Someone Has Too Many Fated Relationships

The small town in the south wasn't raining, but the weather was bitterly cold.

Han Wenwen wore a down jacket and a scarf as she went alone to the center of the Lianxin Festival on New Year's Day, standing before that Ancient Tree.

Although today wasn't a festival, people still lived around this place.

Lanterns had been hung on the tree, and there was an On-duty Grandpa in the nearby Guard Room.

"Grandpa, can I draw a token?" She walked to the entrance of the Guard Room.

The On-duty Grandpa smiled when he heard her. "Coming to draw a token during the New Year? Have you tied on a Red String?"

Han Wenwen lifted the Red String decorated with colorful cloth in her hand and wrote the same wish she had made in Elementary School. She had come this time to find out whether the True Son of Heaven bestowed by this tree was real.

Under the On-duty Grandpa's watch, she hung the Red String on the tree, then drew another Wooden Token.

The grandpa said, "This Ancient Tree is pretty accurate. The surname I asked for back then was exactly the same as my current Spouse's."

"Really? But I asked once before, and I forgot the surname on that Wooden Token. That's why I came back this time. I wonder if it's still accurate?"

"As long as there's a Marriage Fate, people won't miss each other."

Han Wenwen stared at the Wooden Token she had drawn. Her open mouth breathed out warm vapor, and her pupils trembled faintly, because the same character from back then was still carved on it—Lin.

A smile touched her lips.

It seems Lin Zhengran really is my True Son of Heaven.

But Qingqing...

Han Wenwen waved goodbye to the Old Grandpa and returned to her Uncle's home.

The lights along the entire street shone brightly. Every household was bustling as they hung all kinds of Lanterns, and Han Wenwen's Uncle's home was no different.

The difference was that, unlike the liveliness in other people's homes, there was no one else in Han Wenwen's home.

Her Uncle was spending the New Year at his girlfriend's home this year, so naturally he hadn't brought Han Wenwen along.

Han Wenwen sat alone on the steps with her face in her hands, holding the Wooden Token.

She murmured to herself, "Lin Zhengran's Marriage Fate really is quite abundant."

Her stomach rumbled. She returned to her room to find something to eat, reminding herself, "Speaking of which, I have to find a way to get a place of my own during next year's vacation. If I stay here any longer, Aunt will definitely get angry."

Brilliant fireworks shot into the sky at midnight, exploding overhead with endless crackles.

At the same time, Lin Zhengran's phone rang, and he received three messages.

One was from Jiang Xueli, one from He Qing, and one from Han Wenwen.

"Big Dummy, Happy New Year!"

"Lin Zhengran, Happy New Year."

"Lin Zhengran, Happy New Year."

Lin Zhengran replied to all three at once.

Another half a month passed, and the new semester began.

Han Wenwen and He Qing returned from the south.

The four of them reunited once more. Perhaps because they had spent an entire winter vacation apart, those two finally weren't as eccentric as they had been before the New Year.

They still weren't normal, though... Han Wenwen continued to fulfill her duty as Best Friend and Childhood Sweetheart monitor. Whenever the class was divided into groups, or during PE Class and the like,

Han Wenwen would stay by Lin Zhengran's side to stop other girls from approaching him.

The two of them also became increasingly familiar with each other, and Han Wenwen seemed more and more relaxed in front of a Certain Person.

The most telling example was when a teacher once asked Deskmates to recite their texts to each other.

Because Han Wenwen's studies were poor and she couldn't squeeze out a single word, Lin Zhengran mercilessly told the teacher, "Teacher, she didn't memorize it."

After class, Han Wenwen glared furiously at Lin Zhengran, her cheeks puffed out. "Lin Zhengran, you're so heartless. You don't take care of girls at all. If it were another boy, he definitely wouldn't tell the teacher that I hadn't memorized it."

"That's a shame. I'm not another boy." Lin Zhengran explained, "Besides, you're not a girl. At most, you're a canine."

She raised her chin arrogantly. "Hmph!"

She definitely wouldn't have acted like this before.

During these relatively ordinary days, another two months passed before anyone realized it.

Then one day, the class held a Mock Exam. Han Wenwen had scored near the bottom, so the Class Teacher called her to the office and criticized her privately.

The gist was that if she continued with grades like these, she absolutely wouldn't qualify to attend high school. The teacher hoped she would start taking her studies seriously.

Lin Zhengran happened to be passing the office door at the time. Looking at Han Wenwen standing there with an expression as if nothing had happened,

Lin Zhengran, whose experience differed from that of his peers, could tell at a glance that she wasn't as cheerful as she appeared. She had quite a few worries, only hiding them deeply.

During a PE Class that same day,

Han Wenwen sat beside Lin Zhengran by the Iron Net at the edge of the field. She covered her bent thighs with her School Uniform jacket and secretly hid her phone underneath it as she played.

Lin Zhengran looked ahead. "That Silly Girl has finally stopped pulling weird stunts on me lately. I suppose you've run out of ideas to give her?"

Han Wenwen froze for a moment, then raised her head and smiled awkwardly at Lin Zhengran. "Lin Zhengran, you knew?"

"What do you think? Anyone can tell she didn't come up with those things herself. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so bizarre every day. Her brain and her actions simply don't match."

Little Fox stopped playing with her phone, looking somewhat helpless.

"I thought that after I gave Little Qing Qing so many ideas, the two of you would at least make a little progress. Even holding hands would have counted. But it seems none of it worked. Little Qing Qing even told me that you've been scolding her more and more lately, and your relationship has actually regressed."

Lin Zhengran didn't want to comment. He and Han Wenwen gazed together at the emerald-green lawn and the students running and playing around the field.

He suddenly said, "School life is really nice. When I was young, I actually hated going to school because I always felt oppressed there. It wasn't until I met Little Qing Qing that I felt the joy of going to school. She was my first friend."

Lin Zhengran glanced at the fox beside him. "Why are you suddenly revealing your feelings?"

Han Wenwen's lips curled into a knowing smile. "Even if I'm considered your rumored girlfriend, I can still vaguely guess what you're thinking. For example, from the look in your eyes right now."

Han Wenwen put on a coquettish expression. "That look seems to be saying, 'Han Wenwen, what on earth is this fox thinking?' So I'll answer you."

Lin Zhengran snorted.

Han Wenwen watched him meaningfully. Then she suddenly hugged her legs and pretended to joke.

"Actually, with my grades, I probably won't be able to get into high school. That's why I want to do my best during this final year to bring the two of you together. That's what I'm really thinking."

She gazed at the school and slowly said, "After Middle School, I probably won't ever see Little Qing Qing again." She paused. "And I probably won't ever see Lin Zhengran again either."

"Wen Wen? What did you just say?!"

Behind the Iron Net, He Qing, who had also been in PE Class and had come over to say hello, suddenly froze when she heard those words.

Han Wenwen turned around in a panic when she heard He Qing's voice, seemingly afraid that she had understood the meaning behind her words.

"Little Qing Qing?"

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