Chapter 412: I'll Always Consider You Friends

During the period around the Chinese New Year, the main source of business for this restaurant was wedding banquets and gatherings.

Class monitor Mu Nan had booked the seats in advance. After the three entered the restaurant, they were led by a waiter to a banquet hall on the second floor.

"Those four tables over there are yours."

The waiter pointed to a few tables on the right.

The three looked over and found that several people had already arrived and were waving at them.

"Alright, thank you."

Qin Tian nodded in thanks.

The waitress smiled and turned to leave.

Qin Tian and the others walked towards the classmates, greeting each other.

Xia Nuannuan was pulled over by two girls to whisper, and Qin Tian also sat with several boys in the class, chatting happily.

After entering university, many people had changed quite a bit.

The most intuitive performance was that the girls learned to dress up, and the boys learned to smoke.

A boy took out cigarettes and a lighter and offered one to Qin Tian.

"Thank you, no need, I don't smoke."

Qin Tian politely declined with a smile.

The boy didn't force it and turned to offer cigarettes to the other two who smoked.

"Brother Xu, give me one too!"

Qian Sheng said with a smile.

The boy was stunned, his expression surprised, "Qian Sheng, you smoke too?"

"You guys can smoke, why can't I?"

Qian Sheng shrugged.

"High school students are forbidden from smoking, do you know that? If Li Yanwang comes later, believe it or not, we'll report you."

Another boy exhaled a puff of smoke and threatened with a smile.

"Then go ahead and report me. Please, I'm not one of his little ghosts under his command anymore."

Qian Sheng showed an expression of indifference.

"Qian Sheng, it's been half a year, you've become so tough. You're not even afraid of Li Yanwang? I don't even dare to smoke in front of Li Yanwang now."

Brother Xu handed him a cigarette and said with a smile.

"Cough, cough... we're all buddies, let's not report."

Qian Sheng took the cigarette and smiled awkwardly.

"Haha..."

The crowd burst into loud laughter.

"You guys don't know, the pressure of repeating is high. There are quite a few boys in our class who smoke. After class, we often go to the bathroom to squat and have a cigarette to relax."

Qian Sheng skillfully lit a cigarette and feigned a melancholy expression, slowly exhaling smoke.

Several boys looked at each other.

"No one manages you?"

"It's not the Fourth Middle School. Generally, teachers who see it won't care as long as it's not their own class, and even if it's their own class, they're too lazy to care."

"Listening to you, the environment of your repeat center isn't very good. Can you really do better in the college entrance exam next year?"

Someone expressed concern for him.

"There are definitely people who play, but those who study are also quite serious, like me."

Qian Sheng pointed at himself and grinned, "I've studied quite well this half year. No matter what, I have to get into an undergraduate program next year, otherwise, I won't have the face to come to a class reunion in the future."

Everyone heard this and felt he had become mature and steady, feeling happy for him in their hearts.

"Brother Tian, how are you and Xia Nuannuan in university? Still showing off your love and feeding us dog food?"

Someone shifted the topic to Qin Tian.

"No, don't talk nonsense."

Qin Tian didn't blush or skip a beat, denying it seriously.

"No way, someone posted the space status Xia Nuannuan posted for her birthday in the group, we all saw it, okay!"

Qian Sheng smiled and exposed him.

"Exactly, exactly, eighteen birthday gifts, Brother Tian, you're really something!"

"It's normal to send gifts for birthdays, what kind of showing off is that?"

"Eww..."

A hiss of disgust came from several boys.

At the same time, Xia Nuannuan at the other table was also blushing and embarrassed by the teasing of several girls in the class.

While chatting, the classmates in the class arrived one after another.

Cui Ying and Qiu Man also came together. Seeing Xia Nuannuan looking over, both of them had unnatural eyes and dodged.

"Nuannuan, you guys came so early!"

After walking closer, Cui Ying greeted with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan nodded in response, wanting to say something but stopping.

Cui Ying smiled, pulled Qiu Man, and sat down at another table.

Under the puzzled gazes of several other girls in the class, Xia Nuannuan stood up and walked over to sit down with them.

"Cui Ying, Qiu Man, why didn't you guys... come yesterday?"

She lowered her voice and asked directly.

Both of them heard this, and expressions of embarrassment appeared on their faces.

Of course, they had seen the news in the group. It wasn't that they didn't want to go, but they were too embarrassed to go.

Before the college entrance exam, they had made peace with Xia Nuannuan, turned enemies into friends, and went to participate in the study meeting together, becoming friends with each other.

But in the process of getting along, perhaps due to the guilt of having bullied Xia Nuannuan before, or for other reasons, they had always felt like they couldn't integrate into that small circle.

After entering university, and gradually losing contact with Xia Nuannuan, the only one they had as a friend, this feeling became even more obvious. They felt they had completely moved away from this circle.

Strangely, they didn't have much regret, but instead felt a sense of relief and a relaxed feeling of being freed.

"Xia Nuannuan, I'm sorry!"

Cui Ying didn't know what to say, just lowered her head and apologized.

Xia Nuannuan was stunned, frowned, and said, "Why are you apologizing? Did something happen? Did Xu Ying do something again?"

She thought of the incident a few months ago when Xu Ying tried to take revenge on the two.

"No, no, we haven't been in touch with Xu Ying for a long time."

Cui Ying hurriedly waved her hand.

"Then..."

Xia Nuannuan's expression became even more puzzled.

"Xia Nuannuan, don't ask anymore."

Qiu Man lowered her eyes and also said.

Xia Nuannuan looked at the two, and a look of obvious disappointment appeared on her face.

Although there were still doubts in her heart, she had already realized that they might only be ordinary friends in the future.

"Alright, then I won't ask. You guys... I'll always consider you good friends."

Xia Nuannuan left this sentence and stood up to walk towards Qin Tian.

Cui Ying and Qiu Man looked up at her, then looked at each other, both seeing complex expressions in each other's eyes.

The interaction with Xu Ying and the interaction with Xia Nuannuan actually had something in common in their feelings.

That was that it made them feel a lot of pressure.

This pressure was different.

Towards Xu Ying, it was pressure with flattery and awe; towards Xia Nuannuan, it was the pressure brought by the disparity in all aspects.

Even if Xia Nuannuan sincerely treated them as equal good friends, the increasingly excellent Xia Nuannuan, her kindness, her family background, and her beauty, even including Qin Tian and all other aspects, made them feel pressure.

Compared to forcibly integrating into that circle, they were now more willing to keep their distance and be ordinary friends and classmates.

They were also very moved and grateful for the sentence Xia Nuannuan left behind.

But precisely because of Xia Nuannuan's full sincerity and kindness, they felt even more guilty and felt that this decision was correct.

Xia Nuannuan was too perfect; she was not from the same world as them to begin with. ===== CHAPTER 413 =====