How did you feel about today's topic?
"Simple!!"
"Is it safe?"
"Absolutely! Zhengsen University! I'm coming right now!!"
"What if I don't pass the exam?... You said you'd go to an even worse school with me..."
"The past is the past, the present is the present~ I'm confident now, if you don't get in, just study hard and retake the exam~ I'll be waiting for you at Zhengsen University, and when we meet you'll really have to call me 'senior'~"
"Ha, ridiculous, how could I possibly fail the exam?"
Then…
It means volunteering.
Chu Chu stared at the score displayed on the computer screen.
She refreshed the page several times, but it didn't change at all.
Outside the room, her parents were overjoyed, but Chu Chu was frozen in a daze, as if time had stood still.
The memories of the past two years materialized into scores and flooded into Chu Chu's mind all at once.
Until a phone call came in.
"How is it?" the person on the other end asked.
"...I might not be able to go to Zhengsen," Chu Chu said.
"…What's wrong?"
The person on the other end of the phone said somewhat hastily, "Lower than the estimated score...it's okay, this year..."
Chu Chu's words faltered, as if she were uttering each word slowly and deliberately:
"...No, my score is higher than I estimated, so I might be able to get into Jiangnan University."
“…”
If the score is low, she can try to repeat a year.
But what choice does she have if her score is higher than expected?
"…sorry."
"You said you would accompany me to a bad school."
"sorry."
"...You said it."
"sorry."
You said—
"...But your score is high enough to get into Jiangnan, isn't it?"
"I can't go."
"Your score is clearly high enough."
"Not the score—you know that."
"You're not willing to accommodate me, but you expect me to accommodate you?"
"I…"
The end of June was marked by arguments.
By July, everything had turned desolate and quiet, with the scorching sun baking the earth.
Chu Chu lay on the bed, the air conditioner whistling softly.
--sorry.
After the trials of August, September finally marks the start of the new school year.
Chu Chu arrived at the east gate of Jiangnan University, dragging large bags of luggage.
In this unfamiliar city, Chu Chu felt that everything was so new, except for the equally hot weather.
She looked at her fellow townsman who had come with her—the two were not classmates, but met after posting on a forum and traveled together from Chaoshan, so they could be considered companions.
"...I need to be tough and not let anyone bully me," Chu Chu warned herself.
Just as I was struggling with how to carry my luggage up to the dormitory building.
Chu Chu saw a short girl wearing a red armband greeting her:
"Over there! Over there! Brother Bei—over there! Go help!!"
Chu Chu saw a rather handsome young man walking towards her with a wry smile, and she was about to go to meet him.
His fellow villager immediately sprinted forward, and his previous exhausted appearance vanished without a trace.
"Senior~~~ Please help me~~~"
"Okay, and one more thing—"
The senior student said, "Go help that junior girl behind you with her luggage."
…
"——Chu Chu?"
"Ahhh—what's wrong, Sister Sinian?"
When Chu Chu came to her senses, Qiao Sinian was looking at her with concern.
She was practicing with the cheerleading team when Qiao Sinian came over to talk to her during a break, but she seemed to be thinking about something.
Qiao Sinian asked, "Are you tired?"
"No." Chu Chu shook her head.
"What happened?" Qiao Sinian asked again.
Chu Chu looked at Qiao Sinian.
Her feelings for Qiao Sinian were different from her feelings for other friends.
My roommates are sisters of the same age.
Senior Lu is the worst kind of bad friend.
Chu Chu was too embarrassed to say many things in front of them.
But Qiao Sinian is someone I admire, someone like an older sister.
“I think I’ve recently realized that I did something wrong—” Chu Chu said with a bitter face.
Actually, she realized it a long time ago.
But having missed her chance to speak, she didn't say anything more, simply putting it out of her mind until it became a nightmare.
It's not that I didn't go to Zhengsen University, but I came to Jiangnan.
To this day, she doesn't feel she made a mistake in choosing Jiangnan University; rather—
Qiao Sinian was surprised and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
“I want to apologize, but I don’t know if it’s too late,” Chu Chu said again.
Qiao Sinian thought for a moment and said:
"...If you really feel that you did something wrong, the most appropriate time to apologize was then, and the second most appropriate time is now."
Chu Chu sniffed: "--Hmm. Sister Si Nian...I need your help?"
"Ha, don't be so formal. Just let me know if you need anything," Qiao Sinian said.
Chu Chu: "Can you lend me a thousand yuan?"
Qiao Sinian: ...
No, sis, you're really not being polite at all!
Chu Chu thought for a moment and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Sister Si Nian, it's alright."
If I were to borrow money, I'd feel that Ji Qingqian would be a more reliable option.
Then there's the flight...
She wants to go to Zhengsheng University. If there are flights, it's quite convenient to go there and back; a weekend is enough...
Chu Chu was about to call Ji Qingqian.
Ji Qingqian then made a phone call.
"…Hello?"
"Um, Chu Chu..."
It was Lu Xuechang's voice on the other end. He laughed awkwardly, as if he had done something wrong.
"...W-what's wrong?"
"Let me ask you something. Was your ex-boyfriend named Ning Jinyu?"
"...No, senior, do you want to gossip?"
"No...it's just..."
Lu Yibei glanced at the boy standing next to him.
The boy was handsome, with a calm and composed expression. His only flaw was that two thin streams of bright red blood, resembling noodles, were flowing from his nostrils…
That's right, it was Lu Yibei who did it.
…
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P.S., Tomato has recently been censoring comments.
Also, there are two chapters of 6,000 words each; only two chapters today.
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