To The Lovely You

   In order to make Su Rourou more at ease for the postgraduate entrance examination, Lin Shu and Su Changqing bought a single apartment near H University, thinking that she will move out sooner or later after graduation and work.

  Ke Shaoze parked his car in the parking lot downstairs. After turning off the fire, he sat motionless without any intention of getting out of the car.

  Su Rourou coughed twice and asked tentatively, "Then... I'm leaving first?"

   Ke Shaoze's body remained motionless, but he turned his face slightly to look at her: "Well."

   Under the dim light, his side face was covered with a touch of sadness. Su Rourou asked worriedly, "Are you...really all right?"

   "It's okay." Ke Shaoze's voice was a little hoarse, "Go back to rest first."

  Su Rou Rou is no longer the Su Rou Rou she used to be, she is no longer so stupid. She knew that Ke Shaoze must have something to do, but he didn't want to tell herself. That being the case, she wouldn't be able to ask any more questions.

   Thinking of this, she smiled at him and waved goodbye: "Drive carefully on the road."

   After walking a few steps, she heard someone calling her name behind her: "Brother Rou!"

   Ke Shaoze's voice came along with the cool night wind in the spring, with a barely noticeable trembling at the end.

  Su Rourou looked back suspiciously: "Huh? Do you have something to tell me?"

   "No...nothing." Ke Shaoze hesitated for a moment, before showing her his first smile since today, although that smile was a bit far-fetched, "I just wanted to say good night to you."

   Then, he sat still in front of the car window, watching her tiny figure disappear into the night, and his hand on the steering wheel unknowingly clenched into a fist...

  Su Rourou's bachelor apartment is located on the 22nd floor. The moment she stepped into the elevator, she suddenly felt that today's elevator was a bit strange. There was a faint mint fragrance in the air, just like the smell he once had on him.

   She shook her head a little self-deprecatingly, this minty fragrance... is actually not uncommon, she is a little oversensitive.

  Perhaps, it was just a child who happened to eat a mint in the elevator, or someone who happened to spray this scented perfume...

   Even so, her heart, which had been dusty for many years, was still throbbing because of this familiar fragrance.

   The elevator stopped on the 22nd floor with a "ding" sound, and the door slowly opened, letting in the lights in the corridor.

   The lights in the corridor are dim as usual, but...the air is filled with the fragrance of mint that is not usually present.

  Su Rourou's footsteps are getting slower and slower, and her heartbeat is getting more and more violent...

   For some reason, she had a vague feeling that he was waiting for her, just around her, very close to her.

  The sound of dong dong dong echoed in the empty corridor, mixed with her "bang bang bang" heartbeat...

   After walking for a century, Su Rou Rou finally came to her house and slowly took out the key. The metal keys rattled in the silence, which was particularly clear.

  The key turned in a circle in the keyhole and made a "click" sound... Su Rourou's hand was on the doorknob, but she never had the courage to open the door.

   In case it's not what she imagined, then she... is she going to be disappointed again? In the past few years, she had felt that he was around her countless times, and even on the night of her 20th birthday, she clearly saw him. But when she chased out, he had already disappeared.

   The hand on the doorknob is hard, and the brown solid wood door is opened little by little...

   A gust of night wind came out from the crack of the door, bringing a stronger mint fragrance.