Shen Mochen couldn't quite explain why he had invited Catherine out to roam the school celebration together.
But after hearing the conversation between Catherine and Fuzi, he knew that their relationship was definitively on a countdown.
Human nature always detests losses, taking no notice of sothing when possessed, but feeling so regret when about to lose it.
Perhaps for this reason, Shen Mochen felt that since they were going to break up, ending it this way was too regrettable. He was never going to et another girl like Catherine—beautiful, noble, and of good character—in his lifeti.
So, they spent the afternoon together at the school celebration, already famous within the campus. Everyone knew Shen Mochen, and everyone knew he was Catherine's boyfriend.
First Middle School had a variety of attractions, including a restaurant, tea house, board gas, haunted house, planetarium, model room, and even classes that had splurged on many sets of VR equipnt...
Shen Mochen inwardly admired that this was typical of First Middle School, sothing you wouldn't see at other schools.
Freely enjoying the afternoon, they then walked to a botanical garden created by a certain class.
"Liu Chaoyan." Catherine said.
"What?" Shen Mochen instinctively looked around. Liu Chaoyan wasn't supposed to co today, was she?
"Look," Catherine pursed her lips.
Following her gaze, Shen Mochen saw in front of them a pond containing a precious white lotus, shy and on the verge of blooming.
"Doesn't it remind you of her?" Catherine asked.
"Ah... indeed, the disposition is quite similar." Shen Mochen hesitated for a mont and then nodded.
Catherine looked at the introduction beside the lotus: "This was cultivated from an ancient lotus seed unearthed from peat hundreds of years ago. Do you also think it resembles her?"
Shen Mochen was stunned. "What do you an?"
He ant that Liu Chaoyan, like the lotus, was unstained by the world, pure yet not bewitching. But it seed Catherine ant sothing entirely different.
"She doesn't seem like a person of this era, but rather like soone from hundreds of years ago. Every movent, adhering to so-called noble etiquette, every angle, every motion, even every smile, perfectly replicates the highest standards of hundreds of years ago... Just like this lotus, unearthed from the mud of centuries past, showing people the elegance of that era."
Shen Mochen listened silently. He didn't really understand anything about noble standards—Catherine indeed had more say in this.
He rely felt that Liu Chaoyan's every move was very comforting. With a keenness honed in the slums, Shen Mochen subconsciously sensed that the perfect deanor masked countless repetitions of training.
"I think... I don't really grasp your aning."
"I don't imply anything in particular, just feeling sowhat sentintal. This lotus actually isn't very precious these days, it's everywhere in parks. The only reason it was chosen here is because of ti, or rather, seniority."
Catherine sighed softly: "We've seen the flower, we should go. The school celebration is also ending, ti to head back and clean up the class."
As the bell rang through the broadcast, the annual school celebration ca to an end. Guests gradually left and students cleaned up their classrooms, as exams would be held the next day.
...
The next afternoon, students concluded their exams, handing in their papers one by one.
Liu Bo stretched and sighed in his seat: "The school definitely does it on purpose. Every ti right after the school celebration, exams follow..."
"Tonight is my birthday party. Do you want to co to my house?" Shen Mochen asked.
Liu Bo nodded vigorously: "I'll go, I'll go. Yin is coming too, right?"
Shen Mochen grinned: "She should be ho by now, and her teammates are coming over too, all stunning girls."
Liu Bo first brightened up, but his expression then dimd, sighing plaintively: "What does it have to do with ? With you by their side, who will notice , especially since they are all Superpower Users!"
Shen Mochen chuckled, "You can't really say that. A pretty girl's friends must also be pretty girls. You can get close to them, and maybe they can introduce soone to you later!"
"It's easy to say... but I feel like my only reliable chance is to let my parents arrange a blind date for in the future..."
"Let's not talk about such heavy stuff. Did you add Fei Yumo as a friend yesterday?"
"... Yes."
"Did he accept?"
"He accepted."
"He actually did… if he accepted, then it's accepted, but don't you use my na to chat randomly with people!"
"... Don't worry, I won't do that. Do I seem like that type of person?"
"I'm stating it now, I'm not going to clean up your ss later."
Liu Bo was a bit impatient and waved his hand when Catherine suddenly tapped on Shen Mochen's desk.
"Co out for a bit, I have sothing to tell you."
A surge of emotion hit Shen Mochen's heart; guessing what she wanted to say, he stood up amid the teasing looks from Liu Bo and others around and walked out of the classroom to the place where they had first started dating.
The sa sunset, the sa Friday.
From under the sunset, Catherine walked into that secluded alley, her hair flaming like fire.
She had rehearsed this mont for a long ti.
"You've been dumped," Catherine ntioned lightly.
"Looking at , do I still stand a chance?" Shen Mochen followed, smiling.
Holding her head high, Catherine humd, "No chance now. Just rember this period of ti well; it's the luckiest ti in your life."
Shen Mochen smiled and nodded, "Alright, I'll rember it for a lifeti. But I have one request. Even if we break up, can we still be good friends afterward?"
Catherine looked at Shen Mochen with a sidelong glance, "Good friends? You've got guts."
Shen Mochen scratched his face and gave a bitter smile, "If you find it disagreeable, then just forget I said anything..."
"Alright, seeing as you want to be good friends with so much, I'll reluctantly agree. Who am I to deny? Let's count it as your birthday present. Happy birthday."
"Thank you!"
"That's all, I'm going to go now. I hope you have a pleasant evening and good luck with transferring schools."
As Catherine turned around, Shen Mochen could never really see her face clearly.
"... Shen, are you here?"
At that mont, a voice tinged with crying sounded, and Yuncui suddenly appeared.
She seed to have used her superpower, her ears and legs transforming into animal forms. But upon seeing Shen Mochen, they slowly returned to normal.
Ignoring Catherine next to her, Yuncui walked straight up to Shen Mochen and suddenly hugged him tightly.
The corners of his mouth twitched, "Yuncui, what are you doing…"
What's this about, Catherine is still here... Although we've broken up, this still isn't quite appropriate, is it? If you want to hug, take it back ho!
Yuncui's body trembled uncontrollably but still clung onto him, her voice sobbing, "Shen, stay calm... please stay very calm, listen to ..."
Shen Mochen's expression imdiately stiffened, a foreboding sensation suddenly swelling in his heart, sending chills down his spine.
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