Chapter 132: You’re Not a Pervert, Are You?

“Xie An! Xie An!!!”

Xie An was still sleeping; she had been exhausted from the night before.

Especially after bringing Xu Qingzhou back.

It had seriously disrupted her routine.

She had taken the morning off from the hospital.

She could go in the afternoon.

Hearing the voice, she woke up immediately and put on the neatly placed black-framed glasses beside her.

She walked out in a daze.

“What’s wrong?”

Her voice was a bit hoarse, but one could still hear her true tone.

Her bare face without makeup looked somewhat soft and endearing.

“I’m asking you, what’s with my bra? And why am I at your place? You should know where I live, right?”

Who could understand the shock of waking up in the cozy little home she had shared with her ex-girlfriend?

Especially since her ex had brought her back.

Had nothing really happened last night?

“You were asleep, so it was normal to unhook it for you. It’s better for women to sleep without it. You passed out cold last night, and I didn’t feel right leaving you alone at home, so I brought you back.”

Xie An’s explanation left Xu Qingzhou with no room to argue.

Aside from being her ex-girlfriend, Xie An was also a doctor.

In her presence, Xu Qingzhou felt like a little chick—nothing to do but obey.

But if Xu Qingzhou were that obedient… well, that wasn’t her.

“Alone? Come on! That’s my place. You could’ve just tossed me on the bed and left. Don’t you think this is awkward? Running into an ex, and me staying over at your place for a night? Shouldn’t we have fought or something?”

“If I’d dumped you on your bed and left you to it, you’d probably be bombarding me with calls right now.”

She had to admit, Xie An really understood her.

It did sound like something she would do.

“I’m hungry! I want food!”

Xu Qingzhou didn’t know what else to say. This woman seemed to know her inside out.

She felt like she had no privacy around her.

Hadn’t she brought her here?

Then it was only fair for her to provide a meal, right?

“Okay, I made some porridge.”

Seeing that Xu Qingzhou had few doubts, Xie An breathed a sigh of relief.

She did have selfish motives.

If Xu Qingzhou had woken up, made a fuss, and demanded to leave…

She would have let her go.

And severed this lingering affection.

She had her pride too; loving someone for so many years was exhausting.

Fortunately, fortunately, she wasn’t making a scene to leave.

This way, she at least had a chance.

“You… you didn’t drug the porridge last night, did you?”

Xu Qingzhou suddenly asked on her way back, her eyes full of suspicion.

She didn’t feel anything off, but if it had been drugged…

She probably wouldn’t have noticed at all.

“No, if it were, I might have woken you up to cooperate with me.”

Xu Qingzhou shivered.

The sweet girl from back then had turned naughty?

She hoped it wasn’t her bad influence.

If it was, she’d have committed an unforgivable sin.

“Hurry up and eat. We should…”

Xu Qingzhou quickly brushed it off.

She lifted her foot and walked out. The living room was just as it had always been.

No changes.

On the balcony sat a pale cactus ball.

“Uh… isn’t this the one I bought back then?”

“Yes, after we broke up, I watered it from time to time. It wasn’t until a month later that I realized it had turned white—then I found out it was plastic.”

“It was the one you specially bought for me back then, so I didn’t throw it away. I treated it like a real cactus, and over time, it turned completely white.”

It seemed like her breaking up with Xie An had really hurt her.

Otherwise, why keep a plastic cactus ball that had faded white without tossing it?

Treating it like a real plant all this time.

She really… it made her want to cry.

“Meow meow~”

A little orange cat walked over and rubbed against her pant leg.

“This is… the stray cat I used to feed?”

Xu Qingzhou picked up the little orange cat, which stayed calm.

It nestled in her arms, purring softly.

A couple of years ago, she had spotted a little orange kitten by a trash bin, just a few months old.

She wanted to keep it, but at the time…

Her finances were tight, and her work schedule was erratic.

She felt she couldn’t give it a good life.

So she bought cat food online and fed it whenever she passed by.

One day, it rained heavily, and she worried about the little orange cat.

Seeing it was fine, she went to find a cardboard box.

She’d keep it for now. But when she returned, the cat was gone.

So it had ended up with Xie An?

This little cat had a slight limp and was a female.

She remembered it clearly.

The little orange cat wore a 999 pure gold peace lock around its neck.

And it had particularly fluffy fur.

“Yeah, it is.”

That day, she had seen it running anxiously on the road and thought something had happened.

She followed and realized it was the little orange cat she liked.

Since that was the case, she struck first.

She snatched the skinny little orange cat away.

If she couldn’t hold the person, holding the cat would do.

Close enough.

Xu Qingzhou nodded—as long as the kitty was fine.

Especially with Xie An, she could rest easy.

Because she had money.

At least it could eat good cat food.

And grow fat and healthy. Most importantly, if it got sick, no worries.

Xie An had several classmates in pet medicine.

The saying for strays was “slow hands get nothing”—whoever grabs it first keeps it.

Her hand speed just couldn’t compare.

A layperson racing a dentist for speed?

Total defeat.

Wait! If that was the case, then that day she hadn’t caught the kitten.

But Xie An had snatched it—and the implication was that Xie An had been following her.

Stalked without her noticing?

Thinking about it that way, it was a bit creepy.

“Xie An… you’re not a pervert, are you?”

She finished and backed away two steps in fear.

Oh god, broken up for over nine years, almost ten.

And stalked by her ex every day? How terrifying was that?

“No, I’m not that idle. It was just a coincidence that day.”

It really was a coincidence.

Usually, she just monitored her Moments and social media—that was it.

She paid a bit more attention to her. If talking about the start of that attention…

It was probably the year she entered the industry.

After the breakup, she saw her with a new boyfriend.

When she announced it on Moments.

Even without intimate photos, just “my boyfriend” was enough to shatter her defenses.

Truth be told, it left a bitter taste.

That day, she drowned her sorrows in alcohol all night, heartbroken.

She nearly got hit by a car crossing the road.

Then she returned to normal life, forcing herself to act like a normal person.

Later, she heard from a friend that she had broken up with her boyfriend.

The same abrupt cliff-drop breakup.

She felt her chance had come.

Maybe she could have a shot too?