Chapter 68: Please Forgive Me

  Pang Da Hu drove to the school, and after Lin Jun Yun showed his student ID, they easily entered the campus. It's common for students to study at school in the evening, so the security guard didn't think it was unusual when he saw someone entering the school gate. He was reading a newspaper at the time and waved his hand to let them pass without even noticing that there was another person standing next to Lin Jun Yun.

  "Where is the reading room?" Pang Datou suddenly asked.

  Lin Junyun raised his hand, pointing to the left, but seemed uncertain, hesitated for a long time, and the hand that was pointing the way turned into a scratching head gesture. "It seems like it's on the right side, I haven't been there in almost a year."

  Pang Dahu shook his head, thinking that if he could forget this, then was he still a student? Just then, a student wearing a school uniform walked by, playing with his phone. Pang Dahu grabbed the student's sleeve: "Halt!"

  "What...what's going on." The student was startled by the massive tiger, and looking at the muscular body of the massive tiger, his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

  "Don't look at your phone while walking, be careful of myopia." Pang Dahu looked at his extremely frightened expression and thought it was a bit funny: "How do you get to the Red Mansion?"

  That student pointed to the right and suddenly cried out "Wa": "Didn't I pay protection fees this month?"

  Pang Dahu rubbed his forehead, ignoring him, and walked straight in the direction he pointed, finally arriving at the bottom of the small red building. Pang Dahu looked at the small red building hidden in the woods, feeling extremely annoyed: "Damn it, setting up a reading room in this godforsaken place, making people want to read or not want to read, I'll definitely have to talk to the principal about it later." Lin Junyun on the side had already sighed with emotion: "I've never been here after school before, it feels like visiting someone else's school, too unfamiliar."

  Without much effort, the two found Pang Guang reading in the study room, as the entire building only had the study room lit up, and there was only one person inside.

  At this moment, Pang Guang is staring at a thick English book, as if staring at an enemy, holding a pen and scribbling away.

  Pang Da Hu and Lin Jun Yun stared at each other in shock, momentarily stunned. What was going on?

  Pang Guang raised his head, saw Pang Da Hu and Lin Jun Yun, touched his forehead, seemingly still not recovered from the thick English book: "How did you come here? Didn't I say don't wait for me, I'll be back later?" After finishing speaking, his face was buried in the book again.

  Pang Da Hu didn't understand the situation, and walked over with a smile: "Pang Guang, what book are you reading that's so captivating? You're not even thinking about eating dinner." As he entered, Pang Da Hu glanced at the book in Pang Guang's hand: "Oh, it's pinyin!"

  Pang Guang raised his head and looked at Pang Dahu with an expressionless face, ignoring him, then lowered his head to continue reading.

  "Uncle, it's English," Lin Junyun said and then reminded Pang Guang: "The book in your hand is two years old, and it has been revised several times in the past two years. It doesn't match what we are learning now at all, so don't waste your time."

  "Huh?" Pang Guang glanced at the cover, muttered a few words: "What's the point of putting expired stuff here on display? I've wasted an entire afternoon for nothing. Let's go home and have dinner."

  Just after dinner, Zhang Xiaoting's message arrived. Pang Guang opened it and took a glance, feeling a thorn-like discomfort in his heart.

  At this moment, Zhang Xiaoting is on her way to Zhao Hanquan's home. She is very clear about what this trip means, but she has made up her mind. Even if there are wolves and tigers ahead, she will charge forward without hesitation. Success or failure often depends on a single thought, and she doesn't have much time to think about it. Although she has made up her mind, she is still feeling anxious in her heart. She opens her phone's address book to find someone to talk to and boost her courage, but after flipping through it for half a day, she can't find anyone who can have a good conversation with her. In the end, she can only stop at Pang Guang's name, and after dialing the number, she immediately hangs up again. She is afraid that she will not be able to hold back her tears, so in the end, she chooses to send a message instead.

  "Pang Guang, if fate allowed us to start over, I would still choose the current situation. In the past, I was just like you - naive, ignorant, and innocent. But one day, my family fell apart, my father was imprisoned, and my future was shattered. It's been two years since we last sat together at such close distance, and I really can't bear to ruin this beautiful evening, so please forgive me."

  Pang Guang's nose was sour as he was thinking about how to respond when the second message arrived. He opened it and took a look.

  "Continuous misfortune forced me to bow my head to fate, after my father's incident, I was forced to drop out of school, all our family's property was confiscated, in an instant, our family's living conditions plummeted, life became unsustainable. My brother left home after the incident, and my mother rushed day and night to rescue my father. Friends and relatives from before suddenly became strangers. I was deeply moved, I knew I had to succeed, whether it be wealth or power, but I couldn't be looked down upon. I wanted to use my own abilities to trample on those who looked down on my mother and me. Forgive me for the cruel words I said to you before, in my heart, no matter what your status is, you are always my closest friend."