When Wang Yue arrived at the door of Li Xiaoyue's rented apartment, he could faintly hear Liu Miaoying and Li Xiaoyue arguing with another woman. It left him a little confused.
Did the boss really need to get involved in an argument between women?
After listening for a moment, he understood what had happened. When Li Xiaoyue had returned home, she'd gone to the bathroom to freshen up.
After she came out, she noticed that Qi Li's boyfriend, who shared the apartment, was alone in the living room. Feeling uncomfortable, she'd gone to hide in her room.
What Li Xiaoyue hadn't expected was that, while she was in her room feeling restless, someone would suddenly knock on her door.
When she asked what was wrong, she learned that her roommate Qi Li's boyfriend had come to tell her the apartment's electricity meter was running unusually fast. He wanted her to check whether someone was stealing power.
Li Xiaoyue was already in a bad mood and wanted someone to yell at. She'd decided that if the meter was faulty, she'd curse out the landlord; if it wasn't, she'd give this man, who was trying to hit on her, a piece of her mind.
What she hadn't expected was that Qi Li's boyfriend would be so brazen. While she was distracted, he'd started touching her.
She'd already been on guard, so she kicked him and opened the door, hoping to escape back into her room. But he was quicker and blocked her way.
After freshening up, Li Xiaoyue had noticed that there was only one man in the apartment. She'd grown wary and opened the living room door, thinking that if she shouted for help, someone might hear her—or she could make a run for it.
That precaution really did save her.