Lin Xia pushed open the creaking iron door, and the old swing swayed gently in the wind, as if it was still waiting for a child to sit on it. Over the past ten years, this backyard that once belonged to her and Lawrence Lu's families has hardly changed.
"Xia Xia, are you back?" Mom's voice came from behind.
Lin Xia turned around and saw a few strands of silver on her mother's temples, and her eyes couldn't help but heat up. "Mom, I'm back."
"Yuxuan is back too, you know, right?" Mom said softly, glancing at the house next door where the lights were on again.
Lin Xia's heartbeat skipped a beat and then returned to normal. "I heard about it."
How could I not have heard of it? Ever since the news of Lu Yuxuan's return to China spread among her high school classmates three days ago, her cell phone has been on the go. Everyone was @the two of them, joking that "the top students CP are finally reunited."
Ten years. The last time she saw Lawrence Lu was at the graduation party after the college entrance examination. At that time, he received a full scholarship from a prestigious American university, while she chose to stay at a domestic university. They didn't get together as everyone expected, and even their goodbyes were embarrassingly rushed.
"He is now a famous architect and has been reported on TV." Mom said with unconcealable envy in her tone, "You said you two were inseparable back then, how come..."
"Mom," Lin Xia interrupted her, "It all happened when I was a child."
Back in the room, Lin Xia opened her laptop. As an online writer who has just become famous, the editor has been pressing for a new manuscript for half a month. She originally planned to write an urban love story, but at this moment, her fingers
