Chen Yuan dropped Liu Nan off at school. The sky over Lanjing had turned gloomy. Rain was common near the start of spring, and dark, rolling clouds hung overhead, threatening to release a misty drizzle at any moment.
He sat alone in his car, having forgotten where he was supposed to go next, and stared blankly at the people coming and going on the distant sidewalk.
When you had a moment to spare, your mind would start to wander. That was just how it was.
Even in these few seconds of idleness, with the chattering Liu Nan gone and the car plunged into silence, a sudden thought popped into his head.
Chen Yuan thought.
'Jiangg Ning and Jiangg Yao have probably given up for real this time. There hasn't been the slightest sign of them trying to contact me. I wonder what they're doing right now...'
'Lanjing is so big. We wouldn't just bump into each other by chance, right?'
His gaze swept past another girl crossing the sidewalk, and he suddenly slapped himself in the face.
