Mr. Li, please stop abusing me. My wife is getting engaged.

"It is said that a red flower becomes redder when it is close to a red flower, and a black flower becomes blacker when it is close to a black flower. Mr. Li has a friend like you, so he must have been to many entertainment venues, right? The women around him..."

Xia Yingge didn't say anything else, but everyone knew what she was going to say.

Su Jinyan's heart skipped a beat and she lowered her head to continue eating the porridge in the bowl.

Li Zeyi noticed her gaze and frowned, fearing that she would distance herself from him again.

"Don't talk nonsense. Who said I often go to entertainment venues?" Gu Xiao retorted.

"Mr. Gu's scent of makeup can't be covered up. But Mr. Gu is really not picky. He can even handle something with such a vulgar scent..." Yingge said in a sarcastic tone.

Oh my god, how come she knows everything? Gu Xiao looked at Xia Yingge in disbelief.

When I came here yesterday, I did call a few girls to sing, and the smell of perfume was probably from that time.

He has always been as thick-skinned as a city wall. What's wrong with playing with women? Isn't it normal? He didn't do anything excessive.

Why did I feel embarrassed when I heard her say that today? I even felt a little ashamed.

"I'm a free man, so it's normal for me to go to KTV to sing and relax."

"Besides, I am me. My brother is different from me. He is a clean man. Don't judge a whole group of people by one person."

Xia Yingge listened but didn't express her opinion, which made Gu Xiao feel confused.

I don’t know whether she believes it or not?

Gu Xiao didn't know what was wrong with him. Why should he explain so much to a woman?

No one enjoyed the meal.

Su Jinyan lowered her head and said nothing.

She knew too little about Li Zeyi. But what did Li Zeyi have to do with her?

She was not qualified to know, and he was not obliged to report to her.

"Zi Zi, are you going to distance yourself from me again?"

Li Zeyi saw Su Jinyan returning to the house and stopped her in the corridor.

"No." Su Jinyan turned her head away and didn't look at his face.

"Zi Zi, you lied to me. Look at me."

The corners of Li Zeyi's eyes were red and he was a little agitated.

He held Su Jinyan's shoulders with both hands: "Zi Zi, look at me, don't avoid me. I know that we don't have a common life circle, and we didn't know each other for more than ten years. So it's normal for you not to understand me and to question me."

"Actually, I really want you to come into my life. If you look more closely, you'll know that I'm not that kind of person."

"You don't have to explain it to me."

"No, of course I have to explain. I know if I don't explain, you will stay away from me. You don't want us to be too close, and you don't want me to be too close to you. I accept that."

"But I don't want you to exclude me from your life right away. You can take your time to see me, get to know me, and then get close to me when you think I'm reliable. But don't just exclude me without even taking a look at me, okay?"

Li Zeyi's hand holding her shoulder trembled slightly.

Su Jinyan felt it and felt a little moved.

"I won't think anything of you because of what they say. We are still friends." Su Jinyan comforted.

As long as she lets him get close to her, what does it matter if they are friends?

As long as she doesn't hide from her and I can see her every day, it's already sweet.

Su Jinyan doesn't like their current relationship.

They were friends, but they were more than friends. But Su Jinyan didn't dare to take another step forward.

Taking a step back and becoming strangers again would put an end to all the problems.

But Li Zeyi disagreed, and he couldn't be so cruel.

Su Jinyan felt that the conflict and indecision she felt at this moment was not like her usual self at all.

*

After school on Monday, when the last class was over, the teacher asked Su Jinyan to put the equipment in the equipment room.

As soon as Su Jinyan walked in, she heard the sound of the door being locked and a white figure flashed past the window.

Su Jinyan turned the door lock, but there was no response.

When the equipment was delivered just now, I thought it would only be delayed for a few minutes, so my cell phone and bag were still in the classroom.

The equipment room is in a separate building, which is quite remote and far away from the teaching building and dormitory building.

Su Jinyan looked out the window. School was over and there were only a few students on the street.

Su Jinyan shouted outside, but no one heard her at all.

There is a laboratory next to it. I wonder if anyone is working overtime on experiments today.

Su Jinyan knocked on the door until her hands turned red, but received no response.

Forget it, let's save our energy. I can only hope that the equipment manager can come and count the equipment today.

As the sun sets, the equipment room begins to be shrouded in darkness.

Su Jinyan hurriedly pressed the light on the wall, but it didn't light up after trying several times.

The power switches of this building are all in the distribution room on the first floor. Someone must have deliberately turned off the switch.

As darkness approached, Su Jinyan felt more and more panicked. She huddled behind the door, not daring to look up at the room.

Su Jinyan had been to this equipment room before, but usually the whole class was there together.

Occasionally, two people would help the teacher deliver equipment, but they would always come during the day, drop off the equipment and leave. They would never stay.

There were few equipments today, so Su Jinyan took them all by herself and didn't think about coming with her classmates.

Who knew I would be locked up here?

This equipment room is filled with models of human organs, human skeletons, and human organs soaked in formalin...

Those were too real. In this confined space, Su Jinyan didn't dare to move her eyes towards them.

In darkness, our senses become sharper, the surroundings become eerily quiet, and time seems to be stretched to an infinite length.

Su Jinyan didn't dare to make any noise, as if any sound would disturb the skeletons.

Sweat began to appear on her back, but Su Jinyan didn't dare to move at all.

In the hazy night, the formalin jar in front of her seemed to be sizing her up with soul-devouring eyes.

Su Jinyan didn't even dare to breathe loudly. She held her head with one arm to cover her ears and put the other arm to her mouth.

Only when the teeth touched the soft flesh of her arm did Su Jinyan feel her own existence.

She shrank into her own little world, trying to stay as far away from the equipment as possible, but the absurd and terrible thoughts in her mind kept attacking her.

She thought of the nights after her mother passed away, when she had curled up like this and wrapped herself tightly, feeling helplessness and fear surge over her.

She endured the day silently, with no one giving her warmth or comfort.

Su Jinyan felt cold as cold sweat broke out on her forehead. The temperature dropped at night, and the house was chilly. Su Jinyan was only wearing a shirt and jeans, and her teeth were chattering from the cold.

Su Jinyan didn't know how much time had passed, she just felt that time was extremely long.

She didn't even dare to look up at the window, because her eyes would pass over the equipment she was afraid of.

Her feet were numb and she didn't dare to stand up. Those horrible things seemed to be oppressing her.

She could only hope that the morning sun would shine in quickly and dispel the fear in her heart.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening and Su Jinyan had not returned yet. Yingge felt uneasy.

On weekdays, Su Jinyan would study more at school and would come back before 8 o'clock.

Even if something happens, I will report it to Yingge.

It's so late today and I called but the phone was turned off.