Chapter Fifteen: Love in Vacuum Flying Warehouse

  Two people looked up at the same time and saw a woman wearing a light yellow coat walking over, with a stack of exercise books in her hand.

  This woman is none other than Wang Shanshan, the class monitor and beauty of Class 6 in Grade 3.

  Wang Shanshan walked up to the two of them, with a light smile, and said: "What a coincidence, I actually ran into you guys here."

  There are twelve classes in the third year of high school. Most classmates know each other, and Chen Xiaofei also knows him, saying: "You're Wang Shanshan, right?"

  "Hmm! I am." Wang Shanshan originally wanted to just say hello and leave, she didn't want to ruin the two people's good thing, but she didn't expect Chen Xiaofei's next sentence, which made her eyes widen.

  "You're Li Yi's girlfriend, right?" Chen Xiaofei said with certainty. After all, there's no smoke without fire, and if the two of them really didn't have a relationship, it wouldn't be spreading like wildfire throughout the campus.

  "Ah!" Wang was stunned, seemingly not expecting the other person to say that.

  Li Yi was embarrassed and hastily gave Wang a signal with his eyes, reminding him not to talk nonsense.

  Wang Shanshan misunderstood, she smiled and looked at Chen Xiaofei, saying: "That, we're not in that kind of relationship yet, don't get the wrong idea."

  "Isn't it now?" Chen Xiaofei caught the slip of the tongue and said with narrowed eyes, "So to speak, maybe it will be in the future."

  Wang Shanshan seemed not to be good at handling such things, and was a bit at a loss for words. After a long time, she said: "Who knows what will happen in the future? Maybe you are Li Yi's girlfriend?" After saying this, she felt that she couldn't continue speaking, otherwise she would really reveal her true intentions. She quickly changed the subject and said: "I have something to do first, I'll leave now, you guys chat!"

  After finishing speaking, Wang Shanshan slipped away quickly. Chen Xiaofei smiled slightly and said: "Li Yi, your girlfriend is quite good, but she doesn't want to admit it."

  "What does this have to do with anything good?" Li Yi asked in confusion.

  "Of course it matters. If she acknowledges your relationship, you can't find another girlfriend anymore." Chen Xiaofei didn't know what was wrong with her, but she felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

  Li Yi then burst out laughing and said: "So you also want to be my girlfriend?"

  "Nonsense, I didn't mean that." Chen Xiaofei's face turned red as she glared at Li Yi and changed the subject, "Do you know why I asked to see you this time?"

  Speaking of which, Li Yi's smile on his face disappeared and he said in a low voice: "Because of what happened this morning!"

  "This morning you were too much, actually teasing me in public and saying I..." Chen Xiaofei stopped herself from continuing.

  Next, Chen Xiaofei couldn't say anything no matter what. Students of this age are precocious and even if nothing had happened between them, they would still understand the meaning behind those words. Chen Xiaofei naturally knew that Li Yi's "good big" and "good white" represented something, her face turned bright red as she subconsciously lowered her head.

  Li Yi didn't want to continue on this topic, he lightly coughed and said: "Sorry, I wasn't fully awake this morning, I thought I was dreaming, so..."

  Chen Xiaofei was originally shy and didn't know what to say, but after hearing this, she became flustered and coquettishly said: "Do you always have such dreams?"

  "Uh... it's not always like that, just occasionally. Li Yi forced a smile and said seriously, "I know you don't want me to drop out of school, your concern for me is etched in my heart."

  Chen Xiaofei snorted, saying: "Don't think too much about it. As the deputy class leader, I must set an example for myself and don't want to see my classmates leave. Especially now that we're in our third year of high school, with less than a year left before the college entrance exams. If you drop out now, your life will be over. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life working in a factory?"

  "I won't go into the factory and I won't be expelled from school. In order to marry you, I will definitely work hard to study." Li Yi's voice was not loud, but very certain.

  I don't know why, but Chen Xiaofei's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Maybe it was Li Yi's words that moved her, or maybe it was because of the sentence "I want to marry you". Whatever the reason, Chen Xiaofei felt a little sweet and took a deep breath, saying: "You must be wondering what Du Haibo wanted to talk to me about, right?"

  "What did he say?" Li Yi really wanted to know.

  Chen Xiaofei hesitated for a moment, and truthfully said: "He promised to let you continue staying in the class, but asked me to promise him one thing. If you can get into the top thirty of the class, you can continue to stay in the class. If not, after I go to college, I will be his girlfriend."

  This is almost the same as what the class teacher said. Obviously, Du Haibo found Cao Chuanrui and let him make this announcement in the class.

  Li Yi suddenly became agitated, clenching his fists and saying: "You promised?"

  "I agreed." Chen Xiaofei's tone turned serious, "I believe you can get into the top thirty, for me, can't you try harder just this once?"

  "For you..." Li Yi's heart skipped a beat, what did it mean for a girl to say this?

  Li Yi wasn't stupid, he knew Chen Xiaofei had feelings for him, otherwise she wouldn't have sought him out alone to say something like that. He said, "For you, I will definitely work hard."

  Chen Xiaofei regretted saying that, but in order to encourage Li Yi, she continued: "I remember when you took the middle school entrance exam, your grades weren't bad. Later, I don't know why, but you fell off track. In private, I've also heard classmates mention that it was because of a girl, a girl you deeply loved but couldn't be with, right?"

  "You, how did you know?" Li Yi was stunned, looking at the woman in front of him in surprise.

  The dusty past was uncovered, and the painful memory fragments were like movie scenes from the past that kept emerging in my mind, each one so clear. To be precise, it was a middle school romance, but due to the opposition of the other party's parents, who looked down on their poor family, Li Yi turned to drink and went astray.

  At that time, Li Yi spent all day fighting, drinking, smoking and doing everything a student shouldn't do. If it weren't for his solid foundation, he wouldn't have been able to get into the 42nd Middle School, let alone an ordinary high school. After entering high school, although he restrained himself a lot, because he fell behind in his studies, Li Yi didn't feel like continuing to study, so he became what he is now, holding onto a book from morning till night.

  "In the junior high school I was in, it's not far from the one you attended. I also heard about your situation from my classmates and thought it was a pity at that time. Your grades were so good, and you both loved each other deeply, why did both families refuse? Chen Xiaofei sighed, "If you had studied hard together, it wouldn't have turned out like this now."

  Li Yi smiled, his smile was so bitter, why things developed like this back then, he knew better than anyone.

  "This can't be blamed on her father, my family condition was really ordinary, she not only beautiful, but also from a very rich family. Her parents didn't believe I could give her happiness, I remember he said something at that time, he said, 'my daughter can only marry the son of a wealthy businessman, even if you work hard for ten lifetimes, you won't be able to get that much wealth.'" Li Yi opened his heart for the first time and spoke out about what happened back then.

  Chen Xiaofei was deeply moved, although she had never been in love, but she could imagine how much of a blow this would be to Li Yi, who was still a middle school student at the time. This was also the beginning of Li Yi's downfall.

  Chen Xiaofei took a deep breath and continued, "You shouldn't give up. If I were you, I would prove it to her parents that only I can bring happiness to your daughter."

  "Proof?" Li Yi sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "His parents were right. At that time, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reach the wealth of her family even in ten lifetimes. Because I had secretly inquired about it, her parents' business was enormous, to an extent that I couldn't imagine, and this is where my downfall ultimately lay."

  "People who love each other with all their heart can't be together, the whole world becomes dull and flavorless." Li Yi took a deep breath of cool air, every time he thought of past events, his heart hurt so much that he couldn't breathe.

  Seeing Li Yi's distorted face, Chen Xiaofei felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She took a step forward and suddenly said: "Do you believe in love in a vacuum?"

  "Huh?" Li Yi was stunned, when had it been that a girl asked him a similar question.

  "Chen Xiaofei continued to ask: 'Do you believe it?'"

  Recalling his answer from back then, Li Yi didn't hesitate for a moment and said: "I believe in love in a vacuum, but I don't believe I'll meet a girl like you."

  "If I, and I mean if, I gave you another chance?" Chen Xiaofei looked at Li Yi, her eyes firm as she spoke.

  At this moment, Chen Xiaofei really hoped that Lu Yang could walk out of the shadow. Perhaps because she knew about Li Yi's past, she felt that it was a pity for such a boy to fall down from then on. When filling in the volunteer form for the high school entrance examination, she deliberately wrote down No. 42 Middle School, which is closer to Li Yi's home, just to take a look at this legendary boy and understand the story that has been circulating wildly in various schools.

  For the first two years of high school, Chen Xiaofei never had the opportunity to interact with Li Yi, and he was completely different from what she had imagined. Apart from fighting and reading, there were no redeeming qualities about him, and they hardly ever crossed paths. If it weren't for this accidental encounter, their lives would have been like two parallel lines that would never intersect.

  "Are you giving me a chance?" Li Yi had no idea what Chen Xiaofei was thinking in her heart, he thought Chen Xiaofei hoped he could get good grades because she didn't want to be Du Haibo's girlfriend. In any case, Chen Xiaofei's words today touched him deeply, even if not for Chen Xiaofei, for the love he lost back then, he should walk out of sorrow.

  That year, he couldn't keep the one he loved, and could only watch her leave, watching her move away with her family, leaving this city, and even at the time of departure, he couldn't see her for the last time. But now, everything has changed, he is no longer that useless big boy from back then, having obtained the Heavenly Dao Jade Pendant, shouldn't past events be rewritten?

  No, I must make some changes, I want this world to change because of me.

  Li Yi silently screamed in her heart. She suddenly grasped Chen Xiaofei's hand, her expression solemn as she said, "Thank you, no matter what, I must get into the top thirty this time."

  Seeing Li Yi's determined gaze, Chen Xiaofei secretly let out a sigh of relief and said: "Class is about to start, let's go into the classroom!"

  "Hmm!" Li Yi nodded heavily and started walking in the direction of the classroom, as if there was an unspoken understanding between them.

  Hurry to the classroom door, Chen Xiaofei suddenly thought of something, she hesitated for a moment, lightly biting her lower lip, and said in a low voice: "There are only a few days left before the mock exam, come to my house tonight, I'll tutor you!"