I'll Treat You

Luo Ye sent a message to "Qin Yuwen" on QQ, but found that the other person did not reply to him.

He sent another message to Su Baizhou on WeChat, and she still did not reply.

What was going on?

Could this be the legendary standing-up-edness?

Luo Ye squatted on the ground, looking at the chat interface with no reply in sight, a frustrated look on his face.

However, he would not blame Qin Yuwen and Su Baizhou. They were both juniors, and the latter was even the president of the Student Union. It was normal for them to be delayed by other matters.

He was just very sad...

Suddenly, though.

A "ding" sound came from beside his ear.

Luo Ye raised his head, only to see a pink four-wheeled chopped chili fish head parked in front of him with its hazard lights flashing.

Just as he was feeling puzzled.

Hotpot Lover replied with a message.

"Get in the car."

Two words popped out, and Luo Ye looked in surprise at the pink chopped chili fish head in front of him.

Was this Senior Sister Qin's car?

No wonder she didn't reply to his messages; she was driving.

A small wave of excitement stirred in Luo Ye's heart. With a mixture of apprehension and suspense, he opened the door of the chopped chili fish head's passenger seat.

Yet there was only one person inside the car, and that was Su Baizhou sitting in the driver's seat.

Luo Ye began to grow nervous, stammering as he said, "Fairy... Senior Sister Su... Where's... where's Senior Sister Qin?"

"She has something to come up, but she didn't want to bail on you, so she entrusted me to come instead."

Hearing this, Luo Ye couldn't help but mentally give "Qin Yuwen" a thumbs-up.

I thank you, Senior Sister Qin.

My life, Luo Ye, has become exceptionally wonderful because of you.

(A certain female with the surname Qin sneezed inside the women's dormitory.)

Because he was far too nervous, Luo Ye failed to notice even the most crucial matter.

That was, clearly Qin Yuwen wasn't even in the car, so why was it Hotpot Lover who had just sent him a message?

Having such close proximity to the fairy senior sister once again, Luo Ye's mind had already gone completely blank with tension.

He took back what he said last night; romantic love really did make a person foolish.

Not to mention that he was only experiencing a one-sided crush right now.

If he were actually in a relationship, wouldn't he just be stammering ababa in front of the fairy senior sister all day long in the future?

Su Baizhou was wearing a khaki vintage long dress today, with light makeup on her face... mainly just a bit of lipstick applied.

You must know that Su Baizhou never wore makeup usually.

Inside the car, neither of them spoke, just like that day when they sheltered from the rain under the eaves. It was still Luo Ye who took the initiative to speak up: "Senior... Senior Sister Su, is this your car?"

"Mhm, just bought it. Not expensive."

She had worked part-time for two years in university, saving up money to buy a chopped chili fish head that cost around forty thousand yuan.

Being a talented computer science major at a prestigious university, it wasn't a difficult feat for her to earn that much money during her two years on campus.

Su Baizhou's driving was very steady. That cold and aloof campus belle famous in Jiangda as an iceberg goddess was no different from ordinary girls when she drove.

She drove very earnestly, her gaze shifting back and forth between the front of the car and the left and right rearview mirrors.

Seeing this, Luo Ye said somewhat nervously, "Sen... Senior Sister, are you..."

"Mhm, I got my driver's license last week. This is my first time on the road."

Hearing this, the corner of Luo Ye's twitched.

If it weren't for the fact that the driver was the fairy senior sister, he would have desperately wanted to shout that he needed to get out of the car.

He had ridden in his maternal aunt's car before, and the aftermath was a crash. He was fine, but his aunt lay in the hospital for half a month, scaring him so much that he never dared to ride in a car driven by his aunt again.

"Sen... Senior Sister Su, w-would... would you rather... let me do it instead?"

Hearing this, the car stopped on the side of the road. Su Baizhou opened the car door, walked around the front of the car, and was already standing in front of the passenger-side door.

Luo Ye hesitatingly opened the door and stepped out of the car.

He saw Su Baizhou quickly sit in the passenger seat and fasten her seatbelt.

Her movements had no hesitation or drag; almost the moment Luo Ye finished speaking, she sat in the passenger seat as if she were fleeing.

After Luo Ye got into the driver's seat, Su Baizhou asked as if nothing had happened: "Do you have a driver's license?"

"I... I do. I took the test over the summer."

Su Baizhou sat beside him, emitting a fragrance that made Luo Ye infatuated.

And on the steering wheel, there were some slightly damp handprints.

Without a doubt, these should be the sweat of nervousness.

The fairy senior sister had driven the car from the classroom apartments to the school gate, likely feeling nervous the entire way. No wonder she sat in the passenger seat with such decisiveness.

Luo Ye's driving skills were very good, and because Su Baizhou was right beside him, his driving skills somehow reached an even higher level invisibly.

Following the navigation, Luo Ye drove the car to a park.

Jiangcheng Park.

After parking, Luo Ye asked in confusion, "Sen... Senior Sister, w-why... why did we come here?"

Su Baizhou glanced at him and said, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Instead of finding a place to kill time, should we just go straight to dinner?"

Luo Ye was dumbfounded.

That was true.

Subsequently, Su Baizhou asked again, "Do you stutter usually?"

"No!"

Luo Ye only then realized that from the beginning until now, his speech had been stuttering the entire time.

At this moment, finally regaining his wits, he smoothed out his tongue and said, "No, it's just my first time going out alone with a girl, so I'm a bit nervous."

Hearing this, Su Baizhou didn't say anything.

The fact that he could adjust after realizing it proved that he indeed wasn't a stammerer, but rather just subconsciously nervous upon seeing her.

Heh, he was still just a little boy who hadn't had much contact with girls.

The two of them walked side by side in the park.

Their combination of a handsome youth and a gorgeous beauty formed a scene with an extremely high aesthetic appeal amidst an already cozy atmosphere.

There was a vague, intangible distance between the two of them.

This wasn't intentionally created by Su Baizhou; quite the opposite, it was what Luo Ye did.

It was his first time going out for a walk with a girl, and furthermore, the two of them were not yet familiar with each other. In his view, maintaining distance was the proper thing to do.

As for Wang Dachui and Li Haoyang and the others last time, they had been bickering and fooling around the very first time they met, but Luo Ye didn't like that.

Of course, this didn't mean that what Wang Dachui and Li Haoyang did was wrong; it was simply that everyone had different personalities and different ways of getting along.

Luo Ye liked taking things step by step. Relationships with more process would become unbreakable.

Yet in this fast-food era, very few people were willing to accompany him through taking it slow.

Even so, he wouldn't change himself just because of this.

After all, it was only rare, not nonexistent.

If he waited and watched, there would always be someone willing to accompany him step by step.

Today's weather was very good, unlike their first meeting which had been pouring heavy rain.

Being able to stroll in the park together with the fairy senior sister was something Luo Ye wouldn't even dare to imagine a few days ago.

He mainly had to thank Senior Sister Qin Yuwen; everything was thanks to her.

In the park, the two of them passed by a small van selling ice cream.

Luo Ye asked, "Senior Sister Su, would you like to eat some ice cream?"

He regretted asking the moment the words left his mouth.

Last night, in order to perform better during today's first formal meeting, he had specifically looked up a lot of guides.

Among them, there was one point of utmost importance.

When buying things for a girl, don't ask her if she wants it; just buy it for her directly.

However, Su Baizhou marched to the beat of her own drum.

Upon hearing this question, she immediately raised an eyebrow and said, "You want to eat? Sure, I'll treat you."

A single sentence completely threw Luo Ye for a loop.

Without looking back, Su Baizhou walked straight toward the ice cream cart.

Judging by her appearance, she also lacked experience getting along with boys, and her actions seemed somewhat stiff.