I almost touched the moon

After returning home, Wen Song found the long-forgotten ring from the bottom of the jewelry cabinet. After so long, the light constructed by platinum and diamonds was still bright and sparkling under the light.

After returning to Munich from Tokyo last year, Wen Song hid the ring in the bottom drawer of the jewelry cabinet. She has never been a superstitious person, but she stubbornly believes that the loss of the ring was a hint, telling her not to think about Cheng Che anymore.

However, today, she couldn't help but wonder why he came to her class. If he just wanted to see her, there was no need to go through so much trouble.

Moreover, she still remembered that when she mentioned the scandal many years ago, Cheng Che told her that he could explain it. Even the moment he held her wrist, she smelled the familiar perfume, the scent of Byredo Gypsy Water, just like five years ago.

Wen Song sighed, his head hurting even more because of getting up early for class. He put the ring back at the bottom of the drawer, took a shower, and went back to bed to catch up on some sleep.

After Wen Song left, Cheng Che did not go home. He strolled alone in the campus of the University of Munich. The School of Physics was still the same as before, but the slightly older building made it look even more solemn.

"Why is our Fakult?t fur physik (Faculty of Physics) building so old? It's old and outdated, and the design is very ordinary. It's square and has no aesthetic appeal at all."

Cheng Che smiled and said, "Why don't you work hard, return to LMU and become the dean of the department, and then hire me to help you design it again."

"You're too expensive. I can't afford it." Wen Song looked up at him and joked, "And we don't have the funds to build a building."

"It's okay. I'll bring my own funds." Cheng Che lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips. "All I need is Professor Iseylia to marry me."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a wry smile, thinking of her confidence and rigor in class today.

And when she met him, she had a calm expression, she just smiled and said, "You don't seem to be in our program." Cheng Che even suspected that Wen Song might not have recognized him at all.

But what can he do? Just as Wen Song said, he was the one who broke up with her five years ago, so no matter what her attitude is, it's normal. Thinking of this, Cheng Che glanced at the photo on the home screen of his phone and made up his mind. At worst, he could just chase her again.

He tried to call Wen Song, but no one answered. Thinking of what Wen Song said before she left, "I'm going home to sleep," she must be sleeping. He suddenly felt that nothing seemed to have changed. She was still the same, getting up early and going home to catch up on her sleep.

Before leaving the University of Munich, Cheng Che sent a WeChat message to Cheng Xuan, "I have something to do, so I'll leave first. You can go home by yourself."

Cheng Xuan replied very quickly, [Brother, your house is too far away. The tram can’t get there, and I don’t have money to take a taxi].

Cheng Che was so upset after reading his message that he immediately transferred some money to him and replied, "Aren't you in the library? Read carefully."

He is clearly a professional, so why are his younger brother and Wen Song completely different? In the past, Wen Song would not even look at the information in the library the whole day.

Because of this, they had many quarrels, and every time he complained that Wen Song didn't care about her. At that time, she would always explain patiently and promise him that she would reply in time next time, but next time, she would still wait until she left the library late at night before replying him.

"I was really childish at that time. I guess it must have made you very tired." Cheng Che said to himself. In the second year after they separated, he realized that he was the one who really didn't consider the other person.

He was childish and sensitive and imposed all his emotional needs on her, completely forgetting that her studies had already occupied all her energy. Their love not only failed to make her feel at ease, but instead gave her greater pressure.

On the way home, Cheng Che received a call from his assistant, "Mr. Cheng, the house you asked me to buy is ready to be signed. When are you available?"

"Any time." Cheng Che spoke immediately, then hesitated for a moment, "Wait a moment, I have something else to do here, can you help me pay the deposit first, thank you."

During the nap, Wen Song was not asleep, but half asleep and half awake. In her dream, she saw Cheng Che's resolute eyes when he left five years ago. And three years ago in Beijing, when she saw him, a girl called him affectionately, "A Che, hurry up, everyone is waiting for us." He didn't see her at such a close distance.

She didn't sleep for long, and when she woke up it was just after two in the afternoon. She checked her cell phone and saw a few emails and a phone number that hadn't appeared in many years.

Wen Song glanced at the emails and found one of them was from Cheng Xuan, asking if she could ask about her make-up exam for the planetary science paper.

Wen Song replied, "If I gave you extra guidance on reset essay, it wouldn't be fair to other students. You can e to my office after deadline, I will grade it immediately and tell you the shortings in your essay."

(If I give you extra guidance on your re-examination paper, it will be unfair to other students. You can come to my office after the deadline and I will grade you immediately and tell you the deficiencies in your paper.)

Everyone knew that she would not give extra guidance before papers or exams. There were students who had asked her before, but she had rejected them all. Cheng Xuan could not have been unaware of this. She couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Cheng Che had told his brother about their relationship, so he was trying to get close to her?

Wen Song rolled his eyes speechlessly, looked at the missed call on his phone and called back. Cheng Che answered quickly, speaking gently, "Sister, are you awake?"

It was a very lighthearted sentence, as if they had not broken up at all, but just temporarily separated because of some trivial matters. He returned to Munich and, as usual, asked her softly after she woke up from her nap.

But how could she pretend not to hear what had happened? Wen Song felt even more unhappy. After five years of separation, she was heartbroken, but he acted as if nothing had happened.

"What's the matter?" Wen Song's tone seemed particularly cold, but in his heart, he was still secretly happy. Was his call because he still loved her?

"Would you like to have dinner together when you are free?" Cheng Che asked tentatively. "You decide the time and place. Or I can come to my sister's house and cook for you. Are you still living in the same place?"

"Dinner is fine." Wen Song agreed without hesitation. She was even too lazy to figure out why she agreed so readily.

"Tonight at six o'clock, you can choose the place, I'm fine with it."

"Then I will cook for my sister, okay?"

Cheng Che remembered that Lu Mingqian had told him that the most important thing to do when chasing a girl, especially when you want to win back someone you've hurt, is to be "shameless." No matter how cold and indifferent the other person is, or even if you beat him up, you have to stick to her with a straight face. As long as she's not completely heartless, there will be a chance.

Hearing the silence on the other end of the phone, Cheng Che continued, "If sister doesn't want to eat the food I cook, then how about we go eat Japanese food? There's a new Japanese restaurant in Munich, it's a branch of the Juiwu restaurant in Düsseldorf that you often go to. I saw the reviews say it tastes pretty good. How about we go eat there?"

"Kimchi and tofu soup." That was the first place she and Cheng Che went to eat alone. She had been there many times over the years, but she always felt that the taste was not familiar.

"Okay." Cheng Che said with a smile, "That's where we had our first meal. I'll pick you up?"

"No need." Wen Song didn't like his pretense of being relaxed and trying to get close to others. They didn't have any relationship now and shouldn't be so close.

"Meet me at the restaurant at six."