At precisely noon, the dismissal bell rang at Yunqi No. 1 High School.
The unfortunate Senior Year Two and Senior Year Three students still had extra classes, but fortunately, it was already Saturday. Tomorrow would give them a day off.
While students from every classroom swarmed toward the cafeteria, Lin Meng Qiu of Class Five and Wen Zhixia of Class Eleven hurried in the opposite direction, toward the school gates.
"Xiao Yan, move, move~!"
"Aww! Zhizhi, you're running off too! Can't you finish this afternoon's classes with me before you go? You're leaving me all alone in this empty room!"
"If I wait until this afternoon, it'll be too late. Bye~!"
With that, Wen Zhixia slung on her backpack. Without even bothering with the hood of her sweatshirt, which had gotten all scrunched up behind her collar again, she rushed impatiently out of the classroom.
The corridor was packed. Fortunately, she was heading for the gates, so she ran against the flow along the corridor toward the Administration Building, then took the less crowded corridor there to go downstairs.
Lin Meng Qiu was no slower. Usually, she waited until everyone else had left before leaving school herself, but today, she had started quietly clearing her desk and packing her bag a full five minutes before class ended.
Old Liang caught Lin Meng Qiu's movements out of the corner of his eye from the podium. For once, he did not keep the class late-
"Class dismissed."
"Whoa! Has that guy Old Liang turned over a new leaf today? He's actually letting us out on time?"
Her classmates were delighted.
Lin Meng Qiu stood up from Chen Shi'an's seat with her bag and hurried out of the classroom at a brisk jog. Cleverly taking the same route as Wen Zhixia, she headed