Cold spring

The diary disappeared without a trace. Lin Yu was worried for a few days, but nothing bad happened.

As the final exams were approaching, she was so busy every day that she had no time to think about those unfounded worries.

Jiang Shuang wasn't good at studying, so I couldn't help her much. The only thing I could do was to help her relieve stress and make her less nervous. I could do small things like fetch her water for evening study and take her to Heyijia milk tea shop on weekends.

After the final exam, Jiang Shuang helped Lin Yu move all her luggage back home. He was thinking about adding her contact information, but Lin Yu told him that she didn't have a mobile phone.

Jiang Shuang had no choice but to leave his phone number and ask Lin Yu to contact him if he had any questions.

After the Little New Year, Lin Yu looked forward to the return of her parents and brother, and cleaned up their rooms early. But all she received was a phone call.

Her parents said that their salary is very high during the Chinese New Year in Shanghai, so they want to stay in Shanghai for the New Year and go back next year when they have time.

Lin Yu didn't speak for a long time. When he was about to speak, he found that the person on the other end had exhausted all his patience and hung up the phone.

Lin Yu spent the first Spring Festival without anyone by her side. Missing Jiang Shuang, Lin Yu looked forward to the start of school every day during the winter vacation.

The assignment to the new class was based on academic performance. Lin Yu successfully stayed in the top class thanks to his excellent performance of being the tenth in his grade.

She couldn't wait to share the good news with Jiang Shuang. After looking at her own class, she began to look for Jiang Shuang's name.

However, she looked at it three times and didn't find the two words "Jiang Shuang".

She suspected that she was dazzled, and pulled the person next to her to ask for help to find Jiang Shuang.

The girl suddenly laughed and asked doubtfully, "Your name is Lin Yu?"

Lin Yu nodded suspiciously. For some reason, he felt that the eyes of the people around him were instantly focused on him.

After an eerie silence, the crowd erupted in laughter.

"Don't miss it if you pass by. Lin Yu is right here. Come and see." Someone shouted, and people around slowly gathered around.

Xu Meihan walked out of the crowd, her long and narrow eyes narrowed into slits.

She put her hands behind her back, looked at Lin Yu with ill intent and began to laugh.

Lin Yu stood uneasily in the middle of the crowd, only to see Xu Meihan slowly raise her hands from behind her back to the front, in her hands was the diary she had lost.

The delicate blue and white cover was painted with beautiful butterflies and houses, but the piano-style combination lock had been pried open, revealing all the papers she had hidden inside.

"Give it back to me." Lin Yu ran forward and tried to grab his diary, but Xu Meihan threw it hard into the crowd.

The diary was thrown around like this. Lin Yu looked at the pried-open diary in despair. Some people who got the diary even started reading it aloud.

Even though they had already spent the entire winter vacation laughing in the campus group, it did not affect their mood at all.

In this private school, Lin Yu was the only one who was truly powerless. They had no hatred towards her and they didn't even know her. But this didn't stop them from gathering together and mocking her.

Tao Xingye stood on the roof of the teaching building and witnessed everything that happened on campus. The girl surrounded in the middle was as small as an ant.

He had warned Lin Yu not to provoke him, but Lin Yu had chosen to confront him. He felt it was his duty to teach Lin Yu to see the reality as soon as possible, to see that Jiang Shuang was nothing but a paper tiger, completely useless.

Every year, Tianya has students who are expelled for lack of knowledge and skills, so it's not unfair for Jiang Shuang to have this spot. The only problem is that he insisted on supporting Lin Yu.

After this bullying incident, which was known to everyone and participated in by the entire school, Lin Yu completely lost hope in Tianya. She didn't know how to get through the next year and a half.

Tao Xingye was still in the same class with her, still sitting next to her, and his attitude was even worse than before.

Tao Xingye used to be cold and wouldn’t say a word to her, good or bad.

Nowadays, Tao Xingye always ridicules her from time to time.

Lin Yu had become numb to language and accepted all of Tao Xingye's ridicule with an expressionless face.

She just wanted to know where Jiang Shuang was. They said he'd been asked to drop out, but no one knew which school he'd transferred to. Even the phone call wasn't working. She had completely lost touch with Jiang Shuang.

Time has finally come full circle to April, and this year's weather has been exceptionally strange. It should have been a season of warm spring and blooming flowers, but a late spring cold snap has brought rain and snow once again, even colder than the winter snowstorm.

The headlights on the roof of the teaching building were still on at night, but the light could no longer reflect the beauty of the snowflakes, only a mass of ice.

Some scenes only appear once in a lifetime. It is your blessing to see them. Don't fantasize that you can have them again. Remember, they were not yours in the first place.

That morning, Tao Xingye was packing up his books when he heard a sudden thud beside him—Lin Yu had fallen to the ground. Without a second thought, he quickly picked up the frail figure and ran to the infirmary.

Tao Xingye didn't calm down until Lin Yu was placed on the hospital bed and the doctor began treating her.

Her warmth still lingered on his hand. Tao Xingye recalled what had just happened. What had happened to him? Why was he so worried when Lin Yu fainted?

After the doctor finished his examination, he began giving Lin Yu an IV. She had a fever, and it was so cold, her physical condition was already weak, and she was wearing such thin clothes.

Tao Xingye stayed by her side while she was receiving the IV drip. Lin Yu became lively despite being sick, mumbling some words, and her eyebrows were no longer wrinkled like when she was awake, but rather relaxed.

She seemed to have had a beautiful dream, and a smile appeared on her face.

Tao Xingye couldn't help but move closer to listen to what she was saying, but he heard very clearly the two words he least wanted to hear - Jiang Shuang.

Tao Xingye stood up silently, called the doctor on duty to look after Lin Yu, and walked back to the classroom calmly.

After Lin Yu woke up, he learned that it was Tao Xingye who paid for his medical expenses. Although he was unwilling to talk to him, he still took the initiative to ask how much the medical expenses were.

"How much?" Tao Xingye put down his pen and thought seriously. "One hundred dollars for intelligence, three hundred dollars for self-respect, two hundred dollars for wishful thinking, and four hundred dollars for not loving yourself. How much do you think it's worth?"

Lin Yu hadn't recovered yet, and her face was still flushed from the fever. After these words, the redness on her face became even more pronounced.

"No, I forgot. I should have told the doctor to use the cheapest medicine. Our classmate Lin is not worth a thousand yuan."

Lin Yu was so angry at him that she kept coughing. All the accumulated emotions became boundless because of her illness, completely drowning her. The physical illness made her heart's defenses fragile.

Lin Yu really wanted to scold him, but she had long realized what consequences she would face after her momentary pleasure.

"You guys..." Lin Yu cried and shook her head, a self-deprecating smile on her face. She had just had the thought of trying to talk softly to Tao Xingye and ask them to let her go. What kind of thing was that?

She was becoming more and more spineless due to being bullied. Lin Yu slapped herself in disgust.

Tao Xingye looked at Lin Yu in surprise: "Are you crazy?"

Lin Yu used quite a bit of force, leaving a slap mark on her face. She calmly wiped away her tears, sat down, and began to do her homework. Jiang Shuang was right. She had to study hard and get out of here quickly.

Jiang Shuang must not want to see her in such a depressed state. She and Jiang Shuang will meet again one day. Their fate must not be over yet. People who are destined to be together will definitely meet again.

Tao Xingye was shocked by the slap. He didn't understand what Lin Yu was thinking. Was that slap a sign of weakness or a self-punishment?

No matter which one it was, it was crazy enough. The vague voice of "Jiang Shuang" in the ward rang in his mind again. What on earth did she dream about Jiang Shuang that she couldn't help but call out his name even when she was sick?

These days, Lin Yu has not mentioned anything about Jiang Shuang. She seems to have forgotten that Jiang Shuang exists.

This forgetfulness made Tao Xingye feel that Lin Yu was just like everyone else in the school, only interested in profit.

Others boasted about themselves because their surname was Tao, and Lin Yu chose Jiang Shuang because she could get Jiang Shuang's protection.

It's just a matter of each taking what they need. She doesn't brag about herself, but she doesn't think she's superior to anyone else either.

But if he had to choose someone to rely on in this school, Tao Xingye was undoubtedly the best candidate, but Lin Yu chose Jiang Shuang.

This is a fact that Tao Xingye has been deliberately ignoring since he determined that Lin Yu was a profit-driven person.

Dreams are the embodiment of longing, and he now knows the longing that Lin Yu hides deep in her heart. At the same time, he once again thinks of the fact that he has deliberately ignored.

How could someone as smart as him not understand this? Admit it, Tao Xingye, you are deceiving yourself and others. You are a complete coward!

What is he hiding? The moment that thought came to Tao Xingye's mind, he stood up suddenly, slammed his pen heavily on the table, and killed that absurd idea in his mind.

The people around them watched the couple lose control one after another and started discussing in low voices.

It was already summer when Lin Yu stepped into Yiyi Milk Tea Shop again with the twenty yuan he had saved.

In the just-concluded joint entrance exam, her score ranked among the top 100 in the city. When she called her parents, who were working in Shanghai, to share the good news, they were indifferent.

A cell phone was passed back and forth between the two of them, but no one spoke, more like they were just dealing with her call. Hearing her brother crying from the other end, Lin Yu hung up the phone on her own initiative.

The phone was borrowed from the owner of the milk tea shop. She hadn't planned to talk for long, but she didn't expect their patience with her to become so low.

The wall was full of sticky notes, so the boss carefully took them off and put them away in a paper box.

"Boss, do you want to put away these sticky notes?" Lin Yu looked at the store manager, who nodded.

The weather outside was gloomy. I had just finished eating the mung bean soup and walked a short distance outside when it started to rain.

Today was Friday, and the students had all gone home in the morning, so there were few people around the school. Seeing the rain getting heavier, Lin Yu simply ran out into the rain. At most, she'd just take a shower; waiting there wasn't her style.

As soon as Tao Xingye got into the car, she saw a familiar figure. She got out of the car with an umbrella without thinking. However, soon another figure ran towards her with clothes holding up and pulled her into his arms.