The Beautiful Mountains and Rivers Will Protect You (2)

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It had been almost a month since Xu Wennuan had returned to Beijing, but she had yet to meet Wu Hao, not because she didn't want to meet him but because she had yet to think about how she might react upon meeting him. They had kept infrequently in touch since their breakup, but it was awkward because of how intimate they'd once been.

Before falling asleep at night, Xu Wennuan had taken up the habit of playing two rounds of a mobile game, and tonight was no exception. She'd started playing the game three months earlier when she'd been on vacation. Every time she logged into the game, the first thing she would do is look at the updates from her friends.

This seemed to be the 27th day that "Zero Degrees" hadn't looked for her. Xu Wennuan opened a new message to check in with him, but after typing the words "you're busy," she deleted them after some thought.