When she ran back to her room, Su Liyang, who was sitting on the bed, was still in shock.

She covered her wildly beating heart with both hands, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

Su Liyang closed her eyes and kept muttering to herself: "Beauty is deceptive..."

By crazily brainwashing herself, she hoped to calm down the heart that kept pounding due to being fascinated by beauty.

As she was getting lost in mindfulness, Xia Yan's phone call came in.

The ringing of the mobile phone in this quiet room seemed particularly abrupt, which startled Su Liyang.

She hurriedly took the phone next to her and pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Liyang, I just finished work. Whoever wants to go to work for this shift can go. I'm really being driven crazy by those patients. They're more noble than the emperor himself. I'm really going to be driven to death. I won't even do this internship. Oh, by the way, you sent me a message earlier saying that your landlord kicked you out? Where are you now? Are you okay?"

As soon as the call was connected, before Su Liyang had a chance to speak, she heard Xia Yan talking nonstop.

Su Liyang closed her eyes and replied to Xia Yan, "I'm fine."

In fact, it was not that good. After all, there was a handsome man at home. As someone who enjoyed staring at the abs of various handsome men on short video apps and licking the screen like crazy, she was a little worried that she might devour him like a hungry wolf in the middle of the night.

Xia Yan was filled with worry and unease. She lowered her gaze and spoke between bites, "Have you managed to secure a rental yet? If not, why don't you consider staying at my place, though it may be a bit far away from your dance studio?"

After hearing the second half of the sentence, the corners of Su Liyang's mouth twitched. Xia Yan's home was not just a little far from where she practiced dancing, it was very far. It could take half an hour just to drive there, not to mention the time she spent on crowded subways and buses every day.

As a hopeless sluggard, she wanted to save as much time as possible in the morning.

After all, a famous person once said...

"Time is money."

Su Liyang said honestly, "No need. My mother found a house for me. I am living together with a boy I knew when I was a child."

"What?" Xia Yan on the phone was skeptical if she had misheard, "Your mother asked you to live with a man?"

Xia Yan repeated with uncertainty, and her tone was full of shock. "Auntie actually let you live with a man? How is that possible!"

Su Liyang nodded. "Yes, my mother said the man rarely lives at home."

When Xia Yan heard that Su Liyang had a place to live, her heart skipped a beat again. She said, "What? Liyang, you live in a man's house as a girl. If he goes crazy and rapes you in the middle of the night, you will suffer a great loss."

Not to mention other problems, a man and a woman lived alone under the same roof. If something really happened, no matter what, it would be the girl who would suffer losses!

"Yanyan..." Su Liyang pursed her lips, and the image of Shen Yanfeng's handsome face involuntarily appeared in her mind. Her face blushed even more, saying, "Actually... he is a top-notch handsome guy."

Xia Yan was so angry that she closed the lunch box, saying seriously, "Being handsome is not a big deal. Even if he's handsome, he can still lose control and become beastly!"

"Is there a possibility," Su Liyang sensed Xia Yan's rare seriousness and swallowed nervously, "that I may completely eat him up..."

On the other end of the line, Xia Yan was stunned. After a long time, she slowly said, "It seems to be possible."

Su Liyang was speechless.

"Liyang, if things don't work out, it would be best for you to stay with me," Jiang Yan said with concern. "I don't believe it's suitable for an innocent girl like you to live with a man."

Feeling a headache, Su Liyang also frowned and pinched her brow. She didn't want to live with an unfamiliar man, even though he was handsome. Upon further consideration, it was indeed inappropriate.

However...

This apartment complex was really close to her dance studio, so she wanted to stay.

Su Liyang hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's wait until this period is over. After all, I'm busy practicing the dance that I will perform in the upcoming show."

Jiang Yan sighed on the phone and reminded anxiously, "Okay, no matter what, since you're living with a man, you must always be careful. Remember to lock the door and windows when you sleep, and be careful of him at all times. Oh, and also remember to lock the bathroom door when you shower..."

Su Liyang listened to Xia Yan's concern for her safety over the phone, which was even greater than her own mother's. She smiled happily and held her phone, saying, "I know, Mommy Yanyan."

"What the hell did you call me? I'm going crazy with my mentor. He looks handsome but turns out to be a pervert. You know what, he doesn't treat us interns as human beings at all..."

Su Liyang listened to Xia Yan's complaints about how perverted and exploitative their mentor was towards them on the phone, feeling sorry for medical students like Xia Yan who were doing unpaid internships.

Xia Yan didn't stop complaining until she had to return to work.

Su Liyang sympathized with Xia Yan's exhaustion and decided to offer her some comfort: "I understand how drained you must feel after going through so much. How about I treat you to some delicious food tomorrow?"

"Okay, that's a deal. I want sweet and sour ribs and steamed carp."

"Okay. I'll make it for you tomorrow."

They exchanged a few more words and then hung up.

After hanging up the phone, Su Liyang touched her slightly hungry stomach. She realized that she had only eaten a few pieces of Kanto-style skewered food all day, and on top of that, she was exhausted from dragging two heavy suitcases up. Therefore, she decided to go out and grab something to eat casually.

She carefully opened the door a little, and then poked her little head out of the crack of the door, looking around the living room to see if there was anyone.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, the kitchen door was pulled open with a "clatter". Shen Yanfeng stood at the dining table with two bowls. He looked at Su Liyang who was acting suspiciously and asked aloud.

Su Liyang was a little embarrassed after being discovered. She opened the door and walked out from inside, tightly pursing her lips.

"Nothing," Su Liyang said in a low voice as she stood next to the sofa with her head down.

Shen Yanfeng didn't hear what Su Liyang said clearly, but it didn't matter.

He put the bowl in his hand on the dining table, then pulled out a chair and sat down: "Won't you come and eat?"

Su Liyang wanted to refuse, but her stomach betrayed her by making a loud growl. She dragged her heavy legs slowly to the dining table and glanced at the delicious egg noodles. She pouted and said, "I'll eat..."

She sat across from Shen Yanfeng, eating the noodles in her bowl slowly and with her head down.

"Am I scary?"

Shen Yanfeng found it odd that Su Liyang, who hadn't raised her eyes to meet his gaze since he noticed her presence, was seated at the dining table. Could he have possibly committed an error that frightened her?

Su Liyang stopped eating. As she didn't dare to look at Shen Yanfeng, she just shook her head.

Seeing that Su Liyang was about to bury her head in the bowl, Shen Yanfeng coughed softly and said, "If I'm not frightening, why do you keep your head down?"

While eating the noodles, Su Liyang replied vaguely, "No."

"Then look up at me."

"No."

Su Liyang refused him directly. She just wanted to fill her stomach as soon as possible and hide in her room.

However, Shen Yanfeng remained persistent and wanted Su Liyang to explain the reason behind her actions.

Shen Yanfeng wiped his mouth slowly and asked again, "Why?"

Su Liyang was a little impatient. She stopped what she was doing and blurted out, "I'm afraid I can't resist it."

After saying that, Su Liyang was stunned, and her chubby face instantly turned red.

What did she mean by that?

Why did she tell the truth without thinking!

At this moment, Su Liyang wished she could find a hole to hide herself in. She felt extremely embarrassed.

After hearing Su Liyang's words, Shen Yanfeng was also stunned for a moment. But when he saw the blush on her cheeks, he quickly understood what she meant and continued to press her for an answer: "What can't you resist?"

"You're so annoying."

After finishing eating, Su Liyang took the bowl into the kitchen and then ran into the room without hesitation.

With a loud bang, the door was once again slammed shut.

Shen Yanfeng's lips curved into a faint smile, and his eyes were fixed on the tightly closed room.

Just as she returned to her room and buried her head in the blanket, Su Liyang suddenly remembered something. She poked her head out and took a breath.

No matter what, she lived in his house now. Just now, she ignored him and said that he was annoying. Moreover... he had made a bowl of noodles for her, but she ran away without washing the bowl...

The more Su Liyang thought about it, the guiltier she felt. She was afraid that Shen Yanfeng would be angry and kick her out of the house.

After hesitating on the bed for a long time, Su Liyang bit her lip and got out of bed as if she had made up her mind to open the door.

She rushed to the kitchen door and saw Shen Yanfeng standing in front of the sink. He was wearing a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up to his wrist, revealing his fair skin. Seeing this, Su Liyang couldn't help swallowing.

Beauty was deceptive...

"What's the matter?"

Shen Yanfeng had long heard the sound of Su Liyang opening the door, but he pretended not to know and wanted to see what Su Liyang wanted to do. However, he didn't expect that she would actually walk to the kitchen.

Upon hearing Shen Yanfeng's cold voice, Su Liyang snapped out of her reverie: "Oh, let me wash the dishes."

Shen Yanfeng raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing the answer, then turned off the faucet and turned around to stare at Su Liyang intently, saying, "I'm done."

"Ah... You've done..."

The moment Shen Yanfeng turned around, Su Liyang quickly withdrew her greedy gaze and lowered her head to stare at her toes.

Shen Yanfeng looked at Su Liyang's hesitant expression and took a few steps closer to her, saying, "You can wash them again, if you like."

Su Liyang raised her head in shock and looked right into Shen Yanfeng's eyes. "Is that okay?"

Shen Yanfeng was stunned.

He just wanted to tease her as a child, but she raised her head, taking it seriously.

He turned his head slightly and chuckled. He then walked up to Su Liyang and raised his hand to tap her forehead.

There was a doting tone in his voice that he didn't even realize: "Are you silly?"

After speaking, he left and walked towards the study, leaving Su Liyang standing there foolishly by herself.

Su Liyang was still unable to extricate herself from the soft laughter and the three gentle words: "Are you silly?". The living room was so quiet that she could clearly hear her wild heart beating.

After a long while, she reached out her hand to cover her burning face and trotted into the room.

Su Liyang rolled on the soft bed, trying to calm herself down, but in her mind, she kept saying, "Are you silly?"

Beauty was deceptive! Beauty was deceptive!