Eldest Senior Sister Goes Down The Mountain To Become An Idol - Chapter 3

Gu Yueyue dodged backward and quickly pulled a pepper spray from her bag. Only after she saw the man clutching his eyes and crying out in pain did she stumble and run toward the elevator.

At that exact moment, Xiao Ye came out of the elevator. Seeing Gu Yueyue in such a wretched state, she reacted very quickly, pulling Gu Yueyue into the elevator while switching on the stun baton in her hand. Only after the two of them safely made it downstairs did she call the police and notify the property management security guards to come handle the matter.

“Sister, go sit in the car first. I’ll handle this.” Perhaps because she had encountered too many sudden incidents while following Gu Yueyue over the years, Xiao Ye was not very old, but she handled things with remarkable maturity.

Gu Yueyue hid inside the car. After all, she was a public figure. Although many people here knew her, something like this absolutely could not be blown up today.

She waited in the car for about two hours before Xiao Ye finally came back with two bottles of mineral water.

“A bunch of bastards. Something happened, and all they did was shove responsibility onto each other. Didn’t we choose this neighborhood because of the security? And what happened? Do you know what they said? ‘As public figures, you probably don’t want this matter exposed and known by everyone either. Let’s settle it privately. We’ll definitely compensate you for whatever needs to be compensated.’ Fuck, I’ve never seen anyone so shameless. Sister, did we offend someone? Why has everything been going wrong lately?”

Xiao Ye had only said it casually. She was too angry to control her mouth, blurting out whatever came to mind. By the time she noticed that Gu Yueyue’s mood in the back seat was off, it was already too late. She could not think of anything to say to fix it, so she could only silently shut her mouth and drive.

But Gu Yueyue took those words to heart.

Over the years, she had been unable to accept certain unspoken rules that everyone tacitly allowed, so she had indeed offended quite a few people. After all, in this circle, she had neither money nor power. Her words carried little weight, yet she had laughable principles she insisted on holding onto. There were probably quite a few people who wanted to deal with her.

When they arrived at Xiao Ye’s home, Xiao Ye led her inside. Looking at the messy apartment, Xiao Ye scratched her head in embarrassment and smiled. “I haven’t been back in a long time, so the place is a bit messy. Sister, sit on the sofa for a while first. I’ll tidy up the guest room for you when I get back.”

Xiao Ye went to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities for her. By the time Xiao Ye returned, she discovered that Gu Yueyue had already fallen asleep on the sofa.

Looking at Gu Yueyue’s brows, which were still tightly furrowed even in her dreams, Xiao Ye let out a long, gloomy sigh. Her sister’s life was truly too bitter. Damn it. Today was also a day to curse that dog Hongsheng to go bankrupt sooner or later.

Gu Yueyue stayed there for one night. The next day, around noon, Xiao Ye finished handling some matters outside and brought back takeout on the way.

After lunch, she looked at Gu Yueyue’s bowl, where barely a few bites of food had disappeared, and let out a long sigh. She suggested, “Sister, the matter is more or less handled. After you finish eating later, I’ll go out for a walk with you. It’s not good for your health to stay cooped up at home all the time. Besides, the people living around here are all old men and old ladies. No one will pay attention to you.”

“How was that matter handled?” Gu Yueyue’s voice was rather hoarse. Her normally clear and pleasant voice had become dull and weak at this moment.

Xiao Ye put down her chopsticks, her tone relatively light. “It’s all right. We’ll probably be able to get quite a bit of money.”

“Can’t we have him locked up?”

Xiao Ye scratched her itchy cheek, her expression very troubled. “That’s not very possible, and it isn’t worth it either. Sister, you’re a public figure. If this matter gets exposed, it won’t have a good impact on you. When the time comes, who knows what nonsense the media will make up from vague rumors? Besides, even if we expose him, it’ll be pretty hard to make him accept punishment. The property management side has already handled the aftermath. There’s no way they’ll let us expose it. It would affect them badly too.”

“Although this matter was you encountering a stalker fan, a perverted man, if we look one layer deeper, it has already become something where your voice as a public figure could affect those real estate developers.”

Gu Yueyue lowered her eyes, her voice trembling faintly. “So we just let it go like this? I’m the victim.”

At a time like this, any words of comfort would be hollow. A victim could not defend her rights and instead had to help cover things up. That in itself was a kind of pain.

“Sister, once we have money, once we have money, we won’t have to read other people’s faces anymore. Just endure it a little longer.” Xiao Ye scratched her hair, which had not been washed for almost a week. She did not know when this enduring would ever come to an end either.

That afternoon, Xiao Ye still dragged Gu Yueyue out of the house.

The weather outside was quite nice today. The evening breeze was cool, though there might be another sudden storm tonight.

Gu Yueyue wore a mask and hat, narrowing her eyes as she watched the sunset glow that was about to sink below the horizon.

The sun had always been the same sun, yet people only dared to look directly at it when it was rising or setting—like fairness that had been artificially controlled by human hands.

“Want a popsicle?”

Xiao Ye’s question suddenly sounded by her ear. Before Gu Yueyue could answer, Xiao Ye had already run toward the small supermarket.

Gu Yueyue sat down on a bench. From afar, a young girl came over, dragging a suitcase and carrying a travel backpack. Behind her was the orange sunset glow spreading across the sky. A light breeze blew, stirring a few strands of hair by the young girl’s ears, as if she did not belong to the same world as everyone else around her.

Gu Yueyue nearly emptied out her brain before she finally thought of an accurate description. Mm… it was as if she had seen a girl from another dimension. Then she watched as the girl, suitcase in hand, seemed to discover something extraordinary and began circling around the little elephant fountain.

What an adorable little girl. She must love life very much, right? A scene everyone else was long used to seemed like an unusual delight in her eyes.

Gu Yueyue stared in a daze until something icy touched her face. She leaned back slightly and saw the enlarged popsicle in front of her.

“Here, hurry and eat it. An old-fashioned popsicle. I don’t know if your childhood memories include this one.” Xiao Ye sat down beside her, happily sucking on her popsicle.

Gu Yueyue looked at the old-fashioned popsicle in her hand, then reached up and touched the mask on her face. She looked at the pedestrians coming and going, each busy with their own affairs, with some hesitation.

Xiao Ye smiled. “Sister, don’t worry. No one will notice you. Who would dare believe a big celebrity is sitting here eating a popsicle? Take off your mask. Be a little more natural and open about it.”

Gu Yueyue was somewhat tempted. She tore open the popsicle wrapper and took out that old-fashioned popsicle from her childhood memories, then lowered her mask and took a small bite. A cool sensation spread between her lips and teeth, dispelling the agitation brought by the scorching heat. The familiar taste blossomed over her tongue. Rarely, Gu Yueyue set down all her burdens and sat on this bench, narrowing her eyes as she properly tasted the childhood in her hand.

At first, Gu Yueyue was still not very at ease. Only after several minutes passed and truly no one noticed her did she finally relax completely.

The young girl she had noticed earlier had now stopped in front of the fountain. She took out her phone and studied it for quite a while. Her posture was like that of an elderly person unfamiliar with phones, laboriously fiddling with and researching a smartphone. Sitting on the bench, Gu Yueyue watched her with curious scrutiny.

She saw the girl answer a phone call, then hang up after only a few minutes.

After that, the girl looked around. Just as she was about to look toward Gu Yueyue, Gu Yueyue immediately avoided her gaze and tugged down the brim of the black bucket hat on her head, covering half her face.

In the end, however, the young girl’s gaze landed on the bench where Gu Yueyue and Xiao Ye were sitting. Dragging her suitcase, she walked lightly toward them.

Xu Yi had parted ways with the club members yesterday. She was unclear about the route and unfamiliar with modern transportation. Relying on the few vague memories in her mind, she had transferred between different modes of transportation dozens of times before finally finding this place.

Before the original body went traveling, she had rented a place here and even had a roommate.

She had just finished calling her roommate. Her roommate was still at work and might only be able to rush back in two hours, so she had told Xu Yi to find somewhere nearby to rest for a while.

Xu Yi did not know where she could go to wait. Seeing several rows of benches not far from the fountain, with all the other benches already occupied by elderly gentlemen and ladies resting and chatting, there was only one place she could go.

Xu Yi approached. She noticed that both people on the bench had grown tense, especially the young lady wearing the hat. She was so nervous that her body had gone taut and was trembling faintly.

In the space of a few breaths, Xu Yi inspected her own body. Not the slightest bit of spiritual energy was leaking out. So why would that young lady be frightened because of her?

“Hello. May I sit here?” Xu Yi tried to make her voice gentle so as not to frighten her.

Yet she had forgotten that although this body was very young, it did not have the petite feeling of an ordinary young girl. With her height of over 1.7 meters, her presence was truly far too strong. And although she had softened her voice, her natural tone leaned cold and clear. The moment she opened her mouth, that young lady shuddered like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bowstring.

“Mm.”

It was a very small response. If not for her powerful divine sense, she might have missed that quiet “mm.”

Seeing that she had tacitly agreed, Xu Yi sat down lightly beside her. Thoughts flew chaotically through her mind. The person beside her might be what people in this world often called—a socially anxious person.

The sound of someone sucking on a popsicle came by her ear. Xu Yi looked over curiously. The original owner’s memories contained this thing. It was very sweet. But as soon as her gaze swept over, the person beside her grew tense, so Xu Yi could only silently withdraw her gaze and continue studying her phone.

Xiao Ye’s original intention had been to take Gu Yueyue out to relax, not to make her tense up in another location. So once she finished eating her popsicle, she suggested they go back.

Gu Yueyue did not want to be too close to a stranger. Even if this little girl gave her an inexplicable feeling of familiarity, she still did not want to linger here for long.

“Are you leaving?” Xu Yi saw them stand up. She did not know why she had blurted it out. They did not know each other, and speaking rashly like this was very impolite.

Gu Yueyue immediately became wary. During this period, the fear those stalker fans had brought her had truly been carved too deeply into her bones.

Xiao Ye, however, felt it was very normal. It was just a casual greeting. Besides, when she had first seen this little girl, she had seemed quite polite.

“Yeah. It’s getting late. Time to go back and eat dinner.” Xiao Ye smiled as she spoke to her, then asked, “Aren’t you going back? Are you waiting for someone?”

“Mm. I rented a place here. My roommate is still at work, so I still need to wait another shichen.”

The little girl’s voice was cold and clear, like a stream in an empty valley flowing through the listener’s heart, inexplicably calming people down.

After Xu Yi finished speaking, she saw the woman who was always very nervous when facing her speak in a very light voice and slow tone. “It’s getting dark. Go wait at the supermarket up ahead.”

For a moment, the depths of Xu Yi’s soul froze. This voice made her feel very familiar, but before she could think more carefully about it, the other woman began talking to her in a bright and cheerful manner.

Xiao Ye said, “Exactly, exactly. Little girl, when you’re out alone, you have to be careful about everything. Go stay somewhere with more people.” She pointed at the streetlamps beside them. “All the streetlamps around this area are broken. Once it gets completely dark, this place gets a bit creepy.”

Sensing the two of them’s goodwill, Xu Yi picked up her suitcase and stood. She nodded to them. “Many thanks.”

The evening breeze suddenly rose, coming from behind Xu Yi and brushing toward Gu Yueyue. The mischievous cool wind blew off the black bucket hat she had been using to conceal herself.