While the boss was registering, she also asked, "Why hasn't the door been open for so long? I've been here many times, and it's always closed."
"Something happened to the old man at home," the boss said. "He didn't rest for long, just thirteen days, closed in the middle of the month."
The two chatted for a while like old friends. Not long after, another person came and the boss started chatting with him enthusiastically again.
Xu Mei walked out of the bookstore with her bag and returned home.
During dinner, Guan Jinghua kept looking at her, and Xu Mei quickly noticed this. "Mom, why are you looking at me all the time?"
"I see you don't seem to be in a good mood today."
"No," Xu Mei touched her face, "I feel okay."
Guan Jinghua said, "You were so happy when you came home last night, you were even grinning while eating. But today you're so gloomy again. What's wrong with you? Why does your mood change so quickly?"
“…My manuscript was returned.” Xu Mei made an excuse.
Guan Jinghua nodded, not knowing whether she believed it or not.
Xu Mei returned to her room, opened her diary, and silently made a note for Qin Dongling.
Is he going back to the army? Xu Mei thought to herself, if he really went back without telling her, she would never forgive him.
This kind of resentment, which was similar to holding a grudge, disappeared without a trace after school the next day.
Qin Dongling stood in the same position as before, with a straight posture, obviously waiting for her.
"Why are you here so early today?" Xu Mei walked up to him and looked him up and down. "When you didn't come yesterday, I thought you had returned to the army."
yesterday……
Qin Dongling's eyes were complicated for a moment. God knows how he had the face to see Xu Mei after having the dream.
If his vacation hadn't ended tomorrow, he might not have had the courage to come today.
"It happened yesterday." Qin Dongling said a little unsurely.
Good-bye Xu Mei didn't ask any further questions, and the two of them went to the library, the lake, and then went home as usual.
But before they parted this time, Qin Dongling said that he would return to the army tomorrow.
"You've had a long vacation this time, and it's pretty good." Xu Mei felt a momentary gloom in her heart, but she quickly adjusted herself and said, "You must study hard when you go back."
"I know." Qin Dongling nodded.
At this time, there was no one around, and the two of them stood at the entrance of the alley, it was very quiet.
In this silent atmosphere, the two of them continued to look at each other.
Qin Dongling's hands clenched slightly, "Can we still communicate after we go back?"
After the words fell, Xu Mei raised a big smile and said, "Of course, you can wait for me."
She took out a pen and paper from her bag, quickly wrote down the address and name, and handed it to Qin Dongling.
Then he handed the pen to the other person.
The two exchanged addresses, and even though separation was approaching, they felt little sadness. What they felt more was the anticipation of receiving letters from each other.
In the first month after their separation, Xu Mei received letters from Qin Dongling and also received a rejection letter from a magazine. She wrote back and also picked another publisher to send the manuscript to.
This kind of work lasted for two months, and finally her manuscript was accepted by a magazine in Qingcheng. At the same time, the lake in the school froze.
Xu Mei stood by the lake, wearing a red scarf knitted by Guan Jinghua, and took a very beautiful photo.
㱗The next time she replied, she sent this photo to Qin Dongling.
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