[Rekindled Romance]
Ye Wanzhi saw Xu Huaiyi again two years later.
Xu Huaiyi was dressed thinly, crouching alone beneath a streetlamp in the snow. A suitcase lay on its side beside her. When she saw Ye Wanzhi appear at the crossroads, she stood up, brushed the snow off herself, leaned against the lamppost, and smiled at her.
Completely unexpected, catching her off guard.
With not the slightest awareness of how an ex-girlfriend ought to act.
Ye Wanzhi pretended not to see her and walked past. Xu Huaiyi caught the hem of her coat. "We were in love once, after all. How about letting me stay the night?"
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If the old dormitory building hadn't been renovated, forcing everyone to move rooms, Xu Huaiyi would never have met Ye Wanzhi, let alone fallen in love with her.
Back then, Ye Wanzhi was fragile, cold, and withdrawn. When she was alone, Xu Huaiyi always thought she looked like a little animal curled into a ball, facing the wall. Xu Huaiyi couldn't help teasing her, just to see her smile at her, pretend to be angry with her, and come alive.
After a while, Xu Huaiyi became so hooked on teasing her that she finally realized her feelings for Ye Wanzhi were different from what she felt for anyone else.
They weren't just different. They were downright abnormal.
But what could she do? She'd made her choice, so she might as well keep being abnormal.
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Her previous roommates had mocked her behind her back for being haughty and aloof. So Ye Wanzhi treated her new roommate as nothing more than a stranger she had to share a roof with, and avoided speaking to her whenever possible.
But when Ye Wanzhi hid under the covers, heartbroken, Xu Huaiyi boldly squeezed in beside her. When she cried bitterly, Xu Huaiyi silently wiped away her tears. When she was alone, with nowhere left to turn and on the verge of breaking down, Xu Huaiyi held her up and walked on with her...
Day and night, Xu Huaiyi was by her side.
Ye Wanzhi trusted her, relied on her, and wanted to keep walking through life with her.
But Xu Huaiyi left.
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She was the one who had first reached out. She was also the one who abandoned Ye Wanzhi just as Ye Wanzhi had finally seized that offered hand.
Now, she was the one tugging at Ye Wanzhi's coat, asking her to turn back.
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Theme: Love is free to come and go
