Chapter 36 She Isn't Shen Yue

I glanced at the phone. A string of unfamiliar numbers was displayed on the screen. It should be that Shen Yue had changed her phone and called. The person on the phone was still talking, so I had to say, "Xie Yan is cooking. If you're in a hurry, you can call back in fifteen minutes."

Shen Yue paused when she heard my voice, and her continuous chatter came to an abrupt halt.

She seemed very surprised that I would answer Xie Yan's phone. I heard the nervous breathing on the other end of the line and suddenly laughed. "Is there anything you want me to convey to Xie Yan?"

Actually, I didn't really care that much about Xie Yan's contact with girls.

After all, the world is so big, and it's impossible for Xie Yan to know only me as a girl.

"Are you Gu Mian?" Shen Yue said nervously and then explained, "No, Sister Gu Mian, I can't find my brother. He said he was going out to buy something yesterday, but he still hasn't come back. I'm worried that something unexpected has happened to him."

Shen Yue's brother?

I didn't have much impression of Shen Yue's brother. But if her brother was really missing or had an accident, shouldn't she call the police?

Why did she call Xie Yan?

I wasn't too happy about it in my heart, but out of politeness, I still patiently said to Shen Yue on the phone, "Xie Yan isn't available to answer the phone right now, but I'll tell him about your brother."

"But..." Shen Yue seemed to want to say something more. After waiting for a few seconds, I heard Shen Yue say, "Well, all right then! Sister Gu Mian, you must tell Brother Xie! I'm really worried."

I nodded. "I will."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Yan walked out of the kitchen. I handed the phone to Xie Yan and told him the reason why Shen Yue had called. "Shen Yue said that her brother is missing, so she called you."

Xie Yan was holding a plate in his hand. When he heard my words, he said without raising his head, "If someone really can't be found, they should call the police."

So that was a refusal?

I had the same thought as Xie Yan. After all, this wasn't my phone, and I thought that if we were going to refuse, we should still tell Shen Yue. So I said to Xie Yan, "Then do you want to call Shen Yue back?"

The plate landed on the marble tabletop with a click. Xie Yan lowered his eyes, looking impatient. "This isn't the first time Shen Yue has used such a trick."

I sensed Xie Yan's irritation and fell silent.

After lunch, Xie Yan was about to go out again.

"I'll be back before dinner." Xie Yan promised me gently.

I sat on the sofa, biting a strawberry, and stared at the TV without looking at Xie Yan. Seeing my aggrieved look, he suddenly sneered.

Xie Yan came over and ruffled my hair. He leaned down and kissed my forehead. "Is Mianmian angry?"

"No." I denied it immediately.

Xie Yan has been too busy recently. I feel like he hasn't spent time with me for a long time.

I don't know why, but just thinking about this made me feel wronged. I couldn't say it out loud, so I could only bite the strawberry to vent my frustration. In the end, Xie Yan lowered his head and stole half a strawberry from my mouth, and then I calmed down.

To be precise, I didn't calm down because of the anger. I was out of breath from Xie Yan's kiss.

After Xie Yan went out, I nestled on the sofa watching TV. Soon, the doorbell rang. I thought it was Jiang Huai, so I went to open the door. But the moment the door opened, it was Shen Yue.

"Sister Gu Mian." Shen Yue said eagerly, pushing the door with her hand. "I'm here to find Brother Xie."

"Xie Yan has gone out. He just left." I said, "If you go downstairs now, you should be able to see him in the community."

After all, there was only a difference of a minute or two between them. But Shen Yue frowned

and shook her head in refusal. "Since Brother Xie has already gone out, forget it."

After saying that, Shen Yue glanced behind me. A glimmer of light flashed in her innocent eyes. Then she suddenly grabbed my hand and said, "Sister Gu Mian, your hand is injured. I happen to be free, so I can take care of you at home!"

Take care of me?

I looked at Shen Yue in surprise and thought it was abnormal. Last time we met, she almost got into a fight with me, and this time she offered to take care of me on her own initiative?

This was really unreasonable.

I was just about to refuse when Shen Yue took advantage of my inattention and pushed the door open and walked in. My palm was injured, and when the door was pushed, the wound also tore open. The piercing pain made my vision go white instantly, and cold sweat broke out all over my body.

"Sorry, I didn't invite you in." I said coldly to Shen Yue while enduring the pain.

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Yue sat on the sofa with no intention of leaving at all. Her gaze scanned around my house and finally settled on the open door of my room. "Sister Gu Mian, is this your room? Can I take a look?"

Before I could give her permission, she had already walked in.

Since things had come to this, I had to close the door and go back to my room. As soon as I entered, I saw that Shen Yue had already put on my clothes. She was a little shorter than me, and when Shen Yue put on my long dress, it almost covered her ankles.

"Take off my clothes." I said angrily.

Shen Yue was looking at herself in the mirror, left and right, looking very happy. When she heard my words, she was suddenly taken aback. Then she turned around and said disdainfully, "With your hand in that state, can you still wear such nice clothes? If I'm not wrong, these clothes were all bought for you by Brother Xie, right?"

"No." I suppressed my anger and maintained my last bit of politeness. "These are my own clothes. Please put them down."

"I won't."

As Shen Yue said this, she ran out of the room towards the door.

My hand was injured and my foot was also injured. Looking at Shen Yue who quickly disappeared from my sight, I just felt overwhelmed. After a moment of struggle in my mind, I gritted my teeth and endured the pain to chase after her.

Shen Yue ran very fast. When I took the elevator downstairs, she was already gone.

I was panting and hesitating whether to go back. After all, a dress wasn't that expensive. While I was in a daze, I saw Shen Yue standing out from behind the bushes again.

There were light green stains on her white dress. Her long hair covered half of her face. Through the strands of hair, I saw her looking down at me with a cold and sinister gaze.

That look was as if she were a dead person.

My heart skipped a beat. I composed myself and said, "Shen Yue, if you really like this dress, I'll give it to you."

After saying that, I turned around to leave. Suddenly, Shen Yue behind me spoke again.

"Gu Mian, you think Xie Yan likes you? It's just because of your face. If he had been cruel enough to bite her back then, the person standing beside Xie Yan today wouldn't be you."

Bite?

Just this single word made it impossible for me to move my feet any further.

I turned around and faced Shen Yue. I looked at Shen Yue's eyes coldly and felt a sense of familiarity. It was as if I had seen such cold and calculating eyes somewhere before.

"You're not Shen Yue." I said.

Shen Yue wouldn't have such eyes, and there was also the chill emanating from Shen Yue at this moment. It was a kind of aura belonging to death.

After saying that, I stood there straight, waiting for Shen Yue to say something.

But there was nothing.

She just curled the corners of her mouth faintly. A look of disdain rippled in her deep eyes, and

then she slowly shook her head at me. "Idiot. Still an idiot."