The holiday flew by, and Xu Chen still had a semester before he was admitted to Peking University. As soon as he entered the classroom, Teacher Li went to the podium and said, "Wei Tao had some family troubles and dropped out of school. Anyone willing to take over as class monitor, please apply to me later." Xu Chen thought to himself, "What was bound to happen has happened." He immediately opened his newly bought practice questions and began working on them smoothly. At this moment, the students were buzzing with discussion. Wang Li said to Tao Jia, "Tao Jia, do you know what happened to Wei Tao?" Tao Jia was the class's academic representative and had a lot of contact with Wei Tao at school. Just as Tao Jia was about to answer Wang Li, a bracelet peeking out from under Wang Li's sleeve caught her attention. She said enviously, "Lili, your bracelet is so pretty! Your parents are so good to you." Wang Li glanced at the bracelet on her wrist, then at Xu Chen, and blushed, saying, "Jiajia, this is a gift from Xu Chen." Tao Jia's body trembled. "Really? Xu Chen is so good to you." Wang Li then chattered away, sharing every detail of her relationship with Xu Chen with her best friend.
As Tao Jia responded, she glanced at Xu Chen, a wave of regret washing over her. She had considered confessing her feelings, but the thought that "I'm good at studying, and Xu Chen and I aren't compatible" had suppressed her emotions. She hadn't cared much after Wang Li beat her to it, but now that Xu Chen's grades were soaring, she was filled with regret. Listening to her best friend recount Xu Chen's tenderness towards her, she felt her friend was utterly despicable. She interrupted Wang Li's chatter, diverting her attention by saying, "I heard Wei Tao's family bar went bankrupt." Wang Li recalled the scene at the bar that day and muttered, "Serves him right." Just then, the teacher entered, beginning the first lesson of the final semester of senior year. Xu Chen, meanwhile, opened his test paper and started working on practice questions. He had memorized all the textbook knowledge points; the rest was just a matter of constantly practicing questions to match the examiner's thinking.
After a morning, a new class monitor was elected, and the students returned to their studies. At lunchtime in the cafeteria, Xu Chen and Wang Li sat side by side. Occasionally, teachers would see them, but they would no longer stop them. As the senior year was drawing to a close, the teachers were too lazy to bother with such trivial matters as early romance. "Xu Chen, did you see the fireworks video I sent you on New Year's Eve? It was so beautiful, wasn't it?" Wang Li smiled at Xu Chen. Xu Chen thought for a moment, "Yeah, I don't know how they did it, but they exploded into words in the sky, it was amazing." Wang Li took a chicken leg from Xu Chen's plate and giggled, "Haha, little Chen, you really don't know? They just arrange them into words on the ground and then light them, silly." Looking at Wang Li's cute smile, Xu Chen quickly leaned forward and kissed the corner of her mouth, attracting the attention of some students. Wang Li blushed and was very shy, "Xu Chen, you pervert!" Xu Chen quickly picked up another chicken leg and put it on Wang Li's plate, "Two chicken legs for a kiss from Lili, not a bad deal." The two were very affectionate, even making some students around who hadn't eaten yet think, "I'm already full before I've even eaten."
Tao Jia held her phone, which displayed her chat window with Xu Chen. She stared blankly for a long time, then her expression changed, as if she had made up her mind. She sent the message she had been thinking about for so long. Xu Chen, meanwhile, wasn't paying attention to his phone; he was focused on his lesson. After school, he carried his backpack home. When he reached the school gate, he checked his phone and saw Tao Jia's message. He seemed thoughtful, but still went straight home. After walking a while, Tao Jia stepped out from the roadside and stopped Xu Chen. "I knew you wouldn't go," she said, her face grim. She had crossed the line by sending such a blatant text to seduce him, and he still hadn't shown up. Unmoved, Xu Chen looked at the girl in front of him and quietly said, "I don't think we're very familiar, and let me remind you, your best friend is my girlfriend." Tao Jia angrily shouted, "What kind of best friend is that? Someone who steals the man I like doesn't deserve to be my best friend! I was the one who fell for you first! It was me!" As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. Xu Chen took out a tissue from his pocket and gently comforted her, "Why are you doing this to yourself?" Then, his expression turned serious, and he continued, "Don't think about it so much. Study hard, get into university, and there are many guys in the outside world who are more outstanding than me." Then he turned and left.
Tao Jia squatted by the roadside, sobbing uncontrollably. The loss of both her dignity and her so-called love had caused her to break down emotionally. If she could, she wished she had never met Xu Chen. Seeing that it was getting late, she wiped away her tears, stood up, and staggered home. Xu Chen watched quietly from behind. Seeing that her emotions had indeed stabilized a bit, he also turned around and went home.
"Sister Xiaobai, how did Master handle this situation?" Xu Chen thought of his master, who only had one confidante. His cultivation was divine, equivalent to a tycoon in the mortal world. It was impossible for him not to have other women who liked him. Xiaobai remained silent and said, "I don't know." "I know you don't know, but I just asked you out of curiosity. After all, there's no one else to talk to besides you right now."
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