Chen Yu Ying didn't stop him, just "bored" picked up her phone to reply to messages.

"OK! I got it! The one in the middle, number 067, I think this looks good!" Thus, three seconds later, Lin Li spoke again, with determination and confidence!

"What a coincidence, I think so too!" Chen Yu Ying nodded, then couldn't help but laugh.

After comparing a few more, she still felt this was the most suitable, so Chen Yu Ying took a brand new one and went to the counter to pay.

"Let me borrow it for a bit."

After paying, Chen Yu Ying smiled and took the newly bought lip gloss from Lin Li's hand, walked back to the makeup mirror, opened the cap, and carefully applied the clear, moisturizing lip gloss to her soft lips.

Looking at the final result, Chen Yu Ying nodded, then handed the gift back to Lin Li: "I'm very confident now that your girlfriend will like this color."

"Then I'll thank you on behalf of my girlfriend." Lin Li folded his arms, his eyes smiling as he played along with Chen Yu Ying's amusement.

"It's what I'm supposed to do, no need to thank me." Chen Yu Ying playfully tilted her head, pursed her now glossy and alluring lips, and responded with a smile.

In the next second, she couldn't help but pout with a hint of disappointment in her voice: "I'll have to get a ride home now."

"Let's go," Lin Li laughed, taking Chen Yu Ying's hand, "It's just the end of one date, there'll be next time, and the next time, and next, next time—"

Chen Yu Ying was aware of this too, so her disappointment was just a fleeting moment; hearing this, she smiled and nodded, following Lin Li out.

...

The ride-sharing car parked steadily at the entrance of Chen Yu Ying's apartment.

Which counted as Lin Li fulfilling his small wish of sending Chen Yu Ying home.

Getting out of the car, Chen Yu Ying took the paper bag containing today's spoils from Lin Li's hand, and warmly said:

"You call a car now, I'll wait here and watch you get on the car before I go upstairs."

"Alright." Lin Li nodded, taking out his phone to book a ride.

The order was accepted almost instantly, and the system showed the car was nearby, arriving within a minute.

"Why is it so fast?" Lin Li laughed in amazement.

"What, did you expect it to come from the moon to pick you up?" Chen Yu Ying stifled a laugh.

"I kind of did." Lin Li nodded.

"Then you're quite silly." The soft glow of the streetlamp gently illuminated the smiling young lady.

Actually, from Puchun to Chen Yu Ying's house, if you just slightly detoured, you could reach Lin Li's house.

And if they set a drop-off point en route, they could have the same car drop off Chen Yu Ying then directly send Lin Li, without needing to book another ride.

But both chose the dumbest method by booking another car.

No help for it; early in love, in the heat of passionate feelings, even separating for a second feels so prolonged, even if it's just watching the other's departing back, trying to extend that brief shared moment as much as possible.

Lin Li thought that after a while, it wouldn't be so clingy.

But who cares about that.

Anyway, he wasn't fed up now!

The car's headlights pierced through the night, and a ride-sharing car slowly parked at the roadside.

It turned on the high beams, what a nuisance.

"Is this the car?" Chen Yu Ying confirmed the license plate.

Hmm, not her family's.

"Yes." Lin Li nodded, pinching Chen Yu Ying's cheek with his free right hand, "See you tomorrow then."

"Okay." Chen Yu Ying raised her face, her eyes bright as stars under the streetlamp, then made sure to remind him: "You didn't forget anything, did you? Remember to check."

"It's all in the bag." Lin Li patted his shoulder bag, confidently smiled, and walked towards the car.

Not a few steps in, behind him came Chen Yu Ying's voice:

"Wait, good thing I checked, Lin Li, your lip gloss hasn't been taken, silly, didn't even mention it!"

"Huh?" Lin Li stopped in his tracks hearing this, instinctively pulled out the lip gloss from his shoulder bag's side pocket, the one Chen Yu Ying had given him to give to his girlfriend, turned around, and raised the small tube with some bewilderment: "It's here?"

"Silly, I borrowed a bit but hadn't returned it to you." Her voice already nearby.

Before her words ended, the world's light and shadows seemed gently teased.

The streetlamp's light was briefly blocked.

Breath warm with a distinct sweetness.

Her soft hair seemed to lightly brush past his nose, carrying a faint hint of orange blossom fragrance, like the spring breeze passing through new leaves.

"Now, you've got it all, get in the car." She stepped back, standing there calmly, no debts weighing her down, not running, just quietly under the light looking at Lin Li, her voice soft yet filled with a resolution of ease.

Lin Li lowered his head, looking at the lip gloss lying quietly in his palm, slowly curling his fingers up, clutching the lip gloss along with the pounding heartbeat tightly.

His lips curled up, looking at the composed girl yet unable to hide the shyness and gentleness in her eyes, his heart filled with warmth.

No superfluous actions, just obediently pulled open the back door and got in.

With a light closure, the car window rolled down.

Across that invisible boundary, the youth's gaze bright and smiling:

"Give and take, so, won't it be hard next time?"

Chen Yu Ying couldn't hold back her laughter at last, that laughter clear and pleasant, but then, she just gently gazed at the young man inside the car, eyes smiling without words.

Until the car slowly started, engine giving a low soft hum.

Her answer, wrapped in the cool night breeze, gently and clearly slipped through the half-opened car window:

"Yes, it's not hard next time."