Qiao Xiaoshan was twenty-three years old that year, with long hair, a not-so-distinguished appearance, and a not-so-distinguished family background, just like every ordinary one of us. After experiencing a love battle, he was defeated in front of youth.
On the day they broke up, with tired walnut eyes and fluffy unkempt hair, she told Ye Wan that this couple would definitely not have a good outcome. Now the dog man and woman have both children and a happy family, but Qiao Xiaoshan is still like that miserable night, with nothing.
She quit her stable job, applied for various jobs, moved 18 times, and experienced the ups and downs of human relationships.
When she was twenty-four years old, she was still immersed in her own joys and sorrows, crying all day long. Ye Wan secretly told her that under the ginkgo tree where they grew up, walking around the ancient well and walking to the dock, if it happened to be 723 steps, she would be able to meet the person she loved most in her life.
Qiao Xiaoshan was doubtful, but still had a glimmer of hope. For this glimmer of hope, she finally cheered up. Every time they sit on the steps by the pier and watch people coming and going, she can't help but ask Ye Wan, why do I take the nonsense you say seriously?
Thirty years old, with short hair and a long skirt, she is still alone, but she is no longer as frightened as she was when she was twenty-three. She had her own faith under the big ginkgo tree. When winter comes, the geese will return south, and when summer comes, the cicadas will start chirping. Everything goes with the flow, without fear.
She brews a pot of tea outside Qingshan every morning, but no one may come.
Facing the morning light, I waited aimlessly.