The sound of running water was accompanied by the crisp sound of dishes colliding.

After a while, a crystal clear glass bowl was placed in front of him.

In the bowl, there are bright red strawberries.

Tang Mulin looked up at the young man with a gentle temperament and a smile on his face at all times, "Chu Jinnian, is that you?"

"You think so?"

The man came over, squatted at Tang Mulin's feet, and grabbed her hand with one hand.

Tang Mulin shrank back suddenly as if he had been electrocuted.

But she knew that he had seen it a long time ago.

She wore a ring on her right ring finger.

Bought the rings for Valentine's Day.

Chu Jinnian took out the men's ring and put it on while still in the coffee shop.

But she insisted on not accepting the ring, but hung it on the door handle of her house before he left Paris.

More than four months later, he showed up without any warning.

He seemed like a different person, without any gloom or coldness in him.

Tang Mulin's gaze fell on his fingers.

The crystal chandelier above my head emits bright light.

The plain ring on the man's finger sparkled brightly.

"I...I want to go back."

If she knew she would meet him again, she would never go out wearing the ring.

Tang Mulin stood up in a panic and walked quickly towards the door.

Chu Jinnian followed calmly, "I'll take you there."

The two doors were more than ten meters apart, but Tang Mulin jogged all the way.

The password that used to require no thinking turned out to be wrong no matter how I entered it today.

When he held her hand and put her fingers on the touchpad, Tang Mulin seemed to remember that she had always used fingerprints to input the content.

With a buzzing sound, the door opened.

Tang Mulin wanted to say "I won't invite you in", but before he could open his mouth, he saw the man standing steadily at the door, with no intention of coming in.

Chu Jinnian looked at her with a gentle gaze and a smile on his face, "Tomorrow morning, I will make you rice wine dumplings."

After saying that, Chu Jinnian reached out and closed the door.

Tang Mulin stood there in a daze for a long time, and he always felt like he was in a dream.

Without even washing up, he wrapped himself in the quilt, curled up and fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes, it was already nine o'clock. No phone call, nothing.

The only thing that remained unchanged was that when I looked out, the door next door was half-open, as if it had never been closed.

Tang Mulin went out with his bag on his back.

After wandering outside for the whole day, Tang Mulin did not return to his apartment until very late.

The next day was Monday, and Tang Mulin got up at seven o'clock as usual.

Every weekday morning, she would go to the restaurant downstairs for a cup of coffee and a sandwich.

I walked all the way to the classroom, and there were still ten minutes before class started.

Just enough time for her to open the book and see what she was going to learn today and glance over it.

When he went out, Tang Mulin looked back and saw that the door was still half-open.

Retracting his gaze, Tang Mulin walked into the elevator without looking around.

In my heart, I couldn't stop thinking: What was he doing in Paris? How long would he stay here? And what would he do in the future?

I ate breakfast absentmindedly.

He walked into the classroom absent-mindedly again.

When he walked to the corner of the classroom, Tang Mulin paused.

Chu Jinnian had already arrived behind the two-seater desk.

White shirt, casual pants.

Chu Jinnian, wearing black-framed glasses, was sitting in his seat, reading a book while writing something quickly in his notebook.

It seemed as if he sensed someone coming.

Chu Jinnian raised his head, looked at Tang Mulin who was standing in front of him in shock and said, "Hello, from now on, we will be desk mates. Please take care of me in the future!"

(End of this chapter)