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I sighed, "Because I don't want our relationship to turn into a monetary one."
"I don't want all the feelings between us to be tainted by money."
"Yikeng, do you understand?"
Yikeng nodded, "I understand."
"Because I feel the same way."
" Pengpeng, I like you too."
"No, to be precise, I liked you even before you liked me."
23
I remembered how Yikeng looked when he first saw me.
It was the first day of orientation for new students, and I was helping the teacher register them.
Yikeng walked over, and when I looked up at him, he said, "Hello, Ding Pengpeng."
"I've already remembered your name."
It turned out that from that moment on, he had remembered me.
"Even earlier than you think."
"When you first appeared in front of me, I had already fallen for you."
I sighed, "How could I be so foolish?"
"I used the clumsiest way to show my affection for you."
"I want to help you, so I throw money at you, but it only makes it harder for you to speak up."
Yikeng shook his head: "Actually, it's because I'm too timid."
"I've liked you for a long time, but my friends around me laughed at me. They thought there was no way I could like you."
"They believed that I must know your family is wealthy, so I was deliberately flattering you and trying to curry favor."
"They said it so often that even I started to doubt whether I liked you as a person or if it was just because you could help me with my financial problems."
"I can't bring myself to say those words."
"So, I'm very conflicted."
"Ding Pengpeng, I'm really scared. I'm afraid that if I say it out loud, we won't be able to maintain even the last bit of our relationship."
As Yikeng spoke, his eyes turned red.
I looked at this tall man in front of me, feeling a pang of sorrow in my heart.
It is precisely because of Yikeng that I like him so much.
He doesn't give up, doesn't bow down, and doesn't rely on others.
He keeps everything bottled up inside and bears it all alone.
I looked at him and asked, "So, did you like me from the first moment you saw me?"
"Yes, I've been looking for you on campus every day."
"Once, I was riding my bike too fast and almost ran into you."
I remembered, it seems there was such a thing.
Yikeng picked up an orange and started to cut it.
I recalled the day we reunited when Liang Qiuyao said he hated me.
"Liang Qiuyao said you hate me."
Yikeng nodded, "Yes, it's my fault."
"I should have argued back then. By not saying anything, she thought I agreed."
"At that time, I thought you had abandoned me, so I was a bit angry."
Outside the window, the snow was falling heavily, but inside it was warm and dry.
In that moment, I suddenly understood.
My youth, traversing through the river of time, was walking towards me.
24
We all returned for our alma mater's anniversary celebration.
The school remained the same as before, but the faces had changed again and again.
There will always be young people, and there will always be those who strive for their ideals.
My graduation name tag accidentally fell out and was picked up by a junior.
He looked down and said, "Ding Pengpeng?"
I nodded slightly, wanting to retrieve my name tag.
He looked at me in surprise and said, "You are Ding Pengpeng?"
I was taken aback for a moment. "You know me?"
"So you are the Ding Pengpeng senior that manager Yi has been looking for!"
The junior's expression was unusually excited, as if he had encountered a significant figure.
I was confused. "What manager Yi?"
"Yikeng, your classmate. Isn't he your husband?"
"Our company has a set of core algorithms that he wrote when he first developed the system. It is said that there is a note inside that says if anyone encounters Ding Pengpeng, please tell her that he loves her."
"So you are a celebrity in the company; many people know your name."
I was stunned; Yikeng had never mentioned this to me.
After the school anniversary celebration, Yikeng and I strolled around campus, returning to our previous routine, and arrived at the entrance of the library.
He pointed to the stone steps at the entrance. "It was here that you confessed your feelings to me."
"You remember something from so long ago?"
"Of course I remember; I remember everything about you."
"When did that happen?"
Yikeng thought for a moment. "In our junior year, in October."
I looked at him in surprise; he actually remembered the month clearly.
I nodded, "Yes, that day was my birthday."
"That day I told myself, if I reach that stone step and you appear, we will give it a try."
"If you didn't appear, we would end it there."
Yikeng laughed, "When I showed up that day, I thought to myself, if no one is here, I will go find someone else to confess to."
I widened my eyes, "You were that fickle?"
"Because I knew that person had to be you."
Yikeng looked at me, "At that time, I thought, if I could have you by my side for the rest of my life, how happy that would be."
"Ding Pengpeng, even now I still think that way."
"If I could spend my life with you, it would be the greatest happiness for me."
I turned to look at him; he was looking at me too, his gaze clear as it was back then.
"Yikeng, were you happy in college?"
Yikeng thought for a moment, "If others said I wasn't happy, it would hurt me a lot."
"Because I had the best youth and the best you, I felt very happy."
"But during that time, I did go through many difficult things; however, having you by my side turned the pain into joy."
"Ding Pengpeng, I don't know how to describe that feeling; it just feels like with you in my life, everything became beautiful."
I sighed, "But you once said that I am your biggest trouble."
"Yes, that was because I was too insecure; I felt I didn't deserve you."
"I am afraid others will say that I am with you because of your money."
"Ding Pengpeng, you don't know how much pressure I was under at that time, so much pressure."
"But I had no choice; if I didn't hold on, I would lose you."
Yikeng looked at me, "Ding Pengpeng, in my life, I will only love you."
"Regardless of life or death, regardless of wealth or poverty, in this life, it is only you."
The surroundings were quiet, with only the sound of snowflakes falling.
We locked eyes.
"Yikeng, Happy New Year."
" Pengpeng, Happy New Year."
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