CHAPTER 441: CHAPTER 440: BLUE-FACED DISASTER

"I know you mean well, but we’re not children anymore! You yourself are still supported by your parents, what do you have to take care of me with?"

The young man’s expression froze at her candidness, his face turning a shade of dark blue.

"We have no income, how can we talk about taking care? And even if you really could ’take care’ of me now, what about the future? How long can you take care of me like this?"

The young man tried to interject, but the girl waved her hand at him and continued: "What if the time comes when I’ve become so reliant on you that I can’t live without someone else’s help, and you suddenly tell me you can’t take care of me anymore, what should I do then?"

"That won’t happen!" The young man grew anxious. "I will always take care of you! I won’t abandon you!"

"How is that possible? You’ll grow up, won’t you get married? Not just you! Me as well, uh! Anyway! I must learn to take care of myself!"

Watching the girl in front of him swear earnestly, the young man repeatedly stopped himself from speaking. In the end, he simply said "I understand," and then fell silent.

"If there’s nothing else, you should go back first! I’m off to my part-time job." The girl disingenuously urged him: "Don’t worry about me, I’m fine by myself!"

The young man stared at her for a while, slowly burying his hands in his trouser pockets.

Just when the girl thought he was going to say goodbye and leave, the young man suddenly reached out and gave her a hug! He whispered in her ear, "Actually, my parents have told me many times to take good care of you! So if you ever need anything, make sure to find me at First High School! Remember that!"

Until the young man was out of sight, the girl still stood there dazedly, watching the direction he had disappeared in, her eyes reddening.

Before going to sleep that night, the girl felt something odd while folding her school uniform.

Then, from the pocket, she pulled out 400 dollars...

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"Who’s next? Hurry up!"

The barber’s call snapped Zhen Yu out of her reverie. Seeing Bai Xue starting to shrink back behind her, Zhen Yu reluctantly stepped forward and said: "I’ll go! Give me a boy’s haircut!"

"What?!" Lu Huai exclaimed loudly upon hearing this!

Han Mingyue also looked at her puzzled, "Xiao Yu?"

Zhen Yu was always exceptionally patient with him, so she explained the reason.

"I don’t like the student hairstyle! It should either be longer or shorter!"

At that moment, Bai Xue timidly asked Zhen Yu, "Xiao Yu, do I have to get the same haircut as you? I suddenly feel... that the student hairstyle isn’t so bad after all."

Zhen Yu nodded, "As you wish!"

"Phew! Thank goodness!" Bai Xue sighed in relief, suddenly feeling that getting a haircut wasn’t such a repulsive thing after all!

With nothing else to do, she started observing the two boys beside her. And she did indeed notice something off.

"Hey, I’m talking to you, Han Mingyue! How on earth is your face shaped? We all have the same crew cut, so why do you have to be so much more handsome than the rest? It’s simply outrageous! Tsk tsk! A face that causes trouble..."

The ’someone else’ Bai Xue was referring to was Lu Huai, who immediately took offense.

"Handsome by so much?! At most! At most just a tiny bit more handsome!"

Han Mingyue looked at the beautiful but unaware Bai Xue, then at Lu Huai, who was brooding over his looks. He firmly believed that it was better for him to stay mute for the time being!

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Meanwhile! From the moment she sat down in the barber chair, Zhen Yu’s gaze was fixed on Han Mingyue’s reflection in the mirror, not once straying away!

Because she had just realized that in her past life she hadn’t skipped any grade, so the haircut regulation at First High School must have been implemented a year earlier than in her previous life.

But even so, Zhen Yu was not worried but happy instead!

She liked Han Mingyue this way! Because that was the Han Mingyue from her past life, whom she had spent the longest and most intimate times with! As those old times floated back into her memory, Zhen Yu’s gaze grew tenderer, and at last, she couldn’t help but smile.

When Han Mingyue looked over, he saw her Mona Lisa-like enigmatic smile! This smile instantly piqued his curiosity, making him itch to guess what Zhen Yu was thinking right now?!

It’s a pity he would never guess that Zhen Yu was reminiscing about the past life they had shared.

After Zhen Yu finished her haircut, it was Bai Xue’s turn, who didn’t need to be urged on; as soon as she saw Zhen Yu stand up, she immediately began to untie her ponytail!

However, as her long hair cascaded down like spilled ink, both Lu Huai and the barber were taken aback!

Bai Xue sat waiting for over ten seconds without anyone coming to start, and couldn’t help but impatiently urge, "You were so eager just now! Hurry up and come cut it!"

The barber finally snapped back to reality, took his tools, and went forward!

As he cut, he muttered, "Such a lovely girl would look so beautiful with long hair! To think some ridiculous school rule is forcing a haircut! It’s simply absurd!"

Bai Xue was completely unaware that the other party’s remarks were about her, and she even secretly agreed in her heart!

If the vice principal and other school leaders could hear the barber’s muttering, they would have plastered him against the wall!

Who doesn’t know that long hair makes girls beautiful!

That’s exactly why the school knows it! That’s why they specifically introduced new school rules for both male and female students to cut their hair!

If one girl is more beautiful than the next, how are the boys supposed to study?!

If one boy is more handsome than the next, how can the girls not fall in love early?!

The demand for haircuts and school uniforms is so that students will not judge heroes by their looks but by their grades! Now that’s more like it...

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With less than ten minutes to the hour, Zhen Yu and her friends appeared on the sports field.

A group of handsome boys and pretty girls always attracts extra attention, especially when one of them is the top scorer in the city’s high school entrance exam. Hence, as soon as the three of them appeared, the students on the sports field couldn’t help but look over!

"Xiao Yu! Do I look ugly after cutting my hair? Why are they all looking at us?!" Bai Xue anxiously grabbed Zhen Yu’s arm and asked.

To reassure Bai Xue, Zhen Yu had to say insincerely, "They’re looking at me!"

Bai Xue actually believed it.

"Oh, I get it! They must be surprised to see such a beautiful top female student with a boy’s haircut!"

Zhen Yu didn’t want to talk about this anymore and changed the subject, "Did you apply sunscreen to both of you, as I told you?"

Bai Xue answered instantly, "Yes! I applied it to every exposed area, just like you said!"

Han Mingyue felt a bit embarrassed but still nodded his head, "Mhm."

Zhen Yu immediately said, "Then let’s all go back to our respective classes!"

Bai Xue didn’t quite want to part, after all, she didn’t know many people in her class! So she held on tight to Zhen Yu’s arm and said, "There’s still ten minutes left! We can head over two minutes before assembly, and we’ll still be on time!"

Zhen Yu glanced at Han Mingyue, who obviously also didn’t really want to ’return to rank’.

So she could only say, "Then let’s find a place to sit for a while!"