After Xia Yu fell silent, You Xue also quieted down, her head bowed, looking at her toes.
She wanted to lift her head to look at Xia Yu’s face and gauge his reaction, but she didn’t dare, fearing what she might see was not the outcome she wished for.
She shifted her attention, staring at the slippers on her feet.
The slippers were white, with a bunny ear design on them. Xia Yu had bought them for her when they went to buy a bicycle last time.
She recalled two months ago, back when Xia Dongyang was still around.
Back then, life had been tough, and every day had been busy, but her older brother had always been by her side.
Now, even though she had more free time each day, she rarely saw her brother.
“Then let’s go together,” Xia Yu’s voice came.
“Really?” You Xue looked at Xia Yu in pleasant surprise. “But what about school?”
“You still remember you have school?” Xia Yu tapped her head lightly.
Previously, he really wouldn’t have been able to solve this issue, but now he was no longer the poor man he once was.
“It’s okay, there will be a private tutor coming specifically to teach you, one teacher just for you!” Xia Yu told You Xue.
“Huh?” You Xue felt a bit scared. If there was only one teacher, she wouldn’t be able to daydream during class at all.
“Or maybe I should just attend a tutoring class instead?” the girl suggested.
“What tutoring class could fit you in perfectly? Just accept your fate,” Xia Yu said decisively, pressing down on You Xue’s head.
He added, “Besides, you can take care of Xiaohei.”
“You want to bring Xiaohei too?” You Xue was surprised.
“Of course.” Xia Yu was counting on using the black cat to observe An Siyao. Naturally, he had to bring the cat along.
“Then I’ll go prepare.” You Xue happily left the room.
After she left, Xia Yu lay back down on the bed. Starting tomorrow, he would also begin preparing.
The next morning, Xia Yu arrived at school by himself, something he hadn’t done in a while.
“Morning,” Gui Zixiao greeted him.
After three seconds of recollection, Xia Yu remembered this was his good friend.
“Morning,” he replied calmly.
“Why did you look so dazed just now?” Gui Zixiao had sharp perception.
“You’re imagining things,” Xia Yu naturally denied it.
Gui Zixiao didn’t think it was his imagination, but assumed Xia Yu was just messing with him, since they saw each other every day.
He said, “You’re unusually energetic today.”
Xia Yu wasn’t surprised by this comment. After all, the original Xia Yu had been quite stiff.
“Good morning,” another girl joined the conversation. It was Yan Wei.
“Morning,” Xia Yu responded normally. He placed his bag down and suddenly remembered something.
He seemed to have left a pet in Yan Wei’s care.
“That hamster…” he looked toward Yan Wei.
“The hamster is still with me. Do you want to take it back?” Yan Wei was delighted that Xia Yu had spoken to her.
“Yeah, thanks. I completely forgot about it,” Xia Yu said, somewhat embarrassed.
“It’s fine. My sister and I both really like it.” Yan Wei smiled.
After thanking her, Xia Yu left the classroom and went to the Chinese teacher’s office.
“What’s up?” The Chinese teacher looked at Xia Yu in surprise.
“I’m planning to participate in the Global New Generation Music Competition, so I’m here to ask for leave. I probably won’t come to school anymore,” Xia Yu explained.
“Well, although I don’t know what that competition is, you already have a recommendation, so you don’t really need to keep attending classes,” the teacher said, leading Xia Yu to the principal’s office.
After hearing the reason, the principal happily patted Xia Yu’s shoulder: “Great! I’ll organize the entire school to watch your performance then!”
He quickly processed Xia Yu’s leave application.
When Xia Yu returned to his class, the first lesson had already started five minutes ago.
The teacher didn’t bother to ask Xia Yu anything and just let him return to his seat.
After class, Gui Zixiao approached Xia Yu: “Where did you go just now?”
“Taking leave. You’ll only see me again at graduation,” Xia Yu didn’t hide anything.
“Seriously?” Nearby students who overheard were all surprised.
The news quickly spread across the school, causing many students to specially come see Xia Yu for the last time during breaks.
After school in the afternoon, Xia Yu finished packing everything from his desk and was about to leave when a classmate called him.
“Xia Yu, someone’s looking for you outside.”
Going outside, Xia Yu saw a short, round-faced girl with a petite, cute appearance, similar to Xu Youxiang.
“Here!” The girl handed him an envelope and hurriedly turned to run away.
“A love letter!” Gui Zixiao, coming from behind, slung his arm around Xia Yu’s shoulder. “How many is this now?”
This was the fourth love letter Xia Yu had received that day. However, the previous three had all been delivered through intermediaries. This was the first time someone had personally handed one to him.
After carefully putting the letter away, Xia Yu planned to burn it when he got home. Since he couldn’t just throw them away, this was the only way to handle it.
He slung his backpack and said to Yan Wei, “Let’s go.”
He needed to go to Yan Wei’s house first to pick up the hamster.
“Okay,” Yan Wei replied absentmindedly.
Although she had sensed something was wrong after meeting Liu Manman last time, she hadn’t expected Xia Yu to leave so directly.
Arriving at the bike shed at the school gate, Xia Yu mounted his bicycle, letting Yan Wei climb on behind.
Awkwardly climbing onto the back seat, Yan Wei held onto Xia Yu’s clothes as they rode toward the subway station.
Halfway through the ride, Xia Yu suddenly realized the situation was somewhat problematic.
However, since he probably wouldn’t interact much with Yan Wei anymore in the future, it didn’t matter much.
He didn’t know that Yan Wei, holding onto his clothes and leaning her face close to his back, had already made a decision.
After stopping at the station, the two took the subway to Yan Wei’s home.
Xia Yu waited downstairs while Yan Wei ran upstairs to fetch the hamster’s cage.
“Thanks,” Xia Yu thanked Yan Wei.
“No problem. We’ll meet again in Afang.”
“Huh?”
Watching Yan Wei’s retreating figure running home, Xia Yu was puzzled. What did “meet again in Afang” mean?
Afang was the city where Huada University was located.
Yan Wei had made her decision. She wanted to study in Afang.
“Dad!” Entering the front store, Yan Wei called out to her father.
“Hmm? What’s up?” Her father looked at her in confusion.
“I want to go to Baiyue Academy!”
Plop—
Her father threw the dough he was holding aside, visibly excited. “You’ve finally decided! Your second grandfather said you’ll definitely become a national-level pastry chef!”
Yan’s mother also smiled, though she was puzzled: “Didn’t you refuse before? Why did you suddenly agree?”
“That’s a secret!” Yan Wei refused to say.
“Then you don’t need to keep going to school. Just go directly to your second grandfather,” her father said, picking up the dough again with a sigh. “Study hard and don’t end up like me, just running a noodle shop.”
“Okay.”
On Sunday afternoon, Yan Wei boarded a plane to Afang, while Xia Yu boarded a high-speed train to Yaoguang.
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