Say No More, I Get It

Bai Luoming's shout was so powerful that it stopped Xing from turning the doorknob.

After a brief silence, Xing's voice reached their ears through the door.

"It's good that you're awake. I'll go call March 7th now."

The moment the words left his mouth, the atmosphere in the room, which had just begun to relax, tensed up again.

March 7th seemed to have been struck by an invisible lightning bolt, freezing her in place. She grabbed Bai Luoming's hand, her eyes filled with pleading. Seeing that Bai Luoming didn't seem to understand her meaning, she leaned close to his ear and whispered:

"Help! If she finds out, I'll have no choice but to jump into the Starskiff Haven!"

Bai Luoming felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing March 7th's words. Without thinking, he shouted to Xing outside the door, "Don't go yet! Wait for me, I'll be right out!"

Before he finished speaking, he jumped out of bed and quickly put on his clothes.

Xing, standing outside the door, was full of questions. She stopped in her tracks, heading towards March 7th's room, and muttered to herself, "What's going on? So mysterious so early in the morning..."

However, she still returned to Bai Luoming's Bai Luoming and patiently waited for him to come out.

Before Xing could wait long, Bai Luoming suddenly pulled the door open a crack from the inside.

Then she saw Bai Luoming squeeze out through the crack in the door, like an eel.

Xing was curious about Bai Luoming's actions, so she craned her neck and peered through the crack in the door that Bai Luoming had opened.

Before Xing could even see what was inside the room, Bai Luoming pushed the door shut with a bang, completely cutting off any possibility of Xing peeking inside.

The moment the door closed, a gust of wind blew, smearing Xing's face and causing her to instinctively take a half-step back.

She rubbed her nose and complained, "Why did you lock it up so quickly? Are you hiding a mistress? I'm quite curious about what your room looks like."

Although Xing's comment was unintentional, it came incredibly close to the truth.

Bai Luoming couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had closed the door quickly, otherwise Gao Dixing would have noticed something was wrong.

He forced himself to remain calm, coughed lightly, and said in a knowing tone, "Oh, what's so interesting about my room? Besides, we're all staying in hotels, aren't they all the same layout?"

Xing stroked her chin, tilted her head, and thought for a moment.

That seems to make sense.

After all, she was only a child and had little social experience, so she naturally couldn't find any flaws in Bai Luoming's words. She quickly put the matter aside and the topic returned to itself.

"Then why did you make me wait for you? I still need to wake up March 7th. I have to say, you two really deserve to be called the 'two most sleepyheads' on our train. You can sleep better than the other, and someone has to wake you up every day."

Bai Luoming awkwardly touched his nose, feeling that his ability to react was about to exceed its limit. He stopped trying to persuade this stubborn girl with words and simply took action.

He reached out, put his arm around Xing's shoulder, and half-pushed, half-carried her toward the elevator.

"Let's go find Old Yang first. As for March 7th... let's not rush to call him."

This abrupt transfer immediately alerted Xing.

She planted her feet firmly, rooted to the spot, and looked at Bai Luoming suspiciously. She then slipped out from under his arm and retorted, "Why don't you go find Uncle Yang yourself? Why are you dragging me along? I need to wake March 7th up; I don't want to delay important matters."

Her persistence put Bai Luoming in an awkward situation where he couldn't explain himself.

He gritted his teeth and could only continue pushing Xing forward, his brain working at an unprecedented speed, trying to concoct a flawless reason.

Just as he was about to make something up, Xing suddenly stopped, blinked, and stared at Bai Luoming with a wise glint in her eyes.

Bai Luoming felt uneasy under her gaze and was somewhat puzzled.

Oh no, we've been seen through?

Xing's gaze swept back and forth across his face for a moment, her expression growing increasingly suspicious.

Just as Bai Luoming was preparing to confess and seek leniency, Xing broke free from Bai Luoming's grasp and turned to face Bai Luoming.

Xing opened her eyes wide, pointed her right index finger upwards, revealing two front teeth, and said.

"Stop talking, I understand."

Bai Luoming was taken aback. "What do you know?"

Xing didn't answer. Instead, she took out a room key from her pocket and stuffed it into Bai Luoming's hand without saying a word.

She lowered her voice and said in a serious tone, "Oh dear, how did this room key 'accidentally' end up in your hands? I didn't know anything about it. Now that the room key is in your hands, then... the glorious and arduous task of waking up March 7th is entrusted to you."

After saying that, she winked at Bai Luoming.

Bai Luoming looked down at the spare room key for March 7th's room in his hand, completely bewildered.

Xing, however, seemed to have accomplished something extraordinary, and turned around to stride confidently toward the elevator.

Just before entering, she turned back, raised an eyebrow at Bai Luoming, and mouthed "Go for it!" before closing the elevator doors and disappearing without a trace.

Bai Luoming was the only one left in the corridor, clutching the burning hot room key, looking bewildered in the chilly morning air of the guesthouse.

The process was extremely absurd, but the result... the result was actually good.

The biggest problem was thus resolved by Xing using her amazing thought process.

Bai Luoming couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, then turned around and swiped his swipe to open his door again.

He had barely poked half his head in when he saw a scene that made him both laugh and cry.

March 7th was like a startled rabbit, frantically trying to squeeze into the closet in the room. She probably heard the commotion outside and thought Xing had returned in a surprise attack, so in her panic, she chose this most primitive hiding place.

At this moment, half of her body was already stuffed into the wardrobe, with only her legs still sticking out. She only stopped moving when she heard Bai Luoming's voice.

Bai Luoming leaned against the doorframe, waved the spare room key in his hand, and said to March 7th, who was trying to crawl into the closet, "The crisis is over. Comrade Xing is very conscientious and has already handed over your room key to me. Do you want to check it yourself?"

Upon hearing Bai Luoming's words, March 7th hurriedly scrambled out of the closet, rushed to the door, snatched the room key from Bai Luoming's hand, and clutched it tightly in his palm as if he had obtained some precious treasure.

Then, embarrassed and annoyed, she raised her foot and lightly stomped on Bai Luoming's foot.

After doing all this, she cautiously peeked out like a thief, looked around to make sure the corridor was empty, and then slipped back to her room without looking back, leaving Bai Luoming with only a flustered back view.

Some time later, after they had finished washing up, they unexpectedly met at the end of the corridor.

By March 7th, everything was ready. When she saw Bai Luoming, she tried to appear calm, but her eyes were still somewhat unfocused, and she didn't dare to meet Bai Luoming's gaze.

Bai Luoming, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, as if the morning's farce had never happened.

The two walked side by side down to the lobby, neither of them speaking, yet the atmosphere was not awkward.