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Chapter 1231 The Strange Case of the Sichuan Girl

Tonight, restaurants and even roadside stalls near the university town are doing exceptionally well. The reason is simple: several schools are holding thesis defenses these past two days, and the senior students have all returned from other places.

After the defense, it was time for a farewell dinner. Although it was rare for the whole class to participate like in Lin Mo's class, there were countless small gatherings between dormitories. Almost everyone from each dormitory came out to enjoy their last get-together.

Meanwhile, in the private room, counselor Jiang Tao sat in the main seat, while the other students sat wherever they pleased. The class monitor gave a special introduction to Miss Yuan.

Although she wasn't a classmate, many classmates wanted her to come, and Miss Yuan wasn't shy at all, quickly becoming friends with the classmates who came up to chat.

If we were back in freshman year running for class monitor, all Miss Yuan had to do was shout in a high-pitched voice from the crowd, "I vote for Yuan Xiaomeng! She's the one everyone wants!"

Then there's really no chance for the class monitor; someone will definitely be shouting, "Be the class monitor! Be the class monitor! Be the class monitor!"

Then, if Miss Yuan pretends to refuse, she can successfully infiltrate their class.

The waiter served the food quickly, and everyone began to toast each other.

"Old Wang, you're actually dating the class monitor! I'm so envious! You'd better punish yourself with three drinks!"

"Gangzi, you're doing pretty well these days! You actually got a job at a big company! I'm so envious!"

"I'm preparing for the civil service exam. What are your plans?"

"What?! You want to take the civil service exam? If you actually pass, you'll be a corrupt official!"

"Lin Mo, you're really out of the single life?"

"Of course it's true! It's all over the internet, isn't it? Seriously, Lin Mo deserves to die; his girlfriend is so beautiful!"

"Li Shiya, dance for this old man!"

"Keep the music playing! Keep dancing!"

Inside the private room, dozens of classmates ate and joked with each other, but most of the conversation revolved around Chuanmei and her friends.

There's no way around it; in the year since they left school, they've done the best among them. The girl from Sichuan is now a multi-million dollar internet celebrity, and she'll obviously be a wealthy person with financial freedom in the future. Who wouldn't envy her?

Class monitor He Xiaoyue and Wang Chu are now working at the Sichuan Girl Studio. Although they did not reveal their specific income, they could not resist their classmates' persistent persuasion and only said that they could earn more than 10,000 yuan a month.

Earning over 10,000 yuan a month is not surprising in a top-tier city, but it's not low either.

But for college students like them who are about to graduate, this is definitely a high salary. The average salary of the students in their class is only around three thousand yuan. How could they not be envious?

Earning over 10,000 yuan a month is already impressive; if they knew their actual income, it would truly make people envious.

The salaries that a few people received at the beginning of this month are almost equivalent to the annual salaries of their classmates. This gap is already enormous.

As for Lin Mo, although his classmates were envious, most of them thought it was because his family was well-off. While being a rich second-generation is certainly enviable, it is even more enviable for someone of the same social class to turn the tables against all odds.

The atmosphere in the private room was lively in the first half of the dinner. But in the second half, as the alcohol took effect, everyone started to speak their minds, and the atmosphere became quiet. Especially towards the end of the dinner, even when no one touched their chopsticks anymore, everyone just watched the scene in silence.

Some of the more sentimental students even had tears in their eyes, some were taking photos with their phones, and a small number were circling around toasting others.

Here, Lao Zhao changed his usual quiet and inconspicuous style and took the initiative to chat and toast with each classmate. Lin Mo and Director Wang sat in their seats and watched with smiles. Li Shiya was pulled to the side by the counselor to liven up the atmosphere, while class monitor He Xiaoyue was the core of the girls.

As for Miss Yuan, she sensed that the atmosphere was a bit off, so she used the excuse of needing to urinate to go out for some fresh air.

She enjoys lively scenes, but she dislikes sentimentality. It was clearly time to part ways, and she couldn't bear to see such a scene. She went out to find some peace and quiet.

After Lao Zhao finished toasting each dormitory room with his last glass of wine and returned to his seat, the entire private room fell into a deathly silence.

It wasn't the kind of absent-minded perfunctory response, nor the impatient handling, nor was it about scrolling through their phones to get home early. Instead, everyone was looking at the classmates around them.

The private room was filled with balloons, and a banner that read "Class 2, Computer Science Department, Jiangning University of Science and Technology" hung on the innermost wall.

At this moment, everyone knew that the time for parting had truly come.

Although there will be a graduation photo shoot tomorrow, everyone knows that tomorrow's farewell will not be like today with everyone gathered. Some people may leave quietly with their suitcases.

Seeing the oppressive atmosphere in the private room, counselor Jiang Tao stood up and said with a smile, "I'm the oldest here, so let me say a few words."

As your advisor, I am very happy to have accompanied you through your four years of university life. You are not the first class of students I have taught, and it certainly won't be the last, but for some of you, this is the last night of your university life.

Although, I mean although, after taking graduation photos tomorrow, everyone may go their separate ways and never see each other again in this lifetime, at least for now, our class is still here. I think that's the happiest thing. At least many years later, when you think back, you won't have any regrets.

Perhaps in ten or twenty years, some of you will become big bosses, some will pass the civil service exam, and some will become ordinary people among the masses. But no matter what you become in the future, I believe that if we are destined to meet again, we will meet again.

It's rare for our class to be all together for a few days, and it might be the last time we're all like this. Let's take a picture. Tomorrow's graduation photo won't be very meaningful. Today is our last little memory.

"Hey you, Wang Bo, I saw you brought a camera. Come and get ready!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up in unison, smiling and agreeing. "Come on, come on!"

"Counselor, you're in the middle!"

"Girls, sit down in front. Boys, you're tall, stand!"

Under the squad leader's direction, everyone inside the room frantically searched for their seats.

Just then, Miss Yuan rushed in and snatched the camera from Director Wang: "You go find a place, I'll take the photos, I'm good at this!"

"Sister Yuan, are you sure you can do it?" Director Wang asked uncertainly.

Miss Yuan rolled her eyes at him: "What's wrong with that? It's just pressing the shutter button. You adjust the parameters and find the angle, don't you think I can't do that?"

Director Wang could only nod in agreement. There was no other way; Miss Yuan was the only free person available, and she was the best candidate for taking photos.

"Come on, everyone look at me! One, two, three, laugh!" Miss Yuan shouted.

With two quick clicks of the shutter, the image froze, proving that Miss Yuan's photography skills were indeed not very good; the lens was a bit crooked, but dozens of students from the entire class were captured in the shot.

Everyone went forward to check, and no one complained. They all thought it was fine; after all, it's normal to have some regrets in youth.

Then the students each took a few more photos, and some even went to take photos with the counselor.

As the dinner party ended, it was time to leave. Old Zhao stood at the restaurant entrance, saying goodbye to each and every classmate, regardless of whether they were familiar with each other or not.

"Old Qin, go back to your hometown and make a good career for yourself!"

"Peng Zhimin, you too! There are more opportunities in big cities. Let's keep in touch!"

"Don't worry, I'll come visit you when I have time!"

"See you tomorrow, beautiful Wang!"

"See you tomorrow!"

At this moment, Lao Zhao, who usually didn't interact much with his classmates, became unusually enthusiastic. Lin Mo, standing behind, frowned slightly when he saw this scene; he felt strangely familiar with this feeling.

Perhaps there's still tomorrow, or perhaps everyone had been drinking, so the atmosphere of parting wasn't so intense anymore. It wasn't until even the counselor got into a taxi that the few of them stayed until the very end.

After settling the bill, the squad leader came out and, seeing this, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Let's go back to sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow!"

"Let's go!" Lin Mo said.

He had also drunk a few bottles of beer by then, and was feeling a bit dizzy.

Halfway there, Wang Chu suddenly paused, "Hey? Where's Chuanzi?"

Everyone turned around and looked around, only to find that Chuanmei was nowhere to be seen.

"Let's call and ask!" the squad leader suggested.

He Xiaoyue shook her head: "No need. When I left, I saw Chuanmei chatting with three girls. She must have run into some fans!"

Lin Mo nodded and said, "That's right, how could a grown man like him get lost? Everyone should go home quickly. You've all had a lot to drink, especially you, Lao Zhao, you've had the most today. Are you alright?"

Old Zhao shook his head: "It's alright! You know my alcohol tolerance! Don't worry!"

Despite saying that, his somewhat unsteady steps clearly showed that he had drunk quite a bit that day. And so, the group staggered back to the residential area, while Old Zhao went back to his dormitory alone.

Some students weren't satisfied and even went to a second round, arm in arm with each other in their dorm rooms.

Meanwhile, at the restaurant entrance, the Sichuan girl walked out with heavy steps, her face pale and bloodless, her eyes filled with indescribable panic as she hurriedly looked around.

'Ding~'

Suddenly, his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a message from Director Wang, telling him that they had all gone back and that he didn't need to worry. He was told to take the initiative if he met a girl he liked.

At this moment, Chuanmei took a deep breath, really wanting to spit on him. Then he thought of calling Lin Mo, but thinking that everyone had drunk a lot today, especially Lin Mo, whose alcohol tolerance was terrible, he silently put down his phone. Finally, he gritted his teeth and hurriedly ran towards the dormitory.

Meanwhile, just as Chuanmei had expected, Lin Mo was already unsteady on his feet when he returned to the residential area, and in the end, Director Wang helped him carry him upstairs.

Liu Ruyan returned drunk, but she wasn't angry. She simply thanked Director Wang and then helped Lin Mo back to bed. With a doting look, she tapped Lin Mo's forehead and smiled, "You were so stubborn and drank so much, you must be feeling unwell now!"

However, considering it was her boyfriend's graduation party, she smiled contentedly. After all, who wouldn't care about the last days of youth?

(End of this chapter)