Su Jingyan walked out of the police station in a daze. His hands and feet were ice-cold, without the slightest warmth, and his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.
Lu Yichen held his hand tightly, comforting him with his large palm.
Su Jingyan and Lu Yichen had been questioned separately. The police surveillance footage confirmed that Lin Yiming had premeditated the attempted murder; he had followed the two of them from the moment they left the school gate.
The policewoman had asked them many questions about Lin Yiming, but she hadn’t found any trace of a motive for him to murder either of them.
Su Jingyan didn’t know how the police had questioned Lu Yichen, so he had waited by himself in the interrogation room, extremely nervous.
He still didn’t understand what grudge Lin Yiming could have against him that was big enough to make him want to kill him.
At the thought, Su Jingyan felt as if he had been doused in cold water, and he tensed with lingering fright.
By the time they came out of the police station, it was already completely dark, so the police thoughtfully arranged for a car to take them home.
“Yichen, I’m still a little scared.” Su Jingyan leaned against Lu Yichen, looking slightly dazed.
Perhaps because the police had dealt with many cases and seen all sorts of strange things, the officer driving didn’t look at the two young lovers in the back seat with the slightest prejudice and kept driving with a calm expression.
Lu Yichen patted Su Jingyan’s back as if coaxing a little baby. His movements were very gentle, stroking him again and again.
But what Su Jingyan didn’t see was Lu Yichen narrowing his eyes, a fleeting killing intent deep within them.
Tsk.
Of course, it’s impossible to let him go so easily.
Ha.
Lu Yichen didn’t say any comforting words to Su Jingyan, yet as long as he stayed by his side, Su Jingyan felt supported and very secure.
Half-leaning against Lu Yichen, he felt extremely at ease.
Even the thought of parting from Lu Yichen later stirred an indescribable reluctance in his heart. He knew they would meet again tomorrow, but at this moment, he couldn’t bear the thought of separating.
Su Jingyan’s doe eyes blinked. They were a little misty, making him look pitiful.
The police car soon stopped in front of Su Jingyan’s house.
Su Jingyan’s shoulders drooped. He got out of the car, but before he could say goodbye to Lu Yichen, he found that Lu Yichen had followed him out.
Su Jingyan opened his mouth in surprise.
The male officer had already gotten out of the car and taken the bicycle and the shopping bags out of the trunk.
Lu Yichen took the bicycle and hung his school bag and the shopping bags full of clothes on its handlebars. As he pushed the bicycle, he skillfully took Su Jingyan’s hand with his free hand and walked toward the entrance.
Su Jingyan’s face lit up. “You…”
Lu Yichen didn’t speak and remained expressionless.
Su Jingyan’s whole heart was practically filled by him. It was like eating a stuffed marshmallow: soft on the outside and sweet on the inside.
His heart raced.
Su Jingyan quickly opened the front gate, and Lu Yichen promptly pushed the bicycle in and parked it in the yard.
He picked up all the bags on the way and followed Su Jingyan inside.
Just as on Lu Yichen’s first visit, the house’s layout was simple and neat. Each room held potted plants of various sizes, giving a comfortable first impression. The rooms were very clean, with everything arranged in good order.
Senior…
Still not the slightest bit guarded against me…
When in reality…
I’m the most terrifying wolf…
“Did anything come out of questioning him?” The policewoman sat in her seat, took a sip of water, and glanced at the man who had just come out of the interrogation room.
The man looked a little uncomfortable, as if he had swallowed something unpalatable that was stuck in his throat.
He sorted out his feelings for a long time, then finally exhaled with difficulty and said, “This was actually a crime of passion.”
The policewoman stared at him and frowned, not understanding.
“This boy,” the man said, pointing at the interrogation room door, “liked the slightly shorter boy who was brought in today.”
The policewoman had just taken a sip of water. When she heard this, she choked and started coughing.
Really, the world was so big that nothing was too bizarre.
The policewoman recalled the boy’s appearance and felt she could understand it.
Then she heaved a long sigh.
After all, when someone looks like that…
It’s no wonder people can’t stop thinking about him…
Song Keyin pushed open her bedroom door and walked in with heavy steps.
Her complexion was deathly pale, and she felt very lightheaded.
She dragged her heavy body to the bed. Even her breathing was a bit labored.
She lay down on the bed with difficulty. Her heart inexplicably sped up, beating incessantly and feeling extremely agitated.
She covered her heart and looked at the ceiling.
Gradually, perhaps because exhaustion took over, she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
What a terrible day.
Not long after she closed her eyes, something like black smoke slowly passed through the crack of the door and squeezed in bit by bit.
It looked at the person lying on the bed, then slowly approached her.
Song Keyin was in a deep sleep, completely unconscious, like a drunk with fragmented memories.
It slowly crept onto the bed and, like a gu, rubbed against her temple and burrowed into her head.
Song Keyin’s body twitched uncontrollably for a while, and then she fell into an even deeper sleep.
Through all of this, she never opened her eyes.
No one knew what Lu Yichen had sensed, but he raised his head as if he felt something. Sitting absentmindedly on the sofa, his eyes faintly turned toward the back of Su Jingyan, who was busy in the kitchen, his face still expressionless.
Lu Yichen narrowed his eyes, lowered his head, and looked at his hands. He turned them over, following his gaze.
In that woman’s memory…
I killed my favorite senior with these hands…
The abnormality in Lu Yichen’s eyes did not diminish, and he even had to fight the demons in his heart every day.
And yet…
At the bottom of his heart…
A voice had always told him that as long as he killed his favorite senior, his senior could belong to him forever…
Belong to him forever.
His fingers rubbed against each other, and his bones made a faint popping sound, as if he were suppressing some emotion.
So were you willing to part with him?
Su Jingyan walked out with the soup, wearing silicone gloves on both hands to prevent burns, and very carefully set it on the dining table.
He glanced at the person he had told to rest on the sofa. His doe eyes curved, and he called, “Yichen, it’s time to eat!”
After he spoke, he hurried back into the kitchen to carry out more dishes.
Hearing this, Lu Yichen stood up and looked at Su Jingyan’s back, the stubbornness in his eyes undisguised.
The answer was that he would never allow it.
Where that woman had come from…
He didn’t know.
But in her memory, he seemed to have killed more than just Lu Qingye, Wen Ziyu, and Lin Yiming…
Why had he killed Lu Qingye? Like Wen Ziyu and Lin Yiming, she had also covetously wanted to kill his favorite senior in order to possess him completely.
Lu Yichen’s eyes flashed.
If I hadn’t discovered it early…
Ha.
What a bunch of ugly, vulgar insects!
They all yearned to snatch my senior away from me…
It’s just disgusting and ridiculous!
The creaking of Lu Yichen’s bones grew even louder, as if he were about to break them.
The only thing the three of them had in common was that they had wanted to kill his senior in order to possess him.
At this thought, Lu Yichen’s eyes turned red.
Is it a coincidence?
It seems there will always be lunatics like me around my senior.
So strange.
Lu Yichen’s eyes flashed with a strange light.
But…
I won’t let anyone who wants to hurt my senior go on living.
Ha.
Su Jingyan arranged the food and chopsticks, curved his eyes, sat down, and looked at Lu Yichen with a smile. “Yichen, come and eat.”
Lu Yichen sat quietly beside him, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks.
Su Jingyan propped his chin on his hand and watched Lu Yichen happily.
Out of the blue, Su Jingyan suddenly laughed.
He didn’t know why, but he always felt that the way he and Lu Yichen got along was very much like an old couple.
They lived in the same house and spent time on the little things of daily life, and even if no one talked, it didn’t feel awkward as each minded his own business.
There was no need to deliberately create romance. As long as two people sat together, that was the ultimate romance.
At this thought, Su Jingyan’s eyes filled with longing again.
“Lu Yichen.” Su Jingyan looked straight into Lu Yichen’s eyes, and their gazes met.
“I love you too,” Su Jingyan said very seriously. His eyes were so bright that they twinkled.
It was a response to Lu Yichen’s confession.
The chopsticks fell from Lu Yichen’s hand. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Su Jingyan with a complicated expression but said nothing.
As soon as Su Jingyan had said it, his face burned red. He covered it, not daring to look at Lu Yichen. He didn’t know why he was getting embarrassed so easily.
Suddenly, with a screech, Lu Yichen’s chair crashed to the floor with an ear-piercing sound.
Before Su Jingyan could react, he blinked and suddenly felt weightless. Lu Yichen had lifted him onto his shoulder. His waist and abdomen were pressed against Lu Yichen’s shoulder, and his whole upper body lay across Lu Yichen’s back, so that he almost lost his balance.
Su Jingyan was startled. Unsteady, he grabbed Lu Yichen’s clothes in shock and asked, puzzled, “Yichen?”
Lu Yichen seemed to be suppressing some emotion, and his body jerked slightly, uncontrollably. He didn’t speak. Instead, he stood up and strode toward Su Jingyan’s bedroom, carrying him on his shoulder with a gloomy air.
Su Jingyan blankly gripped Lu Yichen’s clothes, at a complete loss.
By the time Su Jingyan realized what had happened, he had been thrown onto the bed by Lu Yichen.
Su Jingyan instinctively drew in his legs and tried to get up. But before he could, the other boy grabbed his ankles and dragged him to the edge of the bed.
Thump, thump. Su Jingyan’s heart fluttered.
“Yichen, what’s wrong?”
Gu: an artificially cultivated poisonous insect or worm in Chinese legends.