Second Alley of Beifeng Street.

Niangui Roasted Green Pepper Sauce Main Store.

"Yuanyuan, I'm so tired. Why don't you put this away? I'm going to sleep now."

Lin Chao said wearily to Zhou Yuanyuan, who was cleaning.

"Okay, then you go to sleep first, I'll take care of the rest."

Zhou Yuanyuan was very easy to talk to, especially towards Lin Chao. She seemed to genuinely like him, and she never complained even if she had to do more.

"I was just kidding. No matter how tired I am, I can't bear to see you working alone."

Lin Chao revealed a simple and honest smile, and cheered himself up again.

But Zhou Yuanyuan pushed Lin Chao, saying, "Alright, I know what you mean, but you've been to so many places today and have been helping me watch the shop until now. You must be very tired. You don't need to push yourself."

"But……"

Lin Chao was about to say something when Zhou Yuanyuan interrupted him, "Go to sleep now, I'll be there in a bit."

After saying that, she seemed to realize something, her pretty face flushed red, and she quickly turned her head to the side, not daring to look Lin Chao in the eye.

Lin Chao's face also turned red.

This time he finally didn't refuse, and said in a low voice, "Then I'll go wash my feet first, and then wait for you in bed."

After saying that, he turned into the backyard with great excitement.

Zhou Yuanyuan's heart was also pounding, her face flushed and her heart raced.

"Excuse me, are you Ms. Zhou Yuanyuan?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the shop.

I instinctively looked outside and saw a strange little girl.

He was still wearing his school uniform, looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, and was holding a piece of paper in his hand.

"I'm Zhou Yuanyuan, little sister, are you looking for me?" Zhou Yuanyuan asked with a smile.

"Someone asked me to give this to you."

As she spoke, the little girl handed the paper in her hand to Zhou Yuanyuan.

"What's this?"

Zhou Yuanyuan did not immediately reach out to take it.

She is always cautious in her actions, and she would not accept letters like these that are unclear and ambiguous without first clarifying the situation.

"You'll see when you see it!"

The girl didn't explain much; she simply placed the paper on the counter and ran away.

"Hey, little girl..."

Zhou Yuanyuan originally wanted to chase after him, but he ran too fast. By the time she rushed out of the store, he had already disappeared.

"What exactly is that?"

She couldn't suppress her curiosity any longer and picked up the paper, unfolding it.

Upon closer inspection, she became even more puzzled.

There were only a few short lines of text on the paper.

[Old classmate, it's been so long! I'd like to see you.]

[At the entrance of the jewelry store at the end of Lane 4, Beifeng Street, I won't leave until you come!]

There was no signature, but Zhou Yuanyuan knew who it was.

Because she was very familiar with the handwriting.

In addition, the place the other party had arranged to meet was a place that evoked many memories for her.

"Fine, it's good to see him once. It's time to put an end to the past!"

After hesitating for a long time, a resolute look appeared in her eyes.

Afterwards, she quickly cleaned up, closed the door, and quietly left.

Soon, she arrived at the entrance of the jewelry store.

There was a street lamp nearby, and in the dim light, a tall young man leaned against the lamppost and smoked.

Zhou Yuanyuan stopped in her tracks, her chest heaving, overwhelmed with mixed emotions.

The young man's long, center-parted hair, his sharply defined features, and the way he smoked—these had long been a recurring image in her dreams and her most cherished fantasy.

Now, upon seeing each other again, memories of the past uncontrollably resurface.

"Yuanyuan, you're here?"

The young man seemed to have seen Zhou Yuanyuan as well. He took a deep drag of his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, and stomped it out.

His smile was radiant, like the warm sunshine, making people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

Zhou Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment.

Aren't you coming?

The young man asked another question.

Zhou Yuanyuan snapped out of her daze, forcibly suppressing the complex emotions in her heart, and walked over step by step, "Commander Long, what brings you here?"

"Didn't I make it very clear on the note?"

Long Shuai smiled. "I want to see you."

"Why?"

Zhou Yuanyuan stopped two meters away and asked in a deep voice, "We broke up a long time ago. What do you mean by coming to see me now?"

"Can't you be friends after breaking up?"

Long Shuai looked sad, "I've missed you so much during the time we've been apart!"

"Enough!"

Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly hissed, "It's all in the past, stop saying such mushy things, it makes me sick."

Do you hate me that much?

Long Shuai sighed, "Even if I fell in love with someone else back then, I now know I was wrong. Can't you forgive me?"

"Hmph, forgive you?"

Zhou Yuanyuan laughed, but her laughter was full of sarcasm. "Back then, I believed your nonsense and gave you all seventeen yuan and fifty cents that I had painstakingly saved by selling scrap."

"And what happened to you?"

"You didn't use it to pay for art classes, you used it to take other girls to hotels!"

"If my best friend hadn't happened to see it, I would have really been fooled by you, you scumbag."

"And because of that money, I was beaten severely by my parents and had to drop out of school."

"You actually have the nerve to come see me and ask me to forgive you?"

"Commander Long, tell me, where's your face? Where's your conscience? Did the dogs steal it away?"

He unleashed a torrent of insults, leaving Commander Long unable to lift his head.

However, remembering his purpose for coming today, he still forced himself to say, "Yuanyuan, I came to see you today to make it up to you. Please believe in my sincerity, okay?"

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