"Zhou Ling, guess who I saw tonight?"
You'd never guess.
Zhou Ling, who was playing Candy Crush to pass the time, answered Sun Tingting's call absentmindedly, "Who is it?"
Ever since Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua moved in, Zhou Ling's standard of living has improved significantly.
She doesn't need to cook, do laundry, or clean the house.
At home, she was like a little princess, pampered to the extreme by Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua.
Zhou Ling secretly rejoiced that she had loving parents who cared for her. Although their love came a little late, their concern for her never diminished.
She has let go of the past abandonment and has begun to truly accept Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua.
However,
Little did Zhou Ling know that the kindness shown to her by Zhou Dana and his wife was merely a preparation for obtaining more compensation for the demolition.
What she saw and felt was exactly what Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua wanted her to know.
"Okay, I'll reveal the answer now. I saw Wang Qiang, Zhang Dong, and Lu Ye today."
Sun Tingting said excitedly.
Zhou Ling was unfamiliar with these names and had little interest in them to begin with, so she lost interest even more, thinking that Sun Tingting didn't need to tell her about it.
"I don't know them, so what does it have to do with me?"
"Zhou Ling, you really don't know them?"
Sun Tingting was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting it, and then continued to ask: "You must know Wu Yuxue, right? She's your brother, no... Zhou Chen's classmate, the school beauty who was suspected of dating Zhou Chen back then."
Um?
Mentioning Wu Yuxue immediately brought to mind a beautiful figure. She remembered that Zhou Chen had indeed been very close to a girl when they were in school three years ago. At the time, she was curious and asked for her name. It was from Zhou Chen that she first learned about Wu Yuxue.
Why did Sun Tingting mention this person?
“My classmate’s cousin, Wang Qiang, was a classmate of Zhou Chen. He came back today with Wu Yuxue. They both got into university back then and are now returning home in glory. Do you think they will meet with Zhou Chen? Will Zhou Chen have the nerve to meet them? After all, there’s a big gap between them.”
Sun Tingting said this,
Zhou Ling, who had been clicking the mouse, immediately stopped, finally showing interest, and her eyes lit up.
She understood what Sun Tingting meant. Zhou Chen's former classmates, who had suddenly returned, would definitely make comparisons with Zhou Chen, who was now repeating a year of high school, and might even look down on him. If Zhou Chen met these people, he would most likely be despised.
Especially Wu Yuxue, who used to be very close to Zhou Chen.
Three years have passed, and Wu Yuxue must be even more outstanding now, with no shortage of suitors around her. Seeing that Zhou Chen is still in high school, she must be very disappointed.
At that time, Zhou Chen will most likely be humiliated.
Upon realizing this, Zhou Ling immediately instructed Sun Tingting to keep in touch with that classmate, find out what her cousin Wang Qiang was up to, when he was going to see Zhou Chen, and to tell her as soon as she found out.
She wanted to see Zhou Chen make a fool of himself.
On the other end,
Inside the restaurant, Wang Qiang, Zhang Dong, Wu Yuxue, and others ate and drank their fill, and then sent photos of themselves eating together back in Fanjia County to the No. 1 High School group chat.
The previously quiet group chat immediately became lively.
"Isn't this Old Li's home-style cooking from Fanjia County?"
"Wu Yuxue is still so beautiful."
"I really envy you guys being able to get together like this. I wish I could go too."
This small gathering brought the dormant group back to life, and even those who hadn't spoken in a long time started to participate.
Many people have started a wave of nostalgia.
"In a moment, I'll take you to see some more familiar things."
"You're not going to school, are you?"
"I want to watch it. It's been three years, and I miss my high school days every day."
"Yes, although high school was tiring, it was really the happiest time of my life. My youth is gone forever."
Whether male or female, good or bad at studying, all students have many feelings when they talk about their school days.
After paying the bill, the group walked to a high school.
It was already 8 or 9 p.m., so we couldn't go inside the school, but the photos we took were enough to make everyone who spent three years here unforgettable.
Wang Qiang, Zhang Dong, and Lu Ye were all posting photos of the campus and surrounding area into the group chat, making it unusually lively.
Wu Yuxue and Liu Lei stood at the school gate, looking through the fence, both lost in memories.
Thinking back to three years ago, when I was here, working day and night, striving for excellence, every tree and every flower on campus felt incredibly familiar.
A moment later,
Liu Lei scrolled through the group chat and remembered someone who wasn't in the group. She sighed, "If Zhou Chen were in the group, he would know that Yu Xue, you've returned to Fanjia County."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yuxue's expression flickered.
Since Zhou Chen dropped out of school, she hasn't contacted anyone, including her. It's as if she's completely disappeared. At the time, she called Zhou Chen to talk about the class reunion, but a stranger answered the phone, saying that Zhou Chen was working and didn't have time.
Wu Yuxue suspects that Zhou Chen deliberately didn't want to accept the offer back then, and used someone else to politely refuse.
As the former top student in the class,
Everyone felt sorry for Zhou Chen because she wanted to give her younger siblings the opportunity to go to school, but Zhou Chen still did it without hesitation.
Wu Yuxue admired Zhou Chen's sense of responsibility and recognized his commitment, but she felt it wasn't worth giving up her future because of it.
If Zhou Chen hadn't dropped out of school back then, perhaps she would be graduating from university now, just like her, with a bright future ahead of her.
"Zhao Kai has gone too far!"
Just then, Liu Lei's angry voice rang out from beside her, pulling Wu Yuxue back to reality.
"What's wrong?"
Wu Yuxue looked up in confusion and asked.
Liu Lei didn't say anything, but instead showed her phone to Wu Yuxue. When she saw a classmate's comment in the group chat, Wu Yuxue couldn't help but frown.
The reason is nothing more than...
This classmate named Zhao Kai deliberately brought up Zhou Chen, making sarcastic and mocking remarks, saying that Zhou Chen went to work as a bricklayer on a construction site after dropping out of school, and that he was not good enough for Wu Yuxue.
Such remarks provoked resentment from some classmates who had previously been on good terms with Zhou Chen, who refuted them and cited the reasons why Zhou Chen had been suspended from school.
Of course, given that Zhao Kai is doing quite well now, some classmates, knowing the truth, remain silent and watch the drama unfold behind his back.
Zhao Kai himself didn't talk about the reasons, only the results, and directly used Wu Yuxue as an example, saying that if Zhou Chen were still working on the construction site, Wu Yuxue would definitely not want to be Zhou Chen's girlfriend.
The group chat fell silent immediately after these words were spoken.
Because no one knows what Wu Yuxue is thinking.
...
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