Nan Yu bit her lip and looked up at Tan Linyuan.
Tan Linyuan was also looking at her.
His gaze penetrated into her pupils, as if he had already peeked into her heart. But he didn't expose it.
Nan Yu silently put the computer back.
Tan Linyuan asked, "Don't need it anymore?"
Nan Yu replied, "I just remembered Sister Min said it wasn't urgent before. I plan to take a look later."
Nan Yu calmed her nerves and quickly came up with a reason for borrowing the computer next time. "Can I use it again later?"
"Sure, you can use it anytime," Tan Linyuan said, his eyes full of meaning. "There's nothing important in it. You can rummage through it at will."
"… I don't have the habit of prying into others' privacy."
Tan Linyuan remained calm. "It's best if you don't."
...
Time passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, it was evening.
Tan Linyuan was still in charge of dinner.
Nan Yu hadn't moved much all day, so she wasn't very hungry. She ate very little for dinner and was absent - minded most of the time.
After dinner, Tan Linyuan would do his daily evening practice as usual.
Although this was Nan Yu's home, it didn't stop him from meditating and chanting scriptures.
He still did it within Nan Yu's sight, not intending to hide it from her.
Nan Yu hugged a pillow and sat cross - legged on the sofa, thinking about how to get more information from Tan Linyuan.
Since he said she could rummage through the computer at will, it was certain that there were no secrets in it.
Ye Nanwan took on a different atmosphere at night.
When designing and decorating the house, Nan Jiwen completely followed his wife's suggestions and changed the original transparent floor - to - ceiling windows into colorful arched glass windows.
The lights in the room shone through the colorful arched windows, like countless rainbows on the ground outside. And the light inside the room was like a washed - out moon, warm, yellow, and bright.
Nan Yu saw Tan Linyuan take out his phone to check a message in the middle of his practice, reply to it, and then put it back in his pocket.
Suddenly, she came up with a new plan.
After Tan Linyuan finished his evening practice, he was about to go wash up. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Nan Yu still staring at him.
"Something on your mind?" Tan Linyuan asked.
Nan Yu shook her head. "Aren't you going to take a shower? Go quickly."
Her eagerness was a bit clumsy. Tan Linyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. "In a hurry?"
"What's in a hurry?" Nan Yu looked confused.
Tan Linyuan glanced at the time. "Ten minutes. Can you wait?"
Nan Yu was puzzled at first, but when she met his gaze, she instantly understood the implication of his words.
He was asking her to wait for ten minutes.
Nan Yu's expression froze for a moment, and her cheeks visibly flushed and burned. "What are you thinking... I didn't mean that!"
"Well, then I did," Tan Linyuan couldn't help but tease her. "If you really can't wait, how about taking a shower together?"
Nan Yu: "…"
In the end, Tan Linyuan didn't really force her to take a shower with him. He just took off his clothes and left them outside.
On the surface, Nan Yu looked nonchalant, but as soon as the bathroom door was locked, she walked over and rummaged through Tan Linyuan's pockets.
The phone was in the right pocket of his jacket.
The moment she touched the metal edge, Nan Yu was overjoyed. She couldn't wait to take it out and light up the screen.
She celebrated too early.
The phone had a password.
Nan Yu was annoyed. She didn't expect that someone with Tan Linyuan's simple style would set a password for his phone.
What should she do now?
She frowned and thought for a while, then entered Tan Linyuan's birthday on the phone.
Incorrect password.
Although she didn't unlock it, she felt it was expected. A person who didn't even celebrate his birthday was unlikely to set his birthday as the password.
So she tried the simplest answer: 12345.
Incorrect password.
...
Unknowingly, five minutes had passed, and Nan Yu still hadn't managed to figure out the password.
Seeing that the phone would be locked for half an hour after the last failed attempt, Nan Yu felt extremely discouraged.
She had to seize this last chance. Otherwise, she would have to wait for half an hour.
But half an hour later, Tan Linyuan would surely have finished his shower. It would be much more difficult to get hold of the phone then.
She was so focused on thinking that she didn't notice that the bathroom door behind her had opened.
"Why don't you try your own birthday?"
The man's thin voice came from behind her, mixed with a bit of steamy moisture. Nan Yu's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she turned around in shock. "… You're done showering?"
As she spoke, she quickly hid the phone behind her back.
Of course, this behavior was self - defeating.
"Not yet," Tan Linyuan said, raising his hand to brush his still - wet hair. "But if I didn't come out, how would I know you were here trying to unlock my phone?"
Nan Yu was speechless.
Caught red - handed, she couldn't even come up with an excuse.
"Didn't you say you don't have the habit of prying into others' privacy?" Tan Linyuan squinted his eyes, his tone full of playfulness.
Nan Yu's pupils constricted. She lowered her head and finally decided to come clean. "I heard your call with Liang Yi. Have you found out the truth about my parents' death?"
Tan Linyuan tugged at his lips, answering irrelevantly. "You haven't tried the password yet."
Nan Yu was taken aback. She looked down at the lit screen of Tan Linyuan's phone.
There was still one chance to unlock his phone.
"After you try, I'll consider whether to tell you," Tan Linyuan said.
Sure enough, Nan Yu hesitated for only a moment before entering her own birthday on the phone.
The next second, the words "Incorrect password. Phone locked for 30 minutes" appeared on the screen.
She immediately looked up, her eyes full of disbelief.
Tan Linyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing, then coughed twice pretending to be serious. "Oh, did you really think I'd use your birthday as the phone password?"
Nan Yu: "…"
The veins on her temples throbbed. She felt like she was about to lose her temper!
Nan Yu gritted her teeth. "You're playing with me?"
Tan Linyuan remained calm. "I just told you to try. I didn't say it must be the password."
His hair was still dripping, sliding along his eyebrows over his features. His eyes were calm. "Since you're so naughty, why not come in and take a shower with me."
Her struggle was in vain.
In the end, he carried her into the bathroom, and her pajamas were completely soaked.
Both inside and out.
When he carried her out of the bathroom, Nan Yu was exhausted and could only lean softly in his arms.
Her slender calves hung on his arm, swaying with his steps.
She was completely out of energy. Nan Yu's voice became faint, but she still asked, "What's the phone password...?"
She really was persistent.
Tan Linyuan lowered his head and kissed her forehead, then whispered in her ear, "The date of our first meeting - if you can still remember."
The date of their first meeting.
Before Nan Yu fell into a drowsy sleep, she engraved these words deeply in her mind.
When she woke up, she saw Tan Linyuan's phone on the bedside table.
He was sleeping soundly, as if he didn't care what little tricks she might play.
In fact, he really didn't care.
With the right time, place, and opportunity, Nan Yu quietly stole the phone from the bedside table, lit up the screen, and entered the date of their first encounter in the convenience store.
Still, it was an incorrect password.