Chapter 615: Retreat in the Face of Difficulties

After her classmates' calligraphy works were posted online for "exhibition", Liu began to take exams without any distractions, one after another, without stopping her hands, feet or mind. She had to take more exams than other students, including sophomore major courses, for which she had to make up credits.

It was ten days later when all the professional exams were over. After walking out of the examination room, Liu Lan breathed a sigh of relief. She was in a very good mood and felt extremely relaxed. Looking at the sky, which was obviously gray, she felt that it was so blue.

Liang Shengnan and three other girls in the class caught up with her from behind and asked her to go have lunch together. Liu Man readily agreed. At this time, a boy said from behind them, "Liu Man, wait a minute, I have something to tell you."

The boy's name was Li Wang, and he was also from the Department of Classical Literature. Li Wang was the most active male student in the class and had a good relationship with the female students. Liu Lan was quite familiar with him, so she didn't think much about it. She nodded and said yes, asking Liang Shengnan and the others to wait for her, and then followed Li Wang to a secluded corner.

"There's something that has been bothering me for a long time. I feel like if I don't talk about it now, I won't be able to get over it and will feel uncomfortable," the boy, who usually has a good speaking ability, suddenly became shy, with a complicated expression.

If Li Wang's eyes had not been so clear, Liu Lan would have really thought that he was going to confess his love to her.

"Just say whatever you want to say. It's okay."

Li Wang was determined to go all out and said, "Xiong Jie and I will live in the same dormitory."

Liu Lan was stunned. How could Li Wang's matter be related to Xiong Jie? Li Wang saw her expression and knew what was going on. He continued to speak with more courage.

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"Xiong Jie doesn't talk much, but he's a very down-to-earth person. He's the smartest among us boys, and he learns everything quickly and well. We all admire him very much!"

Li Wang said a lot of preparation and praised Xiong Jie with many flattering words before getting to the point. "After Xiong Jie took the regular script class, he would take two days a week to practice calligraphy. During the time when you were teaching, his interest was even higher. He practiced calligraphy almost every day until the clock struck zero before going to bed. In the three years of college, he had never studied so hard to review his lessons. We thought he was possessed."

"But his condition suddenly changed not long ago. When he came back that night, we asked him how his calligraphy test went. He said nothing. He washed up quickly and crawled to the bed, covering his head with the quilt. We looked at each other, not knowing what had happened. After that, he was not only more silent than before, but also depressed and sighing."

"Then we saw Xiong Jie's calligraphy works that you posted on Weibo, and we finally understood why Xiong Jie became like this."

Everyone was studying ancient articles, so understanding a short sentence from the Book of Songs was a piece of cake. They didn't expect that Xiong Jie would dare to like Liu Lan. They thought Xiong Jie was too bold!

Liu Lan is so nice, who wouldn’t like her?

Li Wang still remembers the first time he saw the legendary Liu Lan, his heart was pounding. He had never seen such a beautiful girl in real life. She was just like the one described in "The Goddess of Luo River", "graceful as a startled swan, graceful as a swimming dragon", wearing a long skirt, lowering her eyebrows and smiling, just like someone who walked out of an ancient painting of a lady. Later, when they talked in the dormitory, Li Wang realized that everyone had the same feeling.

But no one dared to express love to Liu Lan. They couldn't resist and they knew they were not worthy of her. The male classmates privately believed that Liu Lan was really a god, unattainable and could only be admired from afar. Pursuing Liu Lan was a waste of time and only added to the sadness. Why bother?

That's why they admired Xiong Jie's courage, but seeing their good brother in such a state, they couldn't bear it. Li Wang couldn't help but bravely said to Liu Lan,

"I don't mean anything else. I just want you to persuade Xiong Jie to..." Li Wang paused for half a second. He wanted to say "tell him not to be a toad wanting to eat swan meat", but he also felt that Xiong Jie was not bad, it was just that Liu Lan was too outstanding and the gap between the two was too great.

"Well, let him give up anyway. The school is on winter vacation, and everyone will go home tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I don't want Xiong Jie to go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year in this mood, otherwise he won't have a good New Year."