Chapter 58 (1/2)

Spring left and summer arrived. A few months had pa.s.sed, and perhaps it was because of Shi Yan’s meticulous care that He Nuo grew taller and his face was no longer a ghastly white. However, the intense college entrance examination was approaching. He Nuo faced a problem: he had boldly decided to study the liberal arts by himself in his third year, and until today his family still didn’t know about his decision. Now he had to fill in an application form; his father had always filled in the form for their majors together with his older brothers, and at that time his older brothers weren’t very knowledgeable either. But now that Fourth brother was working, his father would definitely consult Fourth brother on his opinion, and they would be able to tell at a glance that the form he brought them was an enrollment form for the liberal arts.

After he told Shi Yan, this person had a surprised look on his face at first, which changed to a cunning one before he actually ended up laughing. He Nuo resentfully said, “Laugh, keep laughing. Can’t believe you’re laughing at my misfortune.”

“I just didn’t think that you’d do something like that, aren’t you a courageous one? I really admire you, I really do.” Shi Yan clasped his fists together as if he had just seen a swordsman1.

“You’re throwing rocks at me while I’m down!” He Nuo couldn’t think of any other way but to bite the bullet and tell his family the truth. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to avoid another round of belt whipping.

After the past six months of occasional contact with He Nuo’s family, Shi Yan had learnt a lot about He Nuo’s situation at home and how strict his father was with him while spectating from the side. So he wouldn’t let He Nuo go home and obediently wait for his punishment. He took his own enrollment form for the sciences and gave it to He Nuo, then He Nuo would be able to fill in a choice related to the sciences before he changes it at school to a liberal arts one. Even though this was a bit too bold, Shi Yan doesn’t care. He thought that once He Nuo receives his matriculation notice, his family’s happiness would overshadow everything, then his parents wouldn’t pursue the matter anymore. He used this reason to persuade He Nuo too, and of course he monitored He Nuo to ensure that they applied for colleges that were in the same city.

After they filled in their college aspiration forms, they could count the number of days to the start of their college entrance examination with their fingers. For the last week of school, all cla.s.ses were stopped and students could go home to revise on their own. The school closed its doors three days in advance so that they could clean up the examination venue and paste the examination numbers on desks; students could come over to look at how the examination venue is arranged during these three days so that they would know in advance which teaching building and which cla.s.sroom their examination would be held at. Shi Yan wanted to look for He Nuo to go look at the examination venue together one day before the actual examination, but his Dad had jam-packed his schedule for the last two days so he went to look for He Nuo on the very first day after their cla.s.ses stopped.

When he reached He Nuo’s house, his yard’s door wasn’t locked so he knew that his family were either at work or in school. Thinking that he should be alone at home, Shi Yan pushed the door open and entered straight away. When he opened the door to He Nuo’s room, the people who were inside got a scare, while the one who was outside got a shock. Yu Yao immediately released her hands that were wrapped around He Nuo’s waist as she blushed. If it wasn’t because Shi Yan’s anger had blinded him, he would’ve seen how He Nuo was raising his hands helplessly and had a surprised expression on his face as well. When Yu Yao said her goodbyes in a fl.u.s.ter, He Nuo didn’t even think about sending his deskmate out of his house.

When Yu Yao pa.s.sed by Shi Yan, her face burned up even more as she hung her head. Shi Yan’s initial shock had already turned into rage; he sat in front of the table and was so angry he couldn’t even say anything. When He Nuo saw this expression of his, he wanted to explain himself but he didn’t know where to start. He was also stunned by Yu Yao’s confession just now, but what stunned him even more was what Yu Yao had said.

“What did the two of you do?” Shi Yan’s eyes were spewing raging flames.

“Her family had transferred her household register, she won’t be taking the exam here. She came here to say goodbye to me.”

“The two of you are dating?” Because Shi Yan’s girlfriend was his deskmate, and he had utilised his time in school to date her, so even though he knew that He Nuo went home the moment cla.s.ses ended, he still guessed that they were dating.

“Of course not.”

“You like her?”

“No.”