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After Ye Wenyu finished speaking, the handsome stranger glanced at her. He might have misunderstood her intentions, for his eyes shone with starlight. He smiled and patiently began to explain, even taking the camera with him when she was holding it, and teaching her step by step.

Ye Wenyu studied diligently.

The two people's hands touched, one black and one white, one big and one small.

Ye Wenyu was completely unaware that something was amiss.

Suddenly a voice rang out: "It's a bit too late to learn now, handsome. I know how to use a DSLR camera. Let me take your picture."

Lin Tingfeng suddenly appeared with a cold face, like Cheng Yaojin.

The young man glanced at Lin Tingfeng, then at Ye Wenyu. Ye Wenyu's face flushed; she knew that Lin Tingfeng, the walking coffee barrel, had turned into a walking vinegar jar.

Lin Tingfeng walked straight to Ye Wenyu with a stern face, as if asserting his ownership, and pulled her into his arms with one hand while holding the young man's DSLR camera in the other. He smiled and asked, "She's my girlfriend. How do you want to take pictures? Come on, I'll take them for you."

The young man blushed, realizing he had misunderstood. Seeing her alone, he had assumed she was traveling by herself. But now, thinking about it, he understood—so young and beautiful, it was impossible for her not to have a boyfriend. So, forcing a smile, he casually stood there for Lin Tingfeng to snap a quick photo, then awkwardly thanked him and hurried away with his skis.

Ye Wenyu's face remained red. She complained to Lin Tingfeng, "You're such a jealous person. All I wanted was for you to take a few pictures."

Lin Tingfeng put his arm around her, smiled slightly, and said gently, "Men understand men best." He took out his phone, frowned, and said as if to himself, "This thing is really a nuisance! Throw it away." Then he tossed his hand into the air, and the phone rose straight up in an arc, then fell, and finally crashed into the sea.

Ye Wenyu stared in disbelief, feeling extremely pained. She jumped up and down, saying to him, "You really threw it away! That's the latest Apple model! You really are a tycoon!"

She jogged towards the sea, hoping it had landed on the beach, but it didn't. Then she hoped it had landed in the shallow water, so she ran there and searched the water with wide eyes, but it wasn't there. She returned to the beach, hoping the phone would be washed ashore by the tide, but it still wasn't there.

He paced back and forth anxiously.

Lin Tingfeng walked over with a smile and suddenly hugged her tightly. Ye Wenyu stamped her foot and said, "We can't find it. What a waste."

Lin Tingfeng didn't seem to care. He frowned and said wearily, "Endless phone calls. I could find you even if I ran to the ends of the earth. I can't even get a holiday to rest. I'm fed up. Xiaoyu, let's escape to the mountains and live in seclusion." He suddenly kissed her, looked up and smiled, his big eyes filled with longing.

Ye Wenyu was stunned. Looking at him, a fog of confusion appeared in her mind. He looked so longing and serious. Did he really want to retire into seclusion?

She solemnly reminded him, "If that happens, the Lin Group will go bankrupt."

"Who cares? For me, its bankruptcy is a benefit."

"Haha, a perk?" Ye Wenyu laughed, knowing he was just joking. Because she had just answered a call from the company, she was being approached by other strange men. So she said to him very seriously, "Lin Tingfeng, am I with you really because of who you are? Is it because you are the president of the Lin Group? Try going bankrupt and see if I'll still be with you."

Lin Tingfeng stared at her, pretending to be in great pain, and said slowly to her, "It's so painful, can't you just not rub it in?"

Ye Wenyu laughed and hugged him, saying, "I was just kidding. Sometimes, I really wish you weren't so rich. I just wanted a small house and an ordinary car."

Lin Tingfeng was taken aback. He stared at Ye Wenyu, his heart filled with mixed emotions, and for a moment he couldn't believe that she was telling the truth.

The two spent the day at the beach, had lunch at the hotel, went fishing and beachcombing in the afternoon, and went diving in the evening.

In short, the program was very diverse and engaging.

Ye Wenyu had a lot of fun and posted a ton of stuff on her WeChat Moments. However, she cleverly divided her WeChat friends into groups so that only a few close friends could see it.

As for Lin Tingfeng, perhaps he has already seen the whole world and all he wants to do is sleep wherever he goes. The coffee at the entire buffet didn't seem to lift his spirits.

So, around 8 p.m., after returning to his hotel room, Lin Tingfeng collapsed onto the bed and immediately fell fast asleep again.

Ye Wenyu couldn't fall asleep no matter what. She looked at Lin Tingfeng, who was immersed in sleep, and thought that he was like a princess in a fairy tale who had been sleeping for a hundred years and had no interest in anything except sleeping.

He clearly loved her, and she loved him, but her kiss couldn't wake him up.

The night was gentle, and the breeze outside was soft. Looking down from the terrace, the neon lights twinkled like an inverted Milky Way.

Looking at Lin Tingfeng sleeping soundly on the bed like a little pig, she felt sorry for him. Her impression of him was that he had been busy with the group's affairs for a whole year, and he was very tired and miserable every day, like a machine that never stopped but could not rest. Now, finally, after a year, he got a few days of vacation and could relax and sleep. Once he started to rest, he was even more immersed in it and entered a deep sleep that would last for several days.

Lin Tingfeng must be in this situation.

She recalled a novel by Somerset Maugham she had once read, *Of Human Bondage*, which said that man is always in chains—the chains of life, the chains of emotions, and the chains of career. During her freshman year of college, she lost her home and loved ones overnight, and was constantly struggling to make ends meet, busy with odd jobs—she was trapped in the chains of livelihood. Lin Tingfeng, on the other hand, toiled tirelessly day and night for the Lin Group, supporting everyone in the Lin family and over ten thousand employees; he too was trapped in the chains of his career.

There are many people in this world trapped in the shackles of emotions. She just doesn't know it, doesn't recognize it.

Everyone is enslaved; they appear free, but no one is truly free.

That's why, during the day, he angrily threw his phone into the sea, gritted his teeth, hugged her tightly, and said he wanted to take her to a secluded paradise. He must have meant it sincerely.

Ye Wenyu thought for a moment, then stood up and walked up to Lin Tingfeng. She said softly to him, "Tingfeng, it's getting late. I want to go for a walk. I'd like to go swimming in the hotel. I've heard that the indoor swimming pool in a five-star hotel is very luxurious. I didn't learn to swim properly last time. I'm sure I'll be safe by myself, okay?"

Lin Tingfeng was already asleep and did not respond.

The room was unusually quiet because of the night, like a silent valley.

Ye Wenyu leaned down and kissed Lin Tingfeng, thinking that he could kiss the princess who had been sleeping for a hundred years awake like a prince in a fairy tale, but Lin Tingfeng only hummed in response and turned over to sleep again.