He Xiaoqi nodded without a word.
Wu Xueyao walked over, took her hand, and said gently, “Xiaoqi, tell me about your brother…”
Lin Yu saw Wu Xueyao and He Xiaoqi hitting it off so quickly, leaving him out in the cold.
He couldn’t help but feel a little helpless.
Wu Xueyao was dead set on not leaving, and he didn’t have the heart to kick her out, especially since she had helped him before.
He had a lot to do, and he really did need someone at home to take care of He Xiaoqi.
While He Xiaoqi and Wu Xueyao were chatting, Lin Yu went out to buy some food and two simple folding beds, then returned home.
After dinner, the sky had already darkened.
The three of them went to rest.
SQUEAK SQUEAK.
In the middle of the night, a strange noise suddenly sounded from inside the room.
A large rat was scurrying around the room.
It crawled into a used food container and began gnawing on the leftovers.
Wu Xueyao pricked up her ears to listen.
Just then, the rat squeaked again.
She jumped in fright and let out a shriek.
It turned out she hadn’t been asleep at all.
“A r…
a rat!”
Lin Yu rubbed his eyes and groggily sat up.
“Ah!”
Wu Xueyao grew more and more frightened.
She leaped up and threw herself into Lin Yu’s arms, trembling all over.
An oncoming sweet fragrance instantly sobered Lin Yu.
Her beautiful face was inches away, her rapid breaths ghosting across his cheek.
In the faint light, gazing at the heavenly beautiful Wu Xueyao, Lin Yu suddenly felt his whole body heat up and his heart race.
He was completely stunned.
Wu Xueyao felt the scorching heat radiating from Lin Yu’s body.
Her cheeks flushed red, and she subconsciously shrank back.
If it weren’t too dark to see, she would have wanted to find a hole to crawl into and hide.
“There’s…
there’s a rat,” Wu Xueyao said timidly, her head lowered and her heart pounding fiercely as she stammered.
Only then did Lin Yu snap out of it.
He lowered his voice and asked, “Where?”
Lin Yu turned to look at He Xiaoqi.
She was sleeping soundly.
He Xiaoqi hadn’t had a single good night’s sleep in two years.
Lin Yu’s return had finally allowed her to completely relax.
For two years, his sister had lived with rats for company.
Whether she was scared at night or not, she was always all alone.
The thought broke his heart.
Wu Xueyao pointed at the food container, her voice filled with fear.
“I think it’s over there, eating leftovers.
How can you have something like that in your house?”
“When I make some money, I’m definitely going to buy a big, clean house,” Lin Yu said with determination.
He stood up and stomped, crushing the rat inside the food container.
He then picked up the container, opened the door, went outside, and threw it into the trash can.
When he came back, Lin Yu saw Wu Xueyao huddled on the simple bed.
He said awkwardly, “It’s gone.
You can sleep now.
I’ll keep watch here.”
A warmth spread through Wu Xueyao’s heart.
She lay down with her back to Lin Yu.
As she recalled what had just happened, her face flushed red again.
Lin Yu, too, was reliving the memory of Wu Xueyao’s sweet scent, his body feeling unbearably hot and restless.
He quickly and quietly began to circulate his Cultivation Technique, and only then did his emotions calm down.
Each with their own complicated feelings, neither of them could fall asleep for a long time…
It wasn’t until the early hours of the morning that Wu Xueyao finally gave in to exhaustion and fell asleep.
When she woke up, she found Lin Yu walking in with three bags of buns.
Lin Yu noticed Wu Xueyao’s huge dark circles.
He handed her the buns and asked, puzzled, “Time to eat.
You look like you didn’t sleep well.”
Thanks to his Cultivation Technique, Lin Yu could go days and nights without sleep and be fine.
Wu Xueyao, however, was just an ordinary person.
Wu Xueyao took the buns and shot Lin Yu a glare.
“And whose fault do you think that is?”
Wu Xueyao was afraid of the rat, but she was also afraid of Lin Yu…
no wonder she couldn’t sleep well.
Lin Yu broke out in a sweat.
“What’s it got to do with me?”
Wu Xueyao took a bite of a bun and said with her mouth full, “I was afraid of the rat, and I was afraid of you.
Is that not allowed?”
Lin Yu pursed his lips.
“If you’re afraid of me, why are you still living in my house?”
Wu Xueyao’s eyes widened.
“If I had anywhere else to stay, do you think I’d be at your place?
Seriously, you’re just unbelievable.”
‘Such a typical clueless guy.
He’s a hopeless case.’
He Xiaoqi, thinking the two were actually flirting, chided Lin Yu, “Brother, you need to be nicer to her.
How can you be so clueless?”
“Alright…” A strange feeling welled up in Lin Yu’s heart.
Wu Xueyao, meanwhile, blushed and lowered her head, continuing to eat her bun.
Just then, outside, Liu Meng was forcefully dragging her daughter to Lin Yu’s front door.
Chen Sisi looked completely unwilling, rolling her eyes nonstop.
“Mom, we agreed beforehand.
I’m only responsible for taking him to the company.
Anything else, he’s on his own.”
Liu Meng nodded quickly.
“Yes, of course.
Lin Yu’s family is going through a hard time, after all.
We should help where we can.”
With that, Liu Meng stepped forward and knocked on the door.
“Aunt Liu, what brings you here?” Lin Yu opened the door.
Seeing it was Liu Meng, he immediately adopted a polite tone.
Liu Meng smiled.
“Xiaolin, I already spoke with Sisi.
She’s agreed to take you to her company to apply for a job.”
Chen Sisi didn’t even glance at Lin Yu and headed straight downstairs.
“Hurry up.
I’ll be waiting for you downstairs.”
Liu Meng glanced at Chen Sisi, then urged Lin Yu, “Xiaoyu, get your things.
Hurry and go with Sisi to her workplace.”
Lin Yu acknowledged her, then went back inside to grab the resume he’d prepared that morning.
He said a quick goodbye to his sister and Wu Xueyao, then went downstairs.
“Making me wait down here for so long.
You really think you’re a big shot.” In the car, Chen Sisi saw Lin Yu walk out of the building and grunted in displeasure.
Lin Yu walked up to the passenger seat and was about to open the door when Chen Sisi barked at him.
“Do you think that’s your seat?
Get in the back, understand?”
“And when we get close to the company, get out.
I don’t want my colleagues seeing me with someone like you.”
Lin Yu felt a flicker of anger, but since Chen Sisi was Aunt Liu’s daughter, he decided not to make a fuss.
He opened the back door and got in.
Before Lin Yu could even get settled, Chen Sisi stomped on the gas and shot forward.
Luckily, Lin Yu had some training, or he would have smashed his head against the front seat.
Chen Sisi kept a stony face the entire way, not saying a single word to Lin Yu.
Twenty minutes later, she suddenly pulled the car over to the side of the road and pointed at a bus stop sign.
She said coldly, “Get out.
Our company is three stops from here.”
Leaving Lin Yu behind, Chen Sisi sped off without a second glance.
Lin Yu walked the three stops and arrived in front of the Dingsheng Mansion office building.
Dingsheng Group was owned by the Liu family.
It was a leading enterprise in Guyang City, specializing in real estate.
Lin Yu walked up to the main entrance, but a security guard immediately stopped him.
Seeing that Lin Yu was dressed in wrinkled old clothes, looking like a beggar, the guard’s eyes filled with contempt.
He looked down his nose at him and said, “Stop.
Do you have an appointment to be at Dingsheng Group?”
Lin Yu frowned.
He shot a single glance at the guard, who was so frightened he instinctively flinched.
“Do you need an appointment to apply for a job here?”
The guard was furious with himself for being intimidated by someone like Lin Yu.
His face darkened.
“I said you can’t go in without an appointment.
Do you understand?”