When I Look Back, It’s Still You

She was the girl who, after a fight, would turn around with tears still on her face and immediately bring him a bunch of roses to apologize. The girl who followed him around the compound, running and jumping every day during the holidays. The girl who had only just learned to run, yet climbed to the rooftop with him and got chased by their parents… Zhou Muqing loved catching bugs and cats to scare her. Han Yingxue loved trailing after him, crying as she went. On the C University sports field, Han Yingxue’s colleague and best friend said, “Xue’er, do you think that instructor has a thing for you? His gaze seems even hotter than this scorching weather.” By the pond in the compound, he said, “I’ve never forgotten the way you came to see me with roses.” She replied, “I’ve never forgotten you, either.”