The tomatoes bubbled in the pot, releasing a fragrant aroma.

I pretended to ask casually, “When did you and Li Qiu get together?”

His tone was quiet, flat to the point of cruelty.

“A month after our divorce.”

My hand brushed against the edge of the pot, and a large blister formed instantly from the heat.

I blinked, continuing to add the eggs and cook the noodles.

Jin Lan said, “I’m going to have a smoke.”

He turned and his footsteps faded away.

My eyelids trembled, and a string of tears fell, dropping into the boiling water, vanishing without a trace.

Jin Lan and I.

We really have become strangers.

The tomatoes bubbled in the pot, releasing a fragrant aroma.

I pretended to ask casually, “When did you and Li Qiu get together?”

His tone was quiet, flat to the point of cruelty.

“A month after our divorce.”

My hand brushed against the edge of the pot, and a large blister formed instantly from the heat.

I blinked, continuing to add the eggs and cook the noodles.

Jin Lan said, “I’m going to have a smoke.”

He turned and his footsteps faded away.

My eyelids trembled, and a string of tears fell, dropping into the boiling water, vanishing without a trace.

Jin Lan and I.

We really have become strangers.