Chapter 527 Don’t Let You Be Afraid

In the evening, Shen Zhichu went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles. After filling his stomach, he sat on the sofa to read documents. The room was too quiet, and it seemed that the sound of flipping through the documents had an echo. Shen Zhichu couldn't stand such silence, so he turned on the TV and found a sensational art film. After watching it for ten minutes, he found it boring and then focused all his attention on the documents. At nine o'clock in the evening, all the documents were processed and the art film was over.

She sent a text message to Bai Qiujing, asking him when he would be back.

After waiting for a while, a text message alert came. Shen Zhichu thought it was from Bai Qiujing, so she clicked on the message and saw the contact. She was stunned when she saw the contact. When she clicked on the message and read it, the hand holding the phone suddenly tightened a little, and her eyes quickly flashed with some disbelief.

How is that possible?

Shen Zhichu sat on the sofa. She didn't know how long it had been. When her feet were a little cold, Bai Qiujing called.

"Chu Chu, there will be a storm tonight, remember to close the windows, I'll be back soon."

"Aren't you working overtime today?" Shen Zhichu asked. Usually, Bai Qiujing would sleep in the office when he worked overtime.

“No overtime.”

After hanging up the phone, Shen Zhichu noticed the wind outside, which blew the curtains into a mess. She moved to close the window, and sure enough, the room became much warmer.

Chen Zhichu washed up and went to bed. The wind outside became even louder, followed by thunder, lightning streaking across the sky, and raindrops falling like pebbles.

Logically, she should be very tired after being busy all day and her eyes were tired, but she couldn't fall asleep while lying in bed listening to the thunder outside.

There was a reason why he couldn't sleep. Shen Zhichu was afraid of thunder, especially thunderstorms at night.

Shen Zhichu seems brave, but she is actually very timid. She is afraid of getting sick, taking medicine, suffering, storms, and thunder and lightning.

Shen Zhichu thought: The most terrifying thing is being alone. If something really happens, no one will know even if you die.

I used to think that I could live alone and that I just had to get used to it, but humans are always social animals. When loneliness reaches a certain level, I become socially anxious. I say that being alone is fine, but in fact I envy those who can run around freely outside with two or three good friends.

Now she has Bai Qiujing, someone who cares about her. In the past, Bai Qiujing always stayed with her on rainy days.

He is not here today, and the feeling of loneliness and helplessness seems to have taken root in my heart.

But as long as someone is always with her, she is not afraid of the suffering and pain that lies ahead.

Chen Zhichu turned on the light. The storm that night seemed to be more violent than ever before. She covered herself with the quilt. With a click, a sound similar to the sound of an electric current being cut off, the light flickered twice, and finally with a click, the light went out. The surroundings fell into darkness, and one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.

Everything was dead silent in a room filled with only lightning and thunder. It was so quiet that she could hear the sound of branches rustling in the night wind outside.

Chen Zhichu sat up wrapped in the quilt, leaned his back against the headboard, closed his eyes, and blocked his ears to block out the thunder. He was not so scared anymore.

Bai Qiujing searched the weather forecast and saw that there would be a storm tonight. He put down his work and left with his car keys.

It started to rain heavily when the car was halfway through the journey. There were thousands of lights along the road, and the ground was like a broken mirror reflecting the mottled and hazy shadows of the lights.

As the thunder grew louder, the rain fell heavier, and in an instant, torrential downpour came.

"Boom—"

A loud thunder sounded in the sky. It was rare to have a storm in this season. One should drive slowly on a rainy night, but Bai Qiujing drove very fast.

He was afraid, not because of the thunder, but because he thought of Shen Zhichu being afraid of such a thunderstorm night.

Bai Qiujing stepped on the accelerator without thinking and rushed forward. He entered Quanshui Bay, parked the car at the door and ran inside in the rain.

An umbrella couldn't stop such rain. When I went out, my feet would be soaked. The raindrops as big as stones fell on my head and made my forehead hurt. I was drenched in rain and Quanshui Bay was plunged into darkness.

The security guard was holding an umbrella and arranging people to repair the circuit. Someone was saying something anxiously, and a rustling sound came from the intercom.

There were still a few street lights outside, but it was even darker inside and no one could be seen. Bai Qiujing turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone and took out a knife to open the door.

"Chu Chu." He started shouting loudly as he entered the house, and went straight to the second floor to open the bedroom. With the help of the light from his mobile phone, he saw Shen Zhichu curled up on the bed with a quilt covering his head.

Once a person falls into fear, his body no longer feels like his own. The whole person seems to shrink into the shell, showing a protective mechanism and losing response to anything in the outside world.

Shen Zhichu closed her eyes and vaguely heard someone calling her. Her body trembled uncontrollably, her eyelashes trembled, and her eyes opened slightly.

She just squinted her eyes a little, and a ray of light shone into her eyes. Then she fell into an embrace. The embrace was not warm enough, but it was the safest.

She opened her eyes completely and looked at Bai Qiujing in front of her. The man was breathing heavily, his eyes were slightly red, his body was wet, his hair was a mess, his clothes were wrinkled and stuck to his body, and he looked like he had rolled in water.

"You...why did you come back so soon?"

Bai Qiujing didn't explain, but said, "I will check the weather every day in advance. I will never let you wait for me alone at home like this time."