Luo Xikui finally understood the feeling described in the bookâthe feeling of missing someone right after they've separated.
Even though they didn't necessarily see each other every day when he was still in Yihai, she couldn't sleep at night because he was only on a plane to Germany. She kept clutching the plain silver pinky ring.
He was also making her uneasy. If he was going to leave, why did he leave those two words and secretly give her a pinky ring without saying anything else?
Does he realize that these two things combined can easily lead to overthinking?
Does he understand what kind of promise this is?
It gave her hope; how frustrated she would be if she found out she had misunderstood.
Luo Xikui tossed and turned in bed for a long time, her mind filled with thoughts, until finally, at some unknown time, she drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up it was already ten o'clock. My stomach was pounding with hunger. I quickly washed up and ate something, then turned on my computer and logged into my communication tools.
She checked his flight schedule; he should be settled in by now, and maybe he'll video chat with her.
With that thought in mind, she waited with a slight smile, but his profile picture never lit up.
Suddenly, she remembered that Germany is seven hours behind China, so it must be three or four in the morning there. He had taken a long flight and needed to rest, so he probably wouldn't contact her.
After thinking about it, I got up and went to do something else.
He replaced the broken string with a new one, played the tune repeatedly, and tested the tuning.
The afternoon passed quickly amidst his busy schedule. When he figured it was almost time for him to get up, he sat down at the computer again.
Unexpectedly, they were of one mind, and he went online just like that. She immediately clicked on the video call.
The face on the computer screen looked so close, as if they weren't that far apart.
She asked him a few questions about how things were going over there, and after showing concern for him, she pinched the pinky ring hanging around her neck and said to him shyly, "What do you mean by this?"
Xu Ziyu just smiled faintly and looked at her without saying a word, which made her feel embarrassed.
She could only mutter, "They're trying to trap people without any clear explanation."
Xu Ziyu's smile widened, and he raised his long eyebrows slightly: "If that's the case, you already know the meaning, so why are you pretending not to know?"
When Luo Xikui heard him say that, her heart skipped a beat and her cheeks flushed.
Xu Ziyu didn't say anything more, he just looked at her like that.
After receiving the answer, Luo Xikui felt a sweet warmth in her heart. Although she was still a little reluctant to say goodbye, she checked the time and realized that he should be going to have breakfast soon.
"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm logging off. You should eat." She shyly ended the video call, her heart filled with joy, and she couldn't help but hum a song.
This good mood lasted until the next day's video call, so she simply bought another alarm clock and set it to German time.
She felt that this summer vacation was quite meaningful. She picked up the violin again, and her relationship with Tuantuan became clearer. They video chatted for half an hour every day, and for a while, it didn't feel like a long time had passed.
However, when school started in September, Luo Xikui experienced what a provincial key high school was like. The overwhelming academic pressure came. Although her parents and teachers had talked to her about her musical talent when she enrolled, she was too embarrassed to be the last one.
So she works hard at both her studies and playing the violin, keeping her days packed full.
Xu Ziyu's school is about to start, so the two of them are both busy.
After a while, the video calls stopped being as punctual as they were during summer vacation.
However, Luo Xikui felt very fulfilled. It seemed that they were working hard on different paths, but their goals were the same.
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