyou asked.
"No." Ye Shuang answered immediately.
"Then are we husband and wife?"
"That's even more impossible!"
"But you said we could sleep together in the morning. Aren't we husband and wife or a couple?" Bai Yuyou seemed not to understand and just tilted her head.
Ye Shuang was speechless. Bai Yuyou's words really left him at a loss.
"Sleep here. Don't sleep on the floor anymore." Ye Shuang didn't want to dwell on it any longer. He pointed to the empty space on his mat.
Bai Yuyou quickly lay down, but she still opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Ye Shuang.
"What's wrong?"
"Are we husband and wife?"
"Go to sleep."
"Oh..."
After turning off the lights, Ye Shuang tucked Bai Yuyou in. The other person didn't get too close, but just reached out and grabbed his sleeve, and then pressed her forehead against Ye Shuang's shoulder.
Obviously, there was a bed, but the two of them were sleeping on the mat. Smelling the faint fragrance of flowers that wafted over from time to time, Ye Shuang couldn't help but think about the things that had happened these days.
In the end, his thoughts all focused on the girl beside him. From some bits of conversation, Ye Shuang knew that Bai Yuyou must have been bullied a lot at school. And blindly running away and enduring didn't help at all.
Bai Yuyou studied at Yinshan Academy, a seven-year school. Now Bai Yuyou was in the third grade, which meant she still had four years to graduate.
If she couldn't become independent, the next few years at school would definitely not be easy for her.
"Students also have their own troubles... In fact, it's no less than that of people in society. Each age has its own issues." Ye Shuang murmured.
Forget it. Don't think so much.
Just as Ye Shuang slowly closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep—
"Click, click, click."
A faint and sudden sound came from the doorknob not far away.
Ye Shuang suddenly opened his eyes!
Remembering the incident of chemical agents being poured into the door lock before, he stood up, grabbed his phone beside him, and walked towards the door.
At this moment, the doorknob shook. Ye Shuang turned on the camera on his phone with one hand and then directly opened the door!
A man wearing a mask was standing outside the door. The moment the door suddenly opened, when he realized that it wasn't the girl he knew, his movement froze, and then he pushed the door hard, trying to close it on Ye Shuang!
But the man underestimated Ye Shuang's strength. When he found that he couldn't push the door shut, he suddenly ran towards the stairs beside him!!
"Do you want to run?!"
Ye Shuang moved even faster. He directly grabbed the man's collar and then slammed him to the ground with a loud thud and the man's scream of falling!
"Catch the thief!" After pinning the man firmly to the ground with his backhand, Ye Shuang immediately shouted.
The sound insulation of the old residential area was very poor. Plus, it was just a little past twelve o'clock, not particularly late. Ye Shuang's shout immediately woke up the neighbors on the same floor.
Several homeowners cautiously opened the door a crack to check the situation outside. When they saw Ye Shuang holding down a man, they came out to help one after another.
"Let me go!!" When the man saw so many people coming out, he panicked. But Ye Shuang was much stronger than him in terms of strength and physique, and he couldn't move at all.
"Let me go. Fuck you!"
At this time, a few more neighbors came to help. They quickly tied the man's hands and feet with a data cable.
Ye Shuang noticed that the man was carrying a tool bag. He directly opened it and found a series of tools inside, such as ropes, a camera, a wrench, and some other items.
When he saw these things, Ye Shuang's face turned cold, and he slapped the man!
"Are you trying to commit indecent assault in the house?"
"You really don't want to live!"
Ye Shuang couldn't even imagine what would happen if Bai Yuyou was really alone at home. She might not even know why she was always being tormented.
Two more slaps landed, making the man's ears ring. The other neighbors also looked angry when they saw the tools the man was carrying.
As neighbors who had lived here for a long time, they naturally knew about the beautiful girl living alone. Although they hadn't communicated with her, they understood what was going on when they saw these things!
At this time, Ye Shuang directly pulled off the man's mask. The man seemed to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Isn't this the guy living in Room 703?" A neighbor recognized the origin of the man.
"I'm not! I don't live here!" The boy became anxious and shouted.
Ye Shuang slapped him again. "You little bastard. Shut up."
He stood up and took out his phone to call the police.
At the same time, there were footsteps upstairs. Some neighbors upstairs came down to see what was happening. A woman in her forties rushed down shouting,
"That, that's my son. You've got the wrong person!"
"He's a good boy, and his academic performance is also very good. He's really not a criminal."