I nodded and agreed to Guo Linlin. Her eyes curved, a deeper smile spread across her face, and then she dove into my embrace.
There was a moment of distraction for me, and when I came to my senses, I too held Guo Linlin tightly.
We just embraced each other tightly, in silence.
Eventually, Guo Linlin lifted her head from my chest, and I stared at her moist face and reddened eyes, momentarily transfixed.
Guo Linlin flashed a radiant smile, "Lin Xingwen, let's part here. If there's a chance to meet in the future, I hope we both have become better people by then."
I opened my mouth, feeling a dryness in my throat. Guo Linlin didn't give me a chance to speak, waved at me, and turned to leave.
Watching Guo Linlin's lonely figure, I felt an emptiness inside, as if I had lost something very important.
I walked to the parking lot in a daze, opened the car door, seated myself in the driver's seat, lit a cigarette, and as it burned, I felt something cold trickle down my face.
