Chapter 39 Graduation

Two days later, Tang Shi suddenly told her that Nan Xuqiu would not take the college entrance examination, and Lin Shuya was going to South Korea to be a trainee. Because he knew Korean, he would accompany Lin Shuya to South Korea and leave tomorrow.

Chi Jinjin's writing hand suddenly stopped.

He is not going to take the Fuhua entrance exam?

So, maybe they will never meet again in this life?

Chi Jinjin never expected that that day would be the last time she saw him.

Chi Jinjin did not sleep all night. The next day, Song Ci and Ji Yang went to the airport to see Nan Xuqiu and Lin Shuya off. Tang Shi did not go because of Chi Jinjin.

But Chi Jinjin really wanted to go, but how could she face him and Lin Shuya again?

Chi Jinjin felt extremely regretful. If she had known the result would be like this, she would not have confessed. It was okay to like him secretly. At least she could see him again and send him off in the presence of friendship.

But now it's too late, there's no hope.

The thought that she would never see Nan Xuqiu again made her heart ache.

Chi Jinjin took out her phone and stared at his profile picture for a long time. Finally, with trembling fingertips, she clicked on it and typed in the dialog box: "Senior, have a safe trip."

She used up the last bit of courage she had left and pressed the send button.

But a red exclamation mark appeared in front of her message box.

It turned out that he had deleted her as a friend...

Chi Jinjin stared at the phone screen in a daze. The red exclamation mark pierced her eyes and heart like a sharp sword, and drops of tears fell on the screen.

"What's wrong, Jinjin?" Tang Shi, who was standing next to her, took her phone and realized that Nan Xuqiu had deleted her as a friend. "Fuck, why did he delete me again? If we can't be lovers, can we still be friends? That's too stingy!"

"He might have done it to give Lin Shuya a sense of security. What he did was right. You can't say that about others..." Chi Jinjin said, tears falling from her eyes one after another.

Tang Shi was angry on behalf of Chi Jinjin and said, "This Nan Xuqiu, what a jerk! He's never even had a girlfriend and never seen her expose herself."

"I can't blame him, he did nothing wrong. I was just too self-indulgent. I wanted to like him myself." Chi Jinjin choked up, wiping the tears from her face over and over again, but she couldn't wipe them away.

"Jinjin..." Tang Shi patted her shoulder and comforted her, "We don't have to be sad. It's just a man. There are many good men in this world. When the time comes, we will find a lot of them in college. We don't have to be sad."

Chi Jinjin nodded, but although she said this, she always knew in her heart that she would never meet someone like Nan Xuqiu again in this world, and no one could be better than him, at least that was the case in her heart.

After Nan Xuqiu left, Chi Jinjin never went to the second year of high school again. She was in a daze every day and always liked to stare at the crowd, hoping to see a glimpse of his figure among them. Even if it was just a back that looked a bit like him, she would stare at it for a long time.

She would often come to the cherry blossom garden and spend half a day there. She was full of joy at that time, thinking that it was the end. But later, the moon broke its promise, the sun set, the cherry blossoms disappeared, and the people disappeared too. Only she and the wind remained here.

After the final exam, Chi Jinjin returned home, and her longing for Nan Xuqiu finally decreased a little, but every time she saw soap while washing clothes, she couldn't help but think of him.

In the past, her heart was happy when she thought of him, but now, when she thought of him, she felt heartbroken.

She found an old wooden box that had not been used for a long time in the utility room, cleaned it, and took it into her room.

Chi Jinjin took off the rabbit bracelet from her wrist and put it back into the original gift box. She then placed it, along with the orange pen, chamomile diary, and the red scarf that had not been given away, into the wooden box on the table.

Looking at the things in the box, past memories flashed through my mind like a movie, and finally the pictures shattered and disappeared.

When she first met him, she was struck by his presence at first sight. Her love for him was like fireworks, exploding in her heart, brilliant and splendid. But afterwards, only ash fell, leaving her alone to clean up. He was a firework, lighting up her entire world, but disappearing in a flash. In the end, she could only copy it in her memory.

His turning back and looking into her eyes were the beginning of her self-conceit. It was ultimately a large-scale self-touching event, one person's chaos and one person's sobriety.

She hated herself so much. She hated why she liked Nan Xuqiu so much, why she had to meet Nan Xuqiu, and why she couldn't get him but couldn't bear to let him go.

But what can she do?

Chi Jinjin smiled bitterly. She slowly closed the box and murmured, "Nan Xuqiu, this time, I really want to give up on you..."

The ending was already determined, her love went from pantomime to tragedy.

Teardrops fell on the box...

In a blink of an eye, Song Ci and his friends had finished the college entrance examination, and both of them were lucky enough to be admitted to C-United University.

"Junior Tang, your brother has been admitted to university, you have to work harder." Song Ci showed off the admission letter to Tang Shi.

Tang Shi rolled her eyes in disapproval, but Song Ci suddenly came up and kissed her hard.

"What are you doing?" Tang Shi asked.

Song Ci said nonchalantly, "I'm kissing my girlfriend. Why, have you forgotten that you said you would be my girlfriend as long as I passed the university entrance exam?"

"Did I...ever say such a thing?" Tang Shi pretended to have amnesia to tease him.

Song Ci pulled her into his arms, hugged her tightly, and said, "You can't remember, right? Okay, I'll help you recall it."

As he said that, he kissed Tang Shi's lips again.

The seasons passed, and another year went by. Soon, Chi Jinjin also became a senior high school student. The teacher handed out application forms for them to fill out.

Tang Shi filled in the university for Song Ci. Chi Jinjin looked at the application form in front of her and was hesitant to put pen to paper.

She was silent for a long time, then picked up the pen and slowly wrote the word "Fuhua" in the box of her first choice.

Tang Shi was a little surprised when he saw it, and asked, "Jinjin, Nan Xuqiu... why are you still filling in Fuhua?"

"Of the two wishes, one must come true." Chi Jinjin said earnestly, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, this time it's not because of Nan Xuqiu, I also want to fight for a better future."

"That's right. If we can both get admitted, even though we are not in the same university, fortunately C University is not far from Fuhua, and I can come and visit you during the holidays." Tang Shi looked forward to her future life.

Chi Jinjin smiled slightly, and her heart was also longing for it.

The college entrance examination is approaching, and the days are getting shorter. The pace of study is gradually reaching its climax. Chi Jinjin hardly puts down her pen from day to night. The test papers piled up around her are enough to overwhelm her. She writes one book after another, and the chalk on the podium is changed every day. Everyone is working hard for the last few days.

Although it is really hard, Chi Jinjin resolutely chooses this hot life. Time flows downstream, and her dream flows upstream. She has no talent, but she still wants to be stubborn and not leave any regrets.

The table floats away into the distance, the lights surge like waves, the young man rides on the wind and soars straight up. The years are peaceful because of the youth's generosity, and the world is magnificent because of the young man standing forward.

Two days before the exam, Wang Weiguo hung a rice dumpling on the door of the classroom and asked each of them to touch it before leaving. That was his blessing to everyone.

The day before the exam, everyone changed into special class uniforms and took graduation photos together at the school gate. I don’t know why, but it seems that the sun is always unusually strong in every graduation photo, and the teacher always asks them to face the sun directly, so most people squint their eyes. Maybe young people are meant to bask in the sun.

After taking the graduation photos, everyone wrote blessings and names on each other's clothes. The classroom was in chaos, but this time Wang Weiguo just watched quietly and did not shout to stop them.

Perhaps, he also knew that the classroom would become lively again, but it would no longer be the group of people in front of him. By tomorrow, those who were still making a mess would eventually disperse and spread all over the world.

Chi Jinjin once again came to the cherry blossom garden alone. The ground was still covered with green grass, and the branches were covered with green leaves, swaying in the wind. However, the cherry blossoms had fallen, and the girl's heartbeat would eventually end, buried in the soil and slowly turning into mud. The wind blew past with a sour taste. She left the boy who had made her heart beat again and again in the spring of that first year...

In the bar, Lin Shuya and her teammates, the boss and others, a group of people were talking and drinking, while Nan Xuqiu was sitting alone in the corner of the sofa, quietly looking a little out of place.

A man looked at Nan Xuqiu for a long time, then handed him a glass of wine. Nan Xuqiu waved his hand to refuse.

Lin Shuya immediately stepped forward, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "He's a senior with a relatively high status in the Korean entertainment industry. Brother Xuqiu and I still rely on her for our resources. Please help me out. Just have a drink."

After hearing her say this, Nan Xuqiu had no choice but to accept it reluctantly and had a drink with that person. However, he did not expect that the person would become more and more presumptuous and deliberately sit next to him. She said that he was very suitable for the entertainment industry and asked him to consider developing in the industry, but her hands were dishonestly placed on Nan Xuqiu.

Nan Xuqiu was very disgusted and stood up and left the bar, leaving everyone confused.

Leaving the noisy bar, he walked across and sat down on a bench under the street light. A few moths were circling around the light, and the dim light shone on Nan Xuqiu's body.

He took out his phone and looked at the circle of friends that Song Ci had just posted. They were all photos of him and Tang Shi, but the last one was a photo of the three of them.

Nan Xuqiu's gaze fell on Chi Jinjin in the photo of three people. Her face was covered with colored pens painted by Tang Shi and the others. Tang Shi was pinching her cheeks, like a little cat, smiling and making gestures to the camera.

He remembered that Chi Jinjin and the others seemed to be graduating soon. If he hadn't left, he would have been in this photo too...

The next day, Wang Weiguo was in the classroom, once again explaining the things that must be paid attention to during the exam. He was wearing the clothes that they had first seen each other in. For a moment, Chi Jinjin felt like it was her first day here.

A horn sounded outside the window, and the car that came to pick them up had arrived at the bottom of the teaching building.

Wang Weiguo placed his hands on the podium and said earnestly, "Hello, students. My name is Wang Weiguo, and I am your homeroom teacher. I wish you all the best and a bright future. Let's go to the battlefield."

Everyone left their seats and lined up to leave the classroom. Chi Jinjin was the last in the line. She grabbed the door handle and slowly closed the door. A story ended here. At some point next year, it will open again, but it will be a brand new story.

Chi Jinjin sat in the car, looking back at the school that was getting farther and farther away, and said silently in her heart, "Goodbye, A High School, goodbye, Class 140, goodbye, Teacher Wang, goodbye, Nan Xuqiu..."

He was with her every step of her youth, but he was eventually like this school, moving away while she moved forward.

Chi Jinjin withdrew her gaze and looked at the classmates in the carriage. She always felt that graduation was a long way off, but now they were about to go their separate ways. The years were long and hurried, and in the end, only memories were left that no one could return to.

The cicadas outside the window are still chirping enthusiastically, the midsummer sun shines through the green leaves, and the boys and girls in the classroom are about to set off for the next mountains and seas.

After coming out of the examination room, Chi Jinjin felt relieved, and soon Tang Shi also ran out.

After the college entrance exam, they will each go home, leaving this city and bidding farewell to a memory. The wind is coming, and it's time for her to leave. All that remains in this city is regret...

After returning home, Chi Jinjin began to wait nervously for the results to be released.

Tang Shi felt that waiting alone was too anxious, so she ran to Chi Jinjin's house and waited with her.

The day of the results announcement finally arrived, and Tang Shi and Chi Jinjin both nervously checked their scores.

"Damn, what a crappy system, it's so laggy!" Tang Shi couldn't help but complain.

Chi Jinjin couldn't click in for a long time. She comforted the anxious Tang Shi and said, "There are too many people checking the results. Don't worry, take your time."

As she was speaking, Tang Shi's results appeared on the screen. She quickly took a look and immediately stood up from her stool excitedly, saying, "I passed! I passed!"

At this time, Chi Jinjin also came out. She lowered her head and looked quickly, and immediately said incoherently with joy, "I, I, I also passed the exam!"

“Ahhhhhhhhh!”

The two girls hugged each other excitedly. Chi Jinjin then quickly ran out to the fields and told Zhang Xianmei and the others, "Mom and Dad! I got into Fuhua!"

"Really?" Zhang Xianmei and Chi Changgui were also extremely happy.

Soon the notice from Fuhua was sent to Chi Jinjin.

The cover was red, with the words "Fuhua University Admission Notice" written in gold. Chi Jinjin slowly opened it and found a golden bookmark inside. The bookmark seemed to be made of gold and was engraved with the pattern of a university gate.

"Damn, this famous university is different. The admission letter is so grand and impressive!" Tang Shi said enviously.

Chi Jinjin joked, "Then let's take turns going. I'll go see Senior Song?"

"That won't do." Tang Shi refused immediately.

Chi Jinjin burst out laughing.