I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 220 - 212: Wait for Me to Come Back

Chapter 220: Chapter 212: Wait for Me to Come Back

On Tuesday’s supplementary class day, Qingran finally learned Bai Wenxing’s name.

She also finally realized that this refined and handsome young man in front of her was her fierce competitor in the physics finals.

Qingran was puzzled; it wasn’t yet time for class to start, and the teacher hadn’t come to the classroom.

So Qingran asked Bai Wenxing, who was sitting across the aisle from her, "City No. 1 High School is so far from here, how come you’re attending supplementary classes over here?"

The distance from City No. 1 High School to here almost spanned half the city, so Qingran’s confusion was understandable.

Bai Wenxing adjusted his glasses, which had slipped a little down his nose. Facing a girl he wasn’t familiar with, the articulate young man was somewhat shy, and he gave a shallow smile, "I’m spending the summer vacation here with my parents. They have always been working on this side, and I will go back when school starts."

"Oh," Qingran understood.

To her, Bai Wenxing was a formidable opponent just like Xie Ying’an, not to be taken lightly.

The supplementary class didn’t have many students, roughly counting to over twenty.

The physics teacher was a middle-aged woman who looked very competent. In her first class, she simply introduced herself as Teacher Xu and did not say much else.

Teacher Xu did not specifically arrange how students should be seated, so everyone in this class chose their seats and desk mates at random.

Before starting the course, Teacher Xu conducted a preliminary test, wanting to know their foundation in physics.

Ruan Ruan, sitting next to Qingran, suddenly looked despondent and complained, "Oh my! Why can’t I escape exams even in supplementary classes?"

Complaints aside, the necessary test papers couldn’t be skipped.

After the test, during the class break, several girls gathered and chatted.

Li Qingmo, sitting at the last row, played with his phone out of boredom, somewhat regretting coming to the supplementary class, feeling it was pointless.

Xu Liang, seated with Fang Jin, also felt awkward staying amid the girls, so he walked to the back and soon mingled with a few boys.

Friendships among boys always seem to form faster than those among girls, even for someone as stoic as Xu Liang, which was quite strange.

The girls, mostly accompanied by their friends, each stuck with their own during the break, with nobody taking the initial step towards friendship.

The ten-minute break passed quickly, and during the second period, Teacher Xu briefly explained some commonly used points they had previously learned.

While taking notes, Qingran thought to herself, Xu Liang is here, her brother too, how come Xie Ying’an didn’t follow?

This really wasn’t his style.

That left her with an inexplicable feeling deep inside, probably still a bit expectant.

She finally got her answer to this question after school, when she checked her phone.

The message from Xie Ying’an was sent two days ago, stating that his parents took him back to his grandparents’ house in his hometown, and they left on the second morning of the vacation.

Apart from the farewell, the last message also mentioned when he would return.

He said he would hurry back within a week and asked Qingran to reply to his WeChat once she saw the message.

Qingran checked the time displayed on the top left corner of her phone, 21:37 PM, and Xie Ying’an definitely hadn’t gone to sleep at that hour.

She sent back a message with the word "Okay".

True to form, Xie Ying’an immediately replied: Did you go to class today?

Qingran didn’t expect that Xie Ying’an would remember her class schedule today, so she replied with a nodding emoji.

Xie Ying’an then asked: How are you adjusting to the new environment?

Hesitant for a moment, Qingran composed a message about the day’s class and the initial test being the first thing, and sent it to Xie Ying’an.

This really is the first time Qingran has ever texted so much on WeChat. With her obsessive-compulsive disorder, she even carefully checked for any typos before sending it.

After half a minute, Xie Ying’an on the other end directly made a WeChat video call.

Seeing her phone screen, Qingran was stupefied for a moment; almost subconsciously she dimmed the lights in her room, then leaned against the bed screen holding her phone towards the camera.

Her side of the room was lit with a warm yellow light, casting a shadowy, dim atmosphere. Unexpectedly, Xie Ying’an’s side was even darker than hers, so dark that she couldn’t even make out Xie Ying’an’s silhouette.

Just as the call connected, Qingran heard a series of insect chirps followed by frog croaks and the sound of flowing water.

Xie Ying’an’s grandparents don’t like staying in the city and have returned to their countryside home to enjoy their twilight years, so these noises were not surprising.

Amidst the darkness, Xie Ying’an’s voice came slightly subdued, "Ranran, can you hear me?"

Despite some lags, she could hear him.

"I can hear you." Qingran stared at her phone screen for a while before asking him, "It’s so late, are you still outside?"

Bathed in the faint light of the new moon, a subtly contoured landscape came into view.

"Yeah, I’m outside fishing with Grandpa."

Speaking of which, Xie Ying’an switched the camera angle. Under the light, several elderly people were sitting by the river fishing, with a lamp behind them illuminating several wooden barrels where fish occasionally splashed.

Further away were the silhouettes of mountains and the sound of babbling water, accompanied by insect and frog noises...

Just by imagining, one could tell that the scenery was splendid.

Man, Xie Ying’an is really living the life, unlike her, who is still troubled about extra classes during her holiday. Qingran held her phone with a tiny bit of envy.

The phone camera slowly moved towards the elderly fishers, and Xie Ying’an’s voice carried a cheerful tone, "Let me show you the fish Grandpa caught."

Possibly influenced by the relaxed mood from the other end, Qingran also silently laughed, "Okay!"

As they spoke, Xie Ying’an walked to the side of a barrel, aiming the camera directly above it. Under the illuminating light, the water surface glistened, and several decent-sized crucian carps swam around.

Xie Ying’an played the role of a commentator: "This tub of fish was caught by Grandpa."

Qingran sincerely praised, "Grandpa is so skilled!"

Then, Xie Ying’an moved the camera to another barrel next to it, chuckled softly twice, and then said, "This tub of fish was caught by Grandpa Zhang."

This barrel was filled with myriad medium-sized crucians and carps, so densely packed they hardly had space to swim. Their number was more than three to five times that in Grandpa Xie’s barrel.

Qingran: "..."

Can I take back my compliment about Grandpa Xie just now?

Qingran finally understood why Xie Ying’an had laughed like that earlier.

As Xie Ying’an moved the camera again, a laugh and scolding from an old man came from the side,"You rascal! Grandpa is competing with Old Man Zhang, and you don’t help but instead come to stir trouble. Whose grandson are you exactly?"

Before Xie Ying’an could answer, another old man from afar responded, "Perfect, I need a grandson, and it was you, Old Man Xie, who said that An could be my grandson..."

The screen returned to darkness, the voices of the elderly men also fading gradually. Holding the phone, Xie Ying’an returned to the spot where he had started the video call.

They chatted briefly about fishing, and then the signal began to lag.

The night brought a breeze, and the mountainous area already had poor reception, which was now worsened by the weather.

Xie Ying’an was still speaking, and amidst the sound of the wind, Qingran heard him seemingly say, "...Ranran, wait for me to return."

Maybe because of the poor signal, after Xie Ying’an said this, there was no more sound from his end.

Qingran directed a few "hellos" into the phone microphone, but there was no response; the dark screen remained still.

It was already past ten at night. Qingran hung up the phone, thought about it, and decided to just go to sleep.

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