Zhao Yuan lost the mood to enjoy the beautiful early autumn scenery in the countryside. He sped past Liu Lanhua and Cao Damiao and returned home.
Lin Wenxi's calls had become his daily sustenance.
"Are you up?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"Did you sleep well last night?"
"Not bad. What about you?"
"I… slept pretty well too. Have you ate?" In reality, Zhao Yuan had been suffering from frequent bouts of insomnia ever since he came home.
"Yeah. What about you?"
"I've eaten too. What did you today?"
"Reading… some stuff." In reality, Lin Wenxi was reading his new university's brochure on admissions, rules, regulations, schedule, and so on. Lin Ziwei gave little explanation of these things and made him settle the rest.
Days later, Zhao Yuan finally reached the end of his patience.
"Is someone watching your home…?" he asked.
"My mom
"State your condition," Zhao Yuan said in a low voice. "Be my boyfriend. And I want you to stop all forms of communication with Lin Wenxi!" Chen Wanxin said. "Impossible!" Zhao Yuan said. "Then it's impossible for me as well!" Chen Wanxin replied coolly. "Wanxin, I have nothing but gratitude for you. I thought of many ways to repay your kindness but it's not something like being your boyfriend. A relationship that exists only in name has no meaning whatsoever! Why will you slowly reduce the affection between us into dust? We're at least good friends, aren't we?" Zhao Yuan said sincerely. "To me, you being my boyfriend in itself is the meaning of everything!" Chen Wanxi retorted loudly. "The 'boyfriend' title is the most meaningless one in the world," Zhao Yuan said. "I'll make sure that the title will become meaningful." Chen Wanxin chuckled softly. "So is that a yes or a no?"
After packing his luggage and ordering bus tickets, Lin Wenxi was off. "Remember not to come home often. Better yet, don't come home at all!" Lin Ziwei said solemnly. "Hm." Lin Wenxi nodded but thought that it wasn't a bad idea to visit Zhao Yuan's home for Chinese New Year instead of his own. "I'm saying that you should avoid Yangzi County as much as possible!" Lin Ziwei emphasized. It was as if he could see through his son's thoughts. Lin Wenxi nodded silently. When his bus was about to leave Yangzi County, he sent one final text message to Zhao Yuan: "I'm thankful to you." The reply: "I hope it's not too late." While he was still reading the text message, another person was receiving a phone call. Hong Xuan's face darkened after the call and his grip tightened on his Nokia phone, causing the keys on the device to pop out of their sockets nearly. Confused, Lin Wenxi stared solemnly at
During the feast that Zhao Yuan threw, the bustle and joy of the new semester became water under the bridge. Lin Wenxi couldn't believe his ears when he heard Zhao Yuan declare that he was dating Chen Wanxin. His former girlfriend had now become his current girlfriend. Chen Wanxin repeatedly toasted her friends as a way of accepting their congratulations. In an instant, she became the center of attention of the feast. She was as lovely as the spring flowers blossoming in the ravine. "Aren't you going to toast me, Wenxi?" Chen Wanxin smiled. "I remember clearly what you once told me." "Why… aren't you celebrating with Zheng Kai?" Lin Wenxi asked. "Well, initially we weren't able to arrange this feast but Zheng Kai took charge and got things settled. I've already expressed my thanks to him. Moreover, the skilled pianist I invited will arrive in a moment. The pianist will add to our enjoyment." Smiling, Chen Wanxin raised her wine
"Zhao Yuan! How dare you leave!" Chen Wanxin hastily adjusted her cotton shawl and ran out of the room, crying foul. Zhao Yuan was sitting on the sofa. He ignited his lighter with a snap, lit up a cigarette, and exhaled a long and deep breath of smoke. "Wanxin, I don't think a boyfriend has the duty to sleep with his girlfriend," he said coolly. "I'm not forcing you to…" Chen Wanxin said softly. "I'm not willing. I'll sleep on the sofa from now on," Zhao Yuan replied emotionlessly. "You!" Furious, Chen Wanxin walked back to the bedroom and slammed the door shut. For a long time, she couldn't placate her indignation. When she woke up the next morning, she found Zhao Yuan long gone. She considered this to be a small confusion in her overall plan. Her plan was to cook a frog in the boiling water but she had been too hasty last night. After pondering over this issue, she finally got an answer. It was ano
"The university counselor has arranged Guo Liang to live in my dormitory and asked me to live here." Gu Xi said timidly. "That little bastard is so smart?" Zheng Kai beat the bed. "You don't welcome me?" Gu Xi asked. Zheng Kai stopped talking. Zhao Yuan once again jumped from the upper bunk and said, "It seems that it is necessary to make plans for a long-term fight." He then rolled to Lin Wenxi's bed. "Wang Xiang, are you serious?" Chen Wanxin almost shouted in a hoarse voice. "Yes." “He does that every night?” "Yeah, before Gu Xi came to the dormitory, brother Yuan only slept on his upper bunk, but now he sleeps on the lower bunk every day." Wang Xiang said with a smile. He then hung up the phone. Chen Wanxin answered Luo Yang's call. "Tell Zhang Dong that Lin Wenxi came back to the campus." Chen Wanxin said coldly.
In the evening, Lin Wenxi received a call from Zhang An'an whom he had barely contacted. "The autumn breeze is cool, and stars fill the sky, but I have a lot of doubts. I want to ask you to help me figure them out. Don't refuse me." Zhang An'an said. On that night, Zhao Yuan was supposed to go to Wanxin's residence. Although Lin Wenxi was quite upset, he could not bear to refuse her, so he went to the playground alone. In the chilling night, Zhang An'an and Gu Xi sat side by side on the stairs beside the court, looking at Lin Wenxi with a smile. "Can you forgive him?" Zhang An'an asked. Lin Wenxi frowned, glanced at Gu Xi and asked, "Who?" "Zhang Dong!" Zhang An'an said affirmatively. Lin Wenxi turned around and walked away. "Wenxi, in this school and even the world, besides you and brother Kai, I trust An'an the most. Please trust me in the way I trust you!" Gu Xi said lo
"An'an, what happened to Wenxi that you told him such a story? Who are they?" Shu Xiaoman could not help asking after Lin Wenxi and Gu Xi left. "Xiaoman, you really shouldn't show up," said Zhang An'an. "But when I came back from my history class, I saw Wenxi walking towards the playground. So I followed him somehow, and I watched you talking here all the time. I just cannot help myself... I feel like I haven't spoken to him for a long time." Shu Xiaoman whispered. "Oh... It's hard for you." Zhang An'an sighed. "But An'an, what happened to Wenxi?" Shu Xiaoman asked. "I promised I would never talk with anyone about him again." Zhang An'an said gloomily, lowering her head. Hearing this, Shu Xiaoman felt overwhelmed like experiencing lightning strikes, and she burst into tears, covering her mouth. "An'an, don't do that... I am really useless at all. Wenxi would rather talk to you than to me."
When Gu Xi saw Wang Xiang, who was sleeping soundly while holding Zheng Kai tightly, he bit the pillow towel and burst into tears. To celebrate the first anniversary of the successful end of cross-country training, the hosts, Chen Wanxin and Wang Zhengjuan invited boys and girls in their class to the party. As the champion, Zheng Kai was certainly on the chief invitation list and he brought Gu Xi. Wang Xiang, of course, accompanied Zhang An'an. Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi intended to stay in the dormitory instead of going to the party, but they had to act as eye candy due to everyone's enthusiasm. Unexpectedly, Wang Xiang exposed that he implicated Zhang An'an during the cross-country training, so he was asked to compensate it by drinking glass after glass. He himself was enthusiastic to drink with a lot of people, and then collapsed into Zheng Kai. At the end of the party, Wang Xiang suddenly embraced Zheng Kai's shoulder, with hi