"Yes, you even said you wanted to stay in a tent with me. I was really looking forward to it, and that's one of the reasons we decided to go camping."
Caught off guard by this sudden manipulation, Jiang Wanfeng was momentarily stunned. Why was she suddenly being considered...? Something seemed off, but it was her best friend who had said it.
Yu En wouldn't treat her badly, so there's no reason for her to lie to her...
Perhaps she really did say that.
"The location is the back hill of the school, is that okay?"
"Anything is fine. I'm planning to study tonight and I have some questions that I'd like your help with." Li Qingran's eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge.
She looked at Jiang Wanfeng.
“Except for you, because you also seem to know nothing about this.”
"Who wants to answer your question!" Jiang Wanfeng snapped. "I definitely know more than you!"
"Haha, stop making noise..."
"Qingran's grades are already very good, is there anything else she needs to learn? Can we really help her?"
"Yes, after all, we need to address Lin Mo's repression issue."
"Huh? What do you mean..."
“You all have some experience, more or less,” Li Qingran pondered. “Brainstorming is more effective.”
"Qingran, what are you saying..."
...
Shen Yanxi turned the corner in the corridor and glanced back at the girls behind her who were chatting and laughing.
Withdraw that slightly envious look.
The hallway was bustling with people, most of them discussing where they would go after the exams.
After the exams, it's definitely time to relax. Winter break starts tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve. We'll have to go back to school on the third day of the Lunar New Year.
Immersed in that relaxing atmosphere, Shen Yanxi almost forgot...
She had already made up her mind; she couldn't trouble them any more during the winter break. She decided to use the evening while the others were playing to pack her bags and leave Qingran's house...
During this time, she managed to save some money, and if she was frugal, it would be enough for her to get by.
She contacted the owner of the bubble tea shop where she used to work, and this time the owner agreed to provide her with room and board...
The plan was a bit rushed, but it's not impossible to complete.
But why did the teacher look for her...?
Thinking about a certain possibility suddenly made me feel very insecure.
Downstairs is the office that makes her anxious and afraid; it's where her favorite friend lives... and him too.
But she couldn't bring herself to complain to them or vent her bad mood, as it would ruin everyone's rare moment of relaxation that evening...
But... what might happen downstairs? The teacher had never spoken to her privately; Lin Mo had always been the one handling everything for her...
I lingered in the hallway for a long time, glancing back many times, hesitating, until they completely disappeared down the corridor, their whereabouts unknown...
Is she trying to escape, or is she hoping someone can help her?
"It's okay, Xixi... You're not scared at all, you even dared to ride your bike out from there all by yourself..."
Mustering my courage, I went downstairs to my office.
The office was rather deserted as the holiday approached, with only Teacher Ni sighing into the phone.
"teacher..."
"Oh, Yanxi, well... your parents just called, you know them..."
The girl's pupils contracted slightly; she knew exactly why.
Fear and panic overwhelmed her in an instant, but Shen Yanxi was Shen Yanxi after all... Lady Xixi, and she wouldn't be so easily defeated!
"I, teacher, I don't want to go back!" she said earnestly, her eyes wide.
"...Sigh, your teacher has talked to your grandma a lot, but she won't listen to anything. Of course, you're already in your senior year of high school, so the school definitely won't kick you out and will try its best to keep you here, but..."
"Are you worried my grandma will cause trouble at school...?" Shen Yanxi asked in a low voice...
Teacher Ni nodded helplessly, "Nobody at the school wants to make a big deal out of this, we're most afraid of people resorting to shameless tactics... But don't worry, I'll do my best to help you resolve this, I'm just letting you know so you can be mentally prepared."
Prepare...
No, that won't do. Those relatives in the village treat her like she's a gold mine; they'll definitely cause trouble, especially since she's currently staying with Qingran... They'll make things difficult for her and Lin Mo...
If Ya Jie and the others find out, they definitely won't stand idly by.
That was the last thing she wanted to see, because of Xixi's own situation, Xixi's friends were affected... such good friends.
So... him.
"Ring ring ring..."
"Oh dear, they're calling again! Really!" Teacher Ni picked up the phone. "Yanxi, you go out first, I'll talk to you..."
"No need, teacher, I'll talk to Grandma instead..." Shen Yanxi said softly, head bowed, struggling to hold back her sobs.
The girl's hands, hanging at her sides, were clenched tightly, as if she had made up her mind.
"Hmm? You're still a child, this kind of thing... Sigh, never mind, see if you can persuade your grandma..."
"Advertising Bro!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the doorway. Teacher Ni was stunned. He knew that he had such a nickname among the students, but how could anyone dare to say it to his face?!
Upon hearing this voice, Shen Yanxi's body stiffened completely.
She watched helplessly as Lin Mo walked past her, her clenched fists loosening.
"Teacher, Shen Yanxi is my distant cousin. I'm just catching up with her grandmother."
"Go away, go away! You want to meddle in everything that happens to pretty girls, don't you!" Teacher Ni dismissed him. "You brat, stop messing with the girls in the class."
Lin Mo was about to say something more when Shen Yanxi grabbed his arm.
The girl's earlier letting go was merely a pretext for stopping her now.
"Hey, Xixi has nothing to do with you."
"Teacher, just give me the phone..."
[If you never intended to take Xixi away in the first place, why are you trying to be a hero now? Xixi has tried to hint at it to you so many times...]
You don't even see me...
Lin Mo paused, trying to decipher the words in his mind, and realized that these were Shen Yanxi's inner thoughts—the first time he had ever seen this before.
Intelligence always seems to only be effective at the last minute.
So Shen Yanxi harbored such deep resentment... wait,
This was Shen Yanxi's resentment at this moment, a moment of emotional breakdown... She probably hadn't thought like this before.
Were you holding it in too long...?
Watching her trembling little hand take the phone, and bring the receiver to her ear,
Her pursed lips relaxed, and she took a deep breath.
She almost clenched her teeth as she squeezed out, "Hey...Grandma..."
The phone call came through some obscure rural dialect, which Shen Yanxi hadn't heard in so long that she couldn't understand it at first.
at this time,
Lin Mo suddenly leaned close to her ear again, as if to tease her.
"I wanted to take you with me from the very beginning."
"Wh...what..." Shen Yanxi's already stiff limbs nearly went numb after hearing Lin Mo's words, which were essentially spoken to her inner thoughts.
Meeting his earnest gaze, the background noise of Teacher Ni saying things like, "You little rascal... stop harassing the female students," became less noticeable...
"Playing the hero is the result, not the process. In the process, I was just a coward. Give me your phone number. I'm actually quite familiar with your grandma. I'm really here to catch up, I'm not lying to you."
The phone was easily snatched from his hand.
Only then did Shen Yanxi realize that she wasn't as brave as she thought, and subconsciously she was waiting for him to help her...
So, so... Xixi had already developed that terrifying sense of dependence.
All those messy plans are just plans now.
Why did he say he was familiar with his grandmother...?
"You go upstairs, I'll handle it."
Shen Yanxi wanted to shout "No!" loudly, but her throat was so dry and uncomfortable that she couldn't speak.
“They’ve been waiting for you for a long time. If you don’t go up soon, they’ll come looking for you.”
Lin Mo threatened her again,
"You've been looking forward to relaxing after the exams for so long, don't waste it on this trivial matter. It's a small thing."
Using her most cherished phrase, "I don't want to drag my friends into this," to intimidate her, Shen Yanxi's face crumpled into a tearful expression. Confused and bewildered, she could only stomp her foot on the ground.
"I'm not going to be friends with you anymore!"
He shouted angrily and then ran out.
Only Lin Mo and Teacher Ni remained, staring at each other.
"Lin Mo, what are you going to do..."
But Lin Mo hung up the phone abruptly and handed it back to Teacher Ni, leaving the latter completely bewildered.
"It was a mistake. I thought she wouldn't call. This old lady doesn't understand Mandarin, so I can't communicate with her. Didn't you notice, teacher?"
"I've discovered... it wasn't you..."
"I'll go find someone who can talk to me and wish you a Happy New Year, teacher."
"..."
"Wait! Stop right there! How can you act like this? Explain yourself to me right now, what's going on?!"
"Teacher, you should know at least a little about why Shen Yanxi's family wanted her to go back home..."
Teacher Ni snorted irritably, "Of course I know! How could I not know my students?"
"Then all I need to do is get her to marry me," Lin Mo said, highlighting the key point.
"You?" Upon hearing this, Teacher Ni's face turned ashen.
Chapter 159 I Bought Her Lifetime
"Hey..."
"Xixi, why are you only arriving now? What did your teacher want to see you about?"
Having just arrived upstairs, Shen Yanxi, looking somewhat lost and dejected, bumped into Chen Yajie, who was on duty.
"It's...it's nothing." Shen Yanxi forced a smile, awkwardly mimicking her usual one. "It's just a phone call from home."
"Oh, Wanfeng and the class monitor have already gone to the back mountain to set up. It seems the class monitor has prepared tents for everyone and even set up a barbecue grill~"
Chen Yajie put the broom away. "Since you don't have a phone, Xixi, and it's my turn to be on duty, I'll stay here and wait for you."
She grabbed Shen Yanxi's hand, "Let's go, let's go. Should we go to Qingran's house to wash up first? Or should we go straight to the back mountain?"
"No, I haven't decided yet..."
"Oh... then I'll do as I say and go take a bath at Qingran's place first."
"No, no... I haven't decided yet whether I want to go with you..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yajie paused for a moment,
"Of course we're going, didn't we already agree?"
"It was agreed..." Shen Yanxi struggled to explain, so she changed the subject.
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