Chapter 417: The High School Romance of Childhood Sweethearts (A Must-Read Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter!)
April, late spring and early summer.
"Ring ring ring..."
"It's class time, all students please immediately return to your classrooms and prepare for study..."
The class bell, as if ingrained in the students' bones, rang out.
Even students leisurely browsing the snack stalls outside the school had to quicken their steps towards the school.
No matter how unwilling, they had to make it back to class before the bell rang.
Being late for school isn't like being late for work, where you get your wages docked, but if you're late, parents might still dock your allowance.
It's like being trapped by capitalism for life.
"What are you doing?"
Xu Musen turned his head to look at Yao Mingyue, who was constantly fiddling with her bangs.
"I'm just covering my bangs a bit... Will this make me look a bit younger?"
Yao Mingyue usually left her long hair down naturally, exuding a carefree and mature aura.
But now, she had tied her hair into a high ponytail and even brushed her bangs, leaving two small strands hanging by her temples, moving naturally.
This was the most common hairstyle among high school girls, full of youthful vitality.
Xu Musen laughed, gently twisting the strands of hair on both sides: "I've always been curious, why do you girls all like to leave these catfish whiskers?"
"Can you even talk? What catfish whiskers! These are to frame the face and make it look slimmer!"
Yao Mingyue ground her teeth in discontent and punched him lightly.
Xu Musen pinched her cheeks, gently teasing her hair while smiling: "I just like your face, if it gets slimmer then the territory I love shrinks, doesn't it?"
Actually, Xu Musen just liked Yao Mingyue's carefree aura, not that she wasn't cute, but a cool girl is more appealing, no?
Yao Mingyue's tightly closed little tiger teeth suddenly turned into cat teeth, her nose tip slowly turning red: "Scumbag, smooth talker... Hey, stop touching them, the bangs get greasy easily."
She grumbled, brushing away Xu Musen's hand.
"Then let's go."
Xu Musen looked towards the familiar teaching building, the experience of blending into the school so openly was indeed quite interesting.
Students around them laughed and ran, rushing to get into the campus before the official class bell rang.
Behind her, Yao Mingyue took out her small mirror and checked her appearance. In the end, she still brushed back the small strands of bangs by her temples, losing a bit of cuteness but gaining her own confidence and flair.
Heh heh... It seems he has some taste after all.
"Come on, let's go."
Xu Musen urged her, once the class bell rang, the security at the gate would really start stopping people.
"Yeah yeah, I never saw you this eager in school before."
Yao Mingyue hummed, following Xu Musen with a light step.
Crossing the gate, the two security uncles at the entrance, though not very good at fighting, were still quite dedicated, their eyes constantly scanning the crowd.
A few days ago they just zoned out, and a couple secretly dating managed to slip out, they still hadn't caught them, and the Director was always lamenting about it.
Though it was Yao Mingyue's first time "sneaking into school," staying beside Xu Musen, her eyes were full of excitement.
Xu Musen couldn't help but smile, fortunately, the security's attention was on anyone running out, otherwise, they would have surely noticed her.
After all, students going to school look like they're going to the gallows, who would be this excited and happy?
One of the security uncles noticed Yao Mingyue, who stood out in the crowd.
It wasn't because she acted secretive, it was her natural beauty that made her noticeable.
You can't deny, attractive people always carry an aura, most people instinctively keep a bit of distance from someone really pretty and charismatic, not even daring to take a few bold glances.
It's not about insecurity, just human nature.
"This young girl is quite pretty, how come I've never seen her before... but that guy next to her seems familiar?"
The security uncle looked at Xu Musen, who also stood out in the crowd.
There are a lot of students at school, new faces every year, they can't possibly recognize everyone.
The security uncle didn't recognize his face, but looking at the tall and big silhouette of this guy, he touched his balding head thinking, he definitely saw it somewhere before.
"I also think he looks familiar, where have I seen him..."
The other security uncle touched his scruffy beard, looking towards the notice posted at the school gate's notice board.
A few days ago the Director personally posted it, a screenshot of the back of the couple who ran out of the campus.
The boy in the photo, although not showing his full face, looked more and more familiar with this build.
"Hey, didn't that boy just now resemble the one in the photo a bit?"
"Now that you mention it, I also think so, but the girl with him doesn't seem to match... the previous girl looked quite cute, but this time it's someone really unique..."
The security uncle realized, just when he was thinking of confirming, Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue had already disappeared into the crowd.
"Should we inform Director Wang?"
"Forget it, don't look for trouble, anyway, he isn't much of a good guy, let's just stick to our job and keep the bad guys out, we're getting old, risking our lives for three thousand a month?... "
...
Just like that, Xu Musen and Yao Mingyue successfully merged into the school.
Facing the familiar campus, the familiar teaching building, every tree and every trash can by the roadside was so familiar.