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In the midst of Ye Wenyu's profound silence, the car arrived without them even realizing it.

Lin Tingfeng smiled at her and said, "We've arrived." Then he got out of the car and gentlemanly opened the car door for Ye Wenyu.

When Ye Wenyu got out of the car, she found herself in front of a Western-style villa. There was an endless lawn, neatly trimmed hedges and shrubs, and a fountain was spraying water. Sunlight shone on the water jets, reflecting small rainbows, and in those beautiful rainbows were small white marble cherubs.

She stared blankly at the white villa not far away, and softly asked Lin Tingfeng, "Is this yours too?"

Lin Tingfeng smiled and said, "Yes, it's a villa in a completely Western style."

Ye Wenyu seemed to understand something in a daze. She raised her head, looked at Lin Tingfeng playfully, and asked him with a smile, "Was this also repaired half a year ago?"

Because when they first met, she had said that gardens should ideally have a unified style, with Chinese style being Chinese style and Western style being Western style. So this time, he first took her to see the Chinese-style villas before showing her the Western-style villas.

If it was also repaired for her half a year ago, then he is truly abnormally doting on her. It reminds me of the lyrics of a popular song: "I'll offer up my kingdom to please you."

What merits or abilities does Ye Wenyu possess?

Lin Tingfeng's face flushed slightly. He remained silent for a few minutes, coughed to compose himself, and then slowly said to her, "No, it's not like that. I bought it quite a few years ago, and since I had a rare vacation, I brought you here to see it." He spoke casually, but in reality, although he had bought this Western-style villa several years ago, it had been extensively renovated in the last six months because of her. The fact that this English villa was so beautiful now was all thanks to the efforts of the past six months.

Ye Wenyu blushed, realizing she had been presumptuous. She lowered her head, not daring to speak again.

Lin Tingfeng quickly regained his composure and even laughed, saying gently to her, "Your playful and clever manner just now was just like when we first met. The you after that was good, but you were always a little depressed and sad, Xiaoyu—" His voice was like that of a midnight radio station, deep, resonant, magnetic, and full of allure.

Ye Wenyu looked up and met his eyes; he seemed to have something to say but hesitated.

Ye Wenyu thought to herself, "Is that so? When you first met me, I was scared, but I hadn't yet experienced the hardships of life. In the following times, I started to work hard for my own life."

Of course it's different. When someone has to worry about making a living every day, who can still be playful and lively? Ye Wenyu frowned slightly as she thought of this.

Seeing Ye Wenyu's silence, Lin Tingfeng sensed her inner turmoil. A triumphant smile flickered in his eyes, but like a fish fin emerging from the water, it quickly vanished. He said gently to her, "Let's go inside and rest for a bit."

Ye Wenyu nodded and followed him inside.

Before this, when Lin Tingfeng took Ye Wenyu abroad, he said he was just taking her to England to see the world. But Europe is so small, and England is even smaller. Back then, it was precisely because of its small land area that it was able to invade the entire globe so aggressively, becoming the British Empire. On their second day in England, Lin Tingfeng took her to Cambridge University. Ye Wenyu quickly discovered that this kind of independent travel, where she didn't have to worry about saving money, offered a far more comfortable experience than joining a shopping tour. These tours, in order to make money, took their guests to the cheapest meals and hotels, omitting all the paid attractions. At free attractions, they'd only give tourists a maximum of twenty minutes for photos, spending the rest of the time shopping. Joining a shopping tour was more like suffering than tourism.

Ye Wenyu chuckled as she recalled the summer before her senior year of high school when she joined a shopping tour abroad to save money.

At this moment, the sun shines brightly, the breeze is gentle, and the surrounding ancient castles and churches offer breathtaking views—this is true enjoyment.

Lin Tingfeng, who was walking beside her, heard this, glanced at her, and seeing that she seemed very happy, asked her, "What are you laughing at?"

Ye Wenyu knew that he had probably arranged for someone to investigate her and knew everything about her background, so she readily said, "I remember my trip abroad during the summer before my senior year of high school."

In his presence, she was like a piece of crystal glass; he only needed to glance at her to know what she was thinking.

Having not gone out to work for over a month, and living the life of a pampered young lady where everything was done for her, wearing the best clothes, eating the best food, and staying in the best rooms, Ye Wenyu gradually regained the playfulness and liveliness unique to young girls. She began to describe the shopping tour to Lin Tingfeng in a lively and animated manner.

She humorously remarked, "They took our busload of people, mostly elderly men and women, to a hotel in a very remote suburb of England. My God, it was a hotel converted from an abandoned ancient castle. The environment was just like the vampire scene in 'Bram Stoker's Dracula,' even scarier than a horror movie. When the bus was driving in the dark, I was even scared that I would never be able to return to China."

She recalled with great enthusiasm: "That night, we stayed at a hotel. The elderly folks were so scared they didn't dare breathe. Then, I suggested we play a ghost-catching game. Some of them would play the ghosts, and others would play the ghost catchers. They all wanted to strangle me, hahaha, hahaha—"

Ye Wenyu laughed so hard her body trembled.

Lin Tingfeng also smiled, his lips curving into a beautiful arc. He had experienced this kind of life before, so with a nostalgic expression, he slowly said, "You remind me of when I was a child, my mother took me on a trip abroad, but because we didn't have much money, we joined the cheapest shopping tour."

Hearing this, Ye Wenyu's smile vanished, and a big question mark rose in her heart. He was a scion of a prominent family, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, yet he had a similar experience to her. His words just now were as if he had also participated in cheap shopping tours when he was a child because he didn't have money to spend.

How is that possible?

She didn't dare to directly express her doubts, and after a moment of silence, she continued, "Another time, the tourist attractions we visited were in one city, but the hotel we stayed at was in another city. It was a newly opened airport hotel that had never been used before. The bus took us for six hours to get there. As soon as we checked in, there was a strong smell of formaldehyde that made it impossible to sleep. Haha, the shopping tour group treated us tourists who didn't have much money but wanted to see the world like formaldehyde-absorbing machines. That night, I really inhaled it all night long without closing my eyes for a single minute. I'm still worried about whether I'll get leukemia. If I'm diagnosed with leukemia in the future, it will definitely be related to that airport hotel."

Lin Tingfeng laughed, gazed at Ye Wenyu, and said softly to her, "Don't talk nonsense."