*

That evening, Lin Yusheng called her best friend Shen Yishu.

"Shushu, I'm back in Lucheng. When are we going to get together?"

Shen Yishu smiled, "If it's you who's asking me out, then I'm definitely available anytime."

She chose to become a writer because of the short working hours and the relative freedom it offered.

Lin Yusheng said, "Okay, then tomorrow?"

Lu Zhengye was at work and her son was at school, so she was all alone and bored.

Shen Yishu was paying at the convenience store when she heard this and smiled, "Okay."

Hearing the sound, Lin Yusheng asked, "Are you outside?"

"Yeah, I came to the convenience store to buy things, wearing my pajamas and slippers."

Lin Yusheng looked outside and said, "Did you bring an umbrella? It looks like it's raining."

"I brought it, don't worry."

Shen Yishu picked up the bag the cashier handed her and said, "Thank you."

Then he walked out the door.

It was raining outside, even heavier than when she arrived.

She saw a man in a hoodie stride up to the convenience store entrance, then use his long, slender fingers to operate the vending machine and buy a can of Coke.

He opened the can with one hand, tilted his head back, and took a few gulps.

From Shen Yishu's angle, she could see his blurry profile and the bobbing of his Adam's apple.

She couldn't help but swallow.

As a novelist, she thought to herself: This is definitely a classic scene where the male and female leads meet!

If only she wasn't wearing pajamas and slippers.

Lin Yusheng called Shen Yishu several times before she came to her senses.

Then, out of the blue, she asked, "Sheng Sheng, do you believe in your first instinct?"

"Huh?" Lin Yusheng's mind couldn't process it for a moment.

"You just felt he was special at first glance, very different from others."