Birthday

Luo Ye opened the door.

The living room was silent, but the light in Fairy Senior Sister's room was on.

Just as Luo Ye was about to turn on the lights, the door to Fairy Senior Sister's room opened.

The instant the door opened, the light in Su Baizhou's room went out.

The living room was pitch-black now. Luo Ye could only make out a dark silhouette standing in the doorway of Fairy Senior Sister's room.

"Senior Sister?" Luo Ye asked doubtfully.

Su Baizhou stepped forward, and the sound of high heels echoed through the living room.

High heels? Why was Senior Sister wearing high heels?

Su Baizhou walked to the table and pulled out the lighter she had just bought from her pocket.

Luo Ye heard the lighter click. The next moment, the table lit up as rows of candles began burning atop the cake.

Luo Ye froze slightly.

He walked over to the table, looking somewhat lost.

"Senior Sister, this is..."

"This is your birthday cake."

Su Baizhou handed Luo Ye a birthday hat and said flatly, "Put it on and make a wish."

At that, Luo Ye sat down. He looked at the birthday hat before him, then at Fairy Senior Sister sitting across from him. Though she showed little expression, her eyes were watching him intently.

Luo Ye felt that, in that moment, Su Baizhou had become even more beautiful than before.

Before, he had only thought Su Baizhou was very pretty.

But now, it was different. Now, Su Baizhou was beauty itself.

Liking someone came with a halo.

From the moment you began to like someone, whether they were beautiful or not was no longer something looks alone could decide.

Just like Su Baizhou in Luo Ye's eyes right now.

The candlelight was faint, illuminating only the table and barely allowing them to see each other's faces.

Luo Ye put the birthday hat on his head.

Looking at the candles before him, Luo Ye closed his eyes and said, "I hope..."

"If you say your wish out loud, it won't come true," Su Baizhou reminded him softly.

But Luo Ye had not intended to say it aloud anyway.

After saying the words "I hope," Luo Ye silently made his wish in his heart.

I hope Fairy Senior Sister likes me too.

Then Luo Ye blew out the candles and opened his eyes.

The living room was shrouded in darkness once more.

Everything around him was pitch-black, with only Su Baizhou's voice sounding beside Luo Ye's ear.

"What did you wish for?"

Luo Ye said, "Senior Sister, if I say it, it won't come true."

"That's true."

She had been the one to remind him just now, but this time, it was his turn to remind her.

She was very curious about Luo Ye's wish.

Though she did not know what it was, she hoped this Junior Underclassman's wish could come true.

She hoped that the person who brought her happiness could be happy too.

Suddenly.

The lights came on.

Su Baizhou looked at Luo Ye standing beside the switch, her expression stiffening as though she had yet to process what had happened.

Why had this guy suddenly gone and turned on the living room lights?

"Senior Sister, what's wrong?" Luo Ye asked with a puzzled expression.

Why did Fairy Senior Sister seem a little off? Why did her expression look so unnatural?

"Nothing."

Su Baizhou stood up and walked stiffly toward her room.

The sound of her high heels rang out again. Luo Ye looked over, then his face filled with shock and his eyes widened.

"Senior Sister... what are you wearing?"

Su Baizhou stood before him in a black spaghetti-strap mini dress, exposing her fair, smooth arms in their entirety.

For Su Baizhou, who normally wore nothing shorter than short sleeves, even spaghetti straps made her feel somewhat embarrassed.

She wore nothing beneath the dress. The hem covered the area above her knees, yet it still could not hide her long, perfect legs.

With the high heels accentuating them, Su Baizhou's legs looked like works of art—fair and straight, impossible to look away from.

Incredible. Absolutely perfect.

Probably no one in all of Jiang University had ever seen Fairy Senior Sister wearing spaghetti straps.

Su Baizhou turned her back to him, her face faintly flushed. She spoke softly and asked flatly, "Does it look good?"

"It... it looks good."

Hearing that, Su Baizhou let out a sigh of relief.

Li Xia had not lied to her. It really worked.

Su Baizhou had resisted wearing this outfit the entire time.

But Li Xia had dragged her to the mall, bought the entire set, and even made Su Baizhou try it on right there in the fitting room.

Looking at the mouthwatering Su Baizhou in the mirror, even Li Xia, a girl herself, found her incredibly alluring, let alone Luo Ye, a guy.

When the Ice God Goddess played at innocent seduction, that contrast was simply unmatched.

Under Li Xia's insistent demands, Su Baizhou bought the outfit.

But by now, she was panicking inside. After letting Luo Ye see her for a moment, she hurried back to her room and changed into pajamas.

Her pajamas were very conservative: a light-blue ice-silk short-sleeved top and long pants, decorated with little rabbits.

At the same time, Su Baizhou held another gift she had prepared for Luo Ye.

It was actually a keyboard!

And it was pink!

Su Baizhou said flatly, "Professor Gu said you type on a keyboard every day at home, so this is for you."

Luo Ye's mouth twitched.

He typed on a keyboard to write his novel.

But it was a gift from Fairy Senior Sister, so Luo Ye naturally accepted it with complete satisfaction.

At that moment, he did not yet know that from the instant he took that keyboard, his knees would soon forge a deep bond with that pink keyboard.

Nothing happened that night.

The next day, Luo Ye woke up.

Today was the day Jiang University students returned to campus, and his class would have roll call together that evening.

That also meant he had to return to the dorm and see his three sons.

Luo Ye had gotten up early today so he could do morning exercises with Fairy Senior Sister.

In the living room, Su Baizhou had changed into the black clothes she usually wore for running. Just as she was about to head out, she heard movement behind her.

Seeing Luo Ye looking listless, Su Baizhou asked, "Can you do it?"

Those three words immediately provoked Luo Ye.

"I can definitely do it!"

Su Baizhou said nothing more and walked out of the living room.

Luo Ye followed behind her. Together, they went next door to Jiang University and began running around the track in the early morning.

The sun had not risen yet, though the sky had already begun to brighten.

Not far away, an elderly couple was practicing tai chi.

The two elderly people, a man and a woman, were likely husband and wife.

When the old man saw Su Baizhou, he even greeted her.

She nodded politely in response.

Luo Ye asked curiously, "Who is that?"

"The Vice President of Jiang University. My grandteacher," Su Baizhou said.

The Vice President of Jiang University? That impressive?

Wait, what did grandteacher mean?

It was known that Fairy Senior Sister's teacher was Gu Mingxuan.

Then Gu Mingxuan's teacher would be Fairy Senior Sister's grandteacher.

After figuring that out, Luo Ye looked at the old man again.

So the Vice President of Jiang University was Cousin's teacher.

Then to Luo Ye, he was not merely a teacher. He was also an elder.