After Aunt Liu left those words, she yawned and left. The other servants also retreated to their respective rooms to rest after finishing their work for the day.

The room instantly became empty, and Xia Yan felt more and more bored, but at this moment, she could only speed up the movements of her hands in order to rest early.

I don't know how long it took, but when Xia Yan finally finished all the work and was about to get up, the huge villa suddenly went dark without warning.

"Ah!!!" Facing the fear from the darkness, Xia Yan screamed involuntarily.

At this time, she happened to be staying in the utility room, which was the most remote place in the villa, and there were few people coming and going on weekdays. The eerie silence and the sudden darkness inevitably made her feel scared.

Xia Yan took a step, but suddenly felt that it was difficult to move an inch. Perhaps because of fear, she couldn't help shaking her feet.

Black, too dark.

This kind of darkness made those terrifying pictures resurface in her mind involuntarily.

She deeply remembers that in her childhood, because of her parents’ negligence, she was locked in a small room alone. At that time, she was alone in the room and watched the dusk outside the window turn into darkness, only feeling that she was also trapped in into a terrifying black hole.

Although her parents finally remembered her and took her out that night, the shadows of her childhood can easily accompany her for life. At this moment, Xia Yan's body couldn't help trembling, and her eyes gradually became moist.

Facing the darkness of the room, she felt that there was nothing she could do.

……

Yan Yichen was dealing with business in the study, when the lights in the room suddenly went dark, and after a while, the butler came with an emergency light, "Master, I just confirmed that our area is repairing the circuit, please wait for 15 minutes."

"Hmm." The man helplessly put the document in his hand back on the table, squeezed the space between his brows, got up, and walked out. With the light of the butler's flashlight, he didn't see the girl downstairs. .

Yan Yichen turned his head and asked the housekeeper, "What about her?"

The housekeeper was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly realized who the "she" Yan Yichen was referring to was, so he hurriedly replied: "Young Mistress just went to clean the grocery room, and she hasn't come back yet."

Hearing this, Yan Yichen frowned slightly. After hesitating for a while, he took the flashlight in the hand of the butler and walked towards the grocery store alone.

The grocery room is located in a relatively remote place on the left side of the villa. When Yan Yichen walked to the door, he heard a faint sob of a girl.

Yan Yichen's footsteps paused, and after listening for a while, after confirming that he heard correctly, he quickened his pace and walked into the grocery store.

He turned the flashlight around the room, hoping to find the source of the sound.

After looking around, Yan Yichen's eyes suddenly fell on the girl who was hiding in the corner.

He walked over slowly, and saw the girl squatting on the ground, curled up and sobbing continuously.

"Get up." Yan Yichen said coldly.

After the words fell, the girl's body remained motionless.

Impatientness flashed across Yan Yichen's eyes, he squatted down in front of her, and forcefully lifted the girl's head buried deep in her knees.

But as soon as the girl raised her head, Yan Yichen suddenly caught a glimpse of her tear-stained face and red and swollen eyes, and involuntarily let go of her hand holding her head.

The girl's head drooped again, and she raised her hand to cover her eyes. She didn't know whether she wanted to hide her embarrassment, or simply wanted to avoid the glare from the man's flashlight.

After a moment of silence, the man spoke again, "Why are you crying?"

After the voice fell, the girl opened her mouth. After trying several times, all the words seemed to be stuck in her throat, and she couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing Xia Yan's reaction, Yan Yichen's face was full of puzzlement and inquiry, his brows furrowed deeper, his tone remained indifferent, "Xia Yan, what the hell are you trying to do?"

Isn't it just asking her to do more work, isn't it just a sudden power outage, why is she so pitiful?

Hearing the man's words, Xia Yan felt an inexplicable pain in her heart, then she shook her head, clenched her fists, forced herself to muster up the courage to stand up, and walked out step by step without even looking at the man.

"Answer." Yan Yichen spoke again impatiently.

Xia Yan's footsteps paused slightly, and after hesitating for a while, she finally said: "Yes... I'm sorry... I didn't mean it."

It's good that she didn't speak, as soon as she spoke, Yan Yichen immediately recognized the hoarseness in her voice.

How long has she been crying, and how hard has she been crying, that she suddenly tossed her throat like this?
Yan Yichen quickly walked behind her, grabbed her hand, and turned her around, forcing the girl to face him.

At the same time, the circuit in the villa suddenly returned to normal, the light in the grocery room suddenly turned on, and the girl's small face was immediately exposed in front of him.

Just now, when he shone with the flashlight, he only glanced vaguely.

At this time, the surrounding lights were brightly lit, and Yan Yichen could see every corner of the girl's face clearly. At this time, there were many tears on her face, and her eyes, which were originally clear, were filled with disappointment and sadness. The color, the red eye sockets made his heart tighten inexplicably.

Facing his scrutinizing gaze, the girl didn't evade at all, and just quietly let him explore, her eyes were extraordinarily empty, as if she couldn't care about anything at this time.

Yan Yichen took a deep breath, restrained the irritability in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Are you... afraid of the dark?"

Hearing the word "black", Xia Yan's body trembled involuntarily.

The girl pursed her lips and did not answer, but her reactions just now fell into Yan Yichen's eyes one by one.

He quickly understood, and when he was about to say something, he noticed that the girl's expression was very strange.

Xia Yan's cheeks were flushed, but her usually delicate lips were slightly pale at this time.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Yan Yichen moved closer to her.

And the next second, before Xia Yan could nod her head, her feet suddenly softened, and she fell into the man's arms.

Suddenly there was a softness with a sweet fragrance in his arms, Yan Yichen was taken aback, looked down at Xia Yan, whose eyes were tightly closed in her arms, and her expression became more and more ugly, and then she quickly realized that she was just passing by outside. The servant ordered: "Go and call the doctor!"

After finishing speaking, he bent down and hugged the girl horizontally, and walked out quickly.

The doctor arrived soon, and Yan Yichen waited beside the girl, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis.

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