Chapter 38
Luo Shizhen looked down at the earth from high above for the first time, finding everything incredibly novel.
He thought, this must be what flying in a plane feels like.
When they returned to the rooftop and Luo Shizhen’s feet touched the ground, Ying He’s broad wings flapped slightly, brushing gently past him.
Ying He’s feathers weren’t soft; they could even be called sharp. But because he was gentle enough, Luo Shizhen didn’t feel the cold hardness of those wings.
Luo Shizhen was someone whose emotions were written on his face. Ying He only needed to look at his expression to know that taking him for a flight wasn’t a mistake.
Sure enough, Luo Shizhen thanked him happily:
“Thank you, Ying He. It was my first time in the sky.”
His expression was still that of joy, without much melancholy over Ying He’s departure.
Of course there wouldn’t be. In Luo Shizhen’s eyes, this was equivalent to graduation, a matter worth celebrating. He was happy for Ying He; why would he be melancholy?
Ying He observed Luo Shizhen’s expression, feeling a slight disappointment in his heart, but he wasn’t surprised. He slowly retracted his wings.
“If you like it, we can fly further next time. Although Eternal Day recalled me, we should still have chances to meet again.”
Luo Shizhen nodded. “Definitely. Maybe we can even be in the same team in the future.”
Unlike Ying Liu, Ying He was clear about the team arrangements for Purifiers.
He knew Luo Shizhen likely wouldn’t join a peer team.
Purifiers were too important. Even if Luo Shizhen adapted to his peers’ Qi, the school would at most arrange for him to do some field tasks with other students under teacher supervision before graduation.
But when formally joining a team, an important Purifier couldn’t really be placed in a young, inexperienced peer team for long.
He needed older, more secure protectors.
But since Luo Shizhen hadn’t graduated yet, nothing was set in stone.
Even if Luo Shizhen joined a senior team thenâalthough it was difficult to test into such teamsâAwakeners with high sequence talents weren’t completely without hope.
Before thatâ
“After you finish the notebook in your hand, I’ll send you advanced notes. However, once I leave the school, we can’t contact each other through the school’s intranet.”
Ying He took out his phone naturally. “We haven’t added each other as private friends yet, right?”
“Should I scan you, or you scan me?”
Luo Shizhen didn’t think much of it and felt it was normal.
When he graduated from junior high, classmates also added each other before parting ways.
“Let me scan you.”
Luo Shizhen took out his phone too and added Ying He.
Ying He didn’t look at who was on Luo Shizhen’s QQ friends list, only asking seemingly casually:
“Am I the first classmate you’ve added?”
“No,” Luo Shizhen answered honestly. “I added classmates from junior high and high school, and some from elementary school too.”
Ying He paused, adding, “I mean, from this school.”
Luo Shizhen: “That’s not it either. Chu Xiao added me long ago, and Qin Yinian too.”
Ying He didn’t feel frustrated. He smiled and said, “After all, they are people you knew before coming to school. I can be considered the first classmate you added after coming to this school, right?”
Luo Shizhen thought for a moment and nodded. “Seems so.”
Ying He felt slightly reassured.
He didn’t have experience pursuing people either, but Ying He always had good grades and outstanding learning ability.
In the internet age, if you didn’t know something, searching online would naturally yield a bunch of tutorials.
Ying He had rushed his notes all last night. After finishing them this morning, he immediately went online to search for ways to pursue someone.
The various guides online were diverse. If it were Ying Liu, he might have copied them directly. But Ying He was different. He knew well that the essence of pursuit was to gain the favorability of the person you liked. And people didn’t just have favorability; they also had aversion.
If the pursuit method was wrong, it might be self-defeating.
If he could stay at school, it would be fine; there would be plenty of time to move Luo Shizhen slowly.
But now that they were going to be apart, he naturally could only use some gentle pursuit methods.
In the school, only he and Ying Liu could fly. Now that Ying Liu had gone to Eternal Day, Ying He was the only one who could fly.
This was Ying He’s advantage.
Regardless, he was the first person to give Luo Shizhen the experience of flying. Ying He didn’t ask for this experience to make Luo Shizhen have great affection for him, only that Luo Shizhen remember this “specialness.”
The first person to fly with him.
The first person in school to add him on QQ.
These two special points would ensure that Luo Shizhen wouldn’t forget him, Ying He, immediately after he left school.
Luo Shizhen didn’t know what Ying He was thinking.
He just felt reminded.
Right, I’ve been at school for a while, but I haven’t added any classmates as friends.
Because students in the school could contact each other via the intranet and met every day, Luo Shizhen hadn’t had the concept of adding classmates as friends before.
But since he added Ying He today, Luo Shizhen immediately planned to add Lu Qiujin in a bit too.
When the two went down, they saw Lu Qiujin right in front of the elevator leading directly to the rooftop.
Luo Shizhen thought it was a coincidence.
“Lu Qiujin, were you going to the rooftop too?”
Lu Qiujin kept his composure. “No, I was taking a walk.”
“Oh!”
Luo Shizhen didn’t think much of it. He told Lu Qiujin excitedly, “Ying He just flew a few laps with me. It was so fun!”
Only then did Lu Qiujin look at Ying He, his smile unchanged.
“I saw. Did you forget? You even waved at me.”
Ying He also looked at Lu Qiujin, saying calmly:
“Shizhen greeted many teachers just now too. Maybe he greeted too many people and forgot you.”
Lu Qiujin’s smile paused slightly, then he turned to look at Luo Shizhen.
“Shizhen, didn’t you say yesterday that your liberal arts subjects were a bit weak? I compiled some materials; you can take a look. It helps with quick memorization.”
Luo Shizhen was pleasantly surprised. “Thank you!”
He accepted it cherishingly, chuckling, “You and Ying He are both so nice. Ying He just gave me notes he compiled before too.”
Lu Qiujin’s smile became even faker. He looked at Ying He with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
“Is that so? I didn’t expect you to be so friendly to classmates.”
He glanced at Ying He’s eyes, which still looked clear without a hint of fatigue.
But Lu Qiujin dared to bet that this notebook was definitely compiled by Ying He at the last minute.
In the entire class of twenty-seven people, except for Luo Shizhen, no one took notes in class.
Not to mention, Angel Sequence wings were generally not allowed to be touched by others.
Now look at thisâYing He directly flew a few laps with Luo Shizhen.
If he claimed he didn’t have other intentions, Lu Qiujin would rip his brother’s head off and kick it like a ball.
“Not friendly to classmates.” Ying He’s eyes remained calm, looking frank. “I wouldn’t be like this to other classmates. If anything, I am being friendly to Shizhen.”
“Shizhen and I can be considered friends, right?”
He asked the last sentence very gently, turning to look at Luo Shizhen.
Luo Shizhen nodded affirmatively. “Yes! Of course!”
Lu Qiujin smiled and said, “What a coincidence, I am also Shizhen’s friend. Since you are his friend, if you need help in the future, just ask me.”
Ying He also smiled. “Okay. Shizhen’s friend is my friend.”
Sparks flew between the two. The smiles on their faces were faker than the other, neither willing to yield.
Luo Shizhen, sandwiched in the middle, was very happy.
Yes, yes, this is normal friendship.
Everyone being together lively, friendly to each other without quarrelingâhow nice.
Luo Shizhen regretted:
“You two both have good grades and are so amazing. You must be very compatible. Pity Ying He is leaving soon.”
Otherwise, maybe they could become good friends.
Lu Qiujin had never been as sharp of hearing and sight as he was at this moment.
“Leaving? Ying He is leaving the school?”
His smile instantly became sincere. “Congratulations, congratulations. You must be very happy to graduate.”
Ying He didn’t answer him, turning instead to Luo Shizhen.
“Shizhen, I will send you messages often. If you have time, remember to reply to me.”
Luo Shizhen promised immediately, “I check my phone in the morning. I’ll definitely reply when I see the messages!”
Lu Qiujin realized immediately that this wasn’t about the school’s internal communication channel.
He said instantly, “Sending messages on what? Can I join too?”
Luo Shizhen was delighted, surprised that the two got along so well.
“Lu Qiujin, you want to add Ying He on QQ too?”
Lu Qiujin: “…”
Ying He: “…”
Lu Qiujin opened his mouth to say he didn’t want to add Ying He, but seeing Luo Shizhen looking inexplicably happy, he swallowed the words.
Turning to Ying He, he smiled. “Student Ying He, can I add you?”
If Ying He refused, it wouldn’t be his problem.
Unfortunately, Ying He wasn’t Ying Liu. He smiled and said, “Of course. You are Shizhen’s friend; for his sake, I should add you.”
Luo Shizhen was touched, not expecting Ying He to value him as a friend so much.
The two added each other as friends just like that.
When retracting their phones, both felt like their phones were dirty.
Having added Ying He, Lu Qiujin looked at Luo Shizhen. “Shizhen, I haven’t added you either. Let’s add each other?”
“Okay!”
Luo Shizhen added Lu Qiujin, then suddenly remembered something and asked:
“Don’t we have a class group chat?”
Ying He: “No.”
Making a bunch of young Awakeners stay together during the day was already enough to make people irritable; how could they possibly have a class group chat?
Luo Shizhen was a bit regretful. “What a pity.”
Recently, he had grown fond of checking class group chats.
When he was at No. 3 High School, he rarely checked his phone. Mainly because Luo Shizhen didn’t play games, checking the class group at most. But back then, teachers would confiscate phones, and the group was only lively during holidays.
And during holidays, Luo Shizhen would be busier than at school. His grandmother would collect bottles and cardboard, saving them at home. When Luo Shizhen was on break, he used his strength to drag these saved “goods” to the recycling station.
Then he would busily prepare food that was easy to store. Because his grandmother was old and her eyesight was failing, she couldn’t cook anymore. Once Luo Shizhen prepared the food, she only needed to steam it to eat.
Similarly, since his grandmother couldn’t see well, cleaning the house was difficult, so Luo Shizhen would go back during holidays to clean, wash accumulated clothes, sun the quilts, and so on.
There was also clearing weeds in the vegetable garden, harvesting, and fertilizingâwork that was tough on the waist. It wasn’t very heavy, but tedious, almost filling Luo Shizhen’s holidays completely.
He enjoyed it himself because the more work he did during the holidays, the easier it would be for his grandmother when he was at school.
So, he hardly spoke in the class group chat back then.
But it was different recently. Since the country announced the existence of Anomalies, everyone had a “survival crisis” hanging over their heads. A few days ago, some people stopped going to work and kept their children from school, the whole family staying home just for safety.
Then they found out that Anomalies might not appear if they went out, but money would definitely run out if they didn’t work.
High school students could skip studying, but the college entrance exam would still happen.
So, after a buffer period, the lives of the people in Xia Country gradually returned to normal.
The difference was that students were allowed to bring phones.
If they encountered an Anomaly, they couldn’t call for help without a phone. Those parents who used to tell teachers “If you find my kid with a phone, confiscate it hard” had changed their tune, repeatedly urging teachers not to confiscate their children’s phones.
Although everyone joked that Xia Country parents wanted grades over their children’s lives, when push came to shove, most parents chose their children’s lives.
Thus, the Class 3 group chat became livelier than ever. Because Luo Shizhen had helped Zhang Cai before, he actually integrated into the class group after leaving No. 3 High School.
Zhang Chuan also messaged Luo Shizhen privately every day like clockwork.
Luo Shizhen was very happy every day now.
In reality, although he changed schools, the teachers and classmates were very nice, the dorm conditions were excellent, and although studying was hard, the teacher said he would definitely graduate.
Spiritually, he had more friends and could chat in the No. 3 High School class group from time to time. Even if he didn’t chat, watching his classmates discuss various topics passionately made Luo Shizhen happy.
It was a pity it wasn’t holiday time yet, so he couldn’t go back to burn paper for his grandmother. Luo Shizhen wanted to tell her that he had made many friends, was living happily, and seemed to have a talent for combat training.
If only they had a class group chat too.
Luo Shizhen walked toward the classroom with the two.
Walking along, he suddenly realized.
Although they didn’t have a class group chat, he could create one.
Luo Shizhen’s junior high and high school class groups were created by classmates. Usually, the student who created the group was outgoing and active, able to rally everyone.
Luo Shizhen used to envy those classmates who were popular and could gather a group.
But now, he suddenly realized that although he wasn’t very familiar with other classmates yet, with Ying He, Ying Liu, Lu Qiujin, Big Brother Chu Xiao, and Rong Nian, plus himself, there were already six people.
Luo Shizhen didn’t count Qin Yinian. On one hand, he remembered Qin Yinian and Chu Xiao didn’t get along; on the other hand, Qin Yinian had taken leave to go home these past few days.
But counting this way, he actually had five friends!
With six people (including himself), surely they could start a group?
“Let… let’s create a group…”
Luo Shizhen excitedly voiced this idea to the two:
“This way, we can communicate with each other in the group!”
Ying He: “…”
Lu Qiujin: “…”
Awakeners… creating a group chat?
Both were silent for two seconds. But looking at Luo Shizhen, who looked expectant as if accomplishing something big.
Ying He: “…”
Lu Qiujin: “…”
They both nodded.
Luo Shizhen, who had been full of expectation thinking others couldn’t tell, immediately beamed with joy.
He looked up how to create a QQ group, followed the prompts to create one, and then devoutly pulled both Lu Qiujin and Ying He in.
“Can I invite others too?”
Luo Shizhen listed a string of names as soon as he opened his mouth: “I want to invite Big Brother Chu Xiao, Rong Nian, and Ying Liu.”
Ying He listened calmly, comparing the pros and cons of these people with himself in his heart.
Lu Qiujin wasn’t surprised about the three in the confinement room, but Ying Liu… sure enough, that brat had no good intentions, exactly like his brother.
Since he was already in a group with Ying He, he didn’t mind a few more people. He smiled and said:
“Sure. The more people, the livelier it is. Don’t you think so, Ying He?”
Ying He knew Lu Qiujin was provoking him, but of course, he wouldn’t take the bait:
“Okay. You don’t need to call Ying Liu; I’ll pull him in directly.”
“Okay!”
He keenly sensed that Luo Shizhen liked the people around him to get along.
Pretending to be friendly to others to pursue the person he likedâYing He didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.
This was good too. He wouldn’t be at school, but now that these people were in one group, he could infer a thing or two from the group messages if anything happened.
Luo Shizhen looked at the group happily, then messaged Zhang Chuan to tell him: He created a group! He was a group owner too!
Ying He pulled his brother in, silently adding a tag to this group in his heart.
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