Xiao Xiao smiled.
Lu Huan smiled too.
Yes. No matter what anyone else thought, he was just as hopeful about seeing Yingying.
Maybe one day in the future, just like today, he would unexpectedly run into Yingying again.
Yingying hadn't disappeared from his world.
Maybe at some street corner he passed, Yingying would be sitting in a café.
Her smile sweet, her curved brows and eyes revealing a hint of foxlike mischief.
Lu Huan returned to the men's dormitory with Xiao Xiao.
"Goodbye, Master Xiao."
"Thank you so much for helping with Yingying today."
Xiao Xiao smiled and shook his head. "Goodbye, Lu Huan."
With that, he turned and continued down the hall.
His dorm was a little farther in.
Lu Huan watched Master Xiao knock on a door.
It opened and closed, and Master Xiao disappeared inside.
After a brief daze, he opened the door in front of him as well.
"Click."
The door shut, and the hallway fell quiet again.
With Christmas drawing near, the festive atmosphere on campus and in the streets grew ever stronger.
For Xiao Xiao, it only really registered when Christmas songs began playing over the campus radio.
Oh, Christmas was almost here.
Feeling the excitement faintly radiating from the students around him, he couldn't help letting the corners of his mouth turn up slightly.
"Guys, are you all free this Friday night?"
Zhang Bo walked into the dorm. Before he'd even closed the door, his booming voice burst out impatiently.
"This Friday?"
Zhuge Yun frowned. Wasn't that...
"Christmas," Zhao Luzheng said.
"Right, right. Christmas," Zhuge Yun exclaimed, suddenly understanding. Then he looked at Zhang Bo suspiciously. "What's up? You asking if we're busy on Christmas night?"
"Just so we're clear, I'm not going shopping with a bunch of guys."