Chapter 109: Gao Jialan’s high school POV (Part 1) (1/2)
Chapter 109: Gao Jialan’s high school POV (Part 1)
Had he been following me the whole time?
I thought about my stupid and ridiculous acts from earlier; I truly wanted to dig myself a hole and hide in it.
“Long time no see. So, you’ve decided to secretly enter my house now?”
Oh no! It’s over! It’s over! Now, I only have one thought left on my mind. It looks like both Shen Shaoqian and I were f**ked. Except, my situation was even worse!
I shakenly took out the mooncakes from my pocket. There were only two pieces left. They looked squished. I displayed the pieces to Wen Yihan with both my hands as I dryly laughed, “Haha. If I told you I was here to deliver mooncake, would you believe me?”
“What do you think?”
“Haha…” I pressed my dry lips together and looked at my watch. I laughed brainlessly and said, “It’s not midnight yet. So, Happy Mid Autumn Festival!”
Alright. I admit it. I’m doomed…
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(This part is in Gao Jialan’s POV while she was in high school)
12 years ago, Gao Jialan was a senior at a high school. On that fateful day, she was the student on cleaning duty so she was by herself in the empty and spacious classroom. After tidying the classroom, she was ready to head home.
It was the monsoon season of July and there hadn’t been so much rain in the past ten years. The rain just happened to come out of nowhere. Coincidentally, it was on this day that Gao Jialan was carrying her most cherished doggy designed umbrella.
But, she wasn’t planning to use it. She was standing inside the school by the entrance as she stared into the rain. It was difficult to tell why she was so distracted. Her eyes were unfocused; it was as if her body and mind were separated.
Gao Jialan will never forget that day.
Suddenly, a guy’s voice appeared from her side. He overbearingly snatched the umbrella from her hand and brought her back to reality. The guy assertively stared her up and down and stated, “Girl, it is raining too hard. Lend me your umbrella.”
Then, he roughly opened the umbrella. When he saw the dog designs all over it, his brows furrowed and he looked displeased.
“So childish.” He muttered. But still, the boy took off with the umbrella. Since the rain was too strong, his gangster back view quickly vanished like smoke.
Gao Jialan was annoyed and unwilling to accept this. Her beloved umbrella was stolen by an evil tyrant? Even though he said he was going to 'borrow' it, his method wasn’t acceptable.
Forget it. It wasn’t worth forming a connection with this guy for an umbrella.
So, Gao Jialan sat by the entrance and waited for the rain to finish. This type of rain shower was the type to arrive suddenly and disappear suddenly. However, since it was so fierce, anyone with an umbrella would be soaked regardless.
Initially, she wanted to tell the guy that she was going to go home after the rain. But before she could tell him, he had already dashed off. Now, he could experience what it was like being soaked. That was his punishment for stealing her umbrella.
Gao Jialan was bored and decided to review her lessons. She began to memorize what she learnt in class earlier today. “A confident youngster raises his eyes to look at the sky; is comparable to a jade tree facing the wind.” Gao Jialan quietly repeated the poetic line and thought of the boy that had just came by.
She mumbled to herself, “He’s such a irritable fool….but rather good looking.”
Thinking of this, Gao Jialan secretly smiled. As expected, the mind of teenage girls were hard to predict. A second ago, she was annoyed; yet a second later, she thought this random encounter was interesting.
A week later, Gao Jialan accidentally slept in because her alarm clock had stopped working. By the time she had arrived at school, she had already missed two periods.
Although she was an excellent student, she still had to abide by the school rules. Gao Jialan’s teacher courteously told her to head to the corridor. While the other students weren’t watching, the teacher quietly whispered to her, “Please forgive your teacher. I know you weren’t late on purpose, but I must treat all students the same. I will have to trouble you to stand outside for the duration of one period.”
Gao Jialan lowered her head. This was the first time she had ever been punished at school. She was going to take it as a life lesson. So now, she headed towards the punishment station with an expressionless face.
Surprisingly, there were already a group of students present. Some of them had piercings, wore short dresses, and tattoos… none of them looked like high school students.
God truly wanted to test her.
Gao Jialan scanned her eyes across the group and instantly recognized the guy who had taken her umbrella. Everyone around him were holding their backpacks on top of their heads as punishment.