"Good~"
After the boss walked out of the store, Lin Yujun was the only one left. No customers came in at this time. Lin Yujun lowered his head and looked at his mobile phone, swiping the screen twice. He hoped that he could get off work early tonight.
"Hello~" A low voice suddenly sounded above my head.
"Hey???"
Lin Yujun couldn't help but shout out and stepped back subconsciously. The light flickered above his head, cutting it into half black and half white. Two extremely contrasting colors swayed before his eyes.
"W-what are you doing?"
He looked at her with some panic, as the man walked silently.
"A bowl of mixed noodles, take it away, cough, cough."
The other party was wearing a mask, and Lin Yujun could only see the man's buzz cut. She pursed her lips and said, "Ten, eleven dollars."
"Hmm~"
When he turned his back, Lin Yujun clearly felt his heartbeat quicken.
"Sir, do you want it spicy?"
"Chili? No, cough, cough, cough."
Lin Yujun's hand holding the spoon suddenly paused because the sound was very close to him.
A thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Yujun turned around abruptly.
“Sizzle, sizzle~”
The lights continued to flicker, obscuring and illuminating the view.
Lin Yujun's eyes suddenly widened, because the man was right behind her. He couldn't, couldn't have come in to do something!!
"Let me ask you~"
Lin Yujun's heartbeat became more intense as she made eye contact with the man.
If he tries to take me away by force, can I run away?
"Xiao Lin, go find a ladder and I'll change the light???"
As soon as the boss came in, he saw the two of them staring at each other, not knowing what they were doing.
"boss!"
Lin Yujun shouted loudly, "Fortunately, fortunately the boss is back." With one more person around, the other party will definitely be cautious.
The masked man turned his head, without any other movement or expression, and just asked, "Where is your toilet? I'll go in for a minute."
"The toilet is inside the kitchen. Just walk in."
The boss saw the guests coming and greeted them politely.
"Thank you~"
"Hey~"
Lin Yujun breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the man go in. The man came up behind her without saying a word, and she thought, she thought it was another person coming to arrest her. Fortunately, fortunately, she was overthinking.
The man before was also wearing a mask and packing things, so Lin Yujun associated the two of them together, but it was actually a false alarm.
"Xiao Lin, what are you doing? I told you to get a ladder!"
"Oh, oh, okay~"
Lin Yujun nodded. She was nervous just now and automatically blocked out the boss's voice. When her mind was tense, she could not hear anything.
When Lin Yujun took out the ladder, he just heard the payment prompt. Sure enough, he was overthinking it.
“Sizzle, sizzle~”
After the power outage, darkness covered the scene. Lin Yujun used her mobile phone to illuminate the room to ensure that the boss could see clearly and would not fall.
"I can't remember the last time I changed a light bulb. It's a little dangerous for me to stand on this ladder alone. Luckily you're here."
"It's okay, it should be."
The boss climbed down the ladder carefully, looked at the time, and patted Lin Yujun on the shoulder: "Xiao Lin, go pack up, you can go home now."
"Okay!" Lin Yujun immediately became energetic when talking about getting off work. For workers, the happiest thing besides getting paid is getting off work.
There was a cool breeze blowing in the evening, bringing with it the rustling sound of leaves. Lin Yujun was wearing a thin long-sleeved shirt, but she actually felt a little cold.
"It may rain these nights, so you should bring an umbrella with you when you go out tomorrow."
Lin Yujun muttered softly, and seeing that there were not many people on the street, she quickly quickened her pace.
"Rustle, rustle." The wind lifted the leaves with greater and greater amplitude. The trees were shaken and tilted. The swaying branches cast shadows on the walls nearby. When they fluttered around, they were like long and thin claws, constantly extending and getting longer, as if they were trying to grab something and gather all the dark clouds in the sky.
Soon they reached the stairs and Lin Yujun climbed up a few steps. The stairs were very quiet, but the wind was blowing wildly outside and the scene in front of them was pitch black. There was a tense atmosphere, and now, he should be alone.
"Hey!"
“Sizzle, sizzle~”
It seems that this voice-controlled light also needs to be replaced. When Lin Yujun went to open the door, the light flickered and the light was dazzling. The same was true for others.
"Click~" the keys collided with each other, which was crisper than any other sound in the dark.
Lin Yujun inserted the key into the keyhole, turned it gently, and heard a "click" sound, and the door opened.
"Ahaha, I can't sleep in tomorrow again."
"Bang~" After closing the door, the light was still flickering, and the half black and half white colors kept cutting each other. Staring at it for a few seconds, one would subconsciously look away and close one's eyes.
A shadow of a man wearing a baseball cap was cast on the wall. He walked up the stairs step by step, stopped in front of Lin Yujun's door, looked for a while, and then left.
202: Be careful, at the corner of the stairs
"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin!"
"Hmm? Boss?" Lin Yujun realized that the boss was calling him and turned to look at him.
"Pass me the stainless steel bowl next to you."
"Oh, okay~"
"Xiao Lin, you seem a little absent-minded these days. I called you several times before you heard me."
"Y-really?"
Lin Yujun's mouth twitched twice. When he went downstairs today, he heard the aunties who lived nearby gathered on the roadside saying that the light in a certain building, which had been working fine before, suddenly broke down and flickered, causing her to almost fall flat on her face.
Thinking it was because it had not been repaired for a long time, Lin Yujun just listened and let it go. But the old lady later said that she saw a man in a baseball cap standing at the electric meter box for a while. She thought he was checking the meter and didn't pay attention to it. As a result, the lights started flickering as soon as the man left.
"What if they are here to rent the house? If they don't look familiar, they may not be the owner of the house."
"Look familiar? I only saw the back of your figure, not your face at all."
Thinking back to what the aunties said, Lin Yujun began to worry, because that building happened to be where he was.
If he was really a worker repairing the electric meter, how could he break a good light bulb?
"Boss, can I leave work a little earlier these days?"
"Leaving get off work early? Is there something going on at home?" the boss asked casually. Lin Yujun didn't seem like the kind of person who would be lazy or slack off, at least that was the case after observing him for the past few days.
"No, there are just not many people on the road, and I'm a little scared to be alone."
"You're almost 30, I didn't realize you're still a bit timid."
The boss chuckled twice. Lin Yujun thought that the other party would not agree. She was thinking about whether to find other reasons, when she heard the other party say: "I can understand it when I see you. You are delicate and small. Just find a woman who is taller and stronger than you, and you will be powerless to fight back."
"Uh...right."
"Even if he's a man who's a head taller than you, it's hard to say given your physical fitness." The boss smacked his lips and clicked his tongue a few times in annoyance.
"Then boss, do you agree?"
Lin Yujun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is the boss easier to talk to than he thought?"
"As for me, I sincerely hope that you can get off work at the same time as me, but seeing you always reminds me of one thing, ah~"
The boss sighed leisurely, and Lin Yujun could also tell that something must have happened before the boss allowed it.
"What's going on? It can't be your employee..."
"I'm not an employee. I live in my parents' hometown, in a small county town."
"Hmm~" Lin Yujun listened, treating it as a casual chat between a boss and an employee, and put down the work in his hands.
"At that time, there was a boy who was about to go to college. During the summer vacation, he went out to attend a friend's birthday party one night. Young people, you know, sometimes they forget the time when they are excited."
"Hmm~" Lin Yujun nodded and continued listening.
"It's a small county town with no nightlife. Most people go to bed early, not to mention that the boy lives with his grandparents, his parents are divorced, and his mother works away from home."
"So something happened that night?"
"Well, the taxi driver even dropped us off downstairs. It was just a few floors up. It was an old residential building with no lights on."
"B-and then?"
"As a result, just at the corner of the stairs, about a dozen steps away from his door, the boy was pinned down by a woman."
"At the corner of the stairs?"
Lin Yujun's eyes widened as well. If he was dragged away in the alley, it would be understandable, but it happened at the doorstep of his own home.
"Yes, no matter how much you shout, no one can hear you. Oh, you can't shout either, because the woman covers your mouth as soon as she comes up."
The boss described the scene vividly, as if she were recreating it, because she also heard it from her relatives.
"He He……"
Lin Yujun clenched his fists, pursed his lips and said, "Someone is targeting me."
"Yeah, who would stay awake and wait nearby at night? He followed her upstairs quietly. It's obvious that he had an intention."
"What happened next? What was the result?"
"As a result, when he was found the next day, he had fainted and his body was covered with marks. The people who found him were shocked."
"What about women?"
Lin Yujun asked with some concern, those who do evil must always be punished.
"The woman knew the boy. She had been a gangster since she was young. Her family paid tens of thousands of dollars in compensation. She was imprisoned for a few years and then released."
"What about the boy? What happened to the boy afterwards?"
"What else can we do? Just move. If something happens in a small county, everyone knows about it. To use today's words, it's a small-scale social death."
"That's it."
Lin Yujun's aqua blue eyes became dimmer, and the golden sunlight did not fall into the sea.
Reality is cruel after all, because it is illogical. There are many things you cannot see or touch, and those are things you cannot contend with by your own strength.
"Your girlfriend is around, so you have to ask her to be careful. You look too attractive."
"I know……"
Lin Yujun lowered his eyes and reached out to take the stainless steel bowl to hold the food.
“Isn’t that why you wear a mask?”
"what?"
"You don't want to be hit on at all."
"Yeah, a little bit." Lin Yujun smiled awkwardly. He didn't want to be recognized. If the diners here were once Mr. Yang's customers, he would probably have to change jobs again.
"When are you going to get married to your girlfriend? Will she feel comfortable leaving you here alone? If it were me, I would definitely let you stay at home and be a househusband."
"Well... big cities are stressful, and I also want to work outside to help her, to share some of the burden..."
The boss was brushing the wall with a feather duster, his attention completely focused on cleaning. Naturally, he didn't notice the flash of sadness and heartache in Lin Yujun's eyes, nor did he hear the slightly hoarse tone in his voice.
"I really envy her. She is so lucky to marry a handsome man like you and make a fortune. It is a blessing that she has cultivated for three lifetimes."
"Uh... um~"
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