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

There are many possibilities if they stay together. She is more likely to do something she will regret later, so it's better to stop talking for now and calm herself down. Besides, Bai Yu doesn't really like chatting with her that much!

After picking up the cat and taking it back to her room, Su Rongxue opened a bag of snacks that was placed next to her computer desk and started eating. Her cheeks were soon bulging out, like a hamster.

Snacks are the best thing for her to cheer herself up. Now, the more confused and irritable she feels, the more she wants to eat snacks to get rid of and avoid the situation.

She knew very well that she could not do something like a life-or-death separation to Bai Yu. It was already an endless blessing that God allowed them to meet again and even gave her memories. If she were to stay together just for the sake of being together, would she be able to receive his warm embrace and love?

However, knowing this is one thing, Su Rongxue, whose personality has been completely distorted by her mother since childhood, still finds it difficult to control her behavior. This is the struggle between emotion and reason.

"Pray for rain... I'll definitely exchange four silks for mine..."

With her mouth full of snacks, Su Rongxue mumbled incoherently to herself. If Bai Yu heard her soft, self-hypnotic voice, she would definitely bite the girl's face. Not for any other reason than that the way she was deceiving herself in her white dress was cute enough, not to mention that she was puffing out her cheeks like she was trying to be cute.

Meanwhile, turning his gaze back to Bai Yu, he noticed that after replying to Su Rongxue's message, two or three minutes had passed and she still hadn't responded. So, he had no choice but to put down his phone and stop waiting.

Although he really wanted to see Su Rongxue again, the location was currently in the island nation, which was overseas, and he was here as an exchange student. Although Bai Yu was somewhat reluctant to become an exchange student, that issue could only be resolved after the start of the semester.

"Madam, you should know that I'm not from that island nation, right?"

Bai Yu looked up at Lin Ying's back and, after careful consideration, decided to say those words, but her tone was tinged with trepidation.

Turning around, Lin Ying saw Bai Yu sitting on the sofa, staring at her with slightly evasive eyes. She assumed he was sitting there waiting awkwardly and bored, so she, who was not used to smiling, actually gave him a smile.

If Lin Ying's usual silence and unusual caution towards everyone are like an angel fallen into this hellish world full of demons, then her smile is like an angel seeing the light.

Of course, in Lin Ying's eyes, Bai Yu was her light, the light of her whole world. Without him, the world would be a dark place where her humble soul had nowhere to rest.

"know."

Holding up the notebook, Lin Ying's slightly tilted head and questioning gaze stunned Bai Yu, because he found that Lin Ying's slight tilt of her head, combined with the questioning look in her already beautiful blue eyes, was truly both beautiful and adorable.

It's impressive that beauty and cuteness can be transformed, but not everyone can achieve a balance between the two.

Although Bai Yu was reluctant to look away from this scene, he knew very well that he only needed to take a look and that there were more important things to say, so he quickly came back to his senses and spoke.

"Madam, what I'm about to say might be a bit much. Most interactions between men and women in this society are as normal as everyday meals, and we don't necessarily have to talk about the future, but... but... I want to take you home..."

Bai Yu's voice was soft, even timid, and when he finally uttered the words "I want to take you home," it was as if he had used up all his last strength.

Reaching out gently, Lin Ying picked up the notebook beside her. She wrote very quickly, and because she was so fast, her handwriting was somewhat messy. But the way she held it up to cover her face was as charming as ever.

"Bai Yujun, do you really want to take me home?"

Looking at the hasty and even crooked handwriting written in a panic, Bai Yu didn't know whether Lin Ying would refuse or agree, but she still firmly replied with one word.

"think."

Lin Ying bit her lip lightly, her fingertips, which were slightly pale from gripping the two corners of the notebook, quickly wrote four words for Bai Yu.

"Please take me away."

These four simple words have two meanings: take her away and take her away.

Just as Bai Yu was about to smile at those four simple words, she saw Lin Ying's fingers gripping the notebook tightly, trembling uncontrollably, and gradually her entire body began to tremble.

"The landlady?"

Reaching out, Bai Yu gently pressed down on the notebook that Lin Ying was using to cover her face. The next moment, Bai Yu saw that she was biting her lip and silently shedding tears.

"What's wrong? Is it... that you're reluctant to leave this place? Then can we come back and visit often in the future? Don't cry, don't cry..."

He frantically reached out to wipe Lin Ying's tear-streaked face, but the more he stroked and comforted her, the more she cried uncontrollably.

Holding up the notebook, Lin Ying's hands trembled as she wrote crookedly, "I really hope this isn't a dream."

Looking at the crooked handwriting, Bai Yu didn't know that Lin Ying was treating their reunion as a dream. She just thought that Lin Ying was a little excited, so she hugged her and gently patted her back to comfort her.

"It's not a dream, none of this is a dream."

Leaning against Bai Yu's chest, Lin Ying hugged him back and chose to cry her heart out for the first time.

She cried as bitterly as she felt wronged, her breathless sobs and choked sobs causing Bai Yu a pang of pain in his heart, yet he couldn't comfort her at all, because he found that the gentler he was in comforting her, the more aggrieved and dependent she seemed.

If crying is an expression that makes most people look ugly, then Lin Ying's gentle and ladylike demeanor even when she cries makes her look like a crying beauty.

"Lin Ying, thank you for liking me. I never thought you would cry because of that one sentence I didn't even know I could say, but it only makes me like you more, you know?"

Listening to Bai Yu's soft words of comfort and confession, Lin Ying was afraid to open her eyes, which were buried in Bai Yu's arms, because she was afraid that everything would disappear when she opened them, that it was all just a dream.

Chapter Twenty: If I hadn't met you, I would have chosen to leave.

Looking down at Lin Ying, who was nestled in his arms and refused to open her eyes for a long time, Bai Yu leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.

The gentle kiss felt so real, so fitting. Even though Lin Ying was afraid that everything before her would be just a fleeting dream, all she could do was open her eyes and face it. After all, she couldn't keep her eyes closed forever, could she?

Slowly raising her exquisite and beautiful face, Lin Ying looked into Bai Yu's brown eyes, her eyes filled with trepidation, unease, fear, and confusion.

"Boss lady, don't look at me like that. It makes me feel like I did something to you and then didn't take responsibility..."

As he whispered those words, Bai Yu was unaware that Lin Ying's feelings were exactly the same as his, yet also different. The same was love, but the different was the fear that it was all a dream.

She reached out and gently stroked Bai Yu's cheek with her fingertips, the soft movements and careful touches as if she were terrified that he would disappear from her sight at any moment.

Looking into Lin Ying's eyes, which were filled with his image as she gazed at his face, he felt an overwhelming joy and sweetness that came from the bottom of his heart.

After all, when someone's eyes are only on you, you really feel the joy of being favored and valued by the heavens.

"Why are you touching me so carefully? Are you afraid of hurting me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Yu raised his hand, grasped Lin Ying's soft, boneless little hand, and pressed it against his face. He wanted to touch her thoroughly, and his cautiousness gave him the illusion that Lin Ying was afraid of being touched.

"Boss lady, isn't it much better to touch me like this? I'm yours now, why do you have to be so careful when you touch me?"

Bai Yu wasn't just speaking bluntly; he was telling the truth. He knew Lin Ying's personality quite well. She would handle everything carefully and selectively avoid anyone.

This kind of personality makes her put herself in a very low position and appear very humble. Even now that they have both expressed their feelings for each other, she still acts cautious and timid. Bai Yu feels heartbroken every time he sees this, but he can only smile and face it, because a negative person needs a cheerful person to lead her out of the shadows.

He gently bent his fingers and pinched Bai Yu's face. The touch felt so real, except that he was a little thin.

Withdrawing her hand that was about to continue stroking, Lin Ying picked up the notebook and the black fountain pen and wrote a sentence.

"Bai Yujun, is it really okay for me to go home with you?"

Although Bai Yu had said he would take her home, Lin Ying's lack of confidence and caution still made her want to confirm it again.

Perhaps Bai Yu had previously said that she felt very insecure when she said those words, fearing that Lin Ying would reject her.

As for Lin Ying, Bai Yu's words were no different to her. She was afraid that it was fake, that it was her own illusion, that it was her own auditory hallucination.

Bai Yu understood Lin Ying's cautious nature, and it took repeated confirmation from her to convince her.

"I, Bai Yu, want to take Lin Ying home, want you to take my surname Bai, and want you... to marry me in the future."

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Yu did not avoid Lin Ying's gaze, their eyes meeting with tender affection.

Narrowing her eyes, which were already as clear as the blue sky and water, Lin Ying covered her mouth with her hand, about to cry again, but it wasn't tears of sadness or grief; it was tears of joy.

If Bai Yu's previous suggestion of taking her home was just a hint and a confession, then Bai Yu's current blunt words are an open declaration of love.

Seeing Lin Ying covering her mouth and crying tears of joy, Bai Yu felt a pang of sadness mixed with her beauty. The more she looked at her, the more she wanted to protect and comfort her. However, Bai Yu was afraid that her gentle comfort would only make her feel more wronged. It was a difficult situation for her.

Turning around, Bai Yu glanced at the refrigerator next to the kitchen, then opened it, took out a can of soda, and handed it to Lin Ying after removing the metal ring.

He no longer had the ring, but he remembered the metal ring from the soda can that Lin Ying had put in the envelope she had given him in his previous life.

Although it was something given out during a farce, she kept it all this time. Perhaps this is what it means to love someone so much that even their unintentional actions and gifts can be remembered for a lifetime.

"Boss lady, I don't have a ring right now, but I really want to marry you. Maybe you think we've only been dating for a short time and shouldn't be moving so fast, since we don't know each other well enough yet, but... I really want to marry you."

After saying this, Bai Yu held up a soda can ring on his finger and proposed, which was quite a sight. However, Lin Ying never thought she would refuse.

Bai Yu was kneeling on one knee to propose, but Lin Ying didn't stand up and accept. Instead, she straightened her trousers and clothes and knelt in front of Bai Yu, placing the notebook and pen in her hand on her right thigh.

Only after doing all this did she extend her right hand to indicate her willingness.

Bai Yu might not understand why Lin Ying would kneel down to accept his proposal, but only Lin Ying understood that she didn't need Bai Yu to lower himself to beg her, because she had never actually hoped that he would marry her.

Lin Ying's fingers are very long and slender, and coincidentally, the metal ring from the soda can fit on her ring finger.

Everything was the same as in the previous life; a single aluminum can took away a person's heart.

But everything was different from the previous life, because the person who took her heart also gave her a heart.

"It's so good to have met you again in this lifetime, so very good..."

Seeing the happiness in Lin Ying's eyes, Bai Yu's eyes reddened as she spoke.

A man doesn't easily shed tears, unless he's truly heartbroken.

Once he remembers that if he hadn't been reborn, if he had no memories, he might never have met or interacted with Lin Ying again, her fate might still be tragic, and no one in his life would offer him selfless love.

Reaching out to touch her cheap, barely-there aluminum can ring, Lin Ying used sign language to convey a message to Bai Yu.

She probably thought Bai Yu wouldn't know sign language because Bai Yu hadn't learned it from her at this point in time, but the problem is that Bai Yu was reborn, so how could she not understand it?

"If I hadn't met you in this life, I might have chosen to leave. It is because of you that I have the courage to live. The love you give me is too much, too much for me to contain."

Expressing this sentence in sign language is very complex, but Bai Yu slowly managed to translate it.

Having fully translated the story, he knew very well that Lin Ying was absolutely telling the truth, because if she hadn't met him, she really would have left, and it was precisely because she met him that she chose to stay.

Chapter Twenty-One: The Law of Fragrance

"Boss lady, I will definitely take you home, I definitely will."

Staring intently into Lin Ying's eyes, Bai Yu spoke with great determination, mainly because he understood that only by taking Lin Ying away from this disappointing world could he bring more smiles back to her face.

Nodding, Lin Ying had heard him confirm several times that he was going to take her home, and even though she was usually insecure, she now believed that she hadn't misheard.

Just as Lin Ying was looking at Bai Yu, wanting to continue listening to him, the sound of boiling water coming from the kitchen suddenly woke her up, reminding her that she was still making desserts. Now, without realizing it, her eyes, heart, and mind were filled with Bai Yu.

Standing up, Lin Ying bowed slightly to Bai Yu to express her apology before turning around and running to check on the boiling water and the dough she had prepared in the kitchen.

Time flies, and before long, Lin Ying brought the desserts she had made to Bai Yu.

Seeing a piece of cream cake on the kotatsu, he, who doesn't like sweets, quickly ate it all.

He doesn't like sweets, but he loves all the food Lin Ying makes, even a glass of plain water.

Lin Ying, kneeling opposite the kotatsu, really resembled Bai Yu's pampered wife who never left the house after he married her. She would sit quietly and watch him eat, then clean up after him and serve him tea and water.

We had originally planned to let this girl rest properly after we got back, but she was busy the whole time, and by the time she finished, it was already noon.

Bai Yu had already booked a restaurant, so now Lin Ying was ready to go out for dinner.

However, before leaving, Bai Yu took a rubber band from Lin Ying's room.

There's not much to say about going to the restaurant you booked. Lin Ying kept serving food and rice to Bai Yu, but she selectively ignored or avoided eye contact with the strangers around her.