Late at night, the city's neon lights were still flickering, but only a dim desk lamp was lit in Lin Yuan's room. He sat alone at his desk, his fingers unconsciously tracing the edges of a faded photograph. In the picture, Su Qing was smiling brightly, her tender, gentle eyes seeming to hold a sky full of stars—they had once been the most dazzling light in his life.
Lin Yuan and Su Qing had met on their college campus. Back then, Lin Yuan was a poor student with big dreams but a somewhat introverted personality, spending his days either buried in the library or writing obscure poems in his dorm. Su Qing, on the other hand, was a campus celebrity: pretty, outgoing, and never short of suitors. A literary club event brought these two seemingly parallel lives together. As Lin Yuan nervously recited a poem he had written up on stage, Su Qing sat in the audience, her eyes fixed on him, shimmering with appreciation. After the event, Su Qing took the initiative to approach Lin Yuan and strike up a conversation. At that exact moment, Lin Yuan felt as though his heart had stopped beating.
From then on, their paths crossed more and more often. Su Qing would drag Lin Yuan along to all sorts of fun club activities and introduce him to the food around campus; in return, Lin Yuan would write exclusive love poems for her and quietly keep her company whenever she was feeling down. Gradually, their young hearts grew closer and closer. On an evening when cherry blossoms drifted through the ai…
Chapter 188