Chapter 43 Because I Killed Someone

"Because of me?" I pointed at myself, full of confusion.

Let's not talk about whether that person is dead or not for now.

I didn't know that person at all. How could he have died because of me?

"That day you guys... ah!"

The moment Shen Yue opened her mouth, she suddenly fell silent. I saw Xie Yan's hand tightly gripping Shen Yue's neck. After a few seconds, Shen Yue's face started to turn red, and soon it became deathly pale.

I heard Shen Yue's heavy breathing and my heart skipped a beat.

Was Xie Yan really going to kill someone?

I rushed forward regardless and grabbed Xie Yan's wrist. "Calm down. She was just saying that. Xie Yan, let go. Killing someone is against the law."

No matter what, one couldn't kill someone.

I desperately pulled at Xie Yan's wrist, trying to make him let go. But Xie Yan was too strong. I used all my strength but couldn't move his arm. I was so anxious that I was about to cry.

"Xie Yan, don't do this. I'm scared."

I was really afraid that Xie Yan would go too far.

I was even more afraid that Shen Yue would die in my store.

My trembling voice finally caught Xie Yan's attention. He slowly turned his face. His ink-black eyes were deep and cold. I frowned, my eyes red, and forced a smile. "Calm down, okay?"

"Okay." Xie Yan said.

Xie Yan's hand slowly loosened. Shen Yue, who suddenly got air, started gasping for breath. Her blood-red eyes stared at Xie Yan resentfully, as if she wanted to kill him.

The next second, Xie Yan raised his hand again and grabbed Shen Yue's neck.

"Xie Yan." Tears welled up in my eyes from fear, and I shook my head violently. "Xie Yan, don't do this."

Xie Yan lowered his eyes, leaned close to Shen Yue, and warned her in a tone I had never heard before, "Get lost. Don't let me see you again."

As soon as the words fell, Xie Yan grabbed Shen Yue and threw her out of the door.

The door of the store closed again. Xie Yan slowly walked up to me. He took a stool and placed it in front of me, then pressed my shoulders to make me sit down.

Having just experienced a moment of life and death, I didn't have the mood to argue with Xie Yan, so I sat down.

After seeing me sit down, Xie Yan turned around and left. I thought Xie Yan was going to leave, but a few minutes later, he came back to me again. He was holding a first aid kit in his hand.

It was still my first aid kit.

"Strange." I said, puzzled.

How did Xie Yan know where the first aid kit in my store was?

Could this be the superpower of a landlord?

Before I could figure it out, suddenly something cold landed on my wrist. I looked

down and saw it was Xie Yan's hand. He held my hand and turned my palm over. The place that had been cut by Shen Yue was exposed in front of me.

It was a wound about three to five centimeters long. It was very shallow and didn't even bleed.

I wasn't a delicate person, so I pulled my wrist, trying to take it back, and even smiled to soothe Xie Yan. "It's okay. There's no need to deal with it."

As soon as I finished speaking, Xie Yan suddenly looked up. When I met Xie Yan's ink-black eyes, I suddenly fell silent. There was seriousness in Xie Yan's ink-black eyes, and there was no trace of tenderness on his handsome face.

There was no way around it. After all, Xie Yan had just saved me.

I stretched my wrist forward a little and said in a flattering tone, "It does need to be dealt with. Thank you for your trouble."

Hearing this, Xie Yan lowered his eyes. The moment he retracted his gaze, I actually found that Xie Yan was smiling?

What was he laughing at?

Was he laughing at me for being obedient?

A bit of rebelliousness faintly rose in my heart. Anyway, I would open the gauze again after Xie Yan left. Such a small wound didn't need to be bandaged at all.

At the thought of this, I suddenly felt much better.

Even the wound that Xie Yan had disinfected didn't hurt so much anymore. After Xie Yan dealt with the wound, he took the first aid kit and left. While Xie Yan wasn't looking, I raised my hand to study the way he had bandaged it.

If I couldn't find the end, it would be difficult to untie it later.

"Don't untie it."

Xie Yan's voice suddenly sounded behind me. I was so startled that I quickly retracted the wrist I had been examining and pretended to look around as if nothing had happened.

"Although your wound is very shallow, it's too long."

Xie Yan said.

I nodded guiltily and agreed, "I know. I definitely won't untie the gauze."

Xie Yan smiled faintly, raised his hand, and ruffled my hair, praising me tenderly, "You're such a good girl."

The gentle touch on the top of my head made me suddenly freeze.

I was shocked inside and opened my eyes wide in horror, looking at Xie Yan. We were just in a landlord-tenant relationship, right? Was there a need for such an ambiguous gesture?

"Sorry. You're so cute."

Xie Yan smiled and retracted his hand, then sat down beside me.

Cute?

I repeated this word in my heart. In my more than twenty years of life, this was the first time I had heard someone praise me like this, and it turned out to be my landlord.

I couldn't help but laugh.

Since my hand was fine, I went back to the kitchen to make my cakes. Xie Yan sat outside and showed no sign of leaving. When I lowered my head to make the cakes, I could feel that he had been looking at me.

Although I didn't know why, I actually didn't dislike it.

In the afternoon, there were several orders one after another. After finishing them, I

planned to close the store and go home. Xie Yan suddenly stood up and asked me, "Are you hungry? Do you want to have a meal together?"

Why did Xie Yan want to invite me to have a meal?

All kinds of strange feelings welled up in my heart. After hesitating for a long time, I still shook my head. "No, my parents are waiting for me at home."

After I finished speaking, I saw a look of disappointment flash across Xie Yan's handsome face, and his ink-black pupils dimmed. He paused and nodded. "Okay."

We parted in front of the store. When I took a taxi and got home, my parents had already cooked the meal. After having dinner, I was watching a movie in my room. Suddenly, a commotion came from outside the door.

Through the window, I saw police cars flashing downstairs. My parents came to knock on the door and told me not to look outside with a nervous expression.

"What's going on?" I asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing." My parents looked at each other and waved their hands. "It's getting late. Don't watch TV anymore. Go to bed quickly."

My mother turned off the TV when she left.

It was only a little past eight o'clock in the evening. It was too early to go to bed. I was lying on the bed looking at my phone. Suddenly, a news article about a series of homicides caught my attention. The picture clearly showed our community.

Even, it was right downstairs of my house.

My hand holding the phone couldn't help but tense up. Could it be that the appearance of the police cars just now was because of the homicide downstairs?

The people in the community were all familiar neighbors. Who was killed?

Out of curiosity, I looked out of the window. With just one glance, I was so scared that I froze in place, not knowing what to do.

There was a man and a woman standing downstairs. The man was holding a knife high in his hand, and the woman was looking at me with a sinister expression.

A car passed by in front of them. By the light of the car's headlights, I clearly saw that the knife was covered with bright red blood.

They were the ones who had killed someone.

I was almost certain of it in an instant.

They just stared at me intently downstairs. I could even suspect that they were coming for me.

Wasn't Shen Yue trying to cut my wrist today?

I was so scared that I grabbed the curtain and hid. In the quiet surroundings, only my flustered heartbeat could be heard. Just thinking of that bloody knife made my legs so weak that I couldn't even walk.