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The atmosphere was a bit awkward. After not seeing each other for a long time, he immediately gave her a hug, which was quite overstepping. However, since he had already apologized, Shu Ran didn’t say much more.
"How come you’re here?" Shu Ran was about to ask this question when he spoke first.
"Just passing by, stopped to buy something." The cold wind blew in, and Shu Ran sniffed lightly before asking, "What about you?"
Wen Yihuan smiled and pointed to a small night snack shop, saying, "Just came back from H City, out with friends to grab a bite."
Shu Ran nodded.
It had been a long time since they last met. Wen Yihuan had changed significantly from the warm, sunny boy he used to be; he had shed his youthful demeanor and matured quite a bit.
His clean-cut short hair swayed lightly in the cold wind, and his cheeks seemed to have slimmed down considerably. He no longer had the baby fat he once did, and his skin wasn’t as fair as before; it appeared slightly tanned, which gave him a more masculine charm. Only his pair of dark, bright peach blossom eyes remained unchanged; when he smiled, the corners of his eyes curved charmingly as always.
He looked at her and said, "I heard that after graduating from high school, you went to Q University. Are you working in B City now?"
Shu Ran shook her head. "No, I studied for three years in graduate school after graduation and then returned to work in S City."
Wen Yihuan frowned slightly and asked curiously, "Is the job pressure there too high?"
This question had been asked by many classmates before: why she chose not to pursue a promising future in B City but instead returned to S City to start over with a job she didn’t want.
Shu Ran had answered this countless times and had become numb to it.
She pressed her lips together and replied lightly, "Not really, just some personal reasons."
She didn’t intend to elaborate further, and Wen Yihuan didn’t press for more. "Oh, I see."
Unknowingly, the two had already talked a lot.
When they met again, Shu Ran didn't expect him to speak to her so calmly, especially since she had indeed gone a bit too far back then.
In relationships, naivety is a hurdle that both struggle to overcome. His immaturity hurt her, but her ruthlessness inadvertently hurt him as well.
After he transferred schools, Shu Ran often blamed herself, feeling that she had influenced him negatively. If she had been able to explain things clearly and not speak so decisively at that time, he wouldn't have had to transfer, and his mother wouldn't have almost broken her foot while trying to gather tuition fees.
This was something Luman had just told her this afternoon.
After she posted something about Qin Xian on social media that day, Zhang Yuxin came to chat with her. They were classmates back then and had a good relationship; Zhang Yuxin was also one of the few who knew about Wen Yihuan and Shu Ran being together.
They talked a lot about youth, the past, and those little secrets that Shu Ran had never known.
Zhang Yuxin was very innocent and once sincerely blessed and envied them, keeping their secret while watching them go from being together to breaking up.
Luman lived near Wen Yihuan; they lived not far apart in the same alley and often saw each other. Their families had a good relationship.
After Shu Ran got together with him, Luman would often tease them, making Shu Ran blush. At that time, they all really enjoyed themselves and had an incredibly close bond.
But as time passed, everything changed.
Later on, when Wen Yihuan started flirting with another girl and cheated on Shu Ran, Luman confronted Wen Yihuan, asking him why he was doing this.
At first, Wen Yihuan stubbornly replied, "So what? I just don't like Shu Ran anymore; I've fallen for Wei Xinzi. Is that a problem?"
At that time, Luman was very angry. How could someone so brazenly admit to cheating, as if it were perfectly acceptable? Luman almost slapped him for being such a scumbag.
In the next moment, she heard him, sounding as pitiful as a child, say, "She plays with me, doesn't ignore me, doesn't make me wait, and never leaves me alone. That's why I like her. So what?"
He then stubbornly declared, "She's so much better than Shu Ran. That idiot, I don't like her anymore," before pushing her away and running off.
Later, she learned that day was Wen Yihuan's birthday. He went to find Shu Ran but was repeatedly rejected by her with excuses about studying and needing to get home early.
Wen Yihuan was utterly disappointed.
The next day, he overheard a boy in class fantasizing about Shu Ran, claiming that she always looked at him when passing by their class and probably had a crush on him. The way he spoke made others almost believe it.
Wen Yihuan couldn't take it anymore and directly fought with him. Afterward, he got hurt, was called into the office by the teacher, and ended up hospitalized.
At that time, Shu Ran was busy preparing for the monthly exams, focusing all her energy on studying and hardly knew anything about the incident.
What does it mean to feel utterly desolate? Perhaps this is it.
Wen Yihuan's family wasn't particularly well-off. Since he started the fight and ended up injuring the other boy, his mother had to go apologize and compensate them with quite a bit of money.
No one knew why Wen Yihuan fought with that boy, and he warned everyone not to tell Shu Ran about it.
No one knew how bitter Wen Yihuan felt watching his mother bow her head in apology to others.
Shu Ran had been kept in the dark for so many years and never knew.
So when Luman was mentioned, besides shock, there was a deep sense of guilt, self-blame, and regret.
She had always thought she was not at fault.
He was the one who cheated; she was the victim.
But it turned out that her indifference had caused so many wrongs.
Later, after they broke up, Wen Yihuan was deeply disappointed and heartbroken, unwilling to return to his original school. His mother, for his sake, had no choice but to use connections to find him a place in a private school with a beautiful environment and advanced education, but the tuition was exorbitant.
His mother only managed a small grocery store. Nearly ten thousand in tuition fees a year was quite a burden for their family.
However, there was no other option; for her son, she gritted her teeth and sought part-time work. She worked day and night to gather enough tuition.
But due to exhaustion, while moving goods in the store, she didn't rest enough and her blood pressure dropped too low. She almost fell from the ladder, but fortunately, her husband happened to be nearby counting inventory and caught her, preventing any serious harm.
From then on, Wen Yihuan seemed to mature completely; he began to understand what he truly wanted and what he should pursue.
No longer aimless, he now had a goal in life.
His studies improved dramatically, ranking among the top students. During the college entrance examination, he was admitted to a prestigious university in the country, H University. He is now the planning director at a media company.
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