The first long holiday after the start of the school year is the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.
These two holidays combined give a total of seven days off.
Upon learning this, Shi Chao immediately went home and made plans to meet up with Wang Zeguang, who is also studying in the same city’s college, to have some boba tea together.
Shi Chao brought his girlfriend along, and Wang Zeguang also introduced his new girlfriend.
The four of them sat in a popular boba tea shop, enjoying cold drinks and air conditioning, chatting about their unforgettable past.
After finishing a large cup of boba tea, Wang Zeguang couldn’t help but sigh, “Brother Shi Chao, I envy you guys! Back in high school, we were both at the bottom of our class, struggling with our grades. How did you two manage to excel and leave me behind?”
Before Shi Chao or Lu Lili could respond, Wang Zeguang shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, “Unlike me, who barely made it to a vocational college and is now just waiting to graduate and take over the family business. Sigh, I don’t have much of a future.”
Lu Lili exchanged a glance with Shi Chao, who remained expressionless.
Well, they couldn’t understand the ‘struggles’ of someone from a wealthy family!
Shi Yan didn’t come home to visit during the seven-day holiday. Instead, she decided to use this time for more meaningful endeavors.
From the moment she stepped off the high-speed train in a completely unfamiliar place where no one knew her, Shi Yan wore a sunny smile.
She had already made up her mind. From now on, in this new place, with a completely new image and personality, she would start her life anew.
In this fresh environment, no one knew, and no one could tell, how once she had been a girl filled with insecurities and loneliness, feeling that her life had no purpose.
One month into the semester, in the eyes of those around her, Shi Yan was a beautiful, calm, and intelligent girl with a bright smile.
She handled everything with composure, approached challenges with a more positive and rational mindset than others, and often showcased her intelligence in her studies.
Everyone enjoyed spending time with her.
Even after they learned about her family situation, no one showed any strange expressions, let alone discrimination or mockery.
Everyone appeared unfazed, as if having an incomplete family was nothing special.
In a moment of realization, Shi Yan understood that people her age were now adults and wouldn’t find joy in teasing and ridiculing others as they did in elementary and middle school.
Her previous insecurities and loneliness were the result of being teased and ridiculed by many classmates every day from elementary to middle school.
Those classmates who had caused her psychological harm had long gone their separate ways, scattered in different places.
Perhaps when they were young, they never imagined that the things they found amusing could cause such great harm to a classmate.
Shi Yan wondered if they still remembered the classmate they had once teased and ridiculed…
During her four years in college, in the quiet late-night hours, Shi Yan would often find herself thinking about what her life would be like if she hadn’t met the person who had brought color to her gray high school years.
Perhaps she would still continue her bleak, seemingly hopeless life even after she went to college.
She had once been in a dark abyss, but fortunately, someone had pulled her out and led her towards the light…
On the other side, Lu Lili would often receive messages from Shi Yan at one or two in the morning, saying :
[Lili, I miss you again…]
rokumi’s note : honestly, this novel is getting boring for me. I’m sorry but I’m going to drop this.
Rokumi-san nooo…. (*´Д｀)=з… ~(╥﹏╥)~