The Landlady and The Amnesiac

of her dress into her own.
It was quite late and it was very cold outside.
A male colleague offered to send her home but she refused.

Unsurprisingly, she didn’t win the grand prize, only receiving a 300 yuan voucher.

When her taxi finally arrived in the slums, it was already ten o’clock in the evening.

Luo Bei was exhausted, she had a newfound respect for MCs.
She was startled when she reached the third floor.

The corridor wasn’t brightly lit.
A little boy was sitting down against the door.

It’s like a scene straight out of a horror movie…

When Luo Bei made a sound, the boy looked up at her, expressionless.

Luo Bei squatted down in front of him and said warmly, “Little Jingzhou, why are you alone? It’s winter now, careful not to catch a cold.”

The little boy didn’t have Chen Lan’s surname.
His name was Fang Jingzhou, he was going to turn five in spring.

He hesitated and said, “I came out to throw the trash.
The door closed on me.”

“Then why don’t you knock on the door?”

“She’s not home.”

Luo Bei understood.
She reached out and touched his little hand.
It was cold as ice.
She wanted to pull him inside but he subconsciously evaded her.

“I’ll call your mother.
It’s cold here.
Would you like to come to my house and sit for a while? You’ll have to get an injection if you fall sick.”

Fang Jingzhou hesitated for a moment.
Instead of holding Luo Bei’s hand, he stood up on his own.

Luo Bei led him inside.
Grandma Luo was asleep at this hour.
Luo Bei called Chen Lan while she looked for a blanket for him to cover himself with.

It took quite some time for the other party to answer the phone.
Luo Bei didn’t know where she was but it was very noisy, she couldn’t understand what Chen Lan was saying.

“Chen Lan, your son accidentally locked himself out when he was throwing out the trash.
He’s at my house now, can you please come back?!” Luo Bei walked to the entrance, almost shouting because she wasn’t sure Chen Lan could hear her.

Luo Bei heard Chen Lan curse on the other end, saying Fang Jingzhou wasn’t easy to take care of and that he caused her a lot of trouble.

“It’s not safe for a child to be home alone at night.
You should come back.”

When Luo Bei finished talking, she heard a male voice over the phone, “Come to my place tonight, my wife is away on a business trip…”

Replying to him was Chen Lan’s voice, “Okay!”

Luo Bei was speechless.

After a while, Chen Lan spoke again.
This time, it was towards her, “Luo Bei, don’t you have a spare key? Just open the door for him.”

“If you don’t come back tonight, then Jingzhou would be home alone…” It’s not safe.

It wasn’t that the security here was poor, but surely normal people wouldn’t leave a toddler home alone?

Chen Lan said impatiently, “If you don’t mind, just have him stay with you for the night.
Don’t call me anymore.
I have other things to do.”

She hung up the phone.
Hearing the busy tone from the other end, Luo Bei was once again left with no words.