Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 216

Ryder recalled, the first time he heard the name Agnes, was on the third day of military training after enrolling in university.

At that time, he had just come back from abroad and was still not used to domestic life and jet lag

The scorching summer, the high-intensity military training, and what was worse, he ran into a very strict officer.

Back then, military training wasn’t divided by majors or classes. It was random, each group consisting of sixty people from different majors and classes.

In order to test their endurance, the officer would always make them stand in the blazing sun for half an hour before lunch every day when the sun was at its strongest

He was not feeling well in those few days, but kept pushing through

When he felt that he was about to fail and the world in front of him began to become blurred, someone next to him suddenly handed him a bottle of mineral water The girl’s voice was clear and pleasing to the ear, “Hey, boy, this is for you.”

He strained his eyes to look at the person next to him, only to see a face that made his heartbeat race.

She handed him a bottle of mineral water and said softly, “Drink it, but don’t let the officer see you.”

took the water bottle, which had clearly been drunk

not liking to use things that others had touched, let

that moment, he didn’t

bottle and took a big gulp, and

to pay attention to this

as they were about to get to know each other, they were separated

still often saw her.

to sit under the basketball hoop on the playground with a group of

summer, the temperature was

the ground, exhausted after training, she could always be seen handing out bottles of mineral water to the people around her. He

Agnes–

was long, hot, and suffocating

like a block of ice in the summer heat, making him feel cool and refreshed

he hardly ever spoke to

second cafeteria. She spent most of her weekends in the library, and at nine-thirty every night, she would run a lap around the playground before going to

boyfriend, named Elton Taylor.