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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　As Li Yiming led Liu Meng around the campus, he looked at the willow trees by the small lake and listened to the chirping of the birds. However, he began to doubt whether this was all a moribund flashback after remembering the details of Wu Yun's attack. The thought of not being able to see Liu Meng again brought tears to his eyes.

　　"What are we doing here? It's our second time around the lake already. Where are we going exactly?" Liu Meng feigned at being irritated and complained.

　　"Well, it's only ten in the morning. It's a bit late for breakfast and too early for lunch, isn't it?" Li Yiming stretched himself lazily.

　　"Are we going to eat breakfast or lunch then?" Liu Meng rolled her eyes.

　　"Dinner." Li Yiming grimaced.

　　"I'll be back in the evening then." Liu Meng's countenance sank and she turned away, unwilling to indulge further in the soothing plat.i.tude of the scenery. The stillness of the lake, the gentle autumn breeze, and most importantly, being with Li Yiming was a soothing but also anxious experience, as she had a gut feeling that something was terribly wrong.

　　"Aren't meals the usual pretext for a date?" Li Yiming grinned and reached out for Liu Meng's hand again.

　　"It's still too early to eat. How about I take you around this place?" Li Yiming pulled on Liu Meng's hand, not give her a chance to refuse.

　　Liu Meng wanted to pull her hand out, but she frowned when she found herself unable to do so, partly because Li Yiming was holding onto her hand very tightly, but also because it was a half-hearted effort.

　　"This is the place where loving couples come. They say that when you come here to puke at night after drinking too much, you'll always run into couples chit-chatting in the darkness…"

　　"Oh yeah, here's the art building. Our studio was on the third floor. I think that old janitor is cleaning the hallway now..."

　　"That's cafeteria number three. They say they make the worst but also the best food in the school. I remember you loving their salt and pepper strawberries…"

　　"I remember that wall. This is where that guy they called the most handsome in the Chinese department confessed to you with ninety-nine candles, but you doused half of them off with your milk tea…"

　　"Oh! That's the place I took you out for lunch for the first time. I didn't bring enough money and made you pay in the end…"

　　Li Yiming had something to say about every place they pa.s.sed by, and the tone in his voice gradually grew more emotional as time went by.

　　"I remember." Liu Meng finally freed herself from Li Yiming's grasp. Of course, she was lying as everything Li Yiming told her was new to her, and listening to those past tales made her jealous of her former self. She began desiring more than just the hatred she was born with, but at the same time, she was afraid of losing herself in it.

　　"I'm sorry." Li Yiming sighed and suddenly froze still.

　　Li Yiming said those words with a pained expression, which made Liu Meng's chest tighten as if someone had just stung her in the heart.