The further developnt of the incident took everyone by surprise. Susu’s expulsion was not necessarily irreversible, yet following that, the school announced another explosive piece of news: Qi Hao, a second-year student in clinical dicine, and Susu from Nursing Class 3, had privately taken forbidden substances out of the lab, causing very serious consequences and generating a terrible social impact, leading to their expulsion.
This news, like a blockbuster bomb, beca a hot topic of conversation after als at the dical college.
Qi Hao was sowhat famous on campus, with excellent academic results and a mber of the school basketball team. Such an incident naturally caused a sensation, especially since his girlfriend was involved, both of them making the mistake together.
In Luo Shangqing’s office, Mu Chenxi slumped over his desk, disheartened: "Professor Luo, please, have a word with the president on Susu’s behalf. She’s really pitiable. It wasn’t easy for her to get into dical school from a small county town, and her family is counting on her to make sothing of herself."
Luo Shangqing poured a cup of water and placed it in front of her, "If it was just a fight, I could vouch for her, but taking dangerous goods out of the lab privately - even the president can’t shield her from this charge."
Indeed, Mu Chenxi knew what Luo Shangqing ant, but she still held a glimr of hope, seeking a slim chance of salvation.
Luo Shangqing sat beside her, his hand resting on her head as he looked into her eyes that gradually beca veiled with sadness: "Do you rember the sulfuric acid attack that happened two months ago? It had a very negative impact on society."
"The one where the guy threw sulfuric acid to take revenge on his ex-girlfriend? Wasn’t he arrested?"
Luo Shangqing nodded, "And the sulfuric acid used by the attacker was purchased from Qi Hao and Susu. Although sulfuric acid isn’t expensive, due to its specialized use, it can be sold for a high price. Investigations revealed that they exchanged a bottle of sulfuric acid for five thousand yuan."
Mu Chenxi was shocked and jumped up from the desk. She had never imagined that the seemingly timid Susu would dare to do such a thing. She suddenly recalled how, during the winter vacation, she and Qi Hao had enrolled in a language class and rented a place outside. She had wondered where they got the money from; could it be from their families? Now thinking about it, it turns out they followed an illicit path.
"This big sister, she’s too muddled. She must have been brainwashed by Qi Hao. Doesn’t she know the consequences of doing this?" Mu Chenxi banged the desk, frustrated at the thought of wasted potential.
Luo Shangqing pulled her into his embrace, "Alright, alright, you’ll break the desk at this rate."
"Is there really no other way?" Mu Chenxi still wanted to make a final effort. She was here, not only carrying the hope of Susu but also the hopes of their entire dormitory. No one wanted to see Susu end her university career just like that.
Luo Shangqing shook his head once more, his tone gentle and voice pleasant, "Mu Chenxi, what I can do now is to help her realize her forr dream."
"Her forr dream?" Mu Chenxi lifted her head in his embrace.
"Didn’t you say that Susu aid to beco a doctor who saves lives in her small county town after graduating from dical school, because the dical facilities there are very backward?"
Mu Chenxi thought hard; she seed to have ntioned it in passing conversation, but even she had forgotten about it after speaking, whereas Luo Shangqing rembered it distinctly.
"I can use my connections to find her a job at the hospital in that county. As for her future developnt, it will depend on her own fate."
"Thank you for , Professor Luo." After hearing this news, Susu’s inner gloom seed to clear up sowhat, "Sister Four, do you rember how you once warned not to forget my initial dream for the sake of Qi Hao? Actually, I never dared to forget. That dically underdeveloped little county, though poor and crappy, is where I was born and raised. My relatives wouldn’t have passed away if it wasn’t for the lack of dical care. So, I still decide to return to my hotown, to contribute my modest effort to the dical developnt there. I won’t be able to attend university, and that’s regretful, but after these two years, I have learned quite a lot. Don’t worry, I won’t blindly worship love anymore. I will make good use of what I’ve learned in the past two years and try to carry it forward as much as possible."
On the day Susu left, after three consecutive days of heavy rain, Aus City finally cleared up.
The train station in the morning seed to be washed extra clean by the rain, but in the crowded hall, the floor was covered with black footprints. The cleaner kept scrubbing, yet could not make it look entirely clean, just like when soone leaves another person’s heart, no matter what, the traces of her existence cannot be erased.
The four sisters embraced each other, weeping so much they were tears personified. Every mont of the past two years flashed before their eyes, all the unhappiness turned into bubbles, leaving behind only precious mories.
Together in madness, in mischief, in tears, in laughter, sharing dreams, grappling with reality.
On the way back, Mu Chenxi kept wiping her tears. To lighten her mood, Luo Shangqing tuned into a very popular radio station, which was playing music.
After a song ended, the warm voice of the host ca through: "There’s a girl who just called in. She’s on a train right now, moving farther away from Aus City. She hopes, through this program, to thank her three dear sisters for their tolerance and contributions, and to wish them a future as bright as brocade. No matter how high the mountains or long the rivers in the future, she will silently bless them from the bottom of her heart for a lifeti of peace. Next, let’s dedicate the song ’Ti Brews Rain’ to those three lovely girls, and ask them to never forget that they still have a good sister, though far away."
After listening, Mu Chenxi burst into tears and threw herself into Luo Shangqing’s arms, crying uncontrollably. anwhile, in a taxi, Xinyu and Quan Jin, who were listening to the radio, embraced and cried out loud together.
The speeding train headed north, and Susu leaned against the window, watching the scenery of Aus City swiftly recede, tears leaving a mark of sorrow on her cheeks.
Farewell, Aus City, farewell, my sisters.
"We’ve promised never to part,
To stay together, always, always,
Even if we’re enemies of ti,
Even if we’re estranged from the whole world.
What night is this night?
Lush grass spread all around
A bright moon to send you a thousand miles away
Until next year, when the autumn wind starts to sway."
～
In the blink of an eye, the sweltering sumr arrived, and Chenxi finally couldn’t hold back and asked Luo ijuan about the immigration matter during a al.
"Haven’t you seen your dad so busy lately that he’s hardly visible? Our office is also doing various researches, and there’s simply no ti to push things along. However, a few days ago the embassy called and said that it’s almost all handled."
Almost handled? This was the last thing Chenxi wanted to hear; she felt so clogged up that she struggled to swallow even her favorite sweet and sour ribs.
Back in her room, Chenxi found a WeChat ssage on her phone with a familiar avatar—Luo Ri.
She eagerly lay on the bed and excitedly opened WeChat.
"Chenxi, there’s a thirty-first this month." The ssage was so out of the blue that Chenxi was baffled. She flipped through the calendar and indeed, there was a 31st this month.
"What about the 31st?" She replied.
"Just a reminder." That was all he said.
So, Chenxi turned on her computer and entered the 31st of this month into the search engine, but no matter how much she searched, she couldn’t figure out anything special about that day. In the end, she gave up; Shangqing was always so mysterious, throwing puzzles into the conversation. Didn’t he know her intelligence wasn’t on the sa level as his?
With that thought, she playfully typed "Luo Shangqing" into the search bar, and a bunch of web pages popped up. She clicked on the top entry from Baidu Baike, which practically lifted him to the skies with its description, listing all sorts of papers and awards he’d won, calling him a genius, a wunderkind.
But that wasn’t what caught Chenxi’s attention; what she zeroed in on were his basic details which included the date of his birth—It didn’t specify which year, just that it was X month and the 31st day.
Like a flash of enlightennt, Chenxi suddenly understood the aning behind Shangqing’s cryptic ssage. He was reminding her that his birthday was at the end of this month and she calculated that only a week was left.
Chenxi instantly beca anxious and started to worry about what birthday gift to give him.
He seed to lack nothing, and she truly couldn’t think of what to give him.
Chenxi opened the drawer of her desk and fished out all the pocket money she had been saving up. Counting it all up, it was just over two thousand yuan.
Holding the two thousand yuan, she was so worried her hair was practically turning white.
"Professor Luo’s birthday? What gift to give?" Quan Jin lay on the bed in the dormitory, admiring her newly done nails, "Isn’t that easy."
Chenxi imdiately brown-nosed: "Please enlighten , great guru."
"Give him your first night."
Chenxi nearly choked out blood, "Quan Jin, can you be serious? My Professor Luo is an upright gentleman."
"I don’t believe he’d refuse if it was offered free of charge on his bed." Quan Jin put an almond in her mouth with her clean and beautiful hand, "n think with their lower half, your Professor Luo is no exception, unless he has so physiological defect."
"Get lost, skip that one, think of sothing else."
"What hobbies does your Professor Luo have?"
"Doing experints," Chenxi blurts out without thinking.
Quan Jin facepalms, "Sister, you’re not really planning to give him lab equipnt, are you?"
Lab equipnt? Suddenly, Chenxi thought of sothing, smacked her forehead, and kissed the phone, "Thank you, Quan Jin."
"Hey, are you really gifting those broken glass things, hey hey, Chenxi, have you gone mad..." Quan Jin was still shouting, but the phone had already been hung up.
In the following week, Chenxi started to secretly make preparations, buying a box of stuff from the internet and running between the kitchen and bedroom whenever she had ti.
Luo ijuan found it strange and asked her about it, but she refused to say anything, leaving Luo ijuan utterly frustrated, "This child is getting more and more independent. She used to share little secrets with , but now not even a fart cos out no matter how much you prod."
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