Zhang Heng was woken up by the alarm on time.
The bad news was that he had to go to school today to relive his high school life. The good news was that today was Friday, and he only needed one more day before he could go on holiday.
Zhang Heng yawned. He was a little sleep-deprived. Last night, he stayed at the college student's house for a while, hoping to stop the student or … his parents. Unfortunately, the family did not return until around five o 'clock in the morning.
To avoid being seen by his grandfather who woke up early, Zhang Heng sneaked back home when the sky began to light up.
Considering the inhumane work and rest schedule of high school students, Zhang Heng actually did not rest much last night.
He wanted to lie in bed for a while, but he remembered that he still had biology homework waiting for him to copy. He forced himself to get out of bed, washed his face with cold water, and felt a little better.
Seeing that he was running out of time, Zhang Heng drank two mouthfuls of soy milk, grabbed a fried dough stick, and hurried out with his schoolbag.
"Eat slowly, and … don't stay up late next time," said grandpa as he spread out the newspaper.
"Got it. Anyway, the author I'm following is dead," Zhang Heng replied while changing his shoes.
…
Although he went out a little earlier than yesterday, the bus came after a long time, so he did not arrive much earlier than yesterday.
On the contrary, Bai Qing, whose homework was copied, was more attentive. She arrived about twenty minutes earlier, and when she saw Zhang Heng come in, she raised her eyebrows at him.
"Sorry, I got up late. I forgot to buy your milk tea. I will make it up to you in the afternoon." Zhang Heng put down his schoolbag with one hand and pulled out his stool with the other.
"Milk tea doesn't matter. You can't run away anyway." Bai Qing immediately handed over the prepared biology workbook. "You'd better finish your homework first. You will have to collect it after the morning reading."
"Thank you," Zhang Heng said. At this moment, he fully realized how important it was to have a good deskmate.
"I will help you keep an eye on Teacher Han," Bai Qing volunteered.
Bai Qing volunteered. Although she did it out of kindness, as a commissary in charge of studies, she had never done this kind of thing before. She would glance at the teacher from time to time, and the latter would always look at her. Fortunately, Zhang Heng was good at copying homework, and he managed to finish copying the homework before the end of the morning recitation.
On the second day of being a high school student again, he finally handed in his homework on time.
"What did you do last night?" Bai Qing asked while doing math during the break.
"Hmm?"
"It's only been two classes, and you've yawned so many times that I'm almost infected with your yawning," Bai Qing said as she combed the hair on her forehead.
"I stayed at a friend's house for a while," Zhang Heng said.
"For a while?" Bai Qing frowned and erased an auxiliary line with an eraser.
"Alright, we'll wait until dawn."
"Ha." Bai Qing snorted, added the other two auxiliary lines, and wrote down the answer. After a while, she poked Zhang Heng's arm with a pen. "Is it your boyfriend or girlfriend?"
"An older brother. He's about seven or eight years older than me."
"Pfft, who would believe that?" Bai Qing rolled her eyes.
"The truth is always hard to believe," Zhang Heng said.
He seemed absent-minded in the morning, not only because of the lack of sleep, but also because most of his thoughts were still on what happened last night. Zhang Heng thought that there was something wrong with the college student, but now it seemed that the problem with the college student's parents might be bigger.
Would the college student suspect him because of what happened in the afternoon?
Zhang Heng was confident in his skills. He was sure that his movements were fast enough, and the college student's mother should not have seen him leave through the window when she entered the room. However, he was not sure if the college student would tell his parents that he had been at home in the afternoon.
Now that he thought about it, it was no surprise that the college student's mother got off work early yesterday. Zhang Heng did not think that the college student's mother was after him. It was most likely because the college student secretly left home the night before yesterday. After all, the college student was forced to jump into the river, and his clothes and socks were soaked. It was not easy to hide it from the public.
What happened last night might have something to do with it.
For the time being, Zhang Heng did not know what the relationship between the college student and the three drowned children was. Of course, he was most worried about the college student's safety.
After class was over, Bai Qing stopped Zhang Heng, who was hurriedly walking out of the classroom with his schoolbag.
"Hey, what about the homework? Do you still want to copy it? I can't finish the homework for the weekend in a short time."
"Why don't you tell me your address, and I will pick it up on Sunday?" Zhang Heng stopped and thought for a while.
"Well, I'm going to watch a movie and go shopping with my friends on Sunday. It's at Wanda Plaza. Are you near? Why don't we meet there?"
"Okay."
"Let's talk on WeChat then." Bai Qing also put the books on the table into her schoolbag and muttered, "Are you in such a hurry to see your girlfriend?"
"…"
Zhang Heng learned his lesson this time and took a taxi home. As a result, he basically spent all his pocket money for the week. However, in order to meet the college student again before his parents got off work, he had to pay the price. Of course, the college student had to be alive.
Although Zhang Heng was a little worried, it was not easy to kill a famous person in modern society without being discovered.
If the college student's parents were not real criminals, they would generally not make such a choice.
Just when Zhang Heng was worried about the college student's safety, he did not expect to see a figure that looked like the latter in the convenience store.
"Please pull over," Zhang Heng said to the driver.
After scanning the QR code to pay the bill, Zhang Heng quickly opened the door and got out of the taxi. Before entering the convenience store, Zhang Heng could already confirm that the person inside was indeed a college student.
However, his complexion looked much better than usual. He had even shaved, changed into a shirt, and was no longer wearing slippers. Now, he finally looked a bit like a graduate from a 985 university. He was standing in front of the cashier and chatting with the cashier, who shyly lowered her head.
Zhang Heng pushed open the glass door of the convenience store at an inopportune time, and the doorbell rang.
A look of disappointment appeared on the cashier's face, but she did not forget to greet him. "Welcome."
"Your name is Zhang … Zhang Heng, right?" The college student also turned around at this time. He no longer looked as frightened as he was when he first saw Zhang Heng. Instead, he looked polite and reached out his hand with a smile. "I remember you. You are Uncle Cheng's grandson, right?"
"Oh." Zhang Heng shook hands with him.
There was no problem with the college student's body temperature and skin touch. Zhang Heng had just met the college student yesterday, and he was sure that there was nothing wrong with his appearance. In other words, the college student was indeed standing in front of him.
Zhang Heng pointed to his head. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yes, I finally got over it. I was too stupid in the past. Love is not everything in life," the college student smiled bitterly. "When I was in school, I solved all kinds of problems and won a national prize in a physics competition. I didn't expect this simplest problem to trap me for the longest time."
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