As soon as Xue Jiamin walked out of the classroom, he saw his friends crouching outside.
He: ...
"You finally came out."
The chubby boy grinned. "I—"
The other short-haired boy took a few steps forward.
"Let's go first."
"Don't talk here."
The teacher was still in the classroom.
The chubby boy: ...
He swallowed the words that were about to come out.
By the time Song Heng walked out of the classroom, the corridor was already empty.
He paused, slightly taken aback.
But he didn't think much of it.
He kept walking toward the stairs.
He felt a little more at ease.
It wasn't that he hadn't gone with the others.
They'd left first.
The teacher wouldn't blame him if she found out.
"Huh?"
The chubby boy turned around.
"Xue Jiamin, why'd you stop?"
Xue Jiamin turned around.
"Waiting for someone."
Waiting for someone?
The chubby boy and the short-haired boy exchanged glances.
Who was he waiting for?
Hmm?
Xue Jiamin's steps slowed.
He saw a few figures in the distance.
They...
"Is that him?"
The chubby boy looked surprised.
"Xue Jiamin, when did you get so close to him?"
He hadn't even known.
"No."
Xue Jiamin shook his head.
"The teacher asked me to walk home with him."
"Didn't something happen to him during the day?"
"The teacher didn't feel comfortable letting him go home alone,"
"but he didn't want the teacher to walk him home."
"So the teacher asked me to walk with him for a while."
Xue Jiamin explained it clearly.
"Oh~"
His two friends both looked enlightened.
"So that's what happened."
"Making us wait around like this..."
The chubby boy muttered under his breath.
The teacher must've roped him into it...
Xue Jiamin was about