After using the bathroom, Luo Ye sat on a small folding stool in front of the balcony.
A torrential downpour was raging outside, so everything from the balcony had been moved into the living room, and the balcony door had been shut.
Although there was a ceiling above the balcony, the fierce wind blew the rain in like it was being poured down, leaving plenty of standing water.
Sitting in front of the glass door, Luo Ye could see occasional flashes of lightning in the sky and clearly hear the wind and rain crashing together.
Before long, Su Baizhou came out of the bathroom. Seeing that Luo Ye had not gone back to his room to sleep and was sitting here instead, she walked over and sat beside him.
"Fanfan, why aren't you going back to sleep?"
"Aren't you still awake too?"
Hearing this, Luo Ye looked at the rain outside and said softly, "Sitting here makes me feel cut off from the world."
"I understand."
Su Baizhou agreed with Luo Ye's words, then said, "Kneeling here would make you feel cut off from the world too."
Luo Ye turned his head in utter confusion.
"What?"
Seeing how baffled he looked, Su Baizhou said with a smile, "Trying to muddle through?"
She glanced at Luo Ye and listed everything that had happened today one by one:
"You were late for so long this morning, you stole a tea egg, and then there was that Green Tea remark during dinner..."
"I'm going to bed right now."
Luo Ye hurried back to his room.
Su Baizhou smiled, got up, and went back to sleep as well.
The next morning, because Fan Xinya had gotten up early, Su Baizhou woke up early too.
By the time Luo Ye came out of his room,