The Zhenlimar cruise lasted six days and five nights, stopping at three destinations along the way where passengers could choose to go ashore.
The bad news: their ordeal at sea had already wasted two days.
The good news: they could have all the fun they wanted over the next four days.
Ye Chuyan had imagined that Ye Xunzhi would turn into a wild little monkey, bouncing around everywhere, giving him the perfect chance to tell tales about her to the old man.
Instead, apart from wandering around on the first day while everything still felt new, she shut herself away in her room completely.
She went out to forage when she was hungry. The rest of the time, she ate and slept, slept and ate. The only time she was remotely alert was when she was holding an electronic device.
Finally, Ye Chuyan couldn't stand it anymore. On the fifth day of the cruise, he dragged her out of bed bright and early.
"How have you already become bedridden at your age? Get up and have some fun."
"...Then I'll have some fun on my phone." Ye Xunzhi rubbed her sleepy eyes.
His response was to confiscate her phone. Alarmed, Ye Xunzhi hastily wrapped her arms around his waist, her drowsiness gone.
"Brother, what are you doing? A gentleman uses words, not force!"
"What else would I be doing?" Ye Chuyan said with a headache. "Bringing you back to reality, obviously. What kind of behavior is this, clinging to your phone all day?"
Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that he would one day fuss over someone like an old mother hen.
"Brother, this is where you don't get it." Ye Xunzhi clung tightly to him, afraid her phone would leave her:
"My phone might only be a