Chapter 162: The Waiting Here Has Exhausted All Her Gentleness
Playing with fire again?
Xia Changyu really wanted to surrender. It was still early in the day, and she was already getting him so worked up, it’s fair to say the girl had most of the blame.
Don’t talk about being a “gentleman.” When a beautiful girl keeps calling you “trash, trash,” again and again, anyone would lose their cool!
Xia Changyu took a deep breath, then raised his voice and said, “Lin Baiyi! You better stop right now! Or else—!”
Lin Yibai pursed her red lips, half-smiling as she replied, “Or else what?”
Xia Changyu said, “You know what it is!”
Lin Yibai clicked her tongue and said, “Tsk tsk tsk. I didn’t know you were that kind of guy. Talking dirty in broad daylight?”
Xia Changyu replied, “It’s because you’re pushing me!”
Lin Yibai waved her hand and, as usual, kept teasing him. “Nonsense. It’s your own dirty mind!”
While the two were going back and forth with their playful banter, the hotel receptionist could barely hold it together. In her eyes, they were clearly flirting.
She quickly finished checking them out of the hotel and told them to hurry up and leave.
But she was still a little shocked. A young man and woman stayed in the same room all night, and nothing happened?
The receptionist nudged the older lady next to her and asked, “Hey, Sister Fang, don’t you think it’s strange? They didn’t even use a cond*ms? The cleaning lady said the trash bin was clean. No weird stuff at all!”
Her voice was a little too loud...
She thought Xia Changyu was really useless. There was this very pretty girl with a great figure, practically in front of him, and what does he do? Absolutely nothing.
People would kill for someone like her! He had the perfect opportunity and he just wasted it!
Outside, Lin Yibai and Xia Changyu were standing near the door, looking up travel tips on their phones. The receptionist’s voice came through the glass door, and the girl started giggling uncontrollably.
The older lady, who was doing her nails, didn’t even look up and said lazily, “What do you know? Maybe the guy is just really good.”
The receptionist asked, “What do you mean?”
The older lady smiled and said, “A real expert doesn’t need a cond*m. He just… go directly and get it done.”
The receptionist: “F**k?!”
Lin Yibai: “???”
Lin Yibai turned pale. Her legs wobbled and she almost fell down.
What did that lady just say? Did she just say he... go directly?
No. Impossible!
Even if I, Lin Yibai, die and jump off a cliff, I will never let that idiot Xia Changyu do something like...!!
Meanwhile, Xia Changyu’s lips were twitching. He’d clearly been holding back laughter for a long time. It was like he’d won too many times in a row!
Lin Yibai wanted to explain, to argue, maybe even forgive him. But in the end, as a girl, she felt too embarrassed, so she turned and ran away!
In the distance, she seemed to mumble with a bit of a grudge.
“It’s all your fault... Even if we didn’t need that thing... you could’ve at least ripped open a couple and left them there! That way people would think you’re cool, and I wouldn’t be misunderstood!”
Damn it, why is this getting more and more ridiculous?
Lin Yibai decided to just focus on the trip. The ancient mountain town had plenty of old buildings, temples, and shrines to visit.
Xia Changyu had gone to buy the tickets, while Lin Yibai stood in front of a small stall selling incense and prayer papers. When Xia Changyu came back with the tickets, he asked curiously,
“What are you doing here?”
Lin Yibai replied, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do!”
Xia Changyu frowned and said, “That’s just superstition.”
Lin Yibai glared at him and huffed.
“Who doesn’t know the saying ‘Left eye twitches = money, right eye twitches = bad luck’? Forget all that ‘feudal superstition’ talk. In our culture, people don’t really believe in it. They just use it as a way to express hope.”
While talking, Lin Yibai placed a bunch of incense papers into Xia Changyu’s hands.
When visiting a temple like this, if you don’t burn some incense or paper money, it kind of feels like you never really came. So, this isn’t really about superstition. It’s just another way to enjoy the trip. There’s no need to take it too seriously.
Lin Yibai had a cheerful attitude. She asked with a smile.
“Do you want to make a wish? For good health? A successful career? Or lots of money coming in every day?”
Xia Changyu looked at her, then said thoughtfully. “My wish… is to be with you…”
Before he could finish, Lin Yibai raised her eyebrows, guessing what he was about to say. She quickly stopped him in front of the gods and said,
“Stop! Uh—I mean, let me burn the incense and paper money. I’ll wish for me to get rich this summer break, and you can have just a little bit of money. Isn’t that better?”
Xia Changyu didn’t say anything, just smiled. Even though his wish was interrupted, what he truly wanted… was already by his side all along.
And Lin Yibai’s way of thinking, how should he put it? Being with her just felt so easy and comforting.
On her side, Lin Yibai seemed to be quietly whispering something to the statues. Meanwhile, Xia Changyu walked over to the fortune stick container and shook one out.
Lin Yibai came over playfully and asked, “Well? Is it a good one?”
Xia Changyu shook his head, “Not sure.”
The two of them went to a nearby old man with glasses. These days, temples and shrines are often more like businesses, and the old man running this place gave off a very worldly vibe.
The old man looked at the fortune stick, frowned a little, then quickly relaxed.
He asked, “What did you wish for?”
Xia Changyu asked back, “Does it make a difference?”
The old man nodded and said, “If you wished for money, then it’s okay. But if it’s for love, then... not so good. The sign looks kind of unlucky, like the future is unclear.”
She saw Xia Changyu’s expression change just a little.
So… he wished for love? Well, it was obvious now.
Brother, you just said 'That’s just superstition' five minutes ago. But now, your expression betrayed your words.
She quickly pulled her annoying love-rival away and whispered,
“Don’t listen to that old guy. Anyone with a brain could tell you were wishing for love. And this is a trick they use all the time in temples. They say your luck is bad, so you’ll buy more incense or try again. Then next time, suddenly they tell you your luck has changed!”
She didn’t want their happy trip to be ruined by something like this. But clearly, Xia Changyu was a little affected.
And if he felt unhappy… Then the whole trip would lose its fun.
Lin Yibai looked at the tourist map. Her eyes lit up with a smile. Clearly, she had an idea.
She cleared her throat and said, “Let me tell you, those big temples are too commercial now. They’re not accurate anymore. I heard from locals that you have to go to small temples. When I was looking at travel tips, I found just the right one!”
Without waiting for him to respond, she grabbed his arm and dragged him off.
Everything was already planned in her mind. There’s no way something bad could happen when you travel with me!
Later, she said she needed to go to the bathroom. She took a long time, long enough that someone might think she fell in.
But in truth, she went ahead of time to that small temple. She secretly gave the old man who reads the fortune sticks 200 yuan and said, “In a bit, I’ll bring a guy over. You know what to do, right?”
The old man, who barely had any teeth left, grinned wide as he held the two red bills.
Her instructions were very simple. “The guy I bring over, just tell him whatever he wants to hear.”
She added, “He’s probably, maybe, kind of, wishing for me... So even if you tell him I’m like a supermom who gives birth to a lot babies, it’s fine!”
If he wants money, give him money. If he wants love, give him love.
She’s poured all her tenderness into this wait.