256: Chapter 256: The Puppet Master 256: Chapter 256: The Puppet Master “If you really feel bad about it, just buy me a drink,” Lin Fei said.
Seeing Old Zhang hesitated as he was about to speak, Lin Fei, without further ado, simply pulled Old Zhang out, “I’m not going to lie to you, Old Zhang, my wife keeps a tight leash on me, and I haven’t had a drink in days.
If you really want to thank me, then treat me—”
Mid-sentence, at the turn of the hospital corridor, Lin Fei’s peripheral vision accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar silhouette etched deeply in his mind for many years.
The once slightly pheasant-like oval face had blossomed into a radiant and perfectly proportioned melon seed face.
But the familiar innocence in the eyes of the young woman, that clarity which could not be more familiar, and the composed and graceful demeanor naturally exuding from her, sent shivers through Lin Fei’s heart.
It was as though, in an instant, he had traveled through time back to those youthfully naive yet sweetly innocent high school days.
You’re the only one in the class who doesn’t turn in homework.
“I’m begging you, please do the homework just once.
Or, I can do it for you.
But, you have to wait for me in the classroom.
I get scared being alone in the classroom.”
And so, a pair of high school sweethearts, in the prime of their youth, would stay behind in the classroom after school.
One would write, and the other would watch.
And so it went, day after day.
Until one day, the boy who gazed at the girl until he was lost in thought, involuntarily kissed her.
Love sprouted from that moment.
“You can’t keep not doing your homework, I’ll get upset.”
“If you don’t do your homework again, I’m going to ignore you.”
“You’re writing it wrong, it should be written .”
After getting together, the girl began to educate the boy that he couldn’t just sleep and play basketball all the time.
Consequently, the boy’s grades began to improve.
As the boy’s grades got better and their conversations increased, the girl’s smile grew wider.
Love bloomed from this moment.
One day, for some reason, the girl stopped coming to school.
It was as if she had vanished into thin air without a word of goodbye.
The boy asked every classmate and teacher who knew the girl, and even spent months waiting outside her house after school each day.
All he got in return was the news that the girl and her family had moved away.
As for where they moved to, no one knew.
And with the disappearance of the girl,
Love began to wither from that moment.
Everything felt as though it had happened just yesterday, except for the girl now clad in the same pure white dress from those early days of first love, holding the hand of a boy about three or four years old.
“So, she’s already married…” Accompanied by a whisper that felt both like a sigh and a release, Lin Fei felt as if all his vitality had been drained away, extinguishing the joy of reunion and the sweetness of memories.
Bai Ya—Lin Fei’s high school sweetheart, and also his first love.
Though the old man was stubborn and refused to accept anything new, not to mention he was incredibly frugal, when it came to Lin Fei’s education, he was quite open-minded.
After adopting Lin Fei, despite the financial difficulties, the old man didn’t wait long before sending Lin Fei to school.
The time Lin Fei spent with Bai Ya was the happiest since he had been adopted by the old man.
After Bai Ya disappeared, it became the most painful period since his adoption.
Originally, Lin Fei’s decision to leave the country and try his luck abroad, seeking to make a name for himself, was directly related to Bai Ya.