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She was too excited to notice anything wrong.

"Let's go!"

Zhu Zhitao watched helplessly as her beloved Suìsuì grabbed the wrong person's hand. The next second, someone took her hand too. She looked up and saw a familiar profile.

Sang Fang stared straight ahead, his voice steady and reassuring. "No time. Let's catch up with Suìsuì."

Zhu Zhitao sprang back to life. "Okay! Suìsuì, wait for me!"

As she charged forward, she remembered to pull Su Yan along.

Su Yan beamed. "Let's catch Suìsuì!"

Left at the back, Lu Mingqian, Ruan Mian, and Ji Qi froze for a moment. Ji Qi asked blankly, "Are we supposed to hold hands too?"

Lu Mingqian was a man of action. With his left hand, he politely took Ruan Mian's wrist; with his right, he grabbed his best friend's arm.

"Of course. We can't fall behind!" Lu Mingqian said solemnly.

Ruan Mian shot forward like a little cannonball. "Then what are we waiting for?"

"Let's charge ahead together!"

They ran fast. Golden sunlight spilled across the campus as they raced through the long corridor, down the familiar stairs, through the ground-floor lobby, and across the leafy grounds... Birds sang, and the breeze stirred their hair.

They ran through the best years of their youth and toward the future.

They were brimming with life, ready to take on the world!

The end of the National College Entrance Examination was not the final chapter. It was the beginning of a new one.

Meng Jiu'an's heart pounded. He stared dazedly at their interlaced fingers and couldn't help tightening his grip.

Her hand was so soft, so hot. It made his palm sweat, and his neck and ears flushed red. He couldn't hide the flutter in his heart; it showed in his eyes.

*Let this road be