After leaving home, they regretted it.

The sound of the howl was extremely creepy on a rainy night, as if some evil spirit was causing trouble.

But Gu Rumeng was not afraid, because she immediately recognized that it was Baozi's cry.

She had adopted Baozi for so many years and knew his habits well.

Baozi would only make such a cry when he was very anxious.

"What happened?!"

"Qin Yi! Baozi!"

Gu Rumeng followed the sound and ran to the door of Qin Yi's room, but the only response was Baozi's heart-wrenching howl.

At this moment, she didn't care about any privacy issues and hurriedly opened the door.

Then, she saw Qin Yi curled up in the quilt and shivered.

Baozi kept walking around Qin Yi on the bed, but he could do nothing except shout.

"What's going on?"

Gu Rumeng ran to the bedside anxiously, and when she saw Qin Yi's pale face, her heart suddenly clenched: "Xiaoyi, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Qin Yi did not answer. He seemed to be entangled by something invisible, his eyes were dull, and his whole body was shaking like an electric shock.

"Speak, Xiaoyi, don't scare your sister!"

Gu Rumeng was panicked and anxious, and tears were about to come out.

He was fine before taking a bath, why did he suddenly look like this?

"No... We have to go to the hospital!"

Gu Rumeng held Qin Yi's arm and pretended to carry him off the bed, but she heard Qin Yi muttering something.

The voice was very soft, and Gu Rumeng almost thought it was an illusion, until she got closer and finally heard it clearly.

"Don't hit me... Dad... I know I was wrong..."

"It's so hot... It hurts... It really hurts..."

"I won't dare to do it again... Mom, please... Don't pinch my neck..."

Hearing this humble whisper, Gu Rumeng's heart was broken.

She immediately realized why Qin Yi suddenly became like this.

The cruel couple who adopted Qin Yi for more than ten years abused Qin Yi almost every day.

Although Qin Yi didn't tell her about this part in detail when he confided in her.

But seeing Qin Yi's appearance at this moment, coupled with the shocking scars on his skin, was enough for Gu Rumeng to imagine what a cruel scene it was.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

Gu Rumeng pulled Qin Yi into her arms. She could feel that Qin Yi's skin was as cold as ice, which made her feel even more uncomfortable. She wished she could travel back in time and bear the pain for Qin Yi.

"Little Yi, you are at my sister's house now."

"There are no bad people here."

"My sister is here."

She stroked Qin Yi's back and comforted him.

Baozi squatted beside the pillow, as if imitating her actions, and put his head against Qin Yi's forehead, making soft calls.

Gradually, Gu Rumeng felt that Qin Yi was not shaking so badly, and his body temperature was returning to normal.

But at this moment, a flash of lightning flashed outside the house, followed by thunder.

Qin Yi, who had just calmed down, trembled violently again, and his skin began to become cold again.

Gu Rumeng immediately realized that it was the thunder that caused Qin Yi's reaction, so she quickly covered Qin Yi's ears.

At the same time, she also guessed in her heart that Qin Yi must have encountered very painful things with the cruel adoptive parents on a rainy night with thunder and lightning in the past, which caused psychological trauma. As long as he heard thunder, he would have this reaction now.

"We can't go on like this."

Gu Rumeng glanced out the window. It was raining heavily. It was estimated that it would not stop all night. There might be thunder later.

Just covering her ears would definitely not stop Qin Yi from hearing the thunder.

She really couldn't bear to see Qin Yi in this state all night. She had to find a way to solve it.

"By the way..."

Gu Rumeng suddenly remembered that she had suffered from insomnia for a period of time a few years ago because of Aunt Gu's death.

She could not fall asleep easily if she heard any noise at night. Xue Mingyue, who knew about this, gave her a pair of noise-canceling headphones.

But since she recovered from insomnia, she hadn't used them for a long time. She had to find where she put them. She also hoped that the headphones were not broken.

"Baozi, help me take care of Xiaoyi."

Gu Rumeng said, and then quickly got up and went back to her room.

After a while of rummaging through the boxes, she finally found the headphones.

After testing a few times, the headphones were not broken, and Gu Rumeng felt relieved.

"Come on, Xiaoyi, raise your head."

Gu Rumeng said gently.

She lifted Qin Yi's head and put the headphones on him after a lot of effort.

As soon as the noise reduction mode was turned on, a flash of lightning flashed outside the window, and Gu Rumeng's heart instantly hung in her throat.

Then, a deafening thunder sounded.

But Qin Yi in her arms did not tremble as violently as before.

It was obvious that the noise reduction headphones had worked.

Gu Rumeng breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing that Qin Yi's condition was improving at a speed visible to the naked eye, her worried eyes gradually became gentle.

"Good boy... It's okay now, have a good sleep..."

She patted Qin Yi's back gently.

Gradually, Qin Yi in her arms stopped trembling, and his eyes closed at some point.

It seemed that he fell asleep after he could no longer hear the thunder because he was too tired mentally.

Seeing this, Gu Rumeng carefully pulled out the arm that was under Qin Yi's head, and prepared to cover Qin Yi with a quilt before returning to her room.

But just when she was about to get up, she found that Qin Yi's hand was tightly grasping the corner of her clothes, as if this was Qin Yi's only source of security.

"Don't go... Sister Rumeng..."

Hearing this mosquito-like whisper in the dream, Gu Rumeng smiled dotingly, and then hugged Qin Yi again.

"Okay, sister won't leave."

"Be good."