[Shuangjie/He/Workplace/A match made in heaven]
In the chirping of cicadas in midsummer, Han Xingchen ran into a pair of misty eyes - that was a ray of starlight that was inadvertently revealed when Xu Li was hit by a basketball at the gate of the community and raised her head awkwardly.
The boy forgot how to breathe and let the orange-red ball roll to rest next to her canvas shoes.
There was a whole world between them. He is the sun in the center of the crowd, and she is the moon in the corner. On New Year's Eve that year, he crushed all her hesitations and said, "I only care about you."
Three years turned into an inadvertent approach on the bus, and he would always wait for her at that door, no matter the spring, autumn, cold or heat.
After summoning up all her courage, she stood in the scorching sun, clutching the gift she wanted to give him, but when she saw the arms holding him, she turned and left, leaving him alone to miss her.
The reunion at the airport seven years later was an encounter he deliberately designed.
Just once, just this once, she really missed him.
"Have you forgotten? I said I only care about you."
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