Since their unpleasant separation, Jiang Qing had not been seen for half a month. When I went to wait for her downstairs at her dormitory, I was told that Jiang Qing had not returned to her dormitory at all.
Chen was tormented by longing and was on the verge of collapse. She couldn't eat or sleep well every day. She thought of Jiang Qing when she opened her eyes and still thought of Jiang Qing when she closed her eyes. The more she couldn't see her, the more frantically she longed to see her.
Just as Chen Shi was groaning and wailing at his dorm desk, the door was pushed open: "Chen Shi, there's a beautiful girl waiting for you downstairs."
Chen Shi suddenly looked up: "Is it Jiang Qing?"
"How would I know? But she's quite pretty." After answering, he teased, "You're lucky, you have such a handsome face, you're never short of pretty girls around you."
The pretty girl waiting downstairs, based on these keywords, immediately convinced Shen Shi that it must be Jiang Qing.
Since he started dating, he still has no shortage of suitors, but they all send messages secretly. After all, he is already taken, and no one would dare to wait openly downstairs or ask someone to pass on a message.
My heart was pounding, my head was spinning, and I grabbed my coat and rushed downstairs. I didn't even wait for the elevator and ran all the way down to the 16th floor.
"Chen Shi." Before he could even stand still, a familiar voice came. Chen Shi looked up and saw that it wasn't Jiang Qing he had been hoping for, but someone he had never imagined—Lu Yiyi.
"You seem surprised to see me," Lu Yiyi said with a faint smile as she walked towards him.
"You're the one who sent someone to deliver a message to me?" Shen Shi asked, taking a half-step back.
"Yes! It's me." Seeing that the distance between them had increased, Lu Yiyi couldn't help but move forward, stopping only when she was an arm's length away from Chen Shi.
A faint fragrance of gardenias wafted over, and upon smelling it, Shen Shi's eyelids twitched involuntarily.
His hometown, a small county, is a nationally renowned gardenia planting base. His grandparents ran a large flower field, and Shen Shi grew up smelling the fragrance of gardenias.
He also gave Lu Yiyi countless gardenias.
Lu Yiyi blinked, a gentle breeze ruffling her long hair. She and Shen Shi were thinking of the same thing.
"The first bouquet of flowers I ever received was a pure white gardenia. Although the flowers withered over time, the fragrance has remained in my memory."
Lu Yiyi looked up at the blue sky and whispered in remembrance: "How wonderful those times were. We hadn't come to this big city, hadn't seen the dazzling lights and bustling city. We were just two little kids, playing and growing up together."
"I really miss my childhood. I wish I could stay in that time forever."
As Lu Yiyi spoke, she kept looking up at the blue sky and the withered tree not far away, but she never looked into Chen Shi's eyes.
As time goes by, things that were once thought to be unchangeable also change over time.
She was no longer the little girl born into a family that favored sons over daughters, too ashamed to even look up; and Chen Shi was no longer the boy who only had eyes for her.
Children from poor families mature early. From the time she was old enough to understand things, Lu Yiyi never stopped planning and dreamed of escaping her family that only sucked her dry.
But for a little girl from an ordinary family, even if she doesn't care about her self-esteem or what others think, there's very little she can rely on.
Lu Yiyi is considered lucky; she has a good appearance and a brain that can match it.
As God closed one door, He left a small hole in the roof for her, and Lu Yiyi climbed up using the sunlight filtering through the hole.
She got into university, left her small mountain village, fell in love with a rich young man named Qi Xiao, and gained the opportunity to potentially change her social class.
Having obtained everything one desires, shouldn't one be satisfied?
No! That's not true.
While enjoying the benefits of her relationship with Qi Xiao, Lu Yiyi always had Chen Shi on her mind.
At first, Shen Shi was just one of many suitors. Apart from being good-looking, she wasn't anything special.
But when Shen Shi's gaze shifted from her to another girl, Lu Yiyi found herself unable to accept it.
She could be ignored by the whole world, tolerate Qi Xiao's unreasonable behavior, and swallow her anger and humble herself, but she could never tolerate the fact that the only thing that truly belonged to him was taken away.
Over the years, Chen Shi's love remained unchanged, like the morning sun. Lu Yiyi basked in the sunlight and took it all for granted. But one day, the sun stopped rising, and what awaited her was a long and boundless darkness.
"I wore gardenia perfume today. Every time I smell this scent, I feel like we're still in Rongcheng."
Finally, Lu Yiyi looked at Chen Shi, and their eyes met, just like before, except that the person she was reluctant to part with was someone else.
But some things can't be changed by running away. Even though he deliberately didn't give Shen Shi a chance to speak, he still said in a cold tone, "People have to grow up eventually."
Yes! People have to grow up eventually.
Lu Yiyi stretched her shoulders and said with a smile, "It's fortunate that people like us don't enjoy the benefits brought by our families, nor do we have to bear the responsibility of maintaining them."
After saying that, she didn't speak again.
Lu Yiyi had been talking ever since she came downstairs, but her sudden silence made the atmosphere strange. In this inexplicable eeriness and quiet, Shen Shi suddenly sensed something unusual.
"What do you mean? You might as well explain it more clearly."
"Don't you know?" Lu Yiyi looked very surprised.
"What?" Shen Shi asked patiently, feeling a strange sense of oppression in his heart, as if something was quietly slipping away.
"Qi Xiao and I broke up," Lu Yiyi tilted her head and replied playfully.
Am I mistaken?
Just as Chen Shi was filled with doubt, Lu Yiyi's voice rang out again: "And he's getting married soon, the engagement ceremony is the day after tomorrow."
What is all this nonsense? What does Qi Xiao's engagement have to do with him? Does he have to give a wedding gift?
“As you might guess, I don’t care about that,” Shen Shi said.
"Really? I thought you'd be happy." Lu Yiyi reached out and tucked her hair, which had been blown by the breeze, behind her ear.
“You used to like me a lot, but now that I’m single, my chance has come again.”
It was only then that Shen Shi realized that Lu Yiyi had a bit of a thing for him.
The flowers you plant with care may not bloom, while the willows you plant without intention may thrive. If Shen Shi from his past life were to see this scene, he would probably be so angry that he would come back to life.
What is honey to one is poison to another; beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In times of turmoil, I can only see Jiang Qing as the only flower in the flower.
"This joke isn't funny. Since it's from the past, let's leave it in the past."
He politely declined, but after a moment's thought, he still felt it wasn't enough and added, "Besides, I'm not single. If my girlfriend hears this, she might throw a tantrum."
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