Chapter 2287 - 2289: Welfare Bonanza 26

"Did Maimai leave?" Little Ai saw Wubai return and asked.

"Yeah, she left." Wubai pulled a chair over to sit next to her, holding her hand: "Do you want to take a nap? Maimai just said so much; are you tired?"

"That’s just her personality, a chatterbox," Little Ai closed her eyes briefly: "But don’t worry, I won’t do what Maimai suggests. Everyone has their own way of dealing with love. I’m not her, and you’re not Gu ZhiSheng. We have our own mode of getting along."

In this world, there’s no love strategy that applies to every man and woman.

She was self-aware enough to know she’s not Ling Maimai, and Wubai is not Gu ZhiSheng.

"Wubai, I..." Little Ai paused: "I’ll try hard to change, to make sure you don’t dislike me."

"I’ve never disliked you." Wubai suddenly felt a pang in his heart, patting the back of her hand: "Don’t overthink it. We just haven’t found the best way to get along yet."

Mom said that in this world, there is no woman who’s perfect for you. Love is more like a sharpening stone; rather than picking the one you most desire, it’s better to cherish what you have and polish your own stone. People are elastic, happiness needs to be created by oneself.

"Wubai, do you remember that year?"

"Hmm?"

"In Toronto, that year the snow was particularly heavy. When we walked out from the study room at night, the snow had already piled up into a thick layer. Many classmates who walked out of the study room were running to make big snowballs, and I was no exception."

"In such cold weather, my hands were red and swollen from the cold, but I still couldn’t resist playing. You pulled me out of the snow and draped your coat over me, scolded me, and asked if I was cold, while vigorously rubbing my hands into your sweater."

Wubai nodded: "I remember, I was so angry at the time. Your hands were clearly frostbitten, yet you still went to play with the snow. I wanted to spank you, but seeing your reddened nose, I couldn’t bring myself to do it."

Wubai laughed; both of them were immersed in their memories, the images flashing through their minds made them laugh.

"Later, we went to the street behind the school to eat snacks, relishing the hot noodles. On the way back, we held hands and stepped our names into the snow. You even took a tree branch and drew a big heart on the ground, circling our names inside. In that moment, you held me while I sang love songs one after another." Little Ai continued to reminisce.

Wubai chimed in: "I remember you didn’t want to go home. You insisted on dragging me to shop, wanting to watch a movie late at night. After a movie, it was already past two in the morning."

"Hehe, yeah, on the way back we saw cars parked by the roadside covered in snow. You wrote the words ’Wubai loves Little Ai’ on each car hood. Seeing each car made me feel so blissfully happy, like I was on cloud nine. Later, when my shoes got wet, you carried me back, leaving footprints one step at a time. I looked back at the long trail of footprints, as if they had no end. At that time, I thought, if we can keep walking like this until we grow old and gray, we’ll be the happiest couple in the world."

They had so many happy moments together. These past few days, Little Ai lying in bed often liked to reminisce, bring them out, and together revisit those happy scenes.