In the end, Su Yao converted the house next door into a studio. He was preparing for an art exhibition, so whenever he had spare time, he would immerse himself in the studio. Every time Ye Shu Ya came back, she could find him busily working there. Before going to bed at night, she would always complain in Su Yao's ear: "You haven't been accompanying me lately..."
One night, Ye Shu Ya casually said, "Ah, Qin used to chat with me every night."
As soon as she said this, Ye Shu Ya realized that she hadn't thought about Qin Wei for a long time. Ever since Qin Wei said he wanted to break up with her, he had disappeared from her life. She couldn't even remember his phone number now...
Su Yao felt uncomfortable hearing this. He didn't like hearing that name from her. He said, "After the exhibition, I will accompany you every day."
She was immersed in her own world, seemingly not hearing Su Yao's words, "Qin would tell me a lot about himself, and he would quietly listen to me. He wouldn't scold me, he..."
"Enough," Su Yao's tone cooled down.
She suddenly woke up, realizing what she had said, and regretfully explained, "I didn't mean it, I..."
"I'm tired, let's sleep."
Su Yao's voice carried a heavy sense of fatigue. Ye Shu Ya pursed her lips, she secretly glanced at him, his whole face was filled with exhaustion, recalling his tone just now, she suddenly felt scared, even a bit panicked and uneasy.
Soon, Su Yao's breathing became deep and even.
The room was pitch black. Normally, Ye Shu Ya didn't have the habit of turning off the lights when sleeping. She liked to leave a warm-colored wall lamp on, which could always help her dispel some fear. But Su Yao was not used to it; once the light was on, he would suffer from insomnia. Before, he would fall asleep exhausted every night, without much thought for anything else. But tonight, listening to Su Yao's breathing, she couldn't sleep.
She tried hard to force herself to sleep, but as soon as she closed her eyes, her heart began to feel uneasy, and she didn't even know what she was uneasy about. And as soon as she opened her eyes, looking at the dark ceiling, she felt as if something was lurking in the darkness, glaring at her menacingly.
In the past, when she encountered such a situation, she would call Qin Wei. But now that Qin Wei had broken up with her and Su Yao was asleep, she didn't know what to do.
Time seemed to stand still. Ye Shu Ya had never longed for the dawn to come as much as she did now. The fear and panic in her heart grew more and more, gradually covering and consuming her. She grabbed Su Yao's hand and tightly held on.
"Su Yao, you won't abandon me, will you?" she asked in a low voice.
The long breathing sound was still her answer.
The darkness that covered the sky and the earth seemed to fall like a waterfall in an instant, completely enveloping her. The fear in her heart reached its peak, and she shuddered as she climbed onto Su Yao's body, biting his mouth aimlessly to try to dispel the unease within her.
Su Yao woke up, frowning and saying, "Ya Ya, I'm very tired, don't make a fuss."
She continued to kiss his face, pressing her whole body onto his.
Su Yao had no choice but to push her away forcefully, but because he had been holding the paintbrush all day and maintaining the same posture for too long, his hands were now sore and powerless, unable to exert any strength.
He had to turn his head to avoid her kiss.
She was startled, trembling as she asked, "Su Yao, don't you want me anymore?"
Su Yao said, "Get off, I'm very tired."
She felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head, chilling her heart to the bone. She asked, "You don't like me anymore, you don't want me, right?"
Su Yao's eyelids were so heavy he could barely lift them, he was extremely annoyed, "Ya Ya, let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm really very tired."
Ye Shu Ya felt that the thing that had been lurking in the darkness, brandishing its claws, was now gradually revealing its outline. It seemed to have eyes, a nose, and a mouth, and it was even saying, "Look, Qin Wei doesn't want you anymore, Su Yao doesn't want you either, no one in this world wants you."
She screamed out loud.
Su Yao, who hadn't gotten enough sleep, looked very pale. He sat up and said, "I'm really tired." He paused, "You need to calm down, I'm going to sleep in the study tonight."
Ye Shu Ya instinctively grabbed his sleeve, she said in horror, "Don't."
He broke free from her grip, got out of bed, and had barely taken a few steps when he suddenly heard her give a cold laugh. Ye Shu Ya was staring at his back with a look of madness.
"Su Yao, you're just pitying me, right? Qin Wei doesn't want me anymore, that's why you pity me, that's why you're with me. You never liked me, you've always just wanted to play with me, and one day when you're not happy, you'll just clap your hands and leave, oh, just like tonight..."
Su Yao had a headache, and he pressed his temples, "Ya Ya, calm down, I don't pity you."
She sneered, "I know who you like, you like your sister, right? Haha, it must be, otherwise why would you even change your name to a homophone with hers? Otherwise, why would you lose control of your emotions whenever she's mentioned? Otherwise, why wouldn't even Daini know about her existence? You don't want him to know you have a sister, you don't want to admit she's your sister! Su Yao, you're really pitiful, falling for your own sister, someone you can never be with in a lifetime. So why did you come to play this game of having one foot in two boats with me? Ah, I understand, it's because I have a boyfriend, that's why you chose me. That way, you can leave anytime and go back to your sister's side..."
"Ye Shu Ya, shut up."
Su Yao's face was gloomy.
She giggled, "Su Yao, you said before that you wouldn't lose your temper with me. Are you breaking your promise for your sister now?"
He pinched her chin, "Stop making a scene."
Because it was dark, she couldn't see Su Yao's expression, but she could imagine the look of anger for a beautiful woman. She put her hand on Su Yao's fingers, "Su Yao, when can you get angry for me once?"
Su Yao felt very tired, both physically and mentally. He wanted to let go, but she held him tightly until wetness flowed to his fingertips, and he sighed, saying, "You're not quite right tonight. Calm down and we'll talk about it tomorrow."
After that, he went to the study.
Ye Shu Ya sat on the bed, staring blankly ahead, until her clothes were wet with tears, then she suddenly jumped up from the bed, grabbed the car keys, and rushed out.
Su Yao heard the clattering footsteps and the sound of the door closing in the study. He knew she was angry, just like that time in Hawaii, but his temples ached so much that he couldn't get up, and his eyelids couldn't be lifted at all. He wanted to go out and hold her back, but his body wouldn't allow it.
His last thought before he passed out was that the security in this community was good, and nothing should happen.
When Su Yao woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
The first thing he did after waking up was to run to the bedroom. The bedroom was empty, with no one in it, and the bed sheets were messy, vaguely showing the argument they had last night. However, he could be sure that Ye Shu Ya had not come back.
He rubbed his temples and dialed Ye Shu Ya's mobile phone. The cold female voice prompted that the phone was turned off, and he found her phone was still on the bedside table.
He took it, turned it on, opened the contacts, and looked for Song Xiao's name. There were few people in her contacts, in addition to work contacts, there were Qin Wei and his. Qin Wei's was placed first, which made him feel a bit unbalanced, but then he thought, the contacts were sorted by the first letter, and it was reasonable for Qin to be first. He quickly found Song Xiao's mobile phone, and he called, and Song Xiao answered immediately.
Song Xiao's voice sounded very surprised, "Shu Ya?"
"Has she come to work today?"
Song Xiao was stunned, and after recognizing Su Yao's voice, he said, "No, she didn't come to her class in the morning. She also has a class in the evening."
Su Yao thanked him and hung up the phone.
He changed his clothes and was ready to go out to look for someone, and then his mobile phone rang. He looked at the caller ID, it was Qin Yin.
Qin Yin said, "Third Young Master, the person you asked me to find last time has results. I have sent all the information about Qin Wei to your mailbox."
Su Yao thought for a while, then went into the study and logged into his email. He opened the information Qin Yin gave him, and Qin Yin said, "Third Young Master, I have used all my connections and sent you all the information about everyone named Qin Wei. In the city of Fei, there are a total of eighteen people named Qin Wei, with different age stages, the youngest is 7 years old, the oldest is 58 years old, and there are both men and women..."
Su Yao checked one by one. He remembered she said she and Qin Wei were childhood sweethearts, so this means that Qin Wei was in the same city with her before. She was from City N before, and none of these eighteen people are from the city.
He asked, "Is there anything else?"
Qin Yin complained, "Third Young Master, I promise, any Qin Wei in the city of Fei is in it, absolutely no omission!"
Su Yao browsed all the photos of Qin Wei, excluding three minors, and then excluding eight people over forty, and four women, there are three left. And among these three, one grew up in the United States from a young age, which can also be excluded.
So which of the remaining two Qin Wei is her childhood sweetheart?