Chapter 78: Arriving at School Early

  Cen He Yan reluctantly said: "Don't eat noodles anymore, come out and eat with me."

  As soon as he heard that they were going out to eat, Qin Yanqiu felt a wave of depression. His father was always like this. Every day was eating out. For the past two months, they had hardly eaten a meal at home. As soon as he thought about going out to eat, he especially wanted to lose his temper.

  "What are you still dazing about? Hurry up and get ready. Let's go out for a meal together. You can eat whatever you want. Then I'll send you to school afterwards." Cheng Heyan said from behind.

  Cen Yan Qiu looked at the noodles and saw that they were already cooked, so he turned off the fire. Then he poured the noodles into a bowl. His appearance was as if he hadn't listened to his father's words at all.

  Cen Heyan knew his son's temper, which was stubbornness. He couldn't be persuaded no matter what. It seemed he really didn't want to go out for dinner anymore. Cen Heyan also had no way to deal with it. Silently sighing, he turned around and headed towards his study.

  Qian Yan walked out with a bowl of noodles, looking at the back of his father entering the study room. He couldn't help but sneer and smile. When did he and his father become so estranged? They could hardly exchange a few words. He knew that he must have infuriated his father just now. But he had no choice. He couldn't pretend that nothing had happened, talking to his parents as if everything was normal.

  No appetite. He finished the noodles in the bowl in just a few mouthfuls. What taste. He didn't understand at all. It's not that he couldn't feel the taste of the noodles, but rather he saw his own father, and the two people were as cold to each other as ever. Cen Yanqiu was helpless, washed the bowl and went straight to school.

  In the afternoon, on the long path of Chengxia Academy, from time to time, three or two students walked into the campus.

  Qian Yanqiu wore the uniform of Qing Xia Academy, standing still on the walkway. He had eaten early and his home was as cold as an ice cave, so he came to school a bit earlier than usual. He looked up at the banyan trees on both sides of the walkway, his clear eyebrows furrowed in thought. Why did they plant banyan trees instead of cherry blossom trees? He liked cherry blossoms. He vaguely remembered the scene from the Japanese anime "AD" where the male and female leads met, with cherry blossoms dancing in the air. Just one sentence: "Do you like school? I really like..." And the two people's fates were tightly tied together.

  Cen Yanqiu smiled lightly. This isn't a 2D world. There won't be such a romantic scene, nor will there be a girl who would hit on him here.

  On the leaves of the banyan tree, there are still a few dew drops hanging, sparkling and transparent. Spring has lost some of its restlessness.

  He actually wanted to ask if he liked school or not. Then he especially wanted to answer that he really liked it. Because school allowed him to forget many things. School had classmates, friends and endless dreams.

  "Hey, ball. What are you staring at? Standing here doing what."

  Behind him was another familiar voice. Cen Yanqiu slowly turned his head, looked at the person behind him, and saw Fan Qianxu standing behind him with a tired face.

  Cen Yanqiu couldn't help but furrow his brow. Fan Qianxu wasn't someone who would get tired easily, so why did he look so unspirited today? Cen Yanqiu paused for a moment before looking at him with disdain and saying, "I was just about to ask you why you're here so early too."

  "It's nothing. I'm just here to copy homework..." Fan Qianxu looked dejected, slowly walking towards the teaching building.

  Cen Yan Qiu walked behind and asked: "How is it? Are you used to the new class yet?"

  "This isn't nonsense, is it?" Fan Qianxu rolled her eyes and turned her head to look at Cen Yanqiu, saying: "What's the difference between being used to something or not? I think it's all the same everywhere. There's always homework that can't be finished, books that can't be read, exams that can't be taken, and annoying things that never end."

  Cen Yan snorted coldly. "Hmph. What troubles could you possibly have? Come on, tell me."

  Fan Qianxu stopped in her tracks and lowered her head, seemingly deep in thought. After three seconds, she slowly lifted her head, still looking tired. "We can talk about it later, I have to go do my homework now."

  Cen Yanqiu was also somewhat puzzled. This decadent and disheveled Fan Qianxu was still his first time seeing him. Cen Yanqiu couldn't help but joke, "What's the hurry? You're not alone in this homework thing. Behind you, there are us, a powerful group of academic slackers."

  Fan Qianxu listened to Cen Yanqiu's words, and couldn't help but turn her head back. She stared at Cen Yanqiu foolishly for a while before hesitantly asking: "Qiu, have you ever heard of exchange students?"

  "Exchange student." As soon as Qin Yanqiu heard these three words, his heart went numb. The school didn't know what was wrong with it either, coming up with all sorts of absurd ideas. Suddenly, they had the bizarre notion to have a joint event with Qi Kai Girls' High School. Both sides would select several outstanding students for a one-week exchange student program to study and live together.

  Qian Yan Qiu was certainly not very interested in these things, but he was the class monitor. As the class monitor, he had to care about everything and understand everything.

  "Uh-huh. It's about the exchange student thing. Aren't you the class leader? Tell me more about it." Fan Qianxu seemed to be asking Chen Yanqiu with some urgency.

  Cen Yanqiu didn't have anything good to say either. In fact, it's just like what Fan Qianxu just said. No matter where you go, there are always endless homework assignments, unread books, uncompleted exams, and annoying things.

  "How about you? Do you want to go?" asked Cen Yanqiu, looking at Fan Qianxu.

  Fan Qianxu nodded. "I heard that there's still an assessment. If we pass all the exams, can we go?"

  "Wow, you really are determined to go." Xun Yanqiu looked at Fan Qianxu, his mouth slightly surprised, but his heart didn't feel shocked. The girls from Qiqi High School were all sisters, and each sister was talented in multiple areas, with various interest classes. So no matter which high school boy it was, they all wanted to go to Qiqi to chase the girls.

  Fan Qianxu paused for a moment and then said: "This week is reading books, weekend exams, next week can go, right?"

  "Yes." Cen Yanqiu nodded. It seems that Fan Qianxu has really made up his mind. He continued, "But you don't have to be so desperate. Because not many classmates signed up. When our class mentioned this matter, basically no one cared. Who would be so bored and go to Qi Kai's class? And get nervous among those girls."

  "I just want to leave school for a while, I don't care which school, even if it's Desheng High School, I'll go," Fan Qianxu said as the two of them walked up the stairs of the teaching building.

  Cen Yanqiu listened to Fan Qianxu's words, and he had a feeling in his heart that Fan Qianxu was hiding an untellable secret. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so eager to leave school. And this untellable secret, intuition told Cen Yanqiu, was about emotions.

  Cen Yanqiu still remembered that last semester, Luo Xuanjie often teased Fan Qianxu's "pursuit of deeds". Now Cen Yanqiu was also a little curious.