During the first half of the journey, there was occasional chatter, but eventually, everyone became silent.

…When they arrived at the destination, the group got out of the car and carried their luggage to the front desk to check in. Yu Wanlai and Yu Qingyue shared a room, Bai Jian and Jiang Cheng shared another, and only Bai Yi had a room to himself. After hearing what the front desk staff said, Jiang Cheng asked, “Are there no extra rooms? I’d like a room to myself.” The front desk shook their head. “All rooms are booked as per reservation. How about you switch with Mr. Bai?”

Bai Jian and Bai Yi both immediately shook their heads, “That’s not possible!” Jiang Cheng had no choice but to look at Yu Wanlai. “Big brother, how about it?” Yu Qingyue, seeing that Yu Wanlai seemed to actually consider it, immediately became anxious. “No way! You two are a man and a woman, it’s inconvenient.”

Bai Jian couldn’t help but wonder. Could Jiang Cheng have sensed something? Otherwise, why would she avoid her, especially when they were both women? But it didn’t seem like it. She walked over to Jiang Cheng and said, “Chengzi, we can just share a room. I can help you with body lotion later.”

Jiang Cheng was going crazy inside: Ah, ah, ah, what is she saying?! She doesn’t want that! Is it normal for girls to be this clingy? He’d rather stay with Big Brother, Yu Qingyue, and Bai Yi—anything but this!

Yu Wanlai glanced at Jiang Cheng, then at Yu Qingyue, and said thoughtfully, “How about I…”

Yu Qingyue’s face turned bright red with urgency. “No!” He immediately walked up to the front desk, his voice cold, “What about the presidential suite? Do you have that?” If not, he would leave right away—there was no way Yu Wanlai was sharing a room with Jiang Cheng!

The front desk nodded. “Yes, we have the presidential suite.” Yu Qingyue took out his phone, “Alright, change it to this one for her.”

Jiang Cheng: …Wow, this is luxury beyond imagination! Thanks, Big Brother!

Yu Wanlai overheard and walked over, “How great would it be for us to stay in the presidential suite!” Yu Qingyue looked at him, seeing that he no longer suggested staying with Jiang Cheng. He felt a sense of relief and happily changed everyone’s room to the presidential suite.

Jiang Cheng: …The male lead is so generous!

Bai Yi couldn’t take it anymore. “I have a free ticket but won’t use it. You guys insist on paying extra. Are you all that precious? You’ll have to make do with the luxury suite, okay?”

Yu Qingyue turned to the front desk, “Then his room doesn’t need to be changed.”

Bai Yi: ……… “I was wrong, bro! Big brother!”

If there’s a cheap room and you don’t take it, you’re a fool.

After getting the room keys, the group headed upstairs. In the end, only Yu Wanlai and Yu Qingyue were truly sharing a room, while the others each had their own.

“Enjoy your stay, have a wonderful night!”

Yu Wanlai took the key card from the front desk. Hearing this, he frowned. Why did it sound a little awkward?

It wasn’t until they swiped the key and entered the room, walking around to confirm that there was only one bed, that he suddenly realized what had happened. Oh no, they must have misunderstood their relationship.

At this moment, Yu Qingyue was even happier. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips. The original rooms had two single beds, but now this one was perfect—thank goodness he changed it. He closed the door, pushed the suitcase into the bedroom, and started unpacking.

Yu Wanlai had no intention of unpacking, as he didn’t have much to bring.

After Yu Qingyue finished organizing his things, he came out and saw Yu Wanlai still sitting dumbly on the couch. He bent down to grab his bag, “Big Brother, aren’t you going to unpack? Want me to help you?”

Yu Wanlai immediately grabbed his bag, “No need! I don’t have much, it’s fine if I don’t unpack, I’ll just take things as I need them.”

Yu Qingyue didn’t manage to grab the bag, so he spoke again, “It’s fine. If you don’t want to move, I’ll do it. You helped me with the luggage, so I’ll help you organize your things.”

Yu Wanlai clicked his tongue, “No need, really.” His bag only had a set of pajamas and two pairs of underwear—what’s there to organize?

Yu Qingyue pouted and sat down right next to him, “Big Brother, then we…”

Yu Wanlai suddenly stood up. Everything felt wrong, especially when Yu Qingyue got close—everything felt worse. It was all the front desk’s fault for saying that. Two men having a wonderful night? Ridiculous!

Yu Wanlai hesitated for a long time, then finally spoke, “How about we change back to the original room type? I think that one was just fine. It feels like a waste of money.”

Yu Qingyue immediately raised his eyes to look at Yu Wanlai, “I don’t want to! Why change? Isn’t this room fine?”

Yu Wanlai: It’s fine, but it’s going to be misunderstood!!! But how could he explain? His little brother looks so innocent—he probably wouldn’t understand these complicated things.

Unable to explain, Yu Wanlai said, “Then I’ll go downstairs and book another room. There should be an extra one now…”

Yu Qingyue immediately frowned and rejected, “No way!” Feeling a little harsh, he stood up and grabbed Yu Wanlai’s hand, “Big Brother, do you not want to have fun? How about we go back instead?”

“…I’ll come again next time on my own.”

Yu Wanlai: …When did I say I didn’t want to play? This person is misinterpreting what I meant!

“I didn’t say I didn’t want to, I just said let’s change rooms,” Yu Qingyue pouted and shook Yu Wanlai’s hand. “Why do you suddenly want a room to yourself? You didn’t say anything about this earlier. We’ve shared rooms at home before, why can’t we today? Are you unhappy about something?”

Yu Wanlai looked at the somewhat wronged person in front of him and fell silent. He seemed to have overreacted. The front desk staff was probably just following the rules. He raised his hand and gently touched Yu Qingyue’s cheek, then turned toward the door, “…I’m not unhappy, let’s go, we’ll go have lunch.”

Yu Qingyue stood still, not moving, until Yu Wanlai said they wouldn’t change the room before he was willing to follow him out.

Yu Wanlai forgot to ask about the others, and Yu Qingyue didn’t remind him. It wasn’t until they were almost done with their meal that Yu Wanlai asked, “What about them? Should we call them?”

Yu Qingyue took out his phone and messaged Bai Yi, but after waiting a few seconds with no response, he decisively put the phone down and said casually, “They said they won’t come down for now, they’re catching up on sleep.”

Those three had woken up much earlier in the morning. Yu Wanlai also called Jiang Cheng, but Jiang Cheng said she’d called room service and wouldn’t come out until later.

Yu Wanlai: …I should have known they would also order room service. I forgot to ask.

In the evening, there was a loud knock at their room door. It was obvious it wasn’t room service. Yu Qingyue quickly opened the door, his tone cool, “What’s going on?”

Bai Jian retracted her hand, which had been halfway raised, and smiled brightly. “Qingyue, Wanlai, let’s go eat together, then maybe go for a soak.”

Yu Qingyue furrowed his brows slightly. Eating together was fine, but he had no intention of going to an outdoor hot spring. Bai Jian didn’t want to go either, but it was hard enough for her to get into Jiang Cheng’s room, let alone stay there with her, so she came to invite them all to go outside. Jiang Cheng would definitely join if everyone else did.

Yu Qingyue was about to refuse, but unexpectedly, Yu Wanlai, who had been lying on the couch in the living room, heard the noise and came over, taking the room key. “Alright, let’s go.” He was hungry anyway.

Yu Qingyue: …sigh, he had no choice but to follow them to the restaurant.

On the way to the restaurant, they passed through a courtyard with a corridor leading to various areas. The courtyard had cobblestone paths and had a peaceful, classical style. Snow had fallen on the top, making it look even more beautiful. Yu Wanlai picked up a handful of snow and, noticing that Yu Qingyue seemed a bit down along the way, gently placed it on Yu Qingyue’s cheek.

Yu Qingyue shivered from the cold, then looked up at Yu Wanlai.

Yu Wanlai immediately noticed that Yu Qingyue seemed even more upset, “What’s wrong? Don’t want to eat? I can get takeout for you after, what do you want to eat?”

Yu Qingyue snorted, thinking that this was all a lie. If Yu Wanlai wasn’t going to eat, he would definitely follow the others to the public hot spring. He clung to Yu Wanlai’s arm, rubbing his cheek on his clothes, and put his right hand in Yu Wanlai’s pocket, grabbing his hand and holding it tightly, his teeth gritted, “I don’t want to!”

Yu Wanlai: …It sounds like he’s angry.

Jiang Cheng and Bai Jian walked ahead. Jiang Cheng suddenly had something to say to Yu Wanlai, but as soon as he turned around, he saw the scene in front of him. His eyes immediately widened, and he almost tripped over a step in front of him. Luckily, Bai Jian helped him in time.

He quickly turned around, because it seemed like Yu Qingyue was glaring at him.

Jiang Cheng: …The male lead is indeed terrifying! No wonder people’s limbs get broken behind the scenes.

But these two are so off. Thinking back to the hospital incident, and even earlier, when Yu Wanlai got caught in an accident, Jiang Cheng suddenly had an epiphany. He felt like he had figured it out. Could it be that these two did something after he left last time?

Jiang Cheng’s cheeks flushed, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. The villain and the male lead? This is such a… strange pairing! It’s so intense and makes me blush!

Her actions were noticed by Bai Jian, who then glanced back at the two of them. Bai Jian quietly sighed in relief, then reached out to hold Jiang Cheng’s hand. Seeing that he didn’t pull away this time, Bai Jian was pleased for a while.

Yu Wanlai didn’t speak again. His hand in his pocket gently scratched Yu Qingyue’s palm, and with the other hand, he suddenly found some orange candies. He took out two and handed them to Yu Qingyue, “Want some candy?”

Yu Qingyue’s palm itched slightly, and the next moment, two orange candies appeared in front of him. He blinked, “Sure,” but didn’t make a move.

Yu Wanlai heard him say yes, but seeing that he wasn’t taking them, he spoke up, “Here, you can eat them yourself. My hands are dirty.”

Yu Qingyue pressed his lips together, “…I don’t want to stretch my hand out, it’s cold.”

Yu Wanlai: …So he had no choice but to feed the candy to Yu Qingyue with the candy wrapper still on.

At the back of the group, Bai Yi was almost rubbing his eyes out of disbelief. Something was off, very off. He stared at Yu Wanlai’s back. Wasn’t this person supposed to be really bad? He’d be lucky if he wasn’t secretly giving Yu Qingyue a hard time, yet here he was, feeding him candy? Could it be that the candy… was poisoned?

Bai Yi’s gaze shifted to Yu Qingyue, and things seemed even more suspicious. He had watched Yu Qingyue reach into Yu Wanlai’s pocket, but never pull his hand out. He focused on the spot where their hands met, desperately trying to figure out if they were secretly fighting.

Yu Qingyue felt the searching gaze on him, but he couldn’t be bothered to respond.

Yu Wanlai noticed that Yu Qingyue seemed upset the whole way to the restaurant, so he paid extra attention to him at the table. He peeled several shrimp and put them in Yu Qingyue’s bowl, then handed the bowl to him. Watching him chew with his cheeks rising and falling, Yu Wanlai smiled, though he couldn’t help but feel like he wanted to pinch Yu Qingyue’s cheeks. But his hands were dirty right now.

Jiang Cheng saw that after Yu Wanlai finished peeling the shrimp, he also took the trouble of picking out the bones from a bowl of steamed bass. He quickly pushed his bowl over, “Boss, let me have that bowl!”

The fish bones weren’t many, yet Yu Wanlai spent so much time picking through them. Jiang Cheng also wanted to try being considerate.

Yu Wanlai poured a bit of broth on the fish he had picked out, then carefully placed the bowl next to Yu Qingyue and scolded, “Don’t you have hands?”

Jiang Cheng almost blurted out, “Then does he not have arms or legs?” But he quickly changed his tone, accusing, “Boss, you’ve changed! You’ve become so flattering! You’ve become so double-faced!”

Yu Wanlai opened his mouth to retort, but then his gaze fell on Yu Qingyue, and he suddenly fell silent. It seemed a little true, but then he straightened his back again. Yu Qingyue was upset today, so what’s wrong with taking extra care of him?

He clicked his tongue and placed the remaining fish tail into Jiang Cheng’s bowl, “Here! Eat it! This is the top-grade fish tail I specially selected for you!”

Jiang Cheng: …Alright, alright, I get it. When he finds someone he likes, he’ll probably act the same way.

Yu Qingyue had just smirked proudly a second ago when he saw Yu Wanlai really pick up food for Jiang Cheng. He frowned and glanced at Jiang Cheng, seeing the dry fish tail in his bowl. He knew Yu Wanlai always chose the tender fish belly for him, but still, he wasn’t happy.

Yu Qingyue’s lips curled down as he turned his attention back to his own bowl. Just then, a pair of chopsticks reached in and grabbed a shrimp he had already peeled. He followed the chopsticks to see Bai Yi’s mischievous face.

Bai Yi, realizing he had been caught, almost dropped the shrimp in surprise. “I already touched this one, it’s not the communal chopsticks! You’re not seriously going to take it back, right?”

Yu Qingyue would never take it back, he found it repulsive, but he was furious. “Don’t you have hands?”

Bai Yi swallowed the shrimp, “I do, just wanted to see what a peeled shrimp tastes like.”

He chewed a few times, “It’s no different from what you’re eating, just a bit softer.”

Bai Yi didn’t like peeling shrimp, but he loved eating them, so he just shoved the whole shrimp in his mouth and spit out the shell afterward.

Yu Qingyue tightened his grip on his chopsticks. So you still eat them!

He turned his head to Yu Wanlai to get his attention, “Bro, he stole my shrimp. And now he wants to steal my fish.”