Because the Lunar New Year came early this year and train tickets were hard to get, Lin Luoxue went home after spending only two days with Wang Yan.
No matter how disappointed she was in her parents, how many grievances she had, or how resolutely she spoke, she still wanted warmth. Because she was someone capable of deep feelings, and in that regard, she would always be the one at a disadvantage.
She said she would ignore her younger brother and stop caring about her parents, but if they truly cried and begged her, she could never bring herself to be cruel. It was even possible that, because of all the emotions she had suppressed for so many years, their pleading would give her a sense of being needed—as if she had finally fit in, finally received the affection she had always wanted...
So Wang Yan spent the New Year alone again. But truly speaking, throughout his more than a thousand years traveling across countless worlds, spending New Year's alone had actually been quite rare. His heart was lonely, but he was never alone in his surroundings.
On New Year's Eve, Ye Jiping, far away overseas, called him. He asked about how their classmates had been doing, showed concern for the food and drinks on Wang Yan's table, and said that he had recommended Wang Yan's documentary to the teachers and students there. After learning that Wang Yan was only a sophomore, everyone had given his documentary very high praise.
Not that he needed their praise. Back in December, Wang Yan had received the Best Student Documentary Award at the Documentary Academy Awards. It carried real weight.
And when Wang Yan attended an event before, he had also heard that they intended to nominate him for Best Documentary Series in