Timeless Love (When Bright Moon Encounter the Dark Clouds) Chapter 38: Wu Yu 06 (2)

“It’s not far from the shop here, so I’ll head back now. You should go back to rest too. We’ll talk tomorrow.” I told her after leaving the hospital grounds. However, she seemed hesitant to reply.

“What’s wrong?”

“Why don’t you come over to my place? You have no one to look after you at the shop, and it’s a noisy place. Not to mention you’ll be put to work when the sun comes up. My place is just around here. You can sleep in the guest room. This way, we can discuss the case at any time. We’re at a critical moment now, so it’s best if we are careful and stay together.”

I felt something gently hitting my heart when I heard her say that we should stay together, even if it was unintentional.

I was speechless for a while. Seeing this, she smiled. “Let’s go then.”

Suddenly, I felt somewhat awkward about it, so I smiled and replied, “It’s fine, I’ll be fine at the shop. You can call me if you find something new.”

“No.”

I looked at her speechlessly.

Her eyes flickered up at me with a sliver of concern. “There’s another reason I feel somewhat embarrassed to tell you. I told you about the mysterious person that broke into my home and left me a letter, right? Now that so many things have happened, I am actually quite terrified. So, could you come to my place?”

It was already late into the night, and the thick clouds covered the stars in the sky. We stood under a streetlight with a yellowish glow while I fixed my gaze on her eyes that seemed to be hiding a dark, warm lake with gentle ripples.

“Fine,” I said. She let out a smile promptly.

I could not understand what her smile meant and did not want to think about it either.

Her home was similar to what I had imagined. A cozy two-room apartment that was somewhat messy but still at an acceptable level. There were books and snacks pretty much everywhere. She grabbed a pair of men’s slippers from the cupboard and said, “These are my dad’s. Here you go. My parents came to stay with me for a while previously. Are you alright with wearing my dad’s clothes to bed?”

Naturally, I accepted her offer.

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