The bell rang, signaling the end of class; today was graduation day for the senior students.
While the twelfth-graders were still sobbing and signing yearbooks, Lư Thanh had already slipped away.
She ran along the familiar path, a route she had taken every single day for the past three years, to get to him – Thẩm Tư Nam.
“Tư Nam, what do you think, will Lư Thanh show up later?”
“No need to guess, of course she will,” the two friends teased each other. Only Thẩm Tư Nam stood leaning against the wall, his face etched with annoyance.
“So what if she comes? What does that have to do with me?”
Seeing his irritation, the other two immediately fell silent.
It seemed Thẩm Tư Nam utterly detested Lư Thanh.
And it was understandable; that girl Lư Thanh had persistently pursued Thẩm Tư Nam for three years.
Bringing him water, bringing him breakfast, and even acting cute to demand he tutor her.
The friend with the spiky hair, who looked a bit rebellious, exclaimed, “That’s right, it has nothing to do with you.
In fact, it seems she’s switched to liking me lately.
I keep seeing her look at me.” His teasing tone was incessant.
The guy next to him shifted nervously, winking to signal him to shut up. But with his brain, how could he understand? He just thought the other guy agreed with him and continued, “Honestly, I think Lư Thanh is really pretty! If she liked me, I would…”
“Shut up! That Lư Thanh is just a motherless girl, constantly trailing after me and pulling all sorts of stunts. It’s obvious she wasn’t raised properly.
Even if she’s pretty, it’s just for show. Look, she whines and makes me tutor her all afternoon over a simple math problem.”
“Yeah, I get it, but why are you yelling at me?” He said weakly, stepping away from Thẩm Tư Nam in fright.
Only then did Thẩm Tư Nam realize he had lost control. He calmed down and walked away.
“What’s wrong with him?” He watched Thẩm Tư Nam’s retreating figure, asking the person next to him in confusion.
“You, you’re just too dense.”
As Thẩm Tư Nam’s best friend, how could he not realize that this young master was head over heels for the girl, yet too proud to admit it?
And this clueless guy just loved to add fuel to the fire.
Hiding behind the wall, Lư Thanh bit her lip to suppress her sobs, her hand clutching tightly to her notebook.
She stood frozen there. Luckily, the two lower grades had the day off, and the twelfth-graders were all gathered in their respective classrooms, so no one came to this spot.
After a long while, she finally calmed down, stabilizing her emotions. It seemed her past three years had been wasted.
Every morning she would go for a run, just wanting to be with him for a little while.
Every time he had a ball game, she would go buy water and watch him play, but he had never once accepted her water.
Thẩm Tư Nam had rejected her bluntly many times, but Lư Thanh had stubbornly continued to pursue him.
Even though he was a bit sharp-tongued, he had never once attacked her self-esteem. Yet today…
So this was what she truly was to him!
“Lư Thanh? Why are you here? The whole class is discussing going out later!”
“Oh! Coming right away!”
Today was meant to be a day for the class to say their goodbyes, before everyone faced the important upcoming exams.
Lư Thanh had originally wanted to apply to University A because she had vaguely heard that Thẩm Tư Nam wanted to go there.
It wasn’t too late to change her aspirations now. University A required very high scores, and with Lư Thanh’s academic level, it was practically unreachable.
Just like her feelings for Thẩm Tư Nam.
She knew he was a rich young master from a powerful and influential family, yet she had still pursued him regardless.
Thẩm Tư Nam had the looks of a perfect male idol; he was academically excellent and also good at sports.
To be precise, he was the ideal first love for many girls, Lư Thanh included.
So, at first sight, she had already fallen for him, and that feeling had persisted until now.
But she would...! stop liking him!