Chapter 36 The Distance Is Getting Farther and Farther [VIP]
The 125th day since I separated from Haohao, I miss seeing her.
——"Chronological Diary"
Zhen Hao changed seats, some were happy and some were sad.
Zhou Chunrui and Yu Ling were worried, while Song Jing was happy.
Zhou Chunrui was jealous because the physical distance between her and her good friend had increased, while Yu Ling was simply jealous that Zhen Hao was closer to Song Jing.
As for Song Jing, he never dreamed that after Shi Xu transferred to another school, he would be able to see Zhen Hao every day, without having to deliberately sit in the back row. He could always sneak a peek at the girl's straight back and pretty head while looking at the blackboard.
When he thought of this, Song Jing was so happy that he grinned with his big white teeth all day long, and he was so happy that everyone he met was particularly pleasing to the eye.
As for Zhen Hao, he devoted himself to study more seriously than in the first grade of junior high school. His academic performance improved again and again, and he almost always ranked among the top three in the grade.
She, Yan Yunshu and Shi Hangyu became the strongest rivals for the top three.
When time is not around, time seems to pass quickly and slowly, and the arrival of Christmas Eve seems to be just a blink of an eye.
The students in the class were giving apples to each other. The good-looking ones like Yu Ling and Shi Hang would also receive beautifully packaged peace apples from people in other classes.
Handsome men and beautiful women always attract attention and easily arouse envy.
This was Zhen Hao's second Christmas Eve. Before entering junior high school, there was no such romance in the poor mountain village school.
She also expected to receive an unexpected surprise on this special day, but unfortunately there was no such surprise.
Like every year, she received hand-wrapped apples from Zhou Chunrui and Yan Yunshu. She had also prepared two apples in advance, and the gift-giving process was the same as last time.
If there is a difference, it is—
"Yunyun, why did you prepare three apples?" Zhou Chunrui stared at the remaining apple in Yan Yunshu's hand with wide eyes. "Tell me, are you having another woman out there?!"
A blush crossed Yan Yunshu's cheeks. She lowered her head slightly, and said shyly, "No, it's just that someone helped me a lot before, and I want to thank him."
In fact, this "before" was a long time ago, and it can be traced back to the first day of school in the first grade of junior high school.
At that time, she had just completed the new student registration process, and the person who accompanied her to register was Xu Junyao, who had specially asked for a day off from the hospital.
She wanted to go to the bathroom, but Xu Junyao was talking to someone who looked like a school leader, so she had to go find the bathroom alone.
Because she was not familiar with the road, she got lost while walking.
Being quiet by nature, she did not choose to ask others at first. She just wanted to try her luck and maybe she would find it after just a few steps. However, she overestimated her sense of direction.
Just as she was getting anxious, a pleasant male voice sounded in her ears: "Excuse me, do you need help?"
Seeing her looking around with an anxious look on her face, He Zhixun couldn't help but ask.
"Ah?" Yan Yunshu was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily, "Well, I want to know... how to get to the toilet..."
She was so anxious that she didn't care who the person was. After she finished speaking, she realized that the other person was a boy and her face turned red uncontrollably.
He Zhixun appeared calm and composed. He pointed in the direction of the restroom and said, "See that small shop? The restroom is over there."
Yan Yunshu looked in the direction of his finger, but looked confused: "The canteen?"
The young man sneered, shook his head helplessly, and then said softly, "I'll take you there."
But she started to hesitate: "This...this is not good, right?"
"I'm just going to the store to buy a bottle of water." He Zhixun pretended not to hear her. "Just follow me. You'll know the way when we get to the store."
Yan Yunshu was very grateful for his understanding, and his eyes immediately turned into crescents: "Okay, thank you, classmate."
When she finished dealing with the major event in her life and came out, she found that the boy was standing not far away.
Seeing her, he smiled at her.
Only then did Yan Yunshu truly see the boy's appearance - he was tall and straight, with a gentle and handsome look.
This was her first meeting with He Zhixun.
And she never mentioned this to anyone.
One day later, she learned that the boy's name was He Zhixun, and he was studying in the class next to hers - Grade 7 (12).
Through their silent encounters, she gradually began to care for this young man.
In the end, it slowly evolved into an emotion that she herself could not explain.
After hearing this, Zhen Hao and Zhou Chunrui decided to accompany her to deliver the apples after school.
At the end of the third evening study session, Zhen Hao rubbed his right hand, which was sore from doing homework, and caught a glimpse of a figure quickly walking up to the podium.
Before she could react, she heard a familiar voice: "Okay, Merry Christmas Eve."
"You...you..." Zhen Hao raised his childish face, which had become even more handsome, and became incoherent for a moment.
It's strange to say, being pursued persistently by a boy should be a happy thing, but Zhen Hao just hates Lin Mian who has been chasing her since elementary school.
Ever since she tore up the unfinished love letter, she never treated Lin Mian kindly again.
Including the two reciters she and Lindsay later had, she almost ruined the competition because she hated her partner.
As soon as the elementary school graduation photos were distributed, she used correction fluid to cover Lin Mian's head tightly before putting the photos away.
After entering junior high school, Lin Mian still did his own thing and did not give up, but all of it was torn to pieces by her.
Her dislike for Lin Mian grew day by day, to the point where even just hearing his name still made him pursue her relentlessly.
Zhen Hao looked at the face that he had hated for many years, and a surge of anger rushed to his head.
But before she could say anything, the other party handed her a beautifully wrapped apple and a rough-looking greeting card.
Lin Mian said, "Okay, this is the most beautiful apple on the entire Yingdong Street that I carefully selected, and..."
At this point, he paused, his ears reddening slightly. "This is a card I made myself. It's a little ugly, but I'm giving it to you. I hope you like it."
He spoke at a normal volume, and the students in the front row could hear it, and some of them couldn't help but chuckle.
Pei Xiaohai even shouted loudly: "Oh my, I didn't expect that someone would like a snitch."
"Pei Xiaohai." Shi Hangyu's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it successfully made Pei Xiaohai shut up and also successfully made Zhen Hao jump up.
She felt her face was about to burn, not knowing whether it was because of Lin Mian's public show of goodwill or Pei Xiaohai's teasing, or because Shi Hangyu saw this scene. In short, at this moment, she really wanted to disappear from this earth.
Zhen Hao grabbed the two things from Lin Mian's hands and quickly walked up to the podium.
Seeing that she accepted his gift and walked towards him, Lin Mian's face was full of surprise.
However, the surprise lasted only five seconds, and he soon looked depressed.
Zhen Hao walked straight past him and headed for the trash can. She first threw the apple heavily into the trash can, then tore the greeting card into four pieces and threw them hard in Lin Mian's face.
"Lin Mian, please let me go, okay?" Every word Zhen Hao said was like poison, killing a young man's heart. "I beg you to stop pestering me. Can't you see that I hate you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the class fell into silence, and you could hear a pin drop.
Lin Mian stood there in a daze, his face pale, his mouth opened and closed again, without saying a single word.
He slowly squatted down, picked up the pieces of the greeting card that had fallen to the ground, then slowly stood up, glanced at Zhen Hao in front of him, and finally slowly turned around and walked out of Class 11's classroom.
This scene was like a slow-motion movie, clearly and deeply imprinted in Zhen Hao's mind.
She suddenly felt the boy's sadness, as huge as the tide of doomsday, and suddenly hated herself for being so vicious.
After Lin Mian left, Zhen Hao also rushed out of the classroom.
Instead of going to find Lin Mian, she ran to the back mountain alone, hid herself there and cried bitterly.
She felt she was bad, like the annoying second female lead in a TV show, or the evil witch in a fairy tale...
How could she hurt someone who had loved her for many years like this? How could she...
After Christmas Eve, Lin Mian never bothered Zhen Hao again.
She felt relieved, but also increasingly guilty. Just when she was looking for an opportunity to apologize to Lin Mian, she learned that he hadn't been to class for a week.
On the way back to the dormitory, she was thinking about Lin Mian's matter with a depressed mood, while Zhou Chunrui was talking about the gossip she had heard: "Okay, I didn't expect that Shi Xu didn't get a stepfather, but returned to his biological father!"
"What do you mean?" Zhen Hao didn't quite understand.
"What I mean is..." Zhou Chunrui chose to explain in the most straightforward terms, "The uncle who married Aunt Shi turned out to be Shi Xu's biological father, whom he hadn't seen for over a decade!"
Hearing this, Zhen Hao stopped abruptly.
"It's really unexpected." Yan Yunshu, who has never been very interested in gossip, couldn't help but sigh.
"I also heard that Shixu's father is very rich, one of the most affluent families in Min City." Zhou Chunrui continued, "It seems that Shixu must have transferred to some aristocratic school. I didn't expect that there was such a hidden rich second generation among our classmates. It really is like a novel reflecting life."
She heard all these gossips from Pei Xiaohai.
As a member of the Pei family, Pei Xiaohai's family background is good. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Zhou Chunrui once asked him a question: "Your family is rich, why do you come here to study?"
Pei Xiaohai answered confidently: "I'm happy with it, what's it to you?"
Zhou Chunrui snorted at him.
"Very good." Zhen Hao picked up his pace again and said three words lightly.
Except for herself, no one knew that her mood at this moment could only be described as "ironic".
Once upon a time, Shixu was a boy who grew up in a small mountain village. Zhen Hao, wanting to escape from the place that trapped her childhood, desperately told herself that Shixu could only be her good friend forever.
Later, she met Shi Hangyu, who was as dazzling as light and as casual as the wind. He became her classmate 683 when she first fell in love.
Later, the time sequence changed from the down-and-out young master to his bizarre world of the rich...
She and he were drifting further and further apart.
They can't even be best friends.
No matter what kind of relationship two people from different social classes have, it is doomed to be unsustainable.
After Christmas, the New Year's Day holiday will soon arrive.
Zhen Hao returned home with a lot on his mind.
"Sister, you're back." Zhen Mei always greeted her with an innocent smile.
But this time it was different. Besides Zhen Mei, there was another person who greeted her.
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