In the room next door, Miles Sterling replayed the footage of Vanessa Sterling stepping outside by the door several times.

Seeing Vanessa’s natural expression and no sign of sadness, she looked quite calm. She even seemed a bit plumper than before, with a chubbier face.

Is this turning grief into appetite, binge eating at home every day?

But that’s still better than losing one’s appetite, Miles thought, feeling a bit relieved.

Still, staying cooped up at home every day isn’t good; there must be a way to get Vanessa out for a walk.

So, as night fell, the whole neighborhood inexplicably had a power outage without any notice or warning.

Residents went downstairs to complain and discuss what was going on, and Vanessa, unable to bear the darkness in her room, also headed downstairs.

The community management said the circuits were being repaired, so most of the residents headed to the nearby park.

Vanessa followed the crowd, slowly walking towards the park.

Miles followed Vanessa from a distance, watching as she found a park bench to sit on, looking down at her phone and occasionally smiling. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Standing from afar, Miles felt reassured but couldn’t help wondering who she was chatting with that made her smile so happily.

Still, as long as he saw her coming out of her heartbreak, Miles’s worries slowly faded.

...

Evelyn Linton, about to start her live stream, never expected the power to suddenly go out at such a crucial moment.

Today was the anniversary event she had been promoting for several days, and she had been preparing for it since a month ago.

It was almost time for the live stream, yet there seemed to be no sign of the power returning. Evelyn sat in the dark living room, worried, and posted an announcement in her fan group using her phone.

On a regular day, she’d have no problem postponing the live stream by a day, but today was the anniversary event, and missing today felt especially significant.

Belle walked out of her room with her phone flashlight on, looking confident, and said, "Don’t worry, Evelyn. A helpful person will surely appear to solve the problem for you."

Evelyn gave Belle a look and said, "What helpful person? This isn’t something anyone can help with. We should just go downstairs and have the electricians speed up the repairs."

Belle chuckled and said, "Just you wait and see."

Evelyn thought Belle was just teasing and considered using her phone for the livestream, but the lighting conditions wouldn’t allow it.

Ten minutes later, there was a commotion at the door.

Knowing it was most likely Scott Sutton returning, Evelyn only glanced towards the door and continued to lie on the sofa with a worried face.

As the door opened, Scott walked in with four or five men.

Evelyn, already in a bad mood, saw Scott coming back with his bunch of rowdy friends and immediately sat up, ready to scold him. But then she heard Scott pointing to the clothes on the rack inside and asking, "Are these tonight’s products?"

Evelyn was taken aback, and the words caught in her throat.

Belle smiled and nodded, "Yes, yes, just the clothes on these three racks."

Scott nodded in understanding and instructed the men behind him, "Move them, be careful not to get the clothes dirty."

Before Evelyn could react, she saw the clothes on the racks almost emptied in an instant. She frowned and asked Scott, "What are you doing?!"

Scott raised an eyebrow and said, "Isn’t there a power outage? I’m moving you to a different place to stream."