Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

Are you referring to that dark corridor outside? It is indeed quite quiet, eerily quiet.

Yu Zhe frowned: "Then where do you usually sleep? There's no bed here."

"This will do."

Mo Lingyun patted the old sofa next to her: "This is pretty good... at least it still has springs. I made some minor modifications, and there's a kitchen and a bathroom on the third floor, haha... Brother Yuzhe, speaking of which, I now have my own set of facilities on the entire floor! I'm really rich now."

Ah... Look, all the girls around Yu Zhe are like this, they always start acting tough.

Yu Zhe's next question carried a hint of reproach and heartache.

"Then why...why didn't you turn on the lights? This building..."

All the lights on the floor are working fine, right...? And those papered-up windows, you can't see a single ray of light..."

"Huh? There's no other way, is there?"

Mo Lingyun tilted her head: "Because I have to hide. I already felt I was being too much when I came to the city. At least I should have been more careful and tried to be as discreet as possible. Brother Yuzhe, right now I'm practically isolated from the world! It's only because you were able to find me that we can connect with each other."

"Yun'er..."

Yu Zhe's voice trembled as he said this: "But I remember... you used to be most afraid of the dark."

"..."

Oh dear…

Mo Lingyun found it very strange.

She was just laughing and joking, but after what Brother Yuzhe said, she suddenly felt her eyes welling up with tears.

Yes... she's most afraid of the dark.

I'm afraid to walk alone at night... I'm afraid to sleep without a nightlight...

However, the living environment here lately is really dark... Every time I'm in that dimly lit corridor outside, Mo Lingyun is terrified.

The kitchen light was broken to begin with, and Mo Lingyun deliberately didn't bother to fix it...

He distracted himself by cleaning.

Every time the lights were turned off, she would tremble with fear, shrinking into the sofa, only able to calm down slightly and drift off to sleep amidst her pain by imagining that her brother Yuzhe was standing beside her, comforting her.

That's really scary...

When Mo Lingyun came to her senses, she found herself in Yu Zhe's arms, bursting into tears.

"Waaaaah!"

"Don't cry...don't cry, my good child, you don't have to be afraid now...I'll take you away from here."

Fortunately, Yu Zhe was glad that he had found this place today.

58. I'll take you away.

She cried twice in just a short while; otherwise, Yu Zhe would be glad she came today.

"Yun'er, how long have you lived here?"

"No...not long, I've only been here for a week."

Mo Lingyun raised her head, her eyes red from crying, and she had just stopped crying.

She didn't know how many years it had been since she last cried, so why couldn't she stop crying today, even though she was in front of Brother Yuzhe?

"Yeah…"

Sigh, Yu Zhe knows that a week is not a short time for her, who is afraid of the dark.

"Alright." Yu Zhe stood up. "Pack your things and come with me. I'll take you to a place with lights."

This joke made Mo Lingyun laugh: "Pfft... There are lights here too."

She was still a bit disoriented from crying, but after thinking about Yu Zhe's words, she was filled with surprise.

"Brother Yuzhe, you...you said I'd go with you?"

"Yes."

She immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum: "No, no, no, that won't do. Although going with you is my dream, the timing isn't right. If we go out now, wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"

She was afraid that if she really went with Yu Zhe, it would implicate the Su family.

"No, in fact, the time is ripe, but not quite ripe yet."

I didn't understand...

Mo Lingyun looked at Yu Zhe, seemingly hoping he could elaborate further.

“Yun’er, you’ve been hiding all these years, so you don’t know that the Mo family can no longer be on par with the Su family as it was ten years ago. The Su family is now far ahead of the Mo family.”

“We are not afraid of the Mo family at all now, but if you show yourself, there will inevitably be some trouble. So the current situation is that you should try not to be discovered, but there is no need to suffer here like this. It would be best if you are not discovered, but if you are discovered, we don’t care.”

"So the purpose of my trip is to pick you up and settle you in the Su family's Tan Kong Mansion. It's safer there, and Yu Che usually lives there and can look after you. Actually, the main reason I came here is because I didn't know you came from that small village, otherwise I would have come to pick you up a week ago..."

Yu Zhe stopped speaking before he could finish.

Because Mo Lingyun had already gotten up and come over to nestle beside him.

This time she didn't say much, but just rubbed her cheek against Yu Zhe's face, trying to squeeze her body towards Yu Zhe as if she wanted to hug him as tightly as possible.

Lu Yao, who was watching this scene up close, didn't show any change in expression... but she felt a strange tightness in her chest. Was it envy? She herself wasn't sure.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and pack your things. I'll take you to the company first, and then I have to rush back."

"Ah."

"So hurry up and pack your things..."

"Um…"

"..."

Oh no, Yun'er has completely become dependent on me, and won't let go of me while I'm holding her.

And what are you trying to do, staring at my lips with those dreamy eyes?

"Ahem, anyway, get used to it over there as soon as possible. I'll find you a quiet room in the non-office area, and you can decide on the decorating style yourself."

Yu Zhe simply stood up and put her on the sofa.

If we don't want to tidy up, then we don't have to. We can just buy whatever we need over there.

What we need to do now is bring Yun'er back to the company.

It has to be said that Yun'er was actually being a bit too cautious. Just think, a young lady who has been declared dead for ten years, even if she walked down the street so casually, probably no one would recognize her.

But Yu Zhe forgot that there was an even more cautious Lu Yao here.

She handed Yu Zhe a black hood: "Young Master... this... first floor."

To put it simply, Lu Yao was saying that they would be passing through the office area on the first floor, where there would be many people and eyes, so just in case, it would be best to cover Mo Lingyun with the hood.

No! The problem is, you also always carry a hood?! So versatile!

Mo Lingyun then noticed Lu Yao standing behind her, whose attention had been entirely focused on Yu Zhe.

Upon seeing her, Mo Lingyun hurriedly covered her head.

Because she suddenly remembered that when she opened the door just now, it was this maid who gave her a hard slap, and she hadn't been able to catch her breath for a long time. Now, with her cold expression, Mo Lingyun thought that she was about to hit her again!

So your reaction time is ridiculously long!

"It's alright, it was a misunderstanding. This is my bodyguard, Lu Yao."

"Guards...?"

Yes, that's really reassuring. With such a bodyguard, Brother Yuzhe's safety can be guaranteed most of the time.

After all, Mo Lingyun had just been beaten up herself; Lu Yao's attack almost suffocated her on the spot.

Yu Zhe took the hood from Lu Yao and wrapped it around Mo Lingyun's back and head.

"Come on, lift your hair a little."

"Ah... I can do it myself."

"No need, just lift your hair slightly."

Mo Lingyun obediently lifted up her waterfall-like purple hair so that Yu Zhe could easily put a hood on her to cover her up.

"..."

Mo Lingyun felt this scene was so familiar…

Yes, that's right. When she was little, when she visited the Su family, her brother Yu Zhe would weave a "crown" out of branches in the garden and put it on her head to make her happy.

Those were truly wonderful times.

So many years have passed, things have changed so much without us even realizing it…

"Why are you crying again..."

Yu Zhe felt both heartache and helplessness. Before helping her put on her hood, he gently brushed aside her long bangs and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

As soon as she parted her hair, Yu Zhe naturally saw her other eye, which had been covered by her bangs.

The interplay of emerald green and deep purple evoked a sense of nostalgia in Yu Zhe.

After quickly wiping away his tears, he immediately moved his hand away: "Oh, sorry, I forgot. Yun'er, you don't want others to see your eyes, right? Is keeping your hair so long to cover them up?"

I remember when Yun'er was little, she always liked to wear colored contact lenses when she went out. In order to make her two eyes the same color, she hated her own two different colored eyes since she was a child.

"It's okay, it's okay if it's Brother Yuzhe."

Mo Lingyun not only showed no resistance, but also grabbed Yu Zhe's hand and made him brush his hair aside again.

She blinked her beautiful eyes and smiled brightly: "Although I don't like these eyes, Brother Yuzhe can look at them for as long as he wants."

"Alright, alright, stop being stubborn. We can talk about it later. Let's go now."

Yu Zhe let her hair down and covered her right eye again.

Actually, Yu Zhe thought those eyes were particularly beautiful... but since Mo Lingyun herself didn't like them, then let's just cover them up. When she figures it out herself, she'll naturally cut off those long, slanted bangs.

After Mo Lingyun put on the hood, her face was completely hidden.

This is the hood that Lu Ling and Lu Yao use when they need to lie in wait, so its concealing effect is quite obvious.