The cold wind outside lifted the drawn curtains, seeping in and blowing against Xu Hao's face, flushed from the alcohol.

Holding a case of beer, he leaned decadently against the wall, sitting on the bed drinking.

A case of unopened beer was still stacked at the dormitory entrance.

Empty beer cans lay scattered helter-skelter on the ground.

He had no idea how many cans he had drunk, only thinking of using alcohol to numb himself.

But Shen Qiumo's joyful voice still echoed intermittently in his ears.

"Haozi, you're here. Let me introduce you, this is my boyfriend, Lu Chen."

"Darling, this is my high school classmate Xu Hao, also my friend, he's always been very good to me."

"Haozi, let me introduce you, this is my boyfriend..."

Those words were like a knife, stabbing deeply into Xu Hao's heart.

But this result!

Wasn't it what he had always hoped for in his heart?

He was willing to let her go, to pursue a greater love...

But why, at that moment!

His heart!

Hurt so much...

A clear tear slid down from the corner of Xu Hao's eye!

His roommate Lin Zifeng watched him drink in melancholy solitude, puzzled.

Huh?

How odd?

Why did Haozi come back so early today?

And he's sitting there drinking by himself?

And drinking so fiercely?

"Haozi, stop drinking, stop drinking." His roommate said worriedly, quickly stepping forward and reaching out to stop Xu Hao from opening another bottle of beer, "You're drinking too hard this time."

"Don't worry about me!"

But Lin Zifeng's intervention was useless, Xu Hao pushed away Lin Zifeng's hand gripping his sleeve and continued to pour the burning liquor down his throat, "Let me drink!"

"But if you continue drinking like this, something's going to happen!" Lin Zifeng frowned at Xu Hao.

"Don't worry, I know my limits."

"What's happened? You can talk to me, maybe saying it will ease your discomfort."

Xu Hao tilted his head, grinned, "Nothing, just purely want to drink, do you want to join?"

Alright!

This means he doesn't want to talk about it!

It's probably about relationship issues.

After all, Xu Hao's current job, in terms of compensation, is the best among their group of classmates.

Even he was envious!

"If you don't want to say, then forget it."

Lin Zifeng didn't press further, lightly patted Xu Hao's shoulder, and earnestly said, "Okay, you drink alone, just don't knock yourself out!"

He lifted the beer can in his hand with a bitter smile and continued to drink alone.

Meanwhile, Shen Qiumo's face kept surfacing alternately in his mind.

Unable to chase it away!

Unable to shake it off!

Thinking of her brought sweetness to his heart, alongside an unspeakable bitterness, even a surge of tears...

At that tender age of lovestruck youth, the person you fall for, you truly love for a long, long time...

It's unforgettable!

And hard to let go!

Yet you must let go!

...

In her joy, Shen Qiumo ran two bus stops before she remembered that taking the subway would be quicker,

Out of the subway station, she ran happily towards Xu Hao's school.

The cool evening breeze hit her face, like a maiden gently brushing her cheek with silk.

Shadows of trees were layered, moonlight spilled on the ground.

Running along the tree-lined path, her heart was light, as if she could fly.

All the way to the dormitory building where Xu Hao stayed.

She directly entered the boys' dormitory, heading to Xu Hao's dorm room.

Pushing the door...

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from inside.

The floor was littered with knocked-over beer bottles.

Following the trail of bottles, she saw Xu Hao sitting on the bed, leaning against the wall, his face flushed (from too much drinking).

This guy, actually drowning his sorrows alone~

Upon hearing the door open, Lin Zifeng instinctively looked towards it and saw a pretty stranger standing there, asking in surprise, "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Xu Hao," she pointed at Xu Hao.

Though drunk, Xu Hao's mind was still clear. Hearing that voice ingrained in his bones, he suddenly looked up at the doorway, and realizing it was Shen Qiumo, he couldn't believe it, thinking he was hallucinating from the alcohol?

Just staring at her in a daze...

Shen Qiumo glanced at him, then smiled and politely said to Lin Zifeng, "Excuse me, could I have a few words with him, if you don't mind..."

Without waiting to finish, Lin Zifeng quickly caught on and interrupted, "Actually, a friend just invited me for a late-night snack, I need to go out now. You two talk, I'll probably be back around 11."

With that, he left, taking his phone and closing the door behind him.

Only then did Xu Hao realize this wasn't a hallucination.

It really was her, Shen Qiumo!

His heart in turmoil!

He watched her as she walked to his bedside, watched her sit at his bed's edge, wanting so badly to say: "I love you." "I like you."

Those words had been tied in knots in his heart for years.

How many times had he wanted to speak, only to be held back by his own reason and cowardice.

This time, those words again transformed into: "Why did you come here?"

"I came to show you this..."

Shen Qiumo handed him a video.

Upon seeing its content, his eyes instinctively showed surprise, curious where she got the video?

Recalling that day, it seemed only the boss had entered the kitchen.

So, this video was taken by the boss.

Does that mean she knows his secret too?!

Seeing him still silent in the face of evidence, she helplessly questioned, "Haozi, since you dared to carve 'Shen Qiumo, I love you' on the ingredients, why don't you dare to tell me to my face? What exactly are you afraid of hesitating over?"

"You want me to find love on a mountaintop, but the best love I have in my heart is being in the valley with you, sharing a home, two people, three meals, four seasons, sitting face to face without saying anything, yet smiling like a fool..."

Xu Hao was stunned, an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"What's the point of saying this now! It would only deeply hurt your boyfriend."

"You fool, he's my cousin, not my boyfriend, I was just trying to provoke you."

A smile slowly emerged from her deep gaze, and her confident voice gently spilled from her lips, "Xu Hao, let's be together."

"This isn't impulsive, I've thought it over carefully, and will give my all, devote wholeheartedly to being with you."

Xu Hao's mixed emotions were hard to hide, he couldn't contain his excitement.

So he simply pulled her into an embrace and kissed her.

For a long while.

When he finally let go, he whispered, "I love you, Qiumo."

Sometimes!

No way or reasoning is needed, even if the two of them aren't the best match, Xu Hao wasn't all that great.

But this time, he didn't want the most beautiful love to be worn away by missing out, nor did he want the year of Shen Qiumo loving Haozi, Haozi loving Shen Qiumo, to be locked away in youthful times.

He would hold onto her, never letting go!

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