A little handsome.

"Come with me."

Lin Yu called out, then turned and left Wanhui Plaza.

Ye You quickly followed. She was a bit shorter, and while her legs didn't look short, it was really just due to her good proportions.

Three of Lin Yu's strides equaled five of hers. She trailed behind his tall figure, her little legs working double-time to keep up.

"Where are we going?"

Ye You asked in a sweet, slightly naive voice, sticking close behind him.

"You'll know when we get there."

Lin Yu replied dismissively.

"Oh, okay."

Ye You nodded. After a while, her curiosity got the better of her again.

"What are we going to do?"

"You'll know when we get there."

Lin Yu used the same answer for her different question, and it somehow didn't feel out of place at all.

Ye You gave another simple "oh" and quickened her pace to follow him.

They walked in silence for a while longer before Ye You started to feel something was off.

She looked around and realized the further they walked, the more remote the area became and the fewer people there were. They were now on a brick-paved path flanked by dense, lush vegetation you couldn't see through.

In this secluded place, a faint sense of unease began to flow and spread in her heart.

But soon, she talked herself out of it, settling her nerves.

What was there to be afraid of?

Lin Yu was right beside her, after all.

The worst possible outcome... was actually the outcome she secretly wanted the most.

Nothing to be nervous about.

Though, admittedly, something like that might be a bit too thrilling for her.

What if someone saw them...

Ye You was lost in these wild thoughts, head bowed, when Lin Yu suddenly stopped. Not paying attention, she bumped right into his solid back.

Ye You covered her forehead and instinctively took a step back. The intense, unfamiliar masculine warmth she felt from the contact made her body tremble slightly.

That brief collision was her first close contact with a man. Hard, warm, his body nothing like a girl's softness. It didn't feel particularly good or bad, just... new and strange, something she'd never experienced before...

Thinking this, Ye You looked up in surprise at Lin Yu, who had turned around and was now reaching towards his pants. Her ears burned, and her face flushed a deep red.

Is... is it happening now?

Mmm...

But I've never been with a man before...

Ye You's face was crimson, the blush spreading to her neck and the roots of her ears, making her look as if she had a fever.

Seeing her like this, Lin Yu thought she might be suffering from heatstroke. But glancing at the sky, he didn't think the weather was hot enough for that. He stopped his hand and asked with concern,

"What's wrong with you?"

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Ye You shook her head stiffly. She looked at Lin Yu timidly and mumbled in a small voice,

"Are we..."

"Let's exchange contact info."

Lin Yu didn't know what was up with her, but since she said she was fine, he didn't bother probing further. He pulled his phone from his front pants pocket and said what he originally intended.

Ye You's expression froze, seemingly not expecting things to turn out this way.

Realizing she had misread the situation, her face turned even redder.

She hurriedly pulled her phone from her shorts, held it with both hands, and with head bowed, brought up the scanner. She aimed it at the QR code on Lin Yu's phone screen, ready to add him as a friend.

Just in those few seconds it took to align the phones and scan the code, before they could connect, Lin Yu suddenly lunged, throwing himself at Ye You.

Watching his tall, sturdy frame rush towards her, feeling the wave of masculine presence, Ye You's small mind went completely blank, leaving only one ill-timed thought:

So I wasn't overthinking it after all...

The roar of an engine had arrived beside them at some point, vibrating unpleasantly in their eardrums.

But before their bodies could even adjust to the noise, the sound of the motor was already roaring into the distance.

Ye You, shielded behind Lin Yu, stood there dazed, completely unaware of what had just happened. Her view was entirely blocked by Lin Yu's broad back.

It was only when Lin Yu started cursing that she realized her phone was gone.

"Damn it!"

"What the hell was that?"

"Dares to rob even me?"

He hurled a vicious curse at the retreating motorcycle's taillight, then quickly turned to Ye You and said,

"Wait right here. I'm going to chase them down and get our phones back!"

With that, Lin Yu broke into a full sprint, charging in the direction where the motorcycle had almost vanished.

If anyone else had seen this, they would have rolled their eyes and called him an idiot.

The motorcycle would be almost home by the time he started chasing, and he's only thinking of pursuing it now?

Truly, always a step behind.

But on this deserted path, there were no onlookers, only a blushing young woman.

She watched Lin Yu's figure sprinting away, savoring the sense of security she felt when he shielded her. Her cheeks felt burning hot, and something in her chest was pounding wildly, so loud it was almost deafening.

He felt...

kind of handsome...

...

"Once you flash this thing open, can you reset it back to its original password?"

Lin Yu stood behind a chair and asked casually.

"No."

The young guy doing the flashing shook his head.

"Flashing only breaks the original password lock. To set a new password, you'd need to know her original one."

Lin Yu thought about it and decided it didn't matter.

He could just tell Ye You he didn't catch up with the thief, but later used his connections at a phone shop to find her phone, which had already been flashed open.

It was a plausible explanation. Not a big issue.

The phone would take a little longer to flash open. Lin Yu turned his head towards the entrance of the phone shop and said to the two men standing there,

"Thanks for your help today."

"You can go now. Everything's handled."

The two men nodded with ingratiating smiles and bid farewell.

"Don't mention it."

"See you later, Boss Yu."

After speaking, they left the shop, got on a motorcycle parked outside, put on their helmets, twisted the throttle, and rode off stylishly.

Not long after, Ye You's phone lock screen password was successfully cracked. After paying, Lin Yu took the phone and started browsing through it.

Ye You didn't have many contacts in her phone, but she was in quite a few group chats. Lin Yu went through them one by one. Even after checking the last one, he still hadn't found what he was looking for.

Lin Yu frowned. He knew there was definitely something off about Ye You. He just hadn't discovered it yet.