Free Web NovelChapter 189: Chapter 138: Li Zhi’s University Memories (Part 2)
’Damn! Now that I think about it, I guess I was a real jerk.’
Just as Shen Yuan was lost in self-reflection, he suddenly noticed Li Zhi pull her phone out of her pocket.
The moment Li Zhi turned on her phone screen, Shen Yuan saw a faint smile appear on her face.
The smile was like a blooming spring flower, warm and gentle, sending a tremor through Shen Yuan’s heart.
Then, Li Zhi raised her phone and took a picture of her food bowl.
Her fingers then flew across the screen, clearly texting someone.
’Who is she having such a happy chat with?’
His curiosity thoroughly piqued, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but lean closer, trying to get a clear look at Li Zhi’s phone screen.
Unfortunately, due to the angle, he couldn’t see a thing. He could only vaguely make out her fingers flying across the keyboard as the smile on her lips grew wider.
Shen Yuan couldn’t help but smile at the sight.
’Good, she can still smile. I was starting to think you always walked around school looking like you had a bone to pick with the world.’
As he thought this, the memory fragment began to blur.
After leaving the cafeteria, Shen Yuan continued to cruise around the Zhejiang University campus on his bike.
He found the third memory fragment in an academic building.
Li Zhi had just gotten out of class and was about to leave the room when a tall boy suddenly appeared before her.
The boy was holding an exquisite gift box and seemed to be reciting something.
Shen Yuan stood off to the side, watching the scene with curiosity.
However, despite not being far away, he couldn’t hear a word the boy was saying.
As for lip-reading, that was completely out of the question for Shen Yuan; he had no idea how to do it.
From the boy’s gestures and expression, Shen Yuan could guess his intention—he was most likely confessing his feelings to Li Zhi.
On a campus brimming with youthful energy, romance was a perfectly normal part of life.
To Shen Yuan’s complete lack of surprise, while the boy was still talking nonstop, Li Zhi rejected him without a moment’s hesitation.
Shen Yuan still couldn’t hear what Li Zhi said, but he could see her firm posture and decisive refusal.
’Damn it, I have to learn how to read lips in the future!’ Shen Yuan cursed inwardly.
After hearing what Li Zhi said, the boy’s face filled with obvious disappointment and dejection.
He silently put the gift box away and turned to leave.
After rejecting the boy, Li Zhi didn’t linger and quickly walked out of the classroom.
She took out her phone, a slight smile on her lips, and appeared to be sending a message.
Shen Yuan watched all of this from a distance. He still couldn’t see the specifics of her message, but he had a faint suspicion—she was probably texting him.
’So, Li Zhi and I were still in touch after we started university?’
’But... why did I never go and see her?’
Shen Yuan frowned, at a loss for words.
As Li Zhi sent a voice message, this memory fragment began to fade.
The fourth memory fragment was located downstairs from her dormitory. freёwebnovel.com
Li Zhi stood alone beneath the dorm building, watching the downpour outside, her thoughts a mystery.
Moving through the Zhejiang University campus, Shen Yuan felt like a ghost drifting through different timelines, his only purpose to see what Li Zhi’s university life had been like.
In the end, Shen Yuan only found four of Li Zhi’s memory fragments.
And after finding the fourth memory fragment, another one of Shen Yuan’s missions was completed.
The moment he obtained the Bright Eyes Skill, Shen Yuan felt a stinging sensation in his eyes, followed by a rush of tears.
But after the tears passed, he found the world before him had become much sharper.
’Nice. My vision is back to its peak.’
Just then, his gaze suddenly fell upon a group of girls walking together.
For a moment, Shen Yuan froze on the spot.
The sunset split the long library table into light and shadow. The pearl in Li Zhi’s tied-up hair gleamed in the hazy light, the soft RUSTLE of her pen on paper the only sound to keep her company.
Amidst the steam of the cafeteria, she raised her phone to a solitary bowl of beef over rice. The screen’s cold light illuminated the smiling corners of her eyes behind her glasses, but it couldn’t light up the empty seat across from her.
The torrential rain washed over the dormitory’s glass curtain wall. She stood under the eaves, clutching her books, a lone silhouette. Rainwater pooled at her feet into a winding river, its reflection holding only her solitary figure.
But now, the girls before him walked arm in arm, their floral skirts weaving together like summer vines, their bell-like laughter startling sparrows from the branches.
This vibrant, lively scene was like a fine needle that, without warning, pierced the heavy fog that had long settled over Shen Yuan’s heart.
His chest suddenly tightened, as if struck by a heavy blow, leaving him breathless.
Shen Yuan subconsciously clenched the handlebars of his bike, his knuckles turning white from the force.
The sharp vision granted by Bright Eyes made him see the loneliness in Li Zhi’s memory fragments with even greater clarity.
Shen Yuan let out a long sigh.
He suddenly no longer wanted to stay here. freēwebnovel.com
His original plan to wander around the Zhejiang University area was instantly abandoned.
His high-speed train was at 3 p.m., but it was only 11 a.m. now.
After riding his bike away from Zhejiang University, Shen Yuan immediately headed for the North Bus Station.
He wanted to see when the next bus back to Jiyang was.
He wanted to go back sooner.
Shen Yuan quickly arrived at the North Bus Station and bought a ticket for the 12:30 p.m. bus.
