Zhang Chuntao felt increasingly restless. She picked up a magazine and flipped through it, but seeing the scantily clad men and women on the pages, she felt a sudden rush of heat to her face.
Inevitably, the rugged features of Li Yuemin surfaced in her mind, along with all the ways he had been kind to her. She stood silently by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the first glimmer of dawn rising in the east, lost in a melancholy reverie. As she watched, two familiar figures came into view: Li Yuemin and Yin Cuiping.
The two were walking side by side, both faces weary, neither saying a word. Suddenly, Yin Cuiping stepped on a patch of ice. Her foot slipped, and she stumbled, falling backward. Li Yuemin quickly reached out to catch her by the waist, but Yin Cuiping, pretending she hadn't regained her balance, took the opportunity to throw herself into his arms.
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