Qingteng's Mind - Middle School Era

Chapter 1396 Not Seen
The train has arrived at the station.

Ke Mengnan and Zheng Yifan got out of the car one after the other.

Zheng Yifan walked towards the school gate naturally. After taking a few steps, he remembered Ke Mengnan following behind him, turned around, and saw that he was still standing by the telephone pole next to the bus.

What are you spacing out for?

Do rural people move to the city?

Zheng Yifan stopped and looked at Ke Mengnan, who was in a daze.

This is the campus where she lived: artificial hills, pavilions, weeping willows, lotus leaves filling the pond, and corridors covered with green vines. Yes, only a campus like this could nurture her spirit.

Ke Mengnan couldn't help but smile.

"Silly what?"

Zheng Yifan's voice rang out from ahead, "If you don't go in, I'll go in myself."

Upon hearing this, Ke Mengnan smiled slightly and walked over: "Let's go."

Zheng Yifan glanced at him, said nothing, and walked unsteadily toward the school gate.

The school gate was tightly closed, as was the side gate. Old Liu, the gatekeeper, was drinking tea from an enamel cup in the guardhouse when he saw them. His eyes lit up and he walked to the door.

"Zheng, why are you back again? Two classes have already passed, you're late."

“Uncle Liu,” Zheng Yifan stopped by the side door, “Yes, I overslept. I’ll go in then.”

"Ah, come in." Old Liu grunted in response, picked up his enamel mug, and turned to walk into the guardhouse.

"Uncle Liu, please open the door so I can come in." Zheng Yifan's voice came from behind.

"I'm getting the keys," Old Liu poked his head out, "Wait a minute."

Ke Mengnan stood quietly beside Zheng Yifan, watching everything that was happening before her eyes.

With a "click," the door actually opened?!

"Thank you, Uncle Liu." Zheng Yifan pushed open the door, walked into the campus, and waved to the old man in the guardhouse.

Ke Mengnan followed behind.

"Oh right, do you seniors have a spring outing today?"

Old Liu's words made Zheng Yifan pause in his steps and turn around to look at him: "Spring outing? Who's on a spring outing?"

"Yes, a spring outing," Old Liu said as he walked to the door. "Isn't your class going on a spring outing today?"

Zheng Yifan: ?

Ke Mengnan remained silent to the side.

"An hour and a half ago, the second-year high school students went on their spring outing. Half an hour ago, the first-year high school students also went on their spring outing," Old Liu said seriously. "Aren't you third-year high school students going?"

"All of them?" Zheng Yifan blurted out.

"How could it be all of them?" Old Liu coughed. "Naturally, it's the class that did the best in the whole grade and made the most progress. Aren't you in the top science class?"

Ke Mengnan couldn't help but look at Old Liu again and again. Was this uncle well-informed, or was he out of touch?

Xiao Fan has been transferred to another school for almost two months, and the security guard still doesn't know?
"Which class did the best?" Zheng Yifan smiled. "Which class in the second year of high school?"

"Let me think," Old Liu thought seriously for a moment, "The class that Teacher Su teaches, oh right, it's Teacher Li's class. Teacher Li came to say hello this morning."

"Li Shiping, Teacher Li?"

"Otherwise what?" Old Liu took a sip of tea casually, then spat the tea back into the teacup. "Besides the class he teaches, which other class has the best grades? Didn't we say you wouldn't be at the school assembly on Friday?"

"It's raining, what kind of spring outing is this?" Zheng Yifan couldn't help but look up at the sky. Huh, when did the sky clear up?!

The dark clouds overhead had long since dispersed, the east was bright, and the sun seemed about to leap out from the thin clouds.

A flicker of joy crossed Ke Mengnan's heart, mixed with a touch of regret. The spring outing meant she probably wouldn't see him!
"A reward!" Old Liu smacked his lips. "I heard from Teacher Li that it was approved by Principal Cao, a reward!"

Zheng Yifan stared at Old Liu for a couple of seconds, then took a few steps forward, stopped, and looked towards the office building.

A reward? He'd lived here for two years and had never heard of a spring outing as a reward for doing well on exams!
Spring outing.

Two words, as light as a feather, yet they left two deep craters when they fell.

He only swam twice, once during the Qingming Festival in his first year of high school and once during the second year of high school! When was there ever a reward?
Cao Xiao is really something else, always coming up with something on a whim!

Zheng Yifan stood there, staring at the office building on the fourth floor, speechless for a long time.

He had prepared for so long, from tossing and turning last night to getting up early this morning, from the excuse he made up when asking for leave to the dialogue he rehearsed repeatedly on the way—he had prepared everything except this.

Spring has arrived, and Principal Cao has arranged a spring outing for them!

How normal, how reasonable, how absurd, how...powerless.

Ke Mengnan, who was following behind, also stopped, her gaze sweeping back and forth across the bright and clean teaching building on the left. Which window was her classroom?

The first time I stepped into the campus where she lived.

I wonder if she also has the habit of gazing out the window; I wonder which floor her classroom is on; I wonder what kind of classmates she has...

Everyone else is gone, so what's the point of him coming? Zheng Yifan looked around, turned around, and walked towards the school gate.

Old Liu, who had just sat down by the window, paused, then came out holding his enamel mug: "You've gone the wrong way. Weren't you going back to the classroom?"

"I left something at home, I need to go back and get it."

"Kids these days, they're so forgetful," Old Liu shook his head, turned and went inside. "Wait a moment."

Zheng Yifan pushed open the door and walked out. After taking a few steps, he turned around and saw Ke Mengnan still standing in the campus: "Uncle Liu, there is still someone inside. Tell him to come out."

Old Liu was startled and hurriedly came out. He saw a tall, straight figure and muttered, "I'm getting dizzy. How come there's another person here?"

He quickly walked over and patted Ke Mengnan on the back: "Classmate, it's time to go out."

Ke Mengnan snapped out of her daze, smiled at Old Liu who was holding the enamel mug, and turned to walk towards the school gate.

Old Liu paused for a moment, then turned his head and watched two tall figures cross the road and walk towards the bus stop on the other side.

Standing at the bus stop for routes 11 and 19, I looked at the teaching building across the street.

"Where to now?" Ke Mengnan asked. "To the bookstore or back to school?"

Isn't this a rhetorical question? Zheng Yifan looked at Ke Mengnan: "Go back to school and study."

"it is good."

The two looked at each other for three seconds before looking away.

Some lies are unspoken, just as they all know that this trip has nothing to do with bookstores, review materials, or any high-sounding reasons.

It's only related to the two names of Yunling Middle School.

There were very few people on the bus back.

Zheng Yifan and Ke Mengnan sat by the window, each gazing at the city rushing past outside.

The sky was a pale blue, clear day. The magnolias along the street were in full bloom, their pure white petals drooping in the rain, as if apologizing for something.

They actually went on a spring outing?!
Looking out the window at the sky that looked as if it had been washed by water, Zheng Yifan felt sullen. He had come with a lot of courage, crossing half the city, and returned with a lot of regrets.

No, he's coming next week to ask her what's going on.

Suddenly it occurred to me that next week is the May Day holiday.

Honestly, who cares? Let her write letters to whomever she wants, and dedicate songs to whomever she wants. What business is it of his?
However, he felt inexplicably annoyed, a feeling that had lingered ever since he received Xu Ji's letter...