Senior, don't be afraid, I'll protect you.

Luo Ye prefers taking the high-speed rail and regular trains to airplanes.

The plane was too cramped; being crammed into a small seat for hours on end was incredibly oppressive.

Of course, first class is an exception, but the price is several times higher. Although it's not that Luo Ye doesn't have the means, he doesn't want to spend so much money on transportation.

The high-speed train sped along the tracks, the surrounding scenery rushing past as it passed through lakes, viaducts, caves, and mountains.

The journey wasn't long, but Luo Ye hadn't eaten dinner in the carriage, and by the time he got off, he was almost starving.

Although he didn't know what other novelists were like, he usually liked to travel to more places and see more scenery so that he could write more exciting stories.

Even if he could only stroll around Hangzhou during this trip, he would be completely satisfied.

However, Hangzhou has a very famous nickname.

This city is known as a culinary desert.

Luo Ye arrived at a restaurant, intending to have a meal of its signature dish.

West Lake Fish With Vinegar Sauce.

Seeing that Luo Ye had ordered this dish, the waiter gave him a strange look and whispered, "Handsome, is this your first time in Hangzhou?"

"Yes, I just arrived." Luo Ye glanced at the waiter and asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing much, just one serving of West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce."

The waiter gave Luo Ye a sympathetic look before leaving.

When he came again, he was carrying a plate of fish.

Luo Ye looked at the fish on the table and thought it looked pretty good, so he took a small bite.

At that moment, Luo Ye frowned.

Although he can't cook, this fish is just awful.

It's not only unpalatable, but also expensive; one piece costs two hundred yuan.

Looking at the fish's lifeless expression on the plate, Luo Ye sighed, took out his chopsticks and poked its eyes, saying regretfully, "Brother Fish, I bet you never imagined that you would be made into such an unpalatable thing after you died."

Determined not to waste food, Luo Ye finished it with a grimace, then went to the front desk to pay the bill.

Seeing that Luo Ye was quite handsome and had an innocent look on his face, the receptionist reminded him, "Young man, if you're new to Hangzhou, you can check out the street stalls, like Lanzhou Ramen or Heli Lao. If all else fails, you can eat at Shaxian Restaurant."

Upon hearing this, Luo Ye nodded heavily.

This proposal is very important.

After leaving this place, Luo Ye planned to just find any hotel to get by.

After booking the room, Luo Ye lay on the bed, looked at his phone, and opened the chat interface with his senior, Fairy, intending to ask her what she was doing.

At this moment, Su Baizhou had just finished taking a shower in the teachers' apartment.

She has already booked her train ticket home and will be taking the train early tomorrow morning, so she won't be staying up late tonight.

But if her mother weren't home, she wouldn't want to go home at all.

Her parents had a bad relationship. Her mother was in poor health and needed care, but her father never took care of her mother.

The mother who gave birth to such a stunning beauty as Su Baizhou must have been a first-rate beauty herself.

Therefore, his father often suspected his wife and even beat and scolded her for it.

When Su Baizhou was young, her mother resigned from her job, simply because there was a suitor at the company.

Once suspicion arises, it cannot be stopped. In order to prove her innocence, Su Baizhou's mother chose to resign.

But this behavior did not satisfy his father; instead, he felt that he was acting out of guilt.

Later, my mother's health deteriorated, and her appearance changed. My father also became increasingly indifferent to her.

Later, when Su Baizhou graduated from high school and was slandered by her suitors, her father did not say a word in her defense. Instead, he made a statement that Su Baizhou found unbelievable.

"You're just like your mother, you like to flirt with men."

Su Baizhou bit her lip, feeling irritated at the thought of going back again.

She lay in bed, glancing at her phone, seemingly anticipating something.

At that moment, a message notification sounded.

"What am I doing?"

Su Baizhou looked at the ceiling, then took a picture of something that was completely blank and sent it over.

Upon seeing this, Luo Ye was taken aback.

The photo shows a ceiling and a light that looks like the sun.

Luo Ye could imagine that at this moment, the fairy senior was lying on the bed, holding her phone with both hands, looking at the phone screen, and then taking this picture.

Although this photo is a bit absurd, chatting with someone you like is absurd in itself.

If you need to find topics to barely keep the conversation going, it only means that the other person doesn't have feelings for you.

Two people who truly like each other are both thinking about how to talk to each other, so they can chat about even a meaningless photo.

Luo Ye: Senior, I guess you're tired of holding your phone. You're lying on your side on the bed with your left leg crossed over your right.

Just as the message was sent, Su Baizhou rolled over in bed, crossing her left leg over her right.

After completing these actions, a message notification sounded, and Su Baizhou saw the message sent by Luo Ye.

She was slightly taken aback, realizing that her actions were exactly the same as what Luo Ye had said.

Then she turned over to face the other side and put her right leg over her left leg.

Fairy Senior: You guessed wrong.

After sending the message, she also took a picture of her legs and sent it to Luo Ye to prove that Luo Ye was indeed wrong.

As soon as the picture was sent, Luo Ye saw a pair of long, slender, white legs appear on his phone.

Su Baizhou's skin was incredibly smooth, and because she had just taken a shower, her white legs had become an irresistible treasure that no man could look away from.

In addition, Su Baizhou was wearing shorts today. When she is at home, she doesn't care about what she wears, so she almost exposed her entire long legs.

However, the photo was withdrawn the next moment.

Su Baizhou lay on the bed, her usually aloof face flushed with embarrassment.

Why did she inexplicably take a picture of her legs for Luo Ye?

She was only thinking about proving the other person was wrong; she didn't think about anything else.

It was only for a second, he probably didn't see it, right?

Su Baizhou thought to herself, praying that the other person hadn't seen the photo.

But the thought of what if he really hadn't seen it... for some reason, a slight feeling of regret arose in my heart.

She maintained her perfect figure for a full twenty-one years, and only she herself had ever seen it.

Even when going out, Su Baizhou always wears long pants or long skirts, the shortest being just above the knee, and at most only showing her calves.

She knows she's beautiful, but she doesn't like being stared at, so she won't wear clothes that show off her figure.

Seeing that Luo Ye did not reply, Su Baizhou became a little anxious and sent another message.

Fairy Senior: What are you doing?

Another message arrived, and Luo Ye finally realized what was happening. He quickly replied: I didn't see anything.

Excessive negativity is a form of affirmation.

Su Baizhou was certain that he must have seen it.

Thinking of this, Su Baizhou kept tossing and turning on the bed, sometimes with her head to the left, sometimes to the right, as if she couldn't stay still.

The two chatted non-stop, one topic after another, seemingly endless.

Unbeknownst to her, Su Baizhou felt quite at ease, and her previous unpleasantness had vanished.

She didn't want to go home because many people there would criticize her.

Every time Su Baizhou recalls the scene when she was condemned by everyone right after graduating from high school, a heavy feeling sinks into her heart.