Chapter 288: Gasp! You Scumbag, Don’t Come Over Here!

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Gasp! You Scumbag, Don’t Come Over Here!

Calm down!

Calm down, and stay calm!!

’No!’

’I have to get out of here, now!’

’Or else I’m really going to be screwed!’

Yan Luoxi wanted to get up and make a break for it, but Gu Yizhou’s hand was still latched onto her chest...

’How about this?’

’I’ll do what they do in the movies and knock the jerk out with one punch?’

’But movies are just movies!’

’I’m so weak. What if I don’t knock him out and just wake him up instead?’

’No!’

’That plan won’t work.’

Yan Luoxi shook her head, rejecting the idea.

After a moment’s hesitation, she shifted slightly.

She wanted to wriggle free from the scoundrel’s clutches.

’I have to be slow.’

’I can’t wake the damn man up.’

But the deep sensation of skin rubbing against skin made Yan Luoxi tremble uncontrollably.

’That damn man.’

’Of all the places to grab, you had to grab *that* place!’

’You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you!’

WAAAAH...

Yan Luoxi was on the verge of tears!

’Ah~’

’What am I doing? How can I even be thinking about this at a time like this?!’

Yan Luoxi forced herself to calm down again. She bit her lip, her face flushed and her expression shy. Inch by inch, she slowly eased herself out of the man’s grasp.

By now, she was completely covered in goosebumps.

’This feeling is absolute torture!’

After breaking free, Yan Luoxi slowly got up and tiptoed off the bed.

She couldn’t worry about what traces she might be leaving on the bed; she just had to escape first.

Holding her long, loose hair with one hand, she gently and quietly turned the doorknob with the other.

CLICK~

The door opened.

"Xiaobai?"

Just then, Gu Yizhou’s voice reached her ears.

Yan Luoxi froze, her heart suddenly starting to pound.

’It’s over!’

’The jerk is awake?!’

’He found me?!’

Yan Luoxi stood rooted to the spot, not daring to move, her mind a complete blank.

She didn’t even dare to breathe.

After a standoff that lasted for over ten seconds,

the scene she was imagining—of the man coming over to grab her—didn’t happen.

The bedroom was eerily quiet.

Yan Luoxi couldn’t take it anymore. She mustered her courage and glanced back.

Gu Yizhou’s eyes were still closed; he wasn’t awake at all.

Phew...

’Thank goodness.’

’The jerk isn’t awake.’

’So he was just talking in his sleep when he called for me...’

Yan Luoxi couldn’t help but let out a secret sigh of relief.

But a small part of her felt a little disappointed.

’Maybe being discovered by him like this would be better than suffering from this unrequited love, right?’

For a moment, her heart was a tangled mess.

Her emotions were in turmoil. Shaking her head slightly, she slipped through the crack of the open door.

It was still early, and the world outside the window was a hazy gray.

Yan Luoxi first ran to the living room, grabbed the blanket she usually slept on from the sofa, and wrapped herself in it.

She was just about to bolt when she suddenly heard footsteps from the bedroom.

Immediately followed by the sound of the door opening.

Yan Luoxi’s heart dropped once again!

’Good thing I was so quiet before, and lucky I haven’t opened the main door yet.’

’Otherwise, he would have definitely heard such a loud noise.’

Her eyes quickly scanned her surroundings. Spotting the kitchen, she tiptoed over and hastily ducked inside to hide.

She had just hidden behind the refrigerator when she heard Gu Yizhou’s voice in the living room.

"Xiaobai, Xiaobai..."

"Where did you hide?"

Gu Yizhou called out groggily.

He had been woken up by a full bladder.

He hadn’t seen the cat in the bedroom, so he called out for her a few times after coming out.

When there was no response, Gu Yizhou didn’t think much of it, just assuming the cat was hiding and sleeping under the sofa.

"YAWN~"

His eyes half-open, he yawned as he shuffled toward the bathroom.

Meanwhile, hiding behind the refrigerator in the kitchen, Yan Luoxi clamped a hand over her mouth, not daring to make the slightest sound.

Her cool, pretty face was etched with nervousness.

Soon, the sound of a door closing came from the bathroom.

’So the jerk just got up to use the bathroom!’

WHOOSH...

A moment later, the sound of flushing water came from the bathroom, followed by the shuffle of slippers.

"Xiaobai, Xiaobai, where did you run off to?"

"Are you hiding and sleeping somewhere?"

As he walked into the living room, Gu Yizhou called for the cat again.

’Hearing that damn man call for me again...’

Yan Luoxi’s heart leaped into her throat.

’You damn man.’

’Go back to your room and sleep.’

’I’m fine, I’m safe, you don’t need to look for me!’

’Just please don’t come over here!’

Yan Luoxi chanted silently in her head.

Fortunately, when the cat didn’t respond, Gu Yizhou didn’t overthink it.

It was still very early.

Still sleepy, he turned around and went back to his room to sleep.

As for everything else, that could wait until he woke up properly.

THUD~

Hearing the bedroom door close, Yan Luoxi finally, completely relaxed.

Based on her knowledge of the guy, he would definitely keep sleeping at this hour on a weekend.

Still, she didn’t dare move, waiting for a full two and a half minutes.

Only then did she stealthily emerge from the kitchen.

After glancing toward the bedroom, Yan Luoxi tiptoed to the front door and gently opened it.

Her movements were incredibly light, terrified of accidentally waking the man.

Thankfully, everything went smoothly, and he wasn’t woken up.

Once outside, Yan Luoxi quickly slipped into apartment 306 and ran inside.

As for the blanket, she could just sneak it back later after she changed her clothes.

"Phew..."

After closing the door, Yan Luoxi leaned her back against it, her tense heart finally relaxing.

’That was too intense, too nerve-wracking!’

Leaning against the door, Yan Luoxi took a full two and a half minutes to feel like she had recovered.

"Change clothes, then return the blanket!"

Yan Luoxi turned and walked toward her bedroom.

When she took off the blanket, she revealed her fair, smooth, and utterly perfect curvy figure.

She glanced down at her chest.

’It’s as if I can still feel the warmth from that damn man’s palm.’

A blush flashed across her pretty face once more.

’That damn man.’

’You sure know where to grab, don’t you!’

She pouted and muttered a few complaints under her breath.

...

After changing into her own clothes, Yan Luoxi came out, grabbed the blanket, and quietly returned to the apartment next door.

The apartment was silent.

There was no sound from the man in the bedroom. ℴℴ𝘮

’Good.’

’He must have fallen asleep again.’

After placing the blanket back on the sofa, Yan Luoxi thought for a moment, then tiptoed stealthily to the master bedroom door.

Not knowing where the courage came from, she wanted to take this chance to sneak a peek at the man while he slept...