In order for Su Rourou to take the postgraduate entrance examination more at ease, Lin Shu and Su Changqing bought a single apartment near H University, thinking that she would move out to live sooner or later after she graduates and works.
Ke Shaoze parked the car in the parking lot downstairs, and after turning off the engine, he sat motionless, showing no intention of getting out of the car.
Su Rourou coughed twice, and asked tentatively: "Well... shall I go first?"
Ke Shaoze's body remained motionless, he just turned his face slightly to look at her: "Yes."
Under the dim light, his side face was covered with a layer of sadness, Su Rourou asked with some concern: "Are... are you really okay?"
"It's okay." Ke Shaoze's voice was a little hoarse, "Go back and rest first."
Su Rourou is no longer the Su Rourou of the past, she is no longer so simple and stupid. She knew that something must be wrong with Ke Shaoze, but he didn't want to tell her. That being the case, she couldn't ask any more questions.
Thinking of this, she smiled at him and waved goodbye: "Be careful when driving on the road."
After walking a few steps, she heard someone calling her name behind her: "Brother Rou!"
Ke Shaoze's voice came along with the cool spring night wind, with a barely perceptible tremor at the end.
Su Rourou looked back suspiciously: "Huh? Do you have something to tell me?"
"No... nothing." Ke Shaoze hesitated for a moment, and smiled at her for the first time since today, although that smile was a bit far-fetched, "I just want to say good night to you."
Then, he just sat motionless in front of the car window, watching her small figure disappear into the night, and the hand on the steering wheel unconsciously clenched into a fist...
Su Rourou's bachelor apartment is located on the 22nd floor. The moment she walked into the elevator, she suddenly felt that today's elevator was a bit strange. In the air, there was a faint scent of mint, just like the smell he had once had.
She shook her head with some self-mockery. This minty fragrance... is actually not uncommon. She must be a little oversensitive.
Maybe, it just happened to be that a child ate mints in the elevator, or someone just wore this scent...
Even so, her heart that had been dusty for many years still throbbed because of this familiar fragrance.
The elevator stopped on the 22nd floor with a "ding", and the door opened slowly, letting in the lights in the corridor.
The lights in the corridor were dim as usual, but... the air was filled with the fragrance of mint that wasn't used to.
Su Rourou's footsteps became slower and slower, her heartbeat became more and more violent...
For some reason, she had a vague premonition—he was around her, very close to her, waiting for her.
The sound of thumping footsteps echoed in the empty corridor, mixed with the sound of her "thumping" heartbeat...
After walking for as long as a century, Su Rourou finally came to her house and slowly took out the key. The metal keys jingled in the silence, which was especially clear.
The key turned a circle in the lock, and there was a "click" sound... Su Rourou put her hand on the doorknob, but she never had the courage to push the door open.
In case, it's not what she imagined, then... Will she be disappointed again? In the past few years, she had felt that he was around her countless times, and even on the night of her 20th birthday, she clearly saw him. But when she chased him out, he had already disappeared.
The hand on the doorknob was exerted little by little, and the brown solid wood door opened little by little...
A gust of night wind came out from the crack of the door, bringing with it a stronger scent of mint.