The rain was getting heavier. When Jian Yan walked out of the bathroom, she heard the sound of rain hitting the window sill, like raindrops falling on a plate, tinkling. She walked to the window and opened the curtain. It was pitch black outside, with only rain hitting the glass in front of her, breaking into water splashes.
The scene in front of her was very similar to that at the Ji family's. At that time, whenever it rained, she would sit on the bay window with her knees hugged. The rain outside the window was only separated from her by a glass but could not penetrate in. She always had an inexplicable sense of security sitting on the bay window, very similar to the feeling Ji Yunxin gave her.
At that time, Ji Yunxin would always pass by her room when going downstairs, or occasionally come in to see what she was doing, or occasionally sit with her for a while. A few times when it was raining, she tilted her head to look out the window, and Ji Yunxin would hand her a thin blanket, signaling her to cover herself with it so as not to catch a cold. At that time, she was nice to herself only because she had done a favor for the Ji family and just felt that she was pitiful, and it had nothing to do with love, but she misunderstood and regarded Ji Yunxin as her only straw to cling to.
Jian Yan folded her arms across her chest, her eyes heavy, and her shoulders suddenly felt heavy. She tilted her head. A brown blanket was draped over her, and Ji Yunxin was standing behind her.
"What are you looking at?"
As usual, Jian Yan was in a trance for a moment. Ji Yunxin in front of her was wearing home clothes and her long hair was tied behind her head with a leather rope, revealing her delicate and elegant facial features. Over the years, the face that seemed a little immature in her heart has grown up and revealed its sharpness. Only a glance can make people speechless. The reality and the past overlapped. Jian Yan's hands hanging by her side moved, and she lowered her head and eyes: "It's raining heavily outside."
Ji Yunxin looked outside after hearing this. There was only a faint yellow light from the street lamps outside. Under the lights, the rain was dense. She nodded: "Do you want to eat something tonight?"
Jian Yan shook her head: "No more eating." She gathered the blanket and said: "I'm going back to the room first."
Ji Yunxin watched her leave the living room and return to the room. The door closed gently. She retracted her gaze. The computer on the coffee table was still on. She walked over and sat on the sofa, put the computer on her knees and clicked the video. Immediately, an advertisement came out. Jian Yan was standing on the red carpet in a red evening dress, like the brightest lamp, emitting dazzling light. Her every move, every smile, every turn, seemed to be designed and perfect. Ji Yunxin stared at the video with eyes that seemed to crush the firelight into it, red and shining. She held her chin with one hand and watched the video over and over again.
The lights in the living room were on all the time. Jian Yan could still see a ray of light from under the door when she turned over. Outside the window, the wind was howling and the weather was stormy. The atmosphere in the house was quiet. Thinking of Ji Yunxin sitting outside the door, Jian Yan felt a familiar sense of security in her heart. Those memories engraved in her bones came out unscrupulously as soon as there was a gap. She didn't like this feeling. Jian Yan turned around with her back to the door and stared out the window.
The branches outside the window were blown all over the place, and the branches hitting the glass made a harsh sound. Combined with the crackling sound of rain, it was easy to fall asleep.
As the night deepened, the rain became denser, and from time to time there were lightning and thunder. Ji Yunxin finished processing the last document and turned off the computer. She turned her head to look out the window. Just then, a flash of lightning lit up, the sky changed color, and then there was a thunder! Jian Yan, who was separated from her by a door, heard the sound and suddenly opened her eyes. She looked panicked and her face was slightly pale. After hearing that it was thunder, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the window.
The light-colored curtains were closed tightly, the thunder faded away, leaving only the roar of rain. She took a light breath and was about to fall asleep when a flash of lightning struck the window and revealed a figure!
The lightning flashed in an instant, and the darkness returned to the window. Jian Yan climbed up from the bed. Was it a human figure? Or a tree shadow? Was she seeing things? Jian Yan turned on the bedside lamp with some suspicion. The light and shadow outside the window were mottled. She stood by the curtains with her heart beating faster and sweat on her palms. She gritted her teeth and grabbed the curtains. She closed her eyes and pulled them. The scenery outside the window was exposed. There were no human figures, only branches were blown against the French windows, swaying in the wind. Jian Yan took a deep breath and shook her head. Just as she was about to draw the curtains, she caught a glimpse of a dark shadow under the tree not far away. She frowned and went back to the bed to get her phone. Before she turned on the searchlight, she saw a flash of lightning. The dark shadow also turned his head and smiled at her.
"ah-"
Ji Yunxin just came out of the bathroom when she heard a scream. She looked sideways and saw the door next to her suddenly opened, and a person rushed out! The person trembled a little when he saw her, "Outside, outside..."
Seeing her pale face and unsteady voice, Ji Yunxin frowned and asked, "What's going on outside?"
Perhaps because she saw Ji Yunxin, Jian Yan's abnormally beating heart finally calmed down a little. She swallowed her saliva and said in a tense voice, "There's someone outside."
Ji Yunxin's face changed slightly after hearing this sentence. She looked in the direction Jian Yan pointed and asked, "Is there anyone there?"
Jian Yan nodded repeatedly, her hair swaying as she moved. She was in a tense state. Just as Ji Yunxin was about to go to her room, he grabbed her wrist. Jian Yan whispered, "Don't go."
That smile just now was like a nightmare. She still felt a little scared when she recalled it now. Ji Yunxin saw her nervous expression and did not move forward but walked with her to the sofa: "Who is it? Did you see it clearly?"
Jian Yan said without hesitation: "It's a man."
"A man?" Ji Yunxin continued, "Where did you see him?"
Jian Yan turned her head and looked at her room: "Outside under the tree."
"Did you see his face?"
Jian Yan thought for a few seconds: "I see a little bit."
"Is it a staff member?"
After the questioning, Jian Yan was no longer so nervous. She shook her head and said affirmatively, "No."
If it was a staff member, it would be impossible for him to appear here in the middle of the night. She also saw a figure lying on the French window before the lightning, it should be him, and that weird smile. Jian Yan blurted it out in a rush, a little incoherent. Ji Yunxin reached out and hugged her, gently patting her back: "Don't say it, it's okay, I know everything, don't be afraid."
Jian Yan's mood gradually calmed down as she smelled the familiar fragrance. She noticed that Ji Yunxin was patting her back gently. She didn't say anything. Ji Yunxin said, "I'll call Ji Han."
Half an hour later, Ji Han came over with a few staff members. They had just come in from outside and were still wet from the rain. Ji Han asked as soon as he saw them, "What's going on? What man?"
Ji Yunxin recounted what Jian Yan had just seen and said, "Don't alert anyone else yet. Ji Han, call the person in charge of the resort and ask them to pull up the video."
Ji Han nodded repeatedly: "Okay."
She immediately called the person in charge, who was still half asleep. She gritted her teeth and said a few words, and the person in charge immediately woke up. He quickly got dressed and went to the monitoring room. There were two people on duty in the monitoring room. They were surprised when they heard the door open. The person in charge walked in and asked them to check the video of Jian Yan's apartment. He also asked them if they found anyone with abnormal behavior. The two people on duty looked at each other in confusion and shook their heads: "No."
The video was quickly retrieved. There was no man in black clothes in it. The two officers on duty asked, "What's going on?"
The person in charge shook his head: "I'll go over and take a look."
He ran towards Jian Yan's apartment with an umbrella. When he reached the door, he could still hear people talking in low voices. He closed the umbrella, walked in and shouted, "Director Ji."
Ji Han looked over and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you have any video?"
The person in charge nodded: "Yes, but..."
But no one was recorded, so he handed the video to Ji Han and said, "Take a look."
Ji Han took his phone, looked at it for a few seconds, and then handed it to Ji Yunxin. The person in charge said, "Miss Jian, is it possible that you are dazzled and saw it wrong?"
Jian Yan was looking down at the video in Ji Yunxin's hand. There was indeed no one in it from beginning to end. She frowned. Did she see it wrong? It was impossible. She clearly remembered that the man smiled at her. Jian Yan frowned and shook her head. Ji Yunxin returned the phone to the person in charge and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
As she spoke, she walked into Jian Yan's room. This time, Jian Yan did not hold her but followed her. When they reached the French window, Jian Yan whispered, "That's it."
She pointed to an evergreen tree. Ji Yunxin tilted her head and asked the person in charge, "Is this area not in the video just now?"
The person in charge nodded. There was a French window nearby. In order to protect the privacy of customers, they did not install cameras here. However, there were cameras nearby. If someone came to the French window, they would definitely be photographed. After explaining, the person in charge said, "But there is no one in the video, so Miss Jian, could it be that you saw it wrong?"
Jian Yan was silent for a moment when he heard him say that. Ji Yunxin glanced at him and spoke clearly, "What if it wasn't because I saw it wrong?"
The person in charge seemed puzzled. He scratched his head and said, "Boss Ji?"
Ji Yunxin stared at the evergreen tree in front of him and said, "What if this person knows your surveillance area very well and can avoid surveillance and go to the blind spot?"
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone's face changed, especially the person in charge, his face turned pale. If this is true, then there will be big trouble! He thought for a few seconds and shook his head: "Boss Ji, this is impossible. The security of our resort is very famous."
Ji Yunxin raised her eyes and asked, "So?"
“So—” So it’s impossible for such a thing to happen, but he couldn’t say it. Ji Yunxin’s momentum was too oppressive, almost crushing him. The person in charge looked at her with a stern eyebrow and swallowed his saliva and said, “So, let’s search this area first, what do you think?”
Ji Yunxin looked at him steadily and nodded, and the person in charge breathed a sigh of relief.
The resort's security was divided into two groups. Ji Han also asked the staff of the program group to help and formed three search teams. They could not alert other guests and started searching along the swimming pool near the apartment. It was still raining outside. Ji Han sat on the sofa and said to Jian Yan, "It's okay, Sister Jian Yan, don't worry."
Jian Yan nodded when she heard her comfort. She habitually looked at Ji Yunxin and found that she was looking at her. Ji Yunxin smiled at her and said softly, "It's okay, don't be afraid."
A familiar sense of security suddenly grew in her heart, and Jian Yan belatedly withdrew her gaze.
The group searched the area for two or three hours and walked around the resort, but they didn't see a single person or animal. Someone in the group asked, "Where is the person? We didn't see any on the surveillance. Could they have just appeared out of nowhere?"
"I say that all these artists have paranoid delusions and are suspicious all the time."
"Could it be the paparazzi?"
"What the hell is a paparazzi? Which paparazzi can fly?"
The person in charge heard them talking and looked gloomy. At three o'clock in the morning, they searched for the fourth time but still found nothing. They met up with the program crew near the resort cafeteria. Neither side saw anyone, so the person in charge said, "Go back."
Everyone followed her to Jian Yan's apartment. The person in charge knocked on the door and explained, "There is indeed no one here. We have searched several times. If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Lin."
Lin Mu was the one who led the program team to search. He nodded at Ji Yunxin's inquiring gaze and said softly, "Yeah."
Although he believed Jian Yan's words and knew that she would not speak nonsense, they searched three or four times and found no one. Ji Yunxin pursed her lips when she heard that. Ji Han stood behind her and said, "Sister, how about we check again tomorrow? Let's all go back and rest tonight?"
Ji Yunxin turned to look at Jian Yan, and when she saw her nod slightly, she said, "Okay, I'll check it out tomorrow."
The person in charge leaned forward and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Ji. I will ask the security guards to pay more attention to this side."
Ji Yunxin said calmly: "Sorry to bother you, Mr. Zhang."
The person in charge agreed and left with the others. Ji Yunxin said to Ji Han, "You guys should go back and have a rest too."
Ji Han turned to Jian Yan and said, "Sister Jian Yan, let's check again tomorrow."
Jian Yan looked at her and said softly, "Yeah."
After Ji Han left, the whole apartment returned to silence. Occasionally, a security guard walked by the window. Ji Yunxin said to Jian Yan, "Are you tired? Go back to your room first..." She was silent for a few seconds and said, "Go to my room and rest."
Jian Yan refused: "No, I'll just rest in the living room."
The heating in the living room was turned on high, so it wasn't cold. Jian Yan sat on the sofa and said, Ji Yunxin pulled her wrist: "If you sleep on the sofa, you will definitely have a backache tomorrow when you wake up."
Jian Yan was pulled into the room by her. The layout of the room was similar to hers, and the bed was placed in the same position. Ji Yunxin pulled her to sit on the edge of the bed, and Ji Yunxin said, "Just sleep here."
It was already past three in the morning, and there were still two or three hours until dawn. There was no need to argue about where to sleep. Ji Yunxin had dark circles under her eyes because she hadn't slept in the middle of the night, and she was obviously very tired. Jian Yan looked at her for a few seconds: "Where are you going to sleep?"
Ji Yunxin said: "I still have some work to do, you can take a rest, I'll be in the living room."
She then added: "If you are scared, I can stay here with you."
Jian Yan raised her eyes to look at her, and finally said: "It's okay for me, I don't need anyone to accompany me."
Ji Yunxin looked normal: "Then I'll be in the living room, call me if you need anything."
"good."
After the shock in the middle of the night and the bustle in the second half of the night, Jian Yan actually had no desire to sleep. She lay on her side on the bed, with a familiar fragrance at the tip of her nose. She buried her head in the pillow and took a deep breath, her eyes slightly red.
The door was not closed. When Jian Yan turned around, she could see Ji Yunxin sitting on the sofa typing on the computer. His working attitude was just as she imagined, serious, focused, and meticulous. She felt sleepy as she watched, and just as she closed her eyes, a smiling face flashed by, and Jian Yan sat up from the bed!
"What's wrong?" A voice came from the door. Jian Yan's forehead was covered with sweat. She pressed her temple and said, "I'm thinking about that person again."
After hearing what she said, Ji Yunxin watched her for a few seconds and then returned to the living room. After a while, she walked to the desk next to the bed with her computer and sat down. Her computer screen flashed with waves. Ji Yunxin tapped the keyboard twice and said to Jian Yan, "Go to sleep. I'm here."
Jian Yan's lips moved, but she said nothing in the end. Her eyes were still red. After the divorce, she really never thought that one day she would be able to sleep in Ji Yunxin's room, sleep in her bed, or even look up to see her working. Those dream scenes overlapped with the reality. Her chest felt swollen, stuffy, uncomfortable and a little sour. She blinked to wipe away the discomfort in her heart.
The whole room was very quiet, with only the crisp sound of Ji Yunxin typing on the keyboard. After working for half an hour, she saw that Jian Yan was still awake with her eyes open, so she couldn't help but ask, "Can't sleep?"
Jian Yan tilted her head, her eyes calmed down. The warm yellow light shone on her face, which was very soft. She asked, "Do you always have so much work to do?"
This was the first time she asked her about work after her divorce. When she was married, she would often send messages to ask her if she had gotten off work or finished her work. When they met occasionally, she would happily congratulate her, congratulating her on opening a branch, congratulating her on winning a new project, and congratulating her on expanding the company. At that time, she rarely responded, mostly nodding or agreeing lightly. Over time, Jian Yan no longer asked about her work, but instead cared about her health. Now, when she inexplicably heard her mention work again, a gap was opened in Ji Yunxin's heart, and a warm current flowed in, pounding with her heart. She looked at the computer and said, "It's much less now. Dad has joined the company to help. It was more before."
She was like the most obedient student in school. She would answer whatever the teacher asked and even look at the teacher expectantly after answering, hoping that she would ask more questions.
Jian Yan nodded when she heard this: "I just remember that you often go on business trips."
More than often, at that time, Ji Yunxin might not come back to the company for two or three months, so busy that she could not be seen. Ji Yunxin turned her head to look at her. Jian Yan was lying on her side with her hands under her cheeks. The light fell on her face, calm and gentle, with a white forehead, full brow bones, delicate nose, slightly parted lips, white teeth and red lips. She looked at Jian Yan and said, "I won't do that again in the future."
Jian Yan curled up in the quilt. Ji Yunxin looked at her and said in a lower voice, "I won't be traveling so often in the future."
"Yeah." Jian Yan replied calmly, retracting her hand. The quilt was covered to her chin, revealing her pretty face. Ji Yunxin glanced at the data on the computer and said, "Don't you want to sleep?"
Jian Yan frowned in annoyance. She turned over and heard Ji Yunxin ask, "Do you need me to tell you a story?"
Thinking of the stories she told before, Jian Yan's irritability inexplicably faded a little. Her voice came from under the sheets: "Are you going to make up something again?"
Ji Yunxin chuckled. She turned her chair to face the bed. She could see the back of Jian Yan's head when she lowered her head. She said, "How about you order?"
When Jian Yan heard this, the corners of her mouth slightly raised. Ji Yunxin read stories very quickly, and she could often finish a book in one night, which made the storybook unable to keep up. So later on, whatever story she ordered, Ji Yunxin would read. At that time, she often found some stories about secret crushes with happy endings for her to read, hoping that she could understand her feelings from these stories, but she didn't notice it at all. On the day Ji Yunxin went abroad, she cried breathlessly in her room and refused to go out. When Ji Yunxin came to say goodbye to her, she didn't want to let her go and kept hugging her. Ji Yunxin had no choice but to let her hold her. She cried and said that no one would read stories to her anymore. Unexpectedly, Ji Yunxin looked at his watch and said to her, "I have ten minutes to go downstairs. You can order a story and I'll finish reading before I leave."
Jian Yan was so angry at Ji Yunxin that she laughed. When she came back to her senses, she said with red eyes, "I don't want to order, and I don't want to listen."
Ji Yunxin didn't force it. She looked at the person curled up in the quilt and said gently, "Let's talk about it next time."
Jian Yan didn't reply, and the whole room returned to silence. Ji Yunxin put her hands on her chest and looked at Jian Yan without blinking, until she heard a beeping sound from the computer and then turned her head.
The crisp sound of typing on the keyboard rang out again in the room. Time passed by minute by minute. Ji Yunxin glanced at the time on the lower right side of the computer. It was exactly four o'clock. She turned to look at Jian Yan, who should have fallen asleep.
Ji Yunxin got up and went to the bathroom. When she walked to Jian Yan's room next door, she looked inside. The curtains were still closed and the whole room was pitch black. She closed the door and walked into the bathroom.
After coming out of the bathroom, Ji Yunxin returned to the house. She turned on the desk lamp on her work desk and turned off the main lights in the room. The whole room suddenly became dark. She slowly walked to the side where Jian Yan was sleeping and bent down. Jian Yan was resting with her eyes closed, her breathing was gentle, her face was calm, and some of her hair was sticking to her cheeks. Ji Yunxin squatted down and used her hands to push Jian Yan's hair behind her ears, revealing her delicate and beautiful profile, and a faint fragrance. Her eyes were full of tenderness, and even her breathing was lightened.
Jian Yan turned over, exposing her right arm. Ji Yunxin put her arm in the quilt, and when the quilt was half opened, her eyes inadvertently fell on Jian Yan's lower abdomen. Jian Yan was wearing loose cotton pajamas, and it was not visible when she was standing, but when she was lying like this, it seemed that a little bulge could be seen. Ji Yunxin's eyes were fixed on it and it was difficult to move away. Her heart beat fast. She stretched out her hand above Jian Yan's lower abdomen, and when her fingertips touched her cotton pajamas, they curled up again and did not fall. After repeating this twice, she put down the quilt and stood up.
It was just past four o'clock and it was still dark outside the window. Ji Yunxin opened the curtains a little. The street lights outside were still dim. The rain hit the window sill densely, making a crisp sound. Ji Yunxin looked for a few seconds and then returned to her desk. Just as she was about to sit down, the desk lamp suddenly went out. She frowned and walked to the bedside and pressed the button on the bedside lamp. After repeating it twice with no response, she quickly turned her head to look out the window. Through the gap in the curtains, she could see the faint light of the street lights outside. She took a look and her face darkened.
Jian Yan felt someone pressing on her in her sleep. She felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to move, but she couldn't. It was as if someone was holding her, unable to move. She woke up suddenly, and everything in front of her was dark. Someone was holding her, and she was sweating. But a familiar fragrance rushed into her nose. It was Ji Yunxin. Jian Yan's body was not so tense anymore, but her voice was still trembling. She shouted: "Ji..."
Before she could finish her words, her mouth was covered by someone, and Ji Yunxin's voice rang in her ears: "Don't make a sound, there are people outside."
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