Despite Xu Su's earnest reassurances that she'd be fine by morning, Xi Zirong's worried frown didn't lift all night.
The next morning, he waited for Xu Su outside the girls' dorm. Only after he took her arm to examine it did he finally relax.
Overnight, all the alarming welts had completely vanished.
While a part of her was instinctively happy that her boyfriend cared for her so deeply, she mostly felt an immense sense of pressure.
She just wanted a simple high school romance—nothing epic, and certainly not a love as deep as the ocean.
But it seemed like things were slowly veering off in the opposite direction.
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The final exams were soon over. On the last day of June, Teacher Wu officially announced the start of summer vacation.
They had a three-day break, from July 1st to July 3rd. Just like the grade above them, they were to return to school on July 4th, at which point they would officially be seniors.
