Chapter 58: Old Illness (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

  The street lamps on both sides of the road emitted a dim light, making the alleys along the street hazy and unclear.

  In a deep alley, a black "hole" over two meters high suddenly appeared in the air, followed by a young figure walking out of thin air.

  The moment her feet touched the ground, An Yi paused for a moment before her face slightly darkened.

  How did I end up here again? Before entering the game, An Yi remembered that he was clearly at home.

  Thinking of the last encounter, An Yi's face slightly sank, and in his heart, there was a not-so-good guess. Could it be again...

  Why add another word?

  As soon as the idea emerged, a strange smile spread across An Yi's face.

  Even... An Yi's gloomy mood, still lingering from his recent gaming encounter, inadvertently relaxed a lot.

  He lifted his foot to leave, but An Yi's front foot had just stepped out, and his back foot retreated back into the corner.

  "This time you have to wear a condom, can't be like last time, these few days are the danger period..." A scantily clad woman under the neon lights was pulling on a young man beside her.

  The view was dim and dark, but An Yi could vaguely make out that the young man seemed to be the same one as last time.

  "It's uncomfortable to wear a condom..." Compared to the last time, the young man was more gentle and mature in his movements, while speaking, he also touched the girl's chest and buttocks with his hands.

  Two people walked into the nearby store, pulling and tugging at each other.

  An Yi silently watched all of this, and after seeing the rolling curtain 'door' being pulled down again, he quickly walked out from the corner.

  Just then... as he passed by the rolled-up curtain 'door', An Yi faintly heard the sound of yi yi ya ya coming from inside.

  Along the street, An Yi hastened home in quick steps, hoping to 'meet' that wild little thief.

  In the quiet corridor, because An Yi deliberately lightened his footsteps, the voice-controlled lights did not turn on.

  His cheek stuck to the anti-theft 'door', An Yi hurried back and listened to the movement inside the room.

  Knitting his brow, An Yi, who hadn't heard the slightest movement, hesitated for a moment before quickly opening the door lock and pushing it open to enter.

  The chandelier in the living room was turned on by An Yi, and everything that caught his eye... except for being messy, it was still messy.

  Although he felt that the thief might have left already, An Yi still carefully checked around the room.

  Apart from An Yi, there was no one else at home. And...

  Standing on the balcony, looking at the anti-theft net that was destroyed again, Anyi had a bitter smile on his face.

  It was as if he suddenly remembered something, An Yi quickly walked into the bathroom.

  An Yi had come in earlier to inspect and was not surprised again when the newly purchased electrical appliances were soaked in the bathtub. Only...

  The horizontal surface in the bathtub was slightly 'rippling' with a faint 'wave', undoubtedly representing that stealthy time which seemed to have left not too long ago!

  The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and An Yi couldn't help but feel a little regretful about the secretly lost 'encounter' with that arm.

  Even... in An Yi's mind, if it wasn't for avoiding that couple in the alley earlier, perhaps this time they could have caught that sneaky thief.

  With a regretful face, An Yi shook his head and walked back into the living room.

  Jian Yu picked up the fallen photo frame from the corner, carefully wiped it clean and put it back in its original place.

  Looking at the messy floor, An Yi pinched her brow and plopped down on the sofa.

  An Yi's eyebrows rose in surprise as he stared at a piece of paper on the tea table.

  "Hey, you're supposed to leave some money at home, but you didn't? Isn't that too embarrassing for me? How can I bear this? So, you know! Next time, remember to leave money!" As he read the note in his hand, An Yi's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

  He crumpled up the note and threw it into the trash can, then leaned back against the sofa with a gloomy face.

  The family was burglarized twice in a row, and the electrical appliances at home were all stolen, which is a lot of money. An Yi said that it's not heartbreaking, but that's not true.

  Luckily, there's the one million yuan that Uncle Zhongshan gave. Thinking of this, An Wei took out the bank card, and his face couldn't help but reveal a hint of sadness.

  One moment he was alive and well, the next he was dead.

  An Yi pinched the bank card with her fingertips, exerting a slight force.

  Zhongshan Uncle's death and the fake little girl's death, An Yi always thought it was because of himself being implicated, if not for himself, that suspected 'schizophrenic' patient probably wouldn't have done so.

  Put away the bank card, An Yi took a look at the messy surroundings and didn't feel like cleaning up either.

  Walked back to the bedroom, and fell onto the bed. Although his mind was not very calm, due to fatigue, drowsiness crept in, causing An Yi's eyelids to slowly close.

  ……

  The sunshine on my face gives me a slightly itchy feeling.

  An Yi slowly opened his blurry eyes, and at first, he was stunned.

  A moment later, the chaos in his line of sight seemed to have brought An Yi back to his senses.

  He slowly regained his composure and An Yi finally remembered what had happened yesterday.

  Rubbed her face, dispersing the remaining sleepiness, An Yi put on her clothes and washed up a bit, starting to tidy up the messy room.

  Actually... there's nothing much to sort out anyway.

  The clutter scattered on the ground was soon tidied up by An Yi. As for the household appliances that had been soaked in the bathtub... An Yi didn't even dare to think about the possibility of repairing them.

  After putting away the groceries, An Yi thought for a moment and felt that it was still necessary to go buy some more household items.

  Is it because of being repeatedly visited by a little thief that you don't even dare buy household appliances?

  It cannot be denied that An Yi unknowingly seemed to have a real rivalry with that unknown thief.

  Thinking of going out to buy home appliances again, An Yi subconsciously thought of that slightly silly and foolish Xiao Xiaoxiao.

  The last time buying home appliances was with Xiao Xiaoxiao accompanying An Yi.

  Neither of them made it clear, but An Yi found himself seeming to have already taken a liking to that silly 'girl'.

  Hesitating for a moment, An Yi took out his phone and dialed the other party's number.

  The phone rang a few times before being answered, and a dull voice came from the other end: "Hello, who is it?"

  The voice had just come out of the receiver, and the "girl" on the other end of the phone seemed to have seen the caller ID, and was slightly surprised: "Ah! It's you..."

  "Uh...do you have time?" An Yi coughed lightly, covering up the awkwardness of his emotions: "Will you accompany me to buy some home appliances again?"

  An Yi was indeed a bit awkward after being stolen twice in a row and then asking the other party to accompany him to buy home appliances again.

  And, as for their current relationship... cough, cough.

  "Buy electrical appliances? How come you're buying again? Didn't you go once already?" The girl's puzzled voice came over the phone. Because their relationship had become quite close, the girl subconsciously made a joke: "Could it be that your house has been stolen again?"

  Hearing the joke from the 'girl' on the other end of the phone, An Yi's mouth twitched violently several times.

  After finishing speaking, I didn't hear An Yi's response. On the other end of the phone, Xiao Xiaoxiao, who was a bit slow to react, had a rare moment of 'smartness': "It can't be, could it really have been stolen again?"

  An Yi unconsciously let out a few more light coughs, using the opportunity to cover up the increasingly thickening awkwardness, and softly responded with an "uh-huh".

  "What?" The girl's shocked voice came from the phone.

  He didn't see the girl's face on the other end of the phone, but An Yi couldn't help but imagine a small mouth slightly open.

  "Cough. Are you free?" An Yi changed the subject, trying to avoid this slightly embarrassing question.

  "I, I today..." The girl's voice on the phone hesitated.

  "It's okay, if you're busy, I can go myself." He felt a little disappointed in his heart, but An Yi didn't mean to force him too much.

  The relationship between the two is still unclear, and even if they are really together, they cannot ask each other to accompany them all the time. Moreover, the other person may have something that prevents them from being present.

  "No, no, I didn't mean it that way..." The girl's voice was hesitant: "I, I..."

  "What's wrong?" An Yi raised an eyebrow.

  The other party's words were hesitant and obviously had something on their mind, making An Yi inevitably worried.

  "No, nothing." The girl hesitated for a moment: "It's just that it doesn't feel quite right."

  "Uncomfortable? Do you want to go to the hospital and have a check?" An Yi's words were laced with concern.

  "No, no need. Just, just. Nothing... really nothing, old habit." The girl hastily responded with a sentence.

  "Then you rest at home, I can go by myself......" An Yi instructed a few more sentences before hanging up the phone.

  It's just...

  Just as he hung up the phone, An Yi's face became even more worried.

  An Yi, who had just stepped out of the door and was preparing to go to the mall, hesitated for a moment. Especially when thinking about Xiao Xiaoxiao's fainting incident last time, he became more and more uneasy in his heart. In the end, he changed direction and walked towards Xiao Xiaoxiao's home along the path of memory.

  The two homes were originally not too far apart, and the alleyway that was on his mind soon appeared before his eyes.

  Standing in front of Xiao Xiaoxiao's 'door', An Yi knocked on the courtyard 'door'.

  The gate didn't close completely, and as An Yi lightly knocked on the gate, it opened with a creak.

  Hesitating for a moment, An Yi directly pushed the gate open and walked in.

  A white Samoyed dog, lazily lying in the yard sunbathing, immediately sprang up at the slightest movement, and when it saw An Yi, it shamelessly wagged its tail and came over to rub against An Yi's leg.

  It was probably hearing the sound of knocking on the 'door', An Yi had just entered the yard and happened to see Xiao Xiaoxiao walking out of the room.

  "You, how did you come... " Xiao Xiao's small face was pale and sickly. Even when speaking, she still leaned against the door frame, looking spiritless.

  "Why don't you go to the hospital and take a look?" An Yi's face changed color, and he hurried over to support Xiao Xiaoxiao.

  "No, no need, really no need" Xiao Xiao hurriedly waved her hand: "It's just the old 'disease' again, after a few days..."

  He raised an eyebrow and saw that this foolish girl was already in such a state, yet still insisted on persevering. An Yi didn't even wait for her to finish speaking, roughly picking her up from behind.

  "Ah!" Xiao Xiaoxiao exclaimed as she was carried on An Yi's back: "You, what are you doing?!"

  "You've been saying that Lao Mao is ill, let's go take a look." An Yi said as he carried Xiao Xiaoxiao on his back and headed out.

  "No, no, absolutely not..." An Yi carried her on his back, Xiao Xiao's pale face flushed with a hint of red, her tone urgent: "Really, it's fine, really, I'll be better in a few days."

  "It'll be fine in a few days, can't just ignore it, might as well go take a look." An Yi didn't intend to stop at all and continued walking towards the outside of the hospital.

  "It's really no big deal!" Xiao Xiao said, getting more and more anxious, subconsciously adding: "Every time that comes, it hurts for a few days, which is normal. Going to the hospital for this is just..."

  Xiao Xiao hadn't finished speaking when she suddenly realized what she was saying, her pale little face instantly turning bright red.

  An Yi twitched the corner of his mouth and stopped in his tracks.

  He coughed a few times, and An Yi stiffly put Xiao Xiaoxiao down.

  "That weather is pretty good." An Yi looked up at the sky and tried to change the subject: "By the way, have you eaten?"