“Ring, ring, ring—”

As the morning light brightened, the alarm clock on the bedside table rang again on time.

The man who was sleeping soundly on the bed frowned, turned over irritably, and buried his head under the quilt.

"Ring, ring, ring--" the alarm clock rang persistently, making a shrill sound.

Ye Minghan frowned, poked his head out from under the quilt, reached out for the alarm clock, and fumbled to turn it off.

He clearly didn't...

After a pause, he remembered that he had forgotten to cancel the previous settings.

He threw away the alarm clock in anger and pulled up the quilt to cover his head. Who wants to get up early? Who wants to get up specially to meet that little liar?

The room fell silent.

“Tick-tock—”

The sound of the clock hands ticking seemed to be amplified countless times, crisp and loud.

The quilt on the bed was rolling and the man kept changing his positions, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

He simply opened his eyes, his dark pupils staring at the ceiling, and the dream he had last night reappeared in front of him.

He seems to be having dreams about the past a lot lately...

But what's the point of him being the only one who remembers those things? He closed his eyes, put the back of his hand on his forehead, and frowned.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of a car engine starting was heard outside the window.

He opened his eyes again, pursed his lips, and finally couldn't help getting up and walking out to the balcony in his cotton slippers.

A black car stopped at the gate.

The iron door in front of the car was slowly opening, and a beautiful figure could be vaguely seen through the window.

Ye Minghan watched from afar with a serious expression, as if he wanted to see the girl in the car clearly through the small window.

"Little liar."

Finally, he lowered his eyes, snorted coldly, turned around, walked into the house, and slammed the glass door.

The iron gate was fully opened, and at the doorman's instruction, the black sedan started slowly.

Chi Rui sat in the back seat of the car, put on headphones and prepared to listen to English.

Suddenly, she felt something in her heart and turned her head as if she realized something. However, when she looked around, she only saw the slightly swaying curtains of a room on the third floor.

She tilted her head and looked for a while, until the car drove out of the gate and could no longer be seen, then she looked away.

In the morning, students arrived at the classroom of Class 3 of Grade 12 one after another.

Amid the noise, Chi Rui walked slowly into the classroom.

She listened carefully to the English reading in the headphones and walked to her seat, only to find that Sheng Qingle, who always arrived early, had not arrived yet.

She took off her headphones and was about to send a message to ask her, but she heard a familiar voice beside her.

"Morning, Rui Rui."

Sheng Qingle greeted her, then stuffed her beautiful LV bag into the desk and lay down on the desk, looking unhappy.

Chi Rui couldn't help but blink and looked at her with some worry.

"LeLe, are you okay..."

"What could happen to her? She must have gone out to party all night last night, right?" Ying Chengxin laughed behind him.

However, Sheng Qingle, who always gets angry easily, ignored him this time. He just glanced at him coldly and said one word: "Get lost!"

"Sheng Qingle, you..."

Chi Rui frowned and turned to look at Ying Chengxin.

Meeting her gaze, Ying Chengxin's words got stuck in his throat before he could finish his curse. It wasn't because Chi Rui's eyes were so fierce, but because of a rumor he had just heard from his brother...

"Hehe, I'm saying sorry, you guys chat! I won't bother you."

Ying Chengxin apologized with a stiff smile, then sat back timidly.

The classmates who noticed this scene were inevitably surprised, because everyone knew that Ying Chengxin loved to flirt.

Especially after Sheng Qingle and I sat at the desks in front and behind each other, the two of them quarreled every day and there was hardly a day when they didn't quarrel.

Ying Chengxin can only behave himself in front of Jiang Xingyang, but Jiang Xingyang is not here these two days... Why is he so well-behaved today and even apologized on his own initiative?

Everyone found it unbelievable, and although Chi Rui also felt that this classmate Ying was a little weird, she was more worried about Sheng Qingle.

But Sheng Qingle was lying on the table with his eyes closed, looking like he refused to communicate, which made her feel a little at a loss as to where to start.

What happened to Lele? Are you feeling unwell?

In the afternoon, Sheng Qingle's condition did not improve. Chi Rui could not bear it any longer, so he took advantage of the break time and dragged her to the rooftop.

"LeLe, are you worried about something?"

After observing her for almost a day, Chi Rui felt that she did not look physically unwell, but rather was in a bad mood.

Sheng Qingle glanced at her and turned away, "It's nothing, don't worry."

She moved quickly, but Chi Rui clearly saw her red eyes.

What happened to make Lele, who was always cheerful, so sad?

Chi Rui pursed her lips and didn't force her anymore. Instead, she sat beside her and accompanied her quietly.

Sheng Qingle looked up at the sky, trying to suppress the tears that kept welling up in her eyes. At this moment, she heard the girl's voice softly calling, "Lele."

She bit her lip and turned her head to let her go back to the classroom first, but she saw the girl reaching out a hand.

A piece of fruit hard candy in a pink package appeared on the girl's fair and delicate palm at some point.

"Someone taught me that eating a piece of candy will make me feel better." The girl blinked at her, her eyes curved and smiling, gentle and bright.

Sheng Qingle sniffed, wanting to cry and laugh at the same time.

"Did she tell you that she likes orange flavored food?" she said finally with a pout.

Chi Rui smiled, took her hand, and then like a magic trick, he took out an orange fruit hard candy from behind him and gently placed it in the palm of her hand.

"Hey, orange flavor."

Sheng Qingle was a little dazed for a long time. She pinched the candy, opened her arms and gave the girl a hug.

"Rui Rui, you are so nice..." She leaned on her shoulder and murmured.

Finally, the two of them peeled off the candy wrappers, took one each, and talked together with the candies in their mouths.

"I had a fight with my parents this morning."

Sheng Qingle kicked her toes and said sullenly, "Today is my birthday."

Chi Rui was stunned.

"Oh, sorry... I didn't prepare any gifts..."

"No need to apologize, I didn't remember it anyway..." Sheng Qingle shrugged, "Forget it, let's not think about those unhappy things."

"Le Le..." Chi Rui felt a little guilty.

"Oh, I'm really fine now."

Sheng Qingle grinned and put his arm around her neck, "Well...how about this? As a gift, can you go out with me after school today? I don't want to go back so early."

Chi Rui nodded: "Okay, then I'll tell my family."

Seeing that she agreed without thinking, Sheng Qingle was stunned for a moment, then put his arm around her shoulders, smiled and touched his head with hers.

“So loyal!”

Chi Rui smiled and called An Xin to report.

An Xin did not object, and told her to have fun, but to be careful, and to call the driver to pick her up when she wanted to go home at night.

After school, Sheng Qingle took Chi Rui for a walk in the city, and then went to the amusement park, where they played video games, shot basketballs, and played claw machines... The two girls tried all the gaming facilities.

When they got tired of playing, they ate and drank in the mall, and then went to the clothing store to buy clothes and style themselves.

In Sheng Qingle's words, it's your birthday, so you have to look pretty. How can you go shopping in such an ugly school uniform?

Although Chi Rui thought the school skirt was pretty, she couldn't resist and had to try on the clothes as well. When they walked out of the clothing store, they had changed their outfits from head to toe.

By this time, the sky had already darkened.

Sheng Qingle was just thinking about where to go next when her cell phone suddenly rang. She answered the call and turned back to say to Chi Rui, "Rui Rui, my cousin just called me and said that his bar is having an event tonight and he invited the Z band to perform. Do you want to go with me?"

"Z band?" Chi Rui's eyes lit up.

The Z band is one of the hottest groups nowadays. Their songs can often be heard on the school radio. The lead singer, Ou Lan, is a very cool girl, and Chi Rui likes her very much.

Now I have the opportunity to listen to the live...

"But as for the bar... we can't get in, right?"

"It's okay. That bar is owned by my cousin. I've been there a few times. It's pretty safe. Go ahead, just think of it as celebrating my birthday with me."

"Well... okay then!"

In front of the computer, Cen Shen looked at his watch, then looked at the office behind him. The light was still on inside the door.

At this time, Mr. Xiao Ye is still working overtime? Wasn't he always on time the past two days? No, he left work early?

He tapped the keyboard absentmindedly, but what he wrote on the screen was still accurate.

At this moment, the lights in the office suddenly went out, and a man with a stern face walked out.

His sexy thin lips were tightly pursed, his slightly furrowed brows looked a little tired, with a hint of irritability, which made his eyes even sharper.

Cen Shen stood up quickly.

Anyone can see that Mr. Xiao Ye is in a very bad mood today.

During the afternoon meeting, that emotionless icy face scared a newcomer who had just joined the company and made a mistake into tears.

Recalling Ye Minghan's expression at that time, Cen Shen couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"Mr. Xiao Ye, are you leaving?" He put on a smile.

Ye Minghan glanced at him and nodded slightly, "You can come too."

"Um, together? Where to?"

"bar."

The author has something to say: System prompt: Demon King Ye will arrive at the battlefield in 5 seconds, please prepare for battle.

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