Chapter 927: Renewing the Fate

On the third day after the Spring Festival, Lin Hao invited Zhong Bai and Lu Qiachuan to his home. When they knew that Ren Yifan was also there, they readily agreed.

At noon, Lin Hao prepared a large table of dishes to entertain everyone!
The meal lasted for more than an hour, and Lu Qiachuan and Zhong Bai were both a little exhausted.

Lu Qiachuan waved his hand and said, "I really can't drink anymore!"

"Come, let me toast you two again to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Happy New Year!" Ren Yifan wanted to continue drinking.

"Still drinking!" Zhong Bai said helplessly: "You've been drinking with us for more than an hour. What's wrong with you today?"

Seeing the two of them finish their drinks, Ren Yifan shouted again: "Don't leave, three more bottles?"

Hearing this, Zhong Bai couldn't stand it anymore: "Ren Yifan is not allowed to drink."

"I'm just drinking, do you want to follow me?" Ren Yifan continued to urge him to drink.

"Okay, stop toasting, you can't drink anymore!" Lin Hao also stopped Ren Yifan.

Zhong Bai got up and went to the bathroom. When he came back, he saw Ren Yifan drinking another glass alone, and it was obvious that he was worried about something.

"Are you worried about something? Why are you drinking all the time? You don't want to go home during the New Year!" Zhong Bai noticed something strange about Ren Yifan.

"Yes, what's wrong with you? Why don't you want to go home during the New Year? Did you have a fight with your parents?" Lu Qiachuan also asked.

Ren Yifan smiled bitterly, then said distressedly:
"I have argued with my dad and my mom, but I have never argued with my parents."

Zhong Bai asked: "Why?"

"My parents divorced when I was seven years old. I was very well behaved before I was seven!" Ren Yifan then revealed the secret he had hidden for many years.

Lu Qiachuan said awkwardly: "You never said that?"

Ren Yifan continued pouring wine and said, "You didn't ask? I have a younger brother and a younger sister, one is seven years old and the other is nine years old. My brother's surname is Ren and my sister's surname is Feng."

After finishing his glass of wine, Ren Yifan kept refilling his glass: "Have you ever seen Guanqian Street at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve?"

Ren Yifan looked at Zhong Bai: "It's the one opposite your house. Have you seen what it looks like at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve?"

Zhong Bai shook his head to indicate that he had not seen it.

Ren Yifan continued: "During the day on New Year's Eve, the streets are very busy. People bring their children to buy New Year's goods and ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner."

"But once it's twelve o'clock in the evening, there's no one on the street. Even the shops that say they're open 24 hours a day are closed. Only the street lamps are still on. They stand there in groups, as if laughing at your loneliness, one by one, year after year."

"Isn't it ironic? At a time when every household in the city is reunited with their families, the city itself is the emptier."

After drinking the wine in the glass, Ren Yifan looked at Lu Qiachuan and said with a wry smile: "Ask me why I know!"

Lu Qiachuan asked cooperatively: "Why?"

"After my parents divorced, they seemed to not want to see each other, so one lived in the west of the city and the other lived in the east. Every year before New Year's Eve, I stayed at my dad's house. After midnight, my uncle would take me to my mom's house."

"So, when every Chinese family reunited, I crossed the city to help the two families reunite. But in fact, the two families could reunite without me."

"When I was seven, my parents divorced and I followed my father. Soon my father remarried. On the wedding day, my aunt was watching me the whole time. She stopped me in the kitchen and wouldn't let me go to the hall because she was afraid that I would cry and make a scene there."

"So at my dad's second wedding, I was locked in the kitchen from beginning to end and never came out." Ren Yifan talked about his parents' divorce.

"Why bother? Actually, I didn't want to cause trouble at all. I just wanted to see the bride, what does she look like? I was very well behaved when I was a child." Ren Yifan's words revealed great loneliness and sadness.

Lin Hao didn't know how to comfort Ren Yifan at this time, so he could only pat him on the shoulder to show his comfort.

In fact, I heard him say all this on New Year's Eve. He must have drunk too much today and poured out all his grievances to his two best friends.

But it was the first time that Lu Qiachuan and Zhong Bai heard about it. Ren Yifan had never mentioned this before.

After comforting Ren Yifan, the four of them rested for a while. Out of boredom, Zhong Bai suggested that the four of them play a mahjong table, so Lin Hao took out the mahjong and the four of them started playing together.

Lin Hao neither counted the cards nor used his skills to cheat, he just played with his own cards.

They played until the evening, when Lin Hao's drunkenness wore off. After they had dinner, he drove the two away.

Lin Hao first sent Lu Qiachuan home. The three of them were chatting and laughing. When they sent Zhong Bai home, the car suddenly became quiet.

Not far from Zhong Bai's house, seeing her keeping her head down and not saying anything, Lin Hao suddenly stopped the car.

"Zhong Bai!" After parking the car, Lin Hao called out softly.

"Huh?" Zhong Bai turned his head.

"Why have you been avoiding me all this time?" Lin Hao approached Zhong Bai and asked, "Didn't you say you liked me?"

"I~!" Looking at Lin Hao's sincere face, Zhong Bai's eyes unconsciously became a little vague.

"You're covered in snow~!" Before Zhong Bai could finish his words, Lin Hao hugged Zhong Bai's head and kissed him.

"No, no, stop!" Zhong Bai shouted no, but his body hardly struggled.

After a while, Zhong Bai suddenly pushed Lin Hao away, and then said fiercely:
"Lin Hao, don't go too far, you already have a girlfriend!"

"Isn't it enough that you have Luo Xue?" Zhong Bai gritted his teeth and asked coldly:
"Why do you want to provoke me? Do you want to hug me? Are you worthy of Luo Xue?"

"You provoked me first!" Lin Hao looked at Zhong Bai and asked back:

"I admit that I liked you very much before, even for a long time, but I knew that you had someone in your heart, and the one you liked deep down was Lu Qiachuan, so I didn't have any bad thoughts about you before!"

"You were the one who pulled my heartstrings, you were the one who teased me on Halloween, and then you left me alone!"

Zhong Bai opened her mouth but didn't know what to say. In fact, she really wanted to say that it was just a game between him and Ren Yifan.

But she couldn't deceive herself. In fact, she had always had a good impression of Lin Hao and even fell in love with him. It was only because of Lin Luoxue that she deliberately distanced herself from Lin Hao during this period of time.

The excited Lin Hao took the opportunity to hold Zhong Bai's little face and kissed her again!

I don’t know if it was because of guilt or other reasons, but this time Zhong Bai not only did not struggle, but actively cooperated.

After a long while, they parted their lips. Zhong Bai, with a dazed look in his eyes, seemed to come back to his senses and said sadly:
"That's it, we can't let Luoxue down!"

"I was a little presumptuous just now, I'm sorry!" Lin Hao knew that he couldn't get discouraged at this time, otherwise they would really not be destined to be together.

So Lin Hao immediately said something even more explosive:
"Actually, Luo Xue knows that I like you!"

"What? Luo Xue knows? You must be lying to me!" Zhong Bai felt a little panicked when he thought that Lin Luo Xue knew about this.

"What about the falling snow~!" Zhong Bai couldn't help but ask curiously.

Lin Luoxue has long wanted to find a sister to share the burden! Although she thought so in her heart, Lin Hao certainly couldn't say so, but said:

"She doesn't mind!" Seeing Zhong Bai's disbelief, Lin Hao said frankly:
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Luoxue. If she says no, I won't dare to chase you!"

"Hmph!" Lin Hao's words made Zhong Bai's mind a little confused.

Then Zhong Bai snorted coldly, said nothing, opened the car door and walked out.

After watching Zhong Bai return home, Lin Hao started the car and drove towards home.

That night, Lin Hao slept peacefully, but Zhong Bai suffered from insomnia.

She almost forgot that Lin Hao kissed her that night when she was drunk, but then on Halloween, she listened to Ren Yifan's nonsense and went to "touch" some new love.

I didn't expect to "run into" Lin Hao, which would have been fine. The key point was that I got excited at the time and wrote on Lin Hao's phone that I loved Lin Hao.

She had ignored Lin Hao for a while, thinking that the matter was over, but she didn't expect that what Lin Hao did today would stir up waves in her heart again.

Not only that, she also thought of Lin Hao's usual actions, his care for her, and the clothes he gave her some time ago. For a moment, Zhong Bai's mind was full of Lin Hao's shadow. She felt confused and her mind was in a mess.

In the next few days, Lin Hao repeatedly invited Zhong Bai to hang out, but Zhong Bai refused, and Ren Yifan also returned to his home which he was reluctant to return to.

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That day, Lin Hao came to the station and made another call:
"Hey, are you there yet? Okay, we're over here at Exit 1. OK, see you later!"

A few minutes later, Lin Luoxue came up the escalator pulling a suitcase.

After Lin Luoxue got off the car, the first thing she saw was Lin Hao, and then she rushed forward and hugged Lin Hao regardless of everything.

"I miss you so much!" Lin Luoxue said happily in Lin Hao's ear.

"Me too, I think about it every moment!" He kissed Lin Luoxue's forehead lightly, and then the two of them hugged and kissed in public.

After a long while, Lin Hao let go of Lin Luoxue, then smiled and joked: "Beauty, my cat can do somersaults, do you want to go and see it?"

"Watching a cat do somersaults?" Lin Luo glanced at Lin Hao and said, "How could you think of that? Why don't you invite me to your house to see your goldfish?"

"Look at the goldfish!" Lin Hao said with a smile: "It's not impossible!"

"Hmph!" Lin Luoxue took Lin Hao's arm and followed Lin Hao into the car.

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Arriving at Lin Hao's house, Lin Luoxue threw down her suitcase and jumped onto Lin Hao. Lin Hao also hugged her, and then the two began to kiss.

"You~, aren't you going to take me to see the goldfish?"

"The goldfish is in my bedroom~!" Lin Hao said, and carried Lin Luoxue directly into the bedroom.

"I~, forget it, I won't bother with you anymore!"

Looking at the impatient Lin Hao, Lin Luoxue let Lin Hao do his best.

That day, after Lin Hao helped clean up the house, Lin Luoxue lived in Lin Hao's house.

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At the same time, the bored Xiao Haiyang was being questioned by relatives who came to visit him.

Under the sharp questions from his relatives, especially his uncle, Xiao Haiyang wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

Fortunately, Xiao Haiyang's sister Xiao Yu helped Xiao Haiyang out of the predicament, otherwise Xiao Haiyang would be in an even worse situation.

After the final results came out, Bi Shisan and Lin Hao tied for first place in the class, followed by Li Shuci, Zhong Bai, Lin Luoxue, and Gu Yixin.

However, these had no appeal to Xiao Haiyang. But when he saw that he was the second to last and Lu Qiachuan was the last, he was happier than ever because the curse of being last was broken.

Seeing this exciting scene, Xiao Haiyang quickly borrowed a printer from his sister and printed out his class's grades.

Xiao Haiyang ran to his father's study room angrily, slapped the report card on his father's desk and said:
"Old Xiao, take a look!"

Xiao Haiyang's father looked at the report card on the table and asked in confusion:
"This report card is so thick, are there so many people in your class?"

Xiao Haiyang just urged: "Look! Look!"

Xiao Haiyang's father flipped through two pages of transcripts and stopped to ask:

"Don't tell me, are you going to turn to the last page again?"

Xiao Haiyang ignored Father Xiao's tone and pointed to the transcript: "Yes, please turn to the last page!"

Father Xiao glanced at Xiao Haiyang, turned to the last page, and saw Xiao Haiyang's name.

Xiao Haiyang pointed at his name on the transcript and said excitedly, "Look, I'm second from the bottom!"

Next, Xiao Haiyang began his performance:
"Alas! Looking back on the past six months, I have worked hard and studied diligently, day and night! In the morning I am covered with colorful clouds, and in the evening I kiss the setting sun, just like a young poplar tree on the campus!"

Xiao Haiyang's father ignored Xiao Haiyang's exaggerated performance and pointed at Lu Qiachuan, who was in last place:
"Is this person also repeating the same grade as you?"

"No! He's a freshman! But from today on, he will be my best friend!"

"This is just the first step to witness my glory. My life will start from the second to last!" Xiao Haiyang's performance became more and more exaggerated.

Xiao Haiyang's father was very calm and said calmly:
"It doesn't matter where you rank in the exam. What matters is that you can continue your studies normally, graduate successfully, pass the Level 4 exam, and get your degree certificate!"

"After you graduate successfully, I will find you a position in the company and you can start working, or you can go to your uncle's company and help him!"

Xiao Haiyang was very unconvinced and said, "From your tone, it seems that I can't find a job on my own!"

Father Xiao pointed at Lu Qiachuan and his name on the report card and said sternly:

"I don't think either of you can find a job!"

Xiao Haiyang said seriously: "You can insult me, but you can't insult my best friend!"

Xiao Haiyang's father sighed and said:
"Ah~, I'm too lazy to insult you. Wait until you pass the Level 4 and then tell me! Can you pass the Level 4 this time?"

"Since I can escape the misfortune of being last, I will definitely pass the Level 4 this time!" Xiao Haiyang said confidently.

"You said the same thing before. When you ranked last in the exam, you said that all your bad luck was concentrated on one point and you would definitely pass the Level 4 exam."

"What's the result? Anyway, just pass the Level 4 exam before graduation!" Xiao Haiyang's father was very familiar with his words.

"You look down on me too much. I will definitely pass the Level 4 exam this time!" Xiao Haiyang said confidently.

Although he said so, Xiao Haiyang didn't know whether Lin Hao was reliable or not.

After leaving the study, Xiao Haiyang returned to his room, closed the door and immediately called Yu Hao, preparing to invite Yu Hao to go out with him to seek refuge.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xiao Haiyang asked.

"I'm applying a facial mask!" Yu Hao was lying on the sofa applying a facial mask.

"Do me a favor and book me a flight! Anywhere!"

"Why are you booking a flight?"

"I told my dad that I would definitely pass the Level 4 exam this time, but I'm not sure if I can pass it, so I wanted to go out and hide!" Xiao Haiyang explained the reason.

"Then why don't you come to my Chaoshan! It's warm here!" Yu Hao said, stretching.

"Humph! I can't go to your place. What if you don't even pass the Level 4 exam? Your parents will definitely be mad!" Xiao Haiyang was sure that Yu Hao would not pass the Level 4 exam.

“Bah! I can definitely pass the Level 4 exam, so don’t curse me!” Yu Hao was very unhappy when he heard this.

"What if I fail? My expression was exactly the same as yours when I took the Level 4 exam for the first time!" Xiao Haiyang explained.

“But what can I do?” Yu Hao was still unhappy.

"Don't worry, this is just the beginning of bad luck. If the CET-4 results are released tomorrow, your relatives will be in trouble!"

"Let me see. Today is the tenth day of the first lunar month. Your relatives will nag you from the eleventh day until you start school. They will annoy you to death! So we can go out together to avoid them!" Xiao Haiyang explained the horror of failing the CET-4.

"Let me think about it!" Xiao Haiyang thought for less than a second before continuing, "After thinking it over, how about we go to Qiaochuan's house?"

"It better be!"

"That's settled then!" Xiao Haiyang finalized the plan.

"Hey, stop pretending! You haven't thought about it at all! Isn't Qiaochuan's side the same as Zhong Bai's side? Why didn't you say go to Shisan's side?" Yu Hao began to complain that Xiao Haiyang had other plans.

"Brother Hao, it's not generous of you to think like this. From now on, we will both fail the Level 4 exam for years to come. We will have to depend on each other from now on. I now officially promote you to my best friend! Let's go travel to Qiaochuan's house together!" Xiao Haiyang said.

"Even if you want to go, you should tell Qiao Chuan in advance!"

"OK! I'll tell him now!"