He remembers their first meeting, when the petite her expressed her desire to be friends with him. But he decisively turned her down, and remembered the bewildered big eyes, full of tears.
However, his grandmother praised his actions, saying at the time, "Chenchen, you did great."
It's not that he didn't want to be friends with her, but how could he be friends with someone he felt attracted to at first sight?
From that day that year, he had decided that she was the woman he wanted and that he would become her devotee, following her lead.
Whether she was right or wrong, he would support her; whether she cried or laughed, he would be with her; whether she stayed or left, he would follow her.
However, from that incident onwards, she gradually distanced herself from him. The occasional conversations they used to have in front of her home also ceased.
After that incident, she no longer said a word to him, and they became strangers.
