An hour later, Xu Wuning cried until her voice was hoarse.

Just as the young Lu Jingci had left, Lu Jingci was about to return six years later.

Her pupils dilated, and she desperately tried to get away, yelling, "Get back, get out of the way, you two perverts!"

She struggled violently and suddenly woke up with a start.

A cool night breeze blew in through the window. She was lying on the bed, hugging the doll in her arms, when she sat up abruptly.

She ran to the mirror and looked at her youthful face.

Thankfully, it was just a dream.

scared her to death.

Outside the door, perhaps hearing the commotion inside, Xu Zhenghong anxiously ran to her door and knocked.

His voice was full of concern, "Ningning, what's wrong?"

"Dad just got home from working overtime and heard noises coming from your room. Did you have a nightmare, Ningning?"

"Tell your dad not to be afraid, he's here."

Xu Wuning felt a lump in her throat and opened the door.

The person before me looked younger, with no gray hair yet, and had not aged considerably from spending two years searching for her and weeping every day.

She hugged Xu Zhenghong tightly, tears streaming down her face. "Dad!"

Her crying nearly scared Xu Zhenghong to death.

His precious daughter is usually fearless, so why is she so upset?

Xu Zhenghong's eyes reddened, and he panicked completely. He hurriedly and gently patted her back, "Ningning, what's wrong? Don't cry, Ningning..."

"Tell Dad what happened? Did someone bully you? Dad will settle the score with them tomorrow."

"Don't be afraid, it's okay. Daddy's here. Nobody can bully Ningning."

"No...no one bullied me," Xu Wuning smiled, but tears streamed down her face. "I just suddenly miss you so much."

Xu Zhenghong was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "You child, you can miss your father anytime, why do you have to cry in the middle of the night and scare me like this?"

He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and awkwardly wiped away her tears.

The edges of the handkerchief were slightly faded from washing, but it was folded neatly.

Xu Wuning remembers that this was a Father's Day gift she gave him when she was in the third grade of elementary school, and he has been using it ever since.

The chairman of the prestigious Xu Group can't even bear to throw away a clean, white handkerchief.

Xu Wuning swallowed hard, the sob in her throat choking back tears, but she couldn't stop them, and they fell one after another.

"Dad, listen to me. If... I mean, if one day I run away to play and don't come back for a long, long time, please don't wait for me or look for me everywhere."

"You need to eat well, sleep well, drink tea when you're supposed to, play chess when you're supposed to, and don't sit alone in your room from dusk till dawn, staying up every day waiting for my message, okay?"

Xu Zhenghong's expression changed. He held her shoulders and said, "Ningning, what are you talking about? Has someone threatened you? Tell Dad the truth."

"No," Xu Wuning hurriedly shook her head, "I just had a dream, a really scary dream, in which I got lost, and you searched for me for a long, long time, without eating or sleeping, and your hair turned completely white..."

Xu Zhenghong sighed and patted her head. "Silly girl, dreams are always the opposite of reality."

"Besides, you are my daughter, Xu Zhenghong's daughter. Even if the sky falls, your father will hold it up for you. If you really get lost, I will dig three feet into the ground to find you."

"If you can't find it and then give up looking, then what right do I have to be your father?"

Xu Wuning's tears welled up again, but she forced a smile. "Then I promise, I'll let you know wherever I go from now on, okay?"

Xu Zhenghong finally relaxed his brow and reached out to scratch her nose: "Okay, okay, that's more like it."

"Go wash your face and go to bed early. If you cry like this, your eyes will be swollen tomorrow."

Xu Wuning nodded with tears in her eyes, "Yes."

……

The next morning.

In the classroom.

Xu Wuning didn't give Lu Jingci a friendly look today.

If the version six years later was so bad, and the high school version was so bad, this junior high version probably won't be much better.

They just haven't revealed their true nature yet.

So, all morning, whenever Lu Jingci glanced at her, she turned her head away and ignored him.

Not only that, but while doing her homework in English class, Xu Wuning saw Lu Jingci secretly doing his math homework underneath.

This kid has always liked to do these petty thefts, and he's done it several times already. She caught him again this time.

Xu Wuning's eyes darted around.

The English teacher stepped down from the podium and walked back and forth, checking on the students.

As she passed by Xu Wuning, Xu Wuning suddenly lowered her voice and whispered, "Teacher, Lu Jingci's English grades are so good, what kind of practice books does he usually do?"

Her face was full of curiosity and obedience, as if she were genuinely seeking knowledge, and she added:

"What's that blue book on his desk? Could you pick it up and recommend it to us so we can all emulate a good student like our class monitor?"

Her voice was very soft, only those next to her could hear it.

Su Wanyue was biting her pen cap and lost in thought when she heard her talking to the teacher. She was startled and quickly turned around to look at her.

Xie Yu went even further, the eraser in his hand rolled to the ground, he bent down to pick it up, and glanced up at the blue booklet on Lu Jingci's desk.

Um... why does this look more and more like math homework?

He rubbed his eyes and glanced at them again.

It seems to be just math.

Su Wanyue and he exchanged a quick glance, both of them wearing expressions that said, "Lu Jingci is doomed."

Xu Wu Ning looked completely innocent, blinking her big eyes at the English teacher, her eyelashes fluttering, her sincerity was beyond words.

The English teacher's surname is Lin. She has been working for less than a year. She has a gentle personality and likes students who are proactive and eager to learn the most.

She was delighted to see that Xu Wuning was a pretty and sincere young girl.

"Good, good, good," Teacher Lin responded repeatedly, her voice becoming lighter. "Wu Ning's attitude is excellent. She knows how to learn from her classmates, and when she saw others buying good workbooks, she wanted to buy them too. Everyone should have this kind of enthusiasm."

She walked towards Lu Jingci as she spoke.

Lu Jingci was focused on solving a derivative problem when he suddenly felt a shadow loom over him.

He looked up, his pupils dilated, and almost instinctively reached out to press his elbow on the cover of the workbook, but Teacher Lin's hand was faster.

"Classmates, let's take a look at what workbook our top English student, Jingci, is working on!"

Teacher Lin's voice was gentle, and her fingers were already pressing on the edge of the blue book's cover. "This booklet looks quite well-made. If you have any good study materials, you can definitely recommend them to each other."

"Jingci, where did you buy this English workbook? Show it to everyone and recommend it!"

The next second, she picked it up.

All forty-odd pairs of eyes in the class turned to look...

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