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A sweltering evening breeze blew gently, and the rustling of insects in the grass carried upstairs. Fang Zhi followed Jiang Yu to the vicinity of the restroom. At this moment, the students were all busy making noise in the classroom, and there was no one around.

"Fang Zhi." He stopped, turned around, and looked down at Fang Zhi with a solemn expression.

Fang Zhi also stopped, looked up at him, and asked, "Hmm?"

Jiang Yu smiled and took out a red banknote folded into the shape of a paper crane from his pocket and gave it to her.

Here's your 100 yuan back.

Fang Zhi looked down at his hand holding the money. Before she could reach out to take it, the young man's deep, magnetic sigh slowly drifted into her ears.

"I regret it. I regret thinking that because I have a good family background, even if I don't study hard, my future will be good."

Even ordinary classmates would offer him words of comfort, let alone Jiang Yuze, with whom he had a closer relationship.

She had vaguely admired a free-spirited and unrestrained person.

"Jiang Yuzhe." Fang Zhi called his name again, looking at him earnestly, "It's not too late to start taking things seriously now."

"Our homeroom teacher just said something today that I think is very appropriate to give to you. The college entrance examination is the first step in your life."

Looking at the girl's sincere face as she comforted him, Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Silly girl." Without giving her a chance to react, he suddenly leaned closer to her, opened his arms, and wrapped them around her.

Realizing there was no way to avoid it, just as she thought Jiang Yuze was about to put his arm around her, he stopped—

It was an embrace through the air.

The girl's eyelashes trembled nervously, while Jiang Yu's eyes held a hint of a smile—that was enough.

He was content even without any substantial contact.

"I'm planning to retake the college entrance exam, so could you wait for me at your dream university?"

He murmured again, "Wait for me..."

The boy's voice, seemingly pleading yet helpless, was incredibly gentle, and it dissipated with the wind on this graduation night.