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Although Cai Wenchuan strongly disliked Lin Tingyue's schemes, from the beginning, knowing Xiaoyu's current identity, he was also firmly against her being with Lin Ting. Therefore, he chose to stand with Lin Tingyue, wanting to help Xiaoyu get rid of that devil, Lin Tingfeng.
Upon hearing this, Ye Wenyu's heart stirred, and her previously dark eyes suddenly lit up.
She turned away from the scenery outside the window, looked at Cai Wenchuan, and asked him hesitantly, "Is it okay? Are you really willing to take me in?" A sudden warmth filled her heart.
Cai Wenchuan smiled slightly, looking at her like a pitiful stray kitten, and said gently, "Of course, we grew up together. Don't you remember? When you were little, before your mother came back, you often came to my house, so don't be shy. If you agree, come with me. There happens to be a room next door to my house, and I know the landlord—"
Ye Wenyu suddenly missed her childhood home, that dilapidated tenement building where two families lived across from each other. Back then, her mother was still alive, and the home was still there. A wave of warmth washed over her, and she clung tightly to this only warmth and support, asking Cai Wenchuan, "Is your old house still there? The one we lived in when we were little?"
Cai Wenchuan was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "It's not for sale, but my dad said that the area is being demolished and might not be habitable. If you want to live there, let's go take a look tomorrow when we have some free time."
Ye Wenyu nodded, a sweet feeling welling up inside her. She forced a smile and followed Cai Wenchuan's arrangement.
While the two of them were talking, Lin Tingyue remained silent with great composure. Once they had finished their conversation, she tacitly escorted them to the building where Cai Wenchuan lived.
She was very satisfied with Cai Wenchuan's performance.
Cai Wenchuan was somewhat saddened by Lin Tingyue's arrangement. The fact that she was pushing him so enthusiastically towards Xiaoyu showed that she didn't have feelings for him.
My heart is like a broken eggshell, empty and desolate.
However, he did feel sorry for Ye Wenyu. He felt she was going astray, having strayed onto the wrong path for a long time, and he wanted to correct her course. He had a lot to say to her. He couldn't watch her make the same mistake again.
Therefore, watching Lin Tingyue drive away, Cai Wenchuan said to Wenyu, "Come on, I'll take you to find the landlord."
Ye Wenyu nodded obediently, agreeing to follow Cai Wenchuan's arrangements.
While Cai Wenchuan was discussing the rental arrangements with the landlord, Ye Wenyu glanced down at her phone and discovered that Lin Tingfeng had called her thirty times and sent her sixty private messages. His persistence and stubbornness were frightening, so she simply turned off her phone.
The phone finally stopped ringing, and the world was quiet again.
It's just a heart, like a dried seashell on the beach, making a hollow sound.
At this moment, Cai Wenchuan had also settled the price and happily walked over to Ye Wenyu, smiling at her and saying, "Alright, I've paid the rent. Come on, let's go see the room."
Ye Wenyu nodded, and the two went upstairs.
Her steps felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. Memories played back in her mind like a montage of scenes from a movie. She thought to herself, "How foolish I was. From the very beginning, Lin Tingfeng had been scheming and plotting to get close to me. I always knew he was a man with a deep mind."
Lin Tingxuan's affair was a huge shock to her, it completely turned her world upside down.
The rented apartment was on the third floor in a dilapidated neighborhood. The stairwell was filthy and cluttered, plastered with all sorts of shady advertisements for locksmiths, plumbers, and appliance repairmen. The hallway was dimly lit, with only a motion-activated light that would turn off whenever you wanted it to, and on when you didn't. The plaster on the walls near the floor was constantly dripping down like rain due to years of dampness. The scene was so much like the apartment she lived in as a child.
Upon reaching the third floor, Cai Wenchuan handed Ye Wenyu a key, gesturing for her to open the door. Ye Wenyu slowly reached out and took it, opening the door to find the room empty except for a bed. The walls were a dull gray, adorned with a few cheap, tacky paintings. The bathroom was filthy, the floor littered with trash, presumably left by the previous tenant—toilet paper, takeout containers, old clothes—practically covering the entire floor. In short, all of this was completely incomparable to the home Lin Tingfeng had furnished for her.
She involuntarily shrank back, her heart filled with ice and snow. She thought about her life and how she had come to this point. She dared not look back and wondered where she had gone wrong, how she had come full circle and returned to the starting point!
It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to simplicity.
I suddenly realized that I find it hard to adapt to this simple and rough life.
At this moment, her state of mind, like the room itself, was in a state of turmoil beyond description, as if a whirlwind had swept through.
Cai Wenchuan walked to the room across the hall, opened the door, and smiled at Ye Wenyu, saying, "I live right across from you. Doesn't it remind you of when we were kids?"
Ye Wenyu felt a warmth in her heart, and her mind calmed down a little. She forced a smile, walked over to look at his room, and then walked back to look at her own room. She found that it really looked like their childhood home, and a warm feeling washed over her. She felt less upset and smiled at him, saying, "Not only do we live across the street from each other, but our rooms are even similar."
With Cai Wenchuan by her side, she was finally less in pain.
Cai Wenchuan glanced at her and said, "We just moved into this house today, it's very dirty, and we need to buy a lot of things. How about I take a day off tomorrow and we buy everything we need?"
Ye Wenyu felt a warmth in her heart. At this moment, helpless, in pain, fearful and panicked, she desperately needed someone by her side to take care of her and give her strength.
Her heart no longer felt so heavy.
Cai Wenchuan looked around the house again and smiled at her, "Let's clean up together now, otherwise you won't be able to sleep tonight."
Ye Wenyu's eyes reddened, and she nodded obediently. She thought to herself, "It's so good to have Brother Wen by my side."
Cai Wenchuan rolled up his sleeves, found a trash can, and began cleaning up the trash on the floor. Ye Wenyu was moved and followed him to clean up as well.
The previous tenant was an rude person, and the landlord probably doesn't plan to rent it out again anytime soon, so the room hasn't been cleaned. It took the two of us almost half an hour to clean the floor, so we're keeping working on it.
When Ye Wenyu was cleaning the balcony, she saw a newspaper covering the corner. She pulled the newspaper over and couldn't help but scream in terror.
Cai Wenchuan ran over upon hearing the noise. Ye Wenyu was pale, her eyes were closed, and she was screaming with her fists clenched. Pearl-like tears rolled down from her tightly closed eyes.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Cai Wenchuan asked with concern.
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