The winter break had ended. Spring came, and spring went. Another summer arrived, with cicadas starting their hysterical singing once again. Qi Lan’s breast cancer relapsed in spring, and the mahjong parlor in Yu Jiang Lane had been closed for a long time. Life probably wouldn’t get better. The bar closed around three in the…

Long fingers gripped the phone, knuckles tense and protruding. Jiang Wen glanced at Feng Ning, seeming ready to explode. Her face showed slight embarrassment as she pretended to be distracted, looking elsewhere. Others finally couldn’t help but burst out laughing – boys their age could imagine all sorts of things from just one look. Xi…

Meng Taoyu got off the bus at Yujiang Lane entrance and saw Feng Ning waving from afar. Her eyes brightened as she happily jogged over. “Have you had breakfast?” Feng Ning held a small plastic bag containing several steaming hot, freshly baked buns. Meng Taoyu smiled shyly, “I had a bowl of noodles with mixed…

“If you could go back to the past, which day would you want to return to?” “September 20th, 20XX.” “What day was that?” “The evening when Feng Ning first rejected me.” “What would you do?” “At the moment she rejected me, I would give up on her.” But time cannot flow backwards, and what has…

Around 5 PM, Feng Ning packed up her things, preparing to head home. It was Wednesday, and the week’s tutoring sessions were over. She wrote down the upcoming homework assignments for Jiang Yurong on paper, and also made her a detailed study plan. Though it was just a short-term part-time job, Feng Ning had received…

Jiang Wen had a slight fever and slept until the afternoon. With the high heating temperature, he was covered in a light sweat. The room was quiet, with a light sensation on his face. He struggled to open his eyes; the curtains were drawn tight, making the surroundings very dark. After a moment of confusion,…

Feng Ning peeked through the gap and looked around. Students were gradually returning from lunch for their afternoon rest. She made a gesture, “We can go now.” Avoiding peak hours, they came out of the girls’ dormitory building. Jiang Wen refused to walk back to his dorm in this state. Feng Ning could only lead…

Later, this incident became widely known, and the forums exploded. Even though Li Qifei tried to explain until his lips were raw, no one believed him. After all, who was Jiang Wen? A top student, handsome, one of the top ten students, high IQ – just mentioning him made people think he was amazing, with…

Feng Ning’s Mandarin was extremely standard – when her voice message was converted to text, not a single word was wrong. Nosy people screenshotted this and posted it on the school forum. They highlighted the part that said “When was the class beauty selected? How come it wasn’t me?” This made their classmates cringe –…

In the pitch darkness, Jiang Wen’s lips were tightly pressed together, his mind still frozen in shock. Feng Ning pointed at him and scolded, “You never truly know someone.” “I really—” The words got stuck in his throat. He paused awkwardly and turned away, “It was really an accident…” “An explanation is just a cover-up,…