Chapter 38: Desire for Protection

  The steak dinner with red wine didn't last long, Su Yifan settled the bill with his membership card when Zhang Chao called him for the second time to urge him on, and sent Cheng Shuijin home.

  "Just accompany me until the bus arrives." Cheng Shui Xin could tell that Su Fan had something to do at night and didn't ask him to send her home.

  "I'll send you back anyway, it's so late." Su Yifan had been spoiled by Su Xiaqing recently and raised his hand to hail a car.

  Cheng Shui Xin grabbed Su Yi Fan's arm and wouldn't let him shout.

  "If you want to see me off, then take the bus with me."

  Su Yifan felt that he still couldn't refuse Cheng Shuiyan's request, and he was actually very happy to be able to accompany her while waiting for the bus.

  "Why take the bus?"

  "Low-carbon life!" Cheng Shui Xin laughed loudly, attracting quite a few glances in the night.

  Such a lively girl, occasionally throwing away that mature outer garment, looks particularly eye-catching.

  In the evening, on the crowded bus, Su Yifan tried his best to protect Cheng Shui'an from being squeezed, using his arms to open up a little space, which looked like he was hugging Cheng Shui'an in other people's eyes.

  Cheng Shui Xin didn't mind and smiled at Su Yi Fan all along.

  Along the way, there weren't any weird uncles making moves on beautiful girls, and Su Yifan didn't have a chance to show his brave side. Cheng Shuiheng quietly chatted with Su Yifan about some literary society matters on the noisy bus, and at this moment, the surrounding chaos actually made the two feel more serene.

  After sending Cheng Shui Xin away, Su Yi Fan hastily rushed to the internet cafe, where Zhang Chao had been sitting upright and solemnly waging war in the non-smoking area for a long time.

  Su Yifan first made a phone call to his dad at the entrance of the internet cafe, saying he was playing at a classmate's house and wouldn't be coming back.

  "You've been busy lately and haven't come back home for meals often." Su Shen teased his son, "It's okay to have fun, just don't neglect your studies."

  The laissez-faire policy at home is too great, Su Yifan thought with tears streaming down his face.

  Today Zhang Chao chose another internet cafe, which is famous for its overnight packages and various midnight snacks, called Blue Starry Sky.

  Internet cafes are now operating at a white-hot stage, and every village has its own high-end recruitment. The midnight snack is well-cooked and has become the biggest selling point of Blue Star Sky, many young people are greedy for this half-night someone to cook for them, they will come here to package nights.

  After paying the money and sitting next to Zhang Chao, Su Yifan skillfully logged into his own account and started waiting for the next round of PK.

  Su Yifan felt distracted today, despite his reaction and hand speed being even more fierce than before.

  Every boy has a heroic dream in his heart, the heroic dream that was once only completed in the game is slowly transferred to reality, Su Yifan feels that he can grasp more things now.

  Thinking so, Su Yifan stood up after the fourth game to take a rest. It's become a habit at night not to do some exercise, it seems like an addiction.

  "I'm going out for a walk." Su Yifan said to Zhang Chao, "I'll be back soon."

  "What's going on? The battle has just begun." Zhang Chao stared at the screen with dissatisfaction.

  Su Yifan looked at the outside of the internet cafe: "Right, the battle has just begun."

  After finishing speaking, Su Yifan ran out and started running around the internet cafe towards Bin Hai Shan Shui Ju.

  Ou La's words kept echoing in Su Yifan's mind.

  "This is your own life, you don't even want to take responsibility for your own life, no matter how much guidance there is, it's meaningless."

  In his own secret base, Su Yifan did double the amount of exercise, only then did he take a shower and change clothes to go downstairs and return to the internet cafe.

  In the internet cafe, Zhang Chao was still in a heated battle and saw Su Yifan return, smiling and asking: "Didn't you go to some strange place? More than an hour, what did you do?"

  "Go home and exercise." Su Yifan replied truthfully, "Didn't you see that I even changed clothes?"

  Zhang Chao continued to laugh wildly: "Who knows if you went to some strange place first."

  It's not news that high school students spend money to find runaway girls, and Zhang Chao's mockery is not unreasonable. Su Yifan didn't bother to argue with him, sat back in his own seat, just about to enter the game, when Zhang Chao, who had just finished a round, mysteriously leaned over next to him.

  "I just saw Master Say No."

  "Silent Master" is a nickname that many boys privately gave to Zhang Yao, because this girl never takes the initiative to talk to people - even in passive situations she doesn't speak.

  Su Yifan thought of that timid girl and couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile: "Is she here too?"

  "Yeah." Zhang Chao also seemed tired, pushing away the keyboard and stretching his waist, "I just saw that Shuibuxing Master came out to buy a bottle of Pulse, and then went to the VIP room."

  "How did she end up here?" Su Yifan wondered, "Wasn't last time's lesson enough?"

  "Probably because you lost your wallet last time, so this time you changed to a different internet cafe?" Zhang Chao gossiped no less than the girls, "I see you're quite close to Shuibuxiansheng, I'll tell you, just between us."

  Su Yifan helplessly said: "You're all classmates, if you see her encounter that kind of thing, isn't it very normal to lend a hand?"

  "That's different." Zhang Chao curled his lip, "If it were an ugly and fat boy whose wallet was stolen, would you also go help him pay the bill?"

  Su Yifan thought about it and felt a little scared.

  "If it's a classmate, I will."

  "You're a great guy who will be remembered for generations to come, but we have different realms." Zhang Chao stretched his arm and was about to enter the game, "Want to join me?"

  "No, I'll go take a look at Zhang Yao." Su Yifan pushed away the keyboard and stood up.

  "You still don't have a good impression?" Zhang Chao sighed, "You know? The current you is completely different from the past. You even dare to take the initiative to find Master Say No and flirt with him, that's quite impressive."

  Su Yifan was stunned by Zhang Chao's words. Ah, when did he become so bold?

  "What's your room number?"

  "Haha, there are only four VIP rooms in total, you can try knocking on each one."

  Su Yifan didn't ask Zhang Chao again, and really walked over to knock on the doors of the VIP rooms one by one. This scene made Zhang Chao a bit stunned, was this person in front of him really the Su Yifan he knew? Could it be that he had been eaten by an alien monster, leaving only a shell of Su Yifan's appearance?

  Su Yifan knocked open the third VIP room and saw Zhang Yao, who had taken off her coat. Zhang Yao's body was as thin as a bean sprout, with big eyes that were surprised and shy. When she saw Su Yifan, her mouth opened wide, but no sound came out.

  In her subconscious, Su Yifan always felt that Zhang Yao was her past self, and every time she saw her, she felt a sense of familiarity. Waving at Zhang Yao, Su Yifan smiled and said: "I didn't expect to run into you here, are you surfing the internet alone?"

  Zhang Yaohuang looked at Su Yifan blankly and timidly for a few seconds, then suddenly lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him.

  "Be careful when you come online alone." Su Yifan thought he should show some concern for this timid little junior sister, "Whenever you have time, come find me, I'll be sitting on the 43rd floor."

  Zhang Yao shook her head and then nodded, seeing that several people were looking over at them. She simply pulled Su Yifan by the arm and dragged him into the VIP room.

  After closing the door and blocking out those prying eyes, Zhang Yao seemed to relax a bit, one hand covering her chest as she panted heavily.

  Su Yifan knew that Zhang Yao didn't like to talk, and he didn't rush her. He took the opportunity to look around this VIP room. After fighting in internet cafes for many years, Su Yifan had never actually been in a room like this before.

  The VIP room of the blue starry sky is also a double room, with two soft sofa chairs and a computer desk that can adjust the height. Probably in order to facilitate many couples doing strange things inside, the walls around are filled with thick sound-absorbing cotton.

  As soon as the door is closed, this becomes a small world isolated from the rest of the world.

  Su Yifan finally understood why VIP rooms were so expensive. Compared to those hotel hourly rooms, this place was actually quite cheap...

  Zhang Yao's coat was draped over the sofa, and Su Yifan only carefully examined Zhang Yao after finishing looking at the internal structure of the package.

  Zhang Yao wore a creamy white sweater, with dark brown knee-high leather boots on the lower half of her body, and a black woolen base # pants outside covered with a red and black plaid cotton skirt.

  Even wearing the whitest and most fattening top, Zhang Yao still looked too thin and weak.

  Because of the proximity, Su Yifan caught a whiff of a faint fragrance. Zhang Yao was like a lone little flower, trembling slightly in front of Su Yifan, without any intention of speaking.

  Su Yifan saw Zhang Yao's timid expression and felt a little pity in his heart. Such girls can always arouse people's strongest desire to protect them.

  He said in a low voice to Zhang Yao: "I'm leaving, you play."

  Zhang Yao shook her head with wide eyes.

  "Anything else?" Su Yifan saw that Zhang Yao didn't want to talk to him at all, but he didn't mind.

  Zhang Yao thought for a moment, reached into her bag and pulled out her phone, then quickly started typing away as she faced Su Yifan.

  A moment later, Su Yifan saw a line of words on his phone handed over by Zhang Yao.

  "Don't go, I want to sing for you."

  "You, sing a song?" Su Yifan hadn't forgotten how Zhang Yao became famous in school, and simply smiled, "I don't want to make you cry."

  Zhang Yao's eyes were still timid, staring at Su Yifan like that, without making a sound.

  Su Yifan was made a bit nervous by this gaze, so he sat down on the sofa: "Okay, I won't leave, wait for you to sing a song for me."

  Su Yifan didn't leave after all, and Zhang Yao finally felt at ease returning to her own position, pulling gently on the condenser microphone hanging beside the screen.

  Open the library to find accompaniment, look for recording mode, adjust various filter sound waves. Su Yifan watched Zhang Yao skillfully operate all this and always felt that something was not quite right.

  Wait, is Zhang Yao really going to sing a song?

  Before Su Yifan could think carefully, the music had already started.

  A very pure and rustic folk tune, as the rhythm sways slowly, Zhang Yao only leaves Su Yifan with a profile, still looking at her bright red face.

  This was probably Zhang Yao's first time singing in front of strangers.

  The prelude is over, Zhang Yao slowly opened his mouth against the microphone.

  …………

  …………

  Zhang Yao's singing voice descended like a fairy, Su Yifan was dumbfounded.

  This is the purest sound he has ever heard.

  This is the most beautiful sound he has ever heard.

  This was a sound he had never heard before.

  Zhang Yao held the condenser microphone with both hands, and after opening her mouth, she seemed to have ignored Su Yifan's existence, her big eyes gazing deeply at the computer screen.

  There are only lyrics on the screen.

  Innumerable beauty belonging only to music began to bloom recklessly on Zhang Yao's body.

  Su Yifan's gaze shifted to the screen, "Words I Couldn't Say", a song he had never heard before.

  It's like a gentle breeze blowing over the waves of melody, with a hint of sadness, performed by Zhang Ya almost to perfection.

  Every word and sentence is like a perfect pearl, warm and smooth to the ear.

  Su Yifan stared foolishly at Zhang Yao.

  Is this the reason why she never sings?

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