Chapter 3: Purification

  The two walked and chatted about Armand and Marguerite, talking about how the two first met until Marguerite's tragic death. Wang Ke was no longer as shy and reluctant to speak as she had been at the beginning, but instead became more and more excited, her small face flushing red. Liu Yifei's knowledge of literature really opened Wang Ke's eyes, and besides, among her classmates, she had never found anyone with the same interests. After reading "Camille", she also had a lot of feelings in her heart, but she had never had the opportunity to pour out her heart to someone. At this time, Liu Yifei completely became her confidant, and could even say many things that Wang Ke had not thought of before. The kind of repressed release also made Wang Ke's shyness weaker and weaker, and she spoke more and more.

  Liu Yifei originally only wanted to use this topic to attract Wang Ke, but he didn't expect that by chatting with Wang Ke like this, he also had a strong sense of resonance. In all these years, although he had read many books, discussing them in such depth was unprecedented. Many of Wang Ke's ideas were inevitably naive, but she also had some unique insights that completely captivated Liu Yifei.

  A gentle breeze blew, and Wang Ke's skirt fluttered slightly, her ponytail also swaying gently. Her delicate face was flushed, and her bright eyes kept glancing at Liu Yifei, crystal clear to the extreme. The gaze was very pure, without worldly contamination or guard, as if Liu Yifei's soul had been purified by Wang Ke's gaze. Years of worldly experience and accumulated negative emotions all collapsed in Wang Ke's gaze, and at this moment, he was just a youth, a seventeen-year-old pure youth.

  The cornfield's branches and leaves swayed, making a rustling sound, the wildflowers on both sides of the small road were in full bloom, the faint scent of flowers was refreshing and filled the air. A small road, two boys pushing carts, this is just like a light and carefree ink wash painting. Light, carefree, isn't this exactly the kind of gentle rural charm that Liu Yifei occasionally yearned for?

  Wang Ke was just an innocent girl, and at this time she was also attracted by Liu Yifei's literary talent. Liu Yifei was already in his thirties and had been struggling in society for many years. He skillfully asked Wang Ke many things he wanted to know without arousing her suspicion. For Wang Ke, these were just ordinary things that wouldn't make her vigilant, but for Liu Yifei, they were quite extraordinary.

  Today is May 7th, 1994. He was in the second year of high school. Today is Sunday. They had to return to the dormitory and wouldn't be able to go home again until next Saturday after class.

  Liu Yifei suddenly thought of a more serious problem and immediately asked, "How was this mid-term exam for you?" Liu Yifei's question was somewhat ambiguous, which could be understood as asking how Wang Ke had done on the exam she had already taken, or it could also be understood as asking how Wang Ke had prepared.

  As expected, when it comes to studying, Wang Ke's words become more natural. "I'm also a bit nervous in my heart, the exam is tomorrow, but I feel like there are still some things that aren't prepared well, and I'm really afraid of failing."

  "Hmm... one exam can't represent everything, anyone can have an off day, don't take the scores too seriously, you'll perform better that way." Liu Yifei said with his mouth, but in his heart, he was secretly sighing, tomorrow is the exam, and there's not a single moment left for him, this is clearly the biggest tragedy he has encountered since rebirth.

  If one encounters too many tragedies, then tragedy can no longer be called a tragedy, it's just a part of life. Liu Yifei had already encountered too many tragedies in his past life, and the mid-term exam was such a small tragedy that it wasn't worth mentioning, nor would it affect his development after rebirth.

  However, rebirth had already given him a golden finger to his fate, and it can't be said that he was looking forward to the future, but at least it should have been a prosperous road. But before anything good happened, a tragedy came first, which made him feel very uncomfortable in his heart.

  But this is not necessarily a bad thing, by lowering one's starting point, it won't attract so much attention, and can also start anew in a low-key manner.

  "Are you kidding me?" Wang Ke asked Liu Yifei in surprise, for students, scores are their lifeblood, unless they are the kind of students who don't care about learning at all.

  "I don't want to, but what can I do? This time I'm definitely going to fail the exam." Liu Yifei smiled and gazed at the cornfield beside him, the lush greenery making people feel carefree.

  Talking about studying, Wang Ke was no longer as shy as before and asked: "What rank did you get in the final exam last semester?"

  "The end of last semester......" Liu Yifei really couldn't remember what ranking he got back then.

  "I forgot too." Liu Yifei chuckled.

  "How can one's own achievements be forgotten?" Wang Ke naturally didn't believe it.

  "Then you tell me what rank you got." Liu Yifei retreated in order to advance.

  Wang Ke's face turned red as he said, "I only ranked tenth in the class, and I was among the top fifty in the grade."

  "Not bad." Although the Fourth Middle School is not a key high school, the top 100 students in each grade can also get into second-tier universities. Wang Ke was obviously a good student too, and Liu Yifei sincerely praised him with one sentence.

  "I've told you, how much did you score then?" Wang Ke asked again.

  "I... have already gone over a hundred, it's better not to say, too embarrassing." Liu Yifei smiled.

  "Oh." Wang Ke didn't ask again, if he got 100 points then that wouldn't be considered excellent, Liu Yifei was too embarrassed to say that it's normal, asking more would just expose someone's wounds, so Wang Ke stopped talking at the right time.

  "Go!" A loud shout came from behind, startling both Liu Yifei and Wang Ke, who turned their heads around at the same time.

  Tong Xinfeng, Liu Yifei's classmate and partner in crime, nicknamed "Old Cow", with a shiny black face, small eyes, explosive hair, wearing a floral shirt on top and light gray pants on the bottom, tall and sturdy like a Japanese sumo wrestler, but he has a gentle personality, never gets angry when someone plays a joke on him, just like a warm and ugly old cow.

  After graduating from university, he ran back home to wholesale fruits with his parents. It is said that he also made a lot of money and bought a car by himself, which can be considered as having some achievements. However, the two of them rarely contacted each other because they were not in the same place.

  At this time, seeing Tong Xinfeng, Liu Yifei felt particularly close, and a "old cow" was blurted out, wanting to hug the guy.

  However, Tong Xinfeng didn't even get off the bus, glanced at Wang Ke, then smiled slyly at Liu Yifei and said: "Good kid, I admire you, I'll leave first." Then he kicked one foot and brushed past Liu Yifei's side while riding his bike, looking back with a smile on his face that was... indescribably ambiguous.

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