Loud cheers erupted from the crowd.
5...
4...
3...
2...
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"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
"..."
Xue Yang and Lin Xi looked at each other at the same time.
"Lin Xi, Happy New Year!"
"Xue Yang, Happy New Year!"
In that moment, they only had eyes for each other. Si Wen took out her phone and captured this beautiful scene.
Behind them, the numbers on the large screen froze at 00:00:00.
It was an end, but also a beginning—a new year, a new hope. They would certainly have a better and better future.
Slipping her phone back into her pocket, she looked up at the sky. This year's New Year's Day doesn't seem quite as dull as the ones before.
***
By the time they returned from Kou City, it was already past three in the morning.
Xue Yang and Lin Xi went straight back to the little home that was theirs. Si Wen followed them up, finally seeing with her own eyes the place where Lin Xi had been living for the past three months.
