Disregarding the flurry of thoughts passing through Jiāng Tiānyún’s mind, Liǔ Cháoquè had made an observation over the past few days: although these high school classmates did not look like her friends from back then, each of them, much like Jiāng Tiānyún, carried echoes of those faces.
The boy sitting by the window resembled a good friend of hers from the first year of high school, though she could scarcely remember how they had actually become friends anymore. In the second year, he had taken a medical leave of absence, and after that, contact throughout the rest of high school was limited to the internet. In reality, she had reached out to him once to make sure his health was fine before he resumed his studies. But beyond that, she knew nothing more.
The boy sitting across the aisle who smiled so sweetly also looked familiar to Liǔ Cháoquè. Yet they had not interacted much during high school, and in her memory, only a single word remained to describe him: gentle.
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