Three months later.
It was already the season of spring turning into summer, and people were wearing much less clothing.
Ou Jingfeng started wearing dresses; she had bought many new dresses for her wardrobe.
That person left three months ago, saying he'd be back in four months.
He still calls her regularly every week, but every call sounds hurried.
She and Chen Jingbo have brief phone exchanges.
She feels the days are slow and a deep longing spreads in her heart; she starts missing that man, every day, every second yearning for him.
Such a long-distance relationship makes it easier to feel longing and reflect.
The longer the time passes, the stronger the longing becomes.
Everything else becomes unimportant, only longing is most intense.
The phone rang as she was tidying up her vegetable patch, the latest batch of strawberries had been harvested.
She took off her gloves and glanced at her phone; it was a call from her mother.
Ou Jingfeng picked it up. "Mom?"
