"It seemed like there had been a similar message before."
"So, did you want to go?"
"No."
Su Wen merely spoke calmly about the high school reunion, but he had no intention of attending.
After all, once everyone entered the review phase during the second half of senior year, the two of them had rarely spent entire days at school.
Normally speaking,
the gold medals they had won in those national and even international physics competitions were enough to guarantee their admission to Coastal University. If they applied to study abroad, they would most likely receive top-tier scholarships as well.
Thinking of that, he could not help smiling and shaking his head.
"I'd rather wait for Azure Dawn's new chapter."
"Could it be...?"
The girl's eyes sparkled as though she had thought of something.
"Something from before?"
"Yes.
A story about the Lost Sea."
Su Wen did not keep her in suspense and continued gently,
"Of course, Azure Dawn's stories would not portray us as the protagonists. On the contrary, they were more complete stories belonging to civilization itself."
As an epic-length story, the journey to develop the Lost Sea was indeed substantial enough to premiere during the New Year season.
The two of them continued chatting like that,
leisurely passing two days amid the dreamlike Jiangnan water town, which had yet to awaken from the long winter night.
The New Year was drawing near,
but at noon on the day before New Year's Eve,
Su Wen, lying in bed and idling as usual, suddenly heard his phone ring over and over.
"There's no need to rush to class today.
Miss Jiang shouldn't be calling at this hour."
He rubbed his eyes, pulled out his phone, and pressed the answer button.
Then,
a voice he had not expected came from