As the racing season ended, Ye Xiyan, far from home, received an invitation to return and join a travel-themed charity project. That night, the team gathered to chat as their journey neared its end. Someone from the new medical team, bored and restless, casually asked Jiang Xu why she hadn’t been around the previous night—had she gone out to meet someone? Amid the restless summer heat, the bonfire beside them burned fiercely, casting a hazy glow that outlined their silhouettes. Jiang Xu stayed silent. Neither confirming nor denying. Ye Xiyan didn’t speak either—she wasn’t close to these people. —Because the night before, Jiang Xu had been with her.