Chapter 54
Just then, another bolt of lightning ripped through the sky. Chi Jun turned around and looked back. Although he didn't say anything, his face flickered with light and shadow, but his eyes were as deep as ink.
The rabbit was startled by his gaze, and couldn't help but swallow hard before grabbing the carrot and stuffing it into its mouth again.
While stuffing the carrot in, he pretended to pat it, trying to make up for it with his mouth:
"Why is this radish so hard? It's almost breaking my teeth."
But deep down, she felt uneasy. After speaking, she paused, then tried to comfort Chi Jun:
"Oh, it's alright. There aren't that many coincidences in life. Besides, this young lady is cautious, meticulous, and follows the rules. As long as the car doesn't blindly run into her, crossing the road shouldn't be a problem. It's not that easy for a car accident to happen."
The rabbit meant well in trying to persuade him, but for some reason, the more it spoke, the darker Chi Jun's face became.
"..."
Fine, can't it just shut up?
Actually, it would have been fine if the rabbit hadn't said "cross the road," but as soon as it did, Chi Jun's mind was suddenly filled with the scene of Xu Qingzhou running a red light and almost getting hit by a car.
If it were the Xu Qingzhou of the past, this situation would never have occurred.
But right now, the little girl seems preoccupied and absent-minded all the time...
Chi Jun glanced again at the rapidly moving dark clouds in the sky, then turned and walked to the door to get his umbrella.
But just as he locked the door and turned to open his umbrella, a cry suddenly came from the distant, endless rain:
"Brother Jun! Brother Jun!"
Chi Jun turned around and saw the male ghost panting heavily. Even his floating movements were more sluggish and heavy than before. Finally, he moved closer and pointed to the diagonally behind him. Before he could say anything, tears fell down his face.
"Brother Jun, something's happened!"
He pointed diagonally behind him, wiping away tears as he sobbed, "..."
"The little mute girl, the little mute girl...she's gone out on a journey—"
Before the last word "disaster" could be uttered, a sudden surge of air rushed in front of him.
The male ghost blinked, realizing that Chi Jun had disappeared. He paused for a moment, then quickly turned around and floated back towards the accident site.
*
The sudden downpour almost flooded the entire town. The water on the road, mixed with dirt, reached above ankle level. Pedestrians scrambled for shelter, and even the wide roads were nearly deserted.
However, at the intersection north of Nanhuai Road, police lights, ambulance lights, and car taillights blurred into a large red and green patch in the rain, and various warning sirens blared long, tugging at people's hearts under the dark sky.
No one knows how Chi Jun came to be.
However, just like that, before he even realized it, he found himself at the scene of the multi-vehicle collision.
Before me lay a wrecked car, filthy rainwater, busy police officers, medical personnel, and traffic controllers. New onlookers joined the crowd every now and then, some with umbrellas, some wearing raincoats, craning their necks to ask what was going on.
Those who arrived first began to explain the facts:
"An eight-vehicle pileup occurred because a tricycle ran a red light. The car in front swerved to avoid it, hitting an innocent pedestrian. The car behind braked suddenly, causing all the other vehicles to crash one after another without any time to react."
"Oh dear, this is a natural disaster. Thunder in winter is never a good omen..."
"Why was that tricycle in such a hurry? Now everyone's got something to do!"
"The worst off is that little girl. She was just crossing the street, and then... Oh dear, I heard she's mute too. Poor thing..."
Almost as soon as the word "dumb" entered their ears, a gust of wind swept up something yellow and stuck it in front of an ambulance that was about to drive away.
It was a familiar old yellow umbrella.
The ambulance, which had only driven two meters, stopped again. The driver got out and impatiently pulled the umbrella away, but the wind kept blowing it against the front of the car.
Frustrated, the driver simply folded up the yellow umbrella and threw it into the roadside green belt.
The onlookers, oblivious to this detail, continued to sigh and lament.
"I heard that this little girl lives nearby, her name is... Xu something, anyway, she's a really pitiful little girl... she was in that ambulance."
"Alas, it truly proves the saying: 'The rope always breaks in the west, and misfortune always finds its way to the unfortunate.'"
Before he could finish speaking, a loud shout came from afar:
"Don't come in! Back up!"
Hearing the sound, everyone looked over and saw a traffic policeman whistling loudly as he strode towards them through the sewage, pointing to a certain spot as he whistled.
The one being pointed at was a young man.
He was holding a dark umbrella, and although he looked young, he was expressionless and seemed lifeless. He didn't even notice that the umbrella was tilted behind him and the rain was pelting him.
He seemed to have gone mad.
They simply waded through the water toward the parked ambulance.
"Back up! Did you hear me?!"
The young man remained deaf to his words and continued walking in that direction.
The traffic policeman cursed and quickened his pace to approach, but just as he reached out to grab the young man's hand, the young man turned around, his eyes piercing through the rain with a chilling intensity.
The traffic policeman was stunned for a moment, feeling a chill run down his spine from that single gaze.
Chi Jun remained silent and turned to continue walking towards the ambulance.
Just as the ambulance was about to leave, he almost instinctively tried to teleport there, but just as he moved his finger, a small, cold hand suddenly grabbed his hand that was about to cast a spell.
The familiar touch traveled from my fingers, like an electric current, throughout my entire body.
Chi Jun stopped.
A few seconds later, suppressing the emotions in his eyes, he slowly turned his head, inch by inch, to look.
Under the half-old yellow umbrella, a familiar girl's face looked at him, her brows furrowed slightly in confusion, her eyes revealing a hint of worry.
It is Xu Qingzhou.
Chi Jun's Adam's apple bobbed, and something heavy weighing on his heart seemed to suddenly disappear, while his eyes felt hot at that moment, and even his vision became blurred.
Xu Qingzhou didn't know why Chi Jun was here, but what was even stranger was that Chi Jun's expression was very strange at the moment.
—It was something Xu Qingzhou had never seen on his face before.
This worried her a lot.
However, seeing the traffic police officer sternly stopping Chi Jun from going forward, Xu Qingzhou temporarily put aside these questions, gently pulled Chi Jun's hand, and led him to an open space that would not obstruct the rescue.
Chi Jun, a grown man, looked so well-behaved as she held his hand.
His eyes remained fixed on her until they stood facing each other, without looking away.
Xu Qingzhou was puzzled by his gaze. Seeing the rain pouring down on Chi Jun's head, she instinctively moved the yellow umbrella closer to him, but the umbrella was too small to cover both of them.
Xu Qingzhou glanced down and saw that Chi Jun was carrying an umbrella.
She bent down to take the umbrella and hold it for Chi Jun.
Just as she reached for the umbrella, Xu Qingzhou's wrist was suddenly pulled forward, causing her to stumble forward. Before she could react, Chi Jun had already grabbed her.
Xu Qingzhou: "!"
Thunder rumbled, and the rain continued to fall heavily, the raindrops pattering against the umbrella with a dense and clear sound, as if hitting eardrums.
In this blurred, stormy world, Chi Jun held her tightly.
It's like holding onto something you've lost and then found again, as if you're afraid of losing it again.
Xu Qingzhou was stunned.
She could clearly feel the warmth of Chi Jun's face pressed against her neck, a warmth that seemed to travel through her blood to every part of her body. Xu Qingzhou stood frozen, not daring to make a move, but her heartbeat began to accelerate against her will, and her face began to burn and turn red.
She... had never had such close contact with a man before.
Xu Qingzhou kept reminding himself:
Don't overthink it, don't overthink it.
Perhaps... Chi Jun is just cold?
After all, he was already soaked through.
The comforting words had no effect whatsoever. Although the cold wind had brought her face back to a slightly normal temperature, her heartbeat grew faster and more erratic in the eerie silence.
A minute later, Xu Qingzhou really couldn't hold on any longer.
She reached out her finger and gently poked Chi Jun's shoulder.
Chi Jun didn't move.
Xu Qingzhou almost suspected that Chi Jun had fainted from being soaked in the rain.
She pursed her lips, reached out again, and tried to poke Chi Jun's shoulder.
At the same time, Chi Jun's muffled voice reached my ears.
"Don't move."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
She immediately froze obediently.
Two seconds later, Chi Jun spoke again: "Hold me."
"?"
This didn't sound like something Chi Jun would say, since he had always suspected her of having ulterior motives towards him.
But right now, if it's not Chi Jun speaking, then who is it?
Xu Qingzhou hesitated for a moment, but then decided to obey. She mustered her courage and slowly reached out her other free hand to gently hug Chi Jun's back.
Almost instantly, Xu Qingzhou felt a very brief dizziness.
The moment the dizziness subsided, she felt something solid and hard beneath her feet.
Xu Qingzhou first looked down, then turned her head to look around, and was surprised to find that she and Chi Jun had actually returned to the small rented house.
Upon experiencing teleportation for the first time, Xu Qingzhou was both shocked and amazed. Her eyes widened in delight, but in the next instant, reason returned—
It turns out... Chi Jun was holding her and letting her hold him back so that he could teleport instantly.
As if to confirm her guess, Chi Jun released her very decisively and gracefully at this moment.
Xu Qingzhou involuntarily took two steps back, feeling a little embarrassed.
She seems to have overthought things again.
Fortunately, this had happened many times before, so she was more adept at handling it. Xu Qingzhou put down her umbrella, calmly jumped over the edge, and took out a pen and paper to ask:
[Chi Jun, what were you doing there? What happened to you?]
Chi Jun looked at her, seemingly lost in thought.
After a long while, he finally moved his lips and uttered two words.
"They've gone mad."
Xu Qingzhou: "?"
She wanted to ask more questions, but Chi Jun had already turned around and started taking off his coat: "I'm going to take a shower first."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
【good】
*
In the empty public bathroom, only one showerhead was running, its sound cold and desolate.
Chi Jun stood under the showerhead, letting the water pour over his head. He stared blankly ahead with his eyes half-open, and remained motionless for a long time.
Half an hour later, Chi Jun returned after taking a shower, and his clean and tidy clothes were folded on the bed.
Xu Qingzhou wasn't soaked by the rain; her coat only got a little wet when Chi Jun was carrying her. So, after changing out of her half-wet coat, she was already in the corridor preparing to cook.
The rain seems to have lessened a bit compared to before.
After finishing her work, Xu Qingzhou turned around and saw Chi Jun leaning against the door with his arms crossed, lazily staring at her.
Xu Qingzhou felt a little embarrassed by the stare and couldn't help but ask:
What's wrong?
Chi Jun smiled, raising the corners of his mouth.
"Nothing, just looking at you."
"..."
These words really leave much to the imagination.
Xu Qingzhou turned his head and pretended to stir the porridge in the pot.
Chi Jun: [Why are you home so late tonight?]
Since Chi Jun found out about her part-time job, Xu Qingzhou no longer bothered to hide it from him. She honestly replied, "I have a part-time job interview scheduled."
I see.
It's also his fault for not understanding. He heard the male ghost say that the little mute had been in a car accident, and when the onlookers said that the little mute was surnamed Xu, he assumed that the person who had the accident was Xu Qingzhou.
In this light, it seems to be nothing more than a coincidence.
Thinking of this, Chi Jun felt a rare sense of embarrassment.
He didn't want to recall it anymore.
But things didn't go as planned. The next moment, Xu Qingzhou wrote a note and handed it over:
Why did you go there tonight?
Chi Jun glanced at the words on the paper but didn't say anything.
Just then, a gust of wind blew by, and Chi Jun subconsciously turned his head to the side.
Xu Qingzhou quickly replied:
"Come inside and dry your hair. You'll easily catch a cold if you're exposed to the wind like this."
But to everyone's surprise, Chi Jun stood still, leaning casually against the door.
Just as Xu Qingzhou put away her paper and pen, intending to push him through the door with both hands, Chi Jun glanced at her and suddenly said:
"You wipe it for me."
Xu Qingzhou: "?"
She froze, and just as she was about to come up with a reason to refuse, Chi Jun spoke again, meaningfully:
"I got caught in the rain tonight because I was going to see you. Don't you think you should help me dry my hair?"
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
*
A minute later, Chi Jun casually sat down on the edge of the bed with his legs spread apart, waiting for Xu Qingzhou to help him dry his hair.
Xu Qingzhou held a dry towel in her hand. She glanced at Chi Jun, but before she even stepped forward, her face felt slightly hot.
It's just drying your hair, isn't it?
She secretly berated herself for being so useless.
Chi Jun can say it openly, so why can't she openly wipe it for him?
Thinking of this, Xu Qingzhou took a deep breath and stepped forward.
Because Chi Jun's legs were spread apart, she was standing in the gap between Chi Jun's right leg and the edge of the bed, which not only made it difficult to wipe, but also made her feel like she would touch Chi Jun's leg; the same was true for the right side.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Qingzhou had no choice but to stand between his legs.
Given that the posture was a bit awkward, Xu Qingzhou initially stood a little far away, leaning forward with his upper body, wrapping a towel in both hands, and gently wiping Chi Jun.
However, precisely because they were standing far away, it was easy to wipe the front, but they couldn't reach the back.
Xu Qingzhou silently measured the distance between herself and Chi Jun, and moved forward a tiny bit without making a sound.
Still can't reach it.
She nervously pursed her lips and moved forward a little more.
Go a little further ahead.
The distance gets closer and closer with each measurement.
Finally, I can reach it, making it easier to wipe.
Xu Qingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the hair on the back of Chi Jun's head with both hands. But when she looked down, Chi Jun's head popped out from under the towel.
Beneath thick, curled black eyelashes, a pair of dark eyes stared at her with a playful smile.
It was almost right at her chest.
"..."
Xu Qingzhou instinctively took a big step back, but her heel tripped over Chi Jun's foot. Xu Qingzhou lost her balance and fell backward, unable to even scream. She subconsciously closed her eyes.
Chi Jun reacted quickly, clamping his legs together to trap her and pulling her up. The next second, Xu Qingzhou was pulled forward by the force, only to feel her mouth touch something soft. After bracing herself on the bed with her hands and lying on Chi Jun, she came to her senses from the panic and was immediately dumbfounded.
Her lips brushed against Chi Jun's left cheek.
"..."
Xu Qingzhou's mind went blank for a moment, and he was completely stunned, forgetting how to react.
Chi Jun was pinned down by her, his eyelashes drooping, his eyes staring intently at her.
After a long pause, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he uttered a sentence:
"Xu Qingzhou, I knew you had ulterior motives towards me."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
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