The precious artifact tore through the sky and vanished without a trace.
It moved too fast, and with dark clouds overhead and heavy rain pouring down, visibility was severely blocked.
Evan Lin tried to look around, but saw no sign of it anywhere. In the end, he had to give up.
Beijing.
The weather's pretty nice today.
Lynn Chen was in the library, flipping through two math papers.
Lately,
her life had gradually returned to calm.
Most of her time was spent going back and forth between her dorm and the library.
She studied hard, trying to absorb all sorts of new knowledge.
All so she could become more outstanding.
From time to time,
Whenever she had a bit of free time,
she would turn her head, gaze out the window at the sky, and think about Evan Lin—wondering where he was, what he was doing, whether he'd gotten into trouble again, or maybe met some girl who really suited his tastes.
That girl would definitely be beautiful.
She'd be outstanding.
She'd really be worthy of him.
Every time she thought about this, Lynn Chen would feel a wave of indescribable frustration inside.
Like something was stuck there.
And she just couldn't shake it off.
"I'm heading back now."
Lynn Chen stood up, tidied her desk, quietly greeted her roommate next to her, and left the library alone.
Autumn had arrived in Beijing.
On campus, yellowing leaves fluttered down from the trees.
Lynn Chen walked down a tree-lined path, hugging her books, surrounded by couples already deep in love.
Pairs of lovers everywhere.
Lynn Chen walked quietly, making her way down the path.
She didn’t know when, but the people around her gradually thinned out.
She found a long bench and sat down, took out her phone, and stared blankly at Evan Lin’s number on the screen.
Hesitation, uncertainty, tangled feelings.
"He’s probably really busy, right?"
"Even if I called, I wouldn’t know what to say."
Lynn Chen muttered to herself, "Lynn Chen, you’re already a big girl."
"You can’t keep thinking about him every day. People would find that annoying."
Thinking that, Lynn Chen put her phone back in her pocket.
"He hasn’t even called me…"
She couldn’t help feeling a bit resentful, but as soon as she thought of Evan Lin’s face, all her little grievances melted away.
Tangled feelings.
She sat on the bench for a while.
The wind around her was a bit chilly.