No right to interfere, no room for compromise

  Shen Nan suddenly remembered that he had agreed to leave the balcony earlier, and the spacious balcony around him suddenly made Tang Jijie feel much quieter.

  Is this considered letting oneself off? Giving oneself a chance to catch one's breath and be reborn? The sunlight outside grew warmer, making her unable to help but smile slightly towards the sunny side.

  After agreeing to stay, Tang Jiji felt extremely guilty towards Jian Wei, apologizing for wasting her time and missing the overseas school's reporting time. As a result, Tang Jiji fawned over Jian Wei excessively, trying to make amends. Jian Wei, however, simply waved her hand and said there was no need to apologize, leaving Tang Jiji deeply moved by such an understanding friend.

  A few days later, at the airport farewell scene, Tang Jiji stared at Jian Wei's figure dragging a large suitcase. She was a bit pretentious, hugging Jian Wei and not letting her go: "Jian Wei, I miss you so much, what should I do? Don't go, okay?"

  Jian Wei also cooperated with Tang Ji to squeeze out a few tears: "I'm also reluctant to part with you, but my dream is to study in Germany, while your dream is to stay in Nanjing. Don't worry, we'll keep in touch often. By the way, the batch of goods that our online store has been entrusted to handle is now handed over to you..." Jian Wei had just pretended to be sentimental for a minute before starting to attend to the matters of the online store again.

  Tang Jiji: "......"

  "Hey! Tang Jiji, let me go quickly!" Jian Yun didn't expect Tang Jiji to hold her even tighter, and she hastily shouted at Shen Nanxiao who was standing behind them: "Shen Nanxiao! Take your Tang Jiji away, I'm about to go through security check!"

  Shen Nan was just about to walk over when Tang Jiji immediately let go of Jian Wei, with a look that couldn't wait for Jian Wei to roll away: "Get lost!"

  "Get lost! I'll harass you with phone calls when I get to Germany..." Jian Qing seemed not surprised at all by Tang Jiji's sudden change of attitude, and instead naturally pulled her suitcase towards the security checkpoint.

  Both of them knew that they were afraid of separation, and both used this attitude to cover up their unease. Tang Jiji watched as Jian Qi passed through security check, the airport was once again bustling with people, and everywhere could be seen reluctant goodbyes, she bit her lip and turned around to walk away.

  "Are you heartbroken?" Shen Nan followed closely behind her footsteps.

  "I'm starving!" Tang Jiji shouted at him, forcing back her tears. This bastard, wherever she goes he follows!

  "Then let's go home and have dinner."

  “……”

  ……

  Tang Jiji left the Shen's residence early in the afternoon, packing her luggage without letting Shen Nanxiao or his mother know. She took a taxi and finally arrived at the main gate of Nanjing University, where she got out of the car and pulled her blue suitcase while looking up at the golden four characters on the gate: Nanjing University

  It was as if I had found a long-lost sense of belonging in an instant.

  It's just past three, and people are coming and going through the main gate in a steady stream. Groups of three or five wearing different school uniforms walk shoulder to shoulder into the campus. In the distance, behind the gate, one can vaguely see the lush evergreen trees standing tall. Tang Jiji was about to step forward when she was startled by a burst of flirtatious banter and turned her head to look.

  A boy was riding a tandem bicycle with a girl towards the school gate, both wearing couple shirts. Behind him was a girl who had her arms tightly wrapped around his waist, she leaned her head on the boy's shoulder and pouted: "Du Wei, why are you still riding so slowly? If it's like this, I won't talk to you anymore."

  The boy seemed a bit shy under the pedestrians' sidelong glances: "Wen Le, stop messing around. It's always been me riding the bicycle for two people, why don't you pedal?"

  "Hmm." The girl let out a cold hum and didn't say another word, the boy seemed to be afraid of her getting angry and hastily quickened his pace riding into the school gate, but in the instant he turned his head, he inadvertently met Tang Jiji's gaze, Du Wei's face inevitably reddened.

  "Hmph, you see a beauty and your face turns red..." Wen Le's face was slightly puffed up, very cute. This bicycle was getting farther and farther away from Tang Jiji, she could vaguely hear that boy named Du Wei continuously apologizing and coaxing, but the voice was getting farther and farther away, until Tang Jiji couldn't see them or hear their voices anymore.

  These familiar scenes kept swirling in Tang Jiji's mind, going back to her second year of high school. At that time, Tang Jiji also liked to let Ye Ning carry her on his bicycle into the school gate, and she was extremely enjoying the envy and admiration from her classmates around her, as if showing off her happiness to the world.

  Forget it, she patted her own face with a look of frustration and said to herself: "Do you think Ye Ning would believe in being useful? He's already said that the two people should take care of their own lives."

  No right to interfere, no way to cross. These eight words Tang Ji would always remember were the words that Ye Ning had given her, but every time she thought of them, her heart was in a twist of pain.