The next day, it was already broad daylight.
Lin Jinran woke up at around nine o'clock, long missing the time she had agreed with the head teacher to arrive at school.
Xu Jiaxin and Shen Tingsi were catching a flight. At this moment, they were probably still on the plane and had only sent a message saying they were boarding.
Lin Jinran tidied herself up, slung her schoolbag over her shoulder, and headed out.
The place on her forehead that had been knocked last night had swollen up after a night's time. There were also bruises on her knees.
She didn't care at all. The person who cared about her the most in this world had already passed away, and the rest were up in the air on the plane.
Today was Lin Jinran's first day transferring to No. 1 Middle School in Wannnan City. The class she was transferring to was Class 1, Senior Three.
She sent a message to her future head teacher, who told her to go to the fourth - floor office to report to him.
Lin Jinran walked upstairs slowly. When she reached the third floor, she found the place packed with people.
As far as the eye could see, it was a sea of black heads.
"Big Boss Su is being confessed to again. Who has the guts?"
"Qiao Songyue from the neighboring school is going to be jealous."
"Damn it. If Qiao Songyue finds out, she'll definitely come to our school and cause a ruckus."
"..."
Lin Jinran was completely unfamiliar with whoever this "Yue", "Xing", or "Su" was. While hesitating and not moving forward, more people came around, chattering non - stop.
It gave Lin Jinran a headache.
She wanted to back off and find another staircase to the fourth floor. She turned around and looked behind.
Oh no, the back was also full of people who were eager to watch the fun.
She couldn't move forward or backward.
When faced with difficulties, one had to step forward.
There was still the discomfort from last night's drunkenness lingering in her brain, and the surrounding environment was too noisy. Lin Jinran was eager to escape this troublesome place.
Wasn't No. 1 Middle School supposed to be the best school in Wannnan City?
Why was it in such a mess?
Lin Jinran took a deep breath. Relying on her small stature and flexible movements, she stuck to the wall and inched forward bit by bit, also getting closer to the center of the commotion.
The two people at the center of the commotion gradually came into view.
Lin Jinran tiptoed and took a peek.
The girl was sweet - looking and extremely cute. She didn't know what the boy had said, but there was a layer of tears welling up in her eyes. She looked on the verge of crying, almost making one feel pity for her.
Moreover, the letter in her hand was held in mid - air, and no one took it.
Tsk.
This guy was so heartless. He made the poor girl almost cry. Couldn't he talk nicely? He could at least take the letter.
But... Lin Jinran squinted her eyes and looked at the boy with his back to her. The figure looked so familiar. Where had she seen him before?
Just as she was thinking, someone downstairs shouted, "The grade dean is coming!" The crowd immediately became restless. Most of them rushed forward, afraid of being caught by the grade dean.
Before Lin Jinran, who was being squeezed, could catch her breath, she was carried upward by the crowd. She was like a piece of dough being kneaded at will. She cried out for help but to no avail. She really felt like she was going to be crushed.
Help!
Lin Jinran was so uncomfortable from being squeezed. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the boy and girl at the center of the commotion were safe. Everyone was just squeezing to the sides, not towards the middle.
Wasn't this annoying?
Lin Jinran tried her best to squeeze towards the center. "Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, please make way..."
"What are you doing? Why aren't you leaving quickly? Why are you squeezing into the middle?" A girl who was being squeezed complained.
Lin Jinran opened her mouth slightly, trying to defend herself.
Carelessly, she was bumped into by someone. Lin Jinran directly bumped into the girl who was confessing.
To prevent herself from falling, she grabbed the girl's arm with one hand, and accidentally grabbed the love letter with the other.
"You..." The girl who was confessing was shocked and looked at her love letter in disbelief.
Was she attracting a lesbian? Did this girl not want her to succeed in her confession and was trying to snatch the letter?
In just a few seconds, the girl who was confessing figured out the situation. She stared at Lin Jinran warily and cursed "pervert" in her heart.
"I..."
Lin Jinran had a hard time explaining. She knew the girl had misunderstood. She had grabbed it in a hurry for fear of falling.
Just as she was about to start explaining, there came a deafening shout from behind: "What are you doing?"
One could hear the voice before seeing the person.
The grade dean was still around the corner, struggling to climb the stairs.
The girl who was confessing shivered and finally showed a scared expression. She took a quick glance at Lin Jinran.
Then, while the grade dean hadn't seen her yet, she quickly slipped away.
Most of the surrounding students had also slipped away.
"This..." Now it was Lin Jinran's turn to be shocked.
Sis, do you still want your love letter?
If you don't want it, I don't want it either.
"Good! You two, it's you again, Su Qinian!"
In a blink of an eye, the grade dean huffed and puffed as he climbed to the third floor and said angrily.
Su Qinian?
At the same time, Lin Jinran turned around and looked up at the boy who was being confessed to at the center of the commotion.
Suddenly, her mind went blank. She looked at the boy whose pants she had pulled last night and murmured in a low voice, "Why is it you again?"
She was speechless, angry, and shocked all at once.
She was filled with all sorts of emotions.
Su Qinian stared at Lin Jinran with a complicated look in his eyes and also asked, "Why is it you again?"
They had met three times in just one day. It was like a nightmare.
The first time, she had followed him into the men's restroom and called him a "sissy".
The second time, just as he was about to leave the KTV, this girl had rushed over in a hurry and almost pulled his pants off.
The third time, just now, she had witnessed the farce of the confession and even dared to snatch the girl's love letter.
It wouldn't be strange to say that she had a crush on him.
Su Qinian took a deep breath.
It was a fateful encounter, a disastrous one.
But for some reason, there was a faint feeling of joy in his heart, as if he was happy to meet her again.
It was such a strange emotion. Su Qinian thought thoughtfully.
...
"You two, stand at the door, one on each side. Don't talk!"
The grade dean took the two of them to the disciplinary office on the first floor, pointed to the two sides, took the love letter from Lin Jinran's hand, quickly scanned it, and said.
"Cheng Siyuan from Class 4, Senior Two, right? You stand here. You're not allowed to leave until after this class."
"Teacher, I'm not Cheng Siyuan." Lin Jinran defended herself.
The grade dean snorted, unfolded the love letter and showed it to Lin Jinran, and continued, "I don't know you, but the love letter says it clearly. Can there be a mistake?"
"I saw you with my own eyes trying to give this love letter to Su Qinian. Are you going to say this love letter isn't yours?"
It was true. The love letter wasn't hers.
But judging from the situation, the grade dean wouldn't believe her.
So Lin Jinran looked at Su Qinian with a pleading look in her eyes, signaling him to explain quickly.
Su Qinian naturally saw it. For some reason, he had the idea of teasing her. "Dean, I'm willing to accept the punishment."
"?!"
Lin Jinran's eyes widened.
Was he crazy?