47 Meeting

After having a chat with Kong Bo, the boys went home. When Ye Qin was sitting in the back of his family's car, he heard his smart watch ringing and picked it up after seeing the caller ID. "What's wrong?" Ye Qin asked

"Well how should I say this… Last night… I had a strange dream, as if I had become another person. When I woke up, I looked outside the window and guess what? The stars and moon were gone! I thought I was crazy, I asked my family and everyone said it was there." Sun Zan said on the other side of the call

"..."

"I see, I'll tell you the details later." Ye Qin replied as he ended the call and sent Sun Zan a line or two of text before looking outside the window and watched the scenery go by as he sat in the back of the car. When he got home, Ye Qin returned the call to Sun Zan and explained that both he and Wang Tao had been through what the former had as well

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Then, it was December. On the eve of the 23rd day, Ye Qin received a message from his class rep Li Yutong. She had invited him to see a movie with her the next morning and had already booked the tickets. Seeing this, Ye Qin sighed "That's right… I guess I should go and tell her..". He then sent her a reply that said 'Alright, see you tomorrow.' in which she sent a happy emoji then sent him the time and location to meet up

Naturally Ye Qin didn't tell his family or Wang Tao as he dressed himself up in a nice pair of jeans that were reproduced to be more durable and comfortable than the ones of the past along with a regular t shirt underneath a paige colored woolen jumper that made him look charming and keeping him warm at the same time. Seeing their son all dressed up, his parents had a few questions in their minds but didn't say as Ye Qin left the house and took a cab to the meeting place an hour ahead of time

…

All around him, pure white snow covered the ground and ceilings of buildings whilst trees and streetlights were decorated to celebrate the merry occasion that happened only once a year on the 25th of the last month. When he arrived nearby and got off the cab, Ye Qin looked around to see some couples already walking about hand in hand with some even sharing scarfs!

When he got to the meeting place right beneath a clock tower, Ye Qin sat down on the bench lying just beneath it as he watched some kids run around the fountain in front of him. As he watched the kids playing, he was reminded of himself ten years ago when he had a playmate who was the same age as him. Ye Qin and that girl played together all day and almost everyday until the time she had to leave making them both cry even as he waved her goodbye whilst she was leaving far away in her family's car

As he recalled this happy but bitter memory, a ball landed in front of his feet. He looked at it then picked it up as the two kids one being a male and the other being a female both looked at him with eyes of anticipation. The boy asked him "Can I get the ball?"

"Of course, here you go." Ye Qin laughed as he returned the ball to them. He then looked at the time and realised there was still over an hour before the meeting time as he got up and walked around to look around at the nearby shops

Walking around, he noticed many shops which sold food of all sorts which he indulged himself in after waiting in line. After wondering for a while, he ran into someone unexpectedly