The Sunset Is Infinitely Beautiful

Perhaps due to extreme exhaustion, I fell asleep as the sun set.

Bai Zhi had only planned to doze off for ten minutes or so, but when he opened his eyes again, the sun had already set.

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the sea in a golden hue, the warm golden light permeating the entire world, creating a scene of tranquility and peace.

"Tsk... Is it already this late?"

Bai Zhi reached up and pressed his temples, then sat up in bed.

Having slept from afternoon until dusk, he now felt extremely hungry.

"I wonder if the Night Owl and the Campus Belle have come back yet..."

After muttering something to himself, Bai Zhi got up and left the room.

Thanks to the [Soaring Cloud Boots], he now feels much lighter. He hadn't noticed it when sitting in a chair or lying in bed before, but now the feeling is quite noticeable.

In the living room on the first floor, Xia Wen, who had changed into casual clothes, was holding a can of Herbal Tea and was watching TV with his legs propped up on the Coffee Table, looking quite arrogant.

The living room Lights were off, but the front door was wide open. Tian Huo, and Qingyi and Anna were not there; it was unclear whether they had gone to the beach or were doing something else.

"By the way, I might as well test out the special effects of the [Soaring Cloud Boots]..."

Feeling the changes in his body, Bai Zhi suddenly remembered something, looked down at Xia Wen sitting on the Sofa watching TV, and lightly leaped onto the railing.

--The Soaring Cloud Boots not only made him as light as a swallow, but also enhanced his jumping ability.

Why are you the only one here? Where is everyone else?

After coughing a few times, Bai Zhi asked Xia Wen, who hadn't noticed him at all, a question.

"They? Tian Huo and Qingyi went out to buy things... Do you have a habit of standing on railings?"

Almost instinctively, Xia Wen turned her head and answered. When she saw Bai Zhi standing on the Second Floor railing, her expression immediately became slightly wary.

"Wait, when did you get back?"

"Just got back not long ago."

With his hands behind his back, Bai Zhi spoke calmly, then lightly leaped downwards.

"By the way, which car are you in right now...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Zhi's feet had already touched the ground, but to his surprise, a sudden reaction force acted on his legs.

Caught completely off guard, his legs suddenly went numb... and he knelt down on the ground with a thud, maintaining the image of a hermit with his hands behind his back.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Bai Zhi leaned forward and casually started doing push-ups on the ground.

--As long as I don't feel embarrassed, then it's everyone else who feels embarrassed.

Xia Wen: "..."

"Qingyi and Anna are getting quite familiar with Tian Huo now..."

With his left foot crossed over his right and resting on the Coffee Table, Xia Wen took another sip of Herbal Tea and sighed with a touch of melancholy as he faced Bai Zhi's questions.

"I'm Anna's Teacher, but Anna seems to be more attached to Tian Huo. This makes me very sad."

"Come on? You? A heartless Demon who shows others elementary school math problems?"

Sitting on the Sofa in the same posture as the other person, and taking a sip of the same herbal Herbal Tea, Bai Zhi pursed his lips.

"Speaking of which, you and Tian Huo seem to have a pretty good relationship?"

"Of course, because all foodies are one family."

Turning his head to look at Bai Zhi, Xia Wen held up a finger in front of him with a serious expression.

"Let me make this clear beforehand: Tian Huo and I have become sworn brothers, so you can't bully her in the future. She's very pitiful."

"... Haven't Lin Xiaoyi and Mu Qiansè returned yet?"

With a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, Bai Zhi decided to skip the topic and shift the focus to a more crucial point.

He was practically starving, but unfortunately, neither of his cooks were home. More than anything else, he was worried about when the Campus Belle and the Night Owl would be back.

"Xiao Yi and Qiansè entered the same program, so they should come back together... probably tomorrow morning, or noon, or evening."

After tilting his head slightly and thinking for a moment, Xia Wen gave a somewhat uncertain answer.

"... What's the difference between this and not saying anything at all?"

Bai Zhi rolled his eyes, slightly speechless.

"What if they really do come back at night? What will we do with the food?"

Are you hungry?

After staring at him for a moment, Xia Wen blinked and nimbly got up from the Sofa. Then, with great effort, he pulled out a bag of crushed potato chips from under the cushion at the other end of the Sofa.

"Here, I have some food."

Standing up straight, Xia Wen waved the bag of potato chips in his hand at Bai Zhi with a smug look on his face.

"I deliberately hid these from Tian Huo, otherwise he would have eaten the last bag of chips. Do you want some? If so, we can split them in half!"

"... Is your life really that hard?"

After a moment of silence, Bai Zhi looked away from the bag of crushed potato chips and turned to Xia Wen in front of him.

"You lived in such a big villa... and now you're so broke you can only secretly eat potato chips?"

"It's because I'm not in charge of the money. Xiao Yi is very inflexible... Here, half of this is yours."

With a slight sigh, Xia Wen sat back down on the Sofa. After tearing open the package, she carefully poured a large handful of potato chips into her hand, then handed the remaining half-bag to Bai Zhi.

At the same time, she was also complaining under her breath.

"Xiao Yi is great in every way, except she takes some things a little too seriously. She keeps saying that eating junk food is bad for your health, so she not only strictly controls my allowance, but also went out and bought enough groceries to fill a whole refrigerator... But none of the rest of us can cook!!"

At this point, Xia Wen visibly grimaced as if he were about to bite down.

"Tian Huo can only eat, she can't cook. She's ruined several pots already. Qingyi is one thing, but even I can't stomach the food I make, yet Tian Huo just can't eat what she makes. As for Anna... we've all unanimously voted to ban her from the kitchen from now on."

After taking a bite of the handful of potato chips in his hand, which were almost crushed into crumbs, Xia Wen continued speaking, albeit somewhat indistinctly.

"I had secretly hidden a lot of snacks from Xiao Yi, but Tian Huo, Qingyi and Anna, and I ate them all. Tian Huo ate the most..."

"..."

Under the pale yellow twilight, the setting sun shone into the room through the wide French windows, dyeing the whole world a golden hue.

While eating the half-full bag of potato chips in his hand, Bai Zhi listened to the Girl next to him rambling on about some trivial things in life, occasionally chiming in with a few comments.

The sunset is infinitely beautiful.