Chapter Forty-Four: A Sorrowful and Restless Farewell

  The final exam is coming soon. On the day after the exam, the head teacher organized them to move their classroom from West Building 4th floor to East Building 4th floor.

  The creaking of the chairs and desks rose intermittently as the task of setting up the new classroom unfolded in a grand manner. When all the chairs and desks that had been placed in one corner of the classroom were arranged neatly, Su Yisuo saw that there was nothing more to do, so she ran out into the corridor and leaned against the railing, looking down.

  Students in groups of three or five walk through the campus, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, chatting and laughing, with their youthfulness radiating.

  You will soon be old. Su Yisu thought gloomily to herself. Isn't the third year of high school a height that can be looked forward to but not reached? Why did she replace it so quickly?

  "Yisi!" someone suddenly called out from downstairs.

  Su Yi looked up and saw that it wasn't Jiang Fengchen, so who was it? He was excitedly waving his hand at her from downstairs.

  "Ah!" Su Yisu responded with a sound, turned her head to see that the classmates in the classroom had all stopped what they were doing, and then she quickly ran downstairs with "dang dang dang".

  It wasn't until they went downstairs that they found Chen Jierui was also there. Su Yisu couldn't help but tease, "What a great pair of buddies!"

  Chen Jierui smiled shyly.

  "Alright, have you guys moved in?"

  Su Yi couldn't help but glance at Bai Jiang Feng Chen, saying: "You're only asking now, don't you think it's a bit late? Are you coming to help me move or not?"

  Jiang Fengchen chuckled and said with a smile, "My classroom is on the first floor. From now on, you can see me every day when you pass by."

  Su Yisu pouted, "You lied to me, the school never arranges classrooms for third-year high school students on the first floor."

  "Hey, I didn't know that silly Su girl knew this." A voice came from afar, and Su Yisou turned her head to see Jiang Zhanlin and Lin Wan walking towards her.

  "Jiang Zuo!" Su Yisou shouted her name in anger.

  Jiang Zuo raised an eyebrow nonchalantly and suddenly appeared in front of them, saying: "Everyone's here. Let's go eat, the last dinner of our high school days, how can we settle it separately?"

  "Is this a farewell ceremony? A farewell to our beautiful and leisurely life."

  "You say so, it's just like that, doesn't matter, we're just having a meal together, it's been a long time since we last had one together, right? Come on, let's go."

  The five of them walked out of school, laughing and chatting, and found a fast food restaurant with few people. They ordered their meals with great enthusiasm.

  "After finishing this meal, we will hit the road."

  Listening to Su Yisu's nonsense, Lin Wan threw her a disdainful glance and said, "I really don't know why you like to use words so randomly."

  Jiang Zuo nodded, "Indeed, it's time to hit the road."

  Upon hearing this, Lin Wan couldn't help but ask those two boys, "What's wrong with these two today?"

  Jiang Fengchen and Chen Jierui exchanged a glance and tacitly shook their heads.

  "After dinner, everyone should go back home."

  "You're kidding, right? You still need to make up classes."

  "Really?" After hearing Lin Wan's words, Su Yisu lightly patted her forehead and said dejectedly: "I thought I could go home tomorrow."

  Lin Lan couldn't help but roll her eyes again.

  "You all eat a bit more, who knows, this might be our farewell dinner." After a while, Jiang Zuo suddenly came out with a sentence out of nowhere.

  Chen Jierui helplessly put down his chopsticks and looked at her, saying: "Zhuo Ling, what are you talking about?"

  "It's such a long holiday, who knows what will happen."

  Su Yi Su bluntly took a pair of chopsticks and knocked them over, "Can't even eat in peace!"

  "Don't mind, people in love are really unreasonable and unthinkable."

  "I'm perfectly fine!" Su Yisuo coldly snorted.

  Jiang Fengchen smiled secretly and did not express his opinion.

  After eagerly waiting for the end of the ten-day supplementary class, the three girls got up early the next day and hastily packed their things to go home. After all, they were still homesick children who couldn't wait a moment after the holiday started.

  Jiang Fengchen and Chen Jierui were a bit better off, slowly sending them to the station and watching them get on the train before leaving.

  Looking out at the two figures getting farther and farther away outside the car, Lin Wan said: "Sigh, having a boyfriend is great, returning home can still have an eighteen send-off, how romantic."

  Su Yi looked at her with disdain, "It's your own fault. How many times has Fang told you, but have you ever listened?"

  Lin Lan silently rolled her eyes and ignored her.

  "Zhe!" Seeing Jiang Zhe sitting in the car without making a sound, Su Yisuo couldn't help but stick her head out to take a look at her, and saw that she was rubbing her temples, worriedly asking: "What's wrong? Carsick?"

  "No," Jiang Zhe Lin's hands still didn't stop moving, "I always feel like something will happen."

  "You're worrying unnecessarily again, aren't you?"

  "I wish."

  Su Yisu shook her head and retreated, at this time the bus suddenly slammed on the brakes, she wasn't paying attention and her whole body leaned forward, her forehead heavily hitting the back of the seat in front.

  "Ugh..." Su Yisu let out a mournful cry, sat up and rubbed her sore forehead, a feeling of unease suddenly welled up in her heart for no reason.

  Covering her chest where her heart was racing, Su Yisuo thought gloomily: "Has she gone stupid? It's just a brake, not a car accident, what's there to be anxious about."

  As soon as she got off the bus, Su Yisu excitedly waved goodbye to Jiang Zuo and Lin Wan who were still on the bus, then ran home in a hurry.

  "Ah Ma——"

  Shen Xiulan indeed heard the sound and came out, looking at Su Yisuo who ran over again in a flustered manner, she couldn't help but shake her head slightly and say: "I've told you so many times, girls should be more reserved and composed, can't be so reckless."

  "Mom..." Su Yisu ran to Shen Xiulan's side and slipped into the yard, looking at the flowers and teasing the kitten. "You can't restrict my humanity like this."

  "Alas," Shen Xiulan could only shake her head again, muttering: "Ah Xian is also eighteen, and you are also eighteen, born on the same day, how can your personalities be so different."

  Su Yi shook her head disapprovingly and replied with a straight face, "If everyone in this world had the same personality, wouldn't that be too boring?"

  Shen Xiulan wanted to say something else, but Su Yisu waved her hand and said, "I'm going upstairs."

  Sitting in the chair in front of the desk, Su Yisu thought for a moment and took out her phone to call Jiang Fengchen.

  I thought Jiang Fengchen would pick up quickly, but the other end's ringtone kept ringing in a loop for a whole minute until it automatically hung up without anyone answering.

  What is Jiang Fengchen doing? Su Yisu was puzzled and called again, still no one answered.

  It's probably busy...... Su Yisu had no choice but to give up and climbed onto the couch for a short rest.

  When she woke up, it was already noon. Shen Xiulan called her down to eat, saying that she hadn't eaten much in the morning and must have lunch. So Su Yisuo went with a reluctant face.

  After finishing lunch, Su Yisuo picked up her phone and flipped through it, but still didn't receive any response from Jiang Fengchen. This time, Su Yisuo couldn't sit still, wondering why he hadn't replied after so long? After thinking for a moment, she called Jiang Fengchen again, but the result was still that no one answered. In the end, the mobile voice system simply gave her a sentence: "Sorry, the number you dialed is not being answered, please try again later."

  "Sigh..." Su Yisu let out a long sigh, tossed her phone onto the table in annoyance, and lazily went downstairs to watch TV.

  She didn't have the heart to watch TV, her whole mind was on the phone in the room, always thinking that it might ring with a familiar tone in the next second, and then she would excitedly rush to answer the call.

  But until afternoon, the mobile phone was still quietly lying on the table, without any movement.

  Su Yisu couldn't help but call Chen Jierui to ask about Jiang Fengchen's situation. They were together before he left, so he should know something, right?

  But little did she know, the result would be even more disappointing for her.

  Chen Jierui has also arrived home. Not long after they drove, Jiang Fengchen said he wanted to go to an internet cafe to surf the web, so Chen Jierui returned to school alone, and they haven't been in contact since then.

  "Jiang... wind... Chen..." Su Yi Su sat weakly in the chair, staring at the ceiling and muttering to herself, "If you're not dead, then give me a call back..."

  After sitting in a daze for a long time, Su Yisou decided to call Jiang Zuo as well.

  Listening to Su Yisu's complaints, Jiang Zuo couldn't help but laugh and said: "I think I understand the situation of 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' now. You've only been apart for a short while, and you're already missing each other so much?"

  "But he won't answer my calls and doesn't return them!"

  "Must have been held up with something? Disturbing others so frequently, if you've delayed his important matters, see how you'll end up."

  Su Yisu discontentedly pouted, "It's been so long already, and the exams can be taken in several subjects..." After a pause, she said anxiously: "I hope nothing has happened?"

  "Shut up! Close your crow mouth. Who curses their own boyfriend for no reason? Although I don't really like Jiang Fengchen, you don't have to go that far..."

  Su Yisu scratched her forehead awkwardly, "I'm just worried..."

  "Cut." Jiang Zhe snorted with his nose.

  "Alright, I won't tell you, I'll go down and see if my dad is back."

  Hung up the phone and went downstairs. As expected, Su Yu had just returned, looking dusty and tired, holding a file folder in his hand, about to put it on the table.

  "Dad..." Su Yisuo lazily called out.

  Su Yu looked up at her with a puzzled expression and asked: "What's wrong? You look so listless."

  "It's nothing."

  Shen Xiulan came in with a freshly washed apple and said, "As soon as she got back, she was sulking and didn't say a word. Now that our daughter is grown up, she's learned to hide her thoughts, what can we do?"

  "Mother!" Su Yisu felt both embarrassed and angry.

  Shen Xiulan smiled softly and said, "Alright, alright, I won't mention it again. Come over and have some fruit."

  After dinner, Su Yisu put down her rice bowl and ran upstairs. Looking at the still quiet phone, she let out a deep sigh, wanting to call Jiang Fengchen again, but remembering Jiang Ya's words, she had no choice but to give up.

  Before going to bed, Su Yisu thought angrily: "Jiang Fengchen, if you don't return my call tomorrow, I'll be furious with you!"