"No... no need. It's getting late. I need to go home. You should hurry home too."
Li Qingqing could not help taking several steps back. The person before her was gradually starting to frighten her.
Then Li Qingqing switched into verbal-evasion mode and turned to walk away.
Old Garden, meanwhile, seemed to have activated simp mode, persistently following behind Li Qingqing.
Li Qingqing looked exactly like that figure from his memories. Ever since that figure had died, his longing had become a heart demon.
This time, whether it was the obsession in his heart at work or something else, only Old Garden himself knew.
And so, Li Qingqing kept walking ahead, while Old Garden followed like her bodyguard, escorting her all the way.
At last, this constant following began to disgust Li Qingqing.
"Can you stop following me?"
Li Qingqing turned to look at Old Garden. This time, she had exploded completely.
Old Garden clung to her like dog-skin plaster. They had only met for the first time—who wouldn't be angry?
"Me? I'm just going the same way. The same way."
Old Garden scratched his head awkwardly. He wanted to turn around and leave too, but a voice in his heart constantly urged him to follow the woman before him. He was helpless as well.
"Fine... the same way. I believe you."
Hearing Old Garden's answer, Li Qingqing took a deep breath and finally said in a low voice. Then she turned and continued forward.
Her pace grew faster and faster, until she was practically running. Along the way, she crashed through the bushes. There had originally been a small path ahead.
But perhaps to avoid Old Garden, or for some other reason, she forcibly carved out a new path all by herself.
Yet no matter how she ran, Old