These days, Chen Licheng and his wife took the old man out to play and to temples to pray for blessings.
They left Mei Jin and Chen Jiancheng at home to look after the house.
Mei Jin quickly invited Wan Ru to sleep over, using the excuse that she was scared to be alone.
Wan Ru, also because she could openly meet Chen Jiancheng, shyly agreed.
The two girls were sitting in the living room. Mei Jin was in front of her laptop doing her homework.
Wan Ru was smiling secretively, texting on her phone.
Suddenly, she glanced out the window, where the curtain had not yet been drawn.
She didn't know if it was an illusion or not, but she saw a figure flash by in the distance.
Wan Ru, who had been smiling shyly, also changed her expression.
She put down her phone, walked to the window, and quickly looked in the direction she had just seen.
She suddenly felt a sense of unease in her heart.
"Mei Jin, stay here, I'm going out for a bit!" Wan Ru quickly said to Mei Jin, then opened the main door and stepped out into the yard.
The yard was quiet. She looked around to confirm whether she had seen wrong. The fleeting shadow she saw was that of a woman, because she saw the shadow wearing a white dress.
She harbored a considerable amount of doubt.
As someone who believed in science, she didn't believe she would see something she shouldn't see.
"You!" Chen Jiancheng's voice rang out from behind her.
Wan Ru turned her head and saw Chen Jiancheng open the door and stand there looking at her.
Today, he was wearing pajamas at home, and the buttons of his shirt weren't even fully fastened.
She frowned. Who was he trying to seduce?
Seduce her? Well then, congratulations, mission accomplished.
As soon as Wan Ru saw him, she smiled brightly.
"Come here!" He gestured to her with his hand.
Wan Ru glanced at the door of Mei Jin's house, then quickly ran to Chen Jiancheng's side.
Chen Jiancheng pulled her into the house and closed the door.
"It's late, what are you doing standing in the yard?" Chen Jiancheng cupped her face.
Wan Ru hugged his waist and swayed.
"Maybe I missed you, and wanted to sneak a peek to see if I could catch a glimpse of you!" She replied happily.
Chen Jiancheng squeezed her cheeks, making her lips pout.
He lightly kissed her lips.
Wan Ru moved her hands from his waist to his neck, and the two prolonged their kiss, kissing deeper and deeper.
"Wan Ru!" Mei Jin's voice rang out from the yard, interrupting the two's passionate moment.
When Wan Ru heard Mei Jin call, she pushed Chen Jiancheng away as if caught in a secret act, becoming flustered for a moment.
Seeing her like that, he also laughed.
"Calm down, there's nothing to rush about!" He whispered softly into her ear.
Chen Jiancheng, with a completely natural demeanor, opened the door again.
Seeing his niece walking around the yard, he asked.
"It's late, what are you doing out here?"
"I'm looking for Wan Ru!"
As Mei Jin was speaking, she noticed the person she was looking for stepping out of her uncle's house, looking sneaky, and she frowned slightly at her uncle.
Wan Ru quickly ran out and pulled Mei Jin into the house.
Chen Jiancheng could only stand at the door, looking at his girl with doting eyes.
But all three people in the house did not know that their every action was being watched by a pair of eyes.
Mei Jin quickly asked Wan Ru inside the house.
"What were you doing in my uncle's house? My uncle doesn't like people who are too forward!"
"Oh!" Wan Ru smiled to brush it off.
The next day, Chen Jiancheng openly drove his girlfriend to work, but also had to give his niece a ride to school.
Wan Ru could only look and smile secretively, not knowing what to say.
Chen Jiancheng also knew she was a bit awkward, so he didn't do or say anything too excessive to make her uncomfortable.
The next night, when it was late, both girls were getting ready for bed.
The two of them slept together in Mei Jin's room.
Wan Ru went to the balcony, wanting to close the door.
At this moment, she inadvertently looked out at the empty street in front of the house.
She saw a girl in a white dress with her hair down, standing motionless and looking at her.
In an instant, she recognized the girl's extremely hateful gaze directed at her.
Wan Ru stepped back, screaming.
"Ah!"
"What's wrong, Ru?" Mei Jin, who was washing her face in the bathroom, immediately ran out.
Wan Ru was breathing heavily, her skin crawled with goosebumps, and the image of those hateful eyes kept appearing in her mind.
"I saw someone standing in front of the gate, staring at me!"
Mei Jin heard this and immediately flung open the balcony door, checking around.
Seeing nothing, she turned to reassure Wan Ru.
"Calm down!"
Mei Jin took out her phone and immediately called Chen Jiancheng, leading Wan Ru downstairs as she called.
Chen Jiancheng was working on his end, and he vaguely heard Wan Ru's scream.
He was still thinking he must have misheard when Mei Jin called, and he rushed over.
Mei Jin quickly led Wan Ru out of the house, and they both walked towards the house next door.
At the same time, Chen Jiancheng also opened his door, intending to go over.
He let the two girls into the house, asking in a gentle voice.
"What happened?"
"I saw someone standing in front of the gate, staring at me when I went out to the balcony."
Wan Ru answered honestly.
"Stay inside!" Chen Jiancheng patted her head to reassure her, then went outside alone.
The situation was a bit urgent, so Mei Jin didn't pay attention to Chen Jiancheng and Wan Ru's actions and words.
Chen Jiancheng took a flashlight and stepped out into the yard, checking around the house's yard.
Then he walked to the gate and checked carefully once more.
Seeing nothing, he took out his phone and called the security guard of the area, asking them to send the data from the street camera.
Since this was a private villa area, only residents of this area were allowed to use the main road in front of the house and drive their cars in.
If one took a taxi, they had to stop at the guard gate in front and walk in.
This area had particularly strong security, and he didn't believe a stranger could lurk around, but he also trusted his girlfriend.
He went back into the house for a while, then the area's security guard sent him the file.
Chen Jiancheng and the two girls sat down to review it.
The three of them fast-forwarded to 10:38 PM, and indeed, someone walked up and stood in front of their house.
But their back was to the camera, so their face couldn't be seen. A little later, they ran out of the camera's surveillance, presumably when Wan Ru screamed inside the house.
Wan Ru stammered, "Can we open the camera feed from 9 PM last night?"
Chen Jiancheng looked at her, then did as she asked.
After watching for a while, it was just as she predicted; the figure had indeed walked past their house a few times.
"You saw it yesterday too?" Chen Jiancheng asked her.
"That's right, I saw it yesterday, but after going out to the yard to check, I didn't see anything, so I thought I had imagined it."
"Why didn't you say anything yesterday?"
"Why didn't Ru say anything yesterday?"
The two, uncle and niece, asked in unison.
"I told you I thought I had imagined it."
Wan Ru frowned as she replied to Mei Jin.
Mei Jin pondered for a while, then said.
"It seems that person's target is Wan Ru!"
Wan Ru looked at her, confused, and Chen Jiancheng asked again.
"Why?"
"Because as soon as Wan Ru came to my house, that person appeared.
Moreover, just now, Wan Ru saw that person staring at her.
There's a high probability they're targeting her."
After she spoke, all three fell silent.
"Is it Zhu Linkang?" Mei Jin asked randomly.
"No, it's a girl, Jin!" Wan Ru shook her head.
Suddenly, Wan Ru became silent. She didn't know how many people the original owner in this world had offended.