Ji Mingxia sat beside Yu Ning for two days until the day before the college entrance exams, when the school gave everyone a special holiday to confirm their exam venues.
Yu Ning was lucky enough to be drawn to take the exam at school, while Ji Mingxia, Zhao Zhuoye, and the others had to take their exams at another secondary school in Funan County.
Early in the morning, Ji Mingxia was pulled out of school by Zhao Zhuoye.
The residential students spent a lot of time at school and only had the opportunity to go out on weekends.
After senior year, there were even fewer opportunities to go out of school.
The last time Zhao Zhouye and the others left the school was two months ago, so once they left the school, they were like wild horses, dragging Ji Mingxia everywhere in a hurry.
After confirming their exam venue in the morning, the group went to the shopping mall in the afternoon and settled down in the food court for a meal.
Although the food in the canteen was good, it was still far from the food in the food court.
The food was so good that Ji Mingxia and his roommates ate as much as they could, and before he left, he packed a few snacks for Yu Ning to take back with him.
Although the county was small and the buses were slow, there was a stop right outside the school gate, so it was easy to get back to school.
Seeing that the school was just around the corner, Ji Mingxia and the others got off the bus one by one.
The snacks that Ji Mingxia bought for Yu Ning included spicy skewers and filling shrimp dumplings, so they had some of each.
A cool breeze blew by, and Ji Mingxia hurriedly gripped his bag, but the more he walked, the cooler the surrounding area became.
It was a hot summer day, and he had just been sweating in the food court, but on arriving at the school gate, it was suddenly chilly.
He was sensitive to the chill that penetrated his bones, and he immediately scanned the area.
The next moment, he saw a faint candle light shimmering in the distance.
As the exams were about to start, all the other grades were on holiday and only the senior students were around the school.
The entrance to the school was quiet, and although the lights were bright, there were always dark areas that could not be illuminated.
The candle flame burned in the darkness, and with the eerie chill, Ji Mingxia immediately turned pale.
His first reaction was, ‘Damn, Yu Ning is not here!’
The next moment, Ji Mingxia heard Zhao Zhouye whisper, “Is there someone there…”
It was fine that he didn’t speak, but when he said this, everyone’s expressions changed.
In the end, Chen Zhen was the first to react: “Oh, don’t scare yourselves. I remembered, I just saw in the class group that Lin Siyun’s parents are coming to the school gate tonight.”
“Lin Siyun’s parents?” a surprised roommate inquired, “It’s late at night; what’s going on there?”
“This atmosphere, why does it feel a bit ……”
Chen Zhen said, “It’s time to light a candle for Lin Siyun.”
The faces of the group looked a little better as they confirmed that the corner was being operated by a live person.
However, the coolness was still a little scary, even if all the boys were present, they all felt a little nervous.
Out of politeness, everyone deliberately looked away and stopped staring in the direction of the candle.
The atmosphere was not conducive to chatting, so everyone took out their mobile phones to check their messages as they walked toward the school entrance.
Ji Mingxia also hurriedly clicked to check. Only then did he learn that not only did Lin Siyun have excellent grades, but she had also already discussed the university she wanted with her parents and even made plans for the summer vacation of her senior year.
No one thought that she would die at the school gate before the college entrance examinations.
Lin Siyun died holding her books even after being run over by a car, which shocked many people and caused Lin Siyun’s parents a lot of heartache.
In their opinion, their daughter must have been filled with regret because she had not yet taken her college entrance exams, and that is why she crawled so far in pain and died clutching her school bag.
So Lin Siyun’s parents applied to the school to allow them to offer incense at the school entrance on the eve of the exams, to calm their daughter’s regrets.
Although Li Siyun died at the school gate and her parents were upset, they did not make a fuss about holding the school accountable.
The school couldn’t bear to see Lin Siyun’s parents in such a state, and they finally agreed to their request.
At the moment, the class group was discussing the matter, and the messages are flying.
[Lin Siyun’s parents are so pitiful.]
[Who would have thought that such an accident…her parents couldn’t even bear to look at the body when they came to collect it… alas.]
[This matter is being discussed all over the county, and the school is under a lot of pressure. An accident at the school gate would also affect the school’s reputation. Fortunately, the parents didn’t pursue it. ]
[It is said that after Lin Siyun left, her parents couldn’t sleep all day and all night. They invited someone to come, and the person said that Lin Siyun’s wish was unfulfilled, and she stayed in this world, refusing to leave. Her parents probably thought that she still wanted to take the college entrance examination. ]
[She and Li Youzi made an appointment to go to the same university. Li Youzi was a year her senior and had just started college.]
[With her gone, Li Youzi also stopped doing live broadcasts. ]
[Li Youzi and Lin Siyun grew up together and were best friends. She was so saddened by the death, and many people are worried about her mental health. 】
[She left with her schoolbag in her arms… Indeed, it’s so sad. Alas.]
[There was a lot of discussion on the Internet, so the school gave special permission to allow parents to light lamps and incense at the school gate; otherwise, it would allow feudal superstition.]
[It can also be considered as fulfilling her parents’ wish, but it is a concern. 】
After reading these messages, the roommates could not help but fall silent.
Especially after hearing a faint sob in that dark corner. When they thought of the sorrow of the elderly parents, everyone panicked and walked into the school quickly so as not to disturb them.
Ji Mingxia’s heart was even heavier.
From a certain point of view, Lin Siyun’s parents’ hunch was correct.
Lin Siyun had not disappeared immediately after the car accident but had become another form of existence in this world.
When you think about it, the ghost wanted to enter a person’s body and possess them, and the people it chose were Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia, both senior students.
Perhaps she was still obsessed and wanted to come back to fulfill her unfulfilled wish.
However, the ghost was so distorted by the mysterious item that, aside from looking female, Ji Mingxia did not see any connection between the ghost and Lin Siyun.
With the disappearance of the ghost, the last traces of Lin Siyun also disappeared from this world.
It was a pity for the young girl, and for her two elderly parents, who were left in the dark.
As a result of the accidental encounter, the rest of the journey was inevitably silent.
It was only when they got back to the dormitory building, with the temperature rising and the bright lights reflecting on everyone, that everyone’s mood improved a little.
The dormitory manager and his wife were sitting by the window watching TV. When they saw Ji Mingxia and the others enter, they greeted them and gave everyone some apples they had bought today.
“Don’t be too nervous, don’t have too much mental stress, be safe and have a good high school experience.” The auntie looked at them and said with a smile.
“Thank you, Auntie!”
“Bye Auntie, I will definitely pass the exam tomorrow!”
“I’m sure you’ll do well on your exams tomorrow!”
“There’s no pressure. If you don’t do well, you can come back and repeat the year.”
“Bah, go away Zhao Zhouye. *Children’s words carry no harm.”
*Metaphor for a naïve and ridiculous person.
“It’s enough to study once in senior year. Who wants to suffer again?”
“We’ve booked a hotel to go on holiday after the exams. We must all perform well and have fun afterwards. ” Chen Zhen shouted.
Ji Mingxia was originally thinking about how to ask the auntie for another apple and take it to Yu Ning.
He froze for a moment, and on hearing this, couldn’t help but ask, “Booked a hotel?”
“Yes.” Chen Zhen looked at Ji Mingxia as a matter of course and said, “What’s wrong?”
Ji Mingxia almost blurted out, “What hotel booking?” but after almost embarrassing himself in front of Yu Ning last time, he had learned his lesson. Ji Mingxia steadied his face and said, “If you are to go there after the entrance exams, you should prepare well in advance, right?”
“Yes, but what is there to prepare for?” Zhao Zhouye said, “It’s just a few of us. We signed up for the tour, the hotel is also booked, tickets and so on are bought …… I guess I have to do a little psychological construction to share a room with Chen Zhen. It’s really hard work… Alas, no one wants to sleep with him, I’m the only one to bear this grievance. ”
“Go away, we are sleeping in a double room. Don’t say it as if we are sleeping together.”
“Sleeping in a double room with you is also a challenge. If I hadn’t pitied you, I would have ordered a room with Mingxia long ago. ” Zhao Zhuoyue said, and gestured to Ji Mingxia, “Right Mingxia, how cool is it to be alone?”
Ji Mingxia nodded and tried to guide the group to talk more about this topic so that he could extract some useful information.
Luckily, Zhao Zhuoyue was quite a talker.
Once the topic of the hotel was brought up, he talked endlessly.
It was hard to get out of the heavy atmosphere, and everyone wanted to lighten up a bit, so they just joined in the discussion and talked about happy things to ease their minds.
It was only after a few moments of sitting quietly and listening that Ji Mingxia finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that Ji Mingxia from this world had agreed to go on a holiday with his roommates at a nearby scenic hotel after the exams.
They had signed up a month earlier and all the members of the dormitory, except for Yu Ning, were going.
Zhao Zhuoyue and the other four booked two double rooms.
The original idea was for Ji Mingxia to also book a double room with an extra bed so that he could sleep with someone and save money.
But Ji Mingxia, who was the richest kid in the dormitory, naturally refused to wrong himself and booked a separate single room.
Not only that, but Ji Mingxia also helped everyone to book tickets for attractions and other tours in advance. He had already paid all the money and was waiting for the college entrance examination to end.
Ji Mingxia was originally prepared to go home and face his family after the exams, but he didn’t expect to go on a holiday afterwards.
Ji Mingxia of this world was much more active than he is. When he finished the college entrance examination last year, he immediately went home and stayed there for two months.
Something unexpected had come up, and Ji Mingxia was slightly stunned, but he quickly calmed down.
It wasn’t the first day he had transmigrated, and going out with his roommates was no different from being in the dormitory.
After spending the last few days together, Ji Mingxia was quite fond of Zhao Zhuoye and Chen Zhen, so it was good to get together again as they were about to part.
The only thing he needed to consider was that he had already invited five people to go, so should he invite Yu Ning and go as a dormitory?
If it were before, Ji Mingxia would have been relieved that the protagonist wasn’t there, so he could just let his hair down and have a happy holiday with his classmates.
But after all this time together, Yu Ning was more to Ji Mingxia than just a paper person.
He was a three-dimensional, living, breathing person.
But if Yu Ning is included… What if Yu Ning changes because of his actions?
Before the ghost appeared, Ji Mingxia had no choice but to do so. Now that the ghost has disappeared and everything is quiet again, the time for Yu Ning to go to university is getting closer and closer. Any accident at such a time could interfere with Yu Ning’s future.
He wasn’t worried about changing his fate now, as his persona was already in shambles anyway.
But he still didn’t want Yu Ning to be affected.
After all, he was the protagonist of the novel, and although he was living a miserable life now, there were infinite possibilities for him in the future, and many, many people would come to love and admire him.
He was so distracted by this question that he didn’t take part in the next discussion about the details of the hotel holiday.
Of course, before he went upstairs, he went to the auntie and asked for another apple before following the majority of the team back to the dormitory.
Yu Ning’s examination center was at the school; he knew where it was without having to look, so he spent the day in the dormitory.
When Ji Mingxia returned, Yu Ning was sitting at his desk writing something.
He thought that he was still revising at night and wanted to advise him to relax a bit. With Yu Ning’s grades, he would go to the top school, and he didn’t have to fight like this at all.
As a result, Yu Ning put away the homework paper and put it directly into the drawer. When he saw Ji Mingxia coming, Yu Ning lifted his head slightly and looked at him.
The light reflected on his face, making the contours of his nasal bones and lower jaw particularly angled. His pale skin contrasted with his pupils, which looked even clearer than usual.
Perhaps it was his illusion, but Yu Ning looked as if he was waiting for him to say something.
It was true that Ji Mingxia had a lot to say.
Whether it was the examination center for tomorrow’s examinations, the meeting with Lin Siyun’s parents when he returned tonight, or the arrangements he would make after the examinations were over …… he kind of wanted to discuss it with Yu Ning.
But because there was so much to talk about, Ji Mingxia didn’t know what to say for a while.
Fortunately, he was still carrying the snacks he had just packed and handed them to Yu Ning along with an apple: “I went to the snack street in the afternoon, and I came back with some food. You can try it too.”
Yu Ning froze for a moment: “For me?”
“Yes.” Ji Mingxia said, adding, “They’re all things I love to eat, and the apple is from the managing auntie, wishing us peace and prosperity.”
At his words, Yu Ning’s eyes lit up for a moment. Although he restrained his emotions, he could not hide the good mood he felt for a moment.
He immediately reached out his hand and took them one by one, whispering to Ji Mingxia, “Thank you.”
Seeing his expression, Ji Mingxia swallowed all the words he wanted to say.
Forget it, the entrance exams are tomorrow. Let’s talk about it some other time.
