If we start counting from when she first met Chen Lu, they have known each other for more than ten years.

But no matter when he started to recall, Chen Lu had never shown her that kind of expression.

There wasn't even a glimmer of light in his eyes when he looked at himself.

Why? Why is he looking at me with that expression?

Where did Chen Lu go, the one who would always smile and coax me no matter how angry I was?

"You weren't like this before..."

Before Mo Yuqing could even react, those words had already slipped out of her mouth.

"Mo Yuqing, if you want to talk about the past, then I'll tell you properly."

Chen Lu gazed at the girl he had loved for seven years and asked, "What were you like before?"

"Back then, I invited you to dinner, and you agreed. Then that night, I waited for three hours until everyone had closed up shop, but I still didn't see you."

Later I asked you, and you said you forgot.

Do you remember this?

You may not remember, but I remember the mocking looks those people gave me.

"I used to be as humble as a dog, always trying to please you. What did I get in return? Only two rejections."

"I originally wanted to be your boyfriend, not your dog. Now... I don't want anything anymore, I just want to keep my distance from you."

Mo Yuqing was perhaps shocked by Chen Lu's cold expression, or perhaps she didn't know how to retort for a moment.

In short, he didn't say a word, he just wiped away his tears.

Chen Lu didn't make any move, just sat there silently watching her.

Tears streaming down her face... So this is what it really looks like when a pretty girl cries.

It was naturally awkward for Chen Lu to see the girl he had liked for seven years crying like this in front of him, but he managed to hold back.

"Yan Yan, let's go buy pickled fish." Mo Yuqing turned her face away with red eyes and said in a tearful voice.

"The sauerkraut fish is in the East Cafeteria... not here."

Liu Yan leaned close to Mo Yuqing's ear, a little embarrassed, and whispered as quietly as possible.

"Then let's hurry up and go!"

"Don't rush, here's another dish you like."

Mo Yuqing was stunned.

Does Chen Lu always run back and forth like this when he brings me food?

Liu Yan seemed to have figured out what Mo Yuqing was thinking, but she just looked at her and shrugged.

Although Liu Yan guessed what Mo Yuqing was thinking.

However, she didn't expect that other girls would appear around Chen Lu. She also noticed that Chen Lu was not having an easy time, and he still didn't seem to want to back down first.

Unexpectedly, Mo Yuqing still turned around and left.

"You're going the wrong way! We need to go the other way!"

Liu Yan stood there, looking at Chen Lu who remained motionless, and then at Mo Yuqing who stormed off in the opposite direction.

He sighed deeply, then quickly chased after them.

Chen Lu had seen this gesture before; it was the expression his mother made when the male and female leads brushed past each other in a TV series.

Watching the girl leave while wiping away tears, Chen Lu felt a mix of emotions.

This was the first time he had ever made Mo Yuqing cry.

So she can still cry because of me?

But it doesn't matter anymore.

I want to let go...

After repeating the mantra to himself several times, Chen Lu continued to sit there playing on his phone.

This time, however, I was randomly clicking into various apps and then exiting them.

Seven years is a long time; it's not so easy to let go of it.

Although the process will be painful, even if it continues for another seven years...

I don't want to look back.

I really didn't expect that the youth I spent on you would all be sunk costs.