Once seated, old memories resurfaced before her eyes and the newly ignited love for her new life was extinguished. The current scene mirrored their shared ideal during their impoverished student days: sitting in a café, taking two laptops, writing novels or doing some translations and sipping coffee lightly, exchanging smiles from time to time. Finally, selling their work for money, then returning here to continue writing. They gained fame and also reaped benefits. Sitting here, they both knew clearly that they had lost the drive to write in a similar way, yet coincidentally harbored hopes of sudden wealth. Once, the deeply envisioned scenes of future happiness now unfolded before them, but they faced each other in silence, unsure where to start. Levi had not arrived yet, and the

