Zhuo Yuqing found the tie at the bottom of her box, which she had bought but never found the right opportunity to give it to him. Actually, she was also embarrassed, wondering if giving him something out of the blue might seem too direct.
Early the next day, when Zhuo Yuqing woke up, Bai Chengxi had already gone out for a run. He was in the habit of exercising early in the morning, running for at least an hour every day.
Zhuo Yuqing went to the kitchen and made the simplest bread and milk breakfast. Just as she had set the breakfast on the table, Bai Chengxi came back. He was wearing a thin, grey sports suit with the hood pulled over his head, which at a glance made him look like a 17- or 18-year-old youth.
"Up so early?" Bai Chengxi took off his hood, revealing his hair soaked with sweat, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead. Far from looking sloppy, it instead gave him a masculine charm.
