Mist

Chapter 47: Who Am I

Early morning.
There was no one else in the corridor, and even the hustle and bustle of the city had become much quieter.
The neighbourhood aunt stood there motionlessly staring at the door. She neither spoke nor moved. She didn’t look like she was about to knock on the door because she needed something.

But it was so late. Who would stand in front of their neighbour’s house so silently at a time like this? Shouldn’t they be sleeping?
In the dim light, Song Qinglan stood behind the door and watched the other party for almost five minutes.

He wondered if the other party was sleepwalking.

An unarmed woman wasn’t much danger. After confirming that the other party wasn’t going to do anything else, Song Qinglan checked the lock on the door and then turned back to the sofa. The cat was still sitting on the arm of the sofa, looking at him with a tilted head.
Song Qinglan reached out to rub the cat’s head. It didn’t hide or make a sound.

The atmosphere was indeed quite unusual.
Song Qinglan retracted his hand and fell in thought for a while. He then walked over to Ji Yushi’s room.
He should check on Ji Yushi.

The handle to the bedroom turned and warm light flooded out.
Song Qinglan recalled that the rumours had not only said that Ji Yushi loved books, he was also very afraid of the dark so he never worked overnight shifts in the Ning City branch.
So did he usually sleep with the lights on?

Sure enough, there was a nightlight by the bed.
Ji Yushi entire body sank into the soft bed and half of his face was buried in the pillow. His expression under the warm light was relaxed and he appeared to be sleeping soundly.
The air-conditioning in the room was very low. Ji Yushi had a thin blanket covering him which rose and fell as he breathed.

The sleeping Ji Yushi appeared very fragile.
Just like how he was in the Chaos mission.

Ji Yushi at that time had been frozen cold and Song Qinglan had held him in his arms for several hours.

At this moment, something fluffy passed by his feet.
The orange cat was fat, but its actions were light and agile. Song Qinglan didn’t even notice it coming over and only noticed it presence after it lightly jumped onto Ji Yushi’s bed and curled up by Ji Yushi’s neck.

It looked like everything was back to normal.
Song Qinglan didn’t enter the room. He only stood at the door for several seconds before gently closing it and returning to the living room.

After this episode, the small amount of sleepiness Song Qinglan originally had was completely gone. He browsed through his phone for a while and saw that Li Chun had posted a new status.

Li Chun: [My girlfriend said I was wrong, so I must be wrong. There is absolutely no talking back [Dog head]]

Slag men really have a lot of tricks under their sleeves.
Just as Song Qinglan had this thought, he immediately backtracked — When did Li Chun have a girlfriend?
Before leaving for the mission last time, Li Chun had said that he hadn’t had the chance to ask for the girl’s number and he had expressed a lot of regret.

Song Qinglan sent a message to Li Chun whose mind was constantly filled with ridiculous thoughts asking him to contact him once he was up.
After thinking about it, Song Qinglan also sent a message to the rest of the squad with the content: [Contact me when you’re up.]
These group of bastards all like to sleep in whenever they had the chance. Song Qinglan guessed that they probably wouldn’t wake up very early, but he and Ji Yushi were also in a state where they didn’t possess many clues, so it was nothing more than asking about the other party’s situation.

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Early the next morning, Ji Yushi woke up.
There were traces of Little Orange sleeping next to his pillow. It seemed that it had sneaked into his room last night, but he hadn’t noticed it at all.