49. What? You want me to take in my rival in love? That’s impossible.
So annoying, really so annoying!
Haven’t I already treated my stinky rival to late-night snacks? Why is he still following me like a sticky candy, shamelessly?
Especially since Lin Yibai is being held back because of her identity as a girl.
She can’t go back to the inn she booked with a male ID; otherwise, she would have gone back to enjoy the air conditioning already, which is a hundred times better than wandering aimlessly here.
As they walked along, Lin Yibai finally couldn’t help but ask, “Hey, what do you want?”
“As you can see,” he replied.
“See what?”
“I have nowhere to go.”
“You go back to your Internet celebrity hotel, and I’ll go back to my small inn.” It’s such a simple thing, Lin Yibai indicated that it could have been done, and said, “You can’t expect me to take you to my inn and let you sleep, right?”
Even though she can’t get into her inn now either.
Xia Changyu also had his own difficulties.
On one hand, he really wanted to stay with the girl in front of him a little longer because he found their interactions quite comfortable.
On the other hand!
All his identification documents, etc., are still at the hotel.
Because of what happened in the alley, Xia Changyu was particularly disinclined towards Gu Xiaoxue and her friends right now.
After some thought, he said, “If you can take me in for a bit, I will surely repay you in the future.”
Lin Yibai waved her hand and said, “No.”
I can’t even get into my small inn now, and I don’t know where I’m going to stay, so what should I take you in for!
The two walked in front of and behind each other.
Lin Yibai was already thinking about sleeping in a bridge tunnel for the night.
Or going to an internet café and paying for a night stay.
Of course, the premise is to get rid of the stinky rival first.
So much has happened today. By the time Xia Changyu and the others finished eating the hot pot with fresh fish slices, it was already seven or eight o’clock. Plus the things that happened in the alley.
And then going to the PCS to file a report.
Now it’s already after one in the morning. Seeing that the girl in front of him was a bit downcast, Xia Changyu suggested, “You didn’t come to Binhai just because of me, did you?”
“?” Lin Yibai shot him a glare and retorted, “If it weren’t for the fact that I was afraid of your girlfriend’s friends and their boyfriends killing you, do you think I’d come?”
Who says I didn’t come because of you?
On the contrary, it was precisely because of you that I came.
The fatigue of the journey, the drain of energy, and the financial spending, etc.
All made Xia Changyu feel a sense of guilt, and an even greater desire to make amends; just from the current interactions, he really could only see countless good qualities in Lin Yibai.
Xia Changyu said, “Um!!”
Lin Yibai glanced at him and asked, “What’s up?”
After hesitating for a moment, Xia Changyu suggested, “Then why don’t we consider this as a trip? I can take photos of you.”
“At this time of night, what photos?”
“Midnight!” Xia Changyu finally laughed and firmly stated, “It’s actually the best time, trust me.”
“Your self-awareness is truly excessive!”
“Are we taking photos?”
“Not taking photos!”
Lin Yibai refused to cooperate; what kind of thing is it to take photos with the stinky rival?
He’s just like most boys.
Not fond of taking photos at all.
“I beg you.”
Lin Yibai: “What did you say?”
“I beg you.”
Lin Yibai: “Say it again, I didn’t hear.”
“I beg you, give me a chance.”
Hahaha… Lin Yibai almost laughed out loud. Did you hear that? It was Xia Changyu’s pleading voice. Can this be classified as a significant victory in the competition with a rival in love?
I win!!
If you want Lin Yibai to take photos, she will refuse.
But if you beg her…
After all, amidst Xia Changyu’s repeated “I beg you,” Lin Yibai, as a girl, got lost in it.
“Fine, okay!”
Just this once, let’s compromise and take a picture!
At this moment, the two were on the Binhjiang Bridge at the estuary, the massive bridge filled with steel frames, complemented by tall orange streetlights, marking their presence in the deep of night.
It truly is an excellent time to take photos!
Lin Yibai stood under the steel beams of the bridge, her hands at her sides, her posture strikingly simple and unadorned like the boys.
Xia Changyu half-squatted on the ground, adjusting the focus of his phone and said, “You… smile, okay?”
Lin Yibai replied expressionlessly, “Am I not smiling?”
Xia Changyu: “……”
She might not have any malicious intent.
But she really wasn’t smiling. Was it because there was no one to make her happy?
Can I not?
With a slight sigh, Xia Changyu took a step back and said, “How about you strike a pose for a photo?”
Lin Yibai: “Y(＾－＾)”
The girl stretched out two delicate fingers like green onions and made a ‘Y’ gesture beside her.
Xia Changyu:……
Alright, as long as he can take her photo, that’s already good enough.
Why ask for more? And through their little exchanges, he got to know Lin Yibai’s nature bit by bit.
It’s said that some playful girls can come up with 108 different poses for taking pictures.
And this girl in front of him?
She racked her brain and came up with a ‘Y,’ which already seemed to be her full effort.
Lin Yibai took his phone to look at the result.
The picture captured a girl who was gentle yet serene. With her short hair framing her face, she struck a ‘Y’ pose and looked a bit tender and shy.
Lin Yibai nodded and commented, “The photo is alright.”
Xia Changyu: “Then.”
Lin Yibai: “Then?”
After a pause, Xia Changyu quietly said, “Let’s quickly add each other as friends on WeChat! That way, I can send you the photo.”
Wow, so this was your sinister intention?
You actually thought to use a photo to exchange for a friend position on my WeChat?
Should I really give him the friend position?
Well, it’s really not a big deal.
Add first, then delete.
‘Ding dong~’
‘Ding dong, ding dong~’
Xia Changyu sent the taken photo. Just when Lin Yibai was about to implement her deletion plan.
Xia Changyu seemed to see through her little scheme.
He said, a little shyly, “Can you not delete it?”
Lin Yibai: “?”
Lin Yibai widened her beautiful eyes as if she had misheard, asking, “What did you just say?”
Xia Changyu said, “I beg you, don’t delete it!”
But, how annoying!
Why is this stinky rival so spineless? Can’t he stop making it seem like I’m heartless?
Lin Yibai had originally intended to delete him from her friends list.
After thinking for a moment.
Why not,
Delete it when I get back?
