The two sat in the living room and watched the projected starry sky for a while before Shen Wanyu packed away the equipment.
"All right, it's late. You should get some rest."
Jiang Linyuan nodded and started for his room.
He didn't know whether Shen Wanyu's starry-sky show had been planned in advance or done on a whim.
But whatever the case, he wouldn't make a girl who was willing to show him her most cherished treasure cry.
This really was a long road ahead.
Just as the two were about to leave, Shen Wanyu's phone suddenly rang.
"Zhao Qiuluo?"
Shen Wanyu glanced at the caller ID on her phone, then looked at Jiang Linyuan.
"Looks like you won't be getting any rest after all."
As she spoke, she answered the call and put it on speaker.
"Wanyu, I'm sorry to call you so late..."
Zhao Qiuluo sounded woozy, as if she were drunk.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Wanyu asked calmly.
"Can I stay at your place tonight? I... I had a fight with my family, and I want to hide out at your place."
Zhao Qiuluo's voice was choked with tears. Something must have happened over there.
Shen Wanyu glanced at Jiang Linyuan, who was standing off to the side. She didn't ask what had happened, only said,
"Sure."
"Thanks, Wanyu..."
The two soon ended the call.
"Are you going to bed?"
Shen Wanyu looked at Jiang Linyuan and asked in a calm voice.
"No. It's uncomfortable having someone keep an eye on me. If she wants to mess with me, I'll play along."
She'd even followed him here to kill him, and now she'd fought with her family and come to hide at the Department Head's place? What for?
Ms. Zhao wasn't even that close to the Department Head.