Chapter 76 - Acquainted? (2/2)

Soon, the morning went by.

When it was near the afternoon, Roland turned down Qi Shaoqiu’s invitation to each lunch together and rode off on a public bike.

Watching Roland leave, Qi Shaoqiu said to his sister, who was next to him, “Today, you seemed a little off. You had a lot of mood swings. Do you know that guy? Don’t tell me he’s your former cla.s.smate.”

Night Tide Sands stayed silent.

Qi Shaoqiu waited for a while and turned his head in surprise as the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground. “Don’t tell me I hit the nail on the head.”

Night Tide Sands pursed her thin pink lips. “Not my cla.s.smate: he was my senior in high school. One grade higher than I was.”

“A senior in high school—you don’t need to have such a deep impression of him. How many years ago was it… wait!” Qi Shaoqiu was stunned for a moment before he asked, “The two exceptional students in the ninth middle school that you mentioned often in high school, they’re close friends who pa.s.sed the University of Luo’s exam together, and he’s one of them?”

Night Tide Sands nodded in response.

Qi Shaoqiu leaned over to pick up the cigarette, blew lightly on the cigarette filter, and then placed it back into his mouth. “So that’s how it is, no wonder!”

After Roland’s figure became an indistinct black dot on the street, Night Tide Sands withdrew her gaze. “How talented is he? How long will it take for him to learn miaodao techniques?”

“He’s quite talented. He grasped the techniques of withdrawing and exerting power once I explained them and drew many inferences from that—as expected of a talented student. He’ll probably graduate from my teaching in half a year!” Qi Shaoqiu exclaimed in admiration, and then looked at Night Tide Sands and said with a crooked smile, “But don’t you worry, I’ll teach him slowly—at least have him learn for one year.”

Irritated, Night Tide Sands turned around and said, “No need, I don’t need you to meddle in my business.”

She returned to the storehouse, looked at the recorded measurements on the table, and said lightly, “He’s a lot taller than before!”

In a daze, she remembered the events from seven years ago. At the time, she was only a silly little girl, and the high school she attended was a boarding school. She dragged her heavy luggage over the cement ground of the campus, and there just happened to be a small slope that she couldn’t get over. After attempting several times, she didn’t have any strength left to try again. She wanted to sit down to rest.

At this moment, an average-looking senior, who had average vibes and wore average attire, extended a helping hand.

She remembered that at the time, the autumn sun was hanging high above, the sky was blue, and the senior was in plain white clothing. Even if he wasn’t outstandingly handsome, he gave her a gentle sensation like a warm jade in her bosom.

The senior helped her take her luggage to the girl’s dormitory.

She had thought that she wouldn’t have anymore interactions with this senior in the future.

However, she never expected that in the following two years, she would hear news of this senior every month.

This senior had an outrageously handsome childhood friend. The two of them occupied the top two of their cla.s.s in grades and took turns to be number one.

They were in the oratorical contest and the International Mathematical Olympics, and they could even place in school sports. What was more ridiculous was that they also partic.i.p.ated in fights and brawls—they were even the initiators.

If it weren’t for their good grades that convinced the princ.i.p.al to actively cover this up, they would definitely have stains on their school records.

In the end, the two of them went to University of Luo together.

Night Tide Sands’s first-choice university was also University of Luo, but she didn’t pa.s.s the entrance exam.

She felt that she had almost forgotten about this high school senior, but unexpectedly, he appeared in front of her again.

His appearance hadn’t changed much compared to before.

She recognized him.

He didn’t recognize her.

He wouldn’t recognize her to begin with—they were just strangers coming together by chance.

Thinking of it this way, Night Tide Sands felt her heart ache a little.