Chloe did not return to the original studio.
She initially came to City A because of Ellie, and now that she's gone, she suddenly felt a bit lost.
Without Ellie, she might have died a long time ago.
In the first year after Ellie's departure, she opened a flower shop in City A, in her favorite city.
Occasionally, when she had some free time, she still thought of her.
Chloe took off her shoes and walked on the sand. She squatted on the ground and carefully wrote the character "Qiao" on the ground.
Soon the character was swallowed by the sea water.
She was wearing a red dress, extremely passionate, the dress just below her knees, revealing her slender calves, the wind blew her hair a bit.
She walked step by step into the sea.
"Chloe."
She seemed to hear someone calling her.
She continued to walk forward.
A pair of strong hands grabbed her, and she turned her head to see Grant. She suddenly smiled with a curved lip, her face extremely bright, and she said, "What a coincidence."
"Why are you walking into the sea? The tide is about to rise."
"I know the tide is about to rise. I'm not stupid. I will definitely come back before the tide rises."
Grant didn't believe her and took her back to the beach.
"I really don't want to commit suicide," Chloe looked at him and said.
She had already died once.
Together with the illusion of family, it all died in that year.
She just felt that way was very relaxing, the sea water slowly submerging her calves, that feeling, made her very relaxed.
"What are you doing now?"
Chloe looked at him and said, "I opened a flower shop."
"Pretty good."
Chloe leaned back in her chair, slightly absent-minded.
"Did you come here initially because of her?"
"Hmm, Ellie was a good girl, it's just a pity... God is not very fair." Looking at the expression Grant gave, she always felt like she was seen through.
Clearly... she had never mentioned these things.
How could he know?
"You are also very good, she must hope that you can be happy."
Chloe looked at him and said, "But... how do you know about these things?"
Grant was silent for a while and said, "Actually, this is also the twelfth year we know each other, it's the twelfth year I've known you unilaterally."
Chloe was shocked, and she couldn't believe it as she said, "Twelve years?"
"Hmm." He finished speaking and continued, "Perhaps this matter is a very small thing for you, you may not remember it, but I have remembered it for a long time."
"No, I heard him say that you have always lived abroad and only came back in recent years. We can't have met."
"I left when I was twelve, and I came back during that time, but I didn't find you," Grant finished speaking, looked at her, and said, "Do you remember when you were in the third grade, you once met a little fat boy?"
The student era was a bit far away for Chloe, and she thought for a long time without any impression.
...
"Fat pig, hahaha, you are so fat and still eating."
Grant's plastic bag was clenched, and he didn't say anything.
"I'm talking to you, big fat boy."
"Hahaha, not only fat but also mute."
"Mute, hahaha, a mute who can't speak."
Grant wanted to bypass them, but one of them snatched his schoolbag.
"Hey, don't give it to him."
"Come and grab it."
Grant ran to grab it, and the schoolbag was thrown to another boy.
Several people threw his schoolbag around.
"Why bully people?"
Grant saw a girl suddenly appear, her hair was a bit messy, her face was clean, and she was wearing a neat school uniform.
"Schoolbag, give it to me."
The leading boy didn't want to give it.
"Give it to me, don't make me say it again."
Perhaps Chloe was too fierce, and those boys were really bluffed by her, obediently handing over the schoolbag.
"Is it interesting to mock others with appearance, it's very impolite, don't you know?"
The boys didn't speak.
Chloe looked at one of the boys and said, "I say you look ugly, do you think it's fun?"
She then looked at another boy and said, "I say you look like you've been struck by lightning, charred, do you think it's fun?"
Then her gaze fell on another boy and she said, "I see you really want each tooth to live alone, is it fun?"
The three boys were scolded into silence.
Chloe returned the schoolbag to him and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense, you are very cute."
"Thank you."
Grant watched her wait at the door, then walked away with another little girl with two braids.
Later, when he met her again, he was in the first year of junior high school.
He saw the girl climbing over the wall; she had grown a bit at that time, her facial features belonged to a more bright type, especially a pair of fox eyes, which were particularly good-looking.
He saw her gesture to him to be quiet.
He recognized her.
But she didn't remember him.
Later, he went abroad to study, and before leaving, he found out that her name was Chloe.
He remembered her words, planned his diet, exercised every day, and finally got rid of the word "fat."
He finished his graduate studies and returned to the country.
Later, when he came back, he heard that she had stopped studying.
He also heard about her past.
So later, when he heard from a friend that she was coming to City A, he asked the friend to tell her that there was a friend here, and she could come to find him.
...
Chloe listened to him and remembered a bit, she did have an impression of having seen a little fat boy.
She smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to remember for so long, I forgot."
Grant looked at her and said, "Can you give me a chance to take care of you?"
Chloe: "?"
She looked at Grant and said, "What does this mean?"
"Literally, I want to pursue you."
"But think clearly, I dropped out in the third year of junior high school, and you have been abroad, accepted many new things, and even have a graduate degree. First of all, we are not equal in the level of knowledge.
Moreover, you don't know me. I have a bad temper and personality flaws. The most important point is that I don't trust men."
"I know, after knowing all about you, I still like you, give me a chance to pursue you."
Chloe looked at him and said, "You will regret it."
"I only regret missing too many years."
...
From then on, Grant sent breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day without repetition.
He sent bags, flowers, clothes, and jewelry.
He said, "If you feel troubled, you can just throw them away."
Chloe returned all of them except for the food, and she couldn't figure out what he liked about her.
She thought that at most in a month, he would give up.
But Grant persisted for a year, appearing in front of the flower shop on time every day to deliver food to her.
When she went to see Ellie, she cried so much that her makeup was all over the place.
He handed her paper on the side, never overstepping.
Later, Chloe asked him, "What if I never agree?"
"Then I will pursue you for a lifetime."