Chapter 10 Officer, it was I who called the police.

It was the fifth day after the surgery.

The doctor said Ling Yue could be discharged.

Ling Yue was incredibly excited. She went to the counter to pay off the remaining medical bills and nursing fees, and bought a backpack on her way back.

Everything used in the hospital could be thrown away.

All that was left were her test reports, an old cell phone, some medicine, and a set of pajamas.

She said goodbye to the little girl.

Ling Yue slung the backpack over her shoulder and left with a light, brisk step.

She walked out of the hospital gates.

Ling Yue took a deep breath.

"Ah—ptui!"

"Why is it car exhaust?"

She coughed twice, took out her phone, and decided to call a taxi home—a premium ride!

Chengji Meiyuan was an old residential complex from 2006.

Even so, the rent wasn't cheap.

A one-bedroom apartment cost 2,500 yuan per month.

Ling Yue lived on the 6th floor.

During peak commuting hours, she usually took the stairs to avoid waiting for the elevator.

But the doctor had specifically instructed her to avoid overexertion for a month after the surgery, so for now, Ling Yue had no choice but to obediently wait for the elevator.

She thought to herself that since she had undergone an endoscopic submucosal dissection, there were no open wounds, so she could take a shower.

Once she got home, she was going to have a lovely shower, and then lie on her 1.5-meter-wide bed and roll around!

After getting a good night's sleep, she would look for a new place.

"Huh?"

"Why won't the door open?"

Ling Yue looked up at the door number—it was 6-3. She hadn't gone to the wrong place.

"Wait, no."

The door had been locked from the inside.

Apart from the landlord and herself, only Mao Wenjie had a key to the apartment!

"Damn it!"

They had already broken up. Why wasn't this piece of trash staying in the dump instead of coming to her place!

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Mao Wenjie, are you sick in the head?! We've already broken up, yet you're still coming to my place to freeload. Do you think this is funny? Open the door!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

She knocked for a full minute before she heard movement inside.

"Who is it? Coming!" Mao Wenjie opened the door from the inside.

He yawned and rubbed his eyes.

But there was no sleepiness on his face, and his hair wasn't messy.

Even his pajamas were worn perfectly neatly.

He wasn't wearing underwear, and it was swinging around. Help, someone give me something to wash my eyes with!!!

Perhaps sensing Ling Yue's gaze, Mao Wenjie hurriedly grabbed the down jacket hanging behind the door, put it on, and specifically covered his crotch.

His movements were a bit panicked, but his tone was calm. "Why were you discharged so suddenly? Wasn't it supposed to be the 5th? I was planning to go pick you up."

Ling Yue threw her backpack into the room. She couldn't stand it anymore. "Stop acting! Are you a hemorrhoid? Can you not understand human language?

When I said we're broken up, I meant we're never seeing each other again. Even if you die and are burned to ashes, don't let the smoke drift in my direction. And yet you come to my place to freeload? Do you really think you're some kind of prize? You're a pile of dog crap, and I can't even be bothered to talk about you.

Get out! This is trespassing! Get out, get out!"

The place where this trash had stayed for so long stank; it had a weird smell.

She couldn't live in this rented apartment anymore.

She needed to change apartments immediately.

This was completely different from what Mao Wenjie had imagined their meeting after a fight would be like.

Ling Yue should have thrown herself into his arms at this moment, crying about how she shouldn't have been unreasonable, and then, after he coaxed her a little, she would laugh through her tears and go make dinner.

Why was it like this?

This was the first time he had seen Ling Yue so irritable.

She was throwing a tantrum and it just wouldn't end.

Mao Wenjie leaned against the doorframe, thinking he looked like some artistic youth, striking a pose with a soulful expression. "Alright, stop throwing a tantrum. My patience has its limits.

Isn't it just that you want me to coax you? I'm already back, so why are you still acting high and mighty? Do you want me to beg you humbly?"

"Good heavens."

Ling Yue covered her forehead. "Are your ears stuffed with hair, or did a donkey kick you in the head?

Your salary isn't as high as mine, you look average, you can't do housework, and you're just another mediocre guy who thinks he's great.

Dating you is a dark history. I feel nauseous just breathing the same air as you. You greasy guy, even a fly would do the splits if it stepped on you. Don't talk to me, your mouth reeks. Scram, quickly!"

"No, Ling Yue, do you have to be so sarcastic?" After being retorted repeatedly, Mao Wenjie was also unhappy. "There should be a limit to throwing tantrums. If you keep this up, I'm really going to dump you."

He didn't believe Ling Yue wouldn't be afraid!

Ling Yue looked up at the sky, speechless. "You're killing me, seriously!

I was the one who proposed the breakup; it's not up to you to dump me—it's me dumping you! Why don't you go pee in a puddle and look at yourself? If you can't see your reflection because it's matte, it's just because you're ugly and dreaming too big.

Were you dog crap in your past life? Once stepped on, you can't be shaken off. Do you have no shame? I said we're broken up, yet you keep pestering me. Aren't you pathetic?"

Mao Wenjie was visibly turning red with rage.

He hadn't been scolded like this since he was born.

Especially not by Ling Yue.

"Say that again."

Ling Yue looked at him with contempt, enunciating every word. "I said, you're like dog crap—stinky and sticky, and you can't be shaken off once someone steps on you. I already said we're broken up, yet you keep clinging to me. Are you a masochist?"

Mao Wenjie's expression changed drastically.

Ling Yue glanced at the elevator lobby.

She heard a 'ding'.

She suddenly increased her speaking speed, full of mockery. "What, you want to hit me?

With that shriveled, drained-of-water old duck body of yours, do you even have the strength?"

"F*ck you!" Mao Wenjie couldn't take it anymore and raised his hand to slap her.

Before it could land, Ling Yue scurried far away.

"Ah! Help! A scumbag is hitting a patient!" She wailed and threw herself in front of two people in uniform, looking on the verge of tears and incredibly weak. "Officers, you're finally here! If you hadn't come, I would have been beaten to death! Wuwuwu~"

The moment Ling Yue realized Mao Wenjie had broken into her home, she had called the police.

They had arrived just in time, and she had said almost everything she wanted to say.

The two officers shielded Ling Yue behind them.

One of the officers, who wore glasses, first glanced at Mao Wenjie, whose hand was still raised, and then turned back to look at Ling Yue. "You're the one who called the police to report trespassing? Tell us in detail, what happened?"

Ling Yue pointed at Mao Wenjie with an expression of having been betrayed by a heartless man. She recounted everything from getting sick and being hospitalized, to realizing the scumbag's true colors and breaking up, and finally, the scumbag trespassing to beg for reconciliation.

Mao Wenjie was completely dumbfounded.

It was as if he had been walking down a main road and suddenly crashed into a utility pole.

For a moment, his brain went blank and his head spun.

Ling Yue led the officers into the apartment.

Tsk, was Mao Wenjie struggling like a dying pig?

Making her sofa so messy?

Ling Yue tidied it up a bit. "Officers, please sit."

The other officer, who had a round face, stood in the living room. "We won't sit. You mean to say that you had already broken up while you were hospitalized?

And then he used a key to open the door and come in without notifying you beforehand, causing you to think someone was trespassing to steal things?"

Ling Yue nodded. "That's about it."

Mao Wenjie, who had just been raising his hand to hit someone, suddenly became nervous. "That's not it!

We rented this apartment together when we were dating; we were living together.

Even if she and I broke up, I should still be able to come back and stay here, right?"

Ling Yue gave a dry chuckle. "This apartment was rented in my name, and I pay all the rent and utilities.

You didn't pay a single cent; you were just freeloading at my place.

We've already broken up, and you still kept a key and snuck into my home. Tell me, what is your intention?!"

Mao Wenjie's brow twitched!

Ling Yue found out?

No, that couldn't be.

She hadn't even entered the room just now.

Mao Wenjie was actually rendered speechless. That wasn't right; that wasn't like his personality.

Driven by a woman's sixth sense.

Ling Yue felt that he was definitely hiding something.

She had felt earlier that the smell in the room was off.

"What, what are you doing?" Mao Wenjie saw Ling Yue suddenly sniffing around like a dog and immediately became vigilant.

Ling Yue dodged his tug. "None of your business. I'm in my own home; I can do whatever I want!"