A Goodbye

The days turned into weeks and weeks into month so that it was soon time for Rou Rou to leave for her university. It was her last night at home and she looked around carefully at all her things with a melancholy face. She knew that her mother would preserve all the things as they were. She had seen it for herself when Ru had left and when Min Min had left. 

In fact, mama wanted to come along to help her settle in. But she knew that letting her do that would only mean more painful for her. And anyway her things had already been sent over to the dormitory there. So she was not going to worry about all that.

She had thought that she would have ample time over the days to make Zhao Min view her in a different light. But she had not expected that after their night together (where they had only chatted!), he would get so busy that she wouldn't even be able to see him! The few occasions she did get to see him had all been family events with no privacy whatsoever!