Later, I finally know how to love. Unfortunately, you were long gone and disappeared into the sea of people.

English lyrics prepared by: lavender 1509

[[Afterwards. I finally learned how to love

It's a shame you disappeared into the sea of faces.

Afterwards, though all the tears, I finally understood

That you can only mist somebody once.

White petals of orange flowers fall on my blue pleated skirt

"I love you," you softly say

I lowered my head and smelled the budburst of fragrance

That eternal night; 17 years old, midsummer

That night you kissed me

Letting me in my future days, when I feel like sighing

To always remember that day's starlight

That love then, why was it so simple like that?

And also, why when we are young

Must we let those whom we love be hurt?

On this similar deep of night. are you the same?

Also feeling the quiet hurt of regret?

If at the time we could have been less stubborn

We would not feel regret now

How are you remembering me? Does it bring you laughter or silence?

These past years, was them someone who could let you not be lonely?

It will never happen again.

To have that boy in love with that girl. ]]

0.31: Seeing him again, was seven years later in a crowded supermarket, packed with weekend shoppers.

Zhao Mo Sheng was pushing a shopping cart alone and struggling to navigate in the crowd. She had just returned from abroad, so she was still not quite accustomed to such a crowd. However, such a vibrant and friendly scene made her unconsciously smile, virtually using a grateful mood to listen to the noisy local accent. She did not know whether other people who have just returned from aboard were like her? Excited, nervous.

Seven years! Such a long time!

However, how come she had just returned from aboard but already met him? No, to be precise, it should be them.

Mo Sheng silently looked at the pair of shadows standing in front of the vegetable stand, once again feeling a strange twist of fate. Seven years ago, it was them who made her decided to leave.

Now they were here to buy things together so ultimately, they were also together! Fortunately, she ran away fast ah, otherwise she would probably hurt deeper.

He Yi Chen and He Yi Mei, she was so silly, why did she think having similar names were surely brother and sister ah?

“We are absolutely not brother and sister. Before, both of our families were very good neighbours. We all have the surname He so the adults just chose similar names. Later, Yi Chen’s father and mother had an accident so our family adopted Yi Chen.”

“You think you can compete and win over the two decades of deep affection between Yi Chen and me?”

“Today, I want to tell you, I love Yi Chen. I do not want to secretly love him. I want to compete openly with you.”

2.03: That year when she was nineteen years old, the day before Mo Sheng’s birthday, her good friend He Yi Mei, who had always been quiet and introverted, suddenly courageously made this declaration to her. Yi Mei, who had always been gentle and non-competitive would say something like that, she must have been extremely in love with Yi Chen.

But what could she have used to compete with her? On the same day which Yi Mei declared war, she had already lost. Then, she fled to the United States for seven years.

He Yi Chen – unexpectedly she recalled his ice-cold eyes on that day and heartless words. There was a trace of light throbbing pain in Mo Sheng’s heart, almost impossible to sense, nevertheless it was there.

They were walking towards her direction. The joints of Mo Sheng’s fingers that were gripping the cart began to turn white, and she almost wanted to turn around immediately. However, the supermarket was just too crowded so she, who was pushing a shopping cart, simply could not turn around. In the next moment, she thought why should she run away? She should calmly say to them: “Hi, long time no see” then stroll away in an elegant and natural demeanor, leaving behind a beautiful silhouette.

Moreover, they probably could not recognize her. She had changed a lot, the flowing long hair of yesteryear had already become neat and short, and her previously fair skin had become tanned under the California sunshine. Wearing a loose t-shirt, jeans and sports shoes, she looked very different from the past.

They slowly step by step were getting closer, then ……brushed past her.

Not without heartache.

It seemed like someone spoke.

“Do you want to buy some milk?” Yi Mei said in a soft voice.

“……”

She did not hear the reply clearly. She really missed Yi Chen’s deep and low voice. All these years in a foreign country, she could still hear it often and everywhere echoed in her ears.

Feeling a sense of loss, yet also with a sigh of relief, Mo Sheng lifted her downcast head and strode forward.

A “Bang” sound could be heard as the shopping cart hit a pile of discounted soaps shaped like a hill on the ground. The culprit Zhao Mo Sheng innocently looked at hundreds of pieces of soap falling down as the scene was quite spectacular.

4.02: Uh, can she pretend she did not do anything.

“Oh My God! This is already the third time today.” The person who manages the stock in the supermarket appeared out of the blue and complained in a groan.

Thus, she should not be blamed for this la, as where got people put goods in the middle of the path. Mo Sheng quietly complained and tried hard to look regretful.

The movement here attracted the attention of the people around them, including He Yi Mei. She inadvertently looked to that particularly noisy place, then dumbfounded——it is her; it is actually her, Yi Mei almost could not believe her eyes. She has come back?

“Yi Mei?” He Yi Chen was puzzled by her reaction, asked out loud and followed her line of vision.

The tall and lofty body momentarily stiffened.

Zhao Mo Sheng!

That innocent looking small woman who had her head drooping like a guilty child is exactly Zhao Mo Sheng! Her face looked one hundred percent apologetic, but her eyes without doubt sparked with a mischievous smiling expression. Being faraway, in fact, he could not truly see her face, but Yi Chen knew it was her. He has always known she has always been like this, with a habit to disrupt a pond of spring water then leave without taking any responsibility, willful, selfish and hateful.

Exactly seven years ……she still knew the way home.

He Yi Chen dropped his eyes. “Yi Mei, let’s go!”

He Yi Mei was surprised to see a calm Yi Chen. “Don’t you want to say hello? Maybe ……”

“She has not been a part of my life long ago.” His tone was empty, as if it was really nothing.

Yi Mei looked at his expression carefully but could not find any clues. Finally, she had no alternative but to give a sigh. “Come on!”

When she had her last glance at Zhao Mo Sheng, she found that she also just happened to move her head and saw her, their line of vision collided in the air. Mo Sheng seemed stunned for a moment, then a faint smile emerged on her face and she greeted her by nodding her head.

Yi Mei hurriedly turned around and called: “Yi Chen ……”

“Yes?”

“She ……” Yi Mei was shocked until coming to a halt. When she once again looked back at the moving crowd, she could no longer see her figure.

“What?”

“No, nothing.” Yi Mei lowered her head. But she clearly saw them, yet why she so easily went away like that? Whereas Yi Chen also clearly saw her ……

6.08: She did not expect to return here one day.

During the interview, the editor-in-chief asked her: “Miss Zhao, why did you choose to work in A City?”

Suddenly, Mo Sheng did not know how to answer. Why lay? Because she studied for more than a year in a university here? Because she met him here? Because she suffered some hardships here?

At the beginning, she also did not know. Before coming back, the first place she thought of was here. Until she met him that day, she only came to understand that she wanted to see him. Although he no longer belonged to her, she just wanted to see him.

It was only to see him.

“Probably because I cannot go home.” Mo Sheng said. The editor-in-chief looked at her strangely for a long time and hired her as a photojournalist for a certain woman’s magazine.

However, the editor-in-chief’s excessive attention to her work experience in a magazine publisher aboard made her uneasy.

“It is just a little magazine publisher.” Mo Sheng said to the editor-in-chief.

“Hey! Ah Sheng.” The female editor-in-chief who was in her forties affectionately called her name. “Are you praising my knowledge? That I even know so well about an unremarkable small magazine publisher in the US.”

Mo Sheng started to laugh, and her anxiety disappeared.

The editor-in-chief said sternly: “Ah Sheng, I know the great difficulty Chinese people who are photojournalists in the United States face. You have to be better than the white people. They always think we Chinese people have no artistic talent.”

Like this, she settled down. She still went to that supermarket to shop but has never encountered them again. Until one time, the security guard in the supermarket stopped her.

“Miss, would you please follow me to the security room.”

Mo Sheng looked distracted and intuitively felt this could not be good. There were too many incidents regarding security guards in supermarkets forcefully conducting body searches and even beat up people being reported in the newspapers.

Mo Sheng stared at him cautiously so the security guard helplessly said: “Miss, I mean you no harm. I just want to ask if you have lost something a month ago.”

She had just returned to the country a month ago so could it be that she lost something but did not know? Out of curiosity, she went with him to the security room. The security guard handed her a black wallet.

8.02: Mo Sheng did not need to look inside to know it was not hers so she smilingly shook her head and said: “You made a mistake; this is not mine.”

The security guard was unexpectedly stubborn. “You open it and take a look.”

She took and opened it. Then, she saw her own photograph.

The security guard said with satisfaction: “Miss, this is your photo, right? Although it is very different compared to now, I can still recognize you instantly.”

The difference was really big because that photo was taken when she had just entered university. Her hair was still long and tied into a ponytail, and her smile looked silly.

How could it appear in an unfamiliar wallet?

Mo Sheng gave the wallet back to the security guard. “It’s really not mine.”

The security guard was stubborn. “Aren‘t you the person in the photo?”

“Yes, I am, but the wallet is not mine.”

“Then it must belong to someone who knows you. Miss, maybe the owner of the wallet has a crush on you ……”

Hey, who said that Chinese people do not have a vivid imagination?

“But ……”

“You take it, take it since all this time nobody has come to claim it. It is also rather difficult for us to deal with it. It will be confiscated if we hand it over to our superior so you might as well have it. There is definitely some association between you and the owner of the wallet. Ah! Maybe I contributed to the beginning of a marriage match ……” With such imagination, the security guard must like to watch drama series.

A month ago, was also about the same time she ran into He Yi Chen and He Yi Mei. Could it be that he lost it? With this laughable speculation, Mo Sheng took the wallet home.

At night after bathing, she carefully studied the wallet in bed. With a simple design, luxury brand and little cash, it was not possible to determine the identity of the owner.

Mo Sheng carefully took out the photo. There were traces of steel mark on it so it must have been torn from a document. When she inadvertently turned it over, she was suddenly startled by the words behind the photo! She could never forget that elegant and sharp handwriting.

It was Yi Chen’s handwriting, written in black fountain pen ——

my sunshine

The complex urban life could also be lived in a very simple way. Only work, eat, drink and sleep, nothing else. After a hectic period of adaptation, the following days became just numbing repetition.

9.58: “Ah Sheng ah, I have been looking for you everywhere.”

Mo Sheng had just entered the magazine publisher office and heard someone shouting from a distance.

“Old Bai, what is the matter?”

Old Bai was actually very young and was the magazine publisher ‘s other photojournalist. His surnamed was Li but because he always mispronounced it so everyone jokingly called him Old Bai. He was really good at coaxing celebrities so he was responsible for the magazine’s cover shots.

“My wife is about to give birth. Can you help me to take care of the photography session with supermodel Xiao Xiao tomorrow?”

Xiao Xiao? Mo Sheng found it a little difficult. “I don’t have any problem, but I heard Xiao Xiao’s temperament is weird. If you are not an acquaintance, she would probably not cooperate.”

Old Bai also thought of this and said: “Well, you go and try first. If you really cannot, then call me.”

The next day when Mo Sheng met the cool, elegant, glamorous and impressive Xiao Xiao, she was completely stunned. She was not familiar with the celebrities in the country and had never seen the photos of Xiao Xiao before so she did not know she was actually…… Actually, she looked so much like a good friend in her university days.

However, her friend was such a simple and clumsy country girl, but the person in front of her had her long legs crossed and her smoking gesture was so skillful and seductive……

Mo Sheng did not dare to acknowledge her. Maybe they just looked alike only.

However, supermodel Xiao Xiao squinted at Mo Sheng, then walked elegantly over and stopped in front of her.

“Hey, you do not recognize me?”

“…… Shao Mei?”

“Ah!” She chuckled sarcastically. “If it is not me then who could it be?”

“Ah Sheng, you and Xiao Xiao know each other? This is really good.” The colleague who came together with her chimed in excitedly.

“When I was a first-year university student, she slept in the upper bed, I was in the lower bed.”

“In university, bunk bed-mates are the closest friends.” Xiao Xiao’s agent also joined in the conversation.

“Am I supposed to be photographed? Quickly shoot la!” Xiao Xiao impatiently said.

She had really changed a lot! While taking photos, Mo Sheng also thought the person under the lens was no longer the cute and clumsy Shao Mei. Then who could she be?

Perhaps nobody. A good photographer can capture the souls of the people under the lens. However, Mo Sheng could not capture Xiao Xiao’s soul. Maybe her skill was lacking or the person under the lens did not have one.

Xiao Xiao felt very empty! A kind of emptiness which made people powerless and desperate. Perhaps it was this kind of emptiness that propelled her to rise rapidly in popularity.

After shooting a session, Xiao Xiao waved her hand. “We will stop here for today.”

“But Xiao Xiao, there is more ……” Her agent eagerly said.

“Stop here.”

0.30: After shooting a session, Xiao Xiao waved her hand. “We will stop here for today la.”

“But Xiao Xiao, there is more ……” Her agent eagerly said.

“Stop here.” Xiao Xiao said firmly, then turned to speak to Mo Sheng, “We will go for a cup of coffee.”

“For this long-awaited reunion, we ought to go for a drink, but unfortunately recently, there is something wrong with my stomach so there is no choice but to drink coffee.”

“Uh, a cup of coffee is good, or you should drink milk.” Mo Sheng did not know what to say. There are too many things she wanted to ask but did not know where to begin.

“Health is very important so dieting should be done in moderation.” Mo Sheng tried to find a neutral topic.

“I never go on a diet.” Xiao Xiao smiled faintly. “I’m an alcoholic.”

“Shao Mei!” Mo Sheng was shocked by her friend’s mistreatment of her own body. She anxiously reached out to take her hand. Why did Shao Mei become like this?

Xiao Xiao reflexively pushed away the hand, Mo Sheng was stunned, the atmosphere turned awkward and quiet.

“You’ve changed a lot.” After a while, Mo Sheng said softly.

“Yes, do you still remember my crush when I was a freshman?” Xiao Xiao spoke of her own story coldly. “One day, I told him I liked him, he accepted, but he did not love me. After that, Shao Mei died, I am now Xiao Xiao.”

Xiao Xiao’s words were like carvings into the heart. Mo Sheng felt distressed and was not able to ask anything else.

After a while, Xiao Xiao coldly mocked: “You have not changed much, still a hypocrite displaying insincere affection. How come you are willing to come back from the glittering United States ah?”

Her words somewhat hurt Mo Sheng but thinking about it, after all, she was in the wrong first. That year, she left without a word and did not keep in touch for seven years so she was the one who did not value their friendship. “At that time, I left in a hurry ……”

2.00: “You do not need to say that to me.” Xiao Xiao interrupted her. “You should say those words to He Yi Chen.”

He Yi Chen? How come he is mentioned? Mo Sheng remembered that day he and Yi Mei behaving like a couple at the supermarket: “I think he does not care ……”

“Does not care? Do you think everyone is like you, so unfeeling and heartless?” Xiao Xiao’s voice became agitated, “The first few days when you went missing, he looked for you until he nearly went crazy. Later, he just waited all day downstairs in the dormitory, but what did he get in the end?” Xiao Xiao’s eyes coldly accused her. “A few people came and took all your stuff away. Then, they told him and us that you have gone to the United States and may never come back.”

“Mo Sheng, you were really cruel.” Xiao Xiao paused and said, “I will never forget the way he looked at that time, like a person falling off a cliff, his face dark and empty, extremely despair until people could not bear to see. He is such a proud person but to actually look like that ……”

Mo Sheng listened until she was muddleheaded. Did that really happen?

“Maybe he felt guilty ……”

“Zhao Mo Sheng, the one who abandoned him to go to the United States was you so the one feeling guilty should be you.”

“Shao Mei, you do not understand ……”

“I have eyes to see.”

Mo Sheng stopped talking. Everyone thinks that she was the one who abandoned him. That’s clearly not true!”

Definitely, he was the one who said …… he said he did not want to see her again. He said he would rather he has never known her. He asked her to go the farther the better ……

Definitely, it was him!

After saying goodbye to Xiao Xiao, Mo Sheng walked in the streets in early summer, Xiao Xiao’s words still rang in her ears.

“He has always been single …… He Yi Mei? Isn’t she, his sister?”

They surprisingly did not get together? Then why did she leave during that time?

Then, why did he say those words?

She spread out her palm, a piece of paper with the address of ‘Yuan Xiang He Law Firm’ laid in her palm.

Xiao Xiao said: “Maybe you need this.”

She did not specifically come here, but she was just passing by. Before she knew it, she was already standing in ‘Yuan Xiang He Law Firm’

The receptionist smiled apologetically: “Lawyer He is not in the firm. Do you have an appointment?”

Mo Sheng was not clear if she felt disappointed or relieved. “No.”

“Do you have anything important? I can help you to convey to him or ……” The receptionist looked at the clock on the wall, “You can wait as lawyer He should be back soon.”

“Oh, no need, I will come again.” Mo Sheng walked away then turned back. “This is lawyer He’s wallet. Please help me to return it to him, thank you.”

An outcome not so bad!

4.06: As the fate was shallow, no wonder the love was not deep.

“Ah Sheng, what is different when you worked abroad compared to working in China?” It was nearly time to go home so the workers had no motivation to work, while chatting a colleague suddenly asked this.

“Uh.” Mo Sheng looked around and saw the boss was not in, “The salary abroad was much higher.”

“What a shame!” The colleagues who thought the grapes were sour, immediately expressed their disdain.

“Did you experience any discrimination there?”

“A little la.”

“This is nothing to be concerned about. Hong Kong people also look down on people from the mainland!” Da Bao, who just came back from Hong Kong, felt that deeply.

“When you personally experience it, then you would not be able to dismiss it easily. Once in front of all of my colleagues, my former boss said that China does not have authentic artists. When I heard that, I was angry. I have never so keenly felt so Chinese so I immediately pointed at the old man’s nose and said ‘What do you know about Chinese art?’. When we Chinese people were practicing our art, who knows where you Americans were wandering at.”

“That’s how to do it! How fierce!” The colleagues kept clapping their hands, praising her continuously and then together asked her: “Later, what excuse was used to fire you?”

“……” Mo Sheng did not know whether to laugh or cry, “Although the Americans are arrogant, their magnanimity are still directly in proportional to their stature. One day, he unexpectedly took the Four Treasures of the Study (for calligraphy) out, which I did not know where he got them from, and asked me to write a few Chinese characters. He said he wanted to hang them in the living room.”

“Wow, really?”

“Ah Sheng, is your writing good enough?”

“Ha, I showed off my unique skill by firstly pouring all the ink on a fine writing paper. Then I pretended to do this and that for a long time, resulting in those Americans grasping in amazement. Honestly speaking, if those words were not written by me, I would definitely not know what they are.”

“What did you write?”

“You are a barbarian!”

“Ack!” A colleague laughed so hard and spit out tea.

In the midst of loud laughter, someone called out: “Ah Sheng, someone is looking for you.”

Mo Sheng turned around, and Hua Xian Zi (flower fairy), also known as——starry-eyed infatuation fairy and a busybody, walked over. “In the reception room, there is someone very handsome, very cool and very masculine. He obviously looks like a young and talented urban elite with a successful professional career. Ah Sheng, you have just returned from overseas but already met such good quality stock. No need to hide such talent ah.”

If Hua Xian Zi’s words can be believed, pigs also fly in the sky. Usually, her words should be taken at less than their value, no, more like half of their value.

6.03: Mo Sheng was very curious, she had just returned home without hardly meeting anyone, who would look for her?

She never thought it would be him!

The handsome man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the reception room with his back to her turned out to be He Yi Chen. When he heard the door open, he turned around, looked at her with cold eyes, completely indifferent and without any emotions.

Finally, Hua Xian Zi did not exaggerate. Indeed, he was extraordinarily handsome and impressive looking. His tailored and body fitting suit accentuated his tall and straight figure. He looked just like before, full of confident, calm and collected, but also with something like aloofness that made people uncomfortable.

She was left totally speechless.

In contrast, he looked cool and calm, nodded his head to greet her. “Miss Zhao.”

Miss Zhao?

Mo Sheng really wanted to smile, but it was just too difficult. “He …… Mr.”

Gesturing to a chair, Mo Sheng said: “Please sit down.”

She took out the tea leaves and looked down to conceal her expression. She was unable to look indifferent like him so she can only hide her stirred up emotions. “What do you want to drink?”

“Thank you, no need.” His eyes were cold. “After I say a few words, I will leave immediately.”

“Oh, you came to see me …… how did you know I’m here?”

He paused for five seconds before speaking. “It is Xiao Xiao, I am her lawyer.”

“What is the matter ah?”

His tone of voice appeared to be chilly. “Miss Zhao came to my law firm three days ago and said you would come back, but after some time you still have not come by. I have no choice but to personally come here to pay you a visit.”

Mo Sheng was surprised, raised her head and met his luminous eyes. “How do you know ……” She did not leave her name so how did he know she was the one who returned his wallet?

“Miss Zhao, I can reason like any normal person.” He said mockingly.

Probably those who are lawyers also have this kind of ‘ability to reason like a normal person.’ Mo Sheng stared at a wall. “I did go to return the wallet. Since you have already received it, you do not need to make a trip here.”

He Yi Chen‘s eyes flashed. “Beside returning the wallet, there is no other matter?”

What other matter? Mo Sheng was in a daze. “There is nothing else.”

“Very good.” There seemed to be a trace of disappointment in his eyes. He walked and stood in front of her. “But I have a matter.”

He took out the black wallet and put it in front of her. “Inside the wallet, it was supposed to have a photo. Miss Zhao, do you know anything about that?”

Of course. Mo Sheng lowered her head. “Really? I did not notice.”

“Oh? The inside of the wallet had nothing but money. Thus, how did Miss Zhao know it was my wallet?”

Mo Sheng was dumbstruck and unable to reply. She almost forgot he is a lawyer, someone good at spotting all the loopholes in other people’s words. Want to deceive him, it would be best to realize one’s own capability first.

He half rose out of his chair. “Miss Zhao, can you return the photo to me?”

Suddenly, Mo Sheng felt baffled. What did he mean? On one hand, he put on a ‘you are a stranger’ look, yet on the other hand asked for her photo.

“The person in the photo is me so why should I give it to you?”

“Miss Zhao, I advise you not to discuss ownership legality with a lawyer.” Yi Chen said coldly.

Mo Sheng was discouraged as she was not familiar with Yi Chen like this and unable to deal with it. “The photo is not here.”

8.06: “Give it to me tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow, I have ……”

“Miss Zhao!” He Yi Chen interrupted her, “I think both of us do not want to have too many entanglements with each other, let’s end this quickly.”

End this quickly? Mo Sheng was silent for quite a while, “What do you want that photo for?”

“Who know?” Yi Chen’s gaze darkened, “Maybe I want to keep it with me, to constantly remind me about that part of my stupid past.”

Stupid …… yes ah, so stupid! She even had some expectations.

He Yi Chen went ahead to make a decision. “I will come to get it tomorrow. If you do not have time, you can ask someone to pass it to me. Goodbye, Miss Zhao.”

He moved forward to leave. When his hand was grasping the door handle, he heard Mo Sheng said from behind: “Wait …… tomorrow, I will send it over.”

“Good.” Yi Chen turned around with a blank face. “Thank you for your cooperation, see you tomorrow.”

Mo Sheng, in a daze, looked at the back of the tall and straight figure walking away. Not that she had not thought what it would be like if they met again one day, but she did not expect they did not even have the affection to say “Long time no see.”

Really, stupid past ah?

Mo Sheng stood in front of the bedroom mirror and looked closely at the woman facing her in the mirror.

If the short hair changed into long hair tied up in a ponytail. If the tanned skin became whiter. If she could still smile brilliantly without a worry …… most importantly, if the eyes could lose more than seven years of deep melancholy and be filled with innocence —— then she could become the Zhao Mo Sheng who first started university and met He Yi Chen.

“He Yi Chen, He Yi Chen ……”

“He Yi Chen, He Yi Chen ……”

She was not very clear how she managed to pursue Yi Chen. Yi Chen was even more unable to make head or tail of it. At that time, she just chased after him continuously. Finally one time, he could not stand it anymore and, with a straight face, asked: “Zhao Mo Sheng, why do you always follow me around?”

If now, she would probably be ashamed until unable to show her face! However, back then, she was shameless so she opened her eyes widely and asked: “Yi Chen, are you stupid or am I stupid? Aiya, you’re so smart, I must be the stupid one la. How can I be such a failure? I chased for such a long time, yet he still does not know what I’m doing!”

She remembered Yi Chen was dumbstruck and speechless for a long time. Later, when he mentioned about this, he laughed and also angrily said that he wanted to use the questioning tone to make her feel ashamed. But who could foresee in this world, there would be such a shameless little girl, in the end he was the one ashamed?

9.59: Thus, the outstanding student at that time in the Faculty of Law, after reacting slowly, unexpectedly can only stammer: “I don’t intend to find a girlfriend in university.”

At that time, she was too simple because she was not aware that it was just an excuse so in a spurt of energy asked: “Then I will stand in line right now and wait for you to graduate from university. I will be given priority, right?”

Facing such a stubborn opponent, the future lawyer and also best debater surrendered. He quickly ran away after saying out loud: “I have to go to class.”

She certainly was not discouraged by this. Before she could think of a better plan, she unexpectedly heard someone in the university said: “I heard that He Yi Chen from the Faculty of Law already has a girlfriend called Zhao Mo Sheng, the name is quite a mouthful.”

After hearing that, she immediately ran to the self-study classroom, found Yi Chen and hastily clarified: “I did not start the rumour. You have to believe me.”

Yi Chen looked up from his book, with a clear and bright expression, said: “I know.”

She foolishly asked: “How do you know?”

Yi Chen answered with a calm expression: “Because I’m the person who started it.”

Finally, it was her turn to be stupefied. He calmly explained: “I have thought about it. If three years later, you are destined to be my girlfriend, I might as well exercise my rights earlier.”

Oh! That time ah!

The mouth of the person in the mirror curved up slightly, but the smile had not reached her eyes before it quickly disappeared.

Mo Sheng walked onto the balcony, her mind in confusion. Looking at the bright moon and stars, tomorrow should be a good day.

The sun set in the west. The late afternoon sunlight covered the sky.

He Yi Chen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the office on the tenth floor, surprised at why he was in the mood to admire the setting sun.

Perhaps, because she came back.

Mei Ting opened the door to see lawyer He with his back to her standing in front of the windows. He held a cigarette in his hand and had a desolate appearance …… Desolate? Mei Ting simply doubted her own eyes. Can this word be used for lawyer He who has always been full of confidence, calm and collected?

Yi Chen heard the door open, turned and asked: “What is the matter?”

“Oh,” Mei Ting snapped out of her own thoughts and quickly said: “Lawyer He, Vice President Zhang of Hong Yuan Corp. has arrived.”

“Invite him to come in.” Yi Chen push away his chaotic train of thoughts and wholeheartedly engrossed himself into his work. He glanced at the clock on the wall——five o’clock, but she had not come yet.

Finally, he sent away Vice President Zhang, Yi Chen wearily leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest. Suddenly, a large palm slapped his shoulder, Yi Chen grudgingly opened his eyes. “Lao Yuan.”

After graduating from university, he declined postgraduate study offer and instead started work in”‘Yuan Xiang Law Firm,” which has now been renamed as “Yuan Xiang He” since he became one of the partners. Lao Yuan and another partner Xiang Heng were also University C alumni. Xiang Heng graduated a year earlier than him whereas Lao Yuan graduated many years ago.

The tall, sturdy and big person who looked more like a bandit leisurely sat down across from him and arrogantly crossed his legs. “What do you plan to do later?”

Yi Chen said without looking up: “Overtime.”

“Cannot be la!” Lao Yuan shrieked. “Hey, today is the weekend!”

“So what?”

“So what!” Lao Yuan repeated his words and shook his head. “This really sounds like something a cold-blooded, ruthless and workaholic He Yi Chen would say.”

Yi Chen squinted. “I certainly did not know you are so good at rhetoric.”

“NO, NO, NO.” Lao Yuan shook his hand. “This is the consensus from all the females who know He Yi Chen.” Lao Yuan leaned forward. “Yi Chen, I have been wanting to ask you, actually are you gay or have an unmentionable illness?”

“Regarding this kind of silly nonsense, only someone who is crazy will pay attention to it,” He Yi Chen thought. Mei Ting came in with two cups of coffee, and Yi Chen asked her: “Did a Miss Zhao come today?”

Mei Ting thought for a moment, shook her head and said: “No.”

Yi Chen grunted to show that he heard and said to Mei Ting: “I don‘t have much to do here so you better go home early.”

Mei Ting shook her head and said: “I’m in no hurry. Lawyer He, when are you leaving? Do you need me to help you to buy something to eat?”

“No need, thank you.”

Mei Ting got the message and left with a disappointed look on her face.

Lao Yuan laughed heartily: “Hey, pretty girl Mei Ting is interested in you. An office romance, oh that doesn’t sound bad!”

“She is a decent girl so you better not say such nonsense.” Yi Chen warned him.

A heart of stone! Lao Yuan subtly shook his head. Yi Chen’s attitude towards women has always been courteous and thoughtful, but never more. All these years, who knows how many women have had their hearts broken by the name of “He Yi Chen.”

But the women coming in droves cannot be blamed as even from Lao Yuan‘s male perspective, He Yi Chen was outstanding. Disregarding his heroic spirit and compelling outward appearance, merely these few years, his reputation in the legal circle rose rapidly. In addition, his firm, persistent and upright image was more than enough to attract any proud and beautiful woman.

3.07: “What kind of woman do you actually like? So many women, none can touch your heart. That beautiful woman who was the director of a foreign company, her body figure was very hot ah! That television hostess who has cooperated with you for such a long time. Don’t tell me there is not even a little sparkle? There is also our able and efficient peer Xu Pi Li. I met her in court today, and she was still subtly asking me about you ……”

The more Lao Yuan talked, the more excited he became. Yi Chen turned a deaf ear, letting him continue on talking nonsense.

A one-man show so Lao Yuan stopped in frustration. A while later, he said excitedly: “I know, it must be your little sister Yi Mei. You treat her the best.”

Yi Mei often came to the office so Lao Yuan was very familiar with her.

“She is my sister.” Yi Chen quickly said.

“Come on, both of you are not blood related.” Lao Yuan said knowingly.

“That does not change anything.”

Yi Chen’s tone was quite mild, but Lao Yuan could still hear the firmness in his voice. Lao Yuan shook his head and did not say anything anymore as he had experienced Yi Chen’s stubbornness before.

“Lawyer He.” Mei Ting came in, holding an envelope. “A lady just sent this here.”

Yi Chen knew what it was just by touching it. “Where is that lady?”

“She left immediately after leaving this envelope.”

“Gone already?” Yi Chen looked disappointed. “How long has she gone?”

“Less than a minute.”

Yi Chen did not think much. He just picked up the car keys and coat and went out. Lao Yuan followed him from behind and shouted: “Where are you going?” He did not seem to have heard.

At the front door, Lao Yuan happened to meet Xiang Heng, who had just returned from court. “What happened to him?”

Xiang Heng looked at the direction He Yi Chen left, said thoughtfully. “I think I know why.”

“You know? Say quickly, say quickly.”

“I just saw a person downstairs. I thought I saw wrongly, I did not expect it could really be her.”

“Who? Don‘t keep me in suspense.” Lao Yuan said impatiently.

“What kind of person do you think Yi Chen is?” Xiang Heng did not answer but instead asked him.

“Calm, rational and objective.” Lao Yuan’s fair evaluation.

“In that case, this person will make him not calm, not rational and not objective.”

Lao Yuan asked curiously. “A woman?”

“Yes, his former girlfriend.” Although Xiang Heng was one year ahead of Yi Chen, they lived in the same dormitory so he knew very well about Yi Chen’s past.

“Girlfriend?” Lao Yuan had the expression of someone who heard a fantasy story, “He had a girlfriend before?”

“Yes, Yi Chen’s girlfriend broke up with him because she went to the United States.”

“You mean ……” Lao Yuan opened his eyes widely. “Yi Chen was dumped?”

“Yes, moreover she left without telling him. After she had gone to the United States, he then found out about it. This incident was very widely known at university. Yi Chen was very depressed for a while. At that time, he started to smoke and drink.”

“Impossible la ……” Lao Yuan really could not imagine what kind of woman could abandon He Yi Chen. No wonder he would not go near women, a case of once bitten, twice shy.

5.36: It was rush hour as everyone left work. Mo Sheng was not in a hurry to go home so she wandered aimlessly in the crowd on the streets.

Until just a moment ago, she had no choice but to admit that she had changed. Before, it would be absolutely unlikely that she would avoid him, now obviously she really wanted to see him yet she did not dare.

Back then, no matter how indifferent Yi Chen was, how his resistance made it feel like he was a thousand miles away, she happily followed him around with a smile on her face. Now, she did not even have the courage to say a few words to him.

Yi Chen said she was ‘sunshine‘, the sunshine he wanted to refuse yet could not. But now, even the sunshine in her own heart had disappeared so what could she use to shine on others?

A white BMW abruptly stopped in front of her. Mo Sheng did not look up and tried to avoid it. Then, she heard a familiar voice. “Get in the car.”

She looked up in surprise, it was him!

Yi Chen saw her looking distracted, frowned and said again: “The car cannot stop here so get in.”

Mo Sheng did not have time to consider what was going on as the car brought them in to join the endless traffic.

“Chinese or Western food?” Yi Chen asked her while paying attention to the traffic situation in front.

“Chinese food.” She replied reflexively, then started to feel something was wrong. What Chinese or Western food, could he want to treat her to a meal ah?

Yi Chen glanced at her coldly. “Do you still know how to use chopsticks?”

Mo Sheng pretended she did not hear his sarcasm, instead cautiously asked: “Do you want to treat me to dinner?”

“You picked up my wallet so it is reasonable that I ought to thank you.”

“Actually, you do not need to be so polite.” Mo Sheng mumbled, suddenly feeling dejected. When did they resort to saying such impersonal things?

They had dinner at the famous Qin Ji, where the beautiful setting, delicious cuisine and attentive service could not improve Mo Sheng‘s mood. Facing that expressionless face across the table, she was doomed to have indigestion.

The musical ringtone from the mobile phone broke the quiet atmosphere. Yi Chen answered the call. “Hello …… yes …… I am at Qin Ji …… no, there is also Zhao Mo Sheng …… met by coincidence …… okay.”

Suddenly, he gave the phone to her. “Yi Mei wants to talk to you.”

Mo Sheng took it. “Hello.”

“Hello, Mo Sheng.” A gentle voice came from the other side.

“Yi Mei, long time no see.”

“Yes ah, long time no see.”

Both sides were silent, not knowing what to say so finally Yi Mei said: “Mo Sheng, how have you been all these years?”

“Not bad, until recently I was reluctant to leave the U.S.” Mo Sheng tried to act casual and did not notice Yi Chen suddenly looking at her closely.

“Oh.” There was another silence, then Yi Mei said: “Can you give me your contact number? We will find time to meet up.”

“Okay.” Mo Sheng told her the mobile phone number.

“All right, then good-bye la.”

“Goodbye.”

After finishing the call, she gave the phone back to Yi Chen, but he did not take it. “Enter your phone number into it.”

Mo Sheng was stumped for words and lowered her head to enter the number, but she encountered difficulty when entering the name.

“What kind of Chinese input method do you use?”

“Stroke.”

“Oh.”

She still could not type it out. “How to type the word ‘Mo‘?”

Yi Chen reached out to take the phone from her hand. “I will do it.”

Mo Sheng felt embarrassed while watching his slender fingers gracefully and rapidly typing on the silver phone. After a few seconds, he finished typing and put it away in his pocket.

“You have even forgotten how to write your Chinese name?”

“No, it is just that I do not know how to use your mobile phone.” Mo Sheng mumbled her explanation.

He glanced at her and no longer spoke. Dinner was eaten in a silent atmosphere, even until he drove her home.

Getting out of the car, Mo Sheng said: “Thank you for driving me home.”

He nodded his head and sped away.

Mo Sheng stood there, feeling at a loss. She did not know how long she stood there until she realized people passing by glancing at her strangely, only then did she snap out of it and hurriedly ran upstairs.

8.47: “Blind, blind date?” Mo Sheng shouted at the top of her lungs.

“Keep your voice down!” Hua Xian Zi covered Mo Sheng’s babbling mouth. Then Hua Xian Zi warned her: “You are not allowed to yell out, okay?”

Mo Sheng nodded her head quickly, waited until she was let go and asked: “You want to go on a blind date?”

“Not me alone, it is we.”

“We? Why, why?” Mo Sheng looked critically at Hua Xian Zi.

“We are two of the oldest staff in the agency who do not have a boyfriend. Do you know, if we don’t seize the day, we will not be able to get married?” Hua Xian Zi rushed to check the calendar, “Today’s target is two XX Co. system engineers so you and I going are just right.”

“If go, you go yourself. I am not going.”

“They have two people ah, I cannot handle la …… Ah Sheng, normally do I treat you well? Whether I can get married or not this year is all depended on you.” Hua Xian Zi looked at her pitifully, like an abandoned puppy.

“You can date one at a time ah.”

“No, that is too inefficient. I also need your help.”

“What kind of help?” Mo Sheng said cautiously as it was never easy to help Hua Xian Zi.

Seeing Mo Sheng backing down, Hua Xian Zi took out a lot of things from her desk such as black-rimmed glasses, weird looking wigs, earrings big enough to be bracelets and some very colorful clothes.

“What are those?” Mo Sheng stared at the pile of stuff.

“To make you look ugly to bring out my beauty!”

“…… I am your victim number what?”

10.03: When it was time to get off work, Hua Xian Zi grabbed her and ran downstairs. When they finally reached downstairs, she screamed: “Ah! I forgot to take my ‘sure-win’ lipstick.”

She rushed back up to take the ‘sure win’ blind date lipstick.

Mo Sheng was waiting for her at the front door, suddenly she felt heated. She turned around and unexpectedly saw He Yi Chen.

He met her line of vision and nodded his head at her to send greeting.

Her heart beat faster, could he be here to look for her? It had been almost a month since the ‘silent dinner‘. They have not been in contact so this time, could he be here to look for her ah?

She involuntarily walked towards him.

“How come you are here?”

“Waiting for a person.” He replied briefly.

“Oh, wait ……”

“Yi Chen!” A slender and beautiful woman with a soft feminine voice appeared in her line of vision, making Mo Sheng’s heart sink.

“The person I have been waiting for is here so I will go first.” He flatly told her and left together with that woman.

“Okay, good-bye.”

She just stood there blankly and watched them walk to the direction of the car park. Actually, she did not have the strength to move her feet until Hua Xian Zi appeared and pulled her away. “Why are you standing there foolishly? Walk faster as we are going to be late. I also need to help you put on make-up. Remember, oh, you have to behave a little worse than me ……”

Mo Sheng simply did not need to pretend as during the blind date dinner, she really looked dull and unresponsive, perfectly helping to highlight Hua Xian Zi’s radiance personality.

11.24: He came to wait for her again.

Mo Sheng looked down from the floor-to-ceiling windows and saw He Yi Chen in a simple shirt and pants looking handsome downstairs. In this month, he would come here once every four to five days, then leave together with that beautiful woman.

Today was the weekend, he came again.

He never waited for her before.

“Ah Sheng, Ah Sheng.” Hua Xian Zi squawked. “Hey, today is the weekend, you follow me ……”

“Okay.”

“Uh?” Hua Xian Zi was surprised, “You know what I want to do?”

“Blind date!” Mo Sheng tiredly said. Given her previous “outstanding performance,” Hua Xian Zi regarded her as her “blind date companion” so every weekend, she would drag her to go to blind dates.

But it was really fun to go to blind dates with her since she would not have to worry that men will like her. She only needed to go have dinner and watched Hua Xian Zi put on a show to amuse others.

“Today, what kind of man are you seeing?”

“Hehehe, today is a young and talented man ah, a surgeon, having Western food, hahaha ……”

Mo Sheng could not help but be amused by her attitude. It can’t be deny that she was quite a pro as the blind dates got better and better. Unfortunately, no man has been won over! Instead, due to inexplicable reasons, they either became her good friends or her friends’ husbands. Hua Xian Zi, who was twenty-nine years old and considered old for marriage, vowed to marry any man who would have her.

Due to the need to go home early to “make up”, Mo Sheng left work on time. Thus, it was inevitable to encounter He Yi Chen, who was waiting downstairs. Mo Sheng only wanted to walk pass him with her head down. She did not expect Hua Xian Zi to suddenly stop and look with fierce eyes at He Yi Chen’s……beautiful companion, who was standing beside him.

“This is too much!” Hua Xian Zi gritted her teeth and said angrily. Before Mo Sheng can react, she was pulled by her to stand in front of Yi Chen and that beauty.

“Vixen, you are still seducing men.”

That beauty, although looked delicate and soft, surprisingly said boldly: “Blind date maniac, you’re still dragging other people to accompany you to go to blind dates?” She glanced at Mo Sheng. “She looks a lot prettier than you so you will just be a wallflower and not be able to get married in this lifetime!”

The two people actually began to quarrel. Mo Sheng was dumbstuck and greeted Yi Chen awkwardly. “Hi!”

His complexion seemed rather bad, which was understandable since anyone would not be happy to have the girlfriend being scolded as a vixen.

“Uh, I’m sorry, although she speaks harshly, it is without any bad intent.” Mo Sheng tried to defend Hua Xian Zi.

Yi Chen gave her a killer stare, and his voice sounded cold as ice. “Are you going on a blind date?”

“Uh, yes ……” Mo Sheng did not know what to say but her hesitant attitude would only reaffirm his opinion.

He did not say anything, his expression frigid as he glanced at her then turned around and left.

“Yi Chen, wait for me.” That beauty who quarreled with Hua Xian Zi stopped fighting and hurriedly followed when she saw him leaving.

Mo Sheng temporarily did not have time to sort out her mood because Hua Xian Zi’s expression was really weird, as she actually was …… crying?

Hey, Hua Xian Zi! The Hua Xian Zi who put on a show to amuse others daily was crying?

“Xiao Hong, you are crying just because you failed to win in your quarrel, very shameful ah.”

“What do you know!” Hua Xian Zi stared at her with widely opened and tearful eyes, “She stole my first boyfriend.”

Uh, indeed it was a bitter and deep-seated hatred! Mo Sheng immediately joined her in being angry and patted her shoulder. “There are plenty more fish in the sea. We will find a good one tonight to infuriate her.”

“I’m not angry at her for stealing the person I like. I am angry at her for not cherishing him, resulting in him having a car accident. Then, she abandoned him when he became crippled. How can she be like this ah? Why he still loves this kind of person? Why does he not like me, just because I am not as beautiful as her? Sob, sob …… ”

Mo Sheng listened in surprise. She did not expect the always starry-eyed infatuated Hua Xian Zi would have such a story. Indeed, the person with the more cheerful outward appearance will have a more vulnerable heart inside?

14.28: Because of the quarrel, both of them were late for the first time. Mo Sheng also did not have time to put on ugly makeup. Hua Xian Zi was depressed so she did not take the initiative or put on a show to amuse others. As a result ……

The two outstanding surgeons were actually very interested in them?!

Oh my God! Could this be regarded as a blessing in disguise?

Due to the men’s excessive enthusiasm, the four of them went to a movie, then to a karaoke bar and finally to supper. They stayed out later than eleven p.m. before returning home.

Finally, Mo Sheng was relieved when she saw her home in sight. “Dr. Zheng, I have reached my home. Thank you for sending me back.”

“Oh.” Dr Zheng stopped talking about heart disease and politely said: “Good night, Miss Zhao. I had a good time today.”

“Me too, good night!” Mo Sheng smiling said and waited for him to walk away before going upstairs.

The lights in the corridor were broken so it seemed a bit dark. She walked up to the fourth floor and fumbled for the door key. Suddenly, a tall and dark shadow appeared in her line of vision, Mo Sheng was shocked and dropped her keys on the floor.

“You ……”

Before she could finish talking, she was pulled into a strong embrace and her unsuspecting lips were pressed. He mercilessly ravaged her lips repeatedly. Those fiery kisses even spread to the neck, seemingly wanting to crazily pour out all the pent-up anger. His hand tore open her collar. She started to feel a slight chill in her upper chest, and he immediately covered it with kisses.

Mo Sheng did not have a chance to react but was caught up unprepared in the spellbound and delirious confusion. The ambiguous atmosphere was filled with the smell of alcohol. Alcohol? He had been drinking!

Mo Sheng became more clear-headed and exclaimed in unsteady breath: “Yi Chen!”

He stopped all his movements, buried his head in her neck and rapidly grasped for air.

A long time later, only then his hoarse voice was heard. “I have lost.”

What did this mean?

“After so many years, I still lose to you, suffering a crushing defeat.”

Why did he sound so bitter?

“Yi Chen, what are you saying? Are you drunk?” She asked anxiously.

There was silence, then he suddenly pushed her away. His beautiful eyes shone awkwardly and resentfully in the dark night. His voice sounded strangely sober and cold: “I’m not drunk. I am crazy.”

He turned and suddenly disappeared, like he had suddenly appeared. If not for the slight tingling feeling on the lips, she would think this was a ridiculous dream.

She picked up the keys to open the door. After entering the house, she just stood foolishly at the doorway. If the phone did not suddenly ring, she did not know how long she would stand there.

After picking up the phone, she immediately heard Hua Xian Zi’s excited voice. “Ah Sheng, how are things at your end?”

What? Mo Sheng temporarily did not understand what she was saying.

“Say quickly, ah, did that Dr. Zheng say anything? Did he ask you when to meet up next time?”

“No.”

“How can that be?!” Hua Xian Zi cried out, “He obviously looked very interested.”

He was probably pleased to have someone willing to listen to his “heart and love” special topic lecture.

“How about you?” Mo Sheng did not want to beat around the bush so asked her directly.

“He invited me to watch a movie tomorrow, heehee hee ……” scary laughter came from the other side, “Ah Sheng, starting tomorrow, I want to behave like a lady!”