Chapter 36 We boys were seen naked by others...
There was no light on in Gu Xun's living room. It was pitch black, with only a ray of light from the corridor shining through the crack in the door.
The moment Yue Qianling bumped into Gu Xun, she suddenly felt safe, but her heartbeat was still unsteady and even her hands were shaking.
She grabbed Gu Xun's arm with one hand and immediately hooked the door handle with the other hand and pulled it hard. When she heard the sound of the door closing, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the door.
But Yue Qianling still did not let go of Gu Xun's arm. Because of fear, she held it tighter and tighter, and her palms were wet with sweat.
After a long time, the heavy breathing finally calmed down a little. Yue Qianling looked up again and was stunned.
Because she pulled Gu Xun over with great force, he was holding the door with one hand at this moment, and the other hand was still held by her. He looked down at her in an embracing posture.
Yue Qianling met his dark eyes and was speechless for a moment, until she felt drops of water falling on her forehead.
She blinked and slowly moved her eyes downward.
“…”
The heartbeat that had finally calmed down started beating wildly again.
Although the light was dim, she could clearly see Gu Xun's upper body... naked.
And he was still holding his arm.
Yue Qianling suddenly loosened her grip as if she was scalded, and let her hand drop down, with her little finger brushing across his waist.
“…”
As if being scalded again, Yue Qianling's elbow hit the door, making a dull sound.
She stared at Gu Xun blankly for a long time and completely forgot to speak.
Until Gu Xun raised his hand and pressed lightly, the light came on.
Yue Qianling lowered her eyes subconsciously, and his naked upper body suddenly appeared in front of her.
The temperature of his earlobe suddenly rose, and Yue Qianling immediately turned his face away.
"What happened?"
Yue Qianling wanted to open her mouth to speak, but when she looked towards him, her throat choked.
After a long while, she stammered, "Can't you put on some clothes before talking?"
Gu Xun thought it was funny: "I just finished taking a shower at home and you rushed in, calling me brother. Do you always keep your clothes neat and tidy at home?"
Yue Qianling knew that he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing Yue Qianling's red ears, Gu Xun stared at her closely, slowly stood up, and only looked away when he turned around.
At first he was quite surprised to see Yue Qianling barging in, but after a few seconds of silence, he seemed to sense her fear, so he said nothing and went straight to the closet to grab a short-sleeved shirt.
She walked out halfway through putting on her clothes. When she came out, Yue Qianling just happened to see the moment when the hem of her clothes dropped from her chest, covering her waist and abdominal muscles.
For some reason, the one or two seconds it took him to get dressed kept circling in Yue Qianling's mind, so much so that when he stood in front of her again, she didn't know where to look and leaned against the door nervously.
Gu Xun's figure loomed over him again. Before he could speak, Yue Qianling said, "When I came back, I felt like I was being followed. I didn't dare to open the door rashly, so I called you brother..."
"track?"
Gu Xun's attention was all on the first half of the sentence. His eyes suddenly became stern. He pulled Yue Qianling away and opened the door.
The corridor was quiet, without any sound or human presence.
"What's going on?"
Yue Qianling took several deep breaths before she dared to look outside. Seeing that there was no movement, she finally felt relieved.
"I don't know, but when I came back, a man followed me upstairs until I got out of the elevator."
She glanced at her own door across the street and muttered, "I told you this morning that there was something wrong with that little ad."
News of single women being stalked and broken into is not uncommon, and Gu Xun did not think Yue Qianling was making a fuss.
She has always been very vigilant and is definitely not overly sensitive.
So Gu Xun frowned and looked around the corridor, then suddenly took Yue Qianling's hand and walked out.
"Go check the surveillance."
Yue Qianling was still trembling with fear, and was a little dazed, so she was dragged out by Gu Xun.
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Entering the elevator, Gu Xun looked up at the camera and asked, "Did he talk to you on the way?"
Yue Qianling shook her head: "No, when I walk fast, he walks fast too. When I slow down, he slows down too. He always follows me."
Gu Xun didn't respond, but Yue Qianling felt that he was holding her wrist with greater force.
Her skin suddenly felt warmer and she wanted to pull away, but she had no strength.
So she was led all the way to the security room by Gu Xun before he let go of her hand.
It was past ten o'clock at night and there was only one security guard at the main entrance. When he heard their purpose, he immediately turned on the surveillance camera.
Four table-sized machines were neatly placed in the room. The security guard adjusted the surveillance camera while saying, "There are so many people coming in and out every day, and there are many tenants in our community. We have to be careful."
He clicked the mouse, then turned back to Gu Xun and said, "You're coming home so late. If you have nothing else to do, you should go pick up your girlfriend."
“…”
Yue Qianling was stunned for a moment and wanted to say something. She secretly turned her head and saw that Gu Xun was just staring at the monitor, so she just muttered something in her heart.
The security guard quickly turned on the surveillance footage.
Due to privacy protection, each building only has surveillance cameras in the hallway at the first floor entrance and in the elevator.
The security guard started browsing the surveillance footage from the time Gu Xun and Yue Qianling arrived here, and saw that ten minutes ago, a man in black, as Yue Qianling had said, had left by elevator from the 13th floor.
When she came back, Yue Qianling didn't dare to look back. It was not until this moment that she noticed how tall the man was.
He lowered his head and his face was almost invisible.
Even so, Yue Qianling's heart skipped a beat.
He was following her.
But she knocked on a young man's door and then left.
After watching this paragraph, Gu turned his head and found that Yue Qianling was staring at the monitor, her hands tightly grasping the hem of her clothes, and her lips were a little pale.
The security guard kept chattering on, but Yue Qianling didn't seem to hear a word. Her mind was full of thoughts about what would have happened if the person living opposite her wasn't Gu Xun.
If Gu Xun didn’t open the door.
I couldn't imagine the consequences of living here where I didn't know anyone else.
The scenes reported in the news involuntarily emerged in his mind. On this midsummer night, Yue Qianling suddenly felt cold all over.
Until a warm hand held hers, their palms touching, and his body temperature continued to come to her.
Yue Qianling's fingertips trembled and his mind moved slightly. He did not look at the person next to him, nor did he pull his hand away.
The security guard played the footage of Yue Qianling returning.
As they walked into the corridor on the first floor, Yue Qianling walked faster and faster, and the man lowered his head even lower. When he saw her enter the elevator, he rushed over in three or two steps and they looked at each other for a moment.
"Do you remember what he looked like?"
Gu Xun asked.
The man actually looked quite ordinary, the kind that you wouldn't be able to spot in a crowd. Moreover, Yue Qianling was so nervous at the time that she had no time to notice any of his characteristics.
Yue Qianling tried hard to recall for a long time and could only say a few useless adjectives.
"Anyway, according to the surveillance footage, this man is indeed suspicious."
The security guard scratched his chin and said, "But there is no solid evidence. I can only say that the girl should be more careful in the future."
Yue Qianling didn't say anything, but just frowned, and all the grievances in his heart surged up his throat.
What did she do wrong? Why did she have to live in fear all the time when encountering such a thing?
"Please pull up this surveillance video and send it to me."
Gu Xun suddenly spoke.
The security guard hummed, and continued, "Luckily you were at home today, otherwise if this man really wanted to do something, your girlfriend, a young girl, would not be able to beat him. She might have been dragged away before the other neighbors could react. Alas, this kind of thing happened in our hometown before, and it was in broad daylight. With that punch, the woman had no ability to struggle at all."
"Please stop talking."
Gu Xun suddenly interrupted him and said, "Help me adjust the surveillance first."
The security guard then sat down and started the operation.
During the few minutes of waiting, Yue Qianling didn't say a word.
Because of what the security guard said, she couldn't help but start to get scared again, and she couldn't understand why she had to suffer this unexpected disaster. Was she going to live under the shadow of this stranger every day from now on?
Countless complicated emotions were swirling in my chest, and if I wasn't paying attention, a heat would well up in my eyes.
Not wanting to be seen crying, Yue Qianling almost immediately turned her back and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.
But the tears still flowed down uncontrollably.
She lowered her head and quickly took out a tissue from her bag.
But because he was tense and his movements were a little flustered, he accidentally dropped the tissue on the ground.
She was stunned and was about to bend down, but the tissue had already been picked up by Gu Xun.
He didn't walk up to her, but stood behind her, unwrapped the tissue, pulled out a piece, put his arm around her back and wiped her eyes.
"What are you afraid of? I'm here with you."
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After getting the surveillance footage from the security room, Gu Xun took Yue Qianling to the police station.
Because the man did not commit any substantial acts of harm, the police only filed a case against Yue Qianling. If anything happens, the police will respond faster than a normal call.
However, with the comfort of several policemen, Yue Qianling calmed down a lot on the way back and figured out a lot of things.
There are so many bad people in this world. Will she never go out again?
Some things are destined to be 100% unavoidable, so you can only face it.
But this feeling of being stared at was always like a shadow hanging over her head, or like a pair of invisible eyes staring at her from somewhere.
Yue Qianling sighed deeply, leaned his head against the window, and watched the green belts and neon lights outside rapidly receding.
Gradually, his vision became vague, and when he focused again, he was looking at Gu Xun's profile reflected in the car window.
At this time, the quiet atmosphere in the car and the few pedestrians outside the window were reminding Yue Qianling that it was already late at night.
Fortunately, even at this late hour, Gu Xun was still there to accompany her.
Yue Qianling never thought that one day she would gain such a real sense of security from Gu Xun.
Instead of always secretly watching him from a distance.
After the fear and grievance dissipated a little, Yue Qianling secretly glanced at Gu Xun several times. Seeing that he hadn't said anything, she quietly took out her cell phone and removed him from the blacklist.
Just after completing this step, Gu Xun suddenly said, "Give me your phone."
"What's wrong?"
Yue Qianling was startled, thinking that her little action had been discovered, and immediately held the phone tightly.
At this time they stopped at the traffic light.
Gu Xun looked at her speechlessly for two seconds, then curled his lips and asked, "Do you know where to set up emergency contacts?"
Yue Qianling was confused by the question, "What emergency contact?"
Gu Xun was too lazy to say anything else. He took the phone from her hand, lowered his head and fiddled with it for a while before returning it to her.
"Press the power button three times and the phone will automatically send me a location text message."
"oh……"
Yue Qianling took the phone but didn't look at it again.
After arriving home, Yue Qianling's body pressure was still very low.
She said "thank you" muffledly and turned to open the door.
As soon as he walked in, Gu Xun suddenly opened the door and walked in.
Yue Qianling suddenly grabbed the door handle and stared at him with wide eyes, "Anything else?"
Gu Xun looked around her home and said, "Of course I'll go home with you."
Yue Qianling: “……?”
He smacked his lips and said nonchalantly, "We boys can't get married if our bodies are seen naked by others."
“……???”
Seeing Yue Qianling in a daze, Gu Xun suddenly laughed, walked past her and went straight to the balcony of the living room.
Yue Qianling came to his senses and quickly chased after him, "Do you have——"
Before he finished speaking, Yue Qianling stopped talking when he saw Gu Xun sticking his head out and looking at the window.
Gu Xun checked all the doors and windows in her house, and only left after making sure there was nothing unusual.
He stood at the door, facing the light, and suddenly reached out and touched Yue Qianling's hair.
"Go to bed early, my brother is going back."
“…”
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After closing the door, Yue Qianling sat on the sofa for a long time, feeling like two movies were playing in her mind at the same time.
One is a horror action movie in which a gangster holds a woman hostage.
One is a looped playback of the scene where Gu Xun pushed aside her bangs.
It wasn't until the alarm on her cell phone rang, reminding her that it was time to go to bed, that she fell on the sofa and rubbed her head.
What happened tonight consumed a lot of her energy, but she didn't feel sleepy at the moment.
She wanted to tell her parents, but after the call was made, she hung up.
This kind of thing seems to be of no use other than adding to the worries of my parents.
She turned over in annoyance and found Yin Xue's phone number again.
When I called her, she was still awake.
Yue Qianling briefly told her what happened tonight, but omitted the appearance of Gu Xun from her words.
After hearing this, Yin Xue was so scared that she immediately stood up and checked her doors and windows.
"This is too scary. Why don't you go online and buy some anti-wolf spray or alarm or something?"
As Yin Xue was talking, she suddenly started coughing.
"Are you ill?"
Yue Qianling asked.
"I have a cold. I don't know if it's the recent flu."
Yin Xue blew her nose and said in a muffled voice, "It's been hot lately, so you should be careful and don't use the air conditioner too often, as it's easy to catch a heat cold."
Yin Xue's simple reminder suddenly brought Yue Qianling's memory back to that rainy night many days ago.
Yue Qianling stared at the ground in a daze, and the sound of gurgling rain seemed to appear in his ears again.
Time passed minute by minute, Yin Xue's voice on the phone drifted away, but the scene of Gu Xun knocking on her door that night with wet hair and clothes appeared involuntarily in front of her eyes.
After a long time, Yue Qianling suddenly interrupted Yin Xue's chattering.
"Let me ask you something."
"Ah, go ahead."
"If a boy knows a girl is sick and goes out in the rain to buy her medicine, but lies to her that it is his regular medicine, what does he mean?"
"What could this mean?"
Yin Xue said confidently, "That boy likes you, but he is too embarrassed to say it."
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