Chapter 48 Meeting "Don't lie to me."

The day when the gift was delivered was the only time Yan Ning saw Lu Chen in person during this winter vacation.

Not long after that, Yan Ning drove with his parents to his grandmother's house in another city to celebrate the New Year.

Then, before school started, the family of three went to Fangcheng again to check on the recovery of the scar on Yan Ning's forehead.

The doctor said that the scar has become lighter than expected and that it will be almost invisible to the naked eye in time.

Mom and Dad are very happy.

Yan Ning too.

On the way back to the hotel, Yan Ning immediately sent a message to Xin Jing on her mobile phone to tell her the good news. Xin Jing was happy for her, and the two sisters chatted for a long time.

To the hotel room.

Lin Xinci asked Yan Ning to go back to her room to rest first, and the family would go downstairs for lunch half an hour later. She also said that she would take her to have some fun in Fangcheng in the next few days.

The door is closed.

Yan Ning changed into hotel slippers, ran to the bed, and threw himself onto the soft bed.

Then, I couldn’t tell whether it was impatience or procrastination that was the cause.

Yan Ning exited the chat interface with Xin Jing, slid his finger down, and clicked on the account named "L".

The last message was on New Year’s Eve.

00:00.

Outside the high-rise building, amidst the blast of fireworks, she felt inexplicably uneasy and anxious. She pressed the send button and typed the following sentence in the chat box:

Ningning: -[Happy New Year!]

Sent out.

Almost at the same time, Lu Chen's message popped up on the screen:

L:-[Happy New Year.]

There is also a picture below, which is a photo of Qi Jin’s face. The four words "Wan Shi Sheng Yi" are written in Q-version font in the four corners.

The lighting and composition of the picture are perfect, the cats are cute, and the meaning is beautiful.

Overall, this can be said to be a very excellent emoticon picture.

Yan Ning stared at Qi Jin's round eyes for a long time. Then, she raised her hand, quickly clicked on it, long-pressed it, chose download, and saved the picture on her phone.

After doing all this, Yan Ning originally wanted to say that saving a picture was fair, reasonable and legal.

But, a minute later.

She still couldn't help it, and directly opened the social media software and typed in the keywords "cat New Year greetings emoticons" in the search box.

As soon as the pictures were loaded, she browsed and filtered them, and then saved all kinds of cats to her mobile phone.

Until there were dozens of pictures of cats wishing a happy new year in the album.

Yan Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief.

as if.

Not so insecure anymore.

It was like a turning point.

Although Yan Ning didn't send Lu Chen any messages after that because there were no opportunities to chat, the feeling of guilt, anxiety, and even avoidance that Yan Ning had felt about chatting with Lu Chen also disappeared.

So, now.

Based on everything that happened before, Yan Ning decided early on to tell Lu Chen about his trip to Fangcheng to see a doctor.

It’s just different from chatting with best friends.

To Lu Chen.

Yan Ning did not use the online live broadcast method to send the medical treatment process one by one at a time. Instead, he chose to summarize the information and finally typed a long paragraph:

Ningning: -[Well, I wanted to tell you something. I came to Fangcheng today to have my forehead scar rechecked. I made the same appointment with the very experienced Dr. Chen from last time. Dr. Chen said that my forehead is healing very well, and after two or three more courses of treatment, the scar will be almost invisible.]

Although I looked at both sides and confirmed that there was nothing missed, I sent this message.

However, after the dialog box popped up on the screen, Yan Ning took another quick glance at it, and then, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it looked like a diary written by a child.

A little bit.

Not very satisfied.

Since the other party hasn’t replied yet, they probably haven’t seen it yet.

Yan Ning turned over in bed and lay on his stomach. After thinking for a moment, he quickly added another sentence.

Ningning:-[Just like you told me before.]

After sending the second message, Yan Ning put his phone aside without giving it much thought and slumped his head on the bed. He'd gone to the hospital today and gotten the earliest appointment available. It was only a little after eight o'clock when he got back. Lu Chen, who was on vacation at home, might not have gotten up yet.

And because she got up too early, she felt sleepy and wanted to clear her mind and try to rest.

In no mood--

After a while.

There was a "thump" sound.

Message alert tone.

Yan Ning, who was almost half asleep, was suddenly awakened.

She subconsciously grabbed her phone and opened it to take a look.

Two new messages appeared on the left side of the screen - from "L".

He said:

L:-[Really.]

L:-[Great.]

Yan Ning's sleepy eyes gradually woke up.

In fact, it was so good that just a few words were enough to express his evaluation of the matter.

But he added "really" in front of it.

She could almost imagine what this person would look like if he stood in front of her at this moment. He would be serious and sincere, leaning down, looking at her, with a curved eyebrow, and saying to her:

"Really, that's great."

As soon as this imaginary scene appeared, Yan Ning suddenly didn't feel sleepy at all.

Not only am I not sleepy.

After a while, for some unknown reason, Yan Ning suddenly had an impulse and wrapped himself in a quilt, rolling back and forth several times on this bed which was much larger than the one at home.

She didn't stop until her hair, which had not been cut short during the holiday, was hanging messily on her cheeks and her back felt a little hot and wet.

Yan Ning's breathing was slightly disordered, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and he looked up at the ceiling.

In my mind, a clear thought emerged——

indeed.

That’s great.

-

In the blink of an eye, it’s time for the second semester of high school to start.

Because he did not take the final exam and the subsequent make-up exam, Yan Ning scored zero in all subjects except Chinese and was assigned to a regular class.

Yan Ning was mentally prepared for this matter and accepted it smoothly. On the contrary, Lin Xinci and Yan Xiangrong felt a little guilty for not taking good care of their daughter.

On the night two days before school started, the three members of the Yan family held their second family meeting.

The main topic this time is about the educational model in the subsequent stages of Yanning High School.

My parents said from the beginning that they would fully listen to Yan Ning's wishes and consider her physical ability to endure. They would not enroll her in full tutoring classes during the holidays.

In addition to complying with school rules and not being allowed to bring electronic tools such as mobile phones and computers to school, Yan Ning will not be restricted from using them at home.

Although I had some vague premonitions about these things before.

But after hearing his parents say it so clearly, Yan Ning was still a little dazed for a moment, and even doubted whether he was dreaming.

Clench your palms and apply slight force.

The nails cause a little pain.

She was sure that this was all real.

And about cram schools.

Yan Ning had no intention of really not doing anything from then on.

After a good talk with her parents, she finally decided temporarily that there was a chemistry class that she thought the teacher taught very well, and she would continue to attend it, with a frequency of two classes a week.

Also, Ms. Zhao next door will continue to teach, but the schedule will be changed to once every two weeks.

When school starts.

Yan Ning's hair was almost long enough to be tied up. In order to make it easier to apply medicine on her forehead, she simply didn't cut her hair. Instead, she used a rubber band to tie a small bun at the back of her head, changing her hairstyle.

Looking in the mirror, I see my whole face.

Yan Ning felt a little strange and a little curious.

On the first day at school, Yan Ning, with a new hairstyle, went to the Liberal Arts (1) class to look for Xin Jing. His friends and family held his face in their hands, looked him in the eyes, and he listened to the following sentence seven or eight times in a row:

"Ningning is cute!"

“So cute!”

"My Ningning is so epic and adorable!"

Yan Ning blushed slightly at the praise, but thankfully, she had long since gotten used to Xin Jing's occasional full-throttle praise. Furthermore, the two of them were standing in a corner of the corridor, and Xin Jing's voice wasn't too loud. It was still early, so not many people had arrived at school, and there weren't many other people around...

However, this peace of mind did not last long.

Just as Yan Ning turned sideways, turned his head, and faced the guardrail, it collapsed completely.

Not far away, there was a familiar figure who had appeared there without me noticing.

Yan Ning's cheeks immediately became even hotter.

So, subconsciously, I wanted to pretend I was completely unaware and turned my head back to the previous angle.

But she didn't get what she wanted.

Because Xin Jing obviously saw that person too.

She waved over there, "Good morning, God of Road!"

The man replied: "Good morning."

Now, even if Yan Ning wanted to pretend not to see it, he couldn't do it anymore.

She had no choice but to bite the bullet and turn her head away.

In early spring, under the warm morning light, the young man stood tall, his whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of light golden filter.

His pair of beautiful dark eyes looked at her, and the corners of his eyes curved:

"Good morning."

Their eyes met.

Probably because of him.

Yan Ning couldn't help but lift the corners of his lips slightly.

Then, she whispered, "Good morning to you too."

Although the two of them still abided by the agreement not to know each other at school, it now seems that they are not familiar with each other.

But in fact, she had sent this person a message the night before coming to school. It was about changing her study time at the school next door from every Saturday afternoon to once every two weeks.

When she discussed it with her parents before, she actually tried to continue according to the previous model.

But my parents said that this was not only because of her health, but also because Teacher Zhao was teaching on a voluntary basis and had never charged any tuition fees, so they should not take up so much of the elderly's time.

As soon as this reason came out.

Yan Ning lost the ability to refute.

Just yesterday afternoon, Lin Xinci and I, carrying lots of bags, went to visit Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Cen across the street. We discussed and confirmed the change in tutoring time and came back.

As soon as Yan Ning returned to the bedroom, he couldn't help but think of someone——

Lu Chen.

This is her deskmate who goes to class with her almost every week.

She thought about it and still felt that she should tell him about the change in class time.

That's what she thought and did.

The cell phone was placed on the bedside table. Yan Ning edited a message explaining the situation and sent it out after confirming that it was correct.

The reply was received very quickly.

L:-[Okay, I know.]

He seemed to accept it quickly.

Yan Ning couldn't tell what she was feeling. She stared at the message for several seconds.

like.

There is something depressing in my heart.

I kind of want to say something.

And I feel like I don’t know where to start.

The screen dims.

Yan Ning pursed her lips, and finally some angry thoughts came to her mind. She raised her hand and wanted to throw the phone back to the bedside.

However.

At the moment before releasing the hand——

The phone, which had turned off the message alert tone, suddenly vibrated again.

The screen also lit up.

Another long message appeared on the left. Yan Ning paused and subconsciously lowered his eyes to look at it. It said:

L: -[Will I not be able to see you this week? Or next week? Can you tell me in advance so that I can be mentally prepared?]

Although……

She had a feeling that this person was deliberately exaggerating in order to amuse others.

But, I have to say.

Although she had noticed it in her heart, she had never admitted it. Because of the sudden change and the subsequent restlessness of not being able to meet, it was also gently smoothed out by him.

Yan Ning lowered his head, quickly opened the keyboard, and then typed the words one by one into the dialog box.

Ningning: -[This week.]

Ningning: -[But, it's not that exaggerated. We'll meet at school too!]

As soon as the message is sent, the message "The other party is typing" will be displayed at the top of the screen.

soon--

L:-[Okay, I’m serious about this.]

L:-[Don’t lie to me.]

Yan Ning originally wanted to think about it, and then follow the man's slightly exaggerated tone and reply with an exaggerated sentence.

But I don't want to.

The phone vibrated again.

A voice message with a red dot suddenly jumped onto the screen.

Yan Ning subconsciously looked over and paused.

One second later.

Although the headphones aren't used often, they're not in her room right now...

Although the software has a voice-to-text function...

Even in the quiet of the night, there's always a worry that someone might hear the sound...

But, it's like being tempted.

Yan Ning swallowed his saliva and carefully turned down the volume of his phone to the lowest level. Then, he clicked on the voice bar and quickly put the speaker to his ear while the playback message was displayed.

It was quiet all around.

Therefore, the boy's clear voice seemed particularly distinct.

The same is true of the faint smile that seems to be hidden inside.

"Otherwise, I'll be sad."

Word by word, like a stone thrown into a stream, creating ripples.

After a while.

In the end, Yan Ning only replied:

Ningning: [Okay.]

The spring breeze caresses my face.

Next to her, Xin Jing greeted him and then seamlessly moved on to the next topic.

Before Yan Ning withdrew his gaze to the other side, he also tried to raise his eyebrows slightly.

What I want to express is——

have a look.

She was absolutely right.

So, we meet.

Over there, Lu Chen nodded slightly, and the curve of his lips deepened.

He obviously understood and agreed with her idea.