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Chapter 84 Perverted Che
An anxious female voice immediately came from the other end of the phone:

"Oh! What happened?! What's wrong?!"

The girl then noticed that there was another girl standing next to the pervert, who was also covering her face. Although she was also covering her face, she looked much more normal, with a slender figure and a posture that... seemed strangely familiar.

Most importantly, she didn't seem to be coerced at all.

The girl, still shaken and with a trembling voice, forced herself to remain calm and said to the person on the other end of the phone:

"Annyeonghni, I just... I almost tripped."

Then, taking a deep breath, glancing at the strange duo in the elevator, and then at the time on his phone, he finally gritted his teeth, dragged his suitcase, and shakily stepped into the elevator.

Forget it, might as well die! Unnie is rushing me too much, I'll definitely be late if I wait for the next one!

Thus, an extremely bizarre scene unfolded in the elevator.

The newly arrived girl stood cautiously at the front, close to the control panel, as if ready to press the alarm button at any moment; Yoona and Kang Cheol stood silently behind her like two gatekeepers, one on the left and one on the right.

The air was eerily quiet, save for the low hum of the elevator and the slightly hurried breathing of the new girl.

She felt a chill run down her spine, as if two pairs of eyes were fixed on her. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the extremely ill-fitting women's slippers on Jiang Che's feet, and her mind raced with unsettling thoughts:
"Ugh! This is definitely weird, but isn't security in this neighborhood pretty tight? Could it be some kind of performance art piece by some senior or junior? Good heavens, who's so bored?"

If he's a pervert? Was the girl next to him being threatened, which is why she's so quiet? Or is she an accomplice? What's in their bags? Could it be some kind of weapon?!

On the other end of the phone, Unnie was still rambling on and on, her voice exceptionally clear in the quiet elevator.

The girl felt like every second was torture; for the first time, she wondered how her unnie could talk so much! Afraid the two behind her would overhear her, she quickly lowered her voice to interrupt:

"Yes! Yes! Unnie, I don't know what good food there is in Nanjing either. Let's explore when we get there! I... I'm getting off the elevator now, bye!"

After saying that, without waiting for the other party's reaction, he quickly hung up the phone, then pretended to be focused on watching the floor numbers change, while inwardly praying frantically that he would get to the first floor soon.

However, the word "Nanjing" that she mentioned on the phone piqued Jiang Che's curiosity. Going to Nanjing at this time? And a Korean girl at that? He subconsciously glanced at the girl a few more times, wanting to see who she was.

Those two glances were keenly noticed by Yoona, who was standing next to her.

She subtly nudged Jiang Che's side with her elbow, striking him precisely in the side, while simultaneously glaring at him with a sharp look.
"Hey! What are you looking at! Behave yourself!"

Jiang Che grimaced from the impact, reluctantly looked away, and winked at Yoon-ah with a wronged expression.

The girl standing in front, though she didn't turn around, inexplicably felt the gaze behind her become even more intense, making her extremely uncomfortable. In her mind, she frantically cried out for God, Jesus, or something similar.

Finally, with a "ding," we arrived at the first floor.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, the girl in front of her was as if she had been granted a pardon. She practically leaped out, dragging her suitcase with her, her steps quick and she didn't dare look back, as if a ghost was chasing her.

Watching her almost fleeing figure, Yoona finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She nudged Jiang Che with her elbow again and teased him:

"Hey, she must think you're a pervert. You kept staring at her, what, want to look like her and go to Nanjing for fun?"

"I didn't talk to her, so it won't change. Don't worry." With that, he naturally took Yoona's hand and they walked out of the elevator.

Yoona looked down at her hand, which was being held by Jiang Che, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. She neither teased him nor pulled away, but simply followed silently behind him.

The two stepped out of the elevator and arrived at the green area below the apartment building. The trees were lush, and it was deserted at night, with only a few ground lights emitting a soft glow.

Jiang Che put down the urea bag and carefully opened the caps of the glass bottles one by one.

The fireflies, now free, hesitated for a moment, blinking briefly at the mouth of the bottle before gracefully flying out. One, two... more and more tiny points of light rose from the bottle, like tiny stars being released.

Before long, dozens, even hundreds, of flowing starlight floated in the air around them. Sometimes they gathered together, sometimes they dispersed, adorning this small green space like a dream.

Yoona tilted her head back, her eyes wide open under the brim of her hat, and her mask couldn't hide her amazed expression.

As she gazed at these faint yet striving lives, a tender feeling welled up inside her, and she instinctively reached out her hand—a firefly swayed and drifted across her fingertips, leaving a brief trail of light.

"So beautiful..." she murmured to herself, momentarily mesmerized by the sight.

On the other side, the girl who ran out of the elevator was panting heavily when she was almost at the entrance of the residential area. She looked back with lingering fear to see if the pervert had followed her.

Turning around, I happened to see a swarm of fireflies slowly rising from the green belt, a sight as dreamlike as ever.

Like a shimmering river, it slowly flows into the night.

"Wow..." She instantly forgot her fear, stopped in her tracks, and stared in a daze at the unexpectedly romantic scene. She quickly took out her phone and carefully took a picture of the fireflies.

She stared blankly for several seconds before remembering her business. She turned around, quickly walked out of the residential area, and got into a waiting car.

"Unnie, let's go."

She spoke to the people in the car, her mind still racing with the bizarre scene from earlier and the two strange people in the elevator: 'Who...who are they?'

In the green belt, Jiang Che had already released all the fireflies. Turning his head, he saw Yoona still looking up, maintaining that upward-looking posture, her eyes somewhat unfocused, as if immersed in her own world.

For some reason, he felt a sudden urge and, almost subconsciously, reached out and very naturally ruffled Yoona's hair—wow, it felt different.

He said in a gentle voice:

"Let's go, stop spacing out. If you want to see more later, I'll take you somewhere to see something even more amazing."

Yoona was startled by his actions and words, and snapped back to her senses, instinctively slapping his hand away:
"Hey! Just talk, don't get physical!"

"Something even more amazing? What is it?" she couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Che, however, kept everyone in suspense. He picked up the empty urea bag, turned, and walked towards the stairwell, leaving behind only the words:
"It's a secret! Hurry up and go upstairs! If you stay any longer, you might get arrested as a pervert, and tomorrow's headlines will be 'Lim Yoona meets a perverted man in a bathrobe in her neighborhood, they release fireflies together, seemingly on a romantic date'... Then you're really doomed."

Yoona imagined the scene, and immediately felt a jolt of fear, quickly catching up:

"Hey! Jiang Che! Shut up! Don't make such promises!"

(End of this chapter)