"Yu Yan? Do you know her?" Zhou asked, looking at Lu Yaoyao with confusion.
Lu Yaoyao immediately shook her head like a bobbling drum.
Zhou squinted his eyes slightly. "If you don't tell the truth, don't think about coming out with me next time."
Lu Yaoyao lowered her head, hesitating for a moment.
Suddenly, she raised her head. The eyes that always seemed to smile now bore a hint of determination. "Zhou, if I tell you, will you... think I'm crazy?"
Zhou raised an eyebrow slightly. "Why would you say that?"
Lu Yaoyao gently bit her lower lip, her gaze involuntarily drifting toward that white-clad figure.
Her voice suddenly turned ethereal. "I had a very long, long dream... In the dream, there was you, there was me... and also her."
A flicker of surprise crossed Zhou's face.
"She was always so quiet," Lu Yaoyao's voice gradually grew somber, "like a shadow silently following you. No matter how you chased her away, she would just quietly stand not far from you."
