Chapter 112: Heart Rain Patter (05)

  Today is the first day of school for new students in grade 1 and high school at Yan Nan S. The weather is not bad, although it rained a little in the morning, but after 9 am the sky cleared up. According to the local saying, rain followed by sunshine is a very good omen.

  From the time it stopped raining, many new students started coming into the campus of S, along with their parents. So the whole morning was bustling with noise, and as a result, the classrooms for sophomores and juniors were extremely rowdy. As soon as the bell rang, signaling the end of class, everyone got excited and rushed to the corridors and windowsills to watch the commotion.

  Before he knew it, the fourth period was over and Chen Haonan, contrary to his usual habit, rushed out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang. After the second period, Li Donglin came to find Chen Haonan, saying that his parents had gone to the city today to handle some business and had left him in charge of Li Jia's school enrollment: he was worried that he couldn't cope on his own, so he came to ask Chen Haonan for help. Out of the classroom, Chen Haonan quickly went downstairs and arrived at the entrance of the large hall on the ground floor - this was where Li Donglin had agreed to meet him.

  Looking around, Chen Haonan did not see the figures of Li Donglin and Li Jia. He could only shrug his shoulders and smile, leaning against the edge to wait for them. Watching the new students coming and going, they were wearing beautiful and fashionable clothes, with confident smiles on their faces, and more importantly, most of them were accompanied by their parents. Chen Haonan suddenly felt a deep sense of sadness in his heart, and his father's kind and loving face appeared before his eyes...

  It's okay, Chen Haonan quickly adjusted his mood. Watching those junior brothers and sisters jumping and skipping by, the smile on his face still had a hint of arrogance and childishness, he couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

  "Hao Nan, what are you smiling at?"

  Suddenly, a sweet voice reached Chen Haonan's ears. Although it was in the midst of a noisy crowd, this voice remained clear and intimate, like a mountain spring flowing out of a valley, or the gentle plucking of a huqin, crisp and clean without being pretentious, nor did it contain any hint of coquetry.

  "It's Jiajia!" What a familiar voice! Chen Haonan immediately recognized it. As expected, he looked up and saw Li Jia standing in front of him, slender and elegant, with a faint smile on her face. However, just as he was about to speak, Chen Haonan suddenly felt like something was stuck in his throat, because the Li Jia in front of him was no longer the same Li Jia he had seen two days ago.

  The day before yesterday, I went to Li's house with Donglin Li. The Li Jia that Haonan Chen saw was indeed more mature and beautiful than before. However, now, the Li Jia standing in front of him, apart from her pure beauty and a few points of maturity, what's more important is her vigorous and refreshing aura, which is very intimidating, this is something he had never felt before - her beautiful face wore a confident smile, this kind of smile absolutely did not contain any hint of childishness, it showed her maturity and beauty, and seemed to also carry a bit of overbearingness.

  "Hao Nan, what's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?" It was Li Jia's voice again. She puckered up her mouth and then shook Chen Hao Nan's arm, laughing as she asked: "Is there something dirty on my face?"

  "No, no, nothing..." Chen Haonan shook his head somewhat awkwardly. Fortunately, he was still quick-witted and hastily changed the subject: "Jiajia, where's your brother? - Why haven't I seen him?"

  "I didn't know that, I've been here for a while now. I knew you were in class, so I went to the Yōu Yuán area by myself to take a stroll." Li Jia smiled and pouted her small mouth, looking especially cute.

  "Donglin might be held up by something, let's wait a bit longer..." Chen Haonan said as he stuck his head out to search the hall.

  It wasn't until about five or six minutes later that Li Donglin rushed over, it turned out that he had been called by the class teacher to move things. During this time, Li Jia asked Chen Haonan many strange questions about S, although many of her questions were a bit inexplicable and even some were off the charts, but he still answered them very seriously.

  However, in the process of answering these questions, Chen Haonan has been avoiding Li Jia's eyes. He deeply knows that her eyes are very charming and can make many boys' hearts move and infatuated. However, Chen Haonan can only escape because as soon as he sees her eyes, he feels a strong sense of guilt, which makes him feel particularly depressed...

  Fortunately, Li Donglin appeared in time, and Chen Haonan finally let out a sigh of relief. Without saying much, the two brothers accompanied Li Jia into the hall and went straight to the Academic Affairs Office.

  As soon as they walked into the office, Li Jia took out the principal's personally approved "special admission notice", and the originally lukewarm teacher on duty immediately became enthusiastic, hastily inviting them to sit down and rest, and even poured each of them a glass of water. Seeing such a teacher, Chen Haonan and Li Jia exchanged glances, unable to help but laugh.

  Students like Li Jia, who were "poached" from key high schools by the school with a special treatment of free tuition, are called "special recruits". Although they share the same "special" title as students with special talents in sports, art and music, they are much more precious than those so-called special talent students - they are the treasures that the school spent a lot of money to "invite" over.

  Perhaps to show the specialness of "special admission", the school also gave them special treatment in handling admission procedures. Firstly, they didn't need to run around to handle the procedures, and could get everything done at the teaching affairs office; secondly, they didn't need to queue up at the old auditorium's warehouse to collect their books, as the school would arrange for someone to do it on their behalf; additionally, they also didn't need to go find their class teacher to report in, as the teaching affairs director would just make a phone call and the class teacher would arrive immediately.

  So, Li Jia's admission procedures were quickly completed, and it only took more than ten minutes in total. Then, the head teacher, Mr. Zhou, led Li Jia to the classroom, while Li Donglin and Chen Haonan, who acted as her elder brothers, could only help carry the new books she had just received and followed behind them.

  Li Jia's classroom, 228, was located on the second floor of the old teaching building. As soon as they entered the classroom, Teacher Zhou hastily assigned a seat to Li Jia and then left in a hurry, probably because she had to go eat. After putting down her books, Li Donglin helped Li Jia tidy up her seat and then smiled and suggested, "I'm hungry, let's go eat!"

  Li Jia didn't mind that there were still many people in the classroom, and shouted: "Good, good, good! Let Donglin brother treat us today!"

  "Since you're treating me, then treat me properly. Anyway, my old man left me a hundred bucks this morning..." Li Donglin said with a smile, shaking his head as he walked out.

  "Great, Dad actually gave you a hundred, and only fifty to me!" Li Jia laughed and chased after him. She looked like a hungry wolf pouncing on a little lamb. Except this wolf was relatively slender and not fierce enough, while the little lamb, Li Donglin, seemed too strong.

  As Li Jiafeng rushed out, the people in the classroom couldn't help but burst into laughter. Chen Haonan, who was left behind, felt a bit embarrassed, so he smiled awkwardly at them and quickly ran out of the classroom...