Zhao Feiyang also got out of the car, taking two boxes of tea from the back for him to give to Elder Xu. Xu Chunliang accepted the tea, inviting him inside, but Zhao Feiyang said he had other matters to attend to and would visit another day—mainly because he and Xu Chunliang had little in common now.
The car drove on towards the sunset for a while before Zhao Feiyang, suddenly feeling restless and irritable, asked the driver to stop and decided to walk back along the boardwalk of the Ancient Yellow River.
The weather was unusually warm today. Leaning against the stone rail by the river, Zhao Feiyang watched the river, now turning green, and recalled Xu Chunliang's words. He suddenly realized that it had been a long time since he had contacted Xu Ying. He even forgot to send her New Year blessings, and she hadn't either. Although he was reluctant to admit it, time and space were quietly widening the distance between them.
