Chapter 18

Because of Huo Wan’s actions, a small commotion arose inside the auditorium. Everyone looked toward the entrance one after another, but they did not see anyone there.

By then, Lin Dang was no longer at the entrance.

Huo Wan had run a little too hard, rushing straight out of the auditorium doors in one breath before stopping hastily at the entrance.

The tassel on her bachelor’s cap was still swaying back and forth because of the momentum. Her hands gripped the edge of the wall beside the door as she panted a little urgently. Because her pale fingers were using a bit of force, the knuckles stood out slightly.

The person in the corridor outside had originally been leaning against the windowsill, gazing at the athletic field not far away. After hearing the movement behind her, she turned back to look at Huo Wan. Huo Wan looked at that face she had yearned for even in dreams, let out a long breath, pressed her lips together, and smiled…

A university campus was filled everywhere with the aura of youth. Aside from being nationally famous for its medical program, Zhongda was also well known for its beautiful environment. Lin Dang followed behind Tour Guide Huo, strolling slowly as she listened with a smile to Huo Wan introducing the scenery of the school to her.

And while she was at it, she also took a look at the place where Huo Wan had lived for five years.

She had never noticed it before. Only today did she belatedly realize that during Huo Wan’s four years of university, she had never once come to Huo Wan’s school.

Every time, it had always been the other girl going to find her. Her dormitory, classroom, the location of the cafeteria, even her professional class schedule—Huo Wan knew all of them like the back of her hand.

Thinking of this, Lin Dang furrowed her brows almost imperceptibly. She looked at the girl walking ahead while speaking to her, and only then realized that without her noticing, she had already been quietly taken care of by Huo Wan for so many years.

It seemed that at some unknown point, she had inexplicably become the one being accommodated.

This feeling was truly strange.

“Xiao Wan.” Lin Dang stopped walking.

Huo Wan had been speaking with growing enthusiasm. Even though Lin Dang suddenly interrupted her, she was not annoyed. She only turned back to look at the other girl and waited for Lin Dang to continue.

“Let’s take a photo together. It’s been a long time since we took one.”

There was no special meaning to it. She just suddenly wanted to take a commemorative photo with Huo Wan. After all, Huo Wan in a bachelor’s gown… when she graduated from graduate school, it might not be this formal anymore.

She wanted to secretly record this moment, then treasure it in their photo album. Lin Dang did not wait for Huo Wan to agree before directly taking out her phone and opening the camera.

“Wait! Let me take this outfit off!”

Huo Wan loudly stopped Lin Dang’s movement and began hurriedly trying to take off the bachelor’s gown she was wearing. This outfit had been uniformly rented by the school. It was crudely made and not good-looking at all. Black and white together, just the most ordinary style.

It was ugly to death!

How could she wear such an ugly outfit and take a photo with Dangdang? This would be recorded as part of her dark history!

“No! You’re taking the photo with me wearing this!”

The moment Lin Dang saw the other girl trying to take off the gown, she became dissatisfied.

Today was clearly such a wonderful day of graduation. She just wanted to take a photo with Huo Wan wearing her bachelor’s gown! So she stepped forward in two or three strides, caught the other girl’s slender wrist, and stopped Huo Wan from continuing to take off the gown.

“You’re taking the photo with me wearing this!” Lin Dang said stubbornly.

???

Huo Wan was covered in black lines. Had this straight-as-steel woman been possessed by a domineering CEO today?

….

In the end, Huo Wan still failed to argue Lin Dang down.

The photo was taken by a passing girl.

She looked at herself in the bachelor’s gown on the other girl’s phone. Although the ugly clothes still could not cover her outstanding aura, standing beside Lin Dang while dressed like this made the two of them seem not at all matched.

No matter how she looked at it, she looked like a foolish university student who had not experienced much of the world, while Lin Dang looked like a successful career elite.

Actually, the main point was that they did not look matched at all!

After looking at this kind of photo once, Huo Wan did not want to look at it a second time. Yet Lin Dang treasured it as if it were something precious, insisting on holding the phone in front of her and waving it around, even asking her to choose the best-looking one from several photos.

Choose what! They were ugly enough to kill eight people!

Huo Wan became angry from embarrassment and made a fuss about deleting these photos, while Lin Dang righteously said no. The two of them fooled around all the way along Zhongda’s main road, drawing sidelong glances from passing university students one after another.

At that moment, Huo Wan’s phone suddenly rang in her pocket.

She freed one hand and took her phone out of her pocket, holding it in her hand. It was impressively the same model as Lin Dang’s phone.

Same model, different colors.

Over the years, they had changed phones several rounds already, but the two of them had still kept the habit of using the same model. Huo Wan glanced at the caller ID, then answered the call.

The call ended after only a few words. Huo Wan looked at Lin Dang with a bit of a headache.

“Dangdang, do you want to come to the gathering with me?”

The person who called was the monitor of her class. They had agreed earlier that after the graduation ceremony ended, the classmates would go eat together, and the place had been booked long ago. Since it was something they had agreed on already, suddenly standing them up would seem a little impolite.

It was just that the instant Huo Wan saw Lin Dang, she had been too happy and had completely thrown this matter to the back of her mind.

“Whatever. Wherever you go, I’ll go.”

Lin Dang did not know whether she had suddenly become enlightened today or what, but her mouth was especially sweet. She said one sentence that Huo Wan found extremely pleasing, coaxing Miss Huo until her heart bloomed with joy!

…

The meal was set at a rather famous small restaurant near Zhongda. On a day like graduation, business was unbelievably good. The inner hall and outer dining area had long since been filled with people, let alone the few private rooms available.

However, the class monitor, Zuo Ming, was a careful boy. He was also the deputy head of the External Relations Department and was quite familiar with the small bosses and merchants outside the school. He had already booked two private rooms in advance.

When Huo Wan and Lin Dang arrived, they casually entered one of the private rooms. The room was already filled with people. The moment the two of them entered, everyone’s gazes gathered on them at once.

Zuo Ming had originally been sitting beside a close friend, speaking quietly with the other person, facing the door. When Huo Wan and Lin Dang came in, his eyes lit up instantly.

By then, Huo Wan had already taken off her bachelor’s gown. Standing together with Lin Dang, the two of them were like ice and fire. Two beauties with completely different styles. Huo Wan belonged to the type who looked very good at socializing, rather open and approachable. Lin Dang, on the other hand, belonged to the calm and reserved type, someone who seemed a little hard to approach at first glance.

In Huo Wan’s private words… she was abstinent-looking.

Although in reality, that was not the case. Lin Dang only needed to put on a bit of a president’s air in front of people she was not familiar with.

“And this is?”

As the class monitor, Zuo Ming stood up first. He first looked at Huo Wan with a questioning gaze, hoping she would open her mouth and introduce her.

Hm? Hadn’t she clearly said on the phone just now that she would bring a friend over?

What did Zuo Ming mean by putting on such a surprised, unknowing expression now?

Huo Wan glanced at the boy, whose face carried a smile. He looked polite and proper, with a faint smile hanging on his face.

Only, his eyes were fixed on Lin Dang without blinking…

When it came to anything related to Lin Dang, Huo Wan raised her guard to twelve points and became incomparably sensitive.

At this moment, the wireless radar circling above her head seemed to start flashing red again.

Author’s Note:

(′▽`)? Not lying down today.