After stopping being a simp, the school heartthrob cried and begged to get back together.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Why Did He Also Let Me Down?

So that's why Shen Nianzi came out—to tell me all this.

I sneered: "It's just a job, but it's a clever scheme to get your daughter a loyal dog in class."

"I'm going in now, I won't disturb you any longer." Shen Nianzi turned and left.

Looking at Shen Nianzi's slender figure, I felt a pang of sadness.

"She's so pitiful." Mu Xi also felt a pang of sympathy. "Is your second uncle really that inhuman?"

"More than that." I explained, "Back then, my second uncle wanted to give Nianzi away. Fortunately, Lao Shen still had some humanity and agreed to pay more money to support Nianzi until she finished high school. I guess my second uncle still remembers this. If Lao Shen had said he would support her until she went to university, he wouldn't have stopped Nianzi from taking the college entrance exam."

"Your second uncle won't get away with this!" Mu Xi said angrily.

"Definitely not." I turned around.

Mu Xi and I left together.

After school starts.

The students in my class looked at me with a hint of tension and wariness.

However, they no longer dared to provoke me like Huang Xinyi did.

Liu Shengyan has also become much more obedient.

Time passes day by day.

The college entrance examination is just around the corner.

A faint sense of melancholy permeated the classroom.

However, this sorrow of parting has no effect on me.

My only friend at school was Mu Xi.

But Mu Xi and I will definitely not separate like this.

However, in the short term, we may all be more dedicated to our future.

The college entrance examination is tomorrow.

Everyone is packing their things.

Mu Xi left first.

I came out of the classroom with my books in my arms and ran into Teacher Tian.

"Teacher, are you still in contact with Huo Yubai?" I asked.

Teacher Tian looked regretful: "He's gone. He didn't even show up when he transferred schools. What a rascal, all that care I gave him."

"But at least he shouldn't give up on the college entrance exam, right?" I guessed.

"If he dares to give up, I won't let him off the hook," Teacher Tian said with a look of regret.

I smiled.

Actually, I haven't had much contact with Huo Yushen over the past month.

We used to contact each other every day, then it became every three days, and now it's every week.

He is very busy.

But I don't know what I'm busy with.

"Shen Yan, your mock exam scores have been very stable. You'll definitely be accepted into Tsinghua or Peking University," Teacher Tian said with a smile. "Keep up the good work, maybe our school can produce two students who get into Tsinghua or Peking University."

I know the other person he was referring to was Gu Heng.

He hasn't bothered me much these days.

"Thank you," I said, then left with the book.

That day, I sent a message to Huo Yushen when I got home.

Me: Huo Yushen, let's meet after the college entrance exam. I have something I want to tell you.

no reply.

The last time he replied to me was half a month ago.

I held my phone, my fingers gripping it slightly.

Me: I'll wait for you in the park near my house.

Then, I put down my phone and went to prepare for the exam.

-

The college entrance examination is a major battle.

On the last day, when I walked out of the exam hall, I felt a truly exhilarating sense of relief.

I felt lightheaded, as if the heavy weight that had been pressing down on my shoulders had disappeared.

In my past life, I didn't do well on my exams because of Gu Heng.

She barely managed to get into a third-tier university in Xinjing City, just so she could be closer to Gu Heng.

Actually, our schools are quite far apart, but I went to see him every few days just to be able to see him.

After he went to university, he didn't have much money, so I would give him my living expenses.

Although Lao Shen and my mother never mistreated me back then, I was still embarrassed to keep asking for money.

Especially after starting university, Gu Heng's needs increased. I bought him laptops, mobile phones, tablets, brand-name sneakers, and so on.

To buy these things for him, I scrimped and saved, secretly worked part-time, and became haggard to make him look good.

Looking back now, I really want to slap myself.

How could you be so stupid!

"Yanyan!"

My mom waved to me from the front door.

"Mom!" I ran over.

"Let's go home!" My mom didn't even ask me how the exam went.

"Mom, you go back first. I want to go somewhere. Don't worry about me!" I was thinking about something else.

"You've finished the exam, where are you going if you're not going home?" my mom asked in surprise.

"Mom, don't ask anymore. I'll be fine. I'll keep in touch." I took my phone out of her bag, which she had been keeping safe for me.

I turned on my phone as I walked, hoping that Huo Yushen would send me a message.

Even the short boot-up time of just a few seconds felt like an eternity to me.

I didn't stop walking; I continued towards the park.

To my disappointment, Huo Yushen did not reply to me.

But maybe he wanted to surprise me.

It must be so.

ten minutes later.

I went to the park and found a bench to sit down.

It rains every year during the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) in Haicheng.

This year is no exception.

A light rain began to fall from the gloomy sky.

I sat on the chair, motionless, staring at the park entrance, hoping to see Huo Yushen as soon as possible.

But I waited and waited, and two hours passed, and he still didn't come.

Even if he couldn't come, he should have at least told me.

"Yan Yan." My mom came over with an umbrella and held it over my head. "Let's go home. Don't wait up for me."

I looked up, my bangs brushing against my face: "Mom, how did you know I was waiting for him?"

"Your mother has been through this before. You're my daughter, do you think I can't see through your feelings?" My mother said with heartache, "Yan Yan, let's go home."

"Mom, let me wait." I shook my head. "What if he comes after we leave?"

My mom sighed and said, "Okay, Mom will wait with you."

A long time has passed.

It was already dark.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier.

"Yan Yan, let's go back. You'll get sick if you keep doing this." My mom held my hand.

"Mom, wait a little longer." I knew I couldn't hold on any longer, but I didn't want to give up.

"Yan Yan." My mother seemed to have made a huge decision: "Give up. He really won't come. You and he are from different worlds."

"Mom," I choked back tears, "Do you know something?"

“Yan Yan, he’s from Xinjing City. His status and position are beyond your reach. Give up, okay?” My mother’s eyes were red. “Mom supports your free choice in love, but Mom doesn’t want to see you unhappy. There are some things Mom can’t say outright because it would be bad for you if I did. So Yan Yan, give up. Mom doesn’t want anything to happen to you.”

I lowered my head, tears mingling with the rain as they fell: "Is he in Xinjing City?"

"Even if you go, Yan Yan, you won't see him, and it will be dangerous," my mother said worriedly. "Just forget about him. Even if you go to school in Xinjing City, don't go looking for him, okay?"

Go find him?

He doesn't even reply to my messages, he just makes me wait.

He knew perfectly well that all I wanted was for him to say "I'm safe."

I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Why did he also let me down?