novelraw Chapter 428 : Making Up for Past Regrets
Chapter 428 : Making Up for Past Regrets
Chapter 428: Making Up for Past Regrets
Chen Fan walked over to chat up the old man.
"Grandpa, we're not here to pick up children. We're all graduates of this school. It's summer vacation now, and we'd like to go in and take a look. Is that okay?"
The old man shook his head, "No, no. The school has rules. No outsiders are allowed to enter the campus."
"Not even for graduates?"
"Of course not."
Chen Fan retreated helplessly, shrugging at the others.
Guo Shuai looked at Chen Fan with a schadenfreude expression.
"Brother Fan, failed, huh?"
"You'd have to be a ghost to get in like that. Watch me."
Saying this, he swaggered over to the security guard.
"Grandpa, do us a favor. We'll just go in for a quick look around and leave."
As he spoke, he mysteriously pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and tried to stuff it into the old man's pocket.
"Just a little gift."
"Go away, go away!"
The old man waved Guo Shuai away.
"Don't try that with me. I don't smoke."
"If you don't leave, I'll call the school office."
Guo Shuai retreated with a sheepish look.
"Miscalculation, this old guy actually doesn't smoke."
This comment made everyone burst into laughter.
Even Gao Xiaohu, who was trying hard to look cool on the side, almost couldn't hold back.
"What now? Should we climb over the wall?"
Guo Shuai looked at Chen Fan, "From the old spot?"
Su Ruochu was curious: "What old spot?"
Chen Fan explained with a smile: "In the past, Guo Shuai and I would occasionally climb over the wall at the west courtyard to go out and use the internet."
"Ah? You're going to climb over the wall to get in?"
Gao Xiaoxi beside them was startled.
"Let's not. Some of us are wearing skirts today."
"Besides, what's there to see in this school? We've had enough of it already."
Chen Fan glanced at her and smiled.
"You may despise this place now, but in ten or twenty years, you'll find that everything here is the most unforgettable beautiful memory of your life."
Chen Fan then looked at Su Ruochu: "What do you say? Want to climb the wall?"
Su Ruochu pursed her lips and walked towards the security room.
"Grandpa, I'm Su Ruochu from Class 7, Grade 3, graduating class of 2000. Our homeroom teacher was Wang Qiming. We'd like to go in to visit him, is that okay?"
The old man looked at Su Ruochu, "Are you really Teacher Wang's student?"
Su Ruochu smiled sweetly, "I wouldn't lie to you, would I?"
"Of course not." The old man chuckled, "You look like an honest girl, you wouldn't lie."
"You can go in. But remember not to run around, okay?"
The old man came out, opening the gate while giving a couple of reminders.
"We know, thank you, Grandpa."
Su Ruochu stood at the school gate, turning her head to smile at Chen Fan.
Chen Fan and Guo Shuai blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Guo Shuai mumbled softly: "The old guy's that age, and still can't resist a pretty face."
Walking in the familiar campus, every blade of grass and tree was so familiar.
Even though it had been three years since the college entrance exam, Chen Fan felt as if everything had just happened yesterday.
He could even vaguely hear the sound of students reading aloud from distant classrooms.
Chen Fan and Su Ruochu were feeling nostalgic, their faces full of emotion.
The others, however, didn't have such feelings at all. Guo Shuai was strutting around the campus like a bandit entering a village, his eyes searching everywhere.
"Where's Old Wang? Do you think Old Wang is at school today?"
"Should we go to the office and give Old Wang a surprise?"
Chen Fan ignored this guy's antics and instead turned to Su Ruochu and asked, "Want to go take a look at the classroom?"
Su Ruochu looked towards the teaching building and shook her head.
"There are people having classes in there, let's not."
Gao Xiaoxi came over with a grin at this moment.
"Cousin, you were in Class 7 of Grade 3, right? I'm in Class 4 of Grade 3."
"Who's your homeroom teacher?"
"You definitely don't know her, because she only transferred to No.4 High School last year."
Unable to go to the teaching building, the group could only wander around the campus.
Administration building, dormitory area, library, electronic reading room, gymnasium...
"What's the point of the school library anyway?"
Guo Shuai complained as they walked, "We studied here for three years, and I still don't know what the inside of the library looks like."
"Except for when it opens at the beginning of each new semester to distribute new textbooks, I've never seen the library open."
Chen Fan laughed, "Even if it were open, so what? Would you actually go in and borrow books every day?"
"You never know."
Guo Shuai said mysteriously in a low voice: "I heard that the library occasionally has some rare editions that are hard to find elsewhere."
"My cousin told me that he found an illustrated edition of 《Jin Ping Mei》 in their school library."
Chen Fan looked helpless.
"Guo-zi, you have a girlfriend now. How can you still be so thirsty?"
Guo Shuai argued confidently, "Having a girlfriend can't stop my thirst for knowledge."
"The sea of knowledge is boundless, I really want to improve myself."
As they arrived at the playground, seeing Su Ruochu and the other two girls whispering together, Chen Fan looked at the familiar podium opposite and suddenly felt inspired.
Without a word, he quickly ran towards the other side.
"Where's Chen Fan going?"
"What's he up to?"
Miaomiao was the first to notice this and couldn't help but remind Su Ruochu.
Su Ruochu looked at Chen Fan's retreating figure in surprise, shaking her head in confusion.
She didn't know what Chen Fan was going to do either.
Under everyone's gaze, Chen Fan climbed up to the podium in one breath, then stood in the middle.
Looking down at the few people in the distance.
Guo Shuai joked, "What are you doing, Brother Fan? Preparing to give a speech under the national flag?"
Chen Fan, however, stared at Su Ruochu walking over from afar and suddenly shouted loudly.
"Su Ruochu from Class 7, Grade 3, I like you."
"I like you! Su Ruochu."
Chen Fan's shout not only stunned Su Ruochu and the others, but even a group of sports students playing football in the distance stopped and looked over curiously.
"Whoo..."
"Brother Fan is awesome!"
Guo Shuai, being very supportive, put his fingers in his mouth and whistled.
Miaomiao and Gao Xiaoxi smiled at Su Ruochu.
As the person involved, Su Ruochu hadn't expected Chen Fan to suddenly pull such a stunt.
She was so embarrassed that her face turned completely red, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to hide in.
"You... come down quickly!"
"Say yes to him!"
"Whoo whoo..."
The group of sports students in the distance also started to join in the commotion.
Chen Fan jumped down from the podium with a big laugh, then quickly walked to Su Ruochu.
"What are you doing? Aren't you embarrassed?"
Su Ruochu pinched Chen Fan helplessly.
Chen Fan scratched his head and grinned.
"Actually, when I was in high school, I always had a dream. That was to shout out that I liked you in front of the whole school when I went up to receive an award someday."
"Unfortunately, my grades weren't good enough, so this dream was never realized."
"Now it's good. I've finally fulfilled that dream from back then."
Su Ruochu blushed and lightly spat.
"You're shameless."
Gao Xiaoxi, however, pulled Su Ruochu with a gossipy look.
"Ah, cousin, so you two were dating in high school?"
Su Ruochu glanced at Chen Fan: "I didn't agree to date him in high school."
Chen Fan immediately nodded.
"That's right. Your cousin wasn't easy to pursue back then, it took me a lot of effort..."
Gao Xiaoxi smiled at Chen Fan: "If you could win over my cousin, you must be excellent too."
Chen Fan felt greatly gratified: "This kid has had good taste since she was young."
Gao Xiaohu beside them was gnashing his teeth in anger.
This guy was clearly just a scumbag, why was cousin still so fond of him?
"Guo Shuai, what are you doing?"
At this moment, Miaomiao shouted, and everyone noticed that Guo Shuai had also climbed up to the podium like Chen Fan.
This guy opened his arms with a deep expression.
"Miaomiao, I..."
Before he could finish, a high heel flew up.
Miaomiao stood on one foot below, shouting with a red face.
"Get your ass down here right now!"