Considering that it might get dark before she returned, the girl thought for a moment and ultimately chose to take a shortcut. However, this shortcut was an old street alley, and since it had rained heavily today, she stood at the alley’s entrance, looking at the water pooling inside, feeling a moment of suffocation—was the sky trying to take her life!
But looking up at the sky, it was almost completely dark, so she hesitated slightly, then took off her shoes, rolled up her pants, and lifted her shoes as she stepped into the water.
Halfway through, the girl suddenly felt playful and couldn’t resist splashing in the water. The rainwater was murky, and she couldn’t see her feet clearly. With one kick, she went from joy to sorrow.
Her toes throbbed sharply with pain. The girl hugged her foot, leaning against the wall to look at it. As expected, it was bleeding, and it was quite a significant wound.
Frowning, she took a piece of paper from her pocket to stop the bleeding, but ultimately had no choice but to put her shoes back on.
With both feet in the water, Moore Audrey’s expression suddenly changed; the feeling of her shoes soaking was terrible.
But since her injury was due to her own carelessness, she had to bear the consequences and continued to walk forward, supporting herself against the wall.
After a struggle, she finally waded through the water and reached the entrance of her community.
Looking at the road ahead, Moore Audrey felt a bit overwhelmed. She stood at the community gate for a moment, and finally, when she turned to see the security booth, her eyes lit up—she could borrow a phone from the security guard to call her brother!
Thinking of this, her eyes sparkled with excitement.
So, she tiptoed towards the security booth when suddenly a voice came from behind her.
“Moore Audrey…”
Moore Audrey paused, turned her head at the sound, and saw the person who spoke, hope surging in her eyes.
“Thompson Miguel!”
Seeing her face filled with joy, Thompson Miguel was momentarily taken aback but quickly reacted and walked towards her. Noticing she was standing on one foot, he looked slightly puzzled:
“What happened?”
Moore Audrey felt a bit embarrassed but honestly told him it was an injury from her carelessness.
She then explained that she wanted to borrow his phone to call her brother Moore Nash to come pick her up.
Thompson Miguel nodded in understanding and said he could take her home.
Moore Audrey was first surprised, then seeing the rare seriousness on his usually expressionless face, she had no choice but to accept it with a sense of relief.
After agreeing, Moore Audrey was about to turn around and lean on Thompson Miguel’s arm for support to head home, but she didn’t expect the boy to lower his head and frown at her foot.
Seeing him look so serious, the girl couldn’t help but ask:
“What are you looking at?”
Thompson Miguel suddenly squatted down, shining a flashlight on her foot, observing the bloodstains seeping through the mesh of her sneakers. He looked up at her, his eyes filled with an inexplicable emotion:
“I admire you a bit…”
Moore Audrey looked at him in confusion: “???”
Thompson Miguel stood up, looked down at her, then suddenly turned his back to her and squatted down, patting his back:
“Get on!”
Moore Audrey was a bit stunned, feeling somewhat at a loss, but still felt a bit embarrassed and declined:
“Maybe not; I can still walk…”
But Thompson Miguel seemed particularly determined, his voice carrying a hint of seriousness:
“Get on!”
Moore Audrey hesitantly touched her nose, then awkwardly climbed onto his back.
