This girl, even when celebrating with her family, hasn’t forgotten me.
Lin Tian smiled wryly.
Well, since I’m free anyway, I might as well go.
While changing clothes in the bedroom, Lin Tian saw the red sweatshirt on the bed.
After hesitating for a moment,
Lin Tian picked it up.
The Qingzhou Clock Tower is located by the Qingjiang River, next to the pedestrian street.
It has always been the landmark building of Qingzhou City.
When Lin Tian arrived at the riverside, there were many people there.
Families, supporting the elderly and accompanying children, walked along the riverbank.
There were also young couples, newlyweds, everyone strolling together in groups.
Even the street vendors selling small toys mostly had relatives accompanying them.
A child ran straight into Lin Tian.
Immediately, an aunt hurried over, grabbed the child, and said to Lin Tian,
"Sorry, you weren’t hurt, were you?"
Then, the aunt began to scold the child,
"Pipi, what’s wrong with you?! Why aren’t you watching where you’re going?!"
"I... I didn’t see... I didn’t notice anyone here..."
The child explained with a sense of grievance.
Lin Tian didn’t want to dwell on it too much, just waved his hand and continued walking.
Meanwhile, as he walked, his heart was filled with emotion.
Have I become so out of place that passersby now treat me as if I’m invisible?
After all, every family is celebrating the reunion, yet I’m walking alone.
——Should I not have come out?
Such a thought suddenly appeared in Lin Tian’s mind.
Gazing at the lake surface illuminated by the moonlight.
Lin Tian suddenly realized.
He could no longer treat such things with calmness as he used to.
In the past, whether at school, in the community, or any other place, during any kind of holiday.
He could live a solitary life without care.
After all, he had always been alone, living alone, year after year, it wasn’t a big deal.
Until a few months ago, someone barged into his life.
Her arrival disrupted the peace in Lin Tian’s heart.
He could have endured all this.
If only she had never come...
There wasn’t much desire to watch the fireworks.
The young man turned his head.....
Suddenly, a crisp female voice called out.
Lin Tian spun around.
A red cheongsam, black long hair draped over her shoulders, standing out in the crowd—she was dazzling.... At the riverside, only they wore such bright red!
Gan Yanyu walked joyfully through the crowd...
And stopped right in front of Lin Tian!
The girl wrapped her arms around Lin Tian’s neck,
"Happy New Year’s Eve, Mr. Lin!"
Lin Tian looked at Gan Yanyu in a daze. If it wasn’t for her clinging closely to him right now, he would have doubted if he was hallucinating.
Gan Yanyu released him, magically produced a cake from behind her.
"It’s not my birthday today!"
"I didn’t celebrate with you last birthday, so I’m making it up to you today!"
Gan Yanyu raised the cake,
The cake had a somewhat clumsy-looking boy’s face on it.
"I spent the afternoon learning at the cake shop and made it just for you."
Lin Tian was stunned.
Doesn’t this mean... Gan Yanyu never went back.....
"Weren’t you going to celebrate with your family?" Lin Tian asked hurriedly.
"Yes, I’m with family."
Gan Yanyu gazed into Lin Tian’s eyes and smiled slightly.
Lin Tian’s head buzzed.
From the start, they felt something was off.
And now seeing Gan Yanyu, the feeling of something being off finally peaked.
Lin Tian held his forehead and asked: "Weren’t you discussing with your parents about..."
Gan Yanyu answered straightforwardly.
"Wasn’t it you who asked me to practice acting with you?"
The girl smirked playfully,
"This time, I’m playing the good girl making the tough choice between boyfriend and parents—trying not to hurt the boyfriend... nor disappoint the kind parents!"
"Even you were fooled, so this time, you can’t say my acting wasn’t convincing like last time, right?"
Lin Tian’s expression was vacant.
"Then when you said twice about discussing with your parents..."
"When you said they wanted you back for the holidays..."
"That’s true, but I refused."
Gan Yanyu finished, then whispered,
"If I didn’t act, how would you agree to let me leave them... to celebrate with you?"
Thinking back, it was only after Lin Tian suggested not going and wished her to return home, that she mentioned "meeting the family first."
From that moment, the plan was already conceived.....
But Lin Tian still had one question.
If the decision to "act" was made then, wasn’t that too quick?
Lin Tian had just finished saying that... shouldn’t she consider it a bit!!
Just then, the fireworks exploded.
In the sky above the river, little stars opened like umbrellas, bursting with splendid brilliance.....
Lin Tian was mesmerized.
"Because, after you said you wouldn’t go with me, I never for a moment thought about going home...."
Lin Tian turned back.
"I just want to spend this New Year’s Eve with you."
Gan Yanyu leaned slightly forward, whispered in Lin Tian’s ear,