Chapter 143: 143. Chapter 143 Haohua's Explanation 5

143. Chapter 143 Haohua's Explanation 5

I still remember that one time after school we left the campus, as usual we went to that park, found a stone bench and sat down, the afterglow of the setting sun enveloped us, warm and comfortable, just as we were enjoying that warm sunset, something happened and we had a tiff, coincidentally at that moment the sisters from our Qinshi walked by, I huffed and followed them away to get a meal, leaving Haohua sitting there alone; thinking back, I was really heartless to just leave like that without saying a word.

Although Haohua and I used to be very close, we also occasionally had little tiffs; small quarrels and squabbles were normal, and every time it was Haohua who coaxed me back. Likewise, I treated that incident as just a little tiff, finished my meal and returned to the Qinshi. By then it was winter, and Lishui's winter was bitterly cold; at night, after washing clothes and hanging them up, they would soon emit a cold vapor and freeze into ice. The sky gradually darkened, and coincidentally it was Friday; I checked the time and it was already past seven, and with the weather so cold I finished washing up and prepared to go to bed, but then the Qinshi's phone rang—it was Haohua calling. I picked up, and from the other end came a sorrowful voice: 'You just left like that?'

After that we remained silent, silent all along, and then we hung up.

After hanging up I was still puzzled why this time Haohua didn't coax me but instead just said a sentence and hung up; usually when he coaxed me he never used that tone. I shook my head and didn't think further, climbed into bed and prepared to sleep. At that time I always thought our love was solid enough to withstand any trial, so I felt that our quarrels with Haohua were also normal—after a day or two we'd be back to normal.

I don't know how long I slept, but when the Qinshi sisters called out I opened my sleepy eyes, and again a phone was handed to me with the words: 'It's for you, sounds like Haohua.' I reached out, poked my head out to grab it, and felt a cold draft shoot straight into my neck as I held that Minnie phone and ducked back under the covers.

"Hello..." I burrowed under the covers, and only when the bone‑chilling cold faded did I utter a lazy tone into the phone.

"You really are this heartless to leave me here alone—you really aren't coming back?" Then Haohua's sorrowful voice came through again; hearing his sorrowful voice, my heart trembled slightly.

"You..."