She took a couple of steps to the side before glancing over at Su Yunling, "It’s so late, Brother, you haven’t slept yet?"
Su Yunling looked back at Gu Zhiqi, "It’s late, aren’t you also not asleep?" he said, and then asked another question, "Where have you been? It’s the middle of the night."
Just now, he had knocked on the door for a long time, thinking the child was asleep. It turned out there was nothing going on in the room at all.
"I took care of some personal matters," Gu Zhiqi replied offhandedly.
Hearing Gu Zhiqi’s answer, Su Yunling knew that the child didn’t want to elaborate, so he didn’t ask further, only murmuring softly, "What kind of business can’t be done during the day that it has to be done at night?" After he finished saying this, he looked up at Gu Zhiqi, "It’s late, you should go to sleep."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhiqi raised his hand and waved at Su Yunling, "Goodnight, Brother."
After speaking, he walked towards his room.
Su Yunling’s gaze stayed on Gu Zhiqi until he entered his room, and then he murmured softly, "Good night."
After the door to the room closed, silence settled over the corridor once again.
Gu Zhiqi went to sleep in his room, but Su Yunling did not.
With his eyes slightly downcast, he continued fiddling with the ring on his finger, standing in the corridor for a long time without moving.
Too many thoughts swirled through his mind, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. The image of someone kept flashing through his mind from time to time. Unable to help it, he had to come out for a walk, and finally stopped here.
He had been standing here for more than ten minutes.
He had managed to calm his mind, but seeing that child again seemed to have disturbed it. It felt as if all his efforts were in vain.
Although he didn’t dis feeling, and even felt a faint sense of anticipation and joy, these uncontrollable emotions left him feeling perplexed and quite helpless.
This... was far from normal.
His eyes still slightly lower, he leaned against the wall, lost in thought for a long time.
Finally, Su Yunling took out his phone, scrolled through his contact list, and sent a message to someone.
[Ah Yun: Are you asleep? Got a few questions to ask you.]
[Madman: Yo, what could possibly be something that Third Master Su doesn’t know, but I do?]
Madman was obviously surprised to receive a message from Su Yunling out of the blue.
As Su Yunling saw the messages from Madman, his fingers hesitated on the keyboard. He typed, then deleted, typed and deleted again, repeating this several times without sending any message.
[Madman: Hesitating this long?]
[Madman: Don’t tell me it’s some embarrassing question?]
[Ah Yun: Psychological issues.]
[Madman: Yo, Third Master Su has psychological issues? That, I’ve got to hear.]
[Ah Yun: Been feeling strange lately.]
[Ah Yun: Specifically, I feel strange towards a child.]
After that, Su Yunling switched to voice message, telling Madman about his recent abnormal state, the thoughts he shouldn’t be having, and the uncontrollable ideas.
After Su Yunling sent the voice message, Madman did not reply for a while.
It wasn’t clear whether he was still listening to the long voice messages or if it was for some other reason.
About three minutes later, Madman finally sent a message.
[Madman: Hey, let me ask you something first.]
[Madman: This kid you’re talking about, how young are we talking?]
After sending a stretch of ellipses, Madman promptly sent a voice message.
"Look here, my Third Master, this..."
"This isn’t some psychological problem."
"You’ve fallen for her, started liking that young girl."
After the first two voice messages, Su Yunling had no particular reaction.
But upon finishing the last one, Su Yunling froze.
How could it be liking someone?