The game's heroine has come true? The aloof school beauty is in tears.

"It's alright, Uncle and Aunt."

On the way back to the hotel.

Shang Qingya kept comforting Uncle Ma and Aunt Wang who were by her side.

Aunt Wang sighed repeatedly as she watched this scene.

Uncle Ma kept gazing out the window, perhaps reminiscing about his younger days.

Shang Qingya also declined the invitations from the two colleagues.

"I have to go back to Beihai."

"You just finished your college entrance exams and don't have much to do, why are you going back so early?"

"I'm going to try my best to give him a big surprise when he gets back!"

"The way he left was so strange, is it really possible he'll come back?"

Aunt Wang is the kind of person who would die if she didn't speak her mind.

Her way of understanding is actually the way a normal person would understand.

If the journey is long and the person is simply returning to their hometown, there is absolutely no need to leave quietly.

These days, video calls on mobile phones are so convenient; it's just a matter of being in different places for a short period of time.

Since you've chosen to leave this way...

That means you're prepared to cut off all ties, and most likely you don't want to contact them again.

But Shang Qingya seemed not to have heard her words.

He said goodbye and then turned and went into the hotel.

Aunt Wang wanted to keep going.

But Lao Ma stopped him.

"When I told you I wanted a divorce, did you believe me?"

The old man stopped her and asked her the question.

Aunt Wang thought about it carefully for a while, then shook her head.

She said, "I didn't believe you. Back then, I thought you couldn't cook or do laundry. How could you live without me?"

"But your family and close friends all say I just want a divorce. How did you respond?"

"I gave them a piece of my mind."

"So it's already good that the small business owner didn't curse at you."

Perhaps it's because of my experiences.

Old Ma sees this kind of thing very clearly.

Most young couples who are deeply in love at this age eventually break up in this way.

People change, and some people change first, so they take a step back.

The one who hasn't changed is finding it hard to accept the change all at once.

So the old man pulled his wife away.

At that time, Lu Yuan asked them to take care of Shang Qingya.

That's all they can do to help; the rest is up to them.

...

Shang Qingya returned to her room, closed the door, and started taking selfies with her phone.

"I'm at the hotel now, don't worry about me."

She then took a picture of the room to confirm that she had indeed arrived at the hotel.

After recording the video, click to send it to Lu Yuan.

Then she typed a lot more words in one go.

"I checked, the train to Nanjiang takes six hours. You can't use chopsticks, so just bear with it and eat instant noodles for one more meal."

After sending the message, she did nothing else.

I stood quietly at the door, staring at the chat box.

Lu Yuan must be bored on the train, he must be scrolling through his phone.

I'll definitely get a reply instantly.

But she waited for a full five minutes, and Lu Yuan still hadn't replied.

"He must be asleep."

Shang Qingya made a serious guess, then put her phone on the bedside table to charge and went to the other side to pack her luggage.

Every time her phone rang, she would rush over to check it.

"Could you please stop sending messages in the class group chat?"

Shang Qingya angrily set the class group to Do Not Disturb mode.

She waited in the same spot for a while longer.

Finally, he typed another sentence in Lu Yuan's chat box:

"Remember to use your phone less. You didn't bring a power bank, so it might run out of power when you get off the bus."

It's good not to look at your phone.

It would be so inconvenient if the power went out.

She quickly packed her luggage; there were still three hours before the bus back to Beihai departed.

So she lay down in the hotel for a while.

Simply lying down.

She originally just wanted to pass the time by scrolling through her phone, but she felt that damned big data was monitoring her.

All the videos I watch are about parting.

"It's just a separation for a while. Everyone has their own things to do, so what's there to be sad about?"

Shang Qingya lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling and grinning foolishly.

As I was laughing, tears started sliding down my cheeks.

A small patch of the bed sheet was soaked.

Then it turned into one big piece.

And then I never saw it again.

Because she had covered her head with the blanket.

Longing is actually a very general term, and the content of longing is often different.

Because when you miss someone, a specific image always comes to mind.

The images that came to Shang Qingya's mind were not the past experiences of the two of them.

It's a picture of Lu Yuan sitting alone on a bench eating instant noodles.

Her eyes sting whenever she thinks about it.

Such a capable person, with a broken hand, couldn't even eat and could only sit huddled in a chair.

"Grandpa is getting old, it's probably not easy to take care of him."

The more she thought about it, the louder she cried.

Love is also a very general concept.

It seems that any heartwarming moment can be captured, paired with touching background music, and labeled as "love".

Such "love" can arise under many circumstances.

Such moments can also occur when the other person treats you as a "sexual resource," an "emotional dumping ground," or an "ATM."

True love is always accompanied by immense compassion.

Because at this moment, the other person places you in the position of a lover.

No matter how outstanding your sexual, emotional, or economic value is, you will inevitably have moments of vulnerability.

Only when your lover is willing to accept you when you are unable to provide value, will they feel genuine pity and believe that it is all related to them.

So actually, many people have misunderstood.

Your value is not something you can trade for "love".

Instead, it's a reward for those who love you.

So when Shang Qingya crawled out of bed, wiping away her tears.

He quickly regained his composure.

She felt she couldn't continue like this.

"What if Lu Yuan happens to initiate a video call at that moment?"

He had an emergency back home, and his arm hadn't fully healed yet, so he must have been in a bad mood.

When the call came, I was crying too.

That made me feel even worse.

"I can live a good life on my own!"

Shang Qingya muttered to herself, trying to sort out the chaotic thoughts in her mind, making sure that only one thought remained: "I want to try my best to live a good life on my own!"

That way, when Lu Yuan returns, he'll be surprised and shout at her, "Wow, Shang Qingya, how are you so amazing?"

She would mimic Lu Yuan's manner, waving her hand and saying, "It's nothing."

Then Lu Yuan gave himself a thumbs up and said, "You're worthy of being my little girl, you're qualified to be my girlfriend."

The two then expressed their longing through a conversation under the stars.

Then unlock kissing.

Lu Yuan forcefully pinned himself against the tree...

With these thoughts in mind, Shang Qingya pulled her suitcase and walked out of the room.

Imaginative abilities are Shang Qingya's strongest weapon.

I don't know how many times I've accompanied her through difficult times.

We'll get through this one too, right?