The sun sloped in the west, and the noisy campus returned to tranquility, with students leaving the school gate with their backpacks in twos and threes, the surrounding scenery shrouded in the warm hues of the evening, blending into a hazy unity.
Only Han Jiaojiao remained in the classroom by herself.
She clung to her workbook, turning her head to watch the sunset outside the classroom window, blazing like a flame. However, she knew very well in her heart that this flame would soon disappear, to be replaced by the coming night.
Whenever this happened, she wished time would slow down a bit more, that the sunset would last a little longer… a bit longer…
"Jiaojiao, why are you still here?" Su Xue came in with her backpack. "If I hadn't seen your family's bodyguard at the school gate, I'd have thought you'd gone home."
"I... I wanted to finish my homework before leaving," Han Jiaojiao flipped through her workbook.