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When Happy left the cafeteria, he took a small path that had a lot of shade from the trees. Sun shone on him in spots, and he could sense a bit of warmth in the cooling shade.

He walked quietly.

Before he knew it, he found a patch of grass and leaned against a tree in a lackadaisical manner. It was only then that he felt his emotions calm down slightly. However, his gaze was still somewhat dazed and full of dejection.

When he met Xu Yao, the girl to whom he had dated for around two years in his previous life, again, Happy felt angry, but he also felt a hint of surprise and calmness in his heart. Perhaps it was because of the sense of distance between the two of them along with the instinctive aversion he had gained toward her, but a desire to not persist in taking revenge and jump out of the pool of hatred and do something else stemmed in him.

Watching all the work he had done in three years turn to dust had pained him greatly, but in the new life, was there a need to hang on to the grudge from his previous life? Was there a need for him to bring everyone down the path of what had happened in his previous life? Was he to make the tragedy happen again?

Happy felt a little averse to the idea!

No one would want to have old wounds be torn open again.

Once a person was injured, was it not enough for them to search for a corner and lick their wounds so they would slowly recover? Why did they have to persist in harming themselves and others?

”Whew.”

With that thought in mind, Happy exhaled deeply. He leaned against the trunk of the tree behind him, and the sense of a sturdy support relaxed him.

Soon, he fell asleep just like that, resting against the tree trunk.

He did not notice that the bell for dismissal had rung, and a crowd had appeared on the path because of it. Xu Yao parked her bicycle not too far away and looked in Happy's direction with a complicated and confused gaze—Happy had taken the spot in which she usually loved to linger.

*****

”You're back?”

When Happy returned to the dorm, the Three Lonely Wolves were already there. Xu Xin waved at him with a smile on her face from where she sat on her chair.

”Yo, the beauty is here, eh? Our humble and simple abode has been graced by your presence—”

When he said this, Happy suddenly stopped talking. He cast a curious glance at the four people in the room. For some reason, he felt that the expressions and the smiles of the three boys and one girl were slightly strange. There was a profound meaning to them that made goosebumps appear all over his skin.

”Ahem!” Chen Fan coughed and rose up. He ignored the stunned look on Happy's face, walked over, and patted his shoulder heavily. ”Not bad, you sure are loyal. You'll have good things happen to you if you're so loyal to Sweet Little Xin Xin.”

Happy aimed a warning look at Chen Fan that made the other boy's skin crawl, and he quickly left.

”Good luck.”

Bai Lang soon followed after Chen Fan. He came over and patted Happy's shoulder. Then, under Happy's baffled gaze, he walked out of the dorm.

The last was Qi Ci.

He was even more over-the-top than the other two. He snapped his fingers and looked at Happy with a sideways glance. Acting cool, he said a classic line from many movie scripts.

”I have high hopes for you, boy.”

When he said that, he walked out of the dorm as well, and only Happy and Xu Xin were left.

Happy was confused. He did not know whether the trio had run into a wall and knocked themselves silly.

The girl was filled with a peeved because of embarrassment and felt very uneasy.

”What's going on? What's with them today? Do they have a few screws loose in their heads?” Happy had a vague feeling that there was something wrong. He could only ask for answers from Xu Xin.

She rolled her eyes in a mischievous manner and tilted her head to the side.

”Have you forgotten what you've done?” Her tone was not very bold and confident, but she sounded suspiciously like she was trying to direct her anger on him right then.

”... What did I do?” Happy blinked, feeling very innocent.