Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

Xie Xiao was comforted by his mother, and his mood improved a lot.

Having a good mentality is what's most important, better than nothing...

Xie Xiao and Luo Yanran came back later than others.

Lin Yu and Liu Ou had come back from school for the holiday a few days earlier.

Lin Yu was the earliest, returning as soon as the vacation started, without lingering at school.

He was mainly worried about the old lady.

The next morning after Xie Xiao returned, he went to look for Lin Yu.

Upon arrival, he saw him reading in the yard, with the old lady washing vegetables next to him, occasionally uttering a technical term as if in an exam.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

She didn't need to look at books, her aged face smiling, making her appear gentle.

This was in complete contrast to her previous demeanor when she would chase Lin Yu around, trying to hit him.

Whenever Lin Yu heard those terms, he would explain them, and every now and then, he would ask a question.

The old lady would start giving examples without much thought.

Xie Xiao stood in the doorway and took out his phone to record the scene; in the video, both the young and the old had smiles on their faces.

Lin Yu wasn't really focused on his book, engaging more in discussion with the old lady.

After a while, Lin Yu looked up and saw Xie Xiao standing at the doorway with his phone.

His face froze for a moment before he stood up with a smile, "You're here? Why didn't you make any sound?"

The old lady also looked up, "Oh, Xiao Xiao is back?"

After saving the video, Xie Xiao walked over and hugged the standing old lady, "I'm back, Grandma. Did you miss me?"

"Of course, I missed you! You went so far away. Let Grandma take a look, have you bulked up?" she said, touching his back like she would with a small child, "Just you've gotten a bit darker, almost as dark as Lin Yu."

Lin Yu laughed from the side, "Well, that's unpredictable. Who knows, he might end up darker than me, I'm in class every day."

Xie Xiao released his grandma and embraced Lin Yu for a moment, "Then you've gotten a bit paler."

Both laughed; having not seen each other for months, although they had talked on the phone, there were still endless things to say.

Grandma was delighted, urging them to come inside to talk, promising to make them a delicious meal for lunch.

Before coming out, Xie Xiao had already told his family that he wouldn't be joining them for lunch, so he didn't hesitate now, "Grandma, I want to eat the ribs you make!"

"I know, how could I forget your portion?" Grandma said with a smile. "Wait for it, go sit inside. Oh, and Lin Yu, there are drinks in the fridge, get some to drink..."

As she talked, the old lady headed towards the kitchen.

Watching her brisk walk away, Xie Xiao laughed, "How come Grandma even prepared drinks for you?"

Lin Yu, leading him inside, said, "This old lady acts tough but is soft-hearted. She thinks I'm studying too hard."

"You have indeed lost a lot of weight," Xie Xiao remarked to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu sighed. "I couldn't help it, the courses were just too many. I even joined a senior and a postgraduate student to work on a project..."

"You can work on a project in your freshman year?"

"Yeah, but you have to know people. I'm thick-skinned..."

There was so much to catch up on since their last meet, and Xie Xiao took the opportunity to talk about the encounter with the human traffickers.

After hearing the story, Lin Yu was stunned, "No way, isn't that more exciting than a movie? But I didn't expect that from a student at your school. So many people are trying to get in, and she gets involved in human trafficking?"

Xie Xiao didn't know; he also couldn't comprehend what Yan Lina was thinking.

He sighed, "Let's not talk about it, I couldn't sleep properly during that time, all worried that someone would come for revenge."

Lin Yu patted his shoulder, "No one would dare to do such a thing openly."

That's true, but the fact that such a thing happened is already outrageous enough.

Compared to that, Lin Yu's life isn't so thrilling, just very ordinary.

No, it should be ordinary yet busy.

"Really, as a future doctor, even I feel my daily routine isn't quite right," Lin Yu sighed, "Tired, tired, tired."

Xie Xiao smiled and said, "Keep it up, but also take care of your health."

Lin Yu nodded, "I'm aware." Experience tales at empire

Xie Xiao hesitated for a moment before asking, "Have you met any suitable girls?"

That question made Lin Yu look at him with a smile in his eyes, "No, look at the state I'm in. Forget about suitable girls, sometimes I'm too lazy to even distinguish between men and women."

Xie Xiao just stared at him and smiled without a word.

Lin Yu met his gaze for a moment before looking away and sighed, "Ah, you and your questions."

He paused, "I haven't moved on yet, but it's definitely not as painful as before."

People say the first girl you fall for is the hardest to forget, and Lin Yu thought that was true.

After all, their contact had already become minimal since starting college.

Most of the time, he would occasionally see her updates in social media, her college life seemed quite brilliant, completely different from his busy one.

She also had a rich life outside of academics.

Nowadays, Lin Yu's thoughts were a bit more mature than before, and he could see things more clearly.

He began to feel fortunate in his heart that nothing had developed with Liu Ou,

otherwise, with the distance between them, he wouldn't even have time to visit her once.

Such is reality, which Lin Yu had begun to accept, but that doesn't mean he'd compromise.

He needed to work hard, harder than anyone else. He didn't want to disappoint the old lady, and he hoped to provide her with a better life.

Seeing him slightly distracted, Xie Xiao just nodded and didn't continue on the subject, "I saw a bunch of confessions in the live streams, thought you might have gotten yourself into some situations. It's good there's nothing, with studies busy killing you, what, would you need the ability to clone yourself to date?"

Lin Yu laughed as well, "Cloning is indeed beyond me."

He stood up and walked to the refrigerator. "It's quite cold, what do you want to drink?"

"Coke," Xie Xiao said, "Didn't Li Hua and the others mention something about a reunion during the New Year?"

"Ah? Yeah, I think so, glanced at it last night, are you going?" Lin Yu asked, "New Year's less than a week away."

"I'll go, not much else happening," Xie Xiao said, taking out his phone.

The small group that got together to play ball and hang out was discussing the meeting.

As for the class's larger group chat, it was relatively quiet.

At the beginning of the school term, the classmates were quite active, but it seemed that as everyone started new lives at school, the group chat became quiet.

However, with the holidays, it had become a bit more lively.

Someone asked the class representative to organize a reunion, but the rep said he wouldn't be in town for the New Year, and the other officers were passing the buck, guessing the reunion wouldn't come to fruition.

Lin Yu handed Xie Xiao the Coke and hesitated before finally asking, "Have you heard about Yan Shi recently?"

Xie Xiao uttered a questioning "Hm?" and looked up at him, "What happened?"

Lin Yu looked at Xie Xiao, "Tsk, I didn't really want to mention this since I know you don't like to hear it, but I guess they'll talk about it eventually."

"Yan Shi has been locked up, reported by Zhou Mianmian, for hiding drugs."

Xie Xiao was stunned, "Hang on, wasn't there talk about her family's house being demolished? Why would he still..."

"Yeah, their house was demolished, but he got hooked on that stuff himself."