"You're back!" As soon as she entered the door, Shen Mingxin rushed out and carefully checked her up and down before letting her go.

  A warm feeling swelled up in her heart, and Cheng Xiaoyou could see a clear and distinct worried expression in the eyes of this roommate.

  "What exactly happened last night? I heard it was Gong Chen who saved you. Were the two of you together last night?" Shen Mingxin's rapid-fire questions left Cheng Xiaoyou unsure which one to answer first.

  Xiao You finished telling everything, Shen Mingxin couldn't help but say angrily: "It was almost an accident, those people should be locked up! The school's handling is still too lenient!"

  "What about the school's handling?" Cheng Xiaoyou didn't know what had happened. Had last night's incident already been dealt with?

  "This morning, the school held an emergency meeting for the whole school, you don't know how exciting it was!" Shen Ming said to Cheng Xiaoyou: "Our head of the political education department almost went through the glorious history of our school, many people were so moved that they cried! Then he announced the decision on how to deal with those who caused trouble last night."

  "No wonder everyone didn't attend class today!" Cheng Xiaoyou finally understood why there were still so many students in school even though it was class time.

  "Today's class was postponed until the second period, and everyone was called to a meeting so early that they didn't even have time for breakfast!" Shen Ming explained.

  "So, what's the school's opinion on this?" Cheng Xiaoyou asked curiously, wondering what kind of punishment those girls who did something wrong would receive.

  "I reckon no one will dare bully you in the short term!" Shen Mingxin looked at Cheng Xiaoyou, who still had a confused face, and thought she was fortunate to have escaped disaster.

  "What's wrong?" Cheng Xiaoyou didn't quite understand.

  "All students involved last night will be expelled!" Shen Mingxin looked at Cheng Xiaoyou and also felt that this handling was a bit sudden.

  "Impossible, all expelled?" Cheng Xiaoyou felt a bit unbelievable. Expulsion? It wasn't just a warning or a public criticism, how could they be expelled all of a sudden?!

  "Yes, the girls who locked you in the storage room last night were all expelled!" Shen Mingxin said with a somewhat strange expression: "So now, Class S only has two female students left."

  "My goodness!" Cheng Xiaoyou's face was filled with incredulity.

  "The head of the political education department said that this kind of thing must be resolutely eliminated from now on, and everyone already has the ability to clearly distinguish right from wrong. They should understand what consequences their actions will have. Although those girls were not the ones who started the fire, if they hadn't locked people in first, there wouldn't have been the subsequent events. It was them who gave others an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, so all of them are being expelled together!" Shen Mingxin now thinks that this head of the political education department is really becoming more and more likable.

  "Did he reveal my name?" Cheng Xiaoyou asked with some concern.

  "Your name wasn't mentioned, but all it takes is a casual inquiry to know that the person trapped in the fire was you!" Shen Ming gave her a sympathetic glance: "Congratulations, this time you've really made a name for yourself!"

  Cheng Xiaoyou was completely speechless.

  "Where did you go last night?"

  As soon as Gong Chen entered the door, Ling Ye's question came straight at him.

  "Do I need to report to you?" Gong Chen looked at Ling Ye Xue, who had a cold expression on his face, and his own face also turned solemn. Where did he go last night? That was his business and freedom!

  "I don't know if we're waiting for you, at least you should have called back!" Ling Ye Xi saw the dissatisfaction in Gong Chen's eyes and felt that he had spoken a bit too hastily, so he quickly made amends.

  "What's wrong, you don't have any ideas about Cheng Xiaoyou, do you?" Gong Chen looked at Ling Ye Xue's unusual appearance, raised an eyebrow slightly, and shot a cold glance over.

  "How could I? I'm just concerned about you guys!" Ling Ye Xi shook his head and vehemently denied.

  "Yes, Cheng, we waited till very late!" Shangguan Yao also chimed in, saying that they had thought the two of them would return last night, but who knew it was all in vain, and by the time the sky was about to brighten, neither of them had returned.

  "Got it!" Gong Chen nodded and indicated that he would pay attention next time. After finishing speaking, he went upstairs to make up for a nap.

  "Wait!"

  His back, Ling Ye Xi's voice sounded again.

  Gong Chen stopped in his tracks and slowly turned around to look at Ling Ye Xi, wondering what else he wanted to say.

  "You haven't answered my question from earlier. Where did you guys go last night?" Ling Ye Xi looked at Gong Chen, whose face had clearly fallen, and asked persistently.

  The two of them actually stayed together for a whole night last night, and the scene he saw in Chuan's room before entering the palace made him unable to help but speculate what they were doing. Without an answer to this question, he found it hard to calm down.

  "Ling Ye Xi, on what grounds are you asking me?" Gong Chen's eyes became even more profound, with a mix of deep and shallow emotions, looking at Ling Ye Xi in a complex way. His tone was colder than ice: "Don't forget your own identity!"

  "What am I to you?!" Ling Ye Xi's gaze also turned cold, why didn't Gong Chen answer his question, what really happened between the two of them last night?!

  "You're a man with a fiancée!" Gong Chen coldly threw out these words, and then completely ignored the things behind him, turning his head back and leaving abruptly.

  "What's wrong with you two? Why are you so tense?" Shangguan Yao pulled Ling Ye Xie back onto the sofa, feeling that he had been acting strange since last night.

  "It's nothing!" Ling Ye Xi leaned heavily against the back of the sofa and closed her eyes.

  Last night, Cheng Xiaoyou's words kept replaying in my ears, triggering wave after wave of abnormal palpitations in my heart.

  ……

  "Do you know that the moment you smiled at me, the streetlights on the mountain lit up, as if bringing endless hope to people. If it weren't for Ling classmate, I would have left Shengyu long ago."

  ……

  "When I left Class A, it was you, Ling, who grabbed my hand. Among so many gazes, I didn't look like a pathetic wretch being driven away."

  ……

  "It was only you who didn't laugh at my dreams, even on the morning of that match when no one came to practice. If it weren't for your encouragement, I might have really given up!"

  ……

  "How could I possibly be worthy of liking someone as perfect as Lin Tong?"

  ……

  "Someone like you, Ling, I used to think about what kind of girl would be worthy of you, but no matter how I thought about it, I didn't feel qualified to like you!"

  ……

  "What I said really didn't mean anything else, can you believe me, okay?!"

  ……

  Those words were like the most heartfelt incantation, and under its nourishment, it seemed that something in my heart was stirring, wanting to break through the soil.

  "Hey! Night, you wouldn't really have any thoughts about Cheng Xiaoyou, would you?!" Shangguan Yao looked at him with some concern and asked: "Zhen Ke said it right, don't forget that you're an engaged man!"

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