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Du Yanqing lowered his head to look at the old granny's ankle, and could vaguely sense that it had swelled up a little. As he turned his head to look at Lu Juyan who was standing at the side doing nothing, he subconsciously spoke with a low voice: "Can you carry Grandma upstairs, please?"

"No way!" Lu Juyan merely glanced at the old granny who was sitting on the stairs, and firmly rejected her words. He felt a strange emotion in his heart. A complicated feeling flashed in his eyes. He couldn't help but take a few steps back.

This made Du Yanqing a little unhappy, but she couldn't force Lu Juyan. Lowering her head to look at the old granny's outfit, it was completely inconsistent with Lu Juyan's western suit and leather shoes.

Did he have a germaphobia?

These thoughts flashed past his mind, and Du Yanqing didn't know what to say. The resentment in his heart also disappeared by half, as he helplessly sighed to himself.

Du Yanqing's palm was suddenly grabbed tightly by the old granny who was resting on the ground. It was as if her legs had stopped twitching and she gently placed her feet on the floor.

Due to her age being too old, the grandma was constantly gasping for breath, and her cheeks had a tinge of red to them as fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. The corner of his mouth raised into a kind smile, and he comforted Du Yanqing: "Little miss, I'm fine, I'll be troubling you, please allow an old woman like me to sit here for a while."

"Don't worry, I'll help you up the stairs." Du Yanqing noticed the old granny's kind smile, and it made her think more and more about the smile on Du's father's face before she left. She turned her gaze to the slightly smaller staircase. There weren't many people here, so she couldn't bear to keep the old granny here. He opened his mouth, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked for advice as he resigned himself to his fate. The anticipation in his eyes for Lu Juyan also disappeared like smoke in thin air.

As soon as she finished speaking, she had the old granny support him with her other hand on the banister and used her strength to help him up. The old granny couldn't be considered to be heavy, but she didn't seem to be particularly taxing. She purposely slowed down her pace and took one flight of stairs to prevent the old granny from slipping down again.

The old granny who was being supported was also rarely happy to have a kind-hearted person like Du Yanqing, and she would praise to him from time to time. As for Lu Juyan, who had been following behind them all this while, she had not mentioned anything either. She pretended that nothing had happened, which only made her feel that it was even better if she was a boy! A tinge of sadness flashed between her brows, but it was smoothed out by Du Yanqing's words, causing her to jump in joy.

Lu Juyan really wanted to help Du Yanqing support the old man, but he was assured that the staircase was very small, and allowed him to helplessly follow behind. Noticing that Du Yanqing was ignoring him, his heart shivered slightly. He could only helplessly follow behind the other party.

I can only carry you, you idiot!

He had a faint feeling in his heart that he hadn't done anything wrong, but a guilty feeling suffused from the bottom of his heart. Looking at the two people's actions, he subconsciously found an excuse to hide his feelings.

The two of them brought the old granny back to her home. Du Yanqing kindly placed a bag of water in the refrigerator for her and intentionally made her rub her twisted feet after the ice had hardened.

"Sorry to trouble you, little miss!" The old granny looked grateful as she thanked him again. Looking at Du Yanqing who was filling the water in her house, that kind action reminded her of her own daughter. Deep in his heart, a trace of sadness flashed past his eyes. In the next second, when Du Yanqing turned around, he deliberately pulled out a smile filled with gratitude.

Du Yanqing did not say much as he walked out of the room after dealing with the matter. Looking at Lu Juyan who had been standing outside the door all this time, it was unknown why she didn't want to say a single word to him. He headed straight for the rented apartment upstairs, his expression cold.

She went back into the house and pressed the switch at the door. The white light illuminated the room, but it made her feel cold. He took off his shoes at the entrance and put on a pair of house slippers. Ye Zichen placed the key and phone in his hand on the nearby glass table, then walked towards her room, before choosing a change of clothes in the wardrobe.

"Humph!" When Du Yanqing walked out from the bedroom, he did not see Lu Juyan's figure, so he had an inexplicable sense of anger. When she closed the bathroom door, she unconsciously increased her strength by a few degrees. She took off all her clothes and opened the shower, letting the warm water wash over her body and splatter the peculiar emotions from the bottom of her heart.

Lu Juyan who did not know the truth happened to hear this voice from within the room, and he faintly felt a sense of helplessness. The dryness in his throat made him subconsciously pick up the cup on the desk and walk out.

Just as Lu Juyan was about to receive the cup of water, he unintentionally heard Du Yanqing's phone on the table ring. Seeing that it was Zhan Ziye's name that was displayed on the screen, a strange feeling arose from the bottom of his heart. He wanted to hang up the phone, but he was worried that doing so would cause the distance between him and Du Yanqing to grow larger and larger.

He silently suppressed the restless anger in his heart and returned to his room as if nothing had happened. Sitting on the chair in the room, he faintly felt that the girl in his heart was burning up. He was very unhappy as he placed the cup full of water in front of his lips and drank all of it in one gulp, in an attempt to extinguish the anger in his heart.

In the bathroom, Du Yanqing dried the water droplets on her body. After putting on the change of clothes, she walked out of the bathroom. Looking at the phone on the table, he picked it up and saw that the screen displayed the missed call. He pressed Zhan Ziye's number and called him back. Then, without knowing the truth, he opened his mouth and asked: "Hello?"

"Hey, are you Mr. Zhan's friend? "I'm a waitress at the bar. Mr. Zhan got drunk in our bar and coincidentally found your phone number. Could you please come over and pick him up?"

The other party pretended to be calm as he took out his phone, and followed Zhan Ziye's instructions. His tone was extremely smooth, and even intentionally revealed a hint of anxiousness in his tone, as though he wanted to make Du Yanqing nervous to the point of being anxious.

Du Yanqing frowned, his heart tightened, as he felt that something was not right. Before she could ask any more questions, Du Yanqing, who did not want to go to the bar, received a short message from his phone. As his mind echoed back to the time when the two of them were in a difficult situation, he could not bear to let him stay in that place where fish and dragons mixed together.