Chapter 58: Farewell

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The cold field condenses the morning fog, and the frost sky disperses the sunset.

The cold winter is not over yet, and the smell of the year has not yet dissipated. We're back on campus, ready to start the new semester.

On the evening of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, we went back to school for evening self-study. I packed up my books and sat down, my eyes looking to the front of the classroom.

Lin Haiyuan had also arrived, and at this moment he was busy with his endless homework, as I was familiar with, and I could only see his back lying at the desk.

I haven't seen him for a winter vacation, and I haven't chatted with him anymore, I don't know how he is doing? It should be fine. I rarely heard him talk about his own affairs, but from his words and feelings, he should have an ordinary but warm and peaceful family, unlike my family, which has so many chickens and dogs. I hope that he can continue to live in peace and contentment like this, and always study wholeheartedly according to his wishes, without being disturbed by anything.

How hard I tried to get close to him, and finally I got to where I am today. Now I am free to approach him after school and walk with him in a way I never dreamed of.

I also thought that I was getting closer to him, but the disappointment made me gradually understand that he had never paid attention to me, he just, for no reason, refused my initiative to approach, and once my behavior exceeded a certain boundary, he would simply avoid it.

I was sick for eight days in a row, but he didn't care about it at all, and I understood that I was not a real friend to him at all, but a follower at best. No matter how long I followed him, it was impossible for him to really care about me.

But I don't know how to face this reality, but I still covet the good things of the past and the relationship we have established on the surface, and I don't know what to do next.

Evening self-study is over.

Ten minutes later, the lights in the back went out. I saw in the back that Lin Haiyuan took out his folding lamp, turned it on, and continued to do his homework.

Once, I wanted him to use my lamp. But he refused. He would rather buy another one himself than accept the kindness from me. I had to let go of my expectations, as long as I could be in the same light as him, and I didn't want anything else.

As usual, I quietly walked up to him, sat down at his table, took out a book, and read it under his lamp. None of us spoke.

The lights in the classroom have all gone out, and the other students have all left, leaving the classroom with the two of us, with this lone lamp.

I used to look forward to the opportunity to be alone with him, but now, even when we sit together, I don't feel the joy I used to have. We have the closest and farthest distance.

"Let's go." He stood up and said to me.

"Okay." I put the book in my bag and stood up.

We walked out the door together, and I stood outside the door and watched him lock the classroom door, and then we walked silently together in the direction of the dormitory.

Tonight, the president did not come. He'll be back last semester.

I didn't ask about the president again, and this time, I didn't have to.

Later, for several days, I didn't see the president appear in our class again. In the past few days, after school, I have accompanied Lin Haiyuan out of the classroom alone. On the way, we always walk together silently. We have nothing to say.

I'm afraid the president won't come again. We all know about it, and no one mentions it.

So, what about me? I think it's time for me to know what I'm going to do next.

On the last noon, I accompanied him and walked quietly along the road we were familiar with.

"Today is the last day. I said.

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

I turned around and walked alone to the school ring road. From now on, my way will be walked alone.

I turned around and let go of everything I had with him. It was a decision that was made with reluctance, but it was time. There is no point in continuing this superficial relationship, and it's time to let go of all our past.

When I think about what we've been through together, my heart is filled with emotion. There have been so many memories between us, some of them have made me happy, some of them have made me sad, and now, they have become beautiful treasures in my heart and will be sealed in my heart forever.

Thanks for meeting him, I have never regretted liking him. Even though it is now in the past tense, there is something good about it that will never change.

Walking alone on the campus road, I looked up at the sky.

Today is a cloudy day. It is different from the heat and restlessness of a sunny day, but it has a sense of tranquility and peace, as well as some desolation and loneliness. The cool wind blowing on the face on a cloudy day seems to have a calming and sober power. The cloudy sky is full of gray and white thick clouds, and it is heavy, reflecting all the scenery to look desolate, which makes people feel a little melancholy.

I fell in love with the weather.

This, the story that began on a cloudy day, and just like that, ended on another cloudy day. From then on, everything was a new beginning.