After being attacked by the rich young ladies with hatchets, I chose to enter "sage mode".

"Here's the key to my house."

Looking at Lin Ying, who was willing to give him her house key even though they had only just started dating, Bai Yu suddenly thought this girl was so naive and innocent. Wasn't she afraid that he was a conman who was deceiving her feelings? He approached her with ill intentions.

Reaching into his robes, Bai Yu, though thinking of Lin Ying's naivety, also took out his room key and handed it to her, as a sign of his trust and commitment to her.

Seeing that Bai Yu had given her his key after she had just handed him hers, Lin Ying suddenly felt that Bai Yu seemed to have a naivety she hadn't known before. How could he trust her so much after only knowing each other for a day? Wasn't he afraid that her sudden relationship with him was for ulterior motives?

Both of them tacitly agreed that the other was naive and innocent, but they were both secretly happy. Even though they thought the other didn't remember much about them, this trust spoke volumes.

Lin Ying carefully put the key away, then picked up the notebook in her arms and wrote a sentence.

"Bai Yujun, if you don't mind, you can come in and sit down. Would you like to try my new dessert?"

"Is...is that okay?"

Slightly embarrassed, Bai Yu scratched her head. She really wanted to agree directly, but she still couldn't resist the polite formalities.

Seeing that Bai Yu seemed a little embarrassed, Lin Ying was afraid that Bai Yu would be too scared to come in, so she quickly nodded and wrote it down.

"Yes, Bai Yujun, please make yourself at home."

Chapter Seventeen: Are You Alright?

Although Bai Yu had visited Lin Ying's house more than once or twice, and even slept and rolled around in her bed, that happened in her previous life. It was that selfish version of herself that ignored Lin Ying's feelings.

In this life, Bai Yu is actually only entering Lin Ying's house for the second time. The decorations and furnishings are still the same as before, but he is like a mountain child entering the city, looking around and finding everything new and familiar.

As Lin Ying took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet for Bai Yu, she noticed Bai Yu's gaze as she looked around.

His eyes were filled with surprise and curiosity. Bai Yu's recent behavior had really puzzled him in many ways. Her words, attitude, and actions were all too intimate with him. Was the dream really that real?

Lin Ying bent down and squatted down to place the slippers at Bai Yu's feet. Her action of even trying to take off Bai Yu's shoes startled Bai Yu.

"Um... I can take off my shoes myself, no need to go to all that trouble."

Taking a half step back to avoid Lin Ying's delicate hand touching her shoelace, Bai Yu's face immediately showed an embarrassed expression.

Lin Ying knelt gently by the entrance hall. For a moment, she felt that Bai Yu was disgusted with her, but she quickly suppressed the thought. It was more appropriate to be shy when you're just starting to date, right?

Lin Ying, kneeling in the entryway, raised her eyes and brushed a strand of gold hair behind her ear. Her azure eyes revealed a hint of doubt as she looked at Bai Yu.

Perhaps she really got into character very quickly. At this moment, even though she knew they were just dating, she didn't realize that even if a couple who had just started dating were a little intimate, they wouldn't reach the level of a married couple.

Of course, Lin Ying had never been in a relationship before. In her opinion, being good to Bai Yu was as normal and expected as eating a regular meal. This was true in her previous life, and it was true in this life as well. The difference between dating and marriage was just a certificate.

"Boss lady, please get up."

Bai Yu didn't think Lin Ying's kneeling posture was bad or unattractive; on the contrary, he thought it was very beautiful and elegant. However, his eyes always unconsciously kept glancing at her collar.

Although Lin Ying didn't have the habit of wearing those kinds of clothes that covered her chest, it was inevitable that she would be so fair and big-breasted and upright. Looking down from above, there was a valley between two snow-capped mountains. In a word, it was spectacular.

Of course, how could Lin Ying, who was watching his expression closely, not notice Bai Yu's casual glance before looking away?

Even though she noticed a large gap from top to bottom in her collar when Bai Yu glanced at her, she didn't dislike being looked at like that by Bai Yu at all.

Of course, as long as she wasn't disliked, her shy and timid personality didn't change much even after her rebirth. Moreover, she didn't think of herself as reborn, but rather as a beautiful dream.

After bending down to change her shoes, Bai Yu stood up again and saw that Lin Ying had already stood up from the entrance.

This girl dresses very conservatively in the summer, wearing the most common and ordinary styles of pants and short sleeves. Bai Yu is also aware of her aversion to the outside world, and being covered up makes her feel more secure.

He may not be able to help Lin Ying overcome her inferiority complex and weak personality in a short time, but he is willing to spend time. One year is not enough, so he will do it in two years; two years is not enough, so he will do it in ten years; ten years is not enough, so he will do it in a lifetime.

"Boss lady, can we go shopping at the mall this afternoon?"

Lin Ying, who had just turned around to go to the kitchen to make her newly created dessert for Bai Yu, stopped in her tracks upon hearing this. She glanced at him, then picked up her notebook and wrote a line.

"Would that be considered a date?"

After reading what was written in the notebook, Bai Yu looked at Lin Ying, who always liked to cover half of her face with the notebook to hide her embarrassment, and scratched his head rather shyly and replied.

"I guess so."

After putting down her notebook, Lin Ying quickly wrote another line. The handwriting looked a little messy, but it didn't affect readability at all.

"Can we not split the bill on our date?"

"Sure, I'll definitely take responsibility for the appointment I made."

Patting his chest, Bai Yu made a gesture as if he were handing it over to Lin Ying, but he didn't realize that he had completely misunderstood Lin Ying's meaning of not splitting the bill.

Upon seeing Bai Yu's apparent intention to take on everything, Lin Ying quickly waved her hand, pointed to herself, and wrote.

"Don't misunderstand, I don't want to spend your money. I want to take responsibility. Didn't you say you came to work because you needed money?"

"This...please don't do this, boss lady. We've only just started dating, and you know how easily I'll break down if you're like this?"

Bai Yu smiled and made a joking tone and expression, but in his heart he was really about to break down again. Whether in the previous life or this life, Lin Ying was still Lin Ying, and her tenderness towards him had never been reserved.

With a wave of her hand, Lin Ying put down the notebook in her hand and took Bai Yu's acceptance that she would treat them to a meal. Then she turned around and went into the kitchen to start making desserts for Bai Yu.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching Lin Ying's slender figure in the kitchen, Bai Yu calmed down from her joy and began to think about how to bring Lin Ying back to China.

Of course, in addition to that, he also had to think about how to handle the relationships between Si Yu, Qing Sisi, Murong Liyue, and Su Rongxue.

It's been several days since he was reborn. He's already contacted Si Yu, Qing Sisi, and Murong Liyue, and Lin Ying has even started dating him, although the pace of their relationship has been a bit too fast for him.

However, he has never contacted Su Rongxue. It's not that Bai Yu doesn't want to contact Su Rongxue, but rather that he doesn't know what to say as the first thing after contacting her.

Su Rongxue in her previous life must have been heartbroken when she learned of her death. She thought she would be unable to resist the effects of the drug and obediently return to her side, but things went wrong.

However, this girl really went too far. She even used a drug just to be together. Now, Bai Yu frowns whenever she thinks about the intense pain she felt after the drug took effect.

Looking down at her phone, Bai Yu quickly found Su Rongxue's profile picture.

Bai Yu opened the chat window and then exited, opened it again and exited again, repeating this process several times before finally remembering the first message she had sent.

Are you alright?

Perhaps it was the empathy from his previous life, or perhaps it was the unspeakable guilt he felt towards this originally well-behaved girl. These three simple words, which seemed like a pointless statement, were words he had pondered for a long time.

After sending the message, Bai Yu didn't receive a reply immediately, but she didn't log out. She kept staring at the screen until a minute later, when the other person's chat box displayed "(The other person is typing...)".

Chapter 18 Guarantee with My Life

"Fortunately."

The reply was very simple, just two words. Normally, this would be a good sign that Su Rongxue was not good with words, but Bai Yu was becoming a little sentimental at this moment.

He immediately became emotional after seeing that Su Rongxue only replied with two words.

In his view, Su Rongxue in his previous life really enjoyed talking to him. She would try her best to find topics to talk about, even when there were none. It was impossible for her to end the conversation so quickly. But now, she only replies with two words...

However, Bai Yu's emo came and went quickly, because Su Rongxue sent a video shortly after replying with just two words.

When you open the video, you see the phone camera pointing directly at what appears to be the wooden floor of the living room. A lazy Ragdoll cat is lying on the floor, and soon you can hear Su Rongxue's soft, sweet voice coming from the phone.

"Bai Yu...do you like cats?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Rongxue reached out from the corner of the video with her delicate little hand and touched the head of the ragdoll cat.

Upon seeing this, Bai Yu paused for a moment, then smiled and quickly typed a reply.

"like."

"Well... now that it's summer vacation, you can come to our house to pet our cats. We have several cats at home, and I can buy you a plane ticket."

Seeing the invitation from Su Rongxue, Bai Yu glanced at Lin Ying's back as she kneaded dough in the kitchen to prepare a cake. After hesitating for a moment, he surprisingly chose to accept. He would slowly tell Lin Ying everything afterward, but only after she left the country.

"I can buy my own plane ticket. It's still early now. Can I come over a few days later?"

This was the first time he hadn't refused an invitation to Su Rongxue's home. In his previous life, he had never agreed to go to Su Rongxue's home. To this day, Bai Yu still didn't know what this girl's residence in the capital looked like.

The reason he suddenly agreed was because Bai Yu was very clear about how much guilt he felt towards Su Rongxue.

During the months he was insane, he felt that he had completely neglected Su Rongxue's feelings, and could be said to have isolated himself from her emotions. Even his tenderness towards her seemed somewhat fake and perfunctory.

She could have easily kept me from leaving the villa, but in the end she gave me my freedom. Perhaps it seems like this girl is being unreasonable considering the injection she received, but frankly, she just wanted me to spend more time with her.

But what did he do? Nothing. He didn't even say goodbye face-to-face. He completely ignored her love and the dependence she wanted.

If Bai Yu were to continue rejecting Su Rongxue now, she really couldn't do it. This girl had never asked for much, and in fact, she was always giving and rarely thought about asking for anything in return.

Bai Yu's emotions were all heartfelt expressions, but Su Rongxue was unaware of this; she simply found his reply somewhat abrupt.

Squatting on the floor, watching the cat rolling around in front of her black round-toed leather shoes, Su Rongxue's face showed no smile; her timid eyes held more joy and bewilderment.

To her delight, Bai Yu contacted her, and she was able to hear his voice again. Recalling the feeling of holding the cold urn, she really didn't like it at all, even though the urn contained Bai Yu's ashes. The feeling of loving him so much but not feeling any warmth or response was so empty and heartbreaking.

Su Rongxue has more than just memories from her previous life. After her rebirth, she also has memories from her life before that. The image of her stabbing Bai Yu to death and seeing him lying in a pool of blood is still playing in her mind.

Her memories of her first life made her hate Bai Yu more because of love. She hated him so much that she knew he would leave and chose to let no one else have him. In her second life, she suffered the pain of unrequited love. She loved him deeply but in the end, all she got was a cold burial with him, without a trace of warmth. Now it's the third time. Although everything seems a bit unscientific to Su Rongxue, and these memories have made it hard for her to process them.

If this time is the same as the last two, then she will still leave with him. Only if Bai Yu lives, and only if he lives, will she have the chance to hold hands, hug, kiss, and hear her baby call her father.

Su Rongxue is not stupid. Under normal circumstances, her thoughts are completely without problems. However, some of her memories are not fragments, but rather not just one lifetime, but all of them. Those memories are not only of Bai Yu, but also of Si Yu, Qing Sisi, and Murong Liyue.

In the first life, Bai Yu was lured to the hotel by them to prove they hadn't been deceived. In the second life, Bai Yu not only interacted with them again, but they even became closer. So what about this life?

Su Rongxue dared not think any further, because all she wanted was Bai Yu's unique companionship and warmth. She only needed him and did not need anyone else to interfere.

Su Rongxue had considered going all the way and getting rid of Si Yu, Qing Sisi, and Murong Liyue, so that they would disappear before they could become even closer to Bai Yu in this life.

Perhaps she was a girl from an ordinary family, in which case she could have succeeded. But the problem is that none of the three girls have a simple family background. In fact, Murong Liyue's mother is her own mother's best friend, so there was no chance to handle the situation flawlessly.

If it can't be a perfect solution, then in the end, I will still have to separate from Bai Yu, and not only will I still be unable to be with him, but I will also end up giving way to someone else.

Su Rongxue was reborn on the same day as Bai Yu. For the first two days, she was trapped in a state of memory confusion and mental torment, unable to extricate herself. The naive girl couldn't think of a better way to deal with her mental state, and even the memories of her three lives combined probably wouldn't be enough.

After all, Su Rongxue has always been a simple, cute, and silly little girl. Even having memories of two lifetimes won't make her any smarter or more cunning. It just means she can foresee some things in advance.

She was genuinely bewildered that Bai Yu had accepted her casual invitation without hesitation in this life.

It's because Bai Yu in both of her previous lives never showed any intention of going when she invited him to her home, let alone directly agreeing.

Looking down at the cat rolling around at her feet, Su Rongxue blinked her ruby-like eyes, wondering whether it would be better to lock Bai Yu up or restrain her when she came.

It's not that Su Rongxue wanted to take a risky approach again; it's just that Bai Yu gave her a very, very weak sense of security and dependence, so weak that she was afraid he would disappear in the blink of an eye.

As for Bai Yu, he naturally had his own ideas after he went there. His goal was to make Su Rongxue understand that he could completely rely on her, and if she didn't believe him, he could guarantee it with his life.

Chapter 19 Perhaps it's all just a pipe dream.

Bai Yu is completely unaware that Su Rongxue has memories, let alone that she has memories from both lifetimes. Su Rongxue is also completely unaware that he has memories. Neither of them would even consider this possibility, since the world they see is a regression to the way it was before. Why would they start over if they already have memories?

"Bai Yu, I'm waiting for you."

After replying to Bai Yu, Su Rongxue immediately turned off her phone. It wasn't that she didn't want to continue chatting with Bai Yu, but rather that she knew very well that she wanted to see Bai Yu right away, and even wanted to fly to the island nation and stay with him forever.