"If you like her, that's fine, but don't treat her badly."
"No, not at all." Su Kai finished his drink in one gulp. "Let's go back."
As soon as the two stepped out the door, Bai Yanfei froze.
Ling Zeyu asked expressionlessly, "Is it fun?"
Chapter 23 How can you be so useless?
"Brother Yu..." Bai Yanfei panicked immediately. Although he knew he hadn't done anything, his intuition told him that Ling Zeyu was angry.
Was he angry because he went out with Su Kai? Does that mean Ling Zeyu cares about him too?
"Why are you being so fierce? I saw Xiaoyan was bored over there, so I brought him out to play for a while. Now that you're back, you can take him to play. I'm leaving now." Su Kai left with one hand in his pocket.
"Is it really that boring?"
Bai Yanfei quickly shook his head: "No, it's very interesting."
Ling Zeyu didn't answer. He turned around and started walking. Bai Yanfei had to jog to keep up with Ling Zeyu's pace.
Where do we go now?
"Go back to sleep."
"Aren't you bored? Do whatever you want, I won't bother you." Ling Zeyu felt like he was going crazy. He didn't see Bai Yanfei when he came back from diving. The bodyguard said that Bai Yanfei left with Su Kai. He searched for a while like a headless fly before he remembered to ask the bodyguard. After learning that they had gone this way, he rushed over without stopping, only to see the scene just now.
Ling Zeyu returned to the hotel, and Bai Yanfei naturally didn't dare to linger outside.
"Brother Ling—" Su Yang, who had already changed his clothes, ran in. "It's too sunny outside, let's go get something to eat."
"good."
"Aren't we going back to sleep?" Bai Yanfei asked.
"What I do is none of your business to decide," Ling Zeyu said, tilting his head. "You don't need to come. You've already eaten enough, right? Be careful not to throw up if you eat any more. Su Kai said you'll throw up if you eat too much."
"I..." Bai Yanfei felt a little wronged. He watched as Su Yang followed behind Ling Zeyu, and Su Yang even turned his head and made a face at him.
What did he do wrong? He just went out with his friends for a while.
Bai Yanfei secretly followed them. He sat in a corner and saw Ling Zeyu peeling crayfish for Su Yang. He watched from afar, his eyes filled with envy.
Su Yang was saying something, and Ling Zeyu's originally expressionless face also showed a slight smile.
Bai Yanfei also saw Su Yang wiping Ling Zeyu's mouth, and he clenched the napkin in his hand.
"Hey, isn't that Bai Yanfei?" Su Yang made eye contact with Bai Yanfei, who hurriedly crouched down and hid under the table.
What are you doing now?
Ling Zeyu's voice came from above. Bai Yanfei looked up, bumping his head on the corner of the table as he stood up. He covered his forehead in grievance, tears welling up in his eyes from the pain: "Since you won't let me follow you, I can only watch you from afar."
Did I say you weren't allowed to come along?
“But that’s what you meant…” Bai Yanfei said softly, feeling extremely wronged, while Su Yang was sticking out his tongue and making faces on the side.
“Brother Ling, let’s go surfing! Let’s exercise after we’ve eaten.” Su Yang peeked out from behind Ling Zeyu. “Do you want to come with us? Surfing is so much fun! Who comes to the beach and doesn’t play in the water?”
Bai Yanfei looked at Ling Zeyu's expression; the other party didn't even glance at him.
"I can not swim."
"There are paramedics here, so there won't be any danger. Come on, let's go have some fun."
Su Yang was a mischievous and playful child who was skilled in many sports. Although Bai Yanfei was rebellious, these were things that Su Yang couldn't be involved in. Ling Zeyu tacitly allowed Su Yang to take Bai Yanfei to change clothes, and Bai Yanfei changed into his swimsuit.
"Let's go play by the water, it'll be so much fun!" Su Yang grabbed Bai Yanfei and ran towards the sea without saying another word.
Ling Zeyu followed behind them unhurriedly. Bai Yanfei turned around and looked at Ling Zeyu with pleading eyes, but Ling Zeyu seemed not to see it and tacitly approved of Su Yang's behavior.
Bai Yanfei turned to look at Ling Zeyu, who found a place to lie down.
"Don't look at Brother Ling anymore, he's tired from diving. Let's just play."
"I'm afraid of water..." Bai Yanfei looked at the boundless sea, and his fear rose again. "You play, I'm going back first."
Su Yang pulled him back again: "What are you afraid of? I can swim. I'll teach you. Try it in the water first. It's very comfortable to swim in this kind of weather."
Bai Yanfei shook his head in refusal, but Su Yang ignored him. He suddenly pushed Bai Yanfei out, and a wave crashed over him, causing Bai Yanfei to fall into the sea.
"save……"
Bai Yanfei splashed around in the water, choking on it and unable to speak. Su Yang pulled him ashore and patted him on the back.
"How can you be so useless? Brother Ling loves the beach so much, but you're afraid of water."
Bai Yanfei felt a wave of fear wash over him, his dread of water overwhelming him. He still remembered how he had struggled in the water, the air thinning, the feeling of drowning—a feeling he would never forget.
Su Yang sat on the beach and looked at Bai Yanfei: "Are you alright?"
Bai Yanfei shook his head: "It's alright, I'll go back first, I'm feeling a little unwell."
"No way, you haven't learned it yet." Su Yang was displeased. He had finally found Bai Yanfei's weakness, so how could he let Bai Yanfei slip away so easily?
"Let's not play at the beach anymore, let's go play somewhere else."
Without a word, Su Yang pulled Bai Yanfei up. Bai Yanfei stumbled and almost fell. He turned around in a disheveled state, looking for Ling Zeyu's figure, but Ling Zeyu was nowhere to be seen. Ling Zeyu was no longer in the place where he had been.
"Stop looking, Brother Ling probably has something to do and has already left. You're in my hands now." Su Yang laughed smugly.
"What do you want to do?" Su Yang looked at the calm sea, his heart pounding with panic. He had a feeling the sea would devour him. Moreover, Ling Zeyu wasn't with him, making him even more afraid.
"Let's go to the hotel and find Brother Yu." Bai Yanfei felt that Su Yang was in too much danger at the moment, and he was afraid of water; what if he drowned here...?
"Brother Ling is busy, we can play by ourselves."
"Then go play by yourself, I'm going back to find Brother Yu." Bai Yan wouldn't fall for a second trick, so he broke free from Su Yang and tried to slip away.
"Don't run away!" Su Yang grabbed Bai Yanfei, and as they struggled, Su Yang kept heading towards the sea.
"Let me go!"
Before he knew it, Bai Yanfei felt the seawater had risen above his knees.
The two fell to the ground on the beach, and Su Yang excitedly splashed water on Bai Yanfei.
"See? It's not that scary. Just avoid deep water."
Bai Yanfei remained motionless as the waves crashed against him, fearing that a large wave would sweep him into the sea.
Su Yang looked up and saw something, and he laughed. Bai Yanfei had a vague sense of foreboding, and when he turned around, a huge wave crashed towards them.
Bai Yanfei struggled, and Su Yang laughed a few times nearby.
"Help—help me—"
Bai Yanfei struggled in the water, but he couldn't muster any strength and could only let himself drift with the current.
Bai Yanfei gradually felt difficulty breathing, his struggles weakened, and the sounds around him slowly disappeared. A familiar yet terrifying feeling filled his mind.
In the quarter of an hour before he fainted, he felt someone holding him and calling his name, but he could no longer open his eyelids and could not see clearly who was in front of him.
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A note from the author:
Chapter 24 You're Playing with Fire
"Brother Ling..."
Ling Zeyu's face was cold, devoid of his usual smile.
Even when he's angry, he always has a smile on his face; only when he's facing Bai Yanfei does he become expressionless.
But when he saw Bai Yanfei struggling in the water from afar, he panicked.
When they pulled Bai Yanfei out of the sea, Bai Yanfei was leaning softly against them, breathing very weakly. Even when they were in bed, Ling Zeyu had never seen Bai Yanfei like this before, and he panicked.
"You can go out now."
"The doctor said he just drowned and swallowed some seawater, so there's nothing to worry about. Don't worry too much."
"Get out." This time, Ling Zeyu's tone was a bit harsher. Su Yang knew he was in the wrong, so he walked out looking aggrieved.
When Bai Yanfei woke up, he saw Ling Zeyu sitting by the bed. He stared at Ling Zeyu's face in a daze: "Am I dreaming...?"
"What kind of dream did you have?" Ling Zeyu reached out and touched Bai Yanfei's forehead. "Is there anything else that's bothering you? You were drowning."
"I know." Bai Yanfei sat up and hugged Ling Zeyu's waist. "I thought I was going to die. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was you. I thought I was dreaming."
Ling Zeyu pulled Bai Yanfei's hand away: "Alright, it's good that you're awake. Why did you go into the water if you're afraid of it? Were you just trying to annoy me?"
"I don't……"
"So you want #LingZeyu'sFiancéDiesUnexpectedly to trend on Weibo tomorrow?" Ling Zeyu sneered. "Using such methods to gain my sympathy, your methods are getting more and more sophisticated. Remember who you are."
"I didn't!" Bai Yanfei cried, her eyes brimming with tears of grievance, while Ling Zeyu walked away without looking back.
Bai Yanfei stared blankly at the closed door. Ling Zeyu had left without hesitation, and he didn't know what to do. It was clearly Su Yang who pushed him into the water, it was clearly Su Yang who was just playing around and ended up like this, but Ling Zeyu thought he was scheming.
Bai Yanfei started crying and then laughed. Just then, the door opened, and he looked up to see Su Yang. Bai Yanfei wiped away his tears, got out of bed to wash up, and didn't even glance at Su Yang.
"Hey—I didn't mean to, I didn't know you were so afraid of water." Su Yang walked over and took Bai Yanfei's hand. "Today is my birthday, so please don't be angry with me."
"Where's Brother Yu?" Bai Yanfei didn't want to think about anything at the moment; he just wanted Ling Zeyu not to misunderstand him.
"Brother Yu is waiting downstairs. He prepared a birthday dinner for me, and you gave me a car. Although it was Brother Ling's money that was spent, but..."
Bai Yanfei abruptly shook off Su Yang's hand. He turned around and glared at Su Yang: "Hypocrite! I'll go downstairs to find Brother Yu later. I don't need you to come up here to inform me."
"What's wrong with you? Are you out of your mind? I came up here out of kindness to check on you, and you treat me like this."
Bai Yanfei laughed in anger: "Who did this to me? If it weren't for you, would I have drowned? If it weren't for you, would Brother Yu have misunderstood me?"
Su Yang raised his hand in anger, but Bai Yanfei looked at him with a wicked smile: "What, do you still want to hit me? Should I tell Brother Yu why I drowned?"
"You... Brother Ling won't believe your nonsense. You went to the beach by yourself." Su Yang was a little flustered. Although Ling Zeyu doted on him, he wasn't an unreasonable person.
Seeing Su Yang's flustered appearance, Bai Yanfei smiled and slowly walked towards Su Yang: "If Brother Yu knew you wanted to kill me, do you think he would still treat you so well?"
"You're talking nonsense! Who wanted to kill you? I just... I just wanted to take you to play in the water. Don't talk nonsense." Su Yang withdrew his hand, turned around and left.
Bai Yanfei smiled like a victor.