The apartment was empty . Two candle stumps could still be seen on the dining table .
Yan Rusheng knew that this time, she wouldn't be coming back to her apartment to wait for him .
But he had no idea where would she go either . And even if found her, would she still go back to him?
Yan Rusheng hastened his footsteps towards the apartment next door—Xuxu's house .
Even though the house was warm, it still felt empty and cold, as if without a sign of life .
He hurried past the empty couch, straight into Xuxu's room . He switched on the lights .
Her clean floral bed sheets were still slightly messy on her bed as they had previously left in a hurry . Wen Xuxu simply pulled it over her bed, and it remained untouched .
His eyes scanned the entire room . Even though it was what he had expected, he couldn't help but be disappointed .
He turned around to leave .
'I am trading my thirteen years of youth, in which I've stayed by your side…'
Xuxu's cold and desperate words sounded once more . He held onto the door for support before turning his head to glance at the dressing table .
He hesitated and paused for a moment before walking over to her dressing table to open her drawer .
The red wooden box and the locked diary he saw before were still in her drawer .
He picked up the diary and used an eyeliner pencil on the dressing table to pry the lock open .
There was a folded poster of an idol drama that she loved . Although it had turned yellowish, it was still rather well-preserved .
'Dedicated to my Xuxu Rusheng'
The first page only had several words . But those words seemed to have wreck Yan Rusheng's world entirely . He slowly laid back on the chair, feeling dazed and overwhelmed .
His thumb tenderly stroked the words . Xuxu had learned calligraphy since she was ten so her handwriting was beautiful .
The strokes were elegant and well-defined .
He still stopped at the first page as he didn't have the courage to flip the pages .
'When I joined the summer camp that day, I came out of my room after changing my clothes . And he was right outside standing when I opened the door, and I had no idea why the look on his face bothered me for days . He was so detestable, but why do I keep thinking of him before I sleep every night? It's so annoying! Hahahaha . This is my first entry, and I don't know what else to write . I shall sleep . '
'I'm so dead! I seemed to have fallen for that annoying rascal! My heart beats so quickly every time I see him now . I want to move and stay with Grandfather so that he wouldn't know that I like him . If he knew, he would definitely tease me and be very smug about it…'
…
'Today I overheard him chatting with Ah Heng and the rest . He mentioned that he wanted to go to X university . I was thinking that the four years of university life might be the last few years I can stay with him . Getting into X university isn't challenging for me at all . Dear arrogant Ah Sheng, why can't you aim higher and choose A university instead?'
'Today is the last day before exams . After we had finished revising, Aunt Zhang gave us each a bowl of green bean soup as usual . I gazed at him as the sunshine streamed in from the window . It made him shine, and he seemed exceptionally warm and handsome at that moment . I suddenly thought of how we have to pretend to go through a wedding ritual and exchange rings when we were kids . I almost felt like asking the arrogant guy; if I grow my hair till waist-length, can you marry me again? Whenever I think of that I feel so embarrassed! Luckily I wasn't so impulsive at that time…'
'Exams ended! And just like fate had arranged, I've come to the last page of this diary . It has been five long years . If Ah Sheng finds out that I've been in love with him for the past five years, he would definitely break into laughter…'
Chapter end
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