Qin Yao thought for a moment before asking Xia Rou the question.
"Oh..." Xia Rou almost instantly thought of something, but remembering what Qin Yuanyuan had said earlier, she reacted and thought about it.
"I don't know any white-haired person. What's wrong? I only know Yuanyuan."
"Mm, then go in quickly." Only after getting a satisfactory answer did Qin Yao finally leave.
At this point, Xia Rou stopped standing there looking at her phone and rushed into Qin Yuanyuan's room like she was escaping.
"You scared me to death. If we had been discovered, it would have been over." Only after confirming the eldest sister wasn't at the door did Qin Yuanyuan let Xia Rou enter.
"What happened? What's going on?"
"This might be a bit complicated... First promise me you won't tell anyone, or I'll never play with you again." Qin Yuanyuan began looking at Xia Rou hopefully.
Xia Rou rarely felt Qin Yuanyuan being this serious. For a moment, she thought she was seeing Qin Xue instead of Qin Yuanyuan.
Simply put, it felt like Qin Yuanyuan had grown up.
"I promise you. Tell me."
"Mm."
Then they began quietly communicating.
Throughout the entire process, Xia Rou had a shocked expression.
This was basically eloping while hiding from family!
As expected... Little Yun and Sister Xue had that kind of relationship.
Xia Rou felt somewhat complicated inside, but she also began worrying about them.
Thank goodness she had seen the message in advance, otherwise when questioned like that, she might have spilled everything.
Now... just because of earlier events, two people who usually got along so well couldn't see each other. Why was this necessary?
Studying wasn't everything in life.
Xia Rou felt that if it were her, she would definitely make the same choice as Su Xiaoyun.
"I usually dislike her, but sister likes her, so I like her too."
Qin Yuanyuan said somewhat dejectedly.
Xia Rou normally didn't feel Qin Yuanyuan was so lifeless, so she quickly took out candy from her pocket.
"Yuanyuan, eat some candy. I brought strawberry flavored ones."
"Eh, strawberry flavored?" Hearing this, Qin Yuanyuan immediately lifted her head, her obviously dim eyes lighting up again, seeming to have little stars in them.
"I want some, I want some! Sister Rou, let me eat!"
"Here you go, here you go." Xia Rou smiled and handed over the candy, then watched her lick the lollipop while stroking her soft head with her hand.
This was the real Yuanyuan.
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At the same time, around two o'clock, Xia Rou sat in the car, packing her things as usual to leave.
"So late already, wait wait." Just as she was about to exit the main gate, Qin Yao proactively said goodbye to her.
This voice startled Xia Rou.
"It's fine, studying isn't tiring. Thank you, sister." She replied calmly.
That stern-faced person gave Xia Rou a feeling of oppression.
"Oh, not tiring? Are you sure?" Hearing this strange answer, Qin Yao subconsciously thought they had just played all afternoon, so she stood up.
"Mm, not tiring. When I'm alone, studying is my friend."
Xia Rou didn't seem to sit down or panic, expressing her thoughts.
"Oh ho, you really think this way? I understand." Qin Yao had been thinking of going to find Qin Yuanyuan, but the other's response surprised her somewhat.
However, if she thought this way, why did she only get into this school?
"Didn't you do well on the college entrance exam?"
"I was sick during the college entrance exam, but this place is pretty good too. At least I made my first friend, and studying with friends is more relaxing."
"Friend..." Qin Yao hesitated.
She had originally wanted to ask more questions, but instead returned to the sofa and gave Xia Rou a small cake from the table.
"Do you like sweet things? Take this home to eat."
"Mm, I like them. Thank you, sister."
Next, Xia Rou left carrying this mysteriously obtained box of cake.
She walked quickly because she couldn't let this sister discover anything unusual.
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Then, also in the afternoon, Saturday afternoon in Academic Building 205, stood a male who could be considered handsome in his dress.
Shi Lezhi had specifically checked - Qin Xue's Saturday evening class was held here.
He stood here playing with his phone, appearing to others like he was waiting for someone.
Shi Lezhi would occasionally walk to the doorway to observe the situation inside.
But after sitting there for so long, he never saw that slender figure he had been thinking about day and night these past few days.
Shi Lezhi thought maybe he hadn't seen her, so he waited patiently. Only when class ended and people came out of the classroom did he ask a female student.
"Sister Xue requested leave today and didn't come." The female student he asked had an average relationship with Qin Xue and told the truth.
"Oh, thank you." Shi Lezhi politely thanked her.
Then he left 205 and wandered around outside the Academic Building for a while.
Qin Xue requested leave today? What was the situation?
Shi Lezhi felt something was wrong and remembered Su Yun's class schedule from that day.
He anxiously walked to the Science and Engineering Building, his mood poor the entire way.
"Where's Su Yun? He requested leave today too." When Shi Lezhi asked, the answer he got was that Su Yun, like Qin Xue, had also requested leave.
Two people requesting to leave together??
Shi Lezhi immediately had an ugly expression and left without even saying thank you to the person he had asked.
Two people requesting leave together - Shi Lezhi thought about this because he had done the same with those girls before, wanting to have fun and requesting a day off.
"Damn it." Shi Lezhi gritted his teeth and cursed as he walked, finally unable to hold back.
He heavily punched the wall with his fist.
He had underestimated Su Yun, who had actually acted before him.
What made him even angrier was that Qin Xue looked down on him but was willing to do unclear things with such a loser student who had no background whatsoever.
After learning these things, Shi Lezhi was already becoming impatient and wanted to quickly deal with them.
Even if he wasn't the first, he still really wanted to get Qin Xue and avenge her previous contempt for him.
Thinking this, Shi Lezhi decided to have someone investigate what these two were actually doing.
"You just wait for me."
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Compared to the noise of the city, the highway at this time appeared very quiet, with barely any cars visible.
Apart from the gentle friction sound of tires against the ground, there were almost no other sounds.
In the evening, because Qin Xue's period had come, Su Yun bought her lots of candy and fruit to serve as dinner.
Because the space was limited, Su Yun’s mother gave up her seats and squeezed to the front, letting them lie down to sleep.
The back seat space was limited, so besides being able to lie flat together, they could also sleep leaning against each other.
But sleeping while sitting was easy to fall over.
So the final sleeping arrangement was Qin Xue lying flat on the car cushion, with Su Yun lying in Qin Xue's arms.
Su Yun had a petite figure and was very light, so sleeping like this was even comfortable, just right.
As for what to do if the car braked suddenly, they could only say that this wasn't rush hour, and with her father driving carefully, they could barely see other cars.
Su Yun was actually reluctant about this sleeping arrangement, but the space was too limited, and Qin Xue wanted it this way, so she had no choice but to agree.
By late night, the two were quietly sleeping embraced together.
Wang Haiyan sat beside them with a kind smile on her face.
She quietly took off her jacket and gently covered the two of them.
"Baby has grown up."
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(End of Chapter)