Chapter 022 : Duanmuh Shannchyuan

Shannchyuan looked at the girl in amazement. This girl seemed reluctant to be with her family. Shannchyuan knew he had to be extra careful. "Regarding what happened last night. Do you think we shouldn't go to the police?"

The man's question made the girl put on a doubtful face. In a low voice, the girl said, "What about the building custodian from earlier? If we report this matter, I am afraid he will be in trouble."

Shannchyuan smiled. He tried to calm her down. "If Hannrong's superior had asked, we could have said that Hannrong, the custodian of the building, had indeed asked permission to go home before the incident. Let me take over the responsibility later."

The girl still looked unsure of Shannchyuan's words. "As good citizens, of course, we should report to the authorities if we see a crime." The girl stopped talking. Her brow furrowed. There was a look of conflict on her face.

"But…..?" This time Shannchyuan tried to continue the girl's words.

The girl looked straight ahead. "I don't know how to explain it." She stopped talking again. After about five seconds, she continued her speech. "I've had a terrible experience when I reporting a crime. There were some consequences that I had to face."

The girl stopped talking again. Then looked at Shannchyuan and continued. "And it wasn't just once. It's happened three times in my life. Even the last one was really annoying because it dragged me into trouble."

Hearing that, Shannchyuan was stunned.

<<It turned out that this girl had experienced bad things regarding legal action. I better not push it any further.>>

"Okay, if that is the case. How about for a while you just rest at my house? Of course, if you don't mind."

The girl gasped. Shannchyuan guessed that such a thing was what the girl had been waiting for.

"Will my presence at your house not disturb you and your friends?"

"Of course not. In fact, we would be delighted," said Shannchyuan.

Shannchyuan felt that this time he was thinking and behaving strangely. An incident like this was not an ordinary thing that he should just ignore. As a grown man, of course, he was always aware that he had an obligation to report crimes that occurred around him. Shannchyuan also knew that he was already involved in this incident. Being silent meant that he had allowed a crime to occur.

He knew that his decision not to report it was unfair to the person who was the victim of the crime. For example, the woman who seemed to be the victim of a kidnapping, as this girl told. Silently means that Shannchyuan also had a hand in this crime, so it's not just letting it go, but Shannchyuan may have become part of the crime itself.

Shannchyuan could understand that many people didn't want to get too involved. As this girl said, being a witness to a crime has consequences. Not to mention the complicated and tedious procedure. Many people do not want their lives to be disrupted because they have to be witnesses. Even further, in this case, if there really had been a kidnapping as they suspected, then this girl's safety was in danger.

Thinking that far, Shannchyuan felt that this girl's meeting with him was not a coincidence. It might be an introduction arranged by the universe for Shannchyuan to enter this girl's life, or maybe vice versa, for this girl to enter Shannchyuan's life. After all, since this girl refused to involve the authorities, as well as declined to meet her family, then Shannchyuan, at least for the time being, was the one who had to take responsibility for this girl's safety. Half of him felt that the best way was to contact the police and this girl's family, but the other half of him wanted to be the one to take care of this girl. This is really confusing. This time Shannchyuan felt he could not understand himself.

Then they went back to Shannchyuan's house by subway through this station. From the station near the house, Shannchyuan could also take the train to this station, but the process was much more exhausting. There were two reasons. The first reason was that Shannchyuan had to change lanes three times. The second was, the route was longer because the train had to make a detour. So yesterday afternoon, Shannchyuan chose to take another train line and get off at the station two kilometers away from the Dafeisy building to save time. Shannchyuan's experience of visiting Dafeisy Tower many times has made him realize that the travel time for trains on the line is much longer than the travel time for trains on the line that stops at the station, which is two kilometers from the building. This may be because the duration of the stop at each station that the train passes is slightly longer.

On the way, they didn't talk much. The girl's face was bright. Shannchyuan felt that this girl was not in any fear. She seemed to enjoy every second that happened on the trip. The train was not too full because it was past rush hour, when workers go to work and when students go to school. Just before noon, the train would be full again.

Shannchyuan knew for a fact that later when they had to change trains, the number of passengers began to grow rapidly. When entering midday, the train would be crowded with passengers. Although the number of passengers would not be as much as the number of passengers in the morning or evening when the mobility of the population in this city was very high.