Chapter 18: The Mysterious Letter (02)

  Late afternoon free time.

  After a busy day, many classmates walked out of the classroom, either to take a stroll, blow some air, or chat nonsense with a few friends.

  Li Donglin went home for dinner, but because he was thinking about the math test in the evening self-study session, he hurried back to school.

  The math teacher of Class 211 is surnamed Wang and named Meng. He has a habit that every week he will test the students. Li Donglin's math scores have always been good, but in the last test, he was careless and got several big questions wrong, almost failing to get 60 points. For this reason, Teacher Meng scolded him severely. As can be expected, this time he must be extremely careful!

  So, Li Donglin ate dinner and hurried back to school, preparing to review some math formulas and add some fuel. If it were usual, he would have stayed at home for a while, either watching TV, reading extracurricular books, or dozing off with his eyes closed.

  As soon as he walked into the classroom, Li Donglin found Chen Haonan sitting in his seat, dazed. "Hey! Haonan, why are you sitting alone like a fool? Have you eaten yet?" He laughed and shouted, walking up to Chen Haonan.

  "Alas..." Chen Haonan glanced at Li Donglin and let out a long sigh.

  "What's wrong, why the sigh?" Li Donglin asked with a smile, leaning to one side and bending his waist, "Looking like you're worried about the country, the people, and the whole world..."

  "Not just because of this..." Chen Haonan shook his head, slowly pulling out a letter from his desk drawer, the "Yearning to Fly" letter.

  "What? Another letter from 'Yu Fei'?" Li Donglin chuckled twice. He took the letter and quickly unfolded it. After about two or three minutes, he folded the letter back to its original shape, smiled again, and handed it back to Chen Haonan.

  "How about it? Won't you say a few words?" Chen Haonan asked immediately after taking the letter, wanting to hear Li Donglin's opinion.

  "Haha!" Li Donglin suddenly laughed and said, "This simple little letter actually took more than a week to arrive! — This is the efficiency of our great socialist country's postal service!"

  "Don't spout nonsense, get to the point and say what you really think!" Chen Haonan emphasized the last few words, he felt that Li Donglin's opinion was very important to him.

  "You want me to say it's true?"

  "Of course! If you won't even tell me the truth, who can I turn to?"

  "If I were to say, I'd be really happy for you, I think this girl is really not easy! - Maybe this is really the old heaven's special arrangement for you..." Li Donglin said as he pulled over a stool and sat down in front of Chen Haonan. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his eyes staring at one side, as if "Yu Fei" was standing next to him - he was sizing her up and thinking about Chen Haonan's question.

  "What do you mean?" Chen Haonan was a little puzzled by Li Donglin's words.

  "I don't know if you're really confused or just pretending to be," Li Donglin smiled, his eyes lingering on Chen Haonan's face. "What I mean is that this might be a good fortune bestowed upon you by the heavens, so you'd better cherish it well."

  "At this time you're still joking with me?" Chen Haonan was somewhat helpless, "If it were someone else, that would be fine, but do you know my current situation? How could I have the heart to think about those boring things?"

  "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more - what do you want to do now? If I'm not mistaken, 'Yue Fei' has sent you over a dozen letters already?" Li Donglin said with his head tilted, he and Chen Haonan trusted each other completely and never intentionally avoided or hid anything from each other. Li Donglin had read most of Chen Haonan's letters, so he was naturally very clear about the letters from "Yue Fei".

  "Yes, with this one, there are thirteen in total......" Chen Haonan's voice was soft and fluffy, as if he hadn't eaten for several days.

  "It's really not simple! Think about it, these are enough to show her true feelings towards you!"

  "But, however..."

  "What else can you say?" Li Donglin interrupted Chen Haonan's words, "A girl from a good family cares about you so much, you should feel happy - by the way, she said in her letter that she saw you, did you see her?"

  "Look, I saw it, but at night, the corridor was dark and I couldn't see very clearly..." As he spoke, Chen Haonan's thoughts returned to that evening. In the dimly lit corridor, he vaguely saw her beautiful face, and her eyes...

  "Is she in our class?" Li Donglin asked hastily.

  "Of course not!" Chen Haonan replied very affirmatively, "I remember you asked this question before... If it's someone from our class, I should at least know her, besides, her handwriting can't escape my eyes!"

  "This is also the case..." Li Donglin nodded involuntarily. However, in an instant, he smiled slyly and said: "I'm getting more and more interested in this 'desire to fly' - brother, can you grant me one thing?"

  "Go on, who's with whom!" Chen Haonan also laughed and got up to punch Li Donglin's shoulder.

  "When the time comes, this 'desire to fly' really 'flies' out, you must give me a good introduction! - You absolutely cannot refuse me on this matter, at that time I can be the witness for both of you......"

  "Ah, you, you..." Chen Haonan chuckled and shook his head, unable to resist giving Li Donglin another punch. "Alright, if that day really comes, I'll definitely introduce you!"

  "Does what he says count?"

  "Of course! 'A gentleman's word is as good as gold, and even a team of six horses cannot catch up with it'!"

  "Alright then, let's seal it with a high-five!"

  "Go!"

  Two palms slapped together with a loud "slap", the sound echoing throughout the classroom...