Chapter 17 : Youth Doesn_t Say Goodbye
Chapter 17: Youth Doesn't Say Goodbye
"Is this really necessary?"
Seeing her husband not taking it seriously, Lin Wanxiu became a bit agitated.
"Of course it is! What if that person is a bad kid and leads our daughter astray?"
"Our daughter is so innocent, what if she gets deceived? Then you as the father won't even have a place to cry."
Su Xuecheng thought about it and agreed.
"Alright. Let me handle this."
"I'll investigate thoroughly."
Yet Lin Wanxiu still didn't feel reassured.
"Tomorrow I'll take a leave from work. These few days I'll pick up our daughter from school every day until the college entrance exam is over."
Su Xuecheng originally thought his wife might be overreacting a bit.
But after thinking it over, he nodded.
"Do as you wish."
"Don't forget to find out who that kid is."
"Got it, let's sleep now."
In the other bedroom.
Su Ruochu lay on the bed, with Chen Fan's neatly folded school uniform next to her pillow.
She gently stroked it.
Showing a rather helpless expression.
"In the end, I still agreed to it."
But soon, a slight smile appeared on her lips.
"Su Ruochu, keep it up!"
"Trust your own judgment, everything is for the best!"
......
Early the next morning.
Chen Fan walked into the classroom and immediately saw Su Ruochu sitting at her desk.
They made eye contact.
Su Ruochu felt a bit shy, blushing and looking away.
As Chen Fan sat down, Su Ruochu handed him the bag with her school jacket.
Chen Fan then gave her the umbrella.
This time, Su Ruochu didn't avert her gaze.
They smiled at each other.
Everything went unspoken.
......
Although the website had just launched and there were many things to do,
Chen Fan no longer had the energy to focus on it.
Because the college entrance exam was really coming.
He didn't know if it was because Su Ruochu had agreed to be his girlfriend,
But Chen Fan felt excited the whole day.
His memory was like a godsend, and he even recalled a few more exam questions.
Even during lunch when the four of them were eating at a small restaurant outside school, Guo Shuai noticed Chen Fan's changed mood.
"Something's off, really off..."
As they walked back, Guo Shuai stared at Chen Fan and muttered.
"What are you mumbling about by yourself?"
Guo Shuai grabbed Chen Fan: "Tell me the truth, are you hiding something from me?"
Chen Fan looked startled.
"You already know?"
"Know what?"
Guo Shuai looked confused.
What am I supposed to know?
Chen Fan said indifferently: "I've been secretly observing who has diarrhea recently."
"Didn't you say you wanted to drink three pounds of the runny stuff?"
"Come to think of it, it's really not easy to find someone with diarrhea now."
"Damn it!"
Guo Shuai flipped him the middle finger.
Then he suddenly realized.
"You...you succeeded in pursuing Su Ruochu?"
"She agreed to be your girlfriend?"
Chen Fan mysteriously smiled.
"You guess!"
"Damn!"
Guo Shuai lost it.
"You bastard, you're so unfair."
Chen Fan joked: "The college exam is coming soon. When are you going to confess?"
Mentioning this, Guo Shuai suddenly felt nervous.
He secretly glanced at Su Ruochu and Li Na chatting ahead.
"What do you think are my chances if I confess to Li Na?"
Chen Fan frowned, thinking seriously.
"Fifty-fifty I'd say. Based on my observations these days, I don't think Li Na dislikes you."
Guo Shuai took a deep breath.
"Then what do you think about me confessing to her tomorrow after school?"
Chen Fan was taken aback.
"Tomorrow? The day before the exam, you want to confess tomorrow?"
Guo Shuai looked determined.
"I want to have something to remember from high school life."
Chen Fan originally wanted to advise him not to be rash.
But then he realized he had confessed to Su Ruochu recklessly too, so what right did he have to comment?
"Okay. I fully support you."
Guo Shuai clenched his fist.
"Just wait for my good news."
......
The last day before the college entrance exam on June 7th.
The students in the class had basically lost interest in studying.
The subject teachers took turns coming into the classroom, chatting with everyone for a bit, and finally wishing the students success on the exam and bright futures.
The atmosphere felt a bit sad, and some of the more emotional girls were already secretly wiping away tears.
Having experienced the college entrance exam twice, Chen Fan was already numb to all this.
He just hoped the exam would end soon.
Then he could go to Yunhai University together with Ruochu and study at the same college.
He glanced at Su Ruochu.
This girl's eyes were red, clearly affected by the words of the teachers.
Seemingly sensing something, Su Ruochu turned to look at Chen Fan.
Chen Fan just smiled and stared at her.
Su Ruochu didn't avoid his gaze but lightly snorted instead.
"What are you looking at?"
"Looking at how beautiful my wife is."
"You..."
Su Ruochu immediately looked nervous and glanced around furtively.
Then she glared at Chen Fan.
"Wife, which university are you planning to apply to?"
Su Ruochu's expression froze, suddenly hesitating.
It seemed she was afraid mentioning the university would put too much pressure on Chen Fan.
"I...I haven't decided yet."
Chen Fan smiled.
"No worries, whichever university you apply to, I'll apply there with you."
During the last class in the morning, the class teacher Wang Qiming entered the classroom.
He was holding a file bag containing everyone's exam admission tickets.
The college entrance exam that everyone had talked about endlessly was finally here.
"When I call your name, come up and get your admission ticket."
"Li Chengli, test site at No.1 High School, testing room 6, seat 3."
"Yao Qiang, No.7 High School, testing room 2, seat 14."
As the teacher called each number, a student would stand up and go get their ticket.
"Su Ruochu, No.1 High School, testing room 3, seat 12."
"Good luck!"
Chen Fan smiled and made a victory gesture towards Su Ruochu.
After one student after another had their name called, it was finally Chen Fan's turn.
"Chen Fan, No.1 High School, testing room 13, seat 21."
After Chen Fan came down with his admission ticket, Su Ruochu suddenly said in a low voice,
"You're in the same testing room as Huang Hu."
Chen Fan was taken aback.
"Really?"
"Mmhm."
Chen Fan hadn't paid attention to this detail.
And he couldn't even remember from his previous life whether he had been in the same room as Huang Hu.
He turned to look at Huang Hu's seat, only to find Huang Hu was also looking this way.
Their eyes met briefly.
Then they both turned away expressionlessly.
Su Ruochu whispered: "He's seat 4, you two are quite far apart."
Chen Fan smiled: "Distance doesn't matter, you can't copy answers on the college exam anyway."
After handing out the last admission ticket, the class teacher tapped the small blackboard eraser lightly on the desk.
"Everyone quiet down."
"Students, this is the last class, the final class of your high school careers."
"Tomorrow, you will enter the exam site and complete the most important battle of your lives..."
As soon as the teacher started speaking, many students' eyes turned red.
"There are no classes in the afternoon, you'll be dismissed at noon and can pack up your books to take home."
"Those who live far away can move your things to the dorms first."
"Also in the afternoon, you can go check out the exam sites and find your assigned classroom and seat beforehand. Don't get it wrong tomorrow."
"And make sure to double check you have all the necessary supplies prepared before leaving tomorrow..."
"Don't forget to bring your admission tickets..."
The class teacher kept droning on with various reminders from the podium.
But not many students were listening intently anymore.
Everyone was whispering and discussing who was in the same testing room.
Chen Fan silently watched this scene.
His gaze lingered wistfully on this classroom, these classmates.
He knew maybe they didn't feel it yet.
But a few years later, ten or twenty years down the road,
When they entered society and started working,
They would realize that these three years of high school were the most precious time of their lives worth reminiscing.