Meeting you in autumn

The next morning, the sun rose early, and golden rays pierced through the cracks in the classroom windows, shining like sharp swords and bringing brightness and warmth to the entire classroom.

Just then, Guan Yu walked into the classroom with light steps.

As soon as she entered the room, her bright eyes eagerly looked towards her seat, hoping to see that familiar figure.

However, to her disappointment, the seat was empty; the person had not yet arrived.

Slightly disappointed, she went straight to her seat, put down her bag, carefully took out a book, and then immersed herself in it, reading with great interest.

Time passed quietly, and soon the bell rang for the end of the first get out of class. However, even so, Guan Yu still did not see Jing Yi.

She couldn't help but frown slightly, wondering to herself: Where did A-Yi go? Why isn't he here for class yet?

Lost in thought, she gently patted Chen Feng's shoulder, who was sitting in front of her, and asked softly, "Where's Yi? I haven't seen him all day."

Upon hearing Guan Yu's question, Chen Feng immediately turned around. He quickly scanned the area next to Guan Yu with his eyes, and after confirming that Jing Yi was indeed not there, he also showed a look of confusion on his face and asked in return with a puzzled look.

"Hey, yeah! Where's Yi-ge? Almost a whole class has passed, and we still haven't seen him."

"Don't worry, let me make a call and ask." As he spoke, Chen Feng reached into his bag for his phone.

However, Guan Yu stopped him in time. Guan Yu smiled and shook her head, saying, "No need, I'll call him myself."

After saying that, she slowly stood up and walked towards Shen Jia's direction, saying to Shen Jia, "Jiajia, come out with me for a bit."

Upon hearing her words, Shen Jia jumped up and the two of them dashed out of the classroom.

Shen Jia blinked her big eyes and asked her curiously, "Xiaoyu, what's wrong?"

“Ah Yi didn’t come today, nor did he send me any messages, so I came out to make a call and ask.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Jia frowned, exclaimed "Huh?", and quickly pulled Guan Yu to a place where there were no surveillance cameras and no one around.

"Xiaoyu'er, hurry up and fight, I'll keep watch outside for you." Shen Jia urged, while looking left and right to see if anyone was coming.

"Okay, sure." Coming to her senses, Guan Yu quickly took out her phone, opened the number, and dialed it.

Guan Yu's phone rang for a long time without being answered, but she was still unwilling to give up and dialed again. Just when Guan Yu thought that no one would answer, the call went through.

All that could be heard on the other end of the phone was a middle-aged man's voice: "Is this Guan Yu?"

"Yes, is Jing Yi here?" Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Uncle Fang's voice, and then asked.

"Our young master is sick. He just had an injection and has fallen asleep."

Upon hearing that Jing Yi was sick, Guan Yu asked with some concern, "Is it serious?"

"It's nothing, just a slight fever."

Guan Yu wanted to ask something more, but the class bell rang. With no other option, she hurriedly hung up the phone, grabbed Shen Jia's hand, and dashed towards the classroom.

As the bell rang to signal the end of the second and third periods, Guan Yu could no longer sit still. She packed her bag and told Feng Ming, "I need to ask for leave. I'll text you the reason later."

Before Feng Ming could react, Guan Yu had already run out with her schoolbag on her back.

Guan Yu jogged to the office door, said "Report!" and the teacher closest to the door saw her and said, "Okay, come in."

Guan Yu then walked smoothly to Li Xiang. Li Xiang looked at Guan Yu, who was carrying a schoolbag, and asked with a puzzled expression, "Guan Yu, what are you doing? get out of class isn't over yet, is it?"

"Teacher, I'm here to ask for leave," Guan Yu said softly.

Hearing her words, Li Xiang's eyes widened, and he gestured to her, "Guan Yu, you just asked for leave yesterday? Are you asking for leave again today?"

Hearing his words, Guan Yu pouted and muttered softly, "Who says I can't take the day off today?"

The homeroom teacher, oblivious to her muttering, raised her voice with a look of utter helplessness and asked, "Come on, tell me? Why do you need to ask for leave?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Yu immediately put on a well-behaved and honest appearance, blinked her big eyes, and began to lie in a serious tone: "Teacher, I have a bad cold, and I have to go to the hospital for an injection to get better."

After speaking, he deliberately coughed twice, seemingly trying to increase the credibility of his words.

Standing to the side, Li Xiang saw all of this. He looked at the girl in front of him, who showed no signs of illness at all and was full of energy, yet she shamelessly claimed that she had a cold and insisted on getting an injection.

He couldn't help but reach up and rub his forehead, inwardly complaining, "This acting is just too clumsy..."

However, he was too lazy to expose Guan Yu, and just pulled out a leave slip from the drawer with a speechless expression.

Li Xiang quickly signed his name with a few strokes, then handed the note to Guan Yu, waved his hand, and said, "Hurry up and go, hurry up and go!"

Guan Yu took the leave slip, her face immediately lighting up with a smile, and excitedly thanked the teacher: "Thank you, teacher!"

Before she finished speaking, she dashed out of the classroom like a cheerful little bird.

After leaving the school gate, Guan Yu hailed a taxi without hesitation, opened the car door, got in, and said to the driver, "Sir, please take me to the intersection of Nanwan Road and 78 Road."

The driver replied, "Okay!" and then stepped on the gas, and the car sped away like an arrow.

At the same time, Guan Yu couldn't wait to take out her phone and send a message to Feng Ming.

Almost the instant she clicked send, Feng Ming's reply popped up: "Be careful." Those four simple words warmed Guan Yu's heart.

Seeing the message from Feng Ming, Guan Yu felt a warmth in her heart. She replied with "Mm," then turned off her phone and quietly watched the ever-changing scenery through the car window.

The taxi then arrived at its destination. Guan Yu paid the fare and walked inside, entering a path, and then followed it to Xinxin Villa.

Guan Yu wanted to go in, but was stopped by the bodyguard outside the door, who said fiercely, "Miss, you can't go in here, please leave."

Having no other choice, Guan Yu called Jing Yi, but Uncle Fang answered the phone, and Guan Yu immediately explained the situation to him.

Upon hearing this, Uncle Fang hung up the phone with Guan Yu and hurriedly ran to open the door, saying with a guilty look, "I'm so sorry, Guan Yu, I've kept you waiting."