"What should I do now?" It was as if half a century had passed before Tong Jing finally spoke up, she still remembered everything that happened in front of the city hall being photographed and was worried about what would happen if someone uploaded them.

  Bo Yang continued to stroke Tong Jing's face with his fingertips, pondered for a few seconds, and said, "I think this thing won't make a big deal, besides, didn't I throw the dog food to that old woman? She wouldn't be foolish enough to make a scene in front of everyone just for a bag of dog food, I guess she'll just let it go——"

  "But what if someone took a video of us and uploaded it? Wouldn't that..." Tong Jun's brow furrowed, looking quite worried.

  "Don't worry about this, Pu Wanwan's uncle is a leader in the News Bureau, if someone really uploads it, I'll let Pu Wanwan take down the video immediately —" Bai Yang pinched Tong Jun's cheek, not worried at all.

  Tong Jing's heart slightly calmed down, and she carefully looked at Bo Yang. Now Bo Yang had lost a lot of weight, and there were bloodshot eyes too. Suddenly, her heart ached; Bo Yang must have suffered a lot for her sake.

  "You really won't come looking for me again?" Tong Jing bit her lip and still couldn't help but ask the most realistic question.

  "Don't worry, I'll do what I say, but you have to promise me one thing - absolutely, absolutely cannot play hide-and-seek again!" Bai Yang's face was stern, with an expression as solemn as a flag-raising ceremony facing the national flag.

  "Also—" Bai Yang suddenly remembered something and hastily added, "Can you not live in the Yang's house anymore? Why don't you go back to Hangzhou, I'll feel more at ease that way—"

  Tong Jing nodded, "Mm, I'm going back to Hangzhou. I plan to repeat a year and then take the college entrance exam..."

  Bo Yang smiled as soon as he heard Tong Jing was going to take the college entrance exam. "You must get into Tsinghua, did you hear me?!"

  "I won't be able to get in, you think it's as easy for everyone to get into Tsinghua or Peking University like kids from Beijing? You also know I didn't attend any classes throughout my third year of high school and I've almost forgotten everything from the first two years. Getting into Tsinghua is just too difficult for me..." Tong Jing shook his head, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

  Bo Yang originally wanted to say it didn't matter, so he would just attend Peking University. He was certain that he could get her into Peking University as well. But then he suddenly realized that this would hurt Tong Jun's self-esteem. She hadn't agreed last time, and she definitely wouldn't agree this time either. After thinking for a moment, he changed his sentence to: "Then why don't you take the exam for a school near Tsinghua? Don't go too far away from me, okay?"

  Tong Jing nodded obediently, and she also pitied Bai Yang, so she tried her best to satisfy his wishes.

  Bei Yang was so excited that he couldn't help but rush up, without a deep kiss, just touching Tong Jing's lips, and then let her hold him tightly, wanting to hold her like this for the rest of his life, never letting go.

  Bai Yang held TONG JUNG's hand and walked towards the Yang Pu house, both of them covered in snowflakes, the scene was so beautiful it seemed like they were filming a winter love song.

  He stopped not far away, Bai Yang let go of Tong Jun's hand and didn't move forward again, just a light sentence, "You go in—"

  Tong Jing smiled slightly and helped Bai Yang tidy up his scarf. In her heart, she had a million reluctant thoughts and didn't even dare to look into his eyes. "Then I'll go in..."

  Everyone knows that after the two part ways, they won't see each other for a year. This year is crucial and can't have any unexpected events. The competition for official positions has reached a boiling point, and everyone is making their final sprint. At this critical moment, Tong Jing naturally doesn't want to cause any trouble for Uncle Bo, and Bo Yang also understands this principle. He doesn't care whether his father can rise to a higher position or not, but if he can save Uncle Tong and fulfill Tong Jing's wish, he will make concessions and won't see Tong Jing or his wife.

  Tong Jing turned around and walked towards the foreign-style building, Bai Yang bit his lip and reluctantly watched her gradually disappearing back, until his line of sight no longer had her back, he faintly smiled bitterly, shook his head, turned around, and left.

  And all of this, Yang Pu saw everything from the other side of the wall. He didn't show much surprise, actually he had a premonition that Bai Yang would come to find Tong Jing, but suddenly felt himself being superfluous, a part of his heart was hollowed out, and it hurt secretly.

  "Yangpu?" Tong Jing didn't expect Yangpu to have seen all of this and was slightly surprised.

  "Sorry... I... told Bai Yang all the reasons..." Yang Pu didn't know what kind of mood he should face Tong Jing with, he felt very apologetic that he didn't keep his promise, and at the same time, he felt a sense of loss, because soon Tong Jing would leave him, as the moment the truth was revealed, everything would come to an end.

  Tong Jing shook her head, she would never blame this boy, he had done too much for her, these kindnesses, she could not repay in a lifetime, how could she go back and blame him.

  "You and Bai Yang——" Yang Pu hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should ask.

  "You ask." Tong Jing smiled generously.

  "What do you and Bai Yang plan to do?"

  "We won't meet again." Tong Xiang said matter-of-factly. "I plan to return to Hangzhou, then retake a year of school and reapply for the college entrance exam..."

  "That's great, repeat a year, you come to take the Tsinghua exam again, just in time to meet Bai Yang, only then will you be a freshman and we'll all be juniors, you'll have to call us seniors!" Yang Pu said with a relaxed face, but actually his heart was very sad, he knew that if Tong Jing returned to Hangzhou, she would leave here, which meant leaving him.

  Two days later, after helping Tong Jun tidy up everything, Yang Pu brought Xiao Teddy and sent Tong Jun back to Hangzhou. He didn't say anything else, just reminded Tong Jun to take good care of Xiao Teddy. In fact, there were many, many things he wanted to say, but those words couldn't be said, because he knew that saying them would only make Tong Jun more painful. He didn't want Tong Jun to suffer, so he bore the pain himself.

  Tong Jing hugged the little Teddy, and in her heart, she wasn't feeling well either. "When you return to Beijing, take good care of yourself too..." She didn't know what else to say, it was really heartbreaking to see Yang Pu like this, but she had no ability to make any promises to him, at least not for now.

  Yang Pu smiled faintly and turned around. In that instant, his eyes had already become uncontrollably moist. He quickened his pace, and the tears flowed faster.