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"Quan Yu, you never went to M Country, did you?"

"You didn't go to school, did you?"

Quan Yu met her gaze without flinching. "If I'm not at school, where else could I be?"

He rubbed the top of her head hard and said deliberately, "Why don't you come study abroad with me, then?"

Quan Yu knew how to dispel Ruan Mian's suspicions, but this time, he had miscalculated.

Ruan Mian said, "Okay. We'll study together."

"Come back home."

Quan Yu gave a rueful laugh. "It's not a place I can leave whenever I want."

"Then run away!" Ruan Mian said.

She seemed to make up her mind and cupped her childhood friend's thin cheeks in both hands.

"I'll help you escape!"

The look in Quan Yu's eyes changed. He fell silent.

The sunlight was dazzling, but the girl's eyes shone brighter.

Quan Yu couldn't bear to look away.

Everyone had their own lives, their joys and their troubles. Time slipped quietly by.

The college entrance exam results came out.

Shen Baili got her results before the official announcement.

"I'm the Provincial Top Scorer?!"

I'm the Provincial Top Scorer!!!!!

Shen Baili's hand shook around the phone. Shen Wan pressed her face against Shen Baili's, and at some point, their hands had clasped together. Both of them were trembling like leaves.

Xie Liuzheng leaned over their heads, trying to hear the voice on the other end of the call. She was so excited that her fingers dug into the sofa, nearly gouging out a hole.

"Yes, Suìsuì, you're the Provincial Top Scorer!"

"Congratulations, Class Monitor!" Deng Qin declared with certainty.

Deng Qin had seen both her talent and her hard work. Shen Baili wasn't a genius who scored full marks without trying. She was talented, but she also worked very, very,