Chapter 30: Feeling Resentful
On the deck of the cruise ship, Bai He and Su Xiaojing took selfies with their mobile phones. She pushed Bai He to the front so that her face would look smaller.
Bai He is also good-tempered and tolerant of her friends without any bottom line. She will take pictures however she wants without any questions.
Seeing his older cousin strolling along the deck with a bottle of mineral water in hand, Su Xiaojing quickly called him over: "Brother, come take a picture of me and Sayuri."
She handed him the phone, and the cousin dutifully took several photos for them. However, Su Xiaojing was dissatisfied with each one and said, "Your photos are too ugly! They make my legs look so thick."
My cousin smiled and said, "Why don't you just use a beauty filter to make your legs look thinner?"
"The point is, we're filming together, and if I make my legs look thinner, won't her legs look fatter?"
Bai He: "It's okay, I don't care."
"No, no, you have to lie on the ground and film us from the bottom up."
"That won't do," said the eldest cousin. "A man's knees are made of gold, and I'm kneeling and kowtowing to a little girl like you."
Su Xiaojing rolled her eyes. "Humph, you deserve it for not being able to find a girlfriend."
She turned her head and saw Yan Yi standing by the mast looking at the scenery. She quickly called him over: "Yan Yi, come and take a picture of me and your sister!"
Yan Yi walked over and took the phone.
"Make it thinner."
"good."
Yan Yi was quite understanding. He squatted down, lowered the camera as much as possible, and took a picture of the two girls from bottom to top. After they posed, he clicked a picture.
Su Xiaojing thought she would be satisfied, but after seeing the photos, she was speechless again.
He took a picture of Bai He smiling the brightest, but he didn't notice that Su Xiaojing next to her was blinking. This shot happened to capture a weird photo of her eyes half open and half closed.
"Ahhhhh!" Su Xiaojing said disdainfully, "Yan Yi, can you be even more partial?"
Translation: "Sorry, I didn't see it."
"You knew you saw her, didn't you?"
Translation: "Yeah."
"You...you...you actually admitted it." Su Xiaojing was almost irritated by him. "Forget it, forget it. Your skills are not good enough. Qi Lang has to take the photo."
As we all know, Qi Lang has first-class photography skills, especially good at taking pictures of girls. He seems to be born with no teacher and always knows what angle to capture to make girls look thin and beautiful. Every picture he takes has a special atmosphere.
"Where is Qi Lang?" Su Xiaojing looked around.
"Up there." Bai He narrowed his eyes and looked at the VIP area on the top terrace of the cruise ship. "As soon as he got on the ship, he went straight to the top floor."
Su Xiaojing followed her gaze and saw Qi Lang quietly drinking coffee under the parasol on the top floor of the cruise ship.
The tone was cold and indifferent, and he seemed unhappy.
"What's wrong with him?" Su Xiaojing asked curiously.
"Who knew? He looked so dead after boarding the ship. I wonder who offended him again."
Su Xiaojing speculated curiously, "Could it be that he just failed in his attempt to flirt with the girl? Did he fail in his attempt and was rejected by the girl?"
Bai He frowned and looked at her: "No way, it seems like they are having a very happy chat."
Qi Lang has never been rejected by a girl. If he takes the initiative, the failure rate is almost zero.
"Even old horses stumble sometimes, don't they?" Su Xiaojing said with a smile. "That young lady looks quite mature. Maybe she has a boyfriend."
"That's possible."
Bai He used the excuse of going to the restroom and walked down the spiral staircase to the VIP area on the top floor of the cruise ship. The waiter said to her, "Sorry, the top floor VIP area is reserved by a gentleman. Other guests are temporarily not allowed to enter."
Bai He was speechless.
This guy is really... He always makes such a big scene wherever he goes. The cruise is not cheap. Bai He didn't even dare to order a glass of lemonade, but he actually booked the whole place!
However, considering his family background, it seems... no big deal.
Sometimes, Bai He really felt that Qi Lang was not a real person in her life, but belonged to another world that was out of her reach.
But it was this person who occupied all her memories of childhood and adolescence.
Bai He said to the waiter, "The gentleman who booked the entire place is my friend."
The waiter looked at her doubtfully, but finally let her in. His eyes followed her all the way until she walked over to Qi Lang and sat down. Only then did he believe that they were really friends.
Qi Lang was wearing a white T-shirt and white shorts, and black sunglasses. He was sitting lazily on a lounge chair under an umbrella, seemingly unaware of her arrival.
"Why are you so depressed? Come out and have some fun. Be happy." Bai He touched his leg with her knee.
"Nothing." Qi Lang snapped his fingers and asked the waiter to pour her a glass of ice cola.
"No, no." Bai He was afraid of spending too much money and picked up his soda water cup. "I'm not thirsty, I'll just drink yours."
Qi Lang did not refuse.
"After so many years of success, it's normal for an old horse to stumble once."
"What are you talking about?"
"Weren't you rejected by a girl?" she asked.
"Who told you I was rejected." Qi Lang raised his head slightly.
"I wasn't rejected, so why are you so upset that you even ignored us?"
Qi Lang glanced at the green bow on her neck through his sunglasses and murmured, "This scarf is so ugly."
"Hey!" She bumped his knee with her leg again, "You've failed in love, don't take your anger out on others, okay?"
“…”
Qi Lang was too lazy to argue, but couldn't help but look at her.
She wore a pale orange dress paired with a green silk scarf, which was bright and fresh. Her features weren't stunningly beautiful, but they held a certain vitality and radiance that was hard to describe. Her eyes were clear and bright, like shattered glass shards. Every angle you looked at her was filled with light.
In the past, he just thought that this little girl was so cute and obedient. Until now, looking at the dress outlining her smooth waistline, Qi Lang realized belatedly that his little childhood sweetheart... has really grown up.
The charm of a girl.
His blazing gaze was obscured by his sunglasses, and Bai He was completely unaware that he was looking at her. She gazed at the shimmering waves of the azure sea and let out a long sigh, "Ah, the view here is so great."
"Would you like dessert?" He really wanted to spend some money on her. "Anything."
Without waiting for her to refuse, he scanned the QR code on the table with his phone and said, "Or, get one of them all and you can choose what you want."
"No! It's too expensive!"
Qi Lang ignored her refusal and ordered a coconut mousse, a cup of hot cocoa, and a large platter of macarons of various flavors. He said to the waiter, "Please make it fresh, I don't want anything that's been sitting around for a long time."
"Okay, Mr. Qi."
Bai He said speechlessly, "You ordered things on your own initiative. I won't agree with you on this order."
Qi Lang smiled faintly: "Whatever."
Bai He walked to the fence and used her mobile phone to take pictures of the blue sea and blue sky in the distance. The camera followed the seagulls in the distance, and as she took pictures... the camera turned towards Qi Lang.
He was wearing a white shirt and shorts, sunglasses, and was half lying with one hand on the back of his head. He had sharp features and a lazy and decadent temperament. In the other hand, he was holding a soda cup, and his nails were neatly trimmed, giving him a sense of restraint and austerity.
The moment she lengthened the focus and secretly took a photo of him, Qi Lang seemed to look over.
Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly pretended to take a panoramic photo and moved her phone away.
After a while, the waiter brought out colorful and beautiful desserts, filling the table.
"Come and eat." Qi Lang cut a piece of coconut mousse with a knife and placed it on the shiny silver plate.
"How can we finish this much? Can I ask Xiaojing and the others to come up?"
"Whatever."
Bai He called Su Xiaojing and asked her if she wanted to come up and play. The view from upstairs was amazing, and there were desserts to eat.
"Great, great! Hahaha, Yan Yi was looking for my sister everywhere just now, but I didn't expect that my sister went to enjoy herself at Young Master Qi's place."
"What do you want from me?"
"He'll feel uncomfortable if you're out of his sight for a minute, okay?"
Bai He was helpless: "Do you have to be so clingy?"
A few minutes later, Su Xiaojing and her cousin arrived at the top-floor VIP terrace, and Yan Yi followed behind with a cold expression.
"Please sit wherever you want." Qi Lang stood up and greeted them.
My cousin looked at the empty terrace and exclaimed, "Wow! There are so many people on the deck below that you have to queue up to take pictures, and yet it's so empty up there! Don't they know there's a terrace up there?"
Su Xiaojing rolled her eyes in disdain and was about to say that this was Qi Lang's Bao Yuaner seat and no ordinary person could get up there.
Qi Lang said calmly, "Maybe they are just stupid and didn't find the stairs to go up."
The eldest cousin smiled innocently: "Yeah, I was dizzy because of all the stairs. It's great that Brother Lang found such a great place. We can enjoy it all to ourselves."
Bai He also said: "Yes, he always finds some unknown good places."
Su Xiaojing laughed. "You're going to talk about that firefly thing in your freshman year of high school again. Even the police were alerted that time."
"What are fireflies? Tell me about them too." The eldest cousin asked with interest.
Su Xiaojing told him about the time when the three of them got lost in the forest while watching fireflies.
Bai He looked at Qi Lang, his expression was indifferent under his sunglasses.
It seems as if he is born with elegance and good manners, and being with him always makes people feel comfortable.
Su Xiaojing took her phone to the fence and started snapping photos. Yan Yi whispered in Bai He's ear, "You should have told me. I've been looking for you for a long time."
"Oh, I thought we were all on the boat, so I didn't tell you."
"No matter where you are, you must tell me." Yan Yi looked at her with his deep black eyes. "Next time you go out to play with friends, you must tell me, otherwise I won't be at ease."
"Okay, got it." Bai He picked up a macaron cookie and fed it to Yan Yi's mouth, "Try it."
Qi Lang couldn't bear to watch: "Doesn't he have hands? He needs you to feed him."
Yan Yi was originally going to catch it with his hands, but when he heard what Qi Lang said, he opened his mouth, took the biscuit and ate it in one bite.
The crispy macarons gradually soften on the tip of your tongue, spreading their sweetness.
He said to Bai He, "It's delicious."
"Then eat a few more."
"One is enough. You can't eat too much of good things." He has always been restrained and rarely indulges himself, almost like an ascetic.
Qi Lang rolled his eyes calmly under his sunglasses.
Su Xiaojing said to Qi Lang, "Qi Lang, come and take pictures for us. Bai He, come too, and take pictures with us."
"Okay." Bai He washed his hands and walked to Su Xiaojing. Su Xiaojing was wearing sunglasses and made the gesture of a big boss hugging a canary, hugging Bai He in a domineering and arrogant manner.
Qi Lang answered the phone and took several photos of them in a row. Su Xiaojing looked at them and praised them repeatedly: "The angle is really good, better than Yan Yi's."
Yan Yi couldn't help but say, "He's a professional at taking photos of beautiful women."
"Who is the most beautiful woman?" Su Xiaojing looked at Bai He. "You or me?"
Bai He smiled and said, "Of course it's you, the super-universe-invincible beauty."
Qi Lang put down his phone and sent them a picture: "Not really, I can take good pictures of ordinary beauties too."
Bai He: "Are you talking about me, the ordinary beauty?"
Qi Lang: "I didn't say that."
Bai He: "Whether you said it or not, I'm going to take it for granted."
Qi Lang smiled: "It's up to you."
…
In just two hours, the cruise ship docked at Shark Island Ferry.
My cousin stood at the dock and looked around: "Where are the sharks? I want to see sharks."
Bai He explained: "Shark Island is called this because the entire island is shaped like a shark. It's not an official name, it's just what tourists call it."
"I see."
"I think there's a Shark Island in Australia, too, named after this." Su Xiaojing said with emotion, "I really want to travel abroad, Brother Pang Yi, please become a big boss soon, make a lot of money and take me on a trip abroad."
"Okay, then after school starts, you can come to my store and work as a waitress. When you make a lot of money, I'll take you abroad to travel."
"Will you give me a salary?"
"No, it's compulsory labor."
Su Xiaojing curled her lips, "Stingy guy."
Bai He saw a self-service motorcycle rental business on the roadside. Seeing that most of the people had no luggage and only backpacks, he suggested, "Let's rent a motorcycle and travel around the island. The travel guide says that the taxi drivers here are very ruthless and always take detours. Travelers all recommend renting a motorcycle to travel around the island."
"Okay." Su Xiaojing had no objection.
My eldest cousin agreed: "This is more cost-effective."
"For a few of us, renting three motorcycles is enough." Qi Lang said first, "Pang Yi, you take Xiao Jing, I'll take Bai He, and Yan Yi, you have one by yourself."
Everything is arranged neatly and clearly.
After saying that, Qi Lang was about to scan the code to pay for the rental car, but Yan Yi suddenly said, "I'm underage."
Qi Lang turned around: "So?"
Yan Yi said confidently: "Minors cannot ride motorcycles alone."
Qi Lang frowned: "If you don't tell me, who the hell will know?"
Yan Yi: "If something goes wrong, will you be responsible?"
Qi Lang could see that Yan Yi was determined not to let Bai He ride in his car alone.
Bai He also quickly said, "Yes, yes, Yan Yi is not yet eighteen years old. I almost forgot. I can't let him ride a motorcycle alone."
After much discussion, in the end, the three of them decided to ride one together.
Qi Lang was driving, Yan Yi was behind, holding Bai He who was sitting in the middle steadily.
"Don't be afraid, I'm safe back there." After saying that, he pulled Bai He's hands away from Qi Lang and held her in his arms.
…
A group of people on two motorcycles were speeding along the seaside path at dusk. The sea surface was shimmering with waves like golden fish scales, and occasionally a seagull flew by, making a distant cry.
Su Xiaojing opened her arms and shouted, "So beautiful! Ho~~ So beautiful!"
Cousin: "Hold on tight! Don't fall!"
"No! Ho~~~ho~~~" She sang loudly, "Let us keep each other company in this world, live carefree and unrestrained, gallop on horseback, and share the prosperity of the world!"
With such a cheerful and cheerful friend around, the atmosphere of the small team would be instantly boosted. Bai He looked at her and giggled, but many people were staring at them on the road, which made her feel a little shy.
When the two motorcycles were running side by side, Su Xiaojing shouted to Bai He, "You shout a few times too!"
"I..." Bai He said with a red face, "I won't scream."
"It's so refreshing, just shout a few times!"
"What are you shouting?"
"Just call whoever you like! I'll show you how." Then, Su Xiaojing shouted toward the sea, "Edison Chen, I love you! You're so manly!"
Bai He: ...
She cleared her throat and summoned her courage to shout, "There will always be a time to ride on the wind and waves!"
Su Xiaojing looked at her and smiled: "Okay, okay, you are worthy of being the Chinese representative of our class."
Bai He gained a little courage, raised his voice, and continued to shout: "There will be a time to ride the wind and waves!"
Qi Lang turned around and said, "Why do you keep repeating the same sentence over and over again? Don't you remember the rest? Chinese class representative?"
Bai He said stubbornly: "I just like this sentence."
"Okay."
Qi Lang turned his head without thinking much. Yan Yi looked at the girl's red earlobes and couldn't help but hold her waist tightly.
…
Half an hour later, two motorcycles stopped at the door of a B&B called Banmu Huatian.
This B&B was carefully selected by Yanyi after comparing many others. It is a seaside B&B with good value for money and reputation.
This trip was basically planned and arranged by Yanyi, so Baihe didn't have to worry about anything.
The group walked into the B&B, and Bai He said to the front desk lady, "We only booked one room, but a friend is joining us at the last minute. Can we book two more?"
"Sorry, if you book more than one, we only have one room left." The landlady checked the computer and said, "You booked a standard room, but we have a king-size bed. Can you squeeze in?"
Bai He turned around and asked for everyone's opinions.
Qi Lang frowned and asked Bai Heyan, "You two... booked a standard room?"
Yan Yi said expressionlessly, "What's your problem?"
Qi Lang: "No, after all, there are differences between men and women. Isn't it weird for the two of you to only book one standard room?"
Bai He: "Actually...it's okay."
The main reason is that Bai He is a little timid and really doesn’t dare to sleep alone, but now it seems that she doesn’t need to sleep alone.
"Let's talk about tonight's plans. Should we go to another hotel and get a room, or should the three of you guys just squeeze in?"
Su Xiaojing hugged Bai He and said, "Xiao Baihe and I will sleep in the big bed. Tonight is our best friend's night, and we will talk all night long."
My eldest cousin also quickly said, "Then the three of us can squeeze into a standard room. I have no objection. Room A for three people will be cheaper."
Seeing this, Qi Lang immediately said, "I'm only used to sleeping alone. Let me make it clear first that I want a separate bed."
As a result, Yan Yi had to share a bed with his cousin.
Sharing a bed with a stranger must be extremely painful for Yan Yi, who has a mild mysophobia, and the cousin looks obviously a rough man...
Yan Yi looked at Qi Lang: "Are you sure you want a separate bed?"
Qi Lang: "What?"
Yan Yi looked at Qi Lang threateningly: "On the night of the beginning of summer last May, you hurried into the school bathroom..."
"Fuck! Yan Yi, fuck you!" Qi Lang quickly covered his mouth.
Yan Yi pushed his hand away: "I'll ask again, are you sure you want a separate bed?"
Qi Lang was caught in the act, glared at him with gritted teeth, then turned to his eldest cousin and said, "You can have a separate bed. My buddy is shy and only likes to sleep with me."
"Okay." The cousin agreed readily.
"Yo yo yo yo." Su Xiaojing stared at the two of them and grinned, "I'm only used to sleeping with you."
Bai He quickly stopped her: "I advise you not to knock so much. If you really make her angry, we won't have a good time on this trip."
The group took the elevator to the fourth floor and arrived at their respective rooms.
The room is decorated in a refreshing pastoral style, clean and warm, and you can see the sea by opening the floor-length curtains.
As soon as Su Xiaojing entered the room, she lay down on the soft big bed and stretched out lazily: "Dad is so tired today! When are we going to eat?"
"Wait until they finish cleaning up, then take a break."
"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow. But when I think about it, even though it's tiring, this is considered our graduation trip. I stayed at home during the holidays and didn't go anywhere."
"Why don't you go out and play?" Bai He asked while packing his luggage.
"I couldn't have a peaceful time until I got the acceptance letter. Now, a few days after the acceptance letter arrived, I'm already in Beili."
"Then you have to have fun this time, just treat it as our graduation trip."
Bai He packed up his backpack, drew some big words, and lay down on the bed. He took out his phone and sent a message to Yan Yi.
Lily: "You and Qi Lang actually have a secret that you didn't tell me!"
Lily: "You'll have ten seconds. Tell me! I'm so curious!"
1: "It's okay."
Lily: "Ayi, there's something wrong with you. Who is the person closest to you?"
1: "I'm telling you it's inappropriate between boys."
Lily: "Okay, okay, we're breaking up, right?"
1: "[Starry Eyes]"
Bai He put down his phone and snorted softly: "Alright, at a time like this you two should unite."
Su Xiaojing turned her head and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Just now, when Yan Yi threatened Qi Lang, I asked him what happened on the beginning of summer last year that allowed him to control Qi Lang, but he refused to tell me."
"Last year at the beginning of summer..." Su Xiaojing recalled, "May 17th, wasn't there a cultural performance at our school?"
After he said that, Bai He also remembered that there was indeed a cultural performance on the night of the Beginning of Summer. The opening dance was "Swan Lake", which the school dance team had been rehearsing for a long time. After they finished dancing, Bai He borrowed a black swan ballet skirt from a friend in the dance team, secretly put it on, and danced for a short while alone in the empty classroom to satisfy her desire.
Although her whip turn was definitely not as good as that of the girls in the dance team, after all, she had not had systematic training for a long time, but she still danced with great enjoyment and passion, and even her expression was vivid and beautiful.
The Black Swan's Whip Turn was her favorite dance, but unfortunately she failed many times and was not able to complete 32 turns.
Youth has many imperfections and regrets, just like she will never turn enough thirty-two times, and will never have the chance to say that what she really likes is not the phrase "There will be a time to ride on the wind and waves", but... the person who wrote this poem on a card to say goodbye to her classmate.
…
My cousin exclaimed that the room was really nice. He had never stayed in such a nice room before. He had always stayed in guesthouses or small hotels. For him, this B&B was simply the most luxurious enjoyment and experience in his life.
He felt a little uneasy and asked Yan Yi cautiously, "Is this room expensive?"
The translation of the word is: "Not expensive."
"How much is it?"
"308." Yan Yi said, "This B&B is very cost-effective."
"Oh, that's fine. It's only a little over a hundred people." The cousin felt relieved.
Qi Lang walked to the balcony, lit a cigarette, and called out in a deep voice: "Yan Yi, come out."
Yan Yi packed the clothes in his bag and walked out onto the balcony.
At this moment, the setting sun has sunk into the horizon, night is approaching, and the earth is shrouded in a layer of light yellow.
Qi Lang leaned against the balcony railing, looking at the distant horizon, his brows slightly furrowed, his back as gloomy as a lighthouse: "I'm warning you, don't use that matter to threaten me."
Yan Yi walked up to him and asked, "What are you afraid of?"
Qi Lang put out his cigarette and glanced at him: "If you dare to let her know, we will be finished as brothers."
Yan Yi looked at the black cigarette stain on the stone platform and sneered, "There have been many shameful things in the past, but to have you dwelling on this for so long is unlike you, Qi Lang."
"Yan Yi, I'm warning you one last time."
"You're actually afraid that she'll know you've been watching her dance, and you're fucking watching...ying."
"Yan Yi!" Qi Lang's voice was filled with anger.
Yan Yi's sharp gaze fixed him directly: "Are you afraid that she won't be able to accept it and will ignore you from now on, and we won't even be friends anymore? Or are you afraid that she'll know what's really going on in your heart..."
The next second, Qi Lang rushed over and pressed him against the stone railing in the corridor, hitting him hard.
Yan Yi was a martial artist, so how could he be subdued so easily? He grabbed his arm with his backhand and pressed it against his back.
Just then, the eldest cousin came out and shook his phone: "They are rushing us downstairs to find food. If you two don't have to fight, why don't you go eat first?"
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