It wasn't that Zheng Xixi hadn't taken any of what Ding Ding said that day to heart.
If she couldn't find happiness, it would be good just to see it.
She wanted to get closer to this couple whose love the world would not accept, to remember her former self and feel someone else's happiness.
The approach of death was agonizing. She had experienced it twice already. Perhaps it truly wasn't her time to die; both times, she had been saved.
Perhaps she still needed some time to gather more courage.
A hundred flowers bloomed in the Flower Nursery, people streaming among them. Zheng Xixi successfully got a job there, not for the money, but for that little hope of seeing happiness.
Bai Congming was very focused while working, and Zheng Xixi kept a low profile too, not taking the initiative to speak to him.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Bai Congming noticed the new coworker was the older sister with white hair whom he had met before.
They chatted for a while, and Zheng Xixi's eyes reddened several times.
Toward the end of their conversation, Zheng Xixi said she had moved near them and asked if they could have dinner together that evening.
"At my house?"
Bai Congming asked, a little bewildered.
Zheng Xixi had meant to find a restaurant, but since Bai Congming had asked, she went along with it and nodded.
"Would that be all right?"
Bai Congming thought for a moment. "Have to ask Brother Ding!"
"Okay..." Zheng Xixi pressed her lips together. "I'll be heading back first in a little while. Shall I ask him?"
"Okay!"
Bai Congming thought this older sister seemed very sad. She smelled bitter, like chamomile that couldn't sprout in winter.
But when she came close to him, the chamomile