Jin Zhu nodded her head. "Yes, in September, but... Huh? How do you know it's in September?"
As if realizing something, she looked at him in astonishment.
A flicker of emotion passed through Sang Nian's eyes, yet his lips curled slightly as he raised his hand to stroke her hair. "It's common knowledge about the military training at the opening of school."
At his words, Jin Zhu could only utter an "Oh" and stopped talking.
Yet the brightness in her eyes seemed to dim little by little, filled with a sense of melancholy.
Deep meanings, however, lurked in Sang Nian's eyes.
...
The green-skinned train rumbling past the railroad tracks over the vast grasslands made a roaring sound.
Just a short while ago, at the train station, the little girl who came secretly to see him off had also prepared a lot of food for him, dried beef, dried mutton, crispy cheese cake, milk sediments stuffed buns, and Zanba, all packed in a big bundle, bulging at every seam.
