For several consecutive days, Wan Donglin stayed home to accompany her.

Their daily routine was simple. They would eat, sleep, watch movies, stroll leisurely, snack, or listen to his riveting stories about fascinating financial cases. Life was so enjoyable that her cold was cured before she even knew it.

One afternoon, Yan Xixi suddenly realized she hadn’t booked her flight ticket yet. These past few days, I’ve been completely out of it! She immediately went online to search for the most suitable one.

The cheapest options were red-eye flights. She was about to book one, but then hesitated. The thought of it is scary. Falling from ten thousand meters is no joke! She decided against taking a red-eye flight.

Then she looked at daytime economy class seats, but suddenly, she felt an urge to fly first class. When she checked the prices, she was shocked. Good heavens! International first-class tickets are nearly ten times more expensive than economy? What’s up with that?

So, I really am a country bumpkin! She had always assumed that first-class on international flights would be similar to domestic ones, perhaps twice the price of economy, not ten times more. The difference is huge! 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

She hesitated, reluctant to part with so much money.

While she was still torn between economy and first class, Wan Donglin walked in.

He quietly stood beside her, watching her click the mouse and murmur to herself. Placing his hand over hers, he asked, "What’s wrong? About to book?"

She immediately asked, "Wan Donglin, why are first-class tickets on international flights so expensive?"

His gaze fell on the "One Adult" field in the booking form. A half-smile played on his lips as he asked, "Going alone?"

After a moment’s hesitation, she nodded.

He calmly asked, "Are you sure you can go alone?"

She frowned slightly but nodded again. I have to go alone! If I don’t even dare to do this one thing, won’t Empress Dowager Liu laugh her head off? No way, I absolutely cannot lose face in front of the Empress Dowager!

"Think about it," he began. "You’ve never traveled long distances alone, let alone abroad. You’re unfamiliar with the place, and you don’t speak the language. What will you do after you land? Will you be able to find your way? What if you encounter danger? What if you run into robbers? What if something unexpected happens during your journey? You should know that private citizens in the United States can own firearms, and shootings happen from time to time..."

Yan Xixi was silent.

"Have you seen the movie ’Taken’?" he continued. "A beautiful young girl and her friend travel to France, where they’re targeted by human traffickers who break in and kidnap them. If her father, a former CIA agent, hadn’t arrived just in time to rescue her, she would have been sold to the Middle East to become a stripper. But you have to realize, her father was a former CIA agent..."

Her face turned pale.

He asked leisurely, "Miss, are you truly sure you want to go alone? Do you really not need any company?"

She panicked and grabbed his sleeve. "Wan Donglin, why are you trying to scare me?"

He shrugged innocently. "How am I scaring you? I’m just telling you the truth. Lone women are easily targeted by human traffickers, you know. From what I know, eighty to ninety percent of students are escorted by their parents..."

She immediately found a loophole. "That’s not necessarily true! Every year, many students from Peking University and Tsinghua University go abroad, and lots of them are from rural areas. Do their parents escort them? Stop trying to fool me!"

"Honey, most of them are boys."

"What about girls from rural areas who go abroad? I haven’t heard of any of them being abducted by human traffickers!"

"That’s because they’re... plain-looking, so they’re safe. But my little lady here is too beautiful; it’s simply too dangerous."

Yan Xixi was utterly speechless.