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The room was lit by a warm, crab-shell-yellow light. On the bedside table not far away, there was a bottle of jasmine flowers to help people sleep. The fragrance was intoxicating, and the snow-white, delicate flowers were hidden among the green leaves.
It was very warm and cozy.
She had never been so happy, she had never been so loved.
Suddenly moved, Ye Wenyu mustered her courage, reached out and grasped Lin Tingfeng's hand, and asked him, "Hey, Lin Tingfeng, am I the first person you've ever tied my shoelaces?"
If so, then he must love her, and there must be a reason why he can't marry her.
She smiled to herself, thinking this sweetly to herself.
Lin Tingfeng looked up, glanced at her, and smiled. After he silently stood up, he said, "Of course, silly girl."
Ye Wenyu laughed and jumped off the bed. Lin Tingfeng had already walked out of the bedroom. She chased after him, hugged his waist from behind, and then clung to him like a koala, her rabbit fur slippers hooked in the air, essentially making him carry her to the dining room.
Afraid that she would fall, Lin Tingfeng simply turned her around and carried her on his back, holding her securely.
Ye Wenyu exclaimed, "It feels so good to be carried on someone's back."
“Of course,” Lin Tingfeng said slowly. “Haven’t you heard the saying, ‘It is better to be wronged than to wrong others’?”
Hahaha, Ye Wenyu laughed loudly, his laughter like silver bells, lifting the roof. Unexpectedly, he was not only a good person, but also so humorous and witty.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, I discovered that a sumptuous breakfast had been prepared, including white rice porridge, side dishes, ham jerky, bread, and more.
Ye Wenyu sat at the dining table, eating breakfast, and tilted her head at him curiously, asking, "Is this also your first time making breakfast for someone?"
Lin Tingfeng didn't speak, but poured her some milk and said with a slow smile, "You must finish it, it's the most nutritious."
Ye Wenyu smiled and took a sip. She hadn't been taken care of like this in many years. Lin Tingfeng said, "When I was a child, although my family was not well-off, you probably don't know that my mother divorced my father and then my father remarried. My mother was angry and took me to live alone. At that time, my maternal grandparents' family had gone bankrupt. My mother was born into a wealthy family and had always lived a life where she was waited on hand and foot. Suddenly having to support herself was like losing her limbs. She had to support herself and it was always very hard for her. Although my family was poor, she insisted that I drink two cups of pure milk every day. She said that this would ensure that I would grow tall and become smarter."
Ye Wenyu listened blankly, never expecting that the Lin family had such a story. This was the first time Lin Tingfeng had taken the initiative to tell her about his family. Did he want her to know more about him?
But she seemed even more confused, because if Lin's mother and father had divorced, why did Lin Tingfeng later inherit the family business?
Lin Tingfeng glanced at his watch and said to her, "We need to leave now, otherwise I'll miss today's board meeting."
Ye Wenyu immediately stood up and hurriedly stuffed two pieces of bread into her schoolbag. Lin Tingfeng also put two packs of milk in, telling her to drink them at school. Ye Wenyu nodded repeatedly, feeling a deep sense of happiness.
She has her own home now, and a loving man she loves!
Lin Tingfeng drove her to the school gate in his Hyundai. After she got out of the car, Ye Wenyu asked him, "Will you pick me up from school this afternoon?"
Lin Tingfeng found the house key and gave it to her, saying, "Try your best. If I don't come to pick you up, go home first."
Ye Wenyu nodded.
Lin Tingfeng waved his hand and drove away. Perhaps worried about being late, he drove like an arrow released from a bow.
Ye Wenyu watched his retreating figure and smiled. This was a new life, and the new life seemed pretty good.
In this life, during her freshman year of college, Ye Wenyu did not go back to her mother's house for the Spring Festival as she had told Cai Wenchuan. She called Cai Wenchuan several times to persuade him to go back to his own home for the New Year, and Cai Wenchuan agreed on the phone, but whether he actually went home or not, only he himself knew.
Around the Lunar New Year, Ye Wenyu was all alone. On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, she was busy making money, working as a waitress in various hotels. She was as busy as a spinning top. When she returned to her dormitory, she would fall asleep as soon as she got off her head. Because she was too tired and busy, she didn't have time to be sad.
But on the second day of the Lunar New Year, everyone was at home celebrating, and Ye Wenyu temporarily lost her job opportunity. She could only stay on campus, huddled in her dormitory. Loneliness and desolation gripped her tightly like demons.
She wanted to escape, but there was nothing she could do. She was too embarrassed to call Cai Wenchuan, afraid that a single call would immediately summon him back home. He had finally come home after her persuasion, and she had to make sure he stayed as long as possible. Ye Wenyu thought to herself, "Brother Wen's relationship with his family seems a bit strained. This time he's home, I need to try to get him to stay a few more days so he can mend his relationship with his parents."
Sometimes she would think back to her past life, to the happy moments when she first started living with Lin Tingfeng. Comparing them to her current lonely life, she suddenly felt a sense of forgiveness for her past self.
The most unbearable thing for a person is silence and being unloved.
That's why she was so deeply trapped in Lin Tingfeng's gentle snare in her past life.
To pass the time, Ye Wenyu had no choice but to get up early every day at dawn, go to the library, eat lunch at the cafeteria, and then spend the afternoon in the library again. She read books frantically, without distinguishing between categories or content, reading one book after another until the library closed and the librarian came to urge people out. Only then did she reluctantly pick up her bag and return to her dormitory.
After returning to the dormitory, I washed up and went straight to sleep, not giving myself a chance to overthink.
She thought that once the sixth day of the Lunar New Year was over, she would have a job outside and wouldn't have to live this lonely life anymore. A few days would pass quickly, it wouldn't matter.
However, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, she was sitting in the library reading a novel when she heard a "thump thump thump" sound. She looked up slightly and saw a hand, slightly clenched into a fist, gently tapping the surface of the library reading table.
The fingers are long and slender, the skin is bronze, but the nails are short, rounded, and very clean.
Ye Wenyu felt that these hands looked familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere before. She looked up and saw Jiang Zhiming standing in front of her with a slight smile.
It was him! Ye Wenyu was shocked. She stood up. Because she had been so lonely lately, sometimes she wouldn't see a single person all day on the university campus, making her feel like a lost soul. So when she saw an acquaintance on the third day of the Lunar New Year, her big eyes lit up with joy.
My heart felt warm, and I was extremely happy.
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