138: Emergency

The three of them continued walking home, each with their own thoughts.

As they neared the entrance of the residential complex, Lin Wanxing suddenly frowned and instinctively glanced back over her shoulder.

"What's wrong, Sister Wanxing?" Su Ning asked, noticing her movement.

"It's nothing..."

Lin Wanxing's tone was uncertain as her eyes warily scanned the sparse pedestrians behind them. "I just feel like someone is following us."

Su Ning was taken aback and also looked back cautiously, but there were only a few scattered pedestrians on the sidewalk; nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

"No way, right? I don't see anyone suspicious."

Lin Wanxing pursed her lips. "Maybe I'm mistaken... but that feeling of being watched feels somewhat familiar."

"Familiar?" Su Ning didn't understand.

Lin Wanxing glanced at Jiang Ye, who looked as if nothing was wrong, and gave a soft "mm."

"Yeah, I've been followed a few times before. It was... like a nesting doll situation, so I have some experience with it."

Su Ning scratched her head, not quite understanding what kind of advanced maneuver "nesting doll stalking" was. However, seeing that Lin Wanxing didn't want to elaborate, she didn't press further.

The three of them swiped their cards to enter the complex and returned to Unit 1602 in Building 7.

Jiang Ye had come to see the place when he was looking at apartments, but this was the first time he had stepped inside since moving in.

The apartment was exceptionally clean, the living room was spacious and bright, and a faint, elegant, and pleasant fragrance lingered in the air, like a blend of floral and fruity scents.

While changing her shoes, Lin Wanxing sniffed the air. "Little Su, what did you spray in the house? It smells quite nice."

"I didn't spray anything..."

Su Ning stole a glance at Jiang Ye, who was surveying the living room, and replied without a change in expression, "Maybe it's because I took a shower before going to the gym this afternoon. It's probably... my natural body scent?"

"..."

The corner of Jiang Ye's mouth twitched, and he almost burst out laughing, quickly gritting his teeth to maintain a straight face.

Lin Wanxing was also speechless and shot her a massive eye-roll.

However, she soon stopped obsessing over the scent, as her gaze was drawn to several pieces of underwear hanging on the drying rack in the living room—judging by the colors and styles, some were actually hers?

Seeing Jiang Ye's gaze follow hers, Lin Wanxing's face flushed red, and she rushed over in a flurry to take them down.

"Little Su! Did... did you hang these up?"

"*Cough*... Yeah, I did."

Su Ning's eyes darted around as she feigned composure. "I was washing my underwear this afternoon and saw yours in the laundry basket, so I just washed and hung them up too..."

Lin Wanxing was utterly speechless, practically looking to the heavens for help.

I'm truly impressed. I've never seen you this diligent normally, yet you choose this moment to be so proactive!

She quickly gathered her and Su Ning's underwear from the rack, balled them up, and hurried back to the bedroom.

"Big Brother, why don't you sit in the living room for a bit and relax?"

Su Ning turned to greet Jiang Ye. "Sister Wanxing and I will go to the kitchen to whip up something to eat. The cake should arrive in about an hour, and we'll eat then."

Jiang Ye gave an "mm" and walked over to sit on the living room sofa.

He was genuinely curious now, wondering what other "surprises" this woman, Yaoyao, had in store for her "Brother Ye" besides the pretext of a birthday.

A few minutes later, Lin Wanxing changed into a house apron and went to the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

Su Ning, meanwhile, washed some fruit, carefully sliced it into a platter, and brought it over to Jiang Ye.

"Big Brother, watch some TV for a while; the remote is on the table. I'm going to the kitchen to help Sister Wanxing. She's all by herself..."

Just as she was speaking, the doorbell rang: "Ding-dong, ding-dong."

Su Ning paused, somewhat surprised. "Huh? The cake is here? That was fast."

She spoke as she hurried to the door, saying "Coming, coming," and pushed the door open.

The next second.

The smile on Su Ning's face instantly froze. Upon seeing a flash of cold steel before her, she spun around and bolted back to the living room, shrinking behind Jiang Ye on the sofa.

At the door, a man with a somewhat familiar build, wearing a peaked cap and a mask, slipped inside.

He reached back to shut the door tight and lock it, then slowly removed his hat and mask, revealing a face distorted by rage—Zhang Wenhai!

He held a dagger in his hand, his sinister gaze sweeping across the living room before finally landing on the stunned Jiang Ye.

"Damn it! Fine! You adulterous couple! You've actually started living together, haven't you? And you're even playing a fucking multiplayer game?! Where's that slut Lin Wanxing? Tell her to get the hell out here!"

Hearing the commotion, Lin Wanxing came out of the kitchen. Seeing Zhang Wenhai with a weapon and a hideous expression, her face turned pale, and she instinctively took two steps back.

"Zhang Wenhai?! How did you get in?!"

The intruder was indeed Zhang Wenhai, who had been secretly stalking and peeping at Lin Wanxing for several days.

His original plan was to find an opportunity when Lin Wanxing was alone, kidnap her by force, and "cook the raw rice" to force her into submission.

But today, after seeing Lin Wanxing, Jiang Ye, and Su Ning laughing and returning home together, and recalling how she had resolutely blocked him and given hurtful replies despite his every effort to contact her... a surge of wicked fire, mixed with intense jealousy and humiliation, instantly shattered his reason!

The woman he had painstakingly served for over four months, not even daring to touch her hand and believing she was pure as jade, had actually been involved with this bastard behind his back all along. And she was even... playing so wildly?! The three of them living together?!

He felt like he wasn't just wearing a green hat; he was wearing the entire Hulunbuir Grassland on his head!

Extreme anger and the crazed thought of being "deceived" and "humiliated" occupied his brain. A wicked idea sprouted from his heart, and he barged in directly with a knife.