The First Middle School and the First Military Academy are only one street apart. Students from the two schools often eat in each other's canteens and use each other's study rooms. Students from the First Middle School also often go to the First Military Academy to audit classes.
Over time, the security guards at both schools tacitly accepted the students' behavior and did not interfere.
After all, students are always innocent, naive, and foolish; what bad intentions could they possibly have?
Therefore, Ruan Yunhan arrived at Ruan Chen's elite class on the first day of school at No. 1 High School without any hindrance.
Ruan Chen probably knew why Ruan Yunhan had come.
I heard that Ruan Chen is having a very bad time at the First Hospital. She is being ostracized and suppressed. Three days ago, she failed the first stage of selection and was demoted to a regular class.
She was the only one in this year who didn't pass the selection.
Ruan Chen stood at the door, arms crossed, watching the show with a "let's see how you make this up" expression.
When Yu Xiaoya saw Ruan Chen arrive, she was about to get up when Ruan Chen gestured for her to sit down and then called the security department.
Interfering with the normal teaching activities at No. 1 Middle School during morning reading time is simply insane.
She stood at the door for a full three minutes, listening to the delusional ramblings for three minutes, until the sun shifted slightly and the sunlight shone on the moon-white pendant around Ruan Chen's neck. The reflected light shone into Ruan Yunhan's eyes, and only then did she belatedly realize that someone was at the door.
The next second, she screamed and jumped up like a mouse that had seen a cat.
Ruan Chen ignored her, walked to her seat in the first row, sat down, and started reading.
"Ruan Chen, you've ruined my life so badly, and you still have the nerve to swagger over here and study! With your grades of over 60,000, do you even deserve to be in No. 1 High School?"
Ruan Chen meticulously wrote his name in scribbles on the title page of each new book.
He didn't speak until the last book was finished, "I don't know if I deserve to be in No. 1 High School, but I think you probably don't deserve to be in the No. 1 Academy's Rising Star Class. Otherwise, why would the Rising Star Class, which is unprecedented and probably never to be repeated, send you to the regular class?"
Her tone was cold and indifferent, devoid of any emotion, yet it was sharp and sarcastic, with deliberate emphasis.
Yu Xiaoya covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
The academic genius is still the same; he seems aloof on the surface, but once he starts talking, he can be quite persistent.
Even though the student's handwriting is still so ugly, his pen-holding posture is still wrong.
"Ruan Chen, you..."
Ruan Chen was a little annoyed. She caused trouble at Huating Public School, at the Ruan family home, and at the police station. She didn't know where she got such great perseverance that she never stopped.
Ruan Chen slammed the book down hard, making a loud noise. Her eyes were full of hostility, but she still managed to keep her tone calm and indifferent. "The surveillance cameras in the No. 1 Middle School classrooms are very clear, and the sound reception is also very good. I've reminded you before that you are an adult now, and I hope you will study the law when you have time. For example, defamation can also lead to imprisonment."
Just then, the security personnel walked over and immediately recognized Ruan Yunhan as the irrelevant bystander who had disrupted the teaching, as mentioned in the phone call from the concerned citizen.
Ruan Yunhan was still in a daze when two security guards lifted her up and dragged her out.
“Oh, right,” Ruan Chen insisted on teasing her, stepping forward and whispering in her ear, “Yunhan, I stood at the door for three minutes and you didn’t even notice. If this is what level seven mental strength is like, it seems a bit absurd—have you regressed? At this rate of progress, you’re probably not far from being expelled from the First Academy.”
She patted Ruan Yunhan's shoulder and sighed, "Although Ruan Qin has gone abroad, I heard that his lab in the US is doing very well. I just don't know if any other schools will accept you after the First Academy kicks you out. But it's perfect, you're a good asset to that old man's marriage proposal. He'll play you very well."
Ruan Yunhan was indeed deeply provoked.
Her face was contorted as she screamed and was dragged away by security guards.
Ruan Chen added, "Security guard, this lady seems to have a serious mental illness. Please don't let her in next time!"
Then Ruan Chen sat back down as if nothing had happened and prepared for the first class.
After enrollment came the mock exams. Everyone in the elite class considered themselves the pride of heaven and secretly competed with each other. They no longer had the mind to play dirty tricks, and Ruan Chen's days became peaceful.
Friday afternoon was PE class, and Ruan Chen asked for leave.
She was somewhat concerned about Fu Jianzhi.
Especially in the past week, I have been frequently thinking about the past in Meicheng.
Strangely enough, although he had only spent less than two months in Meicheng, Ruan Chen always felt that those two months were the entirety of his past in Meicheng.
Last time, Fu Jianzhi came to say goodbye, but she was taken to Liuli Island by Tianlang in the middle of the night. After that, she tried to contact him through various means, but received no response.
Even after returning to China.
It's as if they've vanished into thin air.
Ruan Chen has been thinking about the look in Fu Jianzhi's eyes when he came to say goodbye that day. He asked in a low voice, "If you don't see me for a very long time, will you still remember me?"
Those eyes were filled with such expectation, yet also with such sorrow.
Ruan Chen also thought about going to find Fu Lin, but she always had some inexplicable emotions in her heart - she knew that Fu Lin had given up on Fu Jianzhi back then.
Jianzhi is incredibly stubborn; who knows if he's truly forgiven Fu Lin? If Jianzhi hasn't forgiven Fu Lin yet, and I contact Fu Lin first, Jianzhi will probably throw a tantrum.
Jianzhi is eleven years old now. Children at this stage are rebellious and difficult to appease.
Ruan Chen felt like a worried and anxious mother.
But now that things have come to this, it seems we have no choice but to contact Fu Lin.
She sat alone by the fountain on Central Avenue and dialed a phone number.
The hands that hadn't trembled even when surrounded by rebels in the rainforest of the isolated island, had to press the call button three times before Fu Lin answered.
Fu Lin was sitting in the affiliated hospital of Beijing University of Technology, looking through the glass of the ICU at his son who was being resuscitated and whose body was covered with tubes to maintain his vital signs.
Fu Jianzhi's face was so pale it was almost transparent.
On the instrument monitoring mental energy fluctuations, the pale blue line appeared intermittently.
Adrenaline was injected every 45 minutes, and the rescue operation had been going on for three hours.
It seems he's about to lose him again.
This time it's real, and there's no going back.
“Uncle, I’m Ruan Chen. I’d like to ask if Jian Zhi has any free time recently? I’d like to meet him.”
Fu Lin's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and it took him more than ten seconds to speak in a normal tone, "Chenchen, Jianzhi is currently in intensive training and has a lot of schoolwork. I'm not sure if he has time. How about this, is there anything you want to say to him? Your uncle will record it and let Jianzhi hear it."
This is just a very strange request.
Ruan Chen had a computer next to her.
She was tracking Fu Lin's signal.
The location is the First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Technology.
Third floor, Intensive Care Unit.
Ruan Chen remained silent for a long time, biting his index finger until it bled, his thin body trembling uncontrollably.
But when she spoke, her tone remained the same as always.
“Jianzhi, this is Sister Ruan Chen. It’s strange, I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Sometimes I fall asleep in class and it feels like I’m back in the alleys of Meicheng. I’m holding your hand and wandering around in those perpetually damp, dripping alleys. We’re collecting recyclables together and secretly selling them to buy you roasted sweet potatoes. I don’t like going home, and you’ll always walk with me, never complaining even when you’re tired.”
“In my past life, I didn’t have many choices of my own. I didn’t know what kind of existence I was born into. I was always pushed forward by all kinds of people, things, and time, stumbling along. But you are the one I chose. You are the one I picked up on the streets of Meizhou in March. Even your name was given by me.”
Ruan Chen's throat was so sore that she could barely speak.
"Jianzhi, we promised to meet again at Beijing University of Technology, you mustn't break your promise. Your sister has been working hard, and so have you, Jianzhi, right?"
“That year at the rescue station in Meicheng, you said to me, ‘We’re together, don’t be afraid.’”
“Jianzhi, now I’m going to tell you this.”
"We're together, don't be afraid."
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