Chapter 4

On the day of our middle school graduation.

I looked at the sparkling stars above and asked Jax, who was next to me, “Have you thought about what you want to do later?”

Jax shook his head, a hint of helplessness on his face: “Do I even need to think about it? My dad only has me as a son, so I’ll definitely study something related and manage his company after graduation.”

I paused, then spoke: “So, after we graduate high school, will we go our separate ways?”

Jax looked into the distance, a lost expression in his eyes: “Probably.”

An evening breeze blew by, and hearing that, I felt a strange sense of sadness.

Jax looked at me, suddenly flustered.

“Hey, don’t cry. You’re that sad to leave me?”

He said, while clumsily wiping my tears away.

“Wherever you want to go for college, I’ll take the entrance exam with you.”

My eyes suddenly lit up.

“Really? Then I want to go to A College.”

“Tsk, your mood changed so fast.” Jax ruffled my hair, smiling lazily, “A College, huh? Looks like I’ll have to study hard.”

“You cry so easily. What if you go somewhere so far away alone and get bullied and start crying again?”

Maybe it was just a joke to comfort me back then, but I always remembered it.

In high school, his grades were always bad, and I was secretly worried, but he didn’t react at all.

Until the end of the second semester of junior year, when he anxiously pulled me aside to tutor him.

I thought he remembered our old agreement.

Now I realize I was mistaken.

I’ve always followed behind him since childhood, but I started understanding him less and less.

After a while, it just got tiring.

All gatherings eventually end.

Perhaps, it’s time for us to go our separate ways.

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