If Xu Qizhen hadn't misheard just now...
He might... possibly... have found the unfamiliar friend he'd been searching for all these years.
What if the other person didn't recognize him anymore? What would he do?
Xu Qizhen didn't know.
He wanted to see the other person.
He hadn't found the other person back then, so he'd never seen what they really looked like. That was something he still regretted to this day.
If he knew what the other person looked like...
Would it be easier to find them?
Perhaps...
He wouldn't have been so stubborn about finding them.
Because he'd already found them once.
The game of hide-and-seek... He'd won.
Xu Qizhen had searched every corner of the car.
He didn't know what the point of doing so was.
After all, who could hide in a space that cramped and narrow?
But he hadn't overlooked a single nook or cranny.
He'd called out many times.
Softly.
But inside the car, it would have been loud enough for the other person—
If they really were there—
To hear him.
Xu Qizhen had one more regret now.
Besides never seeing what the other person looked like, he didn't even know their name.
Now, all he could do was call out to them with a vague nickname.
How would the other person know he was looking for them?
Xu Qizhen stopped moving.
He let out a deep sigh in his heart.
He'd been searching for so many years...
And now that he'd finally found a clue...
He suddenly felt too tired to go on.
Even though he knew no more now than he had back then.
After searching all these years...
Was he going to give up just before the finish line?
Xu Qizhen shook his head