Hai Xiu shook his head in an embarrassed manner. “Those aren’t ours to begin with…they’re also quite expensive, the last time you wrecked a desk, didn’t you have to pay a $30 USD fine?”
Feng Fei sneered in response, “You still have the nerve to say this? Why did you think I smashed that desk to begin with? You didn’t even help me pay the fine in the end!” VTPCkK
“Right…back then I should have paid for the desk instead.” Only now did Hai Xiu realize in hindsight. Feeling regretful, he spoke, “Why didn’t I think of this back then? I…I’ll pay you back now.”
Hai Xiu then contemplated for a while before shaking his head, adding on, “Except for my mom’s money, I’ll…give them all to you.”
Feng Fei gave out a chuckle and nodded “Fine. ” He placed Hai Xiu’s wallet into his own schoolbag before speaking again, “You’re done with everything right? Wanna leave now?” 80KZyk
Hai Xiu double-checked his and Feng Fei’s desk and cabinets before finally nodding. “I’m done.”
Hai Xiu took a good look around the classroom, feeling slightly reluctant to part with the place.
A year ago, Ni Meilin found out about what he had gone through before, so she encouraged Hai Xiu to stop shutting himself within his own world and take a step outside, while also helping him hand out the test papers. On the first day that Hai Xiu decided to hand those papers on his own, his hand tightly clutched two of the papers as the school bell rang, not knowing who to give them to.
At that time, Hai Xiu didn’t know who Feng Fei was, and simply handed the two handouts downwards completely by intuition, only betting on that 5050 chance. KZko42
At that time, Feng Fei thought that the new transfer student was just joking with him, so he took the paper after class to find said transfer student, almost accidentally scaring the latter to death.
Hai Xiu stared at Feng Fei, giving a rejoiceful sigh within his heart…it’s lucky he handed out the wrong paper back then.
Otherwise, how would he manage to find such a good man?
Fei Fei smiled. “Hello? Earth to Hai Xiu? Are we going?” YqxlBJ
Hai Xiu nodded passionately. He carried his schoolbag on his back, hugged a pile of books in front before following Feng Fei out of the classroom, and headed down the stairs.
As the light breeze that came after the rain started blowing the flower petals from the expansive cherry blossom trees, signifying the end of the cherry blossom season, Feng Fei and Hai Xiu carried their books through such a scene. Hai Xiu tilted his head upwards as the flower petals rained down upon them. From the branches where the cherry blossoms fell, new buds are forming again.
Hai Xiu lifted the corner of his lips slightly and spoke in a light tone, “It’s regrettable that we can’t find Teacher Yi…I wanted to say farewell to her.”
“We’re coming back when the report card comes out anyways, it’s not like we’re never going to see her again.” Feng Fei gave a rather cheeky grin while speaking secretively, “If she doesn’t show up again today, with the exams just completed, the students will just become even crazier. I wonder what they’ll do to the classroom.” 7y0hQ6
A small distance away, Hai Xiu saw a group of male students forcing the representative of their grade up against the banyan tree. The grade representative desperately hugged a branch of the 100-year-old banyan tree as the boys threw chalk powder at him, causing the former to cry in a flustered manner while the latter clamoured at him from the ground. They held each other’s hands and surrounded the banyan tree as they danced and laughed, taking a group photo together to leave as a memory.
Hai Xiu gave a complicated expression, swallowing his own saliva before nodding. “That’s right…It’s better if Teacher Yi doesn’t come.”
Chrysanthemum Garden.
Hai Xiu accompanied Feng Fei as they bathed in the fragrance of the flower petals, taking large strides out of the school entrance.
In the corner of the blackboard within Form 3 Class 7’s classroom, two sentences were written down. 2u1640
Feng Fei, at the end of the journey.Â
Hai Xiu, at the end of the journey. (TN I still think this is a really bad translation of the idiom urgghhh author y u do dis)
Ni Meilin, who had successfully dodged all the students, stood before the blackboard. She lightly smiled at the two sentences left behind by Feng Fei before taking the chalk and adding her own sentence below it.