Decision

Although they were off today, tomorrow was the first day of the seven-day holiday.

By the time Luo Ye finished writing the content he needed to update today in the dorm, it was already four in the afternoon.

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

But it was not Su Baizhou. It was Tang Enqi.

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

If this had been the Luo Ye of the past, he probably would have been ecstatic and agreed on the spot.

But now, Fairy Senior Sister filled his mind, along with the strange things Gu Mingxuan had said earlier, so he directly turned her down.

Besides Tang Enqi, Xu Xiaojia had also messaged Luo Ye.

Though Xu Xiaojia had not attended high school with Luo Ye, they were both from the capital, so they would be heading the same way if they went home.

She was also asking whether Luo Ye was going home.

Luo Ye actually felt rather sorry for this chatterbox.

Xu Xiaojia probably liked Li Haoyang, but she did not know that Coach had already been won over by Liu Bingxin. Luo Ye did not know how to tell her, either.

This little girl had also come alone from the capital to study thousands of miles away. And because she talked too much, few people paid much attention to her normally.

On the first day of school, she had been carrying heavy luggage when it happened to rain. By chance, she ran into Li Haoyang and assumed he was an upperclassman helping welcome new students. It was not until the class meeting before Military Training that she discovered Li Haoyang was actually in her class.

On top of that, Li Haoyang was the class monitor, while she was a troublemaking little girl who often needed his help. Over time, she fell for the safe and dependable class monitor.

Yet the class monitor had already been claimed by Long-legged Loli.

What a sin.

Luo Ye told Xu Xiaojia that he was not going home either.

Then he left the dorm, planning to wander around for a while.

As he was leaving the school, Luo Ye's phone chimed again.

He took it out and saw that 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 before typing: Then don't go if you don't want to.

Su Baizhou fell silent again for a while.

Then she replied: My mother's health is poor.

Only then did Luo Ye understand why his senior sister went home every holiday.

No wonder she stayed up late every day taking online computer-related freelance jobs to make money.

Not long after, Su Baizhou sent several more messages.

Fairy Senior Sister: I bought a ticket. I'm leaving tomorrow.

Fairy Senior Sister: After I leave, you can stay at the Teacher's Apartment.

Luo Ye stared thoughtfully at those messages.

Gu Mingxuan had said over the phone that there were many rumors and malicious remarks about Fairy Senior Sister in her hometown, so she did not really want to go home.

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

His senior sister would probably suffer after going home, wouldn't she?

Thinking of that, Luo Ye sent her a "Okay."

Then he quietly began looking online for tickets to Fairy Senior Sister's hometown.

Her home was near Jiangcheng, in a city among the Jiangnan water towns called Hangcheng. It was less than two hundred kilometers from Jiangcheng, about an hour away by high-speed rail.

As for where Fairy Senior Sister's home was in Hangcheng, Luo Ye did not know, nor could he ask her directly.

They had only known each other for a month. Their relationship had not reached the point where they knew each other's home addresses.

But the thought that his senior sister might be upset made Luo Ye restless.

No matter what, he could not remain in Jiangcheng and do nothing. Even if something happened to his senior sister, he would only be able to stand by helplessly.

As for everything else, he would figure it out after reaching Hangcheng.

If his senior sister was in a bad mood, he would be in Hangcheng and could rush over to keep her company as quickly as possible.

If nothing happened to his senior sister, that would truly be wonderful.

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

But there was nothing wrong with being deeply devoted. Without the courage to risk everything, how could anyone encounter a sincere and precious love?

At the very least, after giving it everything, even if the outcome was less than ideal, you would have done right by yourself and your feelings. When you looked back on this moment someday in the future, you would have no regrets, nor would you feel any lingering remorse.

Because you had done everything you possibly could.

Having made up his mind, Luo Ye bought a ticket for that evening. Then he returned to the dorm, packed several changes of clothes, and headed straight to the school gate to catch a taxi to the train station.

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

Of the two girls, Liu Bingxin was carrying luggage and seemed ready to go home, while Tang Enqi carried only a bag.

It was not hard to tell that she was helping Liu Bingxin carry it.

When she saw Luo Ye, Tang Enqi asked in confusion, "Luo Ye, didn't you say you weren't going home?"

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

Before Tang Enqi could say anything, Liu Bingxin said, "Hangcheng, huh? It really has developed well over the last few years. Haoyang and I want to visit someday too."

Tang Enqi poked her and pouted. "I told you, no showing off your relationship."

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

"He kept asking me out. I didn't want to go, but he actually waited downstairs outside the girls' dorm for me. It was so annoying."

As she spoke, Tang Enqi glanced at Luo Ye's expression and found that he showed no reaction at all upon hearing this.

For some reason, Tang Enqi felt a little disappointed, as though something that had once belonged to her had been completely lost by her.

But what right did she have to feel disappointed?

Tang Enqi smiled bitterly. "Luo Ye, I hope you have fun."

"Yeah. I hope you do too."

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

Watching the taxi drive away, Liu Bingxin asked lightly, "Qiqi, do you really not like that handsome senior?"

"Mm... he's asked me out so many times, but I didn't want to agree. Last Saturday, he waited for me outside the girls' dorm too. And you were beside me, telling me to give him a chance and try going on a date, so I went... but he really didn't make my heart race."

Only after another boy appeared by her side did Tang Enqi realize that her youth had always remained fixed on the face of a sunny young man.

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

Yet she had never once turned around to look at him.

Until one day, she turned back and discovered that the young man was no longer there.

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

There were many ways to tell whether something was important to you, but the most direct way was to lose it.

Only after coming to Jiangcheng did she understand how much courage it had taken for a boy to willingly accompany her to an unfamiliar city.

From the moment Luo Ye applied to Jiang University because of her, it meant that this boy would have to stay here for at least four years.

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

And beautiful things would not fade away just because she had abandoned them.

Beautiful things would be discovered by someone else, picked up, possessed, and cherished.