Meng Ni gave up everything and set off overnight for a distant tourist destination, living carefree the way she had never dared hope to before.
Back at the guesthouse, she chatted with the owner late into the night about life. Since nobody knew her there, she spun lie after lie, making herself out to be perfect.
A guest arrived late at night. His voice sounded vaguely familiar, so she curiously poked her head out to look. Suddenly, she met a pair of cold, utterly unreadable black eyes.
The owner sensed something was up and asked about it out of curiosity.
Meng Ni hesitated over how to describe their relationship, when the man replied with the utmost aloofness, "I don't know her."
He did not even spare her a glance.
That deadpan expression was exactly the same as when he rejected her all those years ago.
She ground her teeth in anger, suddenly feeling terribly unwilling to accept it.
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One evening, Li Shuyang casually straightened his collar, his tone rather languid. "You really have changed since back then."
Meng Ni asked curiously, "How have I changed?"
Li Shuyang lifted his eyelids and looked at her with an inscrutable expression. "Back then, you stammered when you confessed your feelings to me. But now..."
"You've kissed me so hard it hurts."
Meng Ni couldn't help thinking of Li Shuyang in high school, so cool and composed, so distant and aloof, practically like a moon in the heavens.
But how could he be so shameless when it came to dating?
He was the one who had just pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
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A short story of around 100,000 characters / HE
Saved on 2026.7.5
Theme: As long as you live, there is hope
