Chapter 52 – All I Have in My Heart Is You
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Mid‑night, a sudden urge to pee jolted Luo Ye awake. Still half‑asleep, he shuffled into the bathroom.
When he emerged, a puzzled expression crossed his face.
“Where am I?”
He was awake, but not fully alert. His head throbbed, his body felt numb, a wave of pain rippled through him.
The lingering after‑effects of the night’s drinking—alcohol is a devil.
Luo Ye shook his head, a wave of drowsiness washing over him, and he collapsed onto the living‑room floor, limbs splayed in a chaotic sprawl.
The floor was hard, yet he slept soundly.
The next morning at 7:30 a.m., Su Baizhou slipped out of her room in pajamas, about to freshen up, when she spotted a figure sprawled at the bathroom doorway.
She stepped forward and gave Luo Ye a gentle kick with her foot.
Luo Ye rolled over and drifted back to sleep.
Seeing this, Su Baizhou furrowed her pretty brow, crouched down, and began snapping a frenzy of photos of Luo Ye’s sleeping face.
After dozens of shots, she selected the ugliest one and sent it to Gu Mingxuan.
He replied with a surprised emoji, then asked, “My disciple, what misdeed did my little brother commit to end up sleeping on the floor? I have to say, fighting over the bedside of a young couple is pointless.”
Su Baizhou rolled her eyes—she should’ve never sent the picture.
She had assumed Professor Gu, as an elder brother, would scold Luo Ye for drinking, but the two brothers seemed to share a different focus.
Looks like she’ll have to handle the reprimand herself.
But how should she approach it?
Suddenly, Luo Ye’s phone alarm blared from his room.
“Get up! If you don’t, you’ll miss the senior’s morning run!”
The voice repeated.
On the third call, Luo Ye’s eyes snapped open; he sat up on the floor like a startled corpse, shocking Su Baizhou.
She stepped back, tripped, and landed hard on the floor, feeling a sting in her buttocks.
“Dammit, I’m going to be late for the run.”
Luo Ye stood, intending to change clothes, only to realize this wasn’t his dorm.
He looked around, confused, and saw the Fairy Senior sitting on the floor, hands propping herself up, staring at him in disbelief.
Luo Ye had never seen her look like that before.
“Hey, Senior, why are you sitting on the floor?”
Su Baizhou…
Luo Ye reached out to help her up.
After a moment’s hesitation, she placed her hand on his.
Pulling her up, Luo Ye asked, “Senior, didn’t I go back to the dorm last night?”
“No.”
Su Baizhou replied calmly, “Your roommate left you at the school gate, and you followed me here.”
Luo Ye’s face flushed with embarrassment.
He’d probably blacked out from drinking and remembered nothing.
Being so smashed in front of the senior had ruined his image.
He glanced at her face, then tentatively asked, “Senior, I didn’t do anything… improper, did I?”
“No.”
Relief washed over him—phew, that’s good.
But then Su Baizhou’s eyebrows arched, her tone turning chilly, “Yesterday you kept chanting the ‘Queen of the Women’s Kingdom’ and shouting that you wanted to marry her.”
Luo Ye’s complexion shifted, his knees went weak, and he almost sank to his knees.
“Senior, by the heavens, I don’t even know any Queen of the Women’s Kingdom. My heart only...”
He couldn’t finish.
Su Baizhou stepped forward, voice almost interrogative, “Only what?”
Under her overwhelming aura, Luo Ye wilted.
Nevertheless, he was a man; he couldn’t stay the submissive one forever.
So, at the very moment she pressed him, he summoned the most daring courage he’d ever known and stared straight at her, saying earnestly, “Only… only you.”
Su Baizhou froze, then two pink cheeks reddened on her face.
She’d heard his drunken mumblings the night before, but his sober confession felt entirely different.
Turning away to avoid him seeing her flushed face, Su Baizhou tried to hide her reaction.
Seeing this, Luo Ye calmed down, watching her retreating back.
The room fell into an awkward silence.
Luo Ye grew nervous again, scratched the back of his head, and blurted, “Senior, haha, just kidding. I’m outta here!”
He bolted out, slamming the door behind him without checking if it was locked.
When Su Baizhou finally turned back, the redness on her cheeks had faded a bit, though her breathing still rose and fell rapidly.
At least he left; otherwise she’d have no idea how to handle the situation.
She was nervous too.
Unlike previous confessions, where a flurry of suitors overwhelmed her, this one felt uniquely unsettling.
Before, her first reaction to a confession was always to decline.
Now, even without a formal confession, she felt flustered.
She placed a hand over her heart, feeling her uncontrolled heartbeat, inhaled deeply.
She had never experienced this, but she recognized it as the prelude to love.
Thus she resolved to take it seriously.
If she were ever to fall in love, she wanted it to happen just once—forever, or else die alone.
So any junior trying to chase her faced a steep hill.
Luo Ye ran to the staff‑apartment entrance, glancing back anxiously.
Drinking had ruined everything; alcohol truly is a curse.
He swore he’d be a dog if he ever drank again.
He’d spoken so flirtatiously today—what now? Would the senior have already deleted him?
He pulled out his phone, opened WeChat, and began transferring money to Su Baizhou.
Halfway through, he saw the recipient’s name ending in “Zhou” and breathed a sigh of relief.
Not deleted—good.
But how could he continue talking to the Fairy Senior now? He’d been reckless.
He knew he needed to push the relationship forward, and that step was inevitable.
He had missed a morning class; skipping another would bring serious trouble.
Skipping mattered especially to Li Haoyang, the class monitor—two missed classes without notice would heavily impact him.
Luo Ye set off, but heard a movement behind him.
The senior emerged from the hallway, passing him side‑by‑side.
Seeing her silently glide past, Luo Ye tossed aside his lingering thoughts and shouted, “Senior, let me treat you to breakfast!”
Su Baizhou halted, turned, glanced at him, said nothing, then gave a small nod.
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