Chapter 288: If You Don’t Leave, I Won’t Abandon ①
Seeing Nie Qiu arrive, Nie Aifang spoke a few words to Li Kai, Zhang Haiyang, and Huang Yan before preparing to take Nie Qiu back to the hospital. Nie Qiu had two infusions daily. The doctor had actually said she could recover at home, just needing to come to the hospital on time each day for her infusions. The reason she couldn’t take exams was due to the injury on her hand. Nie Qiu was actually mostly recovered, but in Nie Aifang’s eyes, having gone through a life-or-death situation, her body still needed time to heal slowly, so it was safer to stay in the hospital.
Li Kai stepped forward and took Nie Qiu’s hand. Nie Aifang’s face darkened upon seeing this, but she didn’t scold him. Huang Yan placed the book in her hand into Zhang Haiyang’s and smilingly stepped forward, linking her arm with Nie Aifang’s. She said with a smile, “Auntie, Nie Qiu has been studying at our school for three years. Haven’t you had a good look around our school yet? Come, I’ll show you the scenery of our school.”
Nie Aifang smiled and tapped Huang Yan’s nose, “You mischievous girl!”
Huang Yan wrinkled her nose and smilingly led Nie Aifang towards the places worth seeing in the school.
Li Kai held Nie Qiu’s hand. Seeing Huang Yan taking Nie Aifang to tour the school, he then smiled and said to Nie Qiu, “Nie Qiu, don’t worry. For this Senior High School Entrance Examination, I’ll only do half the exam papers. I’ll repeat a year of study with you.”
Repeat a year of study with her?!
Nie Qiu’s eyes widened in shock as she looked at Li Kai, as if looking at a stranger. “Li Kai… what did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly, say it again?”
“I said, for this Senior High School Entrance Examination, I’ll only do half the exam papers. I’ll repeat a year of study with you!” Li Kai said with a smile to Nie Qiu. This was the result of discussions among their brothers, Huang Yan, and Bai Ya. They all said that if he did this, Nie Qiu would definitely be moved.
The decision was made because of the rumors at school a couple of days ago. He knew these rumors were spread by some girls from Class 5, but even knowing this, they couldn’t openly cause trouble for them because there was no evidence, and because graduation was approaching, they couldn’t confirm such a matter, which would be very bad for Nie Qiu.
However, if Nie Qiu were to repeat a year of study, she would have to be in the same class as the current Second Grade students. He always felt that if Nie Qiu were to study alone in this school, she would definitely be bullied, or else… Nie Qiu would be hurt by the rumors.
So he discussed it with Zhang Haiyang and the others. Anyway, for them, studying one more year or one less year made no difference. Huang Yan also said she would only do half the exam papers and accompany Nie Qiu to repeat a year of study, but he persuaded her against it. In his opinion, he and Nie Qiu were one, just like his dad and Aunt Li, or like loving couples in other families; they were inseparable. So he didn’t mind, but he absolutely couldn’t affect a friend’s life. If Huang Yan really insisted on repeating a year of study with Nie Qiu, Zhang Haiyang would definitely do the same, even if they might get into a very good school.
Li Kai thought Nie Qiu would be moved, but Nie Qiu felt… not moved, but distressed. She felt an abnormal surge of anger and embarrassment.
She had agreed to be with Li Kai on the condition that it wouldn’t affect her studies. But now, what was this?
As Teacher Yang said, if she was injured, they would be sad and upset. She could still clearly hear Li Kai’s crying and shouting at that time, so sad, so sad. She was sure that this boy liked her, or rather… loved her, but how could she drag him down because of this?
Repeat a year of study?
One year. This might not seem like much to many people. Time marches on, no matter how one lives. But how many years does a person have in their life? If one can truly move forward, why should they hesitate?
