Zheng Jinrui received the letter at noon, right when he took the letter to the state-run restaurant. He ordered a bowl of egg noodles and waited until they were served before opening the letter. As he read, eating along, he nearly choked on an egg once he grasped the content, his eyes as wide as the eggs themselves, his mouth open enough to stuff a double-yolk egg inside.
"So it was because I didn't persist?" he hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth, incredulously reading the letter a second time.
After finishing, Zheng Jinrui, quite a big man, was so saddened that he almost shed tears, especially when he thought about how it seemed like he hadn't confessed his love to Chen Xueniang for five years, merely watching her silently and helping her out.
If only he had confessed again five years ago—no, forget five years, even if he had done it four years ago, might he have won the beauty's heart?
He had no appetite for food at that moment!