Chapter 293: Chapter 293: Tonight, I Stay Chapter 293: Chapter 293: Tonight, I Stay Everything happened too fast.
Although Sang Li reacted quickly and raised his hand to block, he still couldn’t withstand the sneak attack, and in an instant, one of his eyes couldn’t see clearly.
Lin Zhiyi looked outside in surprise and said, “Sister Zhou? What are you doing?”
Seeing that it was Lin Zhiyi and Sang Li, the object in Sister Zhou’s hand also dropped to the ground.
“I’m, I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was you two.”
Lin Zhiyi glanced at the object that had rolled onto the ground, pepper spray.
She quickly helped Sang Li into the house and washed his eyes with mineral water.
Fortunately, he had blocked so of it, and not much had gotten into his eyes.
After washing, Sang Li took the towel from Lin Zhiyi’s hand and wiped his face.
“It’s okay now.”
Lin Zhiyi let out a sigh of relief and quickly opened her phone, purchasing so dicine that could be used on the eyes for delivery.
Then, she turned to look at Sister Zhou, who looked as timid as a quail in the room.
“Sister Zhou, what’s the matter?”
“Don’t you know? Lately, several single won in our area have been stalked; it’s been on the news. Today, when I was returning ho, I kept feeling like soone was following , so I…”
Sister Zhou looked apologetically toward Sang Li, “I’m sorry, Mr. Sang.”
Sang Li smiled, “It’s nothing, but are you sure soone was following you?”
Sister Zhou nodded vehently, “Ever since I was conned by a man last ti, I’ve been especially cautious with the opposite sex. I don’t even dare have takeout delivered upstairs. Yesterday when I went downstairs to get my takeout, I saw a man walking around outside the building, occasionally peeking inside.”
“I asked him who he was looking for, and he said he was from the next building over doing so renovations, so I didn’t think much of it.”
“Today, when I ca back and wanted to visit the nearby fruit stand to buy so fruit, I got off the bus early, and I saw him again, following all the way ho.”
“But if he really was doing renovations, entering the neighborhood wouldn’t be unusual, yet when I went upstairs, I suddenly rembered how he had co close to look at my takeout yesterday, even asking how it tasted. It dawned on that he wanted to see how much I had ordered and how many utensils there were, thus judging whether I was living alone or not.”
Considering this, it was understandable why Sister Zhou was so nervous.
Lin Zhiyi opened her phone and browsed through the property managent group, finding that the property had posted three reports and also reminded them not to open their doors casually.
But Zhiyi had been too busy the past two days to notice.
She reluctantly handed Sang Li her phone to look at.
After reading it, Sang Li nodded understandingly and consoled Sister Zhou, “I’m already much better now, you should go back and rest early, don’t worry about it.”
Sister Zhou still wanted to apologize, but when she looked up at Sang Li and t his gaze, she imdiately understood sothing.
She hurriedly said, “Then I’ll go back first. I need to check my door lock and won’t bother you both.”
Hearing that, Lin Zhiyi realized that she had misunderstood sothing, but Sister Zhou had already scurried away.
Lin Zhiyi awkwardly looked at Sang Li, “You sit down, the dicine should arrive very soon.”
Sang Li humd in response, holding his phone, “I’m going to the restroom.”
“Okay.”
Just as Sang Li had entered, the doorbell rang.
Lin Zhiyi cautiously looked through the peephole before opening the door.
The delivery person stared at Lin Zhiyi for a mont and imdiately apologized, “I’m sorry, I fell earlier, and the bag tore. Check if anything is missing from inside; if sothing’s missing, I’ll compensate you.”
Lin Zhiyi, seeing the big hole in the bag, didn’t think much of it and checked the dicine.
“Nothing’s missing, thank you.”
“Don’t ntion it, rember to leave a good review.”
The delivery person glanced past Lin Zhiyi into the room.
Lin Zhiyi found it a bit strange and blocked the view with her body, then closed the door.
As she walked back into the living room with the bag, Sang Li happened to co out of the restroom.
She saw that one of his eyes was still red and imdiately rummaged through the dicine in her hand, “Let put so drops in for you.”
“You’ll help ?” Sang Li asked softly.
“Mhm.”
Lin Zhiyi nodded without hesitation, unaware of the smile on Sang Li’s face.
He promptly sat down beside Lin Zhiyi, waiting for her to assist him.
Lin Zhiyi opened the spray, and a strong dicinal scent instantly overwheld both of them, causing a coughing fit that lingered for so ti.
She covered her nose and mouth, “I’ll open the window to air it out.”
She went over to the window by the bed to ventilate the room and finally eased the overpowering sll.
Upon realizing the spray was a herbal extract targeting swelling, though with a complex scent,
Lin Zhiyi quickly capped the bottle and took a deep breath of fresh air. When she turned around, Sang Li was already standing by her side.
The two exchanged smiles.
“Sorry, I didn’t notice the warning above.”
“Do you really have to be so formal with ?” Sang Li countered.
Zhiyi realized they were standing too close, and she felt a bit uneasy.
Just as she was about to say sothing, Sang Li simply stated, “Tonight, I’ll stay.”
“What?”
Zhiyi looked at Sang Li in disbelief.
With a light chuckle, Sang Li explained, “On this floor, it’s just you and Miss Zhou living alone. If what she said is true, it ans she has already been targeted. If soone really cos prepared, how can you two won defend yourselves?”
Zhiyi knew he was right, but she felt embarrassed to trouble Sang Li.
As she was about to graciously decline, Sang Li stepped closer, tilting his head slightly to gaze at her.
“It’s mainly because I’m worried about you.”
While speaking, his hand tentatively rose to touch Zhiyi’s hair before slowly sliding down to her cheek.
Zhiyi froze for a mont, her hands clenching nervously.
She didn’t dislike Sang Li.
She could have a conversation with him.
Their interactions were comfortable.
Perhaps…
As Sang Li leaned in, Zhiyi’s breath caught, and at the critical mont, she raised her hand.
But before she could resist, the lights above suddenly went out.
Startled, Zhiyi felt Sang Li pull her into his embrace.
“Don’t be afraid.”
“Could it be a power outage?” Zhiyi asked cautiously.
“Where’s the main switch?”
“Outside. I know where it is; I’ll go check.”
As Zhiyi prepared to head to the door, Sang Li pulled her back.
He spoke in a hushed tone, “Shh, call Miss Zhou and tell her not to open the door under any circumstances.”
Upon hearing this, Zhiyi imdiately understood his point.
It was very likely that soone outside had shut off the main switch.
She hurriedly called Sister Zhou, who was clearly very scared and was talking about going out to check.
“Sister Zhou, don’t go out. Lock your door tight.”
Sister Zhou snapped to her senses, “Okay, okay, be careful. I’ll get the security to co and check.”
“Okay.”
After hanging up, Zhiyi, shrouded in darkness, heard soone tampering with her door lock.
She had just spoken with Sister Zhou, so it couldn’t be her.
Suddenly, the frightening darkness combined with the rustling sounds brought back the mory of being locked up by He Yao.
Her whole body stiffened.
Then, Sang Li pressed her head into his chest.
“Don’t be afraid.”
“I’ve already asked Zhou Zhao to keep watch downstairs,” Sang Li whispered in Zhiyi’s ear.
Zhiyi looked up at him, unable to speak, and she just nodded her head.
Soon, the property managent arrived with security to check the main switch and confird that soone had indeed turned it off.
But they could not find that person in the building; it seed he had run away.
The property advised everyone in the group chat not to go out for the ti being and that they would strengthen patrols.
Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief for the mont.
Just then, Sang Li’s phone rang.
He got up to answer the call.
“Young Master, the person was caught, but not by .”
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