Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 139 : Not the End, But the Beginning

Coming out of the college entrance exam venue, He Pingge looked at the parents surrounding the school exit so densely that not even water could pass through, feeling calmer than ever before.

He Li spotted his daughter from far away in the crowd and waved his hands frantically, signaling his location to He Pingge, quickly catching her attention.

He Li took the small bag from He Pingge's hands and asked with a smile: "How did it go?"

This was almost the question every parent cared about most, and often parents cared more about the college entrance exam scores than the students taking the exam themselves.

"Normal level, I guess." He Pingge replied softly. Nothing unexpected had happened—her exam had gone quite smoothly, with most questions within her control. Based on how she felt, she thought her results should be similar to her usual performance.

She looked around and saw exam-takers shouting things like "I'm liberated!" and "I'm finally free!" Her silence made her seem like an outlier.

For some reason, even though this should have been the happiest moment, her heart felt no waves—no sense of relief, only more worry and confusion.

"What's wrong?" He Li naturally noticed something was off with his daughter. He patted He Pingge's shoulder. "Why are you looking so worried right after the college entrance exam? Didn't you say it went well?"

He Pingge was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and put on her characteristic smile: "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of some unhappy things."

The end of the college entrance exam meant she would soon have to leave her hometown and go to university in another city.

It wasn't that she was homesick, but rather... she had some fear about the future.

When Xifeng left her, she was sad and upset for quite a while, but she quickly pulled herself together because she believed it was only a temporary separation.

From that moment on, getting into a good university and going to the city where Xifeng was became almost all of her motivation for studying.

But the things that had happened recently made He Pingge feel that things were gradually deviating from the direction she hoped for.

So she felt afraid—she was terrified that all her years of struggle and effort would ultimately become a joke.

"Do you have any plans today?" He Li opened the driver's door and inserted the key. "Aren't you going out with friends tonight after finishing the college entrance exam?"

"Mm, I already made plans. Having dinner with a friend tonight, then going to karaoke."

"A classmate?"

Hearing He Pingge's words, He Li laughed and said with some teasing: "A male classmate? Are you coming home tonight?"

After being stunned for a moment, He Pingge understood what he meant, then blushed slightly and shouted: "Dad, what are you thinking! Of course it's a female classmate!"

"Haha haha, you're not small anymore, you're about to go to university. If you really had a boyfriend, I'd support you, but be careful—you must clearly understand a person's true nature before considering whether to be with them, otherwise if you get..."

"Dad, stop talking." He Pingge quickly interrupted He Li. "I... I probably won't have a boyfriend in the short term."

The fact that she was homosexual was so far only known to Xifeng and Ji You—of course, now Bei Yaoyue had to be added to that list. Only Xifeng and Ji You were friends He Pingge could completely trust and feel at ease with.

The reason she didn't dare tell her parents was simple—she wasn't sure whether her parents would support her sexual orientation. After all, the older generation was different from today's open-minded young people.

"Well, you're a girl who's about to go to university. You should start thinking about dating. For girls, youth is very important capital. Boys can wait until twenty-seven or twenty-eight to find girlfriends and it's not too late, but girls are different. In another ten years, it'll be very difficult to find someone with similar conditions..."

"Dad!" He Pingge felt her scalp tingling. She had heard of parents pressuring for marriage, but she had just finished the college entrance exam and wasn't even an adult yet—wasn't this too early?

"Okay okay, I'll stop talking, but you should still think clearly about such major life decisions."

Major life decisions...

Letting out a silent sigh, He Pingge slumped powerlessly against the seat back, watching the scenery rushing past outside the window.

Yes... she had to think clearly.

If she ultimately couldn't end up with Xifeng as she wished, then what should she do?

Should she find a man to marry like ordinary girls, or persist in searching for someone she could love, or... stay single for life?

...

She didn't know. Such questions were simply too annoying—just thinking about them made her feel like her heart was in chaos.

She could only take things one step at a time for now.

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"Hey, He Pingge, morning."

Yingwu immediately spotted He Pingge pushing the door open and walking in. Her naturally cheerful style was quite eye-catching, so she waved to signal her.

"Ah, sorry, have you been waiting long?"

Pulling out a chair and sitting across from Yingwu, He Pingge said apologetically.

"No problem, I just arrived not long ago too." Yingwu picked up the teapot and filled He Pingge's cup with tea.

"Thank you."

"No big deal. Speaking of which, how did your exam go?"

Why does everyone have to ask this question...

He Pingge couldn't help but complain internally, answering: "Pretty good, I guess."

"Can you get into that Crescent University of Technology you've been dreaming about?"

"I don't know."

He Pingge shook her head, picked up her teacup and took a sip. The tea with lemon slices was a bit sour—she didn't really like it.

"About seventy percent confidence, I guess."

"Seventy percent... that's quite a lot. I wish I had academic performance as good as yours." Yingwu sighed. "Unlike me—I'd be satisfied just getting into a first-tier university."

"First-tier is pretty good too. Besides, a university degree is just a stepping stone. Whether you can get ahead later still depends on your work ability."

"Mm... I heard good universities are quite tiring, not much more relaxed than high school."

The hand holding the teacup paused, and He Pingge nodded: "You're right."

Since Ji You attended Crescent University of Technology, they often communicated and chatted, so she had a decent understanding of the situation at the school.

He Pingge put her teacup on the table, laughed and sighed, saying: "Don't teachers always say 'you'll be relaxed once you get to university'? It's actually all lies—they just want to trick us into studying hard.

"High school is like a fortress city—people inside want to get out, but... people outside want to get in. The college entrance exam isn't the end, it's just the beginning."