Snow of Mourning

After briefly thinking about random things, Lin Yu took out a cigarette and lit it. Amidst the swirling smoke, he couldn't help but feel worried, his attention drawn back to the matters that actually required his focus.

What should he do?

Xia Muzhu, Tang Manman, Qing Mo.

What was he going to do about these three?

Just thinking about the three of them gave Lin Yu a dull, throbbing headache.

Xia Muzhu was his girlfriend, the one he had been dating the longest.

Not to mention he had lived at her place for so long; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they had already started living together.

On top of that, she had just suffered the massive blow of her younger brother possibly becoming a vegetative state patient.

Even if his conscience had been eaten by dogs, he couldn't just leave her!

As for Tang Manman, she was another massive headache for Lin Yu.

Judging from her behavior that night, she was clearly showing signs of going to extremes, and Lin Yu was deeply worried about her.

Furthermore, this girl was like an unforgettable first love to him; he genuinely couldn't bear to let her go.

Then there was Qing Mo.

She was the most damn unsolvable one of them all!

After what happened early this morning and just now, he was probably never going to be able to shake her off completely.

He couldn't run away, and he couldn't hide.

If she wanted to, she could pull off a kidnapping stunt like the one early this morning eight times a day!

And there was one thing Lin Yu had to admit.

He wasn't completely devoid of feelings for Qing Mo.

To be honest, with her looks, there were very few straight men in the world who wouldn't feel some attraction and fondness toward her.

Not to mention her absolute sincerity toward him.

Actually, when Lin Yu first rejected Qing Mo, his biggest reason was the fear that she only wanted to be with him purely for physical reasons.

Such a purely physical relationship without love was extremely unstable.

Who knew if she might suddenly lose her mind one day, get interested in some other man, and kick him to the curb? Wouldn't he become a total tragedy then?

And if he had already fallen in love with her by then, it would be the tragedy of all tragedies.

Now that his biggest concern was gone, it seemed he and she could be considered mutually affectionate...

...

Sigh!

Lin Yu sighed, scratching his head in distress.

What on earth was he supposed to do in this situation?

Was he really going to bow down to destiny and become the kind of person he despised the most?

No way!

How could he explain himself to his forum buddies?

The moderator of the True Love Forum leading the charge to surrender to the enemy?

That was a capital offense worthy of being drowned in a pig cage!

Lin Yu didn't want to become the blonde-haired homewrecker from the original erotic manga.

But with things having reached this point, Lin Yu truly couldn't find a solution.

Smoking and walking, Lin Yu had already left Qing Mo's small manor located in the downtown area.

The cigarette on his lips was almost burned out. Lin Yu took one last, hard drag. It wasn't because he was broke, but because he craved the richer tobacco flavor of that final puff.

Lin Yu felt he needed a stronger nicotine hit to make himself feel a bit better.

After taking the last drag, Lin Yu stomped out the cigarette butt and made a decision in his heart.

Although he still didn't know what to do at the moment, he should at least go back to Xia Muzhu first. After all, she was the one who needed him the most right now.

A gust of cold wind blew close to the ground, sweeping up the long-settled snow dust and blowing it all into Lin Yu's clothes and collar.

A few larger particles of snow dust slapped against his exposed skin, bringing a faint, subtle sting.

Only then did Lin Yu notice the biting cold of City H.

He narrowed his eyes to prevent the wind-blown snow dust from getting in, zipped his jacket all the way to the top, shoved his hands into his pockets, and strode away.

After walking against the cold wind for a while, Lin Yu suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Why had the snow dust become so soft?

And so large.

Frowning, he looked up and realized that heavy snow had started falling from the sky at some point.

The snowflakes were soft and dense. Even backed by the strong wind, the fluffy flakes had no lethality whatsoever.

Looking at the sky full of heavy snow, Lin Yu's frown deepened.

Snowing again?

Son of a bitch!

Lin Yu was almost developing a stress response to snow.

Ever since that unseasonal heavy snow in City S, he hadn't encountered a single thing that went his way!

First it was Tang Manman, then Xia Muzhu, Xia Yueshan, and now Qing Mo!

Damn it.

This snow was practically acting like an omen of bad luck!

Now that it was snowing here again, did it mean he was going to run into more awful things, or perhaps a forced plot correction?

Thinking of this, Lin Yu stopped in his tracks with worry and began to seriously consider if there were any other hidden landmines around him.

First was the fourth female lead from the original work.

According to the plot, it seemed it should be her turn.

But right now, there wasn't even the slightest spark between them, so there was absolutely no possibility of a plot correction!

Besides her, the rest of the female leads from the erotic manga were all in City S; he couldn't even run into them if he tried.

The only one he had a deeper connection with, Tao Yaoyao, he had already made things clear with her.

After that incident happened, she hadn't appeared in front of him for a long time.

Let alone any sort of communication.

As for Tang's mother, there was no need to even mention her!

Looking at it this way...

Lin Yu stroked his chin.

It seemed he was overthinking things?

After thinking it over, Lin Yu felt that must be the case.

After all, City H was located in the north. Although it was coastal, the temperature wasn't as freezing as other northern regions, and it had less snow in winter.

But having a few heavy snowfalls in winter was the most normal thing in the world.

There was no need for him to jump at shadows like this.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

The current situation was already headache-inducing enough. If some random, messy people were inexplicably dragged into it, Lin Yu felt he would truly have a mental breakdown!

Exhaling a long breath and watching the white mist dissipate before his eyes, Lin Yu sniffled and continued walking toward the main road ahead, preparing to hail a taxi there to go find Xia Muzhu.