Chapter 82: Perhaps I should have apologized to Leng Qing Qiu in advance
Sitting in her wheelchair, Lu Zhiyin slowly approached the balcony. Looking down at the deserted, water-logged street from above, she felt an indescribable emotion.
Was it relief? Relief that she had someone to help her, so she didn’t have to worry about avoiding the water?
Perhaps so.
Lu Zhiyin was somewhat dazed. She dug her fingernails into her hand, pinching hard until her hand started to bleed. The pain gave her a sense of reality.
She was as afraid of pain as ever, but fear should be overcome, and people should change.
“Huu…”
Exhaling, Lu Zhiyin wiped the blood from her hand with her sleeve and hesitantly reached into her pocket for her phone.
The phone’s battery was critically low, about to shut down.
In Qiuqiu’s friends list, Leng Qing Qiu had sent her many messages, mostly asking where she was. Was she worried about her?
Was she worried about her safety, or worried that she would reveal Leng Qing Qiu’s criminal activities?
Lu Zhiyin didn’t really want to figure out the answer to that question.
For some reason, she was starting to feel a bit pessimistic, maybe because she had nothing else to do.
“…No matter what, I still have to apologize to Leng Qing Qiu in advance.”
Barring any unexpected events, that person was probably angry with her right now.
If she didn’t reply to her messages, would she skin her alive when they next met?
Shaking her head, Lu Zhiyin typed quickly.
“My house flooded, and I had nowhere to go, so I went to avoid the water with Long Qinxin. Be careful yourself, don’t get hurt. The water is likely to keep rising tonight. Also, regarding leaving without saying goodbye… I’m very sorry. When the rain stops and we meet, you can do whatever you want to me.”
After typing a long string of text, she added a bowing emoji at the end, then turned off her phone.
She didn’t plan to argue with Leng Qing Qiu anymore.
“Huu…”
After replying to the message, Lu Zhiyin exhaled again.
“Classmate Zhiyin, what’s wrong?”
Behind her, Long Qinxin held the armrest of her wheelchair and pushed her away from the balcony, towards the coffee table.
While Lu Zhiyin was messaging Leng Qing Qiu, Long Qinxin had checked the bedroom, bathroom, and restroom. After confirming that everything was fine and there were no pinhole cameras, Long Qinxin returned to the living room.
“It’s nothing.”
Shaking her head, Lu Zhiyin looked at Long Qinxin’s legs. The parts below her calves were still wet.
“Classmate Qinxin, aren’t you going to take a shower and change your clothes? Your pant legs are still wet; you’ll catch a cold if you keep this up.”
Lu Zhiyin changed the subject, trying her best not to mention Leng Qing Qiu in front of Long Qinxin.
Her concern, used to change the topic, unexpectedly warmed Long Qinxin’s heart.
However, Long Qinxin still refused her kind offer.
“It’s fine. I’ll wait for Uncle Wu to come back, give him the room card, and then I’ll shower. It’s not convenient for you to go downstairs by yourself.”
Speak of the devil, as soon as she finished speaking, a pleasant ringing sound occurred. Long Qinxin took out her phone and answered it.
Lu Zhiyin noticed that at this moment, Long Qinxin wasn’t using the old flip phone she had seen before, but a simple white smartphone, likely not cheap.
“Hm? Are you at the door? Uncle Wu, please wait at the front desk. I’ll come down and give you the room card now.”
Long Qinxin’s words reached her ears, and after she finished speaking, Long Qinxin hung up the phone.
“Classmate Zhiyin, I’m going down to deliver the room card. I’ll be back soon.”
Looking at Lu Zhiyin, Long Qinxin smiled apologetically and then hurried out the door.
“Mm…”
Watching Long Qinxin’s retreating back, Lu Zhiyin became somewhat lost in thought.
The more time she spent with Long Qinxin, the more she felt that Long Qinxin was out of place in this world.
In the game, she was one of the most popular characters, and bad endings related to her were difficult to trigger.
One had to first raise her affection, then get close to others in front of her, and finally cheat on her several times and be caught red-handed. Only after doing all this would Long Qinxin turn evil.
She was almost a real little angel.
“…I’m sorry…”
Touching her chest, Lu Zhiyin apologized to Long Qinxin.
Then, she returned to the bedroom.
The furnishings in the bedroom were simple: a wardrobe, a bed, and two nightstands.
The bathroom was spacious, with both a shower and a bathtub. The restroom was also very clean, and upon entering, one could smell a pleasant air freshener.
Turning on all the lights in the room, Lu Zhiyin took off her school uniform jacket, leaving only her pajamas underneath. She slowly climbed onto the bedroom bed and lay there, staring blankly.
She lay there for a long time before a knock came from outside.
It was certain that this knock was not made by Long Qinxin. She had the room card and didn’t need to knock.
By the time Lu Zhiyin slowly returned to her wheelchair and came to the living room, the knocking had stopped, and so had the receding footsteps.
Lu Zhiyin waited for a while longer before opening the door, only to be greeted by a lewd advertisement placed at the entrance.
Casually picking up the advertisement, she revealed a yellow magazine beneath it.
Since arriving in this world, Lu Zhiyin hadn’t seen anything related to H for a long time, whether it was erotic novels, H-games, or those indescribable films.
One reason was that she didn’t have the time, and the other was that she had lost interest in such things.
Just as she picked up the magazine from the ground, the elevator door opened in the distance, and Long Qinxin walked onto the corridor, carrying large bags of things.
Lu Zhiyin placed the magazine on her lap and went to help Long Qinxin carry the items.
When she went to deliver the room card to Uncle Wu, she also bought some toiletries, slippers, a bathrobe, and towels.
“Classmate Zhiyin, thank you for your trouble.”
After returning to the room, Long Qinxin put the large bags on the ground. She was a little out of breath, which was normal. Although her physique was better than Lu Zhiyin’s, it wasn’t by much.
“It’s no trouble at all,” replied Lu Zhiyin.
Shaking her head, Lu Zhiyin placed the shower gel and towel on the sofa.
It was this very action that made Long Qinxin notice the magazine on Lu Zhiyin’s lap.
“What’s this?”
Taking the magazine, Long Qinxin flipped through it for a while. She slowly frowned, and her cheeks began to flush.
It seemed that although she was indifferent to sex toys, she still found material like erotic books somewhat unacceptable.
“Someone left it at the door. I went to check when I heard knocking and picked it up casually. Um… besides this, there was also a small advertisement.”
Shrugging helplessly, Lu Zhiyin took the magazine back from Long Qinxin and casually placed it on the coffee table.
“Hurry up and take a shower, or you’ll catch a cold later.”
Looking at Long Qinxin’s wet pant legs, Lu Zhiyin urged her on.
As she urged, she also helped Long Qinxin by pushing the shower gel and towel into the bathroom.
