Chapter Twenty-Two: Who Was Waiting for Happiness First

  The final exam is coming soon with a loud noise, whether you like it or not, it will still arrive on time.

  Sitting in the examination room, Su Yisu looked at the completely unfamiliar faces around her and couldn't help but silently lament: "How unlucky do I have to be to be assigned to an examination room with no familiar faces?"

  Someone patted her on the shoulder from behind, she turned around and saw a strange boy.

  Su Yisuo couldn't help but feel puzzled and asked: "Do you know me?"

  The boy scratched the back of his head and smiled harmlessly, saying: "You're Su Yisou, right?"

  Su Yisu became increasingly puzzled, "You really know me? But I don't think I've ever seen you."

  The boy, however, revealed a hint of a mysterious smile and said, "Isn't this quite normal? Many relationships in this world are one-sided, just like how I know you, but you don't know me."

  "It's also like that saying goes, a friend of my friend is not necessarily my friend. But still, there should be someone you know and I also know, right?"

  The boy tilted his head and thought for a moment, saying: "Perhaps this person does not exist for the time being..."

  Su Yisuo was even more puzzled and wanted to ask something, but at this time the invigilating teacher spoke up: "Please everyone bring all materials related to the exam, we are starting now."

  Su Yisou had no choice but to give up.

  After finishing the exam and handing in her paper, Su Yisuo packed up her things while searching for the boy who had been sitting behind her, but she couldn't find him anywhere in the examination room - he had left so quickly!

  Back in the dormitory, Su Yisu told Lin Wan about this matter, hoping she could offer some guidance. However, Lin Wan smiled slyly and said, "It's done for, someone has successfully attracted another anonymous honey bee?"

  "Go!" Su Yisu punched Lin Wan's body, "Be serious."

  Lin Xiao helplessly waved his hand and said: "I'm not a spy, how would I know what's going on? Just ask during the exam this afternoon."

  Su nodded in agreement, "That's right."

  But that boy never showed up again, he was absent from the exam. Math, language arts, English, none of them came. Looking at the empty seat behind her, Su Yisu felt a little melancholy and puzzlement, but she could only let it go like this.

  After the exam, there was a short holiday, and then it was time for the dull and tedious supplementary lessons. It seems that every school adheres to this great idea: the more supplementary lessons, the more students learn. So, without considering anything else, they just started with the supplementary lessons first. Looking at other primary and middle school students happily starting their vacation, Su Yi felt a bit depressed, lying on the balcony every day, watching people coming and going downstairs, thinking that they were also trapped in this big cage like herself, and her heart finally felt a little balanced.

  The boy who only greeted her in the exam room seemed to have evaporated, and when she thought of finding a clue from the seating arrangement posted outside the classroom, the paper had already been torn off. Since it wasn't necessary to find him, Su Yisu was depressed for a while before quickly forgetting about the matter.

  After the suffering is over, it's time to enjoy. After making up for the lessons, a month-long vacation has arrived in full swing. However, for Su Yisu, the vacation only means she can sleep in and not attend classes, nothing more. She's a die-hard homebody who refuses to leave the house unless absolutely necessary. Every day, she hides at home, waters flowers, weeds, and jokes with her parents, living a carefree life.

  Su Yixin, on the other hand, was a restless person who couldn't stay put. As soon as he had a break, he would run around everywhere, hanging out with this friend and that, and hardly spent any time at home. Even Shen Xiulan couldn't help but say that he didn't seem like a high school student at all. Fortunately, after that conversation with Su Yu, his grades did indeed shoot up, even surpassing his previous level. So, even though he was running around everywhere, Su Yu and his wife didn't bother to restrain him anymore, letting him do as he pleased.

  The hardest thing for couples during the holidays is probably when they go home and become long-distance lovers. Because they are just high school students, there's no reason to run around every day, and if they're not careful, conservative parents will find out, and what awaits them won't be a simple scolding.

  Moreover, for Jiang Fengchen, wanting to ask Su Yisuo out to have fun was not a sufficient reason. They were neither lovers nor classmates, their relationship was ambiguous and distant, and someone with Su Yisuo's temperament would absolutely not go out.

  Helpless, he had no choice but to seek Mu Zilin's help.

  When Mozilin called Su Yisuo, Su Yisuo was in the yard taking care of her beloved flowers and grasses, while Shen Xiulan sat beside her knitting a sweater.

  "Hey? Mozilin, it's been 800 years since I've seen you and you're giving me a call. No trivial matters are discussed in the Three Treasures Hall, so is it that you have something to ask of me or I have something to ask of you? Or perhaps, you want to drag me into the water again?"

  Mozzie Lin silently covered her forehead and said: "Yi Su, don't think of me as so incapable, okay? Can't even exchange greetings between classmates?"

  Su Yi Su lightly curled her lip and replied indifferently: "No news is good news, either a thief or a liar."

  "It seems I'll have to find you often from now on, look at my personality, it's been distorted by you to this extent...". Mo Zilin smiled and reflected, then said: "Class reunion, are you coming?"

  "Classmate gathering? No need for a gathering at this time..."

  "Everyone has time is just the right time, right? You just need to say, are you coming or not?"

  Su Yisu lowered her head, "But I still don't want to go..."

  "Go on, you're always cooped up at home, it's no wonder you've gotten sick."

  "Mom!"

  Mo Zilin also heard Shen Xiulan's words and took the opportunity to say: "Look, Auntie is calling you, do you still want to refuse?"

  "How many people will be attending?" Su Yisou had no choice but to take a step back.

  "About half of them, I suppose."

  "It's just this much..."

  "Shenbei Qiu has already been invited by me, are you even harder to invite than him?"

  "What? Is this for real? Didn't Shen Beiqiu dislike this kind of gathering?"

  "Do you think others are as heartless as you?"

  "Alright... when?" Su Yisuo compromised.

  "The day after tomorrow, we'll gather at 9:00 am at Guren Center Primary School. Don't be late!"

  "Hmm..." Su Yisuo weakly responded with a single word.

  On the agreed day, Su Yisou arrived at the entrance of Zhongxin Primary School as scheduled and found that many classmates were already waiting there. From a distance, seeing Su Yisou coming over, the people there enthusiastically greeted Su Yisou.

  "Here! Take it!"

  "Ah!" Su Yisuo responded with a sound, and her footsteps also quickened involuntarily.

  Su Yisu was dealing with those classmates while looking around for Mo Zilin and Shen Beiqiu. After all, these classmates had not been in contact since junior high school, Jiang Jiaolong and Lin Wan were not at home and could not come, the only ones left who were a little familiar were Mo Zilin and Shen Beiqiu.

  Arriving at the large room in the hotel booked by Mo Zilin, Shen Beiqiu suddenly appeared from somewhere and walked to Yisu's front, smiling: "Yisu, long time no see."

  "You're here, I was looking all over for you." Su Yisu exclaimed with surprise, then sighed, "Actually, I really didn't think you'd come to this gathering, originally I didn't even want to come, but Mo Zilin said it's harder to invite me than you..."

  Shen Beiqiu smiled and said, "It also depends on what kind of gathering it is. If it were something else, I might not have gone either. However...it seems like I've been isolated, you see, half of them are people I don't know, and the remaining half, their feelings towards each other have already become distant."

  "Who told you to finish junior high and then go read senior high, it's no wonder if you don't drift apart."

  Shen Beiqiu shrugged indifferently, "It's fine, at least you're here, otherwise I'd really be standing here like a foolish clown."

  "What? Where's Mozilin? The organizers are all gone?"

  "He said he was going to pick up a classmate, I'm not sure either."

  "Hey! Yi Su!" Just then, a familiar voice came from behind. The two of them looked up to see Mo Zilin walking towards them with a boy who was none other than Jiang Fengchen.

  What's going on?

  Before they knew it, Mo Zilin and Jiang Fengchen had already arrived in front of them.

  "It's been a while, we meet again." Jiang Fengchen was in a good mood, and his tone also became lighter.

  Su Yisu felt that this world was too unbelievable and asked in surprise: "You... how did you come?"

  "I came to find Mozilin to play, he said you guys are here, so I found this place."

  "Really?" Su Yisuo looked at him skeptically.

  "Hey, stop chatting among yourselves, there are two living people here!" Mo Zilin called out in dissatisfaction.

  Shen Beiqiu glanced at Jiang Fengchen with a hint of familiarity, furrowed his brow, and suddenly remembered that he was the person he had met at Mo Zilin's birthday party. He then looked at Su Yisuo's surprised and shy expression, seemed to have understood something, and silently let out a sigh, automatically becoming an invisible man.

  Jiang Fengchen naturally noticed Shen Beiqiu's presence, seeing him quietly retreat to the side, and his mouth couldn't help but curve up into a faint, imperceptible smile. He said to Su Yisou: "Yisou, I'm considered a guest now, aren't you going to take good care of me?"

  Su Yisu pouted, "I'm not the host, Mo Zilin is the host of this gathering, you can go find him." She then turned to Shen Beiqiu and said, "Shen Beiqiu, let's go inside and sit down."

  Shen Beiqiu unexpectedly raised his eyes to look at her, seeing that she wasn't joking, and smiled faintly as he walked ahead to clear the way for her. The crowd was too chaotic.

  Jiang Fengchen stood there in a daze.

  Mozilin looked at the two people squeezing into the crowd and sighed: "Old three, it seems that we've made things worse."

  Jiang Fengchen turned his head and glanced at him, but didn't say a word.

  "Maybe she's that kind of person. You take one step forward and she takes one step back, but if you don't move forward, she'll turn around and leave. Third brother, it's up to you."

  Jiang Fengchen nodded silently.

  Some people are like that, being too enthusiastic doesn't work and being too indifferent also doesn't work. You have to grasp the exact right point for her to respond with enthusiasm.

  Are you this kind of person too?