The police took away the young man who had broken into Wan Tong’s room and questioned Wan Tong for a while, dispersing only late into the night.
Li Zhi had already gone back, but Shao Heng was still in the living room.
Wan Tong came over to him with a first-aid kit. “Ah Heng, who are you angry with?”
His hand had hit something earlier, and the back of his hand was scraped and oozing blood.
Shao Heng watched her as she tended to his wound. His downturned mouth eased a bit, and his voice was somewhat hoarse when he spoke, “Ordering takeout in the middle of the night? Did you want to invite trouble by opening the door without checking who it was?”
Wan Tong raised an eyebrow at him. “I was hungry.”
Lately, she had been too busy and rarely ate at his place; she usually ordered takeout. However, she didn’t expect to encounter such an impulsive fan. It seemed she couldn’t stay here for long. Before leaving, she needed to create a rift between Shao Heng and Li Zhi.
Shao Heng’s favorability rating for Li Zhi had suddenly dropped to zero, and she had a feeling he knew something.
Shao Heng tightly pressed his lips together, wanting to say, ‘I can cook for you,’ but the words stuck in his throat. He was afraid of coming across as too abrupt.
For some reason, every time he got closer to her, he became anxious.
“Did you just… have a fight with your sister?” Wan Tong asked tentatively.
As soon as Shao Heng heard that, he furrowed his brows and his expression became subtly angry. “She’s not my sister.”
After saying this, he looked at her again, wanting to say more but hesitating.
Earlier in the living room, he had heard the doorbell at her place. Out of habit, he glanced at it and saw a man entering her apartment, so he hurriedly went to check. Fortunately, she had handled the situation calmly; otherwise, he didn’t know what might have happened.
He lowered his head, looking at his reddened fist, still feeling unsatisfied. Deep down, he had a sense of powerlessness, stemming from his own weakness.
Would she look down on him?
“Your address was exposed by Li Zhi. I’ll make her apologize to you,” Shao Heng suddenly said.
Wan Tong was slightly surprised. “How did you know?”
“I happened to see it,” Shao Heng replied vaguely. He didn’t want to tell her that he was investigating Li Zhi and had just discovered several fake accounts logged on in Li Zhi’s computer before all of this happened tonight.
“I knew she didn’t like me, but I never expected her to do such a thing. It’s truly… frightening,” Wan Tong’s voice grew quieter towards the end.
However, Shao Heng felt increasingly uncomfortable listening to her.
—I won’t let her hurt you.
But he couldn’t bring himself to say those words.
The next day, Li Zhi came to apologize to Wan Tong, saying that she was just showing off in her fan group and accidentally revealed the address.
Wan Tong replied ambiguously, “You should be more careful in the future.”
Li Zhi didn’t want to escalate the situation further, so she didn’t say much.
In reality, Shao Heng had confronted her the previous night, and somehow he was so certain that she had leaked the address.
To appease him, she had to tell a lie and then apologize to Gu Wantong.
Although she was reluctant, she still understood the need to make choices.
What made her anxious was that it was difficult for her to find an opportunity to deal with Gu Wantong, and the progress on Shao Heng’s side was also a bit confusing. She felt that all her scheming from the past five years had been in vain; he was starting to become wary of her.
This was not a good sign.
When the fire alarm went off, Wan Tong was preparing to leave. Li Zhi and Shao Heng also came out of the opposite door. Shao Heng grabbed Wan Tong’s wrist, looking anxious. “Are you okay?”
The whole building was filled with smoke, the elevators were not working, and nobody knew where the fire had started. But there was commotion in the safety stairwell, as it seemed everyone was rushing downstairs.
Everyone rushed into the safety staircase, but the narrow corridor couldn’t accommodate so many people, making the movement slow and dangerous.
Shao Heng held onto Wan Tong’s hand tightly. As they moved with the crowd, Wan Tong didn’t panic. She patted Shao Heng lightly to reassure him.
Li Zhi was following behind Wan Tong. At that moment, a trace of malice flashed in her eyes. She found an opening and suddenly pushed Wan Tong.
However, Wan Tong was prepared. She shifted her body to the side with the force, clinging onto Shao Heng.
Li Zhi was caught off guard, and suddenly lost her balance and fell forward, tumbling down the stairs.
Just in front of her, there was no one around, so she rolled down a few steps like that, and the people in front hurriedly ran to avoid her from crashing into them.
“Ahh!”
“Someone fell!”
“Stop for a moment!”
Screams rang out one after another, and Li Zhi, fearing that everyone would trample on each other, weakly cried out, “Don’t step on me, please don’t!”
Shao Heng froze for a moment, looking at Li Zhi on the ground, without moving for a long time.
Just now, he had also noticed from the corner of his eye that if it weren’t for Wan Tong suddenly turning towards him, it might have been Wan Tong who fell.
No, it should also include him.
Because he couldn’t have let go of her hand.
He didn’t believe that Li Zhi’s actions were accidental, because there wasn’t a crowd behind them, and everyone was relatively calm.
Li Zhi still wanted to harm Wan Tong.
But why?
Ten minutes later, the alarm was lifted, and Li Zhi was taken to the hospital.
Wan Tong and Shao Heng did not follow.
The firefighters quickly found the source of the alarm trigger, a garbage bin on the sixth-floor corridor had caught fire for unknown reasons, but the fire had not spread, it was just thick smoke rising.
Fortunately, this accident only resulted in minor injuries for one person, and the others were just frightened.
Wan Tong was somewhat gloating; this was something Li Zhi did, trying to take advantage of the chaos to harm Wan Tong, but in the end, Li Zhi suffered herself.
In this way, Wan Tong could have a few quiet days again.
On the ambulance, Li Zhi, at this moment, was grimacing, clutching her broken hand.
Shao Heng had been acting strangely lately, and she felt that the cause of all this was on Gu Wantong, so she had planned to deal with Gu Wantong today, but she hadn’t expected Gu Wantong to narrowly escape the disaster.
If it weren’t for the system as her ‘golden finger,’ Li Zhi’s injuries today might not have been so minor.
So Li Zhi hated Gu Wantong deeply. To Li Zhi, Gu Wantong was like a thorn in her eye, one she wanted to pluck out immediately.
Wan Yong once again made headlines, this time due to a police report.
A male fan broke into the home of an internet celebrity anchor Gu XX with unlawful intent and was severely beaten up.
Some netizens recognized from pictures and short videos that it might be Wan Tong and even went to her Weibo to seek confirmation.
Because there were too many fans asking, Wan Tong also posted a Weibo update to let everyone know she’s safe and stated that she will continue to investigate the matter.
Perhaps because it trended, one fan screenshot showed that a small account had once leaked her address in a fan group, and the man who broke into her house might also be in the same group.
But what more people were concerned about is that the person who leaked Wan Tong’s address must be someone close to her.
If that person continues to cause trouble, Wan Tong is in real danger, so most netizens advised letting the police continue the investigation or suggested that Wan Tong should consider moving to a different place.
This incident had quite an impact, and a few other popular celebrities also spoke out about stalker fans, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.
Wan Tong posted a Weibo saying that the person who leaked her address had apologized, but she would still pursue the criminal responsibility of the fan who broke into her house without any leniency.
The company advised Wan Tong to forgive and forget, and Zhang Jiajia also casually mentioned during a live broadcast that public figures should be more tolerant of their fans.
This led some netizens to think that Wan Tong was overreacting, especially since the young man was her fan, and in the end, nothing serious happened.
Keyboard warriors seized on this point to criticize Wan Tong.
But not even a day passed, and Zhang Jiajia suddenly cried on Weibo, saying she was followed and someone tried to harass her when she was out. She was saved by passersby, but the person who was following her escaped. She also said she had reported it to the police and was determined to bring the person to justice for criminal responsibility!
When this came out, Zhang Jiajia’s fans fell silent, feeling a bit embarrassed. After all, they had previously mocked Wan Tong for making a big deal out of nothing, calling her overly dramatic. But now, their own favorite streamer had experienced a similar situation, and her reaction was even more intense than Wan Tong’s…
If they supported Zhang Jiajia’s actions, wouldn’t that be a slap in the face, exposing themselves as hypocrites?
Seeing Zhang Jiajia in such an awkward situation, Wan Tong couldn’t be happy either because Shishi told her that the person who went to harass Zhang Jiajia was none other than the boss.
She was really afraid he might go off the deep end.
So, that evening, Wan Tong invited Shao Heng to her house to have a heart-to-heart talk.
After the live broadcast, it was already late at night. Shao Heng refused to enter the door and stood at the doorway, speaking firmly, “If you have something to say, say it here, I’ll be going back to sleep later.”
As he said this, Shao Heng dared not even look at her.
Nighttime always had a way of leading people’s minds astray, especially when it was just a man and a woman.
Wan Tong saw his determination and smiled helplessly, lowering her voice as she asked, “You haven’t been coming back often lately. Where have you been?”
Shao Heng’s lips twitched, but he didn’t answer her question. “I don’t want to come back. I just had some things to take care of outside.”
Wan Tong nodded and thought for a moment but decided not to bring up the matter of Zhang Jiajia. She advised him, “Well, take care of yourself then. I’ve also been looking for a new place to live; I’m planning to move out soon.”
Instead of having a fight with Li Zhi, he quietly investigated her. Looking at it now, Shao Heng seemed to have matured a lot, and his temper had become more restrained.
She felt somewhat relieved.
“Where are you planning to move?” Shao Heng asked.
“To a residential area near Tu Mi’s place, it’s quieter and more private.”
“I’ll go with you to check out the houses,” Shao Heng naturally offered.
Wan Tong couldn’t have asked for more and nodded in agreement.
“By the way, shouldn’t your college entrance exam results be out by now? How did it go?” She didn’t have high hopes, as she thought it would be better to steer him towards becoming a painter.
“I’ve already filled out my university preferences.”
“Where did you apply?”
“B University.”
“Oh… What?!” Wan Tong stared at him, thinking she must have misheard. “So, what was your score?”
“7191.”
Wan Tong : “…And you didn’t mention it earlier? You’re truly something else.”
Shao Heng nonchalantly shrugged. “There’s nothing much to say.”
“In that case, can I treat you to dinner to celebrate?”
“…” Shao Heng was momentarily stunned, his dark eyes fixed on her, and he felt a hint of regret deep down.
“Does Li Zhi know?” Wan Tong continued to inquire.
Shao Heng nodded, thinking of Li Zhi’s distorted expression at the time, and he furrowed his brows.
Li Zhi was still hiding many things, and he would slowly uncover them one by one.
The door behind them was opened, and Li Zhi leaned out, shouting seriously at Shao Heng’s back, “Shao Heng, it’s so late, and you’re still chatting. Come back quickly.”
Her injuries hadn’t healed yet, and there was still gauze wrapped around her head. Her face was deathly pale, like a vengeful female ghost.
She had already made it very clear to Shao Heng that he was not allowed to associate with Gu Wantong in the future, but he had disregarded her words and remained stubborn.
For example, now, Shao Heng didn’t even turn around to look at her. He quietly said to Gu Wantong, “I’m going back first.”
“Alright, goodnight,” Wantong replied.
Only then did Shao Heng turn back and return to the room.
This time, Li Zhi didn’t put on an act. After shooting him a sharp glare, she closed the door.
- maximum score is 750 ↩︎