Senior Sister, Don’t Be Afraid: I’ll Protect You — Su Bai Zhou and Luo Ye
Chapter 28

Decision

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Although it's said that today is a holiday, tomorrow is actually the first day of the seven-day long break.

By the time Luo Ye finished writing today's update in his dorm, it was already four in the afternoon.

He glanced at his phone and found that someone had sent him a message.

It wasn't Su Baizhou, though, but Tang Enqi.

She asked if he was going home. If he was, then she would go back too, and they could keep each other company on the way.

If it were the old Luo Ye, he would probably be overjoyed at this moment and agree immediately.

But now, his mind was filled with the Fairy Senior Sister and the strange things Gu Mingxuan had just said, so he directly refused her.

Besides Tang Enqi, Xu Xiaojia also sent Luo Ye a message.

Although Xu Xiaojia wasn't Luo Ye's high school classmate, they were both from Beijing, so it would be a convenient route if they went home.

She also asked Luo Ye if he was going home.

Luo Ye actually felt sympathetic towards this chatterbox.

Xu Xiaojia probably liked Li Haoyang, but she didn't know yet that Coach had already been taken by Liu Bingxin. Luo Ye didn't know how to tell her.

This young girl had also come from Beijing alone to study somewhere thousands of miles away. Moreover, because she was a chatterbox, no one usually paid attention to her.

On the first day of school, she was carrying heavy luggage, and it was raining. She happened to meet Li Haoyang. She thought Li Haoyang was a senior welcoming new students. It wasn't until the class meeting before military training that she realized Li Haoyang was actually her classmate.

Furthermore, Li Haoyang was the class monitor, and she was a girl who often got into trouble. She often asked Li Haoyang for help, and over time, the young girl fell for the dependable class monitor.

As a result, the class monitor had already been taken by the Long-legged Loli.

What a disaster.

Luo Ye also told Xu Xiaojia that he wasn't going back.

Then he walked out of the dorm, planning to wander around.

As he left the school, Luo Ye's phone rang again.

He took it out and saw that the Fairy Senior Sister had finally replied.

Fairy Senior Sister: I don't really want to go home.

Seeing this, Luo Ye thought for a moment and typed: If you don't want to go, then don't.

Su Baizhou was silent for a while again.

Then she replied: My mother is not well.

Upon seeing this reply, Luo Ye finally understood why the Senior Sister had to go home every holiday.

No wonder, the Senior Sister stayed up late every day doing online computer part-time jobs to earn money.

Not long after, Su Baizhou sent a few more messages.

Fairy Senior Sister: I've bought my train ticket, I'll leave tomorrow.

Fairy Senior Sister: After I leave, you can stay in the teacher's apartment.

Luo Ye stared at these messages thoughtfully.

Gu Mingxuan had said on the phone that the Fairy Senior Sister's family was full of gossip about her, so she didn't really want to go home.

Every time she went home, she had to endure the criticism of relatives and friends for no reason.

She must be very distressed when she went home, right?

Thinking of this, Luo Ye sent the Senior Sister a "Good."

Then he silently started searching online for train tickets to the Fairy Senior Sister's hometown.

The Senior Sister's home was near Jiangcheng, a city in the Jiangnan water town region, called Hangcheng. It was less than two hundred kilometers from Jiangcheng, and it took about an hour by high-speed rail.

As for arriving in Hangcheng, Luo Ye didn't know where the Fairy Senior Sister lived, and he couldn't directly ask her.

They had only known each other for a month, and their relationship hadn't reached the point where they knew each other's home addresses.

But the thought of the Senior Sister possibly being sad made Luo Ye feel restless.

No matter what, he couldn't stay in Jiangcheng and do nothing. Even if something happened to the Senior Sister, he could only stand by and do nothing.

As for anything else, he would deal with it when he got to Hangcheng.

If the Senior Sister was feeling down, he would be in Hangcheng and could go to accompany her as quickly as possible.

If the Senior Sister was fine, then that would be great.

If Shen Qiao were here, he would probably curse him as a "simp."

But there was nothing wrong with deep affection. Without the courage to go all out, how could one encounter such sincere and precious feelings?

At least, after going all out, even if the result was not satisfactory, you would have done justice to yourself and your feelings. When you look back on this moment in the future, you will not regret it, nor will you have any regrets.

Because you tried your best.

After making up his mind, Luo Ye bought a train ticket for that evening, then returned to the dorm, packed a few changes of clothes, and headed straight to the school gate to take a taxi to the train station.

While waiting for the car, he ran into Liu Bingxin and Tang Enqi again.

Two girls, Liu Bingxin was carrying luggage, seemingly preparing to go home, while Tang Enqi only carried a bag.

It wasn't hard to see that she was helping Liu Bingxin with her bag.

Upon seeing Luo Ye, Tang Enqi asked doubtfully, "Classmate Luo Ye, didn't you say you weren't going home?"

Hearing this, Luo Ye replied, "Yeah, I'm going to Hangcheng for a couple of days."

Upon hearing this, before Tang Enqi could say anything, Liu Bingxin spoke up, "Hangcheng, huh? It's really developed well there these past few years. If we have the chance, Hao Yang and I want to go too."

Tang Enqi nudged her and pouted, saying, "I told you, no public displays of affection."

"Hahaha, aren't you the same? Didn't you go out with that handsome senior last weekend?"

"He kept asking me out, and I didn't want to go, but he actually waited downstairs at the girls' dorm to catch me. I was so angry."

As she spoke, Tang Enqi glanced at Luo Ye's expression and found that he didn't react much to her words.

For some reason, Tang Enqi felt a sense of loss, as if something that once belonged to her had been completely lost by her.

But what right did she have to feel lost?

Tang Enqi gave a bitter smile and said, "Classmate Luo Ye, I hope you have fun."

"Yeah, I hope you're happy too."

Luo Ye got into the taxi and headed towards the train station.

Watching the taxi's receding taillights, Liu Bingxin asked softly, "Qiqi, do you really not like the handsome senior?"

"Mmm... He's asked me out many times, but I didn't want to agree. Last Saturday, he was waiting for me at the girls' dorm entrance, and after you said to give him a chance and try dating, I went... but I really didn't feel my heart flutter."

With another boy by her side, Tang Enqi realized that her youth had always been fixed on the face of a sunny young man.

The young man had always been behind her, never leaving.

But she had never turned back to look at him.

It wasn't until one day she turned around and found that the young man was no longer there.

Only then did she realize that she had missed someone very important.

There are many ways to determine if something is important to you, but the most direct way is to lose it.

It wasn't until she came to Jiangcheng that she understood what great courage a boy had shown by being willing to accompany her to a strange city.

From the moment Luo Ye enrolled in Jiang University because of her, it meant that this boy would be staying here for at least four years.

Yet, she, who had personally brought Luo Ye to Jiang University, had abandoned him in this place.

And beauty would not fade just because she abandoned it.

Beauty would be discovered, picked up, possessed, and cherished by others.

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