Chapter 17 Silent Company
My injuries healed day by day.
"Mom, pass me the physics paper."
"Is this the one?"
"Auntie, it's this one." Qin Chi walked in, picked up a different physics paper, and handed it to me.
My mother asked, "Qin Chi, don't you have class today?"
"It's Sunday afternoon. We have a half-day off."
"Auntie, I'll stay with Zhou Xiaoning this afternoon. If you have things to do at home, you can go handle them."
"Then I'll go to the market to buy some bones and make bone soup."
That afternoon after my mother left, I didn't say a single word to Qin Chi.
Qin Chi also stayed silent and sat quietly for the entire afternoon.
After that, he came every Sunday afternoon.
But there was nothing left to say between us.
……
After staying in the hospital for a month, I insisted on being discharged and returned to school.
Liu Tian, Lin Yuanyuan, and the others never returned to school.
When the college entrance exam came, my performance was still affected. I didn't get into the university I had dreamed of.
In the end, I chose N University.
On the high-speed train to register for university, I rested my chin on my hand, looking at the scenery outside the window with full anticipation. I opened my bag and took out the bright red admission notice.
Beside me, a clear voice drifted over.
"Looks like the next batch of junior schoolmates."
I turned my head in surprise. A boy in a white T-shirt was sitting next to me.
"My name is Cai Yixing. I'm in the Mathematics Department at N University, one year above you."
"Cai Yixing?" This name sounded familiar.
"...Hello, my name is Zhou Xiaoning." I think I was smiling then. I remember the corners of my mouth curved up.