I'm in Senior Year, and the System Says I'm Going on a Blind Date with My Childhood Sweetheart

Chapter 193: Chapter 139: Shen Yuan’s Two Love Letters

"Mhm."

After Shen Yuan spoke, the two fell into a momentary silence.

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, and Shen Yuan looked back at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi was the first to break the silence, asking softly, "What is it? Do you have something else to say?"

Shen Yuan nodded, then said to Li Zhi, "Aren’t you curious about what I did today?"

Li Zhi shook her head and answered coolly, "Not curious. You either went out with Zhou Shaojie and the others, or you ran off by yourself to look for girls in black stockings. But I have a feeling you probably went with Zhou Shaojie and his friends to look for girls in black stockings."

Shen Yuan felt that his reputation had been ruined by Ah Jie.

’It’s all Zhou Shaojie’s damn fault!’

Shen Yuan didn’t let her wait long for the answer, quickly telling Li Zhi the truth.

"I went to Zhejiang University."

Li Zhi’s fingers, which were resting on the doorframe, suddenly curled up.

"Zhejiang University? What were you doing at Zhejiang University?"

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, her voice a little strained.

"Didn’t you say last time that you might go to Zhejiang University?"

Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi with a smile. "With my grades, getting into Qingbei is probably a long shot. But if I make a push for Zhejiang University, the chances should be a little higher, right?"

"You... you really went?" Li Zhi still found it a little hard to believe him.

After all, Shen Yuan had come over just after 2 PM, which meant he must have gone to the station first thing in the morning!

And during the National Day holiday, too, when it was nearly impossible to get tickets.

"Of course. I even have the tickets." As he spoke, Shen Yuan reached into his pocket to pull them out.

"Who gets paper tickets for the high-speed rail anymore? Are you..."

Before she could finish, Li Zhi saw the tickets Shen Yuan took out.

Li Zhi had originally thought Shen Yuan had bought high-speed rail tickets.

Nowadays, you just swipe your ID card to board the high-speed rail. If Shen Yuan had gone out of his way to print the tickets, it would have seemed too deliberate.

She never imagined he would pull out bus tickets.

"You..."

Li Zhi lowered her gaze, staring at the two tickets, slightly wrinkled and warmed by his body heat. Her eyelashes trembled in the light.

The tight line of her lips softened imperceptibly.

Li Zhi reached out and took the tickets, her eyes immediately drawn to the times printed on them.

Departing just after 7 AM, returning just after 12 PM.

Shen Yuan couldn’t have spent more than four hours in Hang City.

A round trip like that... he had barely arrived before he turned around and came straight to find her.

Li Zhi felt as if there were a million things she wanted to say, but when the words reached her lips, all that came out was a single, simple question.

"Are you tired?"

Shen Yuan shook his head. "Please. I can study all day and not get tired. What’s a little trip like this?"

A hint of a smile appeared in Li Zhi’s eyes when she heard his words.

"Really?"

"Of course! I could do it all over again right now! I’m full of energy." Shen Yuan patted his chest.

The words had barely left his mouth when Shen Yuan saw the beautiful girl in front of him burst out laughing.

Li Zhi was beautiful when she laughed. Two shallow dimples would appear on her porcelain-white cheeks, like ripples on a spring pond stirred by an evening breeze.

Watching the girl’s smiling face, Shen Yuan found himself smiling as well.

"How was the scenery at Zhejiang University?"

Shen Yuan nodded. "It’s really nice. The library is huge, Qizhen Lake is beautiful, the dorms look great, and so do the academic buildings. Oh, right, and they have beef over rice in the cafeteria."

Hearing this, Li Zhi couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "Seriously? It’s a university, and all you noticed was that the cafeteria has beef over rice?"

"Shouldn’t I? You like it, don’t you?"

Li Zhi huffed softly. "No way. I’ve been eating it for three years in high school. You think I want to keep eating it in college? I’m going to turn into beef over rice."

Listening to her words, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but think of that person who always ate beef over rice alone in the cafeteria.

’If Li Zhi had really been talking to me back then, what would I have replied?’

’—"Why are you eating beef over rice again?"’

’—"Can’t you eat something else for a change?"’

’—"Do you really never get tired of it?"’

’—"Did you die in your last life because you didn’t get to eat beef over rice?"’

’—"Oh."’

’Or maybe, I just wouldn’t have replied at all.’

Shen Yuan didn’t think he was that much of a jerk.

"Well, maybe the beef over rice at the university is even better."

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, he saw a swallowing motion in Li Zhi’s throat.

’Jeez, she actually wants to try it...’

Just as Shen Yuan was thinking this, a soft, coquettish huff sounded in his ear.

"Then why didn’t you take me with you? You just snuck off to Zhejiang University all by yourself."

"There were no tickets!"

Shen Yuan quickly explained, "It’s not like that! The high-speed rail tickets were too hard to get. I had to get up super early just to grab these at the bus station. You have no idea, I was almost stranded in Hang City and couldn’t get back!"

However, Li Zhi completely ignored his explanation, puffing her cheeks out and saying, "I don’t care! The point is, you went off to have fun by yourself and didn’t take me!"

Li Zhi’s nose crinkled slightly in a look of mock annoyance as she mumbled, "Hmph! Keeping all the fun to yourself! Shameless!"

Seeing this, Shen Yuan quickly put on an apologetic smile. "Alright, alright, don’t be mad. How about this? I’ll definitely take you with me next time, okay?"

But Li Zhi just tossed her head, replying haughtily, "No way! Who’d want to go with you anyway!"

Shen Yuan looked at her, then a sudden idea struck him. "Then how about you take me next time?"

Hearing this, Li Zhi shot him a glare and said irritably, "Pfft! In your dreams! I’m not taking you. I’m going to go have fun by myself too!"

With that, Li Zhi snatched the tickets from Shen Yuan, putting on a stern facade. "I’m confiscating these two tickets as evidence of you sneaking off to have fun by yourself!"