Good Night

After finishing the meal, Su Baizhou said goodbye to Sister Zhou, the owner, then returned to her own Chopped Chili Fish Head.

Luo Ye sat in the driver's seat, feeling a little nervous.

Today's date was over. He wondered if Senior Sister had developed even a little fondness for him.

"Back to the Teacher's Apartment," Su Baizhou said flatly.

She was not much of a drinker, but since it was her first time going out with a boy, she would not let herself drink too much.

A bottle of Plum Wine had no real effect on her. It merely left her slightly flushed, her cheeks faintly red.

Luo Ye could see what Senior Sister looked like right now.

Her expression was still cold and aloof, but her lovely face was slightly flushed.

Luo Ye merely stole a glance from the corner of his eye, and his heart began pounding wildly.

Senior Sister really was a fairy. She was far too beautiful.

The evening rush hour had already passed, so there were not many cars on the road.

Besides, Chopped Chili Fish Head had a large learner-driver sticker on the back, and its pink, girly appearance made it obvious that it belonged to a girl. Surely no car would dare provoke it.

Before long, they returned to the Teacher's Apartment and parked in the lot.

After getting out, Su Baizhou picked up her bag and said to Luo Ye, "Your phone has been ringing nonstop since earlier."

Hearing that, Luo Ye took out his phone.

He could not check it while driving. Only now did he see that his roommates had discovered he had not returned all night and were practically going crazy.

They suspected Luo Ye had found someone new outside and was abandoning them, a bunch of empty-nest old men.

"My roommates. They're urging me to go home."

As he spoke, Luo Ye looked around in surprise. "Senior Sister, you live in the Family Building too?"

Hearing that, Su Baizhou hesitated for a moment before nodding. "Mm. Room 614 in this building."

The number 614 seemed familiar to Luo Ye, but he did not immediately realize what was wrong.

After all, he had only been there once and had not memorized Gu Mingxuan's address. On top of that, after half a month of Military Training, he had long forgotten it.

Even if he went to Gu Mingxuan's place again, he would still need to check the address Gu Mingxuan had sent him before he could remember it.

Then Luo Ye waved goodbye to Su Baizhou.

However, he did not leave immediately. He watched Su Baizhou go upstairs before finally departing.

Luo Ye returned to the entrance of his dorm but did not go inside.

He looked at the Plum Wine in his hand.

Once he went in, Wang Dachui would definitely fight him for it.

Luo Ye simply drained it in one gulp at the door.

It was sweet, with a slight tang to it. It tasted good, but it did not make him feel drunk at all.

He tossed the Plum Wine bottle into the nearby trash can, then stepped into the dorm.

The moment he entered, several roommates surrounded him.

Wang Dachui stood at the front, glaring with wide eyes as he demanded, "What's going on? You'd better explain yourself to your three dads."

Shen Qiao also said with a grin, "A grown child can't be kept at home."

Luo Ye pushed Wang Dachui aside, quickly returned to his desk, and said, "Do you still want to rank up?"

"Yes, absolutely!" Wang Dachui said excitedly.

But he had not updated his novel yet today, so Luo Ye decided to post today's chapter first.

From not far away, Wang Dachui watched Luo Ye typing on the keyboard and asked in confusion, "Wild Child, I've been wanting to ask. You've been typing on that keyboard since the first day of school. Do you have some unspeakable secret?"

"I'm an online novel author," Luo Ye said as he wiped his nose, wearing a dashing expression.

But to the others, those words meant something entirely different.

"What? You write porn?"

Wang Dachui rushed over and stared intently at the draft Luo Ye was writing.

"Don't talk nonsense. Writing that stuff is illegal."

"It's fine. Just write some for me to read," Wang Dachui said with an extremely lewd expression.

"(;｀O′)o Get lost!"

Luo Ye began typing.

By the time he finished, his roommates had already gone to sleep. Only Shen Qiao was still looking at his phone, seemingly reading a novel.

Luo Ye climbed into bed and was about to take off his pants when he realized there seemed to be something in his pocket.

When he took it out and looked at it, Luo Ye froze.

Fairy Senior Sister's Chopped Chili Fish Head car key?

Oh no.

After getting out of the car, he had pulled out the key and subconsciously stuffed it into his pocket.

And Senior Sister was not familiar with the car either, so she had not remembered it.

Thinking of this, Luo Ye was about to send Fairy Senior Sister a message when he suddenly realized it was already two in the morning.

Without noticing, it had gotten this late.

But for a novel author, staying up late was perfectly normal.

It wouldn't be good to message her now, would it?

Luo Ye realized that after returning to the dorm, he had not sent Fairy Senior Sister another message at all.

Thinking of that, Luo Ye knocked himself on the head and muttered in self-reproach, "You blockhead. A girl goes home, and you don't even know to ask if she got back safely."

He had never pursued a girl before. During his three years of high school, he had only had a Secret Crush. Then, after graduating from high school, he confessed once, and nothing ever came of it.

As for Fairy Senior Sister, Luo Ye felt that he definitely liked her.

Although... falling for her at first sight might have been nothing more than being attracted by her looks.

But being attracted by someone's looks was not necessarily a negative thing. It could also be the start of something new.

After all, liking someone's appearance did not mean only liking their appearance.

The moment affection appeared, everything about the other person—their words, actions, strengths, and flaws—fell within the scope of that affection.

After sending her a message, Luo Ye prepared to sleep.

But unexpectedly, she replied instantly.

Su Baizhou: Leave it with you for now. I don't drive often.

In the Teacher's Apartment, the corners of Su Baizhou's lips curled up slightly.

Did I just get myself a driver for free?

She turned back to look around. This apartment was finally tidied up.

It had three bedrooms and a living room. The master bedroom was where Gu Mingxuan had lived before. Before leaving, he moved the things from that room into the second bedroom, rented the apartment to Su Baizhou, and let her move into the master bedroom.

For a girl, a larger room looked more relaxing.

The other empty room had no one living in it. Gu Mingxuan had originally intended to leave it for Luo Ye.

But since Su Baizhou had already moved in, whether Luo Ye could live there would depend on whether Su Baizhou was willing.

A goddess-level Campus Belle who was cold and aloof in real life but socially anxious online.

Luo Ye, who was shy in real life but could be described as commanding the wind and rain online.

They seemed to be... quite a good match?

Luo Ye was a gaming genius and also a somewhat well-known online novel author, so he had plenty of interaction with people online every day.

"Good night, Senior Sister." Luo Ye sent the message, then closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.

But he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep no matter what.

Without a reply from Fairy Senior Sister, he could not sleep.

When Su Baizhou saw the words "Good night, Senior Sister," she froze slightly.

Good night... huh.

Back in high school, there had also been a boy who said good night to her every day.

But Su Baizhou had not been interested in him.

At a class reunion after high school graduation, that boy confessed to Su Baizhou in front of everyone, only to be rejected on the spot.

Feeling humiliated, he found Su Baizhou alone after the reunion and tried to threaten her into becoming his girlfriend.

But Su Baizhou rejected him a second time and deleted every means of contacting him.

Later, that boy became enraged from embarrassment and spread rumors about Su Baizhou everywhere. On top of that, many people had already coveted and envied her for her beauty.

Before long, she became the kind of girl her friends saw as promiscuous and improper.

After all, that was simply many people's nature. When they saw something flawed, they wanted to make it whole; when they saw something perfect, they wanted to destroy it.

Because of this, Su Baizhou came to dislike men. She did not even have many female friends, and she was socially anxious online as well... until she came to a new city for school and gradually became known as the Iceberg Goddess.

Looking at the message on her phone, Su Baizhou did not reply and tossed the phone aside.

She tapped at her keyboard, feeling somewhat restless, as though something was missing.

Luo Ye's face appeared in her mind.

That boy was innocent and shy. When they had played games together before, he had protected her even in the game.

At that time, he might not even have known her gender, but because she was his teammate, he had taken care of her.

He was also someone who could not drink bitter coffee.

That boy should be sweet, right?

A sentence Gu Mingxuan had said came to mind:

"You asked me to take care of your little brother. You don't plan on hitting on him, do you?"

Su Baizhou's face flushed slightly.

She picked up her phone again, opened her chat with Luo Ye, and typed two words.

[Good night]