We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Unfortunately, this novel has come to an end.

Since moving on August 15th, I've been busy. Firstly, I don't have a stable place where I can write in peace, and secondly, there are many other things waiting for me to do.

But I still manage to post once a day, sometimes on the high-speed train, sometimes in a hotel, sometimes in a study room...

So when this novel was finished, I felt a sense of relief, as if a huge mountain that had been weighing on me had finally been lifted off my shoulders.

However, after a long while, a sense of melancholy and emptiness arose in his heart. The youth that belonged to Li Mubai and Xie Shu had come to an end. No matter whether the ending was good or bad, their youth had come to an end.

I suddenly thought of a saying: Flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns.

No matter what we are like ten years from now—whether we are celebrities, powerful and influential, or doing an ordinary job.

But we can never find that youthful, innocent look we had on campus.

Maybe we worried about our grades back then, maybe we felt inferior in front of the girls we had crushes on... but these are the most original aspects of youth.

Youth never returns, and a day never dawns twice.

While writing this novel, I often reminisced about my high school days. I would pick up my graduation photo from my senior year to reminisce about those memories; I would flip through the diaries I wrote back then to savor the feelings of my crush at that time...

So, I only woke up from this dream about youth when the novel ended.

Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye. Those who have reunited with me after a long separation look at my hair and say: You have a few more gray hairs.

This is what it means to be alone by the window, my temples already gray...

Returning to the novel, some readers may feel that the later parts were written too hastily.

On the one hand, I think that if we were to write a college chapter about their three years there, it would be considered filler, or that deliberately creating some conflicts would seem illogical. So, the novel did not elaborate on that later part.

On the other hand, I am not a genius and my writing skills are indeed limited. I was surprised that I was able to write this novel to nearly 800,000 words. Writing a long slice-of-life story that is both interesting and realistic is quite a challenge for me.

Let's talk about a question that readers are interested in—about the new book.

I have plans to publish a new book.

But I will soon be leaving for another place, and I don't know if I will have enough time and a quiet environment to write.

Therefore, the matter of starting a new book still needs to be considered slowly.

Finally, thank you to all the readers for your continued support.

To be honest, when I first started writing, I didn't expect that hundreds of thousands of people would read it.

I just felt a sense of incompleteness. When inspiration struck, I would pick up my pen and write. Back then, I could even write four chapters a day. Although not many people read them, I still felt fulfilled.

Later, as more and more readers started following the story and occasionally cheering on the author with tips, I realized that this novel did have supporters.

So I had an idea: no matter what, I had to finish writing my first novel!

But no matter how you explain it, this "no matter" can't be explained away.

I'm no longer like I was when I was young, able to pour my energy into something that doesn't seem to bring me any benefit.

Therefore, the completion of this novel is largely due to the support of the readers, for which I am extremely grateful!

There must be a time and space where Li Mubai and Xie Shu's youth continues!

The green hills remain unchanged, the clear waters flow on forever, until we meet again!