"At the time, I really hated him. When I stepped in this place and saw him, the first thought I had was that if I knew I was going to bump into him, I wouldn't have come to the dinner party with my classmates.'"
"That day, he wasn't in a great mood. Everyone was chatting aside from him. He just stared out the window."
"The hot pot was all ready and everyone was calling him over to eat, but he didn't react and just smoked one cigarette after another near the window."
"It was winter and the hot pot was boiling, so there was condensation on the window. Later, he started writing words on the window."
After she said this, Ji Yi turned to look over at the window like she'd gone back to that day and recited the words he wrote one word at a time. "He wrote 'the person I love isn't my lover..."
"Chen Bai, did you know? After reading it that day, that's when I was filled with curiosity."