Chapter 1325

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua and his relatives and friends finished taking photos at the gate, then went inside the school and picked a few landmark spots for more pictures.

After taking the standard, by-the-book shots, they all went to eat together.

The dining location was chosen at a restaurant outside the school.

Wang Xiaohua had reserved a table here long ago.

After arriving at the restaurant, he explained the situation, and the waiter led them up to a private room on the second floor.

Throughout this process, Zhang Sheng stayed by Wang Xiaohua's side, even enthusiastically taking the initiative to offer to pay the bill, but Wang Xiaohua politely declined, making the excuse that he had already paid.

Niu Chunsheng, on the other hand, chatted more with Wang Erhai; he had only learned recently that Wang Erhai had returned to Liguo Mountain.

Wang Dashan accompanied his mother.

As for Niu Linxin, she trailed behind the whole time, head down, playing with her phone.

To be precise, she was sending WeChat messages to her former best friend and deskmate, Wang Xiaoqian.

In the past, Wang Xiao Qing never brought her phone to school.

Especially now, with the college entrance exam drawing ever closer.

The countdown to the college entrance exam written in the lower left corner of the classroom blackboard showed only 23 days remaining.

But for some reason, today she inexplicably put her phone in her schoolbag and brought it with her.

At this time, there were no more teacher lectures; the closer it got to the college entrance exam, the more time was allotted for self-directed review and gap-filling.

Wang Xiao Qing was organizing her error notebook when her schoolbag in the drawer suddenly chimed "ding-dong," and only then did she realize she had brought her phone to school.

She hurriedly took out her phone and set it to silent.

She originally didn't want to check the message; after all, she was now in the final sprint phase of preparing for the college entrance exam, where every second counted.

She was determined to test into a university in Beijing, to study at the university closest to Wang Xiaohua.

She wishfully assumed that since Wang Xiaohua was so outstanding, after finishing four years of undergraduate studies, he would definitely go to graduate school.

So she fantasized about running into Wang Xiaohua on a university campus, feeling this wish might not be impossible to realize, provided she was excellent enough.

But one look — it was a WeChat from Niu Linxin; Niu Linxin sent no text, just a picture, and from the phone screen, Wang Xiaoqian couldn't see the photo's content.

As former close best friends, former junior high deskmates, by now Wang Xiaoqian rarely took the initiative to contact Niu Linxin, and Niu Linxin also rarely came to have heart-to-heart talks with Wang Xiaoqian.

Because the two were no longer people of the same world long ago; they had long since turned from best friends who talked about everything into old friends who couldn't find any common topics to chat about.

This is deeply lamentable, yet it truly, actually exists.

Friendship during student years — if grades aren't on the same level, it will definitely fade quickly, especially for a gap as large as Niu Linxin and Wang Xiaoqian's, there's even less to talk about.

Out of curiosity, Wang Xiaoqian still unlocked her phone screen, opened WeChat, and looked at the photo Niu Linxin sent.

The moment she entered Niu Linxin's chat interface, Wang Xiaoqian couldn't help but be surprised.

In the photo, Niu Linxin stood together with Wang Xiaohua wearing a bachelor's gown.

Niu Linxin hugged Wang Xiaohua's arm, tilted her head toward him, made a V-sign with her other hand, and the smile on her face was even more radiant than the morning sun.

And Wang Xiaohua? He also had a smile on his face.

"Lin Xin, did you go attend Xiaohua's graduation ceremony?"

Wang Xiaoqian hurriedly typed out this one sentence to ask.

"Mm-hmm, yes."

Niu Linxin replied in seconds.

Actually, she only went to take graduation photos; the graduation ceremony hadn't happened yet.

But that's irrelevant; there's absolutely no need to correct it.

The most important thing is to let Wang Xiaoqian see her photo with Wang Xiaohua.

"Don't you need to attend class?"

Wang Xiaoqian asked another sentence.

Her heart felt a bit sour.

Such a big event, and Wang Xiaohua didn't notify her.

Although she had to attend school, had to make the final sprint for the college entrance exam, and there was a high probability the teacher wouldn't approve leave anyway, the fact that Wang Xiaohua notified Niu Linxin but not her still left her heart a tiny bit unbalanced.

Still, she comforted herself internally — maybe Wang Xiaohua just did it out of politeness; after all, Wang Xiaohua's parents and Niu Linxin's parents are friends, and the two families used to be very close.

Wang Xiaohua probably invited Niu Linxin's parents, and her parents brought Niu Linxin along incidentally.

She could sense that Wang Xiaohua didn't have much good impression of Niu Linxin in his heart, even though he never said so to her face.

However, at this moment, Niu Linxin sent a line:

"Xiaohua Ge personally called to invite me, so I took leave and flew to Beijing for a trip."

Wang Xiaoqian's heart trembled slightly; after a while, she replied:

"That's pretty good."

Niu Linxin sent another line:

"Xiaoqian, Xiaohua Ge confessed to me; tell me, should I accept his pursuit?"

Wang Xiaoqian instantly went completely numb.

Her head buzzed.

"For real or fake, Lin Xin, you're not joking with me, are you?"

Wang Xiaoqian no longer had the mind to work on the test paper.

Niu Linxin said:

"Of course it's true! If you don't believe me, call and ask Brother Xiao Hua!"

Wang Xiaoqian naturally would not call to ask Wang Xiaohua about this kind of matter.

After all, the relationship between her and Wang Xiaohua had not yet reached the point where they could casually ask each other this kind of private question.

And Niu Linxin precisely pinpointed this point, which was why she lied without any scruples.

As for why she lied?

To tell the truth, even Niu Linxin herself was a bit unable to figure it out.

Perhaps it was a momentary impulse.

Perhaps it was vanity at work.

Or perhaps it was jealousy that Wang Xiaoqian had become a top student, leaving her far behind, and no longer playing with her.

Wang Xiaoqian looked at her mobile phone, her whole person falling into a trance-like state.

At this time, Niu Linxin sent another sentence:

"Actually, after Brother Xiao Hua's wife passed away, we contacted each other very often. I often persuaded him and had heart-to-heart talks with him. My parents also encouraged me to get close to Brother Xiao Hua, and then Brother Xiao Hua's parents also agreed to let us try dating. So today at the graduation ceremony, Brother Xiao Hua publicly confessed to me, heehee~"

Niu Linxin, with a smile on her face, typed out such a long string of words.

She described the matter in a convincing, orderly way, as if it were real.

Wang Xiaoqian looked at this message sent by Niu Linxin, and felt that what Niu Linxin said was most likely true.

The main reason was, she felt Niu Linxin had no need to deceive her!

Deceiving her couldn't fish any benefit out of her!

One can only say, some people's brains are just this unconventional.

With no benefit to speak of, they still spout lies continuously.

Or perhaps because of the malice in their hearts at work, they purely just want to mess with someone else.

"Oh oh, that's great then, congratulations Lin Xin."

When Wang Xiaoqian typed, her hands trembled.

A drop of tear, "drip", fell onto the phone screen; only then did she discover that she had unknowingly already cried.

She hurriedly lowered her head to wipe dry her tears, afraid her deskmate would discover, even more afraid the teacher would discover.

And Niu Linxin was still continuing her prank, sending another message to Wang Xiaoqian:

"My dad said to let me and Xiao Hua hold the wedding ceremony next month first, and get the marriage certificate after two years when I'm 20. Xiaoqian, at that time, will you come be our best man / groomsman?"