After coming out of the police station, the air was a bit chilly.
When Ye Shuang left the gate and was thinking about how to get home, there was a car with its lights on not far away by the roadside, and there was a slightly chubby figure leaning against it.
"Why are you here?" Ye Shuang was also taken aback when he saw Chen Hai.
"The commotion was so big, I saw it by chance." As Chen Hai spoke, he tossed over a can. When Ye Shuang caught it and took a look, he found it was a bottle of Tsingtao beer. Ye Shuang opened it and took a sip.
"It's quite cold."
"Of course. I have a refrigerator in my car." As Chen Hai spoke, he opened the can in his hand.
"Drinking and then driving right at the police station. You've got some nerve?"
"This is guava juice." Chen Hai shook the green bottle in his hand. The printed words on it were covered by his hand, and indeed it wasn't beer.
After seeing Ye Shuang smile and not say anything more, Chen Hai turned his head and asked, "I heard you hit someone?"
"What's so strange about that?"
"I haven't seen you hit anyone for many years."
"Have you ever seen a leader hitting someone?"
"Hehe, that's true... I thought you were going to be locked up."
"This kind of mutual fighting that's not too serious, at most you'll just be fined and educated. As for that guy, he'll probably be locked up for three years." Ye Shuang said with a light smile.
"Talk differently to different people. Sometimes you need to take strong measures, otherwise everyone will think you're easy to bully."
"When communicating with those who are being unreasonable, fists are actually the most useful."
Chen Hai didn't object to this statement. Looking at Ye Shuang, whose eyes were deep and he seemed to be lost in thought, Chen Hai suddenly asked, "Are you still thinking about that woman?"
Ye Shuang lit a cigarette, didn't answer, and instead asked, "Why do you ask?"
"No... I just feel that it won't be easy for you to move on. You know, bro, I understand you."
Ye Shuang didn't say anything. After a while, he slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said leisurely, "That moon never really belonged to me. It was just a momentary moonlight shining on me."
"Are you willing to let it go?"
"It's not about being willing. There's no such thing as a perfect thing in this world." As Ye Shuang spoke, somehow the matter of Bai Yuyou came to his mind. He shook his head with a smile.
"I've come to terms with it."
"Hehe, why don't you just accept Chen Qin? She's a standard rich and beautiful woman. Keep the good things within the family." Chen Hai grinned and leaned in.
"I regard her as my younger sister. You know that." Ye Shuang pushed Chen Hai away with his elbow in annoyance.
"She doesn't regard you as her brother. She always sees you as her husband. Besides, she's beautiful and sensible..."
"Go away. I'm going home."
"It's so early? Bro will take you to get a foot massage."
"Are you going to call your wife?"
"Forget it. She'll tear me apart."
They got in the car and soon returned to the residential area. After saying goodbye to Chen Hai, Ye Shuang walked to the entrance of the apartment building.
He raised his head slightly, and the light on a balcony was still on.
Ye Shuang looked at the only lit balcony and couldn't help but take an extra look.
It was already three or four o'clock in the morning. The bright neon lights in the city were gradually dimming, but that bright light in front of him made Ye Shuang feel as if his heart had found a harbor to rest in.
"Maybe it's not bad to live like this?" Ye Shuang thought to himself, and then walked into the apartment building.
He took out the key and opened the door. In the brightly lit room, Ye Shuang's gaze met a pair of eyes.
Right in front of the door, there was a girl sitting on a chair. Her face was slightly resting on the backrest, and her eyes were full of uncontrollable sleepiness. But the moment she saw Ye Shuang, her eyes lit up and she stood up.
"You... are you back?"
"Why haven't you gone to sleep?" Ye Shuang didn't expect that Bai Yuyou was still awake. He had thought that she was just sleeping with the lights on.
Bai Yuyou stood in front of Ye Shuang and looked up slightly. "You told me to wait for you to come back obediently."
She hesitated a bit. "Did I... do something wrong?"
"No, you didn't do anything wrong. Don't always think you've done something wrong." Ye Shuang reached out and stroked her head.
"Alright, go to bed quickly."
"Okay."
Bai Yuyou was indeed sleepy. The moment she lay down, she fell fast asleep, but her hand was still holding onto the corner of Ye Shuang's clothes, as if only in this way could she feel a bit of security.
Ye Shuang covered her with the quilt. Looking at the girl's snow-white face with a hint of pink, he smiled silently.
Good night.
Early in the morning, Bai Yuyou got up.
She touched her stomach and looked a bit dazed.
She was hungry.
Walking into the kitchen, Bai Yuyou skillfully went to look for instant noodles, but found that there was a figure standing there, using a frying pan to cook something.
The sunlight spilled down, casting a warm glow on his back.
At this moment, the aroma of the oil in the frying pan wafted over, and it also made Bai Yuyou wake up a bit more. Perhaps feeling that the scene in front of her was too illusory and unreal, she couldn't help but slowly stretch out her hand towards the other person.
"Hmm? You're awake." When his clothes were tugged, Ye Shuang also turned his head to take a look. "Wait. Watch me flip the egg."
As he spoke, he skillfully flipped the egg in the pan, making a sizzling sound.
"Cool, right?"
"Yeah." Bai Yuyou's gaze was fixed on Ye Shuang. She pressed her body closely against him and even buried her face in Ye Shuang's chest.
"I'm all covered in cooking oil fumes. Go wash up." Seeing this, Ye Shuang carried the girl to the bathroom.
By the time Bai Yuyou finished washing up and came out, Ye Shuang had already prepared the breakfast.
The breakfast he made was quite simple, with fried eggs, bacon, and sandwiches. There were probably seven or eight portions. The slices of bread were also fried with butter, and Ye Shuang thought the taste was completely fine.
As for why he made seven or eight portions—
Bai Yuyou, with her cheeks puffed out like a hamster, had already eaten six portions within ten minutes.
Sure enough, she had a huge appetite.
"How are you going to solve lunch? Are you going to eat at school?" Ye Shuang asked. "There should be a cafeteria, right?"
"At noon, I'm not eating..." Bai Yuyou shook her head.
"Why?" Ye Shuang was taken aback.
Bai Yuyou lowered her head. "They don't accept cash in the cafeteria, so my stomach... will be hungry and it will be uncomfortable."
"They don't accept cash?" Ye Shuang frowned and was about to say something, but suddenly remembered that when he was at school, he used a meal card.
Could it be that Bai Yuyou didn't know how to use the meal card and was refused when she tried to pay with cash?
"Didn't you top up your meal card?"
"Yeah." Bai Yuyou nodded. She didn't know how those cards worked. She just knew that everyone had one, and no one was willing to tell her.
Over time, Bai Yuyou stopped going to the cafeteria... During lunchtime, she just endured it by drinking water.
"Your huge appetite is really because you've been starving." Ye Shuang suddenly sighed. "Not eating for a whole day and then having a big bowl of instant noodles at night will ruin your stomach."
Looking at the girl's slightly pale face that seemed a bit sickly, Ye Shuang smiled and said,
"By the way, I'll go to school with you today."
Bai Yuyou blinked and tilted her head. "Huh?"