Chapter 238: The Promise from Seven Years Ago
“The promise from seven years ago?” Mei Fang asked curiously, “Seven years ago… that would be 2005. Weren’t we in the third or fourth grade back then?”
“Fourth grade. It was the year Yuan Yuan and you ran away from home, and also… the year you accompanied me to see my mom’s grave. It was also the year you were preparing to move to Baizhou City.”
“So many things happened that year? I barely have any memory of it.”
Mei Fang scratched his head, “So… what happened that year?”
“That year, just before Yuan Yuan’s birthday, I lost the music box I had planned to give her as a birthday present. It was something I saved up my pocket money for a long time to buy for Yuan Yuan.”
Lin Youxi explained to Mei Fang, “But my family was going through a tough time, and my uncle had just borrowed money from my dad. I didn’t want to trouble my dad, so I made a time capsule by hand overnight as a replacement, intending to give it to Yuan Yuan as a birthday gift.”
“Was there a time like that?!” Mei Fang was surprised, “Why didn’t you ask me for help?”
Lin Youxi gently pinched Mei Fang’s cheek, “Actually, we weren’t that close in elementary school. I was always hanging out with Yuan Yuan, and back then, Ah Fang was just a substitute to get rid of my boredom when Yuan Yuan wasn’t around.”
“That makes me a bit sad…”