Chapter 436: Seniority
When she emerged, the sky outside was still dark, in fact, it was only around ten o’clock, but now she couldn’t sleep anymore, so she casually picked up a book and began to flip through it, page by page, reading without knowing how much time had passed before she fell asleep. The next day, when she woke up, the book was still in her hands, coincidentally opened to that one page, marked by traces of her reading.
Friends gather with no regard to age; on this day of reunion, you just happen to come as I am here. The water is just right, the tea is just perfect. You come, from a crowd of strangers, like a chance meeting in this vast jianghu. Relationships formed over myriad lifetimes, all prearranged.
Nodding with a smile, staying silent without a word, simply lifting the tea cup is enough. Within this cup, lie infinite causes and effects, a gentle sip is all it takes, no need to delve deeper.
Everyone has their own story, either quietly daydreaming, enjoying a moment of vacant respite, or forgetting it all in laughter and conversation with you.
You just happen to come, I happen to be here.
She closed the book and placed it on the bedside table, outside, the warmth of the early rising sun permeated, while at this moment, it’s the refreshing coolness of autumn.
Opening the door, a slight breeze greeted her face, and not far under the big tree, two large dogs were lying there, seemingly basking in the sun; soon after, they exposed their bellies. A young man was squatting on the ground, seemingly talking to them, his fingers on the head of one of the dogs.
For an instant, it seemed as though the light outside was a bit too strong; Qin Chunuan found it hard to keep her eyes open. She shielded her eyes with her hand, and upon opening them again, she saw the man now standing under the parasol tree, tall and elegant, standing against the wind, his hair sometimes tousled by the breeze, his countenance clean and crisp.
He had long passed the age of fluttering white robes, had moved on from chasing girls of his younger years, and had even forgotten the girl he once shared a desk with.
Yet after all these years, what remained etched in his life were not just the times that had passed but perhaps the maturity and worldly wisdom gifted to him.