The award ceremony radiated an extraordinary energy. Colorful lights flashed and intertwined across the venue as thunderous applause erupted from the audience, every gaze converging on the high-spirited Lin Yu standing tall on the stage. He gripped his certificate of honor and medal tightly, his posture upright, his face beaming with a proud smile—the sweet reward of success after enduring countless hardships and trials. Yet, amidst this glorious moment, three intensely passionate yet complex gazes cut through the crowd from below, belonging to Su Yao, Zhou Yue, and Jiang Ya.
Su Yao stood near the front of the crowd, dressed in a simple white dress with her long, dark hair draped smoothly over her shoulders. A faint smile graced her delicate features, but it concealed an unnoticeable trace of melancholy. Her eyes remained locked on Lin Yu as her thoughts drifted back to the bits and pieces of how they had first met and come to know each other. Back then, they had studied together for exams in the campus library and strolled along the playground at dusk, talking freely about their ideals. Su Yao had once believed that she and Lin Yu would walk this path together forever, hand in hand through every stage of life. But later, as Lin Yu grew busier with work—especially after throwing himself into the investigation of corruption cases—the communication between them dwindled. Even so, the feelings Su Yao harbored for him never faded; instead, they grew only more intense with each w…
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