While Xu Shuangrong and Yu Jinche were having their one-on-one late-night talk, the conversations in the other rooms were also underway.
The production team had thoughtfully prepared four rooms for the late-night talks, each decorated differently.
There was the candlelit room Xu Shuangrong and Yu Jinche were in, for example, and the projection room where Xie Mi and Xiao Jingxi now sat.
A sofa stood in the center of the room, facing a screen with a video projected onto it.
The video showed a school athletic field, where high school students in sportswear ran along the track. The background was noisy, a jumble of announcements, cheers, and whistles.
It was clearly footage of a school sports day.
"Do you remember this video?"
Xiao Jingxi walked over to the sofa and sat down. His gaze softened as he watched the projection, tinged with sadness.
"This was our senior-year sports day. You had a crush on me and secretly recorded this video for me."
The video focused on a teenage Xiao Jingxi running along the track. His gaze was aloof, and he seemed deaf to the girls cheering around him, simply running on with an indifferent expression.
[Seriously, Xiao Jingxi? Another trip down memory lane?]
[She had a crush on you once, and you keep bringing it up. Old Xie, I honestly feel for you.]
[What good does a happy past do? Weren't you the one who screwed it all up first?]
[Xiao Jingxi, I seriously can't with you.]
"I remember the girls at school calling me an untouchable prince, saying I never had eyes for anyone. But only I knew that I simply didn't give my heart lightly. Once I did, though..."
Xiao Jingxi slowly turned toward Xie Mi. The light and shadows made his profile look especially gentle, yet utterly