A clenching pinch in the heart again, tears welled up and spilled without warning.
The harsh sun couldn’t evaporate the tears, nor the moist at the bottom of his heart!
A County, a place that had once harboured two years of his happiness, had turned into a deserted city in the absence of the person who used to accompany him.
From the corner of his cloudy eyes, a girl with a blooming smile was coming towards him, calling him, "Weihuan, Weihuan..."
The voice was so sweet, the figure, so beautiful!
But when he reached out to touch her, her figure disappeared in an instant!
The owner of the Sugar Dumpling Shop never expected to meet Li Weihuan in such a situation!
The boy seemed no different from a few years ago, still handsome and captivating that one could not shift their gaze.
But the current situation was obviously off!
The boy stood at the entrance of the shop with a backpack. He looked haggard, pale, and dust seemed to permeate his aura!
The owner stepped forward to catch him, "Is this Weihuan?"
Li Weihuan nodded, and the owner immediately guided him to sit inside the shop. She found him a spot with a fan and turned the setting to maximum. "Wait here," she said, "Aunt Sugar will cook dumplings for you!"
Li Weihuan continued to nod, his long lashes quivered, without uttering a single word!
The owner hurried off to the kitchen, seeing the haggard condition of Li Weihuan, she guessed he hadn’t eaten for an entire day.
Although she didn’t know what had happened, at this moment, feeding him was the priority!
A large bowl of dumplings was served quickly. The shop wasn’t crowded, it was just past four in the afternoon, too early for dinner and too late for lunch!
"Eat up, if it’s not enough, Aunt Sugar will cook more. Try it, see if Aunt Sugar’s cooking has declined or still tastes the same!"
With a warm greeting from the owner, Li Weihuan started eating. The familiar taste, the familiar feeling...
But Nanxi was no longer by his side!
A tear dropped, making the owner dumbfounded. What happened?
The owner took Li Weihuan’s hand, noticing it was cold, she asked with surprise, "What happened, son?"
Li Weihuan said nothing, but held her tightly, burying his head in her arms and cried!
The owner was startled, patting his back, comforting, "What happened, son? Why didn’t you come with Nanxi this time? Did you have a fight?"
With his lip bitten, tears kept falling. Li Weihuan choked up, "Aunt Sugar, Nanxi and I... we broke up! But I still love her, I love her so much... What should I do? I feel so sad, Aunt Sugar, I really, feel so sad..."
The owner was about to say a few comforting words when she found her eyes moistened as well!
In two years, this young couple had eaten dumplings in her shop numerous times. Their loving gestures were heart-warming to witness!
But how did everything fall apart so suddenly?
In the evening, Li Weihuan found a small inn nearby to stay!
The inn had no air conditioning, only an old fan circulated air lazily. And, there were mosquitoes!
The weather was hot and Li Weihuan laid down on the bed, unable to sleep, feeling sultry.
He glanced out the window; the night outside was beautiful; the moon, very bright. He wondered what Nanxi was doing now?
Was she already with his second uncle? Had they happily gotten together?
His eyes moistened again. He took out his phone to check the time - it was nine in the evening. With two bars of battery in flight mode, no one could contact him!
He got up and took a small box out of his bag. The box was exquisite, as if it contained something very important. Indeed, it did!
It was a memory card!
That day in Hong Kong, at the time of parting, his second uncle asked, "Where’s the memory card, can you give it back to me?"
He pursed his lips and said, "I lost it, a few years ago... You know, I’m always misplacing things, and a memory card, so small, is easy to lose!"
His second uncle just smiled; to Li Weihuan, his smile seemed wickedly gleaming.