Did It Rain Today?

Weibo: Ming Yandeng

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1.

The first time Bo Zhaoran saw Qin Zhiheng was at the annual Bo family banquet. Through the lights and clinking glasses, her fingertips had been pinched white, but she didn't even notice.

On a gloomy, rainy afternoon, with drizzle blurring the world, she deliberately appeared by his side and asked cryptically, "Would you share your umbrella with me?"

Qin Zhiheng didn't refuse.

She had managed to approach him with an ulterior motive.

He let her get close.

2.

The day they parted, Jinggang was in the middle of a sweltering summer. For the first time in her life, Bo Zhaoran lost her composure. She told him stiffly, one word at a time, "I was trying to deceive you from the very beginning. The game is over now."

Qin Zhiheng fell silent for a long time. He held her wrist and answered her very seriously. "A-Zhao, think carefully. Neither of us is the type to turn back easily."

She heard herself answer in a clear, composed voice.

The sky was clear that day, but a heavy rain fell inside her heart.

3.

When they met again, she slipped under his umbrella and, emboldened by alcohol, looked up at him. "Would you share your umbrella with me?"

She asked exactly as she had back then, but this time Qin Zhiheng refused.

Raindrops hammered the umbrella, their clamor rising and falling with the light. Bo Zhaoran still clearly heard him say, "How dare you use the same trick twice?"

With that, he turned and left. But somehow, a trace of moisture had appeared on the knuckles gripping the umbrella handle.

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Yet later, when they happened to stay at the same hotel and Bo Zhaoran stumbled dazedly into his arms,

Qin Zhiheng drew her into his embrace and coaxed her gently, murmuring sweet nothings against her ear.

The next morning, when Bo Zhaoran woke, a cold, stern silhouette stood by the bed. His attitude was completely different as he said with a veiled meaning, "Sneaking into my room in the middle of the night?"

"For an old flame, I'll give you a discount. Staying the whole night costs extra."

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*"Did it rain today?" means: I want to see you.

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