Gu Luo'an was startled awake by Su Yiqing's scream. As he opened the door, he heard her calling from her room: "Brother Luo'an! Brother Luo'an, help me!"
Aunt Hu, also hearing the commotion, sat up in bed, pulled open the drawer of the nightstand, and took out a pair of earplugs. As she inserted them into her ears, she muttered, "She sure knows how to make a scene. I knew this little 'green tea' would cause trouble."
If Gu Luo'an wanted to fall for it, that was on him—she wasn’t about to get involved in this mess.
Aunt Hu tightly stuffed the earplugs into her ears and then lay back down, closing her eyes to sleep.
Gu Luo'an stood outside Su Yiqing’s door, hearing her cries, and felt that entering might not be appropriate. Instead, he called out from the doorway, "Qingqing, wake up, Qingqing!" After calling out several times, the sounds inside changed to quiet sobs.
Then, he heard Su Yiqing’s voice, trembling with tears: "Brother Luo'an, I... I’m fine now. You don’t need to worry about me."
Since she was like this, Gu Luoan naturally couldn't just ignore it, so he said, "Qingqing, I'm going in."
Su Yiqing inside didn't say anything else, so Gu Luoan pushed the door open and saw Su Yiqing sitting on the bed, with her hands around her knees, curled up into a ball, her head buried in her knees, sobbing.
"Qingqing." Gu Luoan came to the bed and sat down.
He had just called out when Su Yiqing suddenly cried out, “Brother Luo’an,” and threw herself into Gu Luo’an’s arms.
“Brother Luo’an, I’m so scared. Every time I close my eyes, all I can see is that fat man pulling and holding me. I feel so uncomfortable.”
“It’s all right now,” Gu Luo’an said, holding Su Yiqing and gently patting her back.
After much effort, Su Yiqing was finally coaxed back into bed. She clung tightly to Gu Luo’an’s hand. “Brother Luo’an, I’m so scared. Could you… could you stay with me for a while?”
“Okay.” Gu Luo’an held her hand. “I’ll stay here and watch over you while you sleep.”
After a while, Su Yiqing spoke again. “Brother Luo’an, how about… you lie down and rest with me for a bit?”
“With you by my side, I’m not afraid anymore.” Su Yiqing looked at Gu Luo’an with tearful eyes. His heart softened for a moment, and he nodded.
Gu Luo’an lay down beside Su Yiqing, but she kept inching closer into his arms.
Before long, Su Yiqing was pressed tightly against him, leaving no space at all between them.
Gu Luo’an’s throat moved. After all, he wasn’t a saint.
With Su Yiqing so lively and sweetly pressed against him, how could Gu Luo’an not feel anything?
But Su Yiqing was someone he couldn’t touch so easily.
“Qingqing, are you asleep?” Gu Luo’an asked softly, intending to get up and leave.
To his surprise, Su Yiqing wrapped herself entirely around him. “Brother Luo’an, help me disinfect,” she murmured.
"What..." Gu Luo'an's words were swallowed entirely as Su Yiqing lifted her delicate, pale face toward him.
Gu Luo'an froze. To be honest, Su Yiqing was undeniably beautiful. Though she fell slightly short compared to Shen Mianyin, who could resist a beauty taking the initiative?
Before Gu Luo'an could say anything more, Su Yiqing leaned in and kissed him.
Her kiss was inexperienced yet enticing. At first, Gu Luo'an resisted.
But Su Yiqing clung tightly to him, tearfully pleading, “Brother Luo’an, please help me disinfect.”
Gu Luo’an let out a low groan, suddenly pulled her into his arms, and flipped her beneath him.
After Shen Mianyin returned home and tidied up, she finally understood what Gu Huaizhi had been worried about.
Although she felt the impact wasn’t too significant, whenever her hands were idle and her mind wandered, the image of that fat man’s bloated, revolting face would surface, making her feel disgusted.
Shen Mianyin opened the bottle of red wine Gu Huaizhi had given her, poured herself a glass, and took it to bed along with her tablet. Sipping the wine, she watched a comedy show, hoping to lift her spirits.
Perhaps it was the effect of the red wine, but she did feel much more relaxed.
At that moment, Shen Mianyin’s phone rang with a WeChat call notification.
She glanced at the screen and saw that it was a call from Gu Huaizhi.
Answering the call, she heard Gu Huaizhi’s voice: “Are you asleep?”
“No, I’m drinking wine and watching a comedy show,” she replied.
Hearing her response, Gu Huaizhi understood immediately. “Can you actually focus on it?”
“Are you a mind reader?” Shen Mianyin had just paused the show, and now she simply closed the tablet and set it aside. “I haven’t been able to focus on it at all.”
Gu Huaizhi, who was picking out books in the study, asked, “What do you usually like to listen to before bed?”
“Hmm…” Shen Mianyin replied, “How about a sweet romance novel?”
Gu Huaizhi: “…”
“My bookshelf only has books on finance, medicine, mathematics, and physics.” Gu Huaizhi looked at the fully packed shelf, which indeed appeared dreadfully boring with all those professional books. “Pick one.”
Shen Mianyin: “…”
“I’ll send you a link, and you can just read from it,” Shen Mianyin said, starting to feel excited. “No need for any physical books from your bookshelf. There are so many online novels now; all you need is a phone or a tablet, and it’s all set.”
Gu Huaizhi: “…”
“Pretty please?” Shen Mianyin, perhaps emboldened by the alcohol, started to act a little spoiled. “Gu Huaizhi…”
The way she stretched the final “zhi” really made it linger in the air.
Gu Huaizhi’s ears turned red from how she called his name.
Shen Mianyin sent the novel link to Gu Huaizhi through WeChat on her tablet.
Gu Huaizhi also opened his tablet, but after a moment of thought, he took a physics book from his bookshelf and brought it into the bedroom along with the tablet.
He leaned back against the headboard, clicked on the novel link, and was immediately stunned by the title of the novel.
*"Capturing Love: Mr. Gu Comes Knocking Every Night"*
Gu Huaizhi: “…”
Was Shen Mianyin really not doing this on purpose?
The male lead even shared his surname.
Gu Huaizhi cleared his throat, then, forcing himself, began to read.
To be honest, Gu Huaizhi read with no emotion, sounding almost like an AI, but his voice was so pleasant to hear.
An AI could never replicate a voice like his.
So even though his reading lacked any feeling, Shen Mianyin still listened with great enjoyment.
After finishing a chapter, Gu Huaizhi paused, and Shen Mianyin hurriedly urged, “What happens next? What happens next?”
Shen Mianyin was wearing Bluetooth headphones, and Gu Huaizhi’s sighs came through the earpieces, as if they were right next to her ear, so close she could almost feel them.
Her ears tingled, and she shivered a little under the covers before hearing Gu Huaizhi say, “Are you sure you can still sleep like this?”
Shen Mianyin: “…”
She had to admit, the more she listened, the more awake she felt.
Gu Huaizhi closed the novel, set the tablet aside, and picked up the physics book he had brought earlier. Opening it, he said, “How about I read you the physics book instead?”
Shen Mianyin: “…”
“When I was in school, I always wanted to sleep during physics class,” Shen Mianyin muttered.
Gu Huaizhi couldn’t help but chuckle, “Well, that works out perfectly. The goal was to help you fall asleep, after all.”
Shen Mianyin: “…”
She couldn’t really argue with that.
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