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Ye Wenyu, like a fleeing rabbit, ran out of the bar where she worked with lightning speed, hailed a taxi like a whirlwind, and told the driver to go straight back to school.
Normally, she tries to avoid taking taxis to save money, but today, in order to escape Lin Tingfeng, she splurged and took the fastest mode of transportation back to the university campus.
Upon arriving at the campus, she got out of the car, paid the fare, and hurriedly walked into the university campus. At that moment, her hands and legs were still trembling, and she was still sweating profusely.
The black night enveloped her, and she could no longer see the faces of the pedestrians across the way. The night was deep and dark, like a mine shaft. Ye Wenyu finally breathed a long sigh of relief, slowed her pace, and was no longer so nervous and afraid.
She actually did reunite with Lin Tingfeng in this lifetime.
That's terrifying!
What should I do? What should I do? What will happen next? Will he, like in my past life, slowly and deliberately lay a trap and wait for her to fall for it?
Ye Wenyu's heart was filled with anxiety, tension, pain, and fear; various emotions surged and jumped like a giant dragon, making her extremely uncomfortable.
A gust of cold wind blew, and Ye Wenyu realized that she was soaked in sweat, as if she had just been pulled out of the water.
Deep in the forest, she found a bench and slowly sat down, hugging herself tightly so that her hands and body could restrain each other and stop her hands and body from trembling uncontrollably with fear.
Her phone rang; it was Cai Wenchuan calling. He was definitely concerned about her life and wanted to know what she had done that day. Thinking back to her first love with Wen-ge in this life—so sweet, so easy, so harmonious—she dared not imagine a future with Lin Tingfeng involved.
She didn't have the courage to answer Cai Wenchuan's call, but she replied on WeChat: "I'm fine, I'll call you again tomorrow."
Her hands were still icy cold; the lingering shock of the reunion, like the aftershocks of an earthquake, left her stunned for a long time.
Cai Wenchuan considerately hung up the phone and sent a "goodnight" emoji. Ye Wenyu stared at that emoji and fell into deep reminiscence.
She recalled her past life, the fifth time she met Lin Tingfeng.
The past was like ice, making her feel as if she had fallen into icy seawater.
Her fourth encounter with Lin Tingfeng was on her way to work late at night when she was attacked by thugs who attempted to assault her. Lin Tingfeng, like a hero descending from the heavens, came to her rescue. He fought the thugs, but outnumbered, he was injured. She went to a pharmacy, bought medicine, and bandaged his wounds. It is said that the most touching moment for a woman is bandaging the wounds of the man she loves. Later, he took her back to school; it was almost dawn.
The two spent an unforgettable night together. Before leaving, she brought up the matter of repaying her tuition fees again, wanting his phone number so she could pay him back later. However, he praised her as an ambitious girl and said he was happy to help her, as if she didn't need to repay him. Then, while she was basking in his praise, like a primary school student receiving high praise from her teacher, he turned around and drove away.
They still didn't leave a phone number.
She still had nothing to do with him, no way to contact him.
With a wave of my sleeve, I leave without taking away a single cloud.
Next, he disappeared from her life again, and she resumed her life of working and studying.
Life was very hard, mechanical and monotonous, like a clock.
Day after day, autumn passed and winter arrived. She worked hard every day, spinning like a top, striving to survive.
No one helped her or cared for her; she was like a lone traveler in the desert, struggling to survive.
When winter break started, all the other students went home for the Chinese New Year, but she no longer had a home. Her mother didn't call to invite her to her new home for the holiday. Being sensible, when she called her mother, she considerately reported only good news, saying that everything was fine at school and that she planned to stay there during the winter break to focus on her studies. Her mother breathed a sigh of relief, her tone filled with joy, and naturally, she didn't bring up the matter of going home for the New Year again.
Thus, she stayed at school for the entire winter break, still working, studying, going between the library, the girls' dormitory, and her workplace, repeating the same routine day after day, like a robot.
She tried her best to be strong, but on New Year's Eve, alone in her dormitory, eating a quick meal of dumplings, listening to the sounds of firecrackers outside, and watching the Spring Festival Gala on her phone, she finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
It's so hard for a teenage girl to be going through such a difficult life.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. Since many families now go to restaurants for their New Year's Eve dinner, restaurants are short of waiters, which is a good opportunity for her to work and earn money. So she wiped away her tears, cheered up, and went to work again.
After a winter break, as winter turned to spring, she had lost a lot of weight, becoming skin and bones, like a paper doll.
She grew increasingly tired and pale, and her whole demeanor became more and more depressed. Sometimes she wouldn't say a word all day long, and her relationship with her roommates and classmates became more and more distant. She was practically a weirdo.
She had forgotten when she last met Lin Tingfeng. The first semester of her freshman year had passed, the second semester had begun, students were returning to school in twos and threes, willows were sprouting new branches and growing green buds, and forsythia was blooming. It had only been half a year, but it felt like a lifetime to her.
While other students laughed and chatted, their eyes shining, and their steps light, she always wore a stern face and remained silent. They lived in the sunshine, while she seemed to be forever in darkness and cold.
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