Chapter 24: The Conspiracy Begins to Emerge

  At dusk, the sunset, twilight, passes through a winding path, and climbs up dozens of steps to finally find the buyer's pavilion.

  He vividly remembered that there was a round table in the pavilion, which made him think of the scene where the girl and her boyfriend were chatting together while he was the beautiful angel, and the two meals were their candlelight dinner.

  Even without the romantic lights, Qiu Tao's heart would still feel a little lost.

  But he soon walked out of the illusion.

  On the table, there were two cups of milk with straws still on them, clearly untouched, as if waiting for someone. On the other side, a person was holding a book called "Beijing Diary", covering his face, and some other books were placed on the table, apparently her professional books.

  There was no doubt that she was the buyer. Due to the table and books blocking his line of sight, Qiu Tao could only see her wearing a pair of canvas shoes.

  Qiu Tao was a bit nervous, after all, it was the first time he met with an old customer who had been in contact for over a year, but he quickly adjusted his complicated mood and treated the person in front of him as a takeaway little brother's special term.

  "Miss, your takeout has arrived," Qiu Tao asked softly, afraid of disturbing the person who was concentrating.

  "Wah, Qiu Tao, you really came!!!! Haha...…"

  The girl threw down the thing she was holding and jumped up with a loud cry, her crazy behavior utterly mismatched with the blue skirt that fell just above her knees.

  Qiu Tao was also stunned when he heard a familiar voice and saw a young face, and he almost didn't dare to believe his eyes.

  "Zhou Xiaoran, how are you here? It's been over a year since I've heard from you and now you're all grown up into a big girl, where have you been?"

  Qiu Tao still pointed at her head and said just like he did in high school when they sat together.

  "Dummy, I've been following you all along!!!" Xiaorong's face flushed with a hint of redness.

  But under the twilight, it's not obvious, that suppressed laughter in her heart wouldn't disperse for a long time. She wasn't a gentle and elegant girl who couldn't reveal her teeth when smiling. As early as high school, Qiu Tao had gotten used to her carefree appearance, if she became gentle and refined, he would feel uncomfortable instead.

  "Look at you, you're already a university student and still can't behave yourself. You scared me half to death just now! Humph, here's your food!!" She said, intentionally placing the dishes in the middle of the table.

  Night falls, dusk drags away the radiance it absorbed all day, leaving only specks of starlight.

  A gentle breeze, the lights in the woods had already lit up, and the two of them chatted for a long time in that pavilion, pouring out all the joys and sorrows that had happened to each other over the past year.

  It wasn't until two years later, at the same time and place, that Qiu Tao realized which day was worth commemorating - her birthday, which was actually Zhou Xiaorong's premeditated love.

  The next day, the two of them appeared at 'Lan Xuan', working together, delivering takeout together, accompanying the moon back home, and living a fulfilling high school life together, getting scholarships, and having many, many plans.

  That's silently expecting!

  Perhaps, that's how it started between them, but neither of them had explicitly stated that they were each other's soulmate, and without the other's consent, they secretly placed each other in their hearts, a longing to guard love, the fruit of happiness they had been pursuing.

  It still comes down to one word in the other person's world, which is "fate". Is it his or hers? Just like Zhou Xiaorong doesn't know why she wants to tease Qiu Tao.