Chapter 103: The Wind and Rain Came Again in My Dream (05)

  With his head leaning against the car window, Chen Haonan looked out at the world outside through the glass. The sky was blue with a few white clouds drifting by from time to time; the trees and small hills along the road quickly entered his field of vision, only to quickly disappear again...

  Gradually, his eyes got a bit tired, and the trees and hills became blurry. Chen Haonan unknowingly dozed off.

  "Hey, young man, get to S now!" The ticket-selling aunt gently pushed Chen Haonan. This was what Chen Haonan had agreed with the aunt when he first got on the bus.

  "Thanks, Auntie!" Chen Haonan grabbed his bag and quickly jumped off the bus. Stretching his arms and legs, he bounced up and down a couple of times before heading in the direction of school.

  A large crowd of people gathered at the school gate to watch the announcement, chattering and bustling. As in previous years, the content of the announcement first expressed gratitude for the wise guidance of higher-level leaders, and our school achieved excellent results in this year's college entrance examination again. Then, it listed some students who were admitted to key universities. Chen Haonan was not interested in these at all. If someone got accepted, it was their own effort, and no matter how others commented, it was still the same. Getting accepted was getting accepted, and not getting accepted was not getting accepted. Putting people's names on a big-character poster, what is this supposed to be? To be honest, it's a bit like buying and selling slaves in the old society, being pointed at by others.

  Looking at the crowd of people at the school gate, Chen Haonan couldn't help but sneer a few times. He himself wasn't clear whether this laughter was one of helplessness or mockery. Without lingering for a moment, he walked into the campus. First, he put away his luggage in the dormitory, then went to the head teacher's office to report, next paid the fees at the general affairs office, and finally returned to the dormitory...

  Taking advantage of everyone being busy and the dormitory being in a mess, Chen Haonan ran out of school. He went to visit Li Donglin's parents at his good friend's home and also picked up the bedding and luggage he had stored there earlier.

  When Chen Haonan arrived, Li's parents were very happy and he also politely asked them how they were doing and paid his respects. However, Li Donglin and Li Jia were not at home, so Chen Haonan did not stay long and left after picking up the bedding, returning to school.

  As soon as he returned to the dormitory and opened the woven bag, Chen Haonan was shocked. He found that the quilt cover and sheets had obviously been washed, and the mattress had just been dried, without any dampness. He knew it must have been Li Donglin's mother who helped with this, his heart filled with excitement and warmth, and tears of gratitude burst out suddenly.

  Afraid of being seen, Chen Haonan quickly wiped away the tears on his face, but when he turned around to take a look, there was no one else in the dormitory - he couldn't help but laugh at himself again. "Thanks to Aunt Qiao, I must repay Li's kindness well when I achieve something this year..." Chen Haonan thought to himself as he carefully made his bed.

  The bed was made, Chen Haonan took out a towel and went to the bathroom to wash his face, wiping himself all over. Perhaps it was because he had stayed up too late last night, after bustling about for a while, he felt a bit sleepy, drowsiness surged up wave after wave. "I'll take a nap first..." he muttered softly, Chen Haonan lay down and fell asleep, soon entering the land of dreams.

  It wasn't until much later that Chen Haonan slowly woke up, rubbing his sleepy eyes. He saw someone sitting on the edge of his bed. "Who...?" he sat up and asked in a drawn-out voice.

  "Oh, Haonan, you've finally woken up!" Li Donglin said with a smile as he put down the book in his hand when he saw Chen Haonan wake up.

  "Is that Donglin? When did you arrive? Why didn't you call me earlier?" Chen Haonan said as he put on his shoes and casually slipped on the T-shirt that was on his bed.

  "I saw you sleeping soundly, so I didn't call you. I saw a magazine on the cabinet and picked it up to read...” Li Donglin put the book back on the cabinet, “Hehe, but I didn't expect that you could really sleep! I almost finished reading this book before you woke up!"

  "Really?" Chen Haonan smiled, "I probably stayed up too late last night, I'm really sleepy, why don't I take a nap and you wait a bit longer?"

  "How dare you, you still dare to sleep? I've been waiting for you for half a day!" Li Donglin suddenly came over and grabbed Chen Haonan's collar, jokingly saying, "I think you little rascal went on a date with some beauty last night, didn't you?"

  "Hmm, this time you're really right," Chen Haonan said with a smile, "but - it's not one beauty, but two!"

  "Ah yo——! You're really quite the lucky one, aren't you? Come on, confess, who is it?" Li Donglin suddenly became interested, his eyebrows twitching.

  "I won't fool around with you anymore!" Chen Haonan found Li Donglin's expression particularly amusing, so he told the truth, "Yesterday, Yu Fen and Yu Na, the two sisters, came to my house to visit me. At night, I chatted with them until dawn before going to sleep..."

  "How did the two of them suddenly come to see you? On such a hot day, why aren't they staying at home and instead running around like that? Is there something going on?" Li Donglin thought to himself, nodding his head in amusement.

  "Oh dear, Donglin, you little scamp are clever for once..."

  "That's for sure..." Li Donglin chuckled and shook his head, but he immediately came to his senses. "Hey, hey, wait a minute! I almost got outsmarted by you little brat! What 'being smart for once', I've always been smart!... Speak up, confess honestly, what did the two sisters want from you?"

  "They're going to transfer schools, they came to say goodbye to me..." Chen Haonan said weakly, and he let out a sigh as he spoke.

  "What's going on with those two transferring schools all of a sudden……" Just as Li Donglin was about to say this, he noticed that Chen Haonan's expression seemed off, so he immediately stopped himself. Suddenly, he thought of something else and hastily asked: "Haonan, have you heard anything about people in your class gossiping?"

  "What's he talking about? I didn't pay much attention..." Chen Haonan sat back down on the edge of the bed, not paying much mind to Li Donglin's words.

  "It's about Xiao Qiuming getting into Beijing University!"

  "What? Qiu Ming was admitted to Beijing University?" Chen Haonan suddenly came to life, jumped up again, and asked repeatedly, "How is this possible? Wasn't he expelled from school? Moreover... isn't he still in high school? How did he take the college entrance exam?"

  "I don't know about that..." Li Donglin said with a shrug of his shoulders and a smile, holding out his hands.

  "Where did you get this news from - it's not nonsense is it?!" Chen Haonan smiled and looked at Li Donglin.

  "What can I do?" Li Donglin said helplessly, "Many people already know this news, the name of Xiao Qiuying is written on the bulletin board at the school gate - didn't you see it?"

  "The good news at the door I did see, but - I didn't squeeze in to take a look? ... Let's go, I want to take a look myself!" With that, Chen Haonan pulled Li Donglin and ran out of the dormitory. Really, this world is full of strange things, although it was Iron Brother's words, Chen Haonan still didn't dare to confirm 100%.

  "Slow down... slow down..." Li Donglin was tightly pulled by Chen Haonan from behind. However, Chen Haonan only pulled him to run quickly, he really feared that he would trip and fall, anxiously shouting from behind.

  A large crowd still gathered under the red admission notice, buzzing with discussion. Chen Haonan didn't care about their voices, he just desperately squeezed into the crowd. Finally, he squeezed to the front. Finally, he saw Xiao Qiuyue's name prominently written on the red admission notice: Xiao Qiuyue - Admitted School - Beijing R University.

  "It's really unbelievable! Too unbelievable......" Chen Haonan said several "unbelievables" in a row.

  At this time, Li Donglin also squeezed to the front of the crowd. He smiled and said: "Haonan, you believe it now, don't I? How could I cheat you?" Suddenly, he heard Chen Haonan say "unbelievable" again and again. He hurriedly asked: "What's 'unbelievable'?"

  "It's really 'unbelievable'!" Chen Haonan sighed again. Immediately afterwards, he squeezed out of the crowd.

  Li Donglin also squeezed out and chased after Chen Haonan, hastily asking: "Haonan, what's wrong with you?"

  "It's really 'unbelievable'!" Chen Haonan said again.

  Li Donglin desperately pulled Chen Haonan and shouted loudly: "What's wrong with you?!"

  It seems that Li Donglin's loud shout had an effect, and Chen Haonan stopped in his tracks. He shook his head and said repeatedly: "I didn't expect that stinky kid Xiao Qiuming would get into Beijing University, but what I didn't expect even more was that the school would be so shameless - they actually dared to put Xiao Qiuming's name on their so-called 'good news' list. Haha, last semester when they expelled him, it was so ruthless and heartless, but now that he got into a good school, they actually dare to... It's really too unbelievable!" He was very indignant in his heart and didn't know what words could express his indignation, probably only the four characters "unbelievable" could be used to describe it.

  "Yes, the school is really damn evil, too inhumane!" It was probably Chen Haonan's words, and his excited expression affected Li Donglin, who also couldn't help but sigh and scold loudly.

  "Donglin, my head is a bit messy right now, I want to calm down first, and I'll go find you in your classroom tonight!" Chen Haonan said as he quickly walked away. Li Donglin called out several times from behind, but he didn't turn his head to respond, perhaps he really needed to think carefully: this society is very complicated, however, many times, the school environment makes it even harder to figure things out...