Chapter 774 [(*^▽^*)]
Are you happy? Lin Leyou felt that this pre-arranged future seemed pretty good, but was he happy?
Lin Leyou's gaze fell on Xue Rui's face. The other man's eyes were sparkling, as if he were seeking praise. "I think... it's pretty good, thank you."
Xue Rui's eyes narrowed with laughter, as if she was genuinely excited by Lin Leyou's gratitude. "Really? That's good, that's good. As long as you're happy!"
Lin Leyou felt that Xue Rui's smile was a bit strange, so she thought of getting up and going back to her room, "I..."
Xue Rui grabbed his hand, "Don't go! School starts soon, let's go out and celebrate!"
Go out to celebrate? He didn't want to go to any random, disreputable place to celebrate.
He was a little embarrassed to refuse, after all, Xue Rui had just helped him a lot, although he didn't really feel happy, even though he also wanted to go to university.
Xue Rui tried to pull him out, but Lin Leyou remained seated on the sofa. "It's too hot outside. I don't really want to go out. Let's forget about it."
Xue Rui looked outside and indeed, the August sun was extremely strong. Just looking at it from inside the house made him feel like he was going to melt. He figured he should stay indoors if possible.
He thought for a moment, then obediently let go of his hand. "In that case, let's order food and celebrate at home, how about that?"
Lin Leyou had no objection to this.
Just as Xue Rui was ordering food on his phone, a call came in.
"Huh?" It was an unknown number without caller ID. He thought about it and answered anyway. After all, he didn't know how many numbers he had blocked, and some of the calls were for serious business.
As soon as the call connected, a disgusting string of curses came from the other end. Even without speakerphone, Lin Leyou could hear how furious the person speaking was.
And if I'm not mistaken, this voice seems to belong to Xue Qian?
Xue Rui's lips twitched, probably wanting to curse, but he held back in the end. He hung up the phone, then looked at him, "Did you hear that?"
Lin Leyou heard the voice, but couldn't make out what the other person said, so does that count as hearing it?
He didn't speak or look at Xue Rui, feeling that something was off about Xue Rui's question. He decided to remain silent and see what was going on.
Xue Rui stared at him for a while, but received no answer. A hint of regret flashed in her eyes, but she quickly returned to normal. "How boring. Ordering food, ordering food, that idiot... he called, and I almost forgot about ordering food. It seems I can't just answer calls without caller ID anymore."
Lin Leyou looked out the window. The sunlight shone on the ground, and he could even see the rising heat waves distorting the space outside. It must be very hot outside.
He paused for a moment after looking away. It was hot outside, but cool inside. However, he couldn't see any air conditioning in the house. There was none on the walls or the floor. Was it central air conditioning?
He carefully looked around but couldn't see anything, so how come the house was so cool?
Moreover... after realizing this, he vaguely felt that the coolness didn't feel like air conditioning, but rather like natural cooling, which made him feel very comfortable, so he didn't feel anything.
He hadn't noticed it before, but now he felt a chill run down his spine. To make matters worse, Xue Rui was still holding her phone, asking him without looking up, "What do you want to eat?"
Lin Leyou opened his mouth, unsure of what to say, and then said, "I'm not picky about food."
Xue Rui nodded, "Yes, it's good not to be a picky eater, it's best not to be a picky eater."
He seemed to be talking to Lin Leyou, or perhaps he was talking to himself. Lin Leyou felt a little uncomfortable and sat a little further away before getting up and returning to his room.
Xue Rui looked up. "Where are we going?"
Lin Leyou paused for a moment, then said, "Go back to your room."
Xue Rui stood up. "I'll go with you."
Lin Leyou looked at him in surprise, "What?"
Xue Rui noticed his surprised expression, but calmly sat down again. "Just kidding. Go back now. I'll call you out after dinner."
Lin Leyou thought about it and decided to go back to his room. He always felt very constrained in the same space as Xue Rui, so going back to his room would help him relax.
He pushed open the door, returned to the room, turned around and closed the door—a series of actions performed in one smooth motion, as if he were fleeing some kind of demon.
Alone, Lin Leyou felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation. He first went to the bathroom to check his clothes hanging up. They were clean and dry!
"So fast?" He was a little surprised, but thinking about it, it made sense. It was so hot, and it had been several hours, with the windows open and the clothes not being thick. It was normal for them to dry quickly.
He put the clothes away on the bed, hesitated for a long time, and finally changed into his own clothes. The clothes Xue Rui gave him were left on the bed.
He looked at the clothes with worry. What if Xue Rui saw him like this when they went out? Would he be angry? And if they fought, would he be able to beat him?
He pinched the hem of his clothes. Although his clothes weren't very comfortable, he felt at ease wearing them, as if he was bursting with a sense of security, a sense of security that came from his subconscious.
"Forget it, I'll just have to deal with it when the time comes."
As for these clothes, of course he wouldn't return them right now. He thought for a moment and put them in the closet, out of sight, out of mind, and wait and see.
He walked to the window and looked out. The scene he saw was similar to what he had seen in the living room before—as hot as ever. He subconsciously reached out and opened the window.
When he opened the window, he thought the heat wave outside would hit him, but it didn't. He was stunned for a moment after opening the window, and then stretched his hand out to feel it. He found that the temperature outside was no different from that inside. He could even see the sunlight shining on his body and his skin was illuminated, but he couldn't feel the temperature of the sunlight. It was as if... it was fake.
Lin Leyou was somewhat confused. What was going on?
He withdrew his hand and then touched his skin, which had been exposed to the sun. It was no different; it had not warmed up because of the sunlight.
He sensed something was wrong and wanted to go out, but he didn't know what Xue Rui was up to, so he could only instinctively close the window.
However, at the very moment the window was closed, the whole world seemed to have switched off a light switch, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into night.
He looked up at the window in surprise. The sky outside was overcast and silent. He could not see a single person, but instead, countless plumes of black smoke were flying in the air.
When he looked closely, he found that there was no black smoke, but only dark clouds surging in the sky.
This series of changes left him completely bewildered. Then he heard a knock on the door behind him. "Xiao You, what are you doing in there? The food has been delivered. Come out and eat."
Lin Leyou's lips twitched. When was the food delivered? Why didn't he hear any noise? And was it delivered so quickly after ordering? Was the food prepared that fast?
Before he could even think of what to say, he noticed Xue Rui's knocking becoming increasingly urgent. The thud of his fists hitting the door made him feel like the door was about to fall off, and the voice calling him gradually became rougher.
Lin Leyou was a little scared. He subconsciously opened the window and looked down. He found that the building was quite high and jumping down would definitely kill him. However, he soon discovered that a group of people had appeared downstairs, which was previously empty. One of them was Xue Qian, who looked very familiar.
He and his men placed a safety cushion below, so he figured he should be fine jumping down. Seeing that the door behind him was starting to loosen, he didn't hesitate any longer, climbed over the window, and jumped down. Only after landing on the safety cushion did he hear the wind blowing outside.
The leaves were blown up by the wind, and several leaves landed on him. Before he could even look at them, Xue Qian grabbed him and ran forward, while the people behind him quickly put away the life cushion and retreated to a distance.
He himself was dragged by Xue Qian and run out of the community. As for Xue Rui... it's unclear whether he kicked the door panel to pieces. In any case, he was now lying on the window where he jumped down, half of his body sticking out of the window, roaring at their backs.
All his words were curses directed at Xue Qian, but he seemed reluctant to say a harsh word to Lin Leyou.
Lin Leyou simply glanced back at Xue Rui, who was cursing like a madman, and then followed Xue Qian out of the community. He thought everything was fine, but Xue Qian was covered in sweat.
When they arrived at the gate of the residential area, Lin Leyou realized why Xue Qian was so nervous and covered in sweat. It turned out that... Xue Rui had appeared at the gate!
Lin Leyou was utterly shocked when he saw Xue Rui ahead. "Impossible! He was just upstairs a moment ago. Even if he flew down, he couldn't have gotten this fast!"
But he soon noticed something different about Xue Rui; he seemed more mature and composed, just like the one who had called him from the balcony before, and the one who had called him while running errands outside…
Xue Qian shielded Lin Leyou behind him, saying, "Why did you come? Are you trying to stop me? Something bad is about to happen."
Standing at the gate, Xue Rui frowned slightly, then turned slightly to the side, as if to say that he wasn't being stopped and that he could walk around freely. Xue Qian cautiously pulled Lin Leyou to the outside of the gate.
He carefully led Lin Leyou away, but at that moment, Xue Rui suddenly attacked, kicking the hand that Xue Qian was holding Lin Leyou with. Xue Qian subconsciously pulled back and naturally let go of Lin Leyou.
Just like that, Lin Leyou was snatched away by Xue Rui in that instant. Xue Qian tried to chase after him, but Xue Rui kicked him away. When he got up and caught up, he saw Lin Leyou being pulled into the car, and the car sped away, leaving only exhaust fumes behind.
Xue Qian was so angry that he jumped up and down. Soon his car pulled up beside him, but it was obviously too late to catch up. He angrily dragged the driver out and beat him wildly, while the driver lay on the ground like a puppet, enduring the beatings and curses without any reaction.
Lin Leyou sat next to Xue Rui, looking completely bewildered. He glanced at the person beside him; Xue Rui felt strangely different yet strangely familiar. His mind was a jumbled mess.
"you……"
Xue Rui said, "Don't say anything, we'll talk when we get there."
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