In the evening, Shen Weiyi and her group emerged from the villa, ready to enjoy some seafood.
They saw Jiang Zhiyi and his two companions busily setting up a tent on the beach.
There were also a few backpacks and sleeping bags beside them.
"You’re not seriously planning to sleep outside tonight, are you?" Qin Zhen, with Shen Weiyi in tow, curiously strolled over and asked with enthusiasm.
There were quite a lot of people renting tents to camp on the beach, so they weren’t alone in doing this. However, it was only their first night there; even for camping, there seemed no rush.
Otherwise, wasn’t booking the hotel a waste?
"It’s because Chenxi has arrived, and she couldn’t get a room, so we gave her the room we had reserved," Li Yue explained.
Upon hearing this, Shen Weiyi couldn’t help but glance in Jiang Zhiyi’s direction: "Well, that’s quite gentlemanly of you."
Jiang Zhiyi felt an injustice.
That girl was probably going to misunderstand him again!
But Chenxi was, after all, his sister in name, and if he didn’t take care of her and something actually happened, he wouldn’t have a good explanation for his family.
"Exactly, we can’t just let a girl sleep on the beach."
Li Yue also felt quite chivalrous, taking the previous statement as a compliment. He immediately followed up eagerly, "I heard that you rented a villa on your own. Um, do you have any spare rooms by any chance? Could you spare one for us? Just one room would be enough, the three of us can squeeze in. If it really doesn’t work, we can sleep in the living room!"
"Weren’t you planning to sleep in the tent?" Qin Zhen asked, looking at the half-set-up tent, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, a tent isn’t as comfortable as sleeping inside a house. We didn’t really have a choice!" Li Yue said with a long face. They weren’t planning to stay at the beach for just one day; it wasn’t practical to sleep in a tent every night.
Qin Zhen instinctively glanced at Shen Weiyi.
Shen Weiyi said indifferently, "I’m sorry, but the villa is already fully occupied, and as for the living room, it might be inconvenient."
"Eh? What’s inconvenient about it?" Li Yue asked instinctively, only to add, "You can rest assured, we’re very well-behaved sleepers; we don’t snore or sleepwalk, and we definitely won’t disturb anyone else."
"Of course, it’s inconvenient to live with people we’re not close to," Shen Jingqi, who had followed, answered for the two.
Li Yue stepped forward, slinging an arm over his shoulder, and said with a sycophantic smile, "If we talk more, won’t we become familiar? Don’t worry, we won’t stay for free. We’ll chip in for the villa rent."
Shen Jingqi replied, "Do I look like someone short on cash?"
Li Yue took a glance at Shen Jingqi’s gear from head to toe; the shoes on his feet alone looked like they cost tens of thousands, clearly not something a man short on money would wear.
Moreover, being able to afford to rent a villa meant they naturally wouldn’t care about a little rent money.
But they really didn’t have a choice this time.
Li Yue was typically tongue-tied, and being bombarded with questions left him at a loss for a proper response.
It was Gu Xun who looked at their group and said, "After all, we’re classmates, and when we’re out and about, we should help each other. Besides, the more people, the merrier. There are five of you, three of us, that makes eight together—perfect for playing cards at two tables in the evening. What do you say?"
From beginning to end, Jiang Zhiyi had not spoken a word, just looking at Shen Weiyi with peach blossom eyes, as if he had much to say but chose to hold back.
He knew that anything he would say now would be wrong, so it was better to stay quiet; that way, that girl would get a little less angry.
Qin Zhen glanced in Shen Weiyi’s direction and said, "How about letting them stay with us?"
Shen Weiyi’s lips pursed into a tight line,