It seemed like in the blink of an eye, Xia Yi realized that her life could no longer intersect with Nie Qingzhou's.
They used to occasionally bike to school together in the mornings, but suddenly, that "occasionally" vanished. She no longer saw Nie Qingzhou at her doorstep in the morning, waving at her with a piece of bread in his mouth.
During lunch break, she ate with Zheng Peiqi. She didn't know when Nie Qingzhou went downstairs, nor did she know where he ate in the crowded cafeteria. After evening self-study ended for the parallel classes, the remote bicycle shed was empty; he had long gone home.