Chapter 49: What? You Want Me to Let My Love Rival Stay With Me? No Way!
So annoying, seriously annoying!
I already treated that annoying guy to a late-night meal, why is he still following me around like sticky gum? He has no shame at all!
And the worst part is, because I’m a girl, I can’t even go back to the hotel I booked using a male ID. Otherwise, I’d be enjoying the air conditioning by now instead of walking around aimlessly.
Halfway through, Lin Yibai finally couldn’t hold it in and asked, “Hey, what do you actually want?”
“Just what you see.”
“See what?”
“I’ve got nowhere to go.”
“You go back to your fancy internet-famous hotel, and I’ll go to my little motel. Easy.” Lin Yibai waved her hand like this should settle everything and added, “It’s not like you expect me to take you to my hotel and let you sleep there, right?”
Even though... she couldn’t get into that hotel herself right now either.
Xia Changyu was also stuck in a tough spot.
On one hand, he really did want to spend more time with this girl, because being with her felt truly nice.
On the other hand...
All his ID and stuff were still back at the hotel. And after what happened in that alley, he really didn’t want to go back to see Gu Xiaoxue and the others.
After thinking for a bit, he said, “If you can let me stay just for a bit, I swear I’ll make it up to you in the future.”
Lin Yibai waved him off. “No way.”
I can’t even get into my own hotel right now. I don’t even know where I’m going to stay. And you want me to let you stay too? No chance!
The two walked one after the other.
Lin Yibai was already thinking, ‘Maybe I’ll just sleep under a bridge tonight… Or maybe go to an internet café, eight yuan to stay the night.’
But first, she had to shake off this annoying guy.
So much had happened today. By the time they finished eating hotpot with fresh fish, it was already around 7 or 8 p.m. Then came the alley incident...
And then going to the police station to give a statement...
Now it was already past 1 a.m.
Xia Changyu noticed that the girl in front of him looked unhappy, so he asked, “You didn’t come to the beach city just because of me, right?”
“?” Lin Yibai gave him a sharp look and said, “If I wasn’t worried you’d get bullied to death by your girlfriend, her besties, and their boyfriends, do you really think I’d be here?”
Of course it was because of you!
In fact, she came only because of him.
The tiring trip, the energy spent, the money she paid. It all made Xia Changyu feel guilty deep down. He also felt a stronger need to make it up to her.
From everything he’d seen so far, he only saw good things in Lin Yibai.
Xia Changyu said, “Umm!!”
Lin Yibai glanced at him and asked, “What now?”
Xia Changyu hesitated, then said, “Why don’t we treat this like a trip? I can take some photos of you.”
“It’s the middle of the night, what’s there to take pictures of?”
“At night!” Xia Changyu finally smiled, then said confidently, “That’s the best time. Trust me!”
“You’re way too full of yourself.”
“So, do you want pictures?”
“No!”
Lin Yibai firmly refused. Taking pictures with this annoying guy? No way.
She was like most guys, didn’t care much about taking pictures.
“Please?”
Lin Yibai: “What did you say?”
“I’m begging you.”
Lin Yibai: “Say it again. I didn’t hear you.”
“Please, just give me a chance.”
Haha… Lin Yibai almost laughed out loud. Did you hear that? That was Xia Changyu begging!
Could this be counted as a big win in her battle against her love rival?
I won!!
If you ask Lin Yibai to take a photo, she’ll say no.
But if you beg her...
Well, as Xia Changyu kept saying “please,” female Lin Yibai started to get a little lost in the moment.
“Fine, okay then!”
She reluctantly agreed to let him take just one photo.
Right now, the two of them were standing on the Riverside Bridge near the sea. The big bridge was full of metal beams and steel frames, lit by tall orange streetlights. And it was already deep into the night.
It really was the perfect time to take a photo!
Lin Yibai stood under the steel cables of the bridge. Her hands were by her sides. Her pose was simple and quiet, just like a regular guy.
Xia Changyu crouched down a bit, adjusting the camera focus on his phone.
“Um… can you smile?” he asked.
Lin Yibai answered with no expression, “I am smiling.”
Xia Changyu: “......”
Maybe she didn’t mean anything bad. But she truly wasn’t smiling. Was it because there’s no one who can make her smile?
Not even him?
With a small sigh, Xia Changyu backed off and said, “Okay then… maybe just do a pose for the photo?”
Lin Yibai: “V(＾－＾)”
She raised two slim, soft fingers and made a little “V” sign next to her.
Xia Changyu: “……”
Well, at least she let him take the photo. Why expect more?
And from all the small talk, he was slowly starting to understand her personality.
Some girls who love taking pictures can strike 108 different poses.
But this girl?
She probably used all her brainpower just to come up with that one “V.”
Lin Yibai took his phone and looked at the photo.
The girl in the photo looked gentle and calm. Her short hair framed her face as she made the little “V” sign, giving her a slightly shy and innocent look.
Lin Yibai nodded and said, “Not bad.”
Xia Changyu: “So…”
Lin Yibai: “So?”
Xia Changyu paused, then softly asked, “Can we add each other on WeChat? So I can send the photo to you.”
Ah-ha! So that’s what he was after?
Trying to use one photo to get a spot on her WeChat friend list?
Should she really add him?
Actually… maybe it’s fine?
Add him… then delete later.
Ding-dong~
Ding-dong, ding-dong~
Xia Changyu sent over the photo. Just as Lin Yibai was about to carry out her plan to delete him…
Xia Changyu seemed to read her mind.
And even though he looked a bit embarrassed, he still softly said, “Can you not delete me?”
Lin Yibai: “?”
“Adding a friend isn’t such a big deal, right?”
“Then deleting a friend shouldn’t be a big deal either, right?”
Adding a love rival as a friend? Sorry, not gonna happen!
Her finger moved to the top-right corner of the WeChat screen…
Tapped into his profile…
“Delete.”
Just as she was about to press it—
“Please…”
Lin Yibai: “?”
She opened her big, pretty eyes, almost like she had misheard him. “What did you just say?”
Xia Changyu said, “Please, don’t delete me!”
Ugh! So annoying!
Why is this love rival so shameless?
Can he not make me look like the heartless one?
Lin Yibai, who had been ready to delete him…
Thought about it.
Maybe… She’d delete him later, when she got home?