Chapter 711
“Uh-huh,” Vonnie nodded heavily and quickly took out her phone to search for the ranking of livable cities.
At night, maybe because I was in a new place, I just couldn’t fall asleep. Scenes from the past always replayed in my mind, and that indescribable pain was magnified countless times in the quiet of the night. I tucked Vonnie in and then got up from the bed quietly.
Yoripero seemed to have endless snow falling. Outside the window, “goose feather” snowflakes were falling again. When I looked into the yard, I unexpectedly saw Anton. He sat on the stone bench, a layer of white on his shoulders, the spark between his fingers flickering. He stared into the night, surrounded by an indescribable loneliness. I pursed my lips and closed the curtains.
Everyone has their own constraints. I don’t blame him, but I can’t be friends with him like before. For two consecutive days, Anton did not appear in front of me again, and Vonnie and I also settled on the city we would live in—Glauvale, located in the south, where the weather is like spring all year round.
Early that day, after Vonnie and I had booked our plane tickets online, we called a taxi and got ready to go to the airport.
Vonnie and I didn’t have much luggage. When we left, the butler thought we were going out shopping and even specially called the driver to act as our tour guide.
Vonnie laughed and said, “Thank you, Stephen, but we are not going to the airport. We are leaving Yorpero now. Could you please tell Anton for me when you see him that we have left? Thank him for his hospitality these past few days.”
“Ah? Are you leaving? Why?” Stephen looked at me and Vonnie in surprise. “Did we do something wrong?”
“No, no, no…” Vonnie shook her head in a panic. “You are all very nice, very warm, and hospitable. It’s just that this is not the place where we want to stay for long. When the time comes, please help us inform Anton; just tell him that we have left. Thank you.”
Stephen sighed and didn’t say anything more.
Yoripero was covered in snow everywhere, but fortunately the roads had been cleared and the cars were not driving slowly. In less than an hour, the car arrived at the airport.
Getting out of the car, a cold wind blew over, making Vonnie shiver with cold.
“Hiss, Yoripero is beautiful, but it’s really cold.”
I took off the scarf and wrapped it around her neck, saying unkindly, “You complained that the coat was too big. Now you feel cold, right?”
“Hiss, let’s go in quickly.”
Two hours before the plane took off, Vonnie ran to buy milk tea. Not long after, she hurried towards me with two cups of milk tea in her hands, looking surprised as she said to me, “Do you know who I ran into?”
I pulled her to sit down, took the milk tea she handed me, and chuckled, “Why are you in such a hurry? Did you bump into someone?”
“It’s that… that Johnathan.”
I was taken aback. Mentioning Johnathan, I couldn’t help but think of Reynaldo.
Vonnie put in a straw, took two big sips, and said to me, "I didn’t see him at first; he saw me first and waved at me. He was also lining up to buy milk tea. You said it’s funny or not—a grown man still likes to drink milk tea."
I didn’t say anything, just looked around.
Vonnie glanced at me and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Reynaldo didn’t come.”