The School Beauty from the Next Class Insisted I Confess - Chapter 48

Already knowing the outcome, Xu Qingfeng didn’t want to watch any longer. She quickly followed and saw Gao Zhi walking back, distraught.

“Xu Qingfeng, what should I do? Aunt Li said she went to the airport.” Gao Zhi’s eyes were vacant; she didn’t even clearly see the person in front of her. At a time like this, who else could it be? She would say the same thing to anyone.

Li Tian hid it well. Even Xia Yiqiu only realized something was wrong when she saw Li Tian coming downstairs with luggage.

“Aren’t you going back with your classmates?” Xia Yiqiu tried to persuade the person in front of her.

“I didn’t come with them in the first place,” Li Tian replied.

Xia Yiqiu was about to say more when Li Tian walked over and took her hand.

“Qiuqiu, remember to come find me in Country A later. It’s going to be a long time until we see each other again.” Li Tian’s face held a smile. She was already a strong person; independence and confidence would run through her future life.

She has really changed, Xia Yiqiu thought.

Why is she keeping everything bottled up? “Tiantian, actually, yesterday, I went and checked…”

Li Tian smiled sweetly, “I know, Qiuqiu, but don’t you worry about this matter, and don’t tell Uncle Xia or Aunt Xia. I can help my mother.”

If Father Xia and Mother Xia knew, they would definitely go and condemn that heartless man, but Li Tian knew her mother’s heart. Her mother wouldn’t want her old, gradually estranged good friend to get involved in this unbearable reality.

The Li Corporation was the result of the couple’s shared struggle. For the past two months, Li Tian’s father and mother had been fighting over shareholding and the final operating rights of the company. Fortunately, Li Tian also held ten percent of the shares, but her father knew most of the other scummy male shareholders, and they certainly wouldn’t turn down money.

“Li Tian, I’ll ask you one more time, do you really not regret it?”

Xia Yiqiu didn’t want the “match made in heaven” she once spoke of to end this way.

“No regrets.” Li Tian didn’t want to gamble on human nature. She might already regret it, but rationality was tightly suppressing her emotions.

For the first time, Li Tian silently prayed to heaven: If I am truly wrong, then please give me a sign.

Xia Yiqiu was silent for a moment, then said, “Let me see you off. I’ll call Uncle Wang.”

Uncle Wang was the Xia family’s dedicated chauffeur, usually at the old house. Xia Yiqiu had hired Aunt Li because she lived here for school convenience. If she wanted to go anywhere, she could just call Uncle Wang over.

Xia Yiqiu mainly wanted to stall for time, enough for Gao Zhi to arrive ten times over.

“No need, I called a ride-share. It will be at the community gate in five minutes.” Li Tian held up her phone to tell her friend.

I was careless.

“I’m leaving. No need to see me off; it’s so close.” Li Tian waved goodbye.

Not seeing her off was impossible.

Xia Yiqiu quickly took advantage of Li Tian’s distraction to call and text Xu Qingfeng, notifying both of them. She was sending the files when Xu Qingfeng texted, letting her know they were together.

Xu Qingfeng didn’t know how to reply to her childhood friend.

On the road, she saw Xia Yiqiu’s figure walking back from the community gate.

Gao Zhi followed her gaze, “Did she leave?” Gao Zhi asked Xia Yiqiu.

“She just left, at the community gate.” Xia Yiqiu also felt a little forlorn.

Before either of them could react, Gao Zhi went frantic.

“I’m going to find her,” Gao Zhi said, running as she spoke.

Xu Qingfeng shouted from behind, “Gao Zhi, come back! You’re better off with me riding a bike to take you there; this is faster.”

“Are you crazy too?” Xia Yiqiu replied.

“I was trying to attract her back. The way she is now, she can’t hear anything.” Xu Qingfeng sighed, looking at Gao Zhi’s back.

A black luxury car stopped beside Xia Yiqiu, “Let’s go, get in.” Xia Yiqiu said to Xu Qingfeng.

This was the chauffeur, Uncle Wang. As it was an owner’s car, it was allowed to drive in, as the roads inside were spacious, and every building had parking both above and below ground.

“Uncle Wang, catch up to that person running ahead.” After getting in the car, Xia Yiqiu pointed at Gao Zhi’s back and told Uncle Wang.

“Yes, Miss.” Uncle Wang was from the old house, so his form of address never changed.

Xia Yiqiu then asked Xu Qingfeng, “Why didn’t you reply to all those messages I sent earlier?”

“I’m sorry, Yiqiu, I put my phone on silent.” Xu Qingfeng felt a little helpless.

“Set it now: my calls must ring, and you can’t ignore them in the future, understand?”

Yiqiu seems especially different today. Xu Qingfeng was confused but did as told; she’d also had that thought just now.

“Gao Zhi, hurry up and get in! The car is faster.” Xu Qingfeng called out to the wildly sprinting Gao Zhi.

Gao Zhi stopped. She had only one sentence in her mind: “The car is faster.”

She opened the car door and was about to get in.

“Sit in the front.” Xia Yiqiu then closed her eyes to rest.

Xu Qingfeng was quite understanding of Xia Yiqiu’s current mood. What a mess this was.

Were they now accompanying Gao Zhi on a wife-chasing mission?

They quickly arrived at the airport. Luckily, Weicheng had an airport due to tourism, though it wasn’t very large.

There was only one main waiting area; if she wasn’t there, she truly wasn’t there. Gao Zhi frantically searched for someone in the airport. After searching through a large group of people in the seating area, she fell into despair again.

Xu Qingfeng and Xia Yiqiu watched from behind as she fell to her knees, muttering, “It’s completely over.”

Could Li Tian have really taken the high-speed train? The Weicheng airport only handled domestic flights, and everyone assumed Li Tian would first depart from the airport and then transfer.

But she had called a ride-share and given a false time. It was also very normal for her to take the high-speed train.

If it was the high-speed train, it was definitely too late to leave now.

Poor Gao Zhi. Xu Qingfeng was about to go forward and help her up, but Gao Zhi knelt down as fast as Li Tian had hung up the phone.

“Get up quickly, it’s so embarrassing.” A person holding a cup of coffee pulled Gao Zhi up before Xu Qingfeng could.

Li Tian truly didn’t know that fate would arrange things this way. While she was buying coffee, she saw Gao Zhi kneeling down in public. Even though she didn’t want to show her face, since the person had chased her here, how could she just watch her kneel there?

“Tiantian!”

Gao Zhi’s eyes burst with light. She didn’t want to think about how the person had suddenly appeared, whether it was a grace bestowed by her kneeling or a mere hallucination. She had to speak her mind.

Gao Zhi directly pulled Li Tian into her arms.

“Tiantian, please listen to me, okay?” There were already tears in Gao Zhi’s voice.

Still the crybaby Gao Zhi, Xu Qingfeng sighed. Just let them hug. She took out the tissues she’d carried since the pigeon shit incident, picked up the coffee cup Li Tian had accidentally dropped, and wiped the spilled liquid with a tissue. Gao Zhi had hugged too hard, too suddenly.

She shouldn’t trouble the cleaning auntie. Xia Yiqiu quietly watched this idol drama unfold.

“Gao Zhi, let go of me first. The plane doesn’t take off for another hour. You can talk slowly.”

Li Tian’s state of mind had already shifted. She wasn’t a detective and couldn’t think of such complicated steps. There was no need to take the high-speed train just to avoid Gao Zhi. Maybe she had hoped Gao Zhi would find her; otherwise, she wouldn’t have shown up.

So, Heaven, is this the answer you’re giving me?

Man proposes, God disposes. (Lit. Man’s effort determines the outcome.)

Gao Zhi had laid bare all her sincerity. After all, no one would kneel in public to express sadness. If this scene from TV really happened in real life, the person had probably lost all reason.

“I won’t let go.”

Gao Zhi was as stubborn as an ox. She felt that Li Tian would fly away if she just fluttered her wings, and she didn’t want to lose her angel. The body temperature had already told her that the person in her arms was the one she deeply missed.

With no other choice, Xu Qingfeng and Xia Yiqiu sat on a nearby chair, watching the two of them stand and pour out their hearts.

Fortunately, Gao Zhi’s kneeling time was short. The passersby only took them for good friends reluctantly saying goodbye.

“Yiqiu, do you think Li Tian will change her mind?” Xu Qingfeng whispered.

Xia Yiqiu looked at her friend, whose face was already flushed with shyness.

“Do we still need to guess? She’s probably already surrendered.”

Finally, after ten minutes of non-stop, one-sided declaration of resolve and sweet-talk by Gao Zhi, Li Tian responded to her.

“Then let go of me quickly.” Li Tian’s ears had already turned red with embarrassment, especially when she saw her friend Xia Yiqiu’s teasing smile, as if to say, “See, you said you didn’t regret it,” which made them even redder.

Damn Gao Le Gao (Gao Zhi), this is so embarrassing. Li Tian completely buried her head in Gao Zhi’s chest.

Hot pursuit, caught the older girl, a complete goofball, that’s Gao Zhi.

“Then are you still breaking up?” Gao Zhi felt that if Li Tian still rejected her, she might as well hold her for life.

“The probation period is extended indefinitely, okay?” Even if it’s like this, are you still willing to wait?

“No.” Gao Zhi refused.

As expected, she wouldn’t agree. Li Tian’s newly vibrant heart turned to ashes again.

“Only until high school graduation at most. Whichever university you go to, I’ll go to that one. You won’t be able to escape me this lifetime.”

Gao Zhi’s tone was firm. Even if it meant taking the exam for Hua University, she would study for it. If Li Tian wanted to attend a foreign university, she would transfer to the international division right now.

“If it’s Hua University, would that be okay?” In China, Hua University was their best choice, and her mother wouldn’t stop her.

“Yes.” Starting today, Gao Zhi would dedicate all her time to studying.

“Then, my probationary girlfriend, can you let go of me now?” Li Tian was helpless. Her legs were numb, and she wondered if Gao Zhi was made of iron.

“Will you lie to me?” Gao Zhi was very insecure.

“No.” Li Tian’s voice was hoarse.

Gao Zhi released Li Tian but still held her hand. Until the plane departed, there was no chance of letting go of this hand.

Xu Qingfeng and Xia Yiqiu exchanged a look, showing relieved smiles. It was finally over; they had finally made up.

For the next half hour, Gao Zhi sat in the seat, chattering about how much Li Tian should miss her, how often Li Tian should video call her, and how Li Tian should never, ever forget her.

Now, Li Tian understood why Xia Yiqiu was so confident that Gao Zhi would agree to all her requests. The small bowls of the internet ultimately couldn’t hold Gao Zhi’s affection. The face-to-face outpouring was like the vastness of the sea, proving Gao Zhi’s heart.

The drama was over. After seeing Li Tian off, Gao Zhi was still the silly, cheerful Gao Zhi, just with a little more worry and renewed determination. Uncle Wang drove the car, feeling that the atmosphere had greatly changed from when they arrived, especially the person next to him, who had been glum and looked like she might burst into tears at any moment.

This was Gao Zhi now:

One moment she said: “Ah, Tiantian is gone, I’m sad.”

The next moment she said: “I must work hard, work hard, and work harder.”

For the next period of time, the second most beloved student in Old Liu’s class was his former most troublesome lazybones, Gao Zhi. He praised Gao Zhi’s upward momentum from time to time, and she even spent less time squabbling with Han Feng. The grades of both of them shot up like rockets.

Xu Qingfeng returned home that night and slept in her comfortable bed. The hidden memory finally revealed itself.

Wait, she remembered.

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