Ever since Tianlang's words during the winter break, which revealed Bo Nian's true feelings on the island, she has been intentionally or unintentionally avoiding Bo Nian at school.
She also became much more diligent in handing in her homework, no longer making Bo Nian stand in front of her desk for half a day. Every day, she would proactively put her homework on Bo Nian's desk early in the morning.
Bo Nian guessed Ruan Chen's taste and brought her some snacks a few times, but Ruan Chen refused them all, saying that her stomach was not feeling well recently and she couldn't eat these things.
Over time, Bo Nian gradually realized that Ruan Chen was deliberately keeping her distance, and wisely faded out of Ruan Chen's life a little further.
Although Ruan Chen felt a little ashamed, she knew that what she did was for the best for both Bo Nian and herself. She couldn't even see her own future, so how could she dare to let the naive feelings of a young person take root and sprout?
But now, Bo Nian has disappeared.
Ruan Chen keenly sensed that the issue that needed attention was not Bo Nian's disappearance, but rather the reason for his disappearance—his grades had been cancelled.
Although Bo Nian is not very good at mental strength, he is willing to learn, down-to-earth, and has some talent in physics, chemistry and biology.
"Xiaoya, did the teacher say why Bo Nian's grades were canceled?" Ruan Chen tore open a bag of candy with her teeth—she hadn't eaten breakfast yet, having spent the entire night at Shengling Technology revising blueprints with Lin Fengzi, Bai Jiaojiao, Mu Xiangrong, and Song Cheng.
However, Lin Fengzi and the others didn't have classes during the day today, so they went back to catch up on sleep, while Ruan Chen still had to come to school with a heavy heart.
“No,” Yu Xiaoya said definitively. “The class was in an uproar. You know, based on Bo Nian’s level and his previous estimated score, the spot for admission without examination was almost certainly going to him. But Lao He didn’t say anything at the time, he just glanced at Bo Nian.”
"What was Old He's look like at the time?"
Yu Xiaoya shook her head, "How could I describe it? But we were sitting in the first row, and I heard Lao He sigh, as if he was quite regretful."
Ruan Chen looked down at her phone, searching for the information she needed in several group chats, and asked, "Has the ranking list been sent to the group chat?"
"Not sent."
Ruan Chen paused, looked up, and asked, "Didn't you send it?"
“Yes,” Yu Xiaoya said, looking completely puzzled. “The names of the top three haven’t been announced either. Some people were clamoring for Lao He to release the rankings, but Lao He said he didn’t have any and that based on confidentiality, the top three wouldn’t be announced this time.”
Ruan Chen could understand the practice of hiding the top scores in some important assessments, as it was to protect these geniuses. However, the National High School Physics Competition should not be done in this way, as the rankings have always been made public before.
Ruan Chen felt that things were getting increasingly strange.
A girl called out from behind, "Xiaoya, Ruanchen, we're going to the dormitory for boarding students to find our class monitor. Do you want to come along?"
"Hey, I'm here!" Yu Xiaoya responded. "Ruan Chen, try to contact him. I noticed he's been very attentive to you last semester. I'm going to find Bo Nian with them now. Contact me anytime if anything comes up."
"good."
Ruan Chen was looking down and editing a message.
She edited a message several times, carefully considering the wording in her mind.
"Bo Nian, where did you go? Everyone is very worried."
No, that's not appropriate. Ruan Chen deleted it and rewrote it: "Has something happened at home? Do you need any help?"
That won't work either.
Ruan Chen concluded by writing, "I stayed up all night yesterday and now I have a terrible headache. The medicine you took me to the infirmary last time worked really well. Do you remember what it's called?"
She pressed send, then turned off her phone screen and placed it on the table, taking out her laptop and data cable from her bag.
As soon as Ruan Chen turned on her phone, Bo Nian replied to her message, sending a string of somewhat tongue-twisting medicine names.
Without even looking, Ruan Chen pressed the call-back button. On the other end of the line, Bo Nian's somewhat hoarse voice came through.
"Class monitor, I'm at the pharmacy now, and I'll probably be going to school this afternoon. Could you tell Lao He for me?" Ruan Chen's tone was very natural; it was perfectly normal for her to ask the class monitor for leave.
“I noticed you weren’t in the first class, so I told Lao He. What’s wrong? Is it serious?” Bo Nian’s voice was terribly hoarse, and there was a faint whistling sound from the other end of the microphone.
Ruan Chen's fingers almost left afterimages on the keyboard as she spoke calmly, "The headache isn't serious, but it's really bothersome. I'm at the pharmacy now. The medicine you sent, class monitor, is a prescription drug, and the pharmacy said they couldn't prescribe it. How did our school hospital get it?"
She rambled on and on to stall for time, her eyes glued to the map on the screen that was zooming in.
"It was my oversight. How about you come back to the school hospital and get a prescription? You can just pick it up there."
Ruan Chen complained, "I'm busy! A bunch of annoying things are driving me crazy. Class monitor, are you free?"
The girl's voice was crisp and bright, and her pretty figure gradually lit up in his mind. Bo Nian's lips unconsciously curled up slightly, and he moved his lips, wanting to say, "I'll help you when I have time."
Even his gaze unconsciously drifted towards the classroom—he was now sitting in the highest spot in the entire school, with an unobstructed view of everything below.
Then he saw a girl rushing out of the rocket class classroom, clutching a computer, looking anxious.
"Ruan Chen! Don't come any closer!" Bo Nian stood up at the edge of the rooftop, his voice trembling.
In that instant, Ruan Chen had a sudden inspiration and looked towards the main teaching building.
She could vaguely see the figure standing on the edge of the rooftop, as if a stronger wind could sweep him off.
"You located me? Did you?" Bo Nian's tone was indescribably complicated.
He wasn't angry; in fact, he was very happy. Ruan Chen was willing to put in the effort for him and go to great lengths for his safety. How wonderful!
I really want to spend the next two years with her. Occasionally when I look up in the classroom, I can see the girl's back, as if she is the brightest light in the world.
He didn't want to end his life like this, but he couldn't resist the script that those in power had arranged for him.
Ruan Chen was silent for two seconds, and instead of answering Bo Nian's question directly, she said, "Bo Nian, sit down first, shall I tell you a story?"
Bo Nian hung up the phone immediately.
He longed to hear Ruan Chen tell him the story, but in the script that person had arranged for him and the Bo family, he was supposed to reach the final chapter when the clock struck twelve.
There are less than five minutes left.
He worried that the girl's story would rob him of the courage to jump.
Ruan Chen grabbed a classmate at random and asked, "Where is the broadcasting room?"
A moment later, Ruan Chen's clear voice echoed throughout the entire school.
“Bo Nian, I know you’re listening. I want to tell you my story from the past.”
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