Yesterday afternoon, the sky had been overcast.
By the early hours of August 10th, a light rain had begun to fall.
Luo Ye got into the pink AMG and started the car.
Su Baizhou sat in the passenger seat.
The surroundings were silent. The sound of the engine drowned out the rain falling on the flowers, grass, and trees, breaking the stillness of the night.
The wipers swept back and forth across the windshield, wiping away the raindrops.
The lights at night were bright, so Su Baizhou wore a pink jacket over her white dress.
She wore white heeled sandals, though the heels were not high at all, only around two or three centimeters.
Heels that were too high were uncomfortable, and on bumpy roads, they even made it easy to fall while walking. Two or three centimeters were just right.
Luo Ye drove off, heading for the place they had planned in advance.
Longjing Mountain, in the outskirts of Jiangcheng.
It was an hour's drive, twenty-seven kilometers in total. Twenty kilometers of main road took half an hour, while seven kilometers of mountain road also took half an hour.
Through the faint drizzle, the car left the Family Building and traveled through the quiet streets toward the destination on the navigation.
Su Baizhou leaned against the window, watching the droplets sliding down the glass. "Will there be a sunrise?"
"There will."
Luo Ye answered without the slightest hesitation, utterly certain.
There would definitely be a sunrise today, regardless of whether it rained or what the weather was like.
The sunrise would surely arrive as promised.
As they neared the outskirts, the scenery along the road changed from towering buildings to the old-fashioned two- and three-story homes of a small town.
Then gradually, it became rows of trees. Beyond the