Chapter 131

Ding ding ding...

The familiar and lengthy bell sound rang in my ears.

However, this time, it wasn't the sound of the end of class, but the signal that the exam had ended.

"Hmm..."

Raina Nan put down her pen, squeezed her slightly sore wrist, and stretched lazily.

She sat quietly in her seat, waiting for the invigilator to walk down the front row and collect the test papers.

Finally, it was over...

It was still raining outside.

Raindrops battered against the window glass, falling in a series of cascades along winding paths.

Although she was still sitting in the classroom, she was no longer a "high school student" in the truest sense...

For some reason, a strange thought suddenly crossed her mind.

The disparity between time and reality always felt weird, lacking a sense of reality.

...

After the invigilator confirmed the papers and announced that they could leave their seats,

She stood up and walked out of the classroom.

Most of the students around her were from other schools, discussing something back and forth.

She walked along the corridor.

Occasionally, she would come across one or two familiar classmates from her own school passing by, but she couldn't call out their names.

They glanced at each other, nodded with a smile, and brushed past each other.

...

"Xiaoyu!"

A voice, amidst the cacophony, reached her ears.

She looked up.

"Roxie?"

It was Roxie Lin. Her exam room should have been in another building...

Did she teleport...?

"Why are you here?"

"As soon as I finished the exam, I came to find you~ I ran all the way!"

She said, patting her chest with her hand. After her breathing calmed down a bit, she scratched her cheek and said, "I always feel anxious if I can't see Xiaoyu~ Hehe."

"..."

Raina Nan looked at her, smiled lightly, and poked her forehead with her finger.

"You're making it sound like I'll suddenly disappear~"

"Um..."

Roxie Lin covered her forehead, turned her head slightly, and took a quick glance at her.

"Just have that kind of feeling..."

...

"Move aside, you're in the way!"

At that moment, a voice came from behind the two.

"Sorry... Oh, it's Xiaoling."

They turned around and realized that Bell Tong was already standing behind them.

"Why did you come over too..."

If she remembered correctly, Bell Tong's exam room should have been in the farthest building.

"So what? Can't I come?"

"Hehe~ Xiaoling is such a child who fears loneliness~"

Roxie Lin laughed and patted her head.

"Loneliness, my foot!"

"You're not straightforward~"

"Let go!"

Blushing, Bell Tong opened Roxie's hand.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Muttering to herself, she walked ahead.

"..."

The two people behind looked at each other and couldn't help but smile as they followed along.

...

In the lobby of the first floor of the teaching building, many students without umbrellas were waiting for the rain to stop.

The ringing of telephones was incessant in the lobby.

The moment the college entrance exam ended didn't mean that they would have free time... There were still various relatives' phone calls to deal with.

"Oh! Look at the class group chat!"

Bell Tong looked at her phone screen and said.

"After the exam, the students from Class 3-2 are gathering at the school gate. Teacher Wei invites the whole class to have hot pot at Hai Di Lao and then go karaoke!"

The class representative posted such a message in the class group chat.

"Teacher Wei is awesome!"

"Teacher Wei is awesome!"

"Teacher Wei is amazing!"

... The boys replied unanimously.

"Haha, how pitiful~"

Bell Tong couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After a while,

William Wei finally appeared and sent a "crying-laughing" emoji.

Well, well,

No matter how much these students had fun at his expense, this was the last time......

"It seems like the rain has gotten lighter, let's go~"

Only Roxie Lin had an umbrella among the three of them.

They had to squeeze under one umbrella and stumbled towards the school gate.

"Xiaoling!"

In the distance, they could hear someone calling Bell Tong's name.

"..."

She looked up and saw it was her dad and stepmother.

The two of them were standing in the somewhat crowded crowd, holding an umbrella.

"We told you that you don't need to come..."

Bell Tong walked up to them and said softly.

"What are you saying! After my precious daughter finishes the gaokao, can't I come and see her?! How did you do, my darling?"

"Are you asking right after the exam?"

She pouted and glanced at him.

"Oh, right! I shouldn't ask! I shouldn't ask! Let's just have fun today! Haha."

"..."

She sighed lightly and said:

"By the way, there's a class gathering tonight, I won't be coming back for dinner~"

"Eh? Today, your Aunt Min specially cooked the dishes you like! How about..."

"But..."

She hesitated a bit and looked at her stepmother beside her.

"It's okay!"

Her stepmother saw her hesitation and quickly waved her hand.

"Today is Xiaoling's graduation party, as long as she's happy, it's all good~ Let her have more fun with her classmates, right?"

"Yes, is that so...?"

Tong Dongcheng scratched his head.

"I'm leaving."

Bell Tong said, turned around, and walked towards the front.

"Hmm, be careful on the way~"

Stepmother Minshi smiled, squinting her eyes, and waved her hand at her.

...

"Thank you."

A voice, weak but clear, brushed past her ear.

She thought she had misheard and was a little surprised, so she looked up.

What she saw was Bell Tong's slightly tilted face and the faint smile at the corner of her mouth.

"..."

...

"What's wrong?"

Tong Dongcheng seemed not to have heard anything.

"Nothing~"

The stone in her heart seemed to have finally fallen to the ground.

Feeling a little hot in her eyes, she turned around.

"Let's go home~"

...

"Huh? Where's Ruoxi?"

Bell Tong walked by Raina Nan's side, but Roxie Lin was nowhere to be seen.

"Um~"

Raina Nan looked at her phone and nodded in the direction ahead.

Looked towards the school gate.

Only then did she notice that Roxie Lin's sister seemed to have come as well.

"What are they doing...?"

...

Lin Ruoxiao was holding her like this, slightly lowering her head, saying something in her ear.

After whispering for a long time, she finally let go.

Roxie Lin smiled lightly, looked at her sister like that, took a few steps back with her hands behind her back, and then turned around and walked towards them.

"What did she say?"

Bell Tong asked.

"Oh, nothing..."

Roxie Lin quickly waved her hand, shaking her head like a rattle drum.

"..."

Bell Tong looked at her suspiciously but didn't ask further.

She turned her head and looked at Raina Nan.

"Yuyu, are you feeling better?"

"Um... almost..."

Raina Nan lowered her head, her fingers constantly swiping on the phone screen.

As soon as she turned it on, a bunch of messages popped up.

Most of them were from relatives, asking how she did on the exam, which university she wanted to go to... messages like that...

Of course, there were also 10 missed calls from her mom...

...

"You don't have to reply to every message..."

Bell Tong leaned her chin on Raina Nan's shoulder and lazily said.

"It'll be fine soon..."

In the end, she replied to each and every message...

...

"Class 3 Class 2, gather over here!"

"The class leader is calling."

"Um..."

She finally put her phone back in her pocket.Then she walked over.

"Xiaoyu."

Roxie Lin walked beside her and nudged her with her shoulder.

"Hmm?"

"Why didn't you see Nan Ge Ge?"

"..."

She paused.

Half a second later, she spoke softly again.

"I don't know..."

"Did he not message you?"

"..."

She remained silent.

Calmly, she shook her head.

"Huh? That's strange..."

"What's so strange..."

She said, slightly turning her face.

"That idiot..."

Yes, that idiot.

...

Ding ding ding.

An urgent phone ringtone sounded.

She startled, her body trembling slightly.

She picked up her phone, swallowed, and cleared her throat.

...

"It's a call from "Idiot" Mister~"

Roxie Lin covered her mouth and giggled.

"..."

Blushing, she bit her lip, feeling a little embarrassed as she glanced to the side.

"..."

Bell Tong glanced at her from the corner of her eye, but didn't say anything.

"We'll go ahead, Xiaoyu, catch up later!"

"Don't drag me!"

After Roxie Lin finished speaking, she grabbed Bell Tong and ran towards the front.

...

"..."

She gradually slowed her pace and finally stopped in place.

...

A falsely calm heart.

Shaken by just one phone call...

So this is how it is after all...

...

"..."

She paced, walking towards a convenience store a little away from the crowd.

She placed her phone to her ear and pressed the answer button.

"Xuyu?"

His voice came through on the other end.

"Have you finished the exam?"

"..."

"Xuyu..."

"Where are you?"

She interrupted him and asked in a low voice.

"...Ah?"

Samson Nan on the other end of the phone paused for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"I didn't see you when I came out..."

"Oh, I suddenly had something to do here..."

"..."

She held the phone, hesitated briefly, and spoke in a voice only he could hear.

"...Something more important than me?"

"..."

He was taken aback.

"How could that be..."

"You liar."

...

"So the situation now is that you're angry with me?"

"Ah..."

"Then...should I come over now?"

He compromised and said.

"Don't come, we still have a gathering later."

"Is that so..."

He thought for a moment and said again, "Then tell me, what should I do to make you feel better?"

This won't work, that won't work, he felt a bit helpless...

"Go to hell."

"..."

This is a bit difficult...

"Okay, how about this, you send me the location of your gathering, and when it's over, I'll come pick you up?"

"..."

"No matter how late, I'll definitely come!"

"..."

She lowered her head, looking at her own toes.

After a while, her voice softened and she spoke softly,

"Just do whatever..."

"Alright."

Her casual response was equivalent to saying OK...

"Call me when your gathering is about to end."

"Oh."

"Also, don't play games on your phone too much, if it runs out of battery, where am I going to find you?"

"Okay..."

She was just about to hang up the phone.

"Oh, by the way..."

...What else?

"Just a reminder, um..."

He hesitated for a moment.

"Some guys, you know, they're about to graduate, and they like to cause trouble during gatherings..."

"What?"

She tilted her head, not understanding.

"Anyway, stay clear-headed and don't let anyone take advantage of you without even realizing it..."

"..."She paused for a moment.

"Oh, I see..."

"Hey, don't doubt it, there really are people like that!"

"I know, stop nagging..."

"Well...I'm hanging up now. Call me if anything happens."

"..."

He said and hung up the phone.

"Raina Nan, let's go."

"Coming!"

Someone ahead was calling her.

She put her phone back in her pocket and ran after them.

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