The Wind Asks When I'll Return

[Main story complete] [This story has undergone major revisions. The official version on Jinjiang Literature City is authoritative. It's a short story, so please support the official release!] 1 Back in high school, Fu Xia met a boy. He was a wild one. He often rode a rumbling black motorcycle and climbed onto the rooftop across from her home, half dangling over the edge as he played guitar and sang. Fu Xia couldn't focus on her math problems anymore. She pushed open the window and glared at him. He acted as if he hadn't noticed and kept playing. Fu Xia took a broom and went up to the rooftop. "You're disturbing the neighbors! Don't you know that?!" He laughed. "Am I disturbing you, neighbor?" "Who else?" Fu Xia shot back. But he played even louder and sang even more loudly. Fu Xia stormed toward him. Suddenly, he jumped down from the steps, landing right in front of her. The wind was strong that day, and he was very close. "If I stop disturbing the neighbors, can I make friends with one?" 2 After graduating from high school, Fu Xia started dating the boy who played guitar, rode a motorcycle, and had pursued her for two years. Back then, her heart bubbled with the sweet fizz of a summer soda. But one week, the boy suddenly disappeared. She looked for him for a long time, but couldn't find a trace of him. Until she saw him on someone else's social media feed. He was holding someone else's hand, and they were both wearing matching bracelets. She ran all the way to his house. The wind was fierce that day. She pointed at the photo on her phone. "Chen Fan, how do you explain this?" He smiled casually. "Well, I cheated." Fu Xia's last hope was shattered. She lifted her proud chin, refusing to let her pitiful tears fall. She spoke one word at a time. "Let's never see each other again. Pretend you never knew me." The boy looked at her for a long time, then let out a low laugh. "That would be great." 3 Years later, they meet again at someone else's wedding. Fu Xia turns and walks away at once. The man calls her name softly, his hoarse voice scattering in the wind. "Xia Xia, can you give me another chance?" Please, give me one last chance in this life, the only one I'll ever have, to be your neighbor, your subject. * P.S. The male lead didn't cheat. This is a melodramatic romance, so don't read it if that's not your thing. --- Upcoming contemporary romance: The Lone Fisherman --- Half a year ago, Song Yu did the worst thing of her life. She chased her ex-boyfriend overseas, and the day she caught him cheating with her best friend, rage took hold of her. On impulse, she went and slept with one of her ex's friends. Though, for some reason, the latter was willing, Song Yu couldn't offer him any kind of relationship, and it might easily lead to a lot of gossip. Besides, she was inexplicably a little afraid of him. When she used to run into him while with her ex, she never dared look him in the eye. After much deliberation, Song Yu took advantage of his being out and fled. Once back in China, she even changed her phone number. She never wanted to see her ex again, and... she didn't dare see his friend again, either. Half a year later, Song Yu has moved to a new city. Her sprained ankle still hasn't healed, so she goes to the hospital to see an orthopedist. When she enters the doctor's office, her legs suddenly go weak, and she nearly falls. Why does the man in the white coat across from her look so familiar? Wasn't he studying for his doctorate overseas, with another six months before he came back? "Uh, I just remembered I'm not sick. I'll be going!" "Stop." Song Yu really doesn't dare turn around. She only hears the familiar man behind her let out a faint, amused chuckle. "Don't worry. I won't eat you." "QAQ" "Come here." I've been waiting for you for far too long. Timid Fish x Jiang Taigong Theme: The world may kiss me with pain, but I will still answer it with song.