After the funeral, a fine drizzle wove through the cemetery as Su Ningxia gripped the worn black wallet, her fingertips trembling slightly. When the housekeeper had handed her his belongings, his eyes held an indescribable complexity, as if they concealed countless unspoken stories.
Ten years ago, she first met Chen Yichen under the campus cherry blossoms. Back then, Su Ningxia was merely a girl hiding quietly in a corner. Chen Yichen wore a white shirt and smiled with a brilliant radiance that easily pierced straight into her heart. From that moment on, her eyes could never look away from him.
Later, she learned that Chen Yichen liked Chu Wanjing. Chu Wanjing was the campus goddess—beautiful, elegant, like the most dazzling star in the night sky. Su Ningxia watched as Chen Yichen wrote poetry for Chu Wanjing, bought her breakfast, and busied himself running errands whenever she fell ill, her heart brimming with bitterness. Yet even so, she chose to quietly stay by his side, helping him scheme and plan, solely to see him happy.
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