Chapter 6
Fortunately, the incident that Yu Li was worried about did not happen.
The police officer who heard the detailed address he reported contacted the local police station, and in about five minutes, Yu Li heard the sound of the police siren.
The urgent siren sound was unusually reassuring in the dark night.
Sister You was startled, grabbing Yu Li's arm and excitedly saying, "Xiao Yu, the police are here."
Yu Li nodded, and after his mind was relieved, the hand holding the kitchen knife began to tremble slightly.
Soon, there was a commotion outside, and the sound of the man kicking the door also stopped.
Yu Li heard a few "don't move" commands, and then the door to his room that had almost been kicked in was knocked.
"Is the person who called the police inside? We have subdued the suspect, and we need you to come out and make a statement."
Yu Li's tense shoulders suddenly relaxed, and he replied, "Yes, please wait a moment."
He and Sister You quickly moved the heavy object blocking the door and went out.
A policewoman saw this and comforted, "The suspect has been taken downstairs by our colleague."
Sister You finally breathed a sigh of relief, and tears welled up in her eyes again.
She kept wiping her face with her palms, but the tears kept coming.
The policewoman helped her sit down on a nearby stool, and another police officer with a recorder came over to question Yu Li.
Yu Li explained in detail what happened after he came home from work, signed the document, and the police went to question the game anchor.
Then Sister You also choked back sobs and recounted the details of the incident tonight.
Before going to bed, she heard a knock on the door. Because the game anchor next door often ordered takeout at this time, she didn't pay much attention.
But the knocking went on for a long time and didn't stop, and Sister You, puzzled, went to open the door without much guard.
As soon as she opened the door, it was that man, her ex-husband. The man, who was much stronger than her, easily got into the house. At first, the man was still saying nice words, wanting to remarry her.
But after Sister You refused, the man became furious and turned violent.
"The reason I divorced him two years ago was also this. After the divorce, I came to Y City, but I didn't expect that two years have passed, and he still won't let go of me."
The commotion from the man's assault was loud, and the soundproofing here was poor, so Sister You could even hear the neighbors discussing the spectacle.
Similarly, those people must have heard the sound of the man's assault, but no one helped her call the police.
This kind of situation, she had encountered many times before.
She understood that most people are not willing to get involved in other people's "family affairs".
When she was asking Yu Li for help, she actually had no hope at all.
But unexpectedly, Yu Li chose to help her so firmly.
Sister You wiped her tears and looked gratefully at Yu Li.
"Thank you, Xiao Yu, for helping me tonight."
Yu Li had been listening silently, and at these words, he pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
The police were going to take Sister You to have her injuries assessed, and there was nothing left for Yu Li to do tonight.
After the group left, Yu Li turned around and saw the knife marks on the door of his room.
What had just happened had evoked some unpleasant memories in him.
Yu Li frowned, and finally picked up his broken-screen phone and left the place.
He went around downstairs and finally stopped at the bright bus stop outside the community.
Sitting on the bench, Yu Li let out a long sigh.
When he saw Sister You rush out of the room, he felt like he had been transported back to that year when he was twelve years old.
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That year, Yu Li's father died while saving someone, and his mother was busy dealing with the aftermath and working to make money, inevitably neglecting him and his sister a bit.
His sister was still in kindergarten, and her school got out an hour earlier than Yu Li's elementary school.
When Yu Li went to pick up his sister after school, most of the other children had already left.
Over time, the teacher of his sister's class became a little dissatisfied.
This was when his aunt came back to the hometown to help pick up and take care of his sister, and help his mother take care of the two of them.
Yu Li still remembers that his aunt had also "escaped domestic violence" and returned to her hometown.
But it wasn't long before that man also followed her there.
Just like Sister You's ex-husband, that man initially said a lot of nice words and made various guarantees, making it seem like he had already repented.
But one day, when Yu Li came home from school, he saw his wounded aunt with his sister running out of the house, with that man relentlessly chasing after them.
Without thinking, Yu Li quickly stood in front of his aunt, trying to help her.
But he was too young at the time, and that man easily pushed him aside and grabbed his aunt from behind.
That day, his aunt was seriously injured, and Yu Li and his sister were also hurt a bit.
Afterwards, his aunt felt that she had brought trouble to them, and despite Yu Li and his mother's persuasion, she resolutely went to another city.
This was the last time they parted.
—In less than a year, Yu Li and his mother received the news of his aunt's suicide.
In the farewell letter she left, she wrote that she had heard that the man was still asking around about her whereabouts, and she felt she couldn't escape, her mind had already collapsed, so she chose to give up her life.
This incident has always been on Yu Li's mind, unable to let go.
The twelve-year-old him couldn't help his aunt, but thankfully, the twenty-one-year-old him was able to help Sister You.
However, Yu Li was not really happy about it.
He sat on the bench at the bus stop, head bowed, silently crying.
When Sister You kept murmuring "why", he also wished he could ask.
Why did his aunt, who had already fled back home, fled so far, but still couldn't escape the shadow that man brought?
The streets at 3 a.m. were empty, and Yu Li let himself cry for a while.
Soon, he saw a black luxury sedan stop in front of him.
He was startled for a moment, his shoulders tensing up, wondering if the car's owner had seen him crying, and whether this person in the middle of the night might also be a dangerous character, and whether he should quickly get up and leave.
While worrying and overthinking, Yu Li heard the sound of the car window being lowered, and then someone called his name.
"Yu Li."
A cold, aloof voice, so familiar.
It was Yan Shiting.
Yu Li's body trembled, but this time he dared not raise his head, afraid that Yan Shiting would see his tear-stained face.
But Yu Li himself didn't realize that the moment he heard Yan Shiting's voice, the panic in his heart had quickly dissipated, leaving only nervousness.
The night wind was blowing, dispersing the heat of summer.
Yu Li sat awkwardly with his head down, the tears dried by the wind, his face feeling a bit sore.
The passenger door opened, and Manager He got out and handed Yu Li a pack of wet wipes.
Although his embarrassment had been discovered, the wet wipes were exactly what Yu Li needed at the moment.
He thanked Manager He, took the pack of wet wipes, and then heard Yan Shiting's voice again: "Get in the car."
"Ah..." Yu Li was stunned, not knowing why Yan Shiting came to find him in the middle of the night, and hesitated for a moment.
The next moment, his phone rang.
Yu Li took out his cracked-screen phone and saw that it was a WeChat call from Yan Sui.
Yu Li paused, then hung up and started typing:【What's wrong?】
He didn't want Yan Sui to know that he had been crying.
【Xiao Li, was there an incident at your place?】
【I saw your silhouette in a game anchor's live stream, are you okay?】
Yu Li was stunned.
The game anchor he and Sister You were renting with?
He remembered that when the police questioned that game anchor, the anchor seemed to be holding a phone.
He quickly pulled out a wet wipe and wiped his face, replying: 【I'm fine, it's all resolved.】
【You're still not asleep?】
Yan Sui: 【I'm on a vampire schedule since I'm on vacation.】
【You must have been scared, I heard the thug had a knife and was about to break the door down. I just called my brother, and he's sending a driver to pick you up. You can stay at my place tonight.】
【I know you must be too shy to actively look for my brother, so I took the initiative.】
Yu Li was a bit stunned.
Yan Sui said he sent a driver, but Yan Shiting came instead? Is he that attentive to his younger brother's request?
He thanked Yan Sui and stood up from the bench.
Hesitating as he walked up to the car, Yu Li still quietly asked, "Mr. Yan, was it Yan Sui who asked you to pick me up?"
Under the bright light of the bus stop, Yu Li saw Yan Shiting's brow furrow impatiently, his jawline tense: "En."
Yu Li said again, "Sorry, I've troubled you again."
Yan Shiting replied in a low voice, "It's fine."
Can be considered as stingy with words.
Yu Li let out a sigh of relief.
Butler He had already sat back in the passenger seat.
Yu Li looked around and had no choice but to pull open the back door and sit down next to Yan Shiting.
The sedan started smoothly, and the neon lights on the street were blocked by the window tint, fleeing in the rearview mirror without disturbing the people in the car.
As the distance from the community grew, Yu Li's heavy mood finally loosened a bit.
He thought of Yan Sui's words and suddenly became a little puzzled.
When he went back, the game anchor's door was always tightly closed. That game anchor must have taken the video of his silhouette after the police arrived.
Yan Sui saw the live stream at that time and then called Yan Shiting.
And the Yan family's villa is quite far from Jinjiang Road, about an hour's drive away.
Has it been over an hour since the police arrived?
When Yu Li checked the messages just now, he saw the time, and it should have been just after he got home.
It could also be that it was in the middle of the night, with fewer cars on the road, so the travel time was shortened.
Yu Li didn't think about it any further.
He is the type who falls asleep easily in the car, and with both his body and mind exhausted, it wasn't long before he was leaning against the window, dozing off.
Gradually, he fell into a deep sleep.
When passing over a speed bump, the car swayed slightly, and Yu Li's head bumped against the window with a dull "thud" sound.
However, even with this, Yu Li only slightly furrowed his brow and did not wake up.
Yan Shiting's peripheral vision had been focused on him the whole time.
As the sedan was about to pass over another speed bump, Yan Shiting unconsciously reached out his hand, wrapping it around the back of Yu Li's head, as if wanting to cushion it between his head and the window.
But the moment his fingertips brushed against Yu Li's soft hair, he stopped.
The hair sliding across his fingertips caused a slight tickling sensation.
Yan Shiting curled his fingers slightly, and finally withdrew his hand.
Shiting was already on his way to talk to Yu Li, right? Or they sped over there in a hurry bc they though YL was hurt.
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