Chapter 46 Chapter 46 (2/2)
There weren’t many things in that straw basket, only a set of clothes which had not had the chance to be washed along with a faintly exposed black fabric.
It was a pair of black underwear.
Suddenly, Song Qinglan’s heart pounded heavily.
Probably because he had entered the other party’s private space and he had caught sight of the other party’s personal belongings, he couldn’t help but recall the pale and slender waist he saw in the Tianqiong training room before they set off on their mission.
Song Qinglan gritted his teeth and waved away those memories. He washed his face again with cold water.
The feeling he had after hearing Ji Yushi’s talk about his love life earlier returned. He felt a little irritable.
Song Qinglan could faintly sense that something was going out of control, but he couldn’t put a finger on it.
Travelling thousands of miles from one city to another, was it just to help Ji Yushi clear up his thoughts and along the way figure out whether they were in a parallel world?
If it wasn’t, what else did he want?
“Knock, knock.”
The bathroom door was knocked.
Song Qinglan wiped his face with a towel and opened the door, “What is it?”
Ji Yushi revealed an awkward expression, “Sorry……..”
He reluctantly revealed the truth, “My guest room is gone.”
Song Qinglan was confused, “Gone?”
The guest room in Ji Yushi’s original memory was gone. It had been vacated and there was nothing in it.
The two stood at the door of the empty room, speechless.
“I only remembered after opening the door. I once wanted to tidy up all the books and put them in this room and use it as a study.” Ji Yushi said, “But I didn’t expect that in this reality, I had already done it. After returning, I haven’t had the chance to check on this room yet.”
Song Qinglan, “……”
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
Ji Yushi, “Cap Song, can you sleep on the sofa?”
That messy sofa.
Song Qinglan’s face darkened several folds.
Ji Yushi thought he was dissatisfied with the arrangement of sleeping on the sofa so he reluctantly took a step back and offered, “Otherwise, if you don’t mind, you can sleep in my room. I can sleep on the sofa.”
He was the one who had invited the other party. Making them sleep on the sofa would be too rude.
But with Song Qinglan’s so-called PTSD, would he really be willing to sleep on his bed? Ji Yushi expressed his doubts.
Room?
That’s not much better.
Song Qinglan really did mind it.
Since he was already here, it was too late for him to leave. Song Qinglan could only compromise, “Forget it, I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
Ji Yushi accepted it and said, “Then, goodnight.”
Song Qinglan, “Goodnight.”
The atmosphere was a little strange.
They had known each other for so long but it seemed like this was their first time being so polite.
Ji Yushi never thought that they would still see each other again after completing the mission and that it would be in a situation like this.
Song Qinglan said, “Can you sleep well tonight?”
Ji Yushi, “Huh?”
What did he mean?
Song Qinglan looked down at him and suddenly smiled, “I didn’t seem to be of any help. I forced you to analyse the situation this time and the analysis was all about things you already understood. At best, it could be regarded as helping you organise your thoughts, but it was probably pointless. The only thing that was useful was that I also remembered Chief Wang, which at least proves that you aren’t crazy,”
Ji Yushi was slightly startled. He didn’t know how to answer, “……..”
Song Qinglan finally said, “Get a good rest tonight. Don’t think about anything. I will go back to my grandfathers place tomorrow morning and then we will set off to Jiang City.”
*
After more than an hour, there were no sounds in the room. Ji Yushi had fallen asleep.
Song Qinglan laid on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling above him.
He couldn’t sleep. This world was far more complicated than he thought. He even wondered if they are currently in another mission set by another Tianqiong system.
Just the thought of that was scary.
In the darkness, something lightly jumped onto the sofa.
Song Qinglan sat up. He saw that it was Ji Yushi’s cat.
It had at some unknown point in time escaped from the room Ji Yushi had confined it in.
The orange cat was hostile to Song Qinglan. It was hissing and baring its teeth and claws earlier but at this moment it just quietly stared at him.
It didn’t make a single sound and seemed to be watching Song Qinglan like it would charge over and tear him to pieces the next second.
Song Qinglan sat up and looked at it. He narrowed his eyes slightly and noticed that something didn’t seem right.
His tall height seemed to have a deterrent effect. Even the dog at home would tuck its tail in when it saw him, yet this cat continued to stare at him unblinkingly, its eyes glowing in the dark.
At this moment, the light from a tall building outside happened to sweep across the window, filtering into the room.
Song Qinglan noticed a dark shadow through the crack under the living room door.
His sense for danger had been developed over many years. Song Qinglan immediately got up barefoot and silently walked over.
He approached the door and looked through the peephole.
The emergency exit light in the corridor glowed green.
He saw the neighbourhood aunt they met in the elevator earlier standing outside. At this moment, just like the cat, she stared expressionlessly at Ji Yushi’s door.