Campus Chapter: Blind Date (Part 2)

One day at noon, Xia Zaoan finished her class and wanted to have lunch with Ye Lin. Xia Zaoan knew that Ye Lin had come to school today, and since she was not in the classroom, she guessed that Ye Lin had gone to the laboratory building, so Xia Zaoan went downstairs to wait for her.

This time, Xia Zaoan's luck was not so good.

It happened to be a very hot day, the scorching summer day, when the temperature was the highest. Under the scorching sun, the surrounding air currents were clearly visibly distorted.

Xia Zaoan stood in the scorching sun for over an hour, feeling as if she had been thrown into an oven. Her face flushed red, beads of sweat fell like broken strings, and the scene before her eyes began to blur.

Ye Lin had just finished her work and came out of the laboratory building.

Xia Zaoan's head was dizzy, but she still recognized Ye Lin at a glance.

"Ye Lin." Xia Zaoan's voice was so soft and weak that even she could hardly hear it.

"What are you doing here?" Ye Lin stood in front of Xia Zaoan.

"Ye Lin, I..." Ye Lin noticed that something was wrong with Xia Zaoan.

"How long have you been standing here? Do you know that you have heatstroke?" Ye Lin said with a little excitement.

Xia Zaoan felt that Ye Lin was angry and was about to explain something, but she really couldn't hold on any longer. Her body softened and she was about to fall down.

Ye Lin hurriedly supported Xia Zaoan, picked her up and rushed to the infirmary.

Xia Zaoan leaned in Ye Lin's arms and could clearly hear Ye Lin's beating heartbeat. Her arms were so cool that Xia Zaoan felt comfortable and at ease, and she couldn't help but fall asleep.

In the afternoon, Xia Zaoan woke up in the infirmary, and Ye Lin was standing beside him with a sullen face.

Xia Zaoan remembered Ye Lin's angry look just now and couldn't help but get scared. She explained to Ye Lin, "Ye Lin, I just wanted to have lunch with you. I couldn't get into the laboratory building, so I had to wait for you downstairs. Please don't be angry."

"Xia Zaoan, are you stupid? If you can't wait for someone, won't you leave first? Are you just standing there and letting yourself get a heat stroke?"

Xia Zaoan felt a little aggrieved, "I'm afraid you'll come down as soon as I leave, and I don't want to miss you."

Xia Zaoan gently pulled the corner of Ye Lin's clothes and took a peek at her face. She didn't know if it was Xia Zaoan's illusion, but she saw tears flashing in Ye Lin's eyes.

Ye Lin sighed helplessly, "You take a rest first. I've asked for leave for you."

Ye Lin made a phone call, but Xia Zaoan couldn't hear what she said because the distance was too far. He only heard Ye Lin say, "Come in and tell me my name."

Half an hour later, a middle-aged man in a black suit walked in.

The man was very respectful to Ye Lin, "Ms. Ye, this is what you wanted." He handed a file bag to Ye Lin.

Ye Lin took it and filled out a registration form for him.

"Miss Ye, if you have nothing else to do, I will go back first."

Ye Lin nodded, "Well, thank you for your help."

"It's no trouble, Miss Ye. It's my honor to help you."

The man in black left.

Xia Zaoan felt that the man's attitude towards Ye Lin was very strange. This uncle was obviously much older than Ye Lin, so why was he so polite to Ye Lin?

Ye Lin opened the file bag and handed it to Xia Zaoan. "This is the lab pass. With it, you can come in and out of the lab building as you please. You can come see me anytime you want, but I may not have the time."

Holding the pass in her hand, Xia Zaoan was very happy. She knew that Ye Lin really cared about her. Xia Zaoan had always been surrounded by people who cared about her since she was a child, but few of them were sincere. Ye Lin happened to be the one who was sincere.

"Well, then, are you not mad at me anymore?"

"I'm not mad at you."

Ye Lin's mood swings were never too big, and she didn't know why she couldn't control her emotions when she saw Xia Zaoan not caring about her.

"Gurgle--" A sound came from the air. Xia Zaoan felt a little embarrassed because the sound came from her stomach.

"Well, it's not my fault. I haven't had lunch yet."

Ye Lin really couldn't do anything about Xia Zaoan, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?"

"Aren't you going to have dinner with me? I'll take you out to eat."

Ye Lin walked out first, and Xia Zaoan followed happily.

…

Ye Lin didn't come to school today. Xia Zaoan looked at the empty seat next to her and boredly fiddled with the pass Ye Lin gave her on the table. The pass was golden in color, which was rare, but Xia Zaoan thought it looked pretty good.

Han Yu in front turned around and said, "Morning Xia, can you lend me your math homework so I can copy it?"

Ye Lin was not around, so Xia Zaoan said listlessly, "Why are you asking me to borrow it? Your deskmate has such good grades, shouldn't you borrow it from him?"

"Oh, that stingy guy Leng Lin refused to lend me the money. He told me to ask if I didn't understand anything, and that copying homework was pointless. He told me to be more motivated. He was so nagging. Top students like them simply wouldn't understand poor students like us. If I knew the answers, why would I need to copy them?"

"Who's talking to you or us? I'm not a bad student. The homework is on the table, take it yourself."

"Thank you."

Han Yu just reached out to take it, and when he saw what Xia Zaoan was holding, he felt that it looked familiar, and his pupils trembled. "Zaoan, can you let me see what you have in your hand?"

"Here." Xia Zaoan handed the pass to Han Yu.

Han Yu took the pass and checked it again and again, and was shocked. "Xia Zaoan, where did you get this pass? I must be dreaming, you actually have this!"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this pass?" Xia Zaoan was puzzled.

"What's wrong? Do you know what you have in your hand? That's not an ordinary pass, it's a pass for international non-researchers. Do you know why our school's laboratory building is heavily guarded and outsiders are not allowed to enter? That's because one of the branches of the International Research Association in Quanguo is located in our school. It is said that there is an important national S-level secret experimental project being studied in our school's laboratory building, so Kyoto No. 1 Middle School attaches great importance to the security of the laboratory building and strictly controls the entry and exit of personnel. But as long as you have this pass, you can not only enter and exit our school's laboratory building, but also any experimental base."

"Is it really that powerful?"

"Of course. Let me tell you, there are no more than ten people in Quan Country who have non-researcher passes, and internationally, there are even fewer. You can't buy it with money. I also saw it from an executive at my dad's party. Where did you get it?"

"This pass was given to me by Ye Lin."

"Ye Shen gave it to you? Ye Shen is our school's national treasure. When he was in junior high school, he won the first place in the national adult physics, chemistry and biology competition. With Ye Shen's ability, it is not difficult for him to enter the laboratory building, but he is not able to get involved in the core projects. Our school is not qualified to apply for such a pass. You said that Ye Shen gave it to you, but where did Ye Shen get it? Unless-"

"Unless what?"

"Unless Ye Shen is from the National Research Institute and his status is definitely not low, he can get this kind of pass."

"But Ye Lin is still a high school student. How could she be from the research institute?" Xia Zaoan was puzzled.

"That's why it doesn't make sense. It's really strange." Han Yu was also confused.

Leng Lin, who was beside Han Yu, had heard the entire conversation. He looked at the pass in Xia Zaoan's hand in silence, then slowly said, "Maybe you saw it wrong. It's just an ordinary pass."

The pass has a unique golden logo that is not found on ordinary passes, and no one dares to use the same color as the special international pass.

Han Yu just opened his mouth: "But..."

Leng Lin took out his math homework and interrupted Han Yu, "The homework is almost due, are you still going to copy it?"

"Copy, copy, copy." Han Yu snatched the homework book from Leng Lin's hand and started copying.

Han Yu was a carefree person and had put this matter behind him long ago. If he couldn't figure it out, he would just stop thinking about it like a math problem.

Xia Zaoan looked at the pass in her hand. Xia Zaoan didn't understand, but she knew that it was not easy to get an extra pass.

Xia Zaoan thought without a doubt: In fact, Ye Lin has already recognized me as a friend in her heart. She regards me as a friend.

Xia Zaoan clenched the pass in her hand. She didn't know when she started to regard Ye Lin as a friend. Now she knew that Ye Lin had also accepted her as a friend a long time ago.

…

Perhaps because of Xia Zaoan, Ye Lin spent more time in the classroom. Gradually, the classmates became familiar with Ye Lin and realized that she was not that difficult to get along with.

Ye Lin also helped Xia Zaoan a lot in many things. Xia Zaoan was like Ye Lin's little tail. She became more and more dependent on Ye Lin and always liked to follow her. This went on for three years.