"Huang Tian, I don't mean to look down on you, but we really do live in different worlds. I hope you can understand that."
At dusk, two figures stood beside a thicket on a little-used, tree-lined path at Fuwen University.
One was a man in his early twenties, tall and handsome, with black-framed glasses that gave him a scholarly air. His clothes were plain, though, and he clearly had little money.
Facing him was a tall woman in a mist-blue silk blouse, straight black trousers, and black ankle boots. Her neat short hair stirred in the evening breeze. Her features were as exquisite as an elf's, without a trace of visible makeup.
The woman said coolly, "You got into Fuwen University, so you're doing well by ordinary standards. After graduation, you can find a decent job, marry someone whose temperament and family circumstances suit yours, and live a peaceful life."
"But, Su Yuan, I'm serious!" Huang Tian blurted, his expression anxious. "If you'll be my girlfriend, I promise I'll—"
Su Yuan's face grew colder. She stepped back, turned, and walked away, leaving one sentence to drift back on the wind. "This world is more complicated than you imagine. Be an ordinary person. Live out your life quietly. That's my advice to you."
Huang Tian wanted to hurry after her, pour out all the affection in his heart and every dream he had of a happy future, and somehow move her. Yet though he desperately wanted to take a step, he stood frozen as if trapped in a nightmare, his heart aching with bitterness and grief.
Dusk cast an orange-red glow through the trees, revealing a slight figure behind one of them. Watching Huang Tian's heartbroken expression, she felt a sharp ache of her own.
The person she liked was pining