On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

"It's me," the young man replied in a weak voice.

He was back in the dark alley where he had woken up.

Liao Ji had walked the road home countless times since he was a child, but this time, he still stumbled along the way, taking the wrong turn at several intersections before finally finding the familiar apartment building in his memory.

Following the hurried footsteps came a cursing man who flung open the door.

bump!

After speaking, the man slammed the door shut with a loud bang, as if to express his dissatisfaction.

Hiding in this alleyway all the time wasn't a solution; although it offered shelter from the rain, the cold wind could still lash him.

Very important.

Although he was finally free from the rain, his tattered cloak, which had been soaked through earlier, clung to his body and constantly drained his already dwindling body heat.

The reason is that changes in the external environment cause the body to instinctively break free from sleep.

ding dong ding dong

After the doorbell rang, footsteps sounded from inside the house, and soon a slightly impatient male voice came from inside.

This time it wasn't a physiological instinct.

Ding dong ding

"Are you fucking crazy?!"

"Damn it, I shouldn't have been fooled by that bastard real estate agent back then and bought this old house here."

"Liao Ji? Who is that? I don't know him. You've knocked on the wrong door."

Liao Ji looked at his hand, which had paused, with a puzzled expression.

She was half-bent over, one hand on her knee, the other holding an umbrella decorated with a forest pattern above them, shielding them from the cold rain.

The woman seemed to have been looking at it for a long time.

Only after she woke up and met those emerald green eyes did the woman smile gently, uttering soft murmurs amidst the patter of rain.

"Finally, you've arrived."

Chapter 318 Nono

Finally

Have we been waiting for you?

Liao Ji was completely bewildered by those words. He didn't recognize the beautiful woman in front of him, and with the rain seeming to be getting heavier all around, the young man wondered if he had misheard the sound of the rain.

And what the older woman said afterwards seemed to confirm this.

Seeing the confusion and bewilderment on the young man's face, the woman seemed to understand something and quickly spoke again:

"Little brother, why are you sleeping in a place like this?"

This makes sense now.

Liao Ji mistook the blonde, blue-eyed woman for a kind stranger.

He waved to the woman to indicate that he was alright, and then stood up to move to another spot.

Liao Ji didn't know why he did this.

Perhaps it's his inner pride and vanity that's causing the problem?

In short, he didn't want to appear in front of this woman in such a disheveled state.

We can't exactly ask this woman to take off her clothes and let us have them now, can we?

Because of this thought, Liao Ji subconsciously glanced at the woman again.

Of course, Liao Ji regretted it as soon as he said it.

But to everyone's surprise, the woman moved closer to the young man instead of backing down.

"Little brother, what's your name?"

The young man quickly and quietly took another step away to create some distance. Although the other person was indeed very beautiful, he was not a casual person and would never try to take advantage of her.

Liao Ji originally wanted to refuse.

"Little brother, you said you'd wash your sister, so why are you going back on your word now?"

But now...

"It's alright, it's not your fault." Although the woman said this, her expression still showed some concern and distress over her soiled and wet clothes.

Before Liao Ji could even react, the woman was already almost shoulder to shoulder with him, and part of their clothes were already sticking together.

His moral compass told him that he needed to take responsibility for soiling other people's things, so he couldn't leave any longer.

This was different from just clothes touching; Liao Ji immediately felt a large area of ​​softness coming from his arm, as well as the warmth of the other person's body.

But upon seeing the woman's expression, something seemed to stir within him, and in a moment of impulsiveness, he blurted out, "I'm afraid of getting your clothes dirty again. You go first, I'll just follow behind."

"What's wrong?" The girl blinked her innocent eyes, looking at the young man who stood motionless, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Then her eyes lit up, as if she had thought of a good idea.

After about five seconds of silence, the woman stopped and looked at the bewildered young man with a slightly angry expression.

However, in this way...

"I'm so sorry." After Liao Ji steadied himself, he looked at the woman's dress, which had been soiled and soaked by his wet cloak as she had helped him, and quickly apologized.

The woman's explanation was:

The problem is, where am I supposed to get someone to wash my clothes?

This is a tricky situation. If I insist on keeping him here, it might provoke resistance from the young man, making him more wary and resistant.

Speaking of

Whether it was the forest-patterned umbrella at the beginning, the pastoral-style dress, or the lingering fragrance of this flower-filled perfume, the other person seems to genuinely love nature.

Judging from the young man's attitude, he was very wary of her, a "stranger," and didn't react much to her beauty. When she took the initiative to talk to him, he just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Especially in romantic relationships.

The woman said with a smile, while revealing expressions such as "If you want to back out, then there's nothing I can do," "This wasn't your fault in the first place," and "Never mind, it's okay."

But what happens after that?

This stimulus instantly brought Liao Ji back to his senses, and he stopped digging into his memories, so the pain naturally disappeared.

"Liao Ji".

Her upper body is voluptuous and assertive, while her lower body, clad in a fitted dress, has perfectly rounded curves. Such a graceful figure is something that many actresses can't match, right?

wrong

What are you thinking?

"Will you do my laundry? Okay, my house is just a short distance away, let's go."

Uh

Liao Ji: "."

The woman pretended not to notice the young man's subtle actions and didn't try to "accidentally" touch her arm again. As if to ease the awkwardness, on the way home, she asked him:

Liao Ji was a little surprised that the place he had hoped to find—a place that could shelter him from the rain, block the wind, and preferably be a little warm—had not been realized by his previous "home," but now it had been achieved in this way.

This undoubtedly made the young man feel even more guilty. Perhaps it was his pride that got the better of him, but he blurted out without thinking, "I, I'll wash it for you."

Liao Ji had just stood up, not even taking his first step, when his weak body was hit hard on the head. His dizzy mind almost made him stumble, but luckily the woman in front of him acted quickly and caught him, preventing him from falling.

NATURE

Liao Ji felt something flash through his mind, but when he tried to catch it, it disappeared again. The stinging and tearing sensation returned, making the young man frown.

At that moment, whether intentionally or accidentally, the woman leaned slightly as she walked, and suddenly her arm touched the young man's.

"."

"At this point, a polite child should ask again, 'Sister, what's your name? Do you understand?'"

Let's not even mention whether he knows how to wash women's skirts.

But reality turned out to be quite cruel.

As they drew closer, Liao Jin could smell the delicate fragrance emanating from the woman, a scent like falling jasmine blossoms, making him feel as if he were surrounded by a sea of ​​flowers.

"."

On the other side...

"We'll have to wash it anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's dirty or not. Sister, this umbrella is a bit small, so let's just make do with this."

flutter

Seeing the young man's expression, the woman suddenly laughed.

Isn't this really turning him into a hooligan?

Liao Ji shook his head inwardly, wanting to quickly get rid of all this nonsense. How could he let such a filthy thought creep in when others were being so kind?

The young man hadn't even finished confronting his own inner thoughts when the woman's next words stunned him once again.

Liao Ji was now at a loss.

It was a pale yellow dress with a very pastoral style, decorated with leaves and wreaths, and judging from the fine fabric, it must have been quite valuable.

Liao Ji considers himself a very conservative and traditional person.

Even if there are dedicated laundromats nearby.

If you don't want to leave

Now that he is penniless and has even lost his "home", he probably has nothing to offer in terms of compensation.

Liao Ji: "."