Chapter 20

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Haoran gets off work at midnight.

The same time I hear something rustle at my door.

I looked away from my phone to see him stomping his shoes on the mat.

“You're in the wrong room,” I told him.

“I'll stay here for the meantime,” he answered. “In case my father comes back.”

“Suit yourself. You can sleep on the bed. I'm used to sleeping on the sofa.”

“Why?”

“I don't like huge spaces.”

“Okay, I'll sleep there then.”

He turned around and headed to the room without another word.

I was reading through a discussion thread on an internet forum when he emerged from the room holding a small box filled with folded papers.

“So, you really do keep my letters,” he gasped.

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