SYLM Chapter 10
by VolareChapter 10 Is it because she doesn’t want to be alone with her?
The next day.
Another day of having to get up early before dawn to catch the bus.
In front of the bus stop where she got off last night.
When Chen Lu arrived, the pitiful streetlights hadn’t come on yet, and all around was only darkness and cold.
Two minutes later, a familiar beam of light appeared across the street.
Accompanied by a hurried approach of footsteps, Chen Lu and Gu Wan Jun, who had just rushed to the bus stop, met each other face to face in a short while.
The familiar scent of white tea lingered around her nose. With the help of the flashlight, Chen Lu saw that the magnolia red solid-color scarf around Gu Wan Jun’s neck yesterday had been replaced with a gray-blue plaid scarf.
Unlike yesterday’s all-white outfit, Gu Wan Jun was wearing a brown-toned “Meillard” style today.
The two greeted each other as usual, and Gu Wan Jun thanked her for the flashlight last night.
“Your flashlight was a great help last night, thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”
“I’ll remember to buy one today, I’ll return this to you.”
“Before you buy a new one, teacher, just use this one, I have a spare.”
“Really? Then why haven’t I seen you use it?” Looking at Chen Lu with her hands in her school uniform pockets, Gu Wan Jun asked sincerely.
“Well…it’s a bit cold, so I didn’t take it out.”
Chen Lu almost bit her tongue when she said this.
Sure enough, people still can’t lie.
…
Why not wear gloves if your hands are cold?
Gu Wan Jun was just about to ask this question, but fortunately, the bus that arrived on time saved Chen Lu.
Seeing the bus arrive, the topic was temporarily interrupted, and Gu Wan Jun had to temporarily put away the flashlight.
There were also a lot of people on the bus today.
But fortunately, Chen Lu and Gu Wan Jun were lucky this time, and they got seats after standing for two stops.
It was still the same row of double seats as last night.
Chen Lu once again took the lead and sat in the aisle seat before Gu Wan Jun.
Due to being severely sleep-deprived from going to bed late and getting up early, the two didn’t say much after sitting down, but closed their eyes to catch up on sleep while the bus swayed, in preparation for starting a whole day of learning and work.
When the bus turned onto a new street, Gu Wan Jun, who was closing her eyes to catch up on sleep, suddenly hit her forehead on the car window glass, which woke her up with pain. She gasped, covered her forehead, and looked at the seat next to her as soon as possible.
The headlights of passing cars flashed outside the window. Chen Lu was leaning against the seat in a defensive posture with her eyes closed and her arms around her chest. Her head tilted towards the aisle swayed slightly with the bus. The faint dark circles under her thick eyelashes were probably a concrete portrayal of all high school students.
Looking at Chen Lu, who was so thin and tired, Gu Wan Jun pursed her lips and couldn’t help but feel a burst of heartache. She reached out and gently supported the girl’s head on her shoulder, then closed her eyes.
…
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Ningcheng No. 1 High School gate.
The bus arrived at the station, and an emergency brake directly woke Chen Lu up.
Her cheeks gradually felt a soft, fluffy touch, and when she realized that she seemed to be leaning on Gu Wan Jun’s shoulder, Chen Lu instantly had an earthquake in her pupils and immediately bounced up and sat up straight!
Chen Lu shook her head, all sleepiness gone. She just turned her head to apologize to Gu Wan Jun, but then heard the other person’s gentle and kind voice:
“We’re at school, it’s time to get off the bus. You’re not sweating, are you?”
“…”
Eye to eye, Gu Wan Jun’s beautiful peach blossom eyes seemed to hide warmth that could melt all the coldness.
Chen Lu blinked and managed to squeeze out a no.
“It’s good that you’re not sweating. What’s the use of just wearing a mask in this cold winter? What if you catch a cold?”
“…Yeah.”
Chen Lu responded simply. Facing such concern, she didn’t know how to answer.
Fortunately, the rear door of the bus opened, and people on the bus got off one after another, and the conversation between the two had to end.
When getting up from the seat, Chen Lu touched her cheeks that had started to heat up at some point, through the thin layer of black mask.
…
The winter in the Northeast is indeed well-deserved. As soon as she got off the bus, the hard and dry cold wind was like whips lashing at people.
Gu Wan Jun subconsciously buried her face in her scarf. She was going to buy breakfast at the breakfast cart at the school gate as usual.
Before going, Gu Wan Jun turned to ask Chen Lu, who got off the bus behind her, if she wanted to eat something, but Chen Lu said she had already eaten.
Did she have time to eat breakfast getting up so early?
Gu Wan Jun drew a question mark in her heart, but didn’t want to ask further.
The breakfast vendor was still quick in her movements. After taking the packed breakfast, in just the time it took to pay, Gu Wan Jun turned her head, and Chen Lu, who was originally behind her, had disappeared.
…
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Second Grade (12) Class.
As soon as Chen Lu entered the classroom, she saw Fu Yi Wen, who was collecting political science homework in the back row of the classroom. Her round face with small freckles had lost its usual smiling look, and at the moment, there wasn’t a hint of a smile.
Obviously, Fu Yi Wen was unhappy about the arrival of the new politics teacher today.
The two greeted each other, and Chen Lu returned to her seat.
…
6:30, the morning self-study bell rang.
Gu Wan Jun arrived in class on time.
Chen Lu wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Gu Wan Jun’s complexion seemed much paler than it had been on the bus.
After observing carefully for more than ten seconds, Chen Lu noticed that Gu Wan Jun seemed to be rubbing her lower abdomen from time to time.
Is she feeling unwell?
…
After clearing the desk to prepare to start dictating the small tests for each subject, the broadcast notified the homeroom teachers of each class in the second grade to attend a meeting.
Before going to the meeting, Gu Wan Jun instructed the class monitor Li Wen Qi to go to the podium to supervise the small tests. After the small tests for each subject were completed and collected, they should be temporarily placed in the hands of the class representatives for each subject and sent to the offices of each subject after class.
Since the Chinese class representative Qin Hao Yang had asked for leave for morning self-study, Gu Wan Jun specifically instructed that after the Chinese dictation was completed, the small tests should be collected and first handed over to Chen Lu. If she hadn’t finished the meeting by the end of morning self-study, Chen Lu should send the small tests to the Chinese office.
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Wan Jun’s gaze turned to the third row by the window, made eye contact with Chen Lu, and then left the class with her notebook for the meeting.
…
Although the homeroom teacher Gu Wan Jun was not in the class, the surveillance camera in the back of the classroom kept creaking and turning, and it was obvious that someone was checking the surveillance.
Under such circumstances, the morning self-study of Class 12 had to be spent in silence.
The small tests for each subject were completed in order. Until the last subject, the Chinese small tests, were handed over to Chen Lu, the bell for the end of morning self-study rang, and Gu Wan Jun still hadn’t returned.
The students got up from their seats to move around, those who needed to go to the bathroom went to the bathroom, and those who needed to eat breakfast in the hallway ate breakfast.
Chen Lu looked back at the seat of Qin Hao Yang, the Chinese class representative in the back row, but that person hadn’t come yet.
…
“Let’s go, Lu Lu, let’s go to the office to send the small tests.”
Behind her seat, Fu Yi Wen patted Chen Lu’s shoulder.
The Liberal Arts office and the Chinese office were both on the 4th floor, so it was just along the way.
…
When they reached the 3rd floor, the math representative Jiang Zhen Zhen went to the secretary’s office to send math homework and small tests to Wang Zhen De.
4th floor.
After stepping on the last step, Fu Yi Wen, holding the political science test paper, sighed with exaggerated facial expressions, and entered the Liberal Arts office with a look of resignation.
On the other side, Chen Lu knocked on the door of the Chinese office with the Chinese small tests in her hand.
There were only a few Chinese teachers who had just arrived and had classes in the first period in the office.
Teacher Li Bing, who often joked with Chen Lu, was also among them.
“Oh, the little beauty class representative is here.”
The rhetoric of teasing had not changed. Chen Lu had long been accustomed to it. She pinched the Chinese small tests in her hand and said politely, “Hello, teachers.”
Perhaps thinking that Chen Lu was looking for Gu Wan Jun for something, Li Bing smiled and poured coffee powder into her water cup while enthusiastically explaining:
“Your homeroom teacher has gone to a meeting and should be back soon. If you have something to do, wait here for a while.”
“I’m fine, I’m just here to send the small tests,” Chen Lu said truthfully.
“Oh, you’re continuing to be the class representative?” Li Bing’s face showed more happiness than surprise.
“No, our Chinese class representative asked for leave for morning self-study, so the homeroom teacher asked me to send the small tests up.”
“Oh, I see.” Li Bing curled her lips and looked regretful:
“Oh, it’s such a pity that you’re not the class representative. Yesterday afternoon, some of us teachers were chatting and mentioned you. Your teacher Gu was originally looking forward to you being her class representative.”
“…”
Gu Wan Jun herself had said this once yesterday, and Chen Lu really didn’t know how to respond.
Seeming to have noticed a hint of embarrassment, Li Bing closed the lid of her water cup, shook it vigorously, and then changed the subject:
“But your teacher Gu also said that she said you’re not feeling well, and your health and studies are more important than anything else at this stage. Whether or not you’re a class representative is a small matter. Okay, I’ve been chattering so much with you. I have a class in the first period and have to go to class.”
“Okay, goodbye, teacher.”
“See you later.”
Li Bing was about to go downstairs with the things she needed for class, but the door opened before she reached the door, and she ran into Gu Wan Jun and Yang Jin Feng, who had returned from the meeting and were walking to the door. The voices of their conversation were clearly transmitted into the office—
Yang Jin Feng: “Your situation is either from catching a cold or straining yourself. I have a heating pad in my drawer, do you want to use it?”
Gu Wan Jun: “No need, Sister Jin Feng, I have Class 1 in the first period, and it’s not convenient to carry it. I’ll just drink some hot water after class.”
Li Bing interjected: “What’s wrong, Wan Jun, special circumstances?”
Gu Wan Jun: “Yeah, it’s nothing, you go ahead and get busy.”
Li Bing: “Okay, take care of yourself. I have a class in the first period and have to go downstairs to write the blackboard writing first. I’m leaving, Sister Jin Feng.”
Yang Jin Feng: “Go ahead, alas, it’s really tormenting to teach during the special time of the month. You—hey, Chen Lu?”
The conversation came to an abrupt end. Yang Jin Feng was the first to enter the office. Seeing Chen Lu standing next to Gu Wan Jun’s desk, she was pleasantly surprised and immediately turned her head to say to Gu Wan Jun, who had just entered the door:
“Hey, Wan Jun, just right, just right. Your class’s little class representative is here. Let her help you take the textbooks, amplifier, thermos cup, etc. to Class 1 first.”
“…”
As a senior homeroom teacher, Yang Jin Feng sits in the classroom from morning till night, so she doesn’t know much about what happens in the Chinese office.
This includes the fact that Chen Lu is no longer the Chinese class representative.
Yang Jin Feng had no idea at all.
…
Seeing Chen Lu standing next to her desk, Gu Wan Jun subconsciously put down her hand rubbing her lower back, and a familiar smile appeared on her lips, as if nothing had happened.
But this small action was seen by Chen Lu. She put the Chinese small tests in her hand on the desk and took the initiative to say:
“Teacher, all the Chinese small tests have been collected.”
“Okay.”
“Teacher, let me help you take the things you need for class to Class 1.”
“No need, there aren’t many things, I can take them myself. You go back to class, class is about to start,” Gu Wan Jun refused on the grounds that class was about to start.
She knew that Yang Jin Feng’s words were out of good intentions, and Chen Lu, as a student, was embarrassed to refuse, so she wanted to refuse Chen Lu, so that neither of them would feel embarrassed or embarrassed.
However, Chen Lu seemed not to understand her hint, that person stood there without moving, and those dark and bright crescent eyes just stared at her steadily, with a sincere expression:
“I’ll take them, what does the teacher need to take?”
“…”
…
After handing the things she needed for class to Chen Lu to hold, Gu Wan Jun glanced at the time. She originally wanted to go downstairs with her, but Chen Lu said that she would go down first to send the things to Class 1, and then left the office in a hurry.
Chen Lu left the office first. Gu Wan Jun greeted the other teachers in the office, and then almost immediately left the office.
Only a few seconds passed between the two, but when Gu Wan Jun came out of the office, she only saw a slender figure disappear into the corner of the stairs at the end of the corridor.
Recalling that when she turned around to buy breakfast, Chen Lu was nowhere to be seen, a hint of confusion and helplessness flashed in Gu Wan Jun’s eyes.
Why is this child running so fast? Is it because she doesn’t want to be alone with her?