"Leave it to you—no one will exchange it for me." Chen Ying said.

"I don't want it." Yona sobbed and said, "You take it back to your parents, it's all a souvenir." ”

Chen Ying thinks she is not good at handling parting, just like she tried to avoid the graduation ceremony of school two days ago. She knew she was going to cry, with her classmates from all over the world. In two days, they will be scattered like the wind all over the earth. The student representatives who spoke at the graduation ceremony said that young people are the hope of the future, and one day they will change the world through their efforts. However, Chen Ying understands that the world is also quietly changing them, through everyday life. She bought a large bouquet of yellow roses and put them in a glass vase in the living room. It was a way she could come up with a way to thank the landlord, and John helped her stand with her suitcase until the bus came.

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

There are no more words to each other. John's tall figure became smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror of the car, and it was not until the car turned that it was out of sight, Chen Ying lowered his head, and hot tears slipped from the corners of his eyes. She looked around, but she didn't see the drooling young man. She blamed herself for not traveling at this time, and if she had taken the late bus, she would have had a chance to thank the young man, whose name she did not know, for months of care. She said goodbye with regret and the scenery along the way, and on this cold and windy afternoon, wild bilberries poked their heads out of the deep snow to greet those who were hurrying by.

Even though it's still the airport where I came, I don't feel strange at all. Other students took advantage of the fact that their visas had not expired and went to countries on the Mediterranean coast to celebrate Christmas, and Chen Ying did not even have anyone with them. It didn't bother her, the solitude of living in Northern Europe had taught her how to live with loneliness, and she was now able to face everything on her own.

"It's the best gift a person can receive, better than any other gift in the world." She thought. This confidence is imperticated into her personality like a part of her name. She waited patiently in line as she passed through customs, waiting for numerous security checks. Sitting in the waiting room, she saw the plane turning around on the runway outside the window, and the ground staff wearing brightly colored vests waved the reflective signs in their hands vigorously. The plane that was taking her home was parked at its intended location, the gate and the door heavily connected.

Before leaving, she sent emails to Qin Hong and Liang Jing, perhaps because of the time difference, but she didn't receive a reply. She made up her mind to figure out her own way when she arrived in Beijing, and there was no need to always rely on others. She still has a few pieces of renminbi left in her wallet before leaving the country, which is enough to cover the cost of traveling from the airport to school. She told her parents that the return time would be the day after Beijing time, so they wouldn't have to go to the airport to pick her up. If this had happened a few months ago, it would have made her nervous and scared for the whole trip, lest she lose her luggage or get lost at the airport. And now, she just asked the flight attendant for a cup of unsweetened coffee, sat by the window and looked out at the city that was getting smaller under the blue sky and white clouds, and tasted the bitterness of parting.

She knew that when she went, she would be surrounded by many curious friends and relatives asking about the current situation on the European continent. Depending on the age of the questioner, different answers need to be matched. Older people are more likely to be concerned about how the economy of Europe developed after World War II and whether the effects of the Second World War and the Cold War are still being felt today. Young people prefer exotic tourist attractions, or those that you can't find in domestic shopping malls. She doesn't always satisfy her peers when it comes to things to do and shopping, they don't care about churches and museums, and they only blame her for not providing a clear and understandable customs refund process.

And Wu Yun. Chen Ying wasn't sure if she was in a more stable situation now. None of the recent emails received from Sun Wei mentioned this, but there was no other negative news either. This is the challenge she is about to face, knowing that it is much more difficult to re-acquaint an acquaintance than to know a living person.

After the plane entered Russia, she carried her passport and purse close to her body and walked to the rear of the plane with several other passengers. The flight had a high vacancy rate, with rows of seats at the back for them to choose from. She lifted all the handles in the middle to create a bed that stretched her legs. She wrapped herself in a blanket and coat and lay down comfortably like a dumpling, without worrying about freezing her knees as she had when she came. At first, she turned on the display behind the front seat, wanting to watch at least one movie before going to sleep. And sleepiness soon took over, and she fell asleep halfway through it, waking up to find that the movie had long since ended.