A long time later, the sound of keys clinking echoed in the corridor, and then the doorknob was turned.
Su Chen knew that this was Su Qingwan, that girl, returning from the police station.
Su Chen was right here, so of course he knew that even if Su Qingwan had reported it to the police, no matter how the police investigated, they wouldn't find any result, but he himself had no way to make Su Qingwan notice him; for now, he could only stay like this.
After Su Qingwan returned home, she did not come to the sofa but went directly back to her room. After that, she never came out again, not even eating dinner.
Su Chen did not know what Su Qingwan was doing, nor did he have the mind to check, after all, in his current state, he couldn't manage anything.
The night passed. Su Chen stayed inside the grape the entire night. Su Qingwan woke Su Chen up when she got up in the morning, but this girl didn't even make breakfast, leaving the house in a hurry, probably going to the police station again.
Su Chen was very bored, so bored that he ate until full then slept, woke up and ate again. Apart from running into Su Qingwan's pocket in the middle to pull out a large piece of tissue paper and finding a crack in the floor to solve a physiological problem, he stayed inside the grape the whole time; he was building a house.
It wasn't until noon that the sound of keys clashing sounded outside the door.
The door opened. Su Qingwan took off her shoes, hung her clothes and bag on the coat rack in the entryway, and then walked straight over to the sofa, sat down. The sofa shook. Only then did Su Chen see Su Qingwan's appearance.
Su Qingwan's usual lively and cute appearance had completely vanished.
Her small face was somewhat pale, and her entire body exuded an aura of dejection, making anyone who saw her feel quite distressed.
However, Su Chen currently had no thought of running over to comfort Su Qingwan. In his current state, if this girl saw him, she would probably be even more sad, but the greater possibility was that she would casually eliminate him before she even saw him.
A fairly large space had already been eaten out by Su Chen inside the grape.
He could even stand inside it. Su Chen had also eaten out a few pieces of "furniture": a small bed, a small sofa. The others were too difficult; Su Chen had no interest in making them. He now considered this grape his home.
Where Su Qingwan sat was next to her coat,while Su Chen was at the other end of the sofa. At such a long distance, as long as Su Qingwan didn't come over, Su Chen's situation was very safe. And judging by Su Qingwan's current state, she probably wasn't in the mood to tidy up the room either.
"This idiot, just where did he run off to."
Su Qingwan murmured to herself, seeming to be asking Su Chen, yet also seeming to be asking herself, whether she hadn't cared enough about Su Chen, didn't understand him enough, or whether Su Chen had hidden something important from her.
Mental fatigue, plus not having eaten properly the entire previous day, left Su Qingwan very tired. She hadn't been sitting on the sofa for long before she leaned sideways against one side, placed her legs on the sofa, and just fell asleep like that.
Su Qingwan looked very pretty asleep. The worry between her brows gave her an additional temperament of a sick beauty, very much like those princesses in Western fairy tales who lie unconscious on beds, waiting for their princes.
However, the prince she was waiting for was destined not to wake her with a kiss.
Su Chen was thick-skinned; he had originally hoped that after Su Qingwan returned, she would turn on the TV to watch some dramas or something, so that he wouldn't be so bored.
After he shrank, his phone had gone missing who knows where. Maybe it fell down through the gaps in the bedsheet fabric; wanting to find it again was simply impossible.
Speaking of modern people, smartphones have become commonplace. Basically, whether at home, studying abroad, working, traveling, or even going out to buy groceries, one can't do without a phone.
Suddenly saying goodbye to electronic products, Su Chen really felt a bit unaccustomed. If he had a phone in his hand right now, watching dramas, scrolling through short videos, or recording Su Qingwan and his own home from a bug's perspective would all be very good choices.
But reality was like this; forget a phone, Su Chen didn't even have clothes.
But since Su Qingwan wasn't doing anything, Su Chen was happy to be idle.
Lying on the small sofa he had eaten out himself, he also prepared to sleep. This sofa was good in every way, even edible, just a bit cool.
This pair of siblings,one big and one small, just lay down on the sofa and entered dreamland, except one was truly lying on the sofa, while the other was curled up inside a grape, and that grape was stuck in the seam of the sofa's back cushion.
Who knows how much time passed; anyway, by the time Su Qingwan woke up, the sun had already set.
She got up, wanting to sort out her things, as she had to go to class tomorrow after all. But as soon as she stood up, Su Qingwan felt a wave of dizziness. Her whole body swayed, and she fell back sitting in the center of the sofa.
Three days. It had already been three days. Su Qingwan had not a single piece of news about Su Chen.
She was now certain that something must have happened to Su Chen, only she knew nothing about it. The more she thought about it, the worse she felt; the more she thought, the more her heart ached.
Su Qingwan lifted her legs, placing both her small feet on the sofa. She curled her whole body into a ball, leaned against the back of the sofa, and began to cry.
Su Chen had woken up the moment Su Qingwan fell. When Su Qingwan woke up initially, her movements weren't large, and the place where Su Chen was located was relatively stable, so he didn't feel much. But when Su Qingwan suddenly fell onto the sofa, the huge vibration even made the grape jump.
Su Chen poked his head out from the small door at the bottom of the grape to see what had happened to Su Qingwan. Would this girl want to do housework? Use work to numb herself?
But what Su Chen saw was darkness. The light coming from the window barely allowed him to make out that Su Qingwan was now sitting on the sofa, hugging her knees and lowering her head.
And at this moment, Su Qingwan happened to have placed both her feet on the sofa. She curled her whole body into a ball and started crying. Although the cushion Su Qingwan's feet were on was the very cushion where that grape was located.
It's just that Su Qingwan's feet were in the center of the cushion, and the grape was stuck in the seam between the back cushion and the seat cushion, so it wouldn't really affect the grape's position.
But Su Qingwan, perhaps because she was too tired or the mental blow was too great, only sat for a while before leaning back against the back cushion.
Su Qingwan leaning back wasn't a big deal in itself, but not only did the seat cushion she leaned against shake, even the back cushion holding the grape had a chain reaction. Su Chen, who had just been poking his head out to look, only felt the world spin.
This grape actually rolled out from that seam! Following the small depression made by Su Qingwan's feet, it rolled onto the back of her foot!
A sudden bit of coolness made Su Qingwan feel the thing on her foot. She extended two fingers and directly picked up that grape.
Seeing this grape, Su Qingwan's nose soured again. Su Chen's favorite food was grapes. Holding this grape, Su Qingwan's heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Su Chen's heart was even more bitter. How could he, having hidden all the way here, still be found by that girl Su Qingwan!
Su Qingwan's fingers exactly blocked the small hole of the grape,and Su Chen was completely trapped inside this grape.