It was pitch - black, with only the glowing screen.
Yi Pin edited message after message, but silently deleted them all. He didn't know how to put things clearly and just felt irritated.
"Shen Yu, I hope we can go back to our old relationship!"
He stared at the message and silently sent it.
However, Shen Yu didn't reply. Yi Pin waited for a long time, but there was no response. Finally, he silently returned to his room and lay in bed, lost in a whirlwind of thoughts.
He didn't know why he had sent that message. He just felt something strange in his heart.
Shen Yu stared at the message, his heart aching. This was the boy he had been coveting for so long. He had never had the heart to bother him, so for all these years, he had just watched silently.
Now, just when there seemed to be hope, the boy said he was going to have a girlfriend.
Shen Yu felt extremely irritated.
He tossed and turned in bed but couldn't fall asleep. He stared at the post on Moments, at the smiling girl and their intimate pose.
He edited the message again and again, but he just couldn't send it. Finally, he silently turned off his phone.
Then he thought, he had waited for so many years. Time was the one thing Shen Yu didn't lack, wasn't it?
Otherwise, they wouldn't still be so distant after all this time.
He stayed awake all night. Just before dawn, he silently replied with a "Okay".
With a sad smile on his lips, he finally fell into a light sleep.
Yi Pin saw the message as soon as he got up in the morning. He raised his eyebrows.
He walked into the kitchen and then looked around the living room. There was no sign of Shen Yu.
This was one of the rare occasions when Shen Yu overslept.
Yi Pin shrugged and slowly pushed open Shen Yu's bedroom door. He saw Shen Yu lying very neatly in bed, the quilt covering him properly.
It turned out that Shen Yu wasn't so annoying when he was asleep. He even looked a bit cute. His long eyelashes covered his usually cold eyes.
Yi Pin stared for a long time and even got a bit lost in thought.
After a long while, he stood up, slowly walked out of the room and gently closed the door.
When Shen Yu woke up in the morning, it was overcast. He thought it was still early. When he glanced at the clock on the bedside table, he sighed.
It was already noon.
He suddenly sat up. The first thing he did was to go to Yi Pin's room to look for him, but the room was empty.
Looking disgruntled, he came to the living room. There was the prepared breakfast and a note.
"I've left first!"
Looking at the flamboyant but somewhat ugly handwriting, Shen Yu's lips slowly curled up. He silently put the note into a book.
That book was *Overture of Spring*!
With a satisfied smile on his face, he walked out of the door.
For several days in a row, Yi Pin and Zixuan met. It was always Zixuan who took the initiative.
Yi Pin didn't know if he was just being stubborn. He clearly found it boring and wanted to refuse, but he still patiently agreed.
Soon, it was time for the court session. With the help of Shen Yu and Gu Yang, Yi Pin had collected a lot of evidence. He was a bit nervous, but not as tense as the first time.
When he walked into the courtroom, the first thing he did was to look at Shen Yu, who was always calm in the audience. It seemed to calm his nerves a bit.
Yi Pin appeared calm and composed, completely different from his first time in court when he was at a loss.
"As children, it is our responsibility to support our parents and make their lives better. If you can't even manage your family well, how can you manage the world? It's right for young people to pursue their dreams, but we can't ignore the parents who have been silently supporting us all the time... All they ask for is some intangible care!"
Yi Pin's final speech made everyone in the courtroom cheer.
But looking at those people who still didn't seem to care, it seemed that they had always only wanted to solve things with money.
This lawsuit seemed like a win, but also like a loss. Yi Pin felt a bit sad.
After walking out of the courtroom, he watched as the children scattered in all directions, each holding a phone and making calls.
Only Uncle Liu walked slowly away, his back hunched.
Yi Pin felt sad looking at this scene. All the signs showed that his ability was limited. He couldn't satisfy everyone.
But why couldn't he achieve what he had been longing for so much?
Shen Yu walked over slowly from behind and patted Yi Pin on the shoulder.
"Before you enter society, you must think that society is colorful. But as you grow up, you'll find that it's actually gray!" Shen Yu said coldly as he put his arm around Yi Pin's shoulder.
"But... you must always remember that even so, you have to add some color to society yourself!"
Yi Pin turned around and looked at Shen Yu, a bit confused.
Many times, Shen Yu was like a worm in his stomach. He always knew exactly what Yi Pin was thinking and could hit the nail on the head to resolve his long - standing confusion.
Shen Yu put his arm around Yi Pin's shoulder. "Come on, bro will treat you to dinner!"
"No, I'll treat today!" Yi Pin said with a smile on his lips.
With a smile on their faces, the two of them came to the entrance of a hot - pot restaurant.
Shen Yu curled his lips. "I knew it. It must be hot pot again!"
Yi Pin shrugged indifferently. Hot pot was really the most appealing food to him in the world.
After drinking a couple of ounces of wine, Yi Pin kept his head down, eating.
Shen Yu just silently watched Yi Pin in front of him. He was already used to watching him eat. Even when he ate, his cheeks were puffed out, which was really tempting.
"How's it going with that girl, Zi... Zixuan?" Shen Yu fiddled with his food, asking indifferently as his eyes shifted around.
Yi Pin was stunned for a moment. In fact, since he didn't feel any romantic feelings at all, he hadn't explicitly said they were together. It was always Zixuan who took the initiative, while he himself had never really cared.
He felt that she was just like Meng Ran. Although they were two completely different girls, he just couldn't find any interest in them.
"Just so - so!" Yi Pin shrugged, looking helpless.
He actually preferred to be with Shen Yu rather than with them. But this thought made him feel a bit guilty.
Shen Yu frowned and said nothing. He didn't eat but just played with his chopsticks.
"Waiter, bring a plate of spaghetti!" Yi Pin called the waiter, with a bright smile on his face.
In fact, he knew that Shen Yu didn't like hot pot but always accommodated him.
"Why do you suddenly order spaghetti?" Shen Yu raised his eyebrows.
"I ordered it for you!" Yi Pin said with a faint smile.
Shen Yu was stunned for a long time. He was a bit confused and didn't expect Yi Pin to be so considerate.
He couldn't help but smile.
"How's it going at school recently?" Yi Pin said with a smile. It had been a long time since he last went back to school, and he really missed school life.
People were always like this. They didn't cherish what they had until they lost it.
School was the purest time, without any tricks or social realities. It seemed that every smile was sincere.
"Do you want to go back and have a look?" Shen Yu looked at Yi Pin in front of him and curled his lips up.