That night, Liao Qian sighed more than once, sleeping and waking repeatedly. She went to Lei Ting's room, where he was sound asleep, clutching one of An Ning's cheongsams. Liao Qian patted his head. It was almost dawn, and Liao Qian, unwilling to give up, made a phone call.

As soon as it was light, Lei Ting, who had slept very soundly the night before, got up early as usual, washed and dressed, and even took out a shawl to wait for An Ning at her door for her morning run. An Ning opened the door and saw Lei Ting there, and she was somewhat used to Lei Ting waiting for her at the door.

Anning: "Thunder, you're up so early again!"

Thunder: "Yeah! Hehe..."

Lei Ting was happy to see An Ning and handed her a bottle of water. An Ning took it and drank it; the water was actually warm.

Anning: "Why is the water warm?"

Lei Ting: "I kept it warm in my arms for you. An Ning, you should eat less cold food, it's bad for your stomach."

Anning: "Okay, let's take a walk today! I don't want to run anymore, I'll take you to see snails crawling."

Thunder: "Snail, there's a snail here!"

Anning: "There's a corner of the playground that used to be abandoned, but I scattered four-leaf clover seeds there, which attracted a lot of big snails. Now, many people go there to take pictures!"

Thunder: "You're so thoughtful."

Anning: "Seeing flowers and plants makes me happy! I like watching flowers bloom."

Thunder: "I like flowers in bloom!"

Lei Ting recalled that his grandmother had a pot of epiphyllum flowers that she had treasured for many years. When he brought An Ning back to China and visited his grandmother's house for the first time, the epiphyllum flowers had already bloomed. His grandmother said that An Ning was a lucky person. The whole family gathered on the balcony to look at the epiphyllum flowers. An Ning seemed particularly happy that day, and that was the day they took their first family photo.

Lei Ting: "An Ning, do you like epiphyllum?"

An Ning: "The ephemeral beauty of the night-blooming cereus brings both surprise and endless anticipation, so I quite like it!"

Thunder: "You like roses the most, right...?"

Anning: "Yes, I like the rose standing upright in mid-air without being arrogant or impatient."

Thunder: "What else do you like? Can you tell me?"

Anning: "Leiting, you seem really eager to understand me... and you've been hovering around me these past few days, why are you doing this?"

Thunder: "Because... I want to repay a debt of gratitude... to repay the debt of money your family lent me."

An Ning: "No, this isn't an attitude of gratitude at all. Your attitude towards me has always been ambiguous... You were very forceful when you hugged me yesterday, I don't like that..."

Thunder: "I...can you please not reject me..."

Anning: "If you want to take things further with me, then let me be clear: I don't like you."

Thunder: "I...I'll stop here. You didn't even say you'd take me to see the snails..."

An Ning: "Hmm...it's over here..."

An Ning smiled broadly and clearly rejected Lei Ting. When she said she didn't like him, Lei Ting's heart ached. Just that one sentence made his heart ache. He knew how much pain An Ning must have felt when he hurt her. Now he felt the same way.

Thunder: "The snails here are much bigger than the ones back home."

Anning: "There are many edible snails, but you don't like them, so you're missing out on a lot of delicious food."

Thunder: "The person who cooks at home is very good at cooking, which has made me picky about food. I don't like what other people cook."

An Ning: "By the way, Lei Ting, have I had any contact with Jasmine before?"

Thunder: "Huh? What's wrong? Why are you asking that?"

Anning: "I had a dream in which someone told me, 'I love Jasmine, but I don't love you.' When I woke up and recalled the dream, I felt that Jasmine was like a person, someone who was very important to me, but I couldn't remember who she was. Do you know Jasmine? Have we ever crossed paths?"

Thunder: "No, no, you don't know her, and she doesn't know you. You have no connection..."

An Ning: "Huh? Didn't you say she was my fan?"

Thunder: "She's your fan, but you have absolutely no connection with her, not even the slightest bit. Forget about it, forget about it..."

Anning: "Okay, your cake you baked yesterday was better. Keep up the good work, Jenny's skills are pretty good. I believe you'll be able to master it soon."

Thunder: "Do you like it? I'm going again today! I'll bring it back for you tonight."

An Ning: "Fine! Don't you have to go to class?"

Thunder: "No need... I graduated a long time ago. I came here to study to solve my visa application time problem."

Anning: "What are you doing here! How long will it take?"

Thunder: "I don't know how long, maybe a lifetime!"

Anning: "Okay... let's go back!"

Thunder: "Okay, you go back first, I'll call home. Goodbye."

Anning: "Goodbye..."

Anning really couldn't understand this kid. He was talking incoherently and suddenly became so listless. Anning ran back home, while Leiting was fiddling with the four-leaf clover in his heart, feeling extremely annoyed.

Thunder: "Grandma..."

Lei Nai: "Lei Ting! How is it? When are you coming back?"

Lei Ting: "Phew... It'll be a while before I get back. Grandma, don't you have Liao Qian's phone number? Could you talk to him for me and ask him to help me out?"

Grandma Lei: "Liao Qian! He left in a hurry last time, so Grandma didn't talk to him in person. Okay, Grandma will call him. Don't worry, cheer up, Grandma will encourage you."

Thunder: "It still has to be my grandma... I'm hanging up now!"

The Thunder called in another foreign player. After speaking with the Thunder's mother, they called Guo Fan.

Thunder: "Guo Fan, are the things I asked you to prepare ready?"

Guo Fan: "Everything is ready. I'll send it to you one by one in a bit."

Thunder: "Any news from Jasmine?"

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