An ordinary sheet of white paper bore an ordinary name.
It was even a name shared by countless people.
There was nothing secret about it.
Yet Song Ning still smiled and took it from him. "I didn't write those two characters very neatly! Don't take it!"
As she spoke, she crumpled it into a ball and tossed it into the wastebasket beside her.
Li Yanzhou thought nothing of it.
But after a moment's thought, he turned to Song Ning and said:
"Actually, after this project ended, my superiors spoke to me. They said I'd been selected for the next confidential project! This time, I'm the only one, and it'll take a long time. It could be a year, or it could be many years. I might not be able to continue my studies at all! It'll affect my life afterward, too! They want my answer tomorrow, but I haven't made up my mind! Song Ning, you're the most thoughtful young person I've ever met. If it were you, what would you choose?"
Song Ning froze. It felt as though something had suddenly exploded in her head, leaving her mind momentarily blank.
Seeing her standing there in a daze, Li Yanzhou chuckled to himself.
"Listen to me! If I can't make up my own mind, how could you possibly know?"
He picked up the stack of documents on the table, waved, and walked out.
Song Ning watched him leave, only coming to her senses after a long while.
She hurried after him.
The two young men had already secured their bundles of documents and waved goodbye to her.
Song Ning opened her mouth. Only after a long pause did she call out, "Li Yanzhou! You must come to the hospital tomorrow! You must!"
Sitting on his bicycle with his back to