Chapter 73 Are you going to coax me?
"Wen Jiu, come up here and hand out the papers."
As soon as Lao Guan finished speaking on the podium, a group of people below began to complain.
"Why is it another test paper?"
"I really feel like throwing up."
"Can we skip the test?"
...
Old Guan glanced at them: "Who doesn't want to do it? Raise your hand and say so."
As soon as he finished speaking, no one raised their hand.
Seeing this, Lao Guan scoffed coldly: "If I hear that kind of talk again, get out. Do you still think you're in your first year of high school? This semester will be over in the blink of an eye, and you'll be seniors by then. Aren't you ashamed to still be here refusing to do practice tests?"
“Especially those with poor grades, let me tell you, if you don’t study now, it will be too late when you want to learn,” Lao Guan said, glancing at the two people in the back row. “Did you hear that, Zhou Yanchuan and Chen Yu?”
The class burst into laughter.
Chen Yu protested, "If no one's going to learn, why are you only picking on the two of us?"
Old Guan said dismissively, "Didn't they learn from those who came in last or second to last?"
"..."
“I’m telling you two, if you don’t hurry up, you won’t be able to catch up, especially you, Chen Yu.”
What did I do now?
"fool."
"..."
After Lao Guan finished speaking, he turned to leave and called out to the figure in the back row, "Zhou Yanchuan, come out here for a moment."
*
office.
Guan Zhi looked at the boy who followed him in and gestured for him to sit down.
Zhou Yanchuan smiled nonchalantly: "Teacher, please just say it."
"You silly child."
Old Guan noticed that the boy in front of him was becoming more and more like his grandfather in terms of leadership qualities.
The way he questioned him made it seem like he was giving a work report.
"Alright, I won't waste any more time," Old Guan straightened up and got straight to the point: "I've heard about your relationship with Wen Jiu recently."
Zhou Yanchuan's expression remained unchanged, and he gave a faint "hmm".
Old Guan continued, "I just want to tell you that no matter whether this is true or not, you should stay away from Wen Jiu. You two are on completely different paths, so don't waste each other's time."
"Um."
"You're quick with your 'uh-huh,' did you understand what I said?"
"No."
"..."
“Zhou Yanchuan, I’m not kidding you. Your study abroad application is almost done. Since you’re going to leave sooner or later, why bother others before you leave?”
Zhou Yanchuan didn't say anything this time, but turned around and left.
Old Guan wanted to call him, but then thought better of it and sat down in his chair with a heavy sigh.
They're still young, and they're still struggling with things that are destined to have no outcome.
The Zhou family has already sent someone to the school to handle matters related to his studies abroad.
The difference between these two children was never about appearance or grades, but rather the insurmountable gap between their families.
Zhou Yanchuan pushed open the office door expressionlessly, only to bump into Wen Jiu, who was carrying exam papers and walking towards him.
Both of them were taken aback.
Wen Jiu noticed that Zhou Yanchuan's behavior had been off lately. She had sensed something was wrong with him ever since that time in the snow, but at the time she was so caught up in the sadness of Lin Meng transferring schools that she didn't have time to ask him.
Looking back now, it seems like he's been hiding something ever since then.
*
In the corner, Wen Jiu looked up at the person in front of her: "Aren't you happy?"
Zhou Yanchuan nodded, and then asked, "Are you going to coax me?"
Yes, I want it.
How do I coax him?
Wen Jiu freed one hand to hold his.
"How about I treat you to noodles at Uncle Wang's house after school?"
"It's that simple."
"I'll add two more eggs for you."
Zhou Yanchuan looked at the hand holding the test paper and secretly making a "two" gesture, and smiled: "Okay."
After that sentence, the atmosphere between the two became silent.
An unknown amount of time passed.
"Wen Xiaojiu".
"Um."
Aren't you going to deliver the exam papers?
Wen Jiu didn't move, but asked, "Are you feeling any better now?"
"Um."
Seeing the person nod, she thought for a moment and said, "Then I'm leaving."
"good."
Watching the person leave, Zhou Yanchuan took out his phone from his pocket.
The screen displayed a message his grandfather sent this morning: "You probably don't want me to go directly to Xiao Jiu, do you?"
He didn't go back to the classroom; he went straight downstairs.
*
After delivering the test papers back to the classroom, Wen Jiu sensed something was off as soon as she stepped inside.
When she appeared, the group of people in the seats all turned their attention to her.
She was puzzled, but her expression remained unchanged.
As soon as she sat down, Ning Yixue in the row in front of her turned around, seemingly wanting to say something to her, but before she could speak, Zhou Qingyun pulled her back.
Wen Jiu's curiosity grew even stronger.
Xia Shi looked at the confused look in the girl's eyes, wanting to speak but hesitating.
When she first came to the school, she didn't know that the two knew each other; she had only heard rumors that they were childhood sweethearts.
Xia Shi initially felt that they didn't seem like childhood sweethearts at all, because she had never seen them talking in the classroom.
But as she got to know the girl better, she also noticed the subtle atmosphere between them.
"Xiaxia".
"Hmm?" Just as Xia Shi was hesitating whether to tell the girl, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.
Turning to meet Wen Jiu's gaze, she pursed her lips and obediently told the truth: "My classmates all say that Zhou Yanchuan is going to study abroad."
After she finished speaking, she carefully observed the girl's expression.
Wen Jiu didn't know what expression she had at that moment; her mind was blank. After a long while, she blankly thought, "Zhou Yanchuan... is he going to study abroad?"
Seeing the man's silence, Xia Shi knew he was unaware of the matter. "It's over."
"Xiao Jiu," she began to say, wanting to offer some words of comfort, when she saw the girl smile at her. "It's okay, you should continue with your test."
How could nothing be wrong?
Looking at the hand that could barely hold the pen, Xia Shi realized that the relationship between the two was much more serious than she had imagined.
*
Going to study abroad isn't anything particularly unusual, and logically speaking, it shouldn't cause such a big stir at school.
The key point is that the person who left was Zhou Yanchuan. He already had a halo around him, not to mention that he suddenly had to go abroad.
The school was immediately filled with related discussions.
"Have you all heard? Zhou Yanchuan is going abroad?"
Is the news true?
"It's absolutely true. I overheard them discussing it when I went to the office to help the teachers with their papers a few days ago."
"It's so good to be rich. You don't have to suffer the hardship of studying. Your family has already paved the way for you."
"Yeah, they're just having some fun, but they're still much better than us."
...
Wen Jiu didn't know how the rumors spread in the school, but after learning that Zhou Yanchuan was going abroad, she spent the whole day staring at the empty seat in the back row.
Yu Qianli, standing on the podium, looked at the girl with her head down by the window, hesitated several times before finally unable to hold back: "Wen Jiu."
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