The sun shone brightly, a gentle breeze blowing, and it was nearing noon.
After strolling through the vast expanse of flowers,
They had taken countless photos.
Only then did Sun Le Yan and Su Bai choose to leave.
"What should we eat later?"
Su Bai put away his camera and looked up at Sun Le Yan, who was still lingering at the flower sea, asking her.
"Hmm?"
Sun Le Yan, snapping out of her reverie, pondered for a moment.
"Why don't you guess what I want to eat?"
"I won't guess."
Su Bai stubbornly put on a typical straight-man pose.
"Hmph!"
Sun Le Yan, seeing this, touched her nose playfully, "Then I won't eat either!"
She crossed her arms in front of her chest, mimicking anger.
They inexplicably engaged in another childish act of teasing.
"Not eating? Well, I already booked a place anyway. If you don't eat, I'll cancel it."
Su Bai waved his phone.
Sun Le Yan was taken aback.
"You already booked it and you're still asking what I want to eat?"
"I just didn't want to order something you wouldn't like."
Sun Le Yan's heart skipped a beat. So that was it...!
"Alright, alright, I'm not mad anymore."
"What restaurant did you book?"
Su Bai teased, "You guess."
"Hint: It's not tomato beef stew."
？？？
Sun Le Yan was confused. Why would he specifically exclude tomato beef stew?
Was there something wrong with this dish?
She couldn't say she liked it, nor could she say she disliked it.
Could it be that Su Bai didn't like it?
"Do you dislike tomato beef stew?"
"No."
Su Bai shook his head, leaving Sun Le Yan even more puzzled.
"Then why mention that it's not that dish?"
"Because I'm afraid of death."
"Afraid of death?"
"Yeah, see, tomatoes are red. If you eat them with beef, the cow will ram into you inside your stomach. Of course, if you really want to eat it, you can order a bottle of white wine with it, call it Niu Lan Shan, and it will stop the cow."
"Or, you can pair it with some Mengniu milk, so you can cover the cow's eyes. It won't see the red color, won't ram into you, and you won't die."
Su Bai spoke with a deadpan expression, completely nonsensical.
Sun Le Yan was both stunned and dumbfounded.
She had no idea how Su Bai managed to combine those words together!
Pfft~!
Sun Le Yan couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You're making things up again. You say the cow will ram into you inside your stomach? How could you even fit a cow in your stomach?!"
Su Bai chuckled.
"Guess, guess what I booked."
"Hmm~!"
Sun Le Yan thought for a moment and replied with anticipation, "I guess it's...a Cantonese restaurant?"
Su Bai smiled and shook his head, "Wrong!"
"Then, are we going to eat seafood?"
"Also wrong."
"Hot pot?"
"Wrong!"
"Then what is it?"
"The answer is, nothing to eat! I didn't actually book anything!"
.......
Sun Le Yan was speechless. It was true, she couldn't have any expectations from Su Bai.
This guy was either rambling nonsense or waiting for people to fall into his trap.
He was hopeless!
"Okay, I was just teasing. I actually did book something, behind this farm."
"There's a private restaurant, and they happen to have your favorite Cantonese food."
Su Bai spoke again.
！！！
Sun Le Yan didn't seem to believe Su Bai was lying, and her heart immediately felt a surge of happiness.
Especially since, Su Bai knew she guessed Cantonese food first, meaning he knew she wanted to eat Cantonese food?!
He was quite attentive...!
"Then let's go!"
"Let's go!"
Sun Le Yan was eager as well.
After Su Bai nodded in agreement, he took her from the small path leading out of the flower sea, straight towards the hill next to the road.
There was a stone path built on the hillside.
It wasn't too difficult to walk on.
Only after crossing this small hill did they see a new and different scenery.
Various farmhouses, nestled in a mountain valley.
They blended with the village nestled beside the mountains and waters.
A refreshing air, like a paradise outside the world, rushed towards them.
"It's over there."
Su Bai pointed to a private restaurant with a few pine trees and a large stone inscribed with "Source Guest" in front of it, through a winding road.
Sun Le Yan wasn't listening. Instead, her attention remained fixed on Su Bai's outstretched hand.
This was the first time she felt that Su Bai's hand was also quite handsome.
She felt an inexplicable urge to grab it.
.... No, no! That's going too far!
Sun Le Yan, you're thinking too much!
She quickly scolded herself in her heart before releasing a sigh and nodding with a smile, "Let's go then!"
But as she started to walk, she felt something bump against her foot.
Looking down, she found that it was a hundred-yuan bill tied with a red string!
“！！！”
"Su Bai, look, money! I'm so lucky, I found a hundred yuan!"
Just as she was about to reach out and bend down to pick it up,
Suddenly, a large hand stretched out from beside her, tightly grabbing her hand as she tried to pick up the money.
"Don't pick it up."
In that instant!
She froze in place. The warmth radiating from his fingers and the back of her hand made her breathing quicken.
Hand...
This was Su Bai's hand!
It was so hot, so soft. He actually held my hand?!
She didn't know why, but even though she had actively hugged Su Bai's arm for a photo earlier!
That was obviously more physical contact than this moment!
But now, it was just a simple touch of two hands.
The feeling was completely different.
She had no idea what to do or what to say at this moment. Her mind felt like it was about to shut down, as if she was about to faint.
And, just a second ago, she was imagining wanting to hold Su Bai's hand.
Now...now it was happening!
Everything was like a dream!
The live stream went completely crazy!
They frantically typed, "Holding hands! Holding hands! Eyeball CP holding hands!"
Until.
Su Bai seemed to react as well, surprisingly flustered, and withdrew his hand.
The warmth disappeared.
Sun Le Yan finally snapped out of her daze.
She inexplicably felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.
She didn't know how long it took, but Sun Le Yan finally stammered, "Th-that...why didn't you let me pick up the money?"
"Uh."
Su Bai clearly just realized what he had done. He cleared his throat and spoke.
"You can't pick it up. There's a superstition in the countryside, that money tied with red string and dropped on the ground is money for buying life."
"Picking it up will make the original owner buy your lifespan."
"？？？”
Sun Le Yan's beautiful eyes widened in surprise. She had actually heard of this before.
But she never thought she would actually encounter it!
Regardless of whether this superstition was true or not, there was this meaning behind it.
For a hundred yuan, there was no need to bring such bad luck upon herself.
"Th-then what do we do? Let's go quickly."
Sun Le Yan was about to leave with Su Bai immediately.
However, Su Bai smiled.
"Why are we leaving? We won't pick up the money?"
"We can't pick it up. It's...bad!"
"I didn't say I was going to pick it up for myself."
"Ah? What are you going to do then?"
Not taking the money? But he wants to pick it up?
Why pick it up then?!
Sun Le Yan felt very strange.
Su Bai pointed to the left. She turned her head in confusion.
In her sight, a small Buddhist temple nestled among a few farmhouses.
"Are you going to let the Buddha bless the money, then take it?"
"No!"
"Isn't it for buying life? I'll donate it to the Buddha's donation box later, and I'll let the Buddha fight it!"
"？？？”
The live stream instantly exploded with laughter.
——Pffff, hahaha! He said let the Buddha fight it, only Su Bai could come up with this crazy idea.
——Buddha: The money is wrong today, I feel like someone is trying to take my life.
——The person buying life: Woah, I met someone whose life is unbuyable, who is this mysterious being?!
——I'm dying of laughter!
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