You Are The Apple of My Eyes

Chapter 681 Enjoy The Air Conditioner In Her Room

Leon glanced at his wrist watch, his tired eyes staring at the time which was now eleven in the evening. He had already informed Michelle beforehand that he would be coming home late from a social gathering so she didn't have to wait for him.

When he got out of the car, however, he noticed that the light inside the apartment was still on. He slightly frowned and went up the stairs only to find Michelle on the verge of falling asleep on the sofa. She had her feet up and huddled close to her while hugging a pillow as her head started to bob up and down.

Since the air conditioner in the living room was broken, Michelle had turned on the one in her room and left the door open for the air to flow through the living room. Unfortunately, the small air conditioner in her room didn't have the capacity to make the whole space cool enough.

Leon noticed this and started to loosen his tie. He had been drinking some wine earlier, and the alcohol inside his body made him feel a little warm. The broken air conditioner seemed to have made it worse, so he took off his coat before walking towards the girl on the sofa.

He casually threw the coat on the sofa and bent down to pick up Michelle who was now already sleeping. The moment he stretched out his arm, she woke up.

"Leon, you are back." Michelle rubbed her eyes and raised her head. Leon could see her teeth as she grinned at him like a silly puppy.

Leon flicked her forehead as his lips formed an amused smile. "Didn't I tell you not to wait for me? Why are you sleeping here in the living room?"

When he slightly bent over closer to her, Michelle caught a whiff of alcohol from his mouth. She scrunched her nose and sniffed once again. This time, she smelled cigarettes and some perfume that didn't belong to him.

"Leon, have you been drinking?" Michelle pouted and furrowed her eyebrows at him.

"I had a couple of drinks earlier. It's okay, I'm not drunk." Leon calmly sat next to her, wiping some sweat from the back of his neck in the process. "Why didn't you turn on the air conditioner?"

Michelle blinked a few times and said matter-of-factly, "The air conditioner in the living room is broken. I'll go get you some water. You could first have a seat here or you could wait in your room instead. Your air conditioner there should be working fine." After saying that, she stood up and went to the kitchen.

Leon didn't bother to stop her. Instead, he couldn't help but smile and admire her retreating form.

After drinking some water given to him, he decided to take a shower to wash away the smell of alcohol.

As soon as he was done, he finally stepped out of the bathroom only to be greeted by an empty living room. There wasn't any sign of presence except for the light that flickered under the closed door to Michelle's bedroom.

He slightly furrowed his brows, wondering what was wrong with Michelle tonight. She was more quiet than usual. It was as if she had a lot going on in her mind.

Not realizing that he was already in front of her room, he unconsciously raised his hand in front of the door. As soon as he was about to knock, his hand stopped midair and he withdrew it. Leon stood outside Michelle's room hesitantly, thinking that she might be too embarrassed to tell him face to face if there was something wrong. He narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips as he tried to think of a way to confront her when an idea popped into his mind.

Quickly taking out the phone in his pocket, he figured that the girl might be more inclined to answer him through a text message.

He retreated to his room and thought of what to message her, thinking that it was cooler there compared to the warm temperature in the living room. However, as he tried to turn the air conditioner on, he realized that it wasn't working.

After pushing the buttons several times to no avail, he let out a frustrated sigh.

How would he be able to sleep with a busted air conditioner?

The weather was extremely hot during August in Lexingport City. If there was no air conditioner at night, the heat was like as if you were in a sauna. Forcing himself to sleep in such a state would make him end up dehydrated.

Staring at the sentence that started to form on the screen of his phone as he came up with what to say to Michelle, he decided to swipe it aside. Then, he proceeded to dial a number and make a phone call.

"Hello, Wynn. The air conditioners in the apartment are broken. Can you call someone to have them repaired? I won't be able to sleep here tonight without air conditioning."

"What? They can't all be broken, could they?"

Leon raised his eyebrows at how casual Wynn sounded. For some reason, he had a feeling that his friend knew about this already.

Since it was so hot inside the room, he didn't put too much thought into it. Instead, he wiped off some sweat that was beginning to form on his forehead and opened the door to the balcony. Occasionally, a gust of cool wind blew at his face which helped him cool down a bit.

"Both the living room's and my room's air conditioners are broken. Stop talking nonsense and quickly find someone to repair them."

"How about the air conditioner in Michelle's room? Is it broken as well? It's impossible to find someone to fix them for you at this hour. Why don't you stay in Michelle's room for the night?"

"What?" Leon was caught off guard by the suggestion.

"It isn't a big deal. You have lived a good life ever since you were a child, and you're obviously not used to the sufferings of ordinary people. You should learn how to ask for some help." Wynn continued to lecture Leon over the phone as if he were talking to his son.

"Go and stay at Michelle's room for the night. I promise to ask someone to fix the air conditioners tomorrow morning. It's already too late now and I should be going to bed since I have to leave early for C City. Okay? Good night. Go to bed early!" This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Before Leon could complain, Wynn had already hung up the phone.

Leon stared helplessly at the screen of his phone and scratched the back of his head.

Of course he knew how to ask for help, but that wasn't the issue here.

How could he be alone in a room with a woman overnight just for an air conditioner?

If Michelle was a man, it might have been different. In fact, he might not have felt any ounce of shame at all.

Leon paced back and forth, thinking of what excuse to say to her if he were to leave the apartment and sleep somewhere else for the night.

What he wasn't aware of was that while he was busy worrying about what to do next, Wynn was already trying to reach Michelle.

The girl was already lying in bed when her phone beeped. She checked her notification and found a WeChat message from Wynn.

"I know you're still up. I've reposted an article in my WeChat Moments. Check it out.

I promise that it will be useful to you.

Don't reply to me. I'll be off to bed after I'm done messaging you. Don't bother me since I'm already too tired.

Good night!"

Michelle stared blankly at her phone and blinked a couple of times before doing what Wynn had told her. As she browsed through his WeChat Moments, she noticed that he had two new posts for the day. The first one was an encyclopedia of health care, while the other was about something much more familiar.

She didn't bother reading the health care information at all and clicked on the second post.

"I have a friend whose air conditioner doesn't work. He asked me to find someone to fix it tonight, but it isn't easy because it's already too late. So, I suggested that he should sleep in the other bedroom for the night. I don't know if he'll listen, though."

Michelle knew who this friend was in a heartbeat. She lifted her blanket and ran over to the next door without even bothering to put on her slippers.

After a few knocks, the door opened and a huge shadow towered over her.

Hot air welcomed her from the inside and it blew to her face.

"Leon, why haven't you turned on your air conditioner? Does it not work either? Maybe it's the same as what happened to the one in the living room. There's a shortage of refrigerant," Michelle said. As her face was in the dark, Leon couldn't find out she was lying.

"So the air conditioner in the living room runs out of refrigerant?" Leon was busy trying to come up with an excuse to leave the apartment, so he didn't notice the girl's unusual expression. He glanced over to the air conditioner in his room and smiled sheepishly. "My air conditioner is seriously broken. It might be out for repair for a while."

"Maybe. I'm not sure." The girl's eyelashes fluttered before she raised her head and asked, "Leon, would you like to come to my room and enjoy the air conditioner first? I'll try to make some calls and see if there's someone who can fix it tonight."

Looking at her clear and bright eyes, Leon slightly raised his eyebrows before his lips curled up into a smile. "Can I?"

"Yes, you can!" Michelle also smiled the moment he smiled at her. "Back in the dormitory, some girls hung out in our room when their air conditioner got broken."

"Okay. Then, let's go to your room to enjoy the air conditioner."

"Alright, then!" Michelle happily turned around and walked towards her room.