Become a Knight Across the World

Chapter 329

Seeing Lin Yue come out, he immediately looked up, his eyes sparkling: "Sister Lin Yue! The property management replied! They said they would immediately retrieve the surveillance footage to verify, and increase the frequency of night shift security patrols! The police also replied that they would keep an eye on this area!"

"Hmm." Lin Yue sat down on the sofa next to him, turned on the TV, and randomly tuned to a news channel. "Well done."

Receiving this gentle affirmation, Yun Yi, like a large dog that had been stroked, finally put down his phone with satisfaction, but still muttering, "How about I pick you up from school at the coffee shop in the evenings from now on? Or maybe I can have Li Yuetian take you? He'd definitely be happy to..."

Lin Yue glanced at him: "No need. It's unnecessary."

"How could it be unnecessary! It's absolutely necessary!" Yun Yi exclaimed excitedly again. "Look how dangerous it is tonight!"

"Dangerous?" Lin Yue finally turned to look at him directly. "Who do you think is more dangerous, that person or me?"

Yunyi was momentarily speechless.

Yes... To that reckless stalker, was the one following him a vulnerable prey or a hunter?

He touched his nose and said awkwardly, "Uh...it seems...yes. But, but it's still disgusting! It ruins my mood!"

"Hmm. So next time, just scare them away directly." Lin Yue turned her gaze back to the television, her tone indifferent. "It's not worth wasting any more time."

Yun Yi looked at the screen, then at Lin Yue who was quietly drinking milk beside him, and suddenly fell silent.

After a long while, he whispered, "Sister Lin Yue, why is it so difficult for girls to walk safely at night? Do they have to be strong enough on their own or have someone waiting for them at home?"

Lin Yue paused slightly in the hand holding the cup. She turned her head and saw a rare, serious confusion and a hint of dissatisfaction on Yun Yi's face.

This usually carefree and impulsive young man seemed to be thinking about this unfair reality so directly for the first time.

“Because there are always some people who take chances, thinking that darkness can cover up malice.” Lin Yue’s voice was very soft, as if she was answering him, or stating a cold fact. “And many people are used to silence and ignoring it.”

Yun Yi frowned, his hands unconsciously clenching into fists.

"Alright, don't overthink it." Lin Yue finished the last sip of milk and stood up. "That's just how the world is. Change what you can, like what you did in the group just now, was very good."

She unusually spoke at length to comfort him.

"Protect what you want to protect, do what you can do. As long as you have a clear conscience, that's enough."

After saying that, she patted Yunyi's head and turned to go back to her room.

Yun Yi sat alone in the living room, repeatedly pondering Lin Yue's words, recalling Xu Yun's ordeal, and the figure fleeing in panic that evening...

He seemed to suddenly understand something: beneath Lin Yue's seemingly indifferent attitude lay a clear understanding of reality and a style of doing practical work rather than complaining.

He picked up his phone and looked at the messages of gratitude and agreement in the residents' group chat. The resentment in his heart was gradually replaced by a calmer determination.

He can't change all the malice, but at least he can protect the peace around him.

Inside the room, Lin Yue lay on the bed, listening to Yun Yi describing the events of the night to Jiang Feifei outside the door, his tone quite indignant.

Although his methods were a bit loud, he was kind-hearted. As for those maggots hiding in the shadows… she closed her eyes. They'd better not bother her anymore.

As night deepened, the neighborhood gradually quieted down. Yun Yi finally ended his indignant phone call with Jiang Feifei, washed up, and returned to his room.

Lin Yue lay in bed, but did not fall asleep immediately. With her eyes closed, subtle images and sensations that she usually ignored during the day involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

During running class, when the girls were jogging slowly and panting, there would always be a few boys who would suddenly speed up from behind like they were on steroids, creating a gust of wind.

Their gazes didn't seem to be focused on the track ahead, but rather swept over the girls' hair, which was slightly damp with sweat from exercise. Their nostrils twitched almost imperceptibly, carrying a secret, unsettling greed.

Lin Yue could even clearly hear the smug, filthy smugness in the hearts of one or two of them: "Tsk, XX is really delicious."

The bell rang, and the atmosphere in the classroom relaxed. Some students took the opportunity to rest their heads on their desks. But there were always a few people who were in an awkward position, their heads resting on their arms, their eyes half-open, their gaze darting towards the aisle.

Their target was often the feet of girls walking by in sandals or canvas shoes. That supposedly discreet, appraising gaze was sticky and rude. Lin Yue had felt that gaze fall on her own feet or other girls' feet more than once.

More often, it's books or pens that are accidentally dropped. It always seems to happen to land next to her or another girl's seat. Then those boys will slowly bend down to pick them up, their eyes flashing like searchlights, quickly scanning places they shouldn't be looking at. Lin Yue could even hear their rapid breathing and lewd whispers of cheers.

Whenever this happens, she either happens to drop something herself and bends down to block the view first, or she simply uses her inner energy to gently push the accidentally dropped pen to a more distant corner, so that the other person can pick it up without it.

What she found most frustrating and difficult to intervene in directly were some boys who pretended to be asleep at their desks, but deliberately stretched out their arms and let their hands hang naturally down near the aisle.

Their calculations were shrewd: as long as a girl passed by, whether it was the hem of her clothes or her leg, even the slightest touch would make them secretly gloat for a long time, as if they had gained a huge advantage.

This kind of behavior, which is almost like wishful thinking, involves no physical contact and is even harder to catch in the act, yet it is as disgusting as damp mold in a corner.

These actions, taken individually, do not seem to be heinous crimes, and in the past, she would have considered them harmless.

But now, Lin Yue's keen perception always captures the malice mixed with desire and disrespect as clearly as a high-precision sensor.

It's not that she couldn't teach them a lesson, but this kind of thing is almost impossible for other girls besides her to discover; there's no evidence, and it doesn't have much impact. But more importantly, what happens after she teaches them a lesson?

This kind of unspeakable harassment, hidden in the cracks of daily life, stems from a lack of basic respect for the opposite sex among some people, as well as a certain degree of wishful thinking and boredom.

She can't possibly monitor and correct everyone's thoughts every single moment. Just as she can't eliminate all the cockroaches in the world, she can only ensure the cleanliness of her own surroundings.

Therefore, most of the time, she chose to retaliate slightly or simply ignore it.

As long as you don't really provoke her or cause any real harm, she won't waste her energy.

This is incredibly boring.

As her thoughts wandered, she thought of Li Yuetian and Yun Yi again. Although Li Yuetian was sometimes so domineering that it was intimidating, he was of upright character, had clear eyes, and had never said or done anything that made people uncomfortable.

Yun Yi, needless to say, has a mind as pure as a blank sheet of paper, his joys and sorrows are all written on his face, and those dark tricks have nothing to do with him.

So, it's essentially a human problem. That's her conclusion.