Even when Xue Mingcheng prepared malted milk powder for her, she didn't have the strength to open her eyes to drink it; she closed her eyes and fell asleep immediately.

When Xue Fu opened her eyes, she had slept until seven o'clock the next morning, a full ten hours, and was full of energy and radiance.

Her father, Xue Mingcheng, got up at six in the morning to prepare breakfast. Just as Xue Fu got up, there was a knock on her bedroom door. It was her father calling her to get up and eat.

"Rongrong, you can get up now. Breakfast is ready. It's sweet fermented rice balls, served hot."

"Get up, I'm coming!"

Xue Fu got up, quickly changed her clothes, combed her hair, and went out to eat her favorite glutinous rice balls.

Keep up the good work today!

Before Xue Fu entered the examination room, both Xue's parents' eyes were fixed on their daughter.

"Okay!"

The weather is nice today; the sun is shining brightly overhead.

It brightened everyone's mood.

Xue Fu sat in the examination room, picked up her pen, and began answering the questions quickly.

Before you knew it, the three-day college entrance examination was over.

After the announcement that the last exam was over rang out in the teaching building, Xue Fu capped her pen, took a few deep breaths, and a bright smile bloomed on her face.

Now, she was truly liberated.

Ha ha!

The heavy responsibility of the college entrance examination on her shoulders was finally over and gone, and she felt completely relieved!

When Xue Fu left the examination room, she ran into Wang Qing on the school playground. They were in the same examination room, but they had never met before.

When Xue Fu saw Wang Qing, her expression was quite good, and she didn't seem frustrated at all. Xue Fu thought that she must have performed very well.

Xue Fu smiled and went over to greet her, and the two walked outside together.

"Sigh," Wang Qing sighed, somewhat helplessly, "We finished our exams today, and we have to go back to work tomorrow. We're so miserable."

Xue Fu's smile froze: "..."

Xue Fu smiled wryly: "You're right."

The two walked to the school gate, and Wang Qing stopped and said to Xue Fu, "By the way, Xue Fu, I need to go find Sun Chengbin. I have to ask him how the exam went. I won't feel at ease if I don't ask him."

Remembering what Wang Qing had told her before—that they would get married if they both got into university—Xue Fu nodded: "Go ahead. But don't worry too much. When we were doing practice problems, you and Sun Chengbin were very stable. If you perform normally, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"Okay, thanks. I'm off now, see you at the newspaper!"

After watching Wang Qing's figure disappear into the crowd, Xue Fu breathed a sigh of relief and turned to walk home.

There are many people at the school gate now, with many of the candidates' relatives and friends coming to welcome them after the college entrance examination.

Xue Fu didn't look closely at the crowd over there. She had told her parents yesterday that they didn't need to come pick her up today.

They've taken a lot of time off these past few days, and they'll have to make up for it with time off in lieu of leave.

With this make-up leave, they'll have to work for more than half a month straight.

Xue Fu refused to let them come to pick her up.

It's not very meaningful.

Xue Fu lowered her eyelids, staring down at the ground.

Someone must have stepped on an ant nest, because the ants, which should be spending the winter in their warm nests in the ground, are now busily crawling around on the ground.

Xue Fu glanced around several times, then, not paying attention to what was ahead, she accidentally bumped into someone. Her forehead hit the person's chest, which was hard and made her head ache.

Xue Fu hissed, and before she could even look up to see who she had bumped into, she was already apologizing.

"I'm so sorry I bumped into you. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I'm really sorry."

She heard two muffled laughs, which then turned into soft, lingering chuckles. The more Xue Fu listened, the more familiar the sound became.

She raised her hand to cover the spot on her forehead where she had bumped it, then opened her eyes to look at the person opposite her.

A hand touched her forehead even before she did, gently stroking it with obvious tenderness.

The person she hadn't seen for a long time, the person she had been missing, appeared right in front of her.

Gu Chong opened his lips slightly, his tone sincere and gentle: "I'm sorry, Afu, I hurt you."

He touched the red mark on her forehead, leaned closer, and Xue Fu thought he was going to kiss her. Her heart skipped a beat, her emotions surged, and her ears turned red.

He simply lowered his head, blew on her forehead, and did so in a reverent manner.

Xue Fu was in a daze, almost thinking it was a dream.

However, his call of "Afu" brought her back to reality.

Xue Fu wondered if her mouth was stretched all the way to her ears, and if she looked silly.

But she was so happy to be able to see him now.

"You're here! Is this a surprise?! You didn't even tell me you were coming!"

Xue Fu playfully hooked her finger around his: "How long have you been here? Did you arrive today? Did you come alone? Has Xiao Fei arrived yet? I miss you so much. I was going to call you later."

Xue Fu seemed to have flipped a switch at this moment, and became excited and cheerfully talkative.

She lowered her voice slightly, so that the other candidates next to her wouldn't hear, afraid of being envied: "You know what? I think I did pretty well."

After saying that, she squeezed the back of his hand again: "Does what I said make me seem particularly confident? Does it make me seem a little arrogant and complacent?"

"I..."

Before she could finish explaining, Gu Chong nodded emphatically in her eyes: "Afu, you are very outstanding."

Xue Fu blushed.

She herself said that she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. But when she heard him agree, Xue Fu suddenly became shy.

"Okay, let's go back!"

"By the way, Gu Chong, where are you staying now? You're not stupid enough to go and stay at a guesthouse, are you?"

Gu Chong did indeed come without Xue Fu's knowledge, wanting to give her a surprise.

He arrived in Haicheng at noon today. As soon as he got off the train, he rushed over to the examination venue she mentioned in her letter and waited at the school gate for the whole afternoon.

He had originally planned to stay at a guesthouse, not wanting to trouble the Xue family. After all, he wasn't married to Xue Fu yet, and it wouldn't be proper for him to keep visiting the Xue family.

However, he came over as soon as he got off the train and didn't have time to check into the guesthouse.

Stared at coquettishly by Xue Fu's foxy eyes, Gu Chong couldn't bring himself to say that he was planning to stay at the guesthouse.

"Afu, I..."

He's tongue-tied again.

Xue Fu glared at him twice. Her fox-like eyes, with their upturned corners, were so bright and lively when she glared at him that they made him feel numb and itchy inside, and his heart swelled up, but she didn't seem to have any power over him at all.

"snort!"

Xue Fu pinched the taut flesh on his arm and muttered under her breath, "Idiot."

"Let's go, let's go home! You're not allowed to stay at that guesthouse! Isn't my home good enough?"

"Okay, I was wrong, Afu."

"Hmph~"

On the way home, Xue Fu's eyes never left Gu Chong, and he did the same.

How long can you stay in Haicheng?

"Three days, leaving the night after tomorrow."