A popular female live streamer with a constant stream of wealthy patrons.

"We...we didn't..."

Xu Qinghuan's voice choked with sobs, and tears fell one after another.

She never expected it, she really never expected it...

It turns out that someone had been quietly protecting her since junior high school! She had always thought she was unloved.

"Huh? Not together?" The proprietress was stunned. "But he came by a year ago and even sponsored us to keep the business running. He left us his phone number and said that if we needed anything financially in the future, we should contact him again."

She thought the two of them had been together for a long time!

"Auntie... could you send me this photo?"

"Sure! Go back and find this young man. He loves you so much, don't let him down! There aren't many men in this world who are so considerate and caring, don't miss out."

Xu Qinghuan silently raised her head, her lips moved, and she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Auntie, next time he comes, could you please not tell him I've been here?"

"Why?"

"We can't be together for some reasons. I hope he can forget me and move on."

The proprietress frowned, her face full of confusion. "What reason could there be! As long as you both have feelings for each other, there's nothing that can't be resolved! Look at your uncle and me, we argue every day, and when we encounter those trivial things in life, we accumulate them and even threaten to get a divorce, but we've still lived our whole lives like this, haven't we?"

Xu Qinghuan lowered her eyes and shook her head.

“Our situation…is unsolvable, and besides, he’s already married.”

She hoped it would just be a minor argument, just some trivial matter in life.

"Sigh! I think you two are a perfect match, what a pity." The proprietress sighed and got up to serve Xu Qinghuan some food.

This was probably the meal that Xu Qinghuan had the most complicated feelings about.

She didn't know if the bowl contained soup or her own tears; in any case, the tear stains on her face never dried.

Looking at the profile picture of Fu Yanshi on her phone, Xu Qinghuan touched it again and again.

He has lost weight.

They definitely didn't eat properly.

The light that once shone in his dark eyes had faded considerably. Was it because of... himself?

After she finished eating, she got up to pay the bill, but the proprietress waved her hand and said, "No need! Consider it a treat from your uncle and aunt. That young man was able to help us so much because of you. In a way, you are our benefactor. Come back and visit us often when you have time."

"Auntie, please take this money. I'll come back to visit often."

Seeing that she insisted, the proprietress accepted it, saying, "Alright then! I'll definitely come back often."

Xu Qinghuan had already walked out of the shop when she hesitated for a moment, then turned back and urged, "Auntie, please don't tell him..."

Even after she walked out the door, she could still hear the landlady sighing.

This might be the only person who genuinely wants to be with Fu Yanshi.

……

After leaving the restaurant, Xu Qinghuan didn't want to go back to the hotel, so she walked along the street.

She was very familiar with the roads in Jingzhou; she had walked this little path countless times when she was on her way to school!

Xu Qinghuan thought that Fu Yanshi must have been observing her a lot back then, maybe even secretly watching her from behind.

At that time, I was only focused on making money and studying, and I never thought about anything else.

The thought that Fu Yanshi, such an excellent student, had a crush on me back in junior high school and persisted for so many years felt both absurd and... touching.