Qi Jing is preparing to go abroad.

I stayed in the country for the college entrance examination.

He asked me if I wanted to go abroad with him.

I refused.

I couldn't pass the financial review for studying abroad, let alone living there.

My grades have always been very good. After the college entrance examination, I got into a top university in the country, while he got an offer from an Ivy League school.

On the night of the graduation party, classmates were both sad and happy.

Sad because we were about to part ways, happy because a new journey was beginning.

Couples in the class were passionately kissing, and the beginning of ambiguous relationships was being confessed.

I stood on the outskirts with a glass of milk in hand.

The first person to notice me was a boy.

Blushing, he was pushed in front of me by others.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, he stuttered, "Xie Fan, I like you. Will you be with me?"

I looked at him seriously.

He was a student from the class next door on the same floor.

We had met a few times, but not many.

The only impression I had was from when I was dragged into the girls' restroom by a few girls in my freshman year, and he was laughing with his friends on the side of the road.

The laughter was quite harsh.

So much so that I remembered it until today.

"I'm sorry, my mom doesn't allow me to date early."

Upon hearing my response, he was stunned.