After the two of them finished their meal, Wen Sining drove the car and went to their former junior high school with Jing Anyu.
Speaking of which, Jing Anyu was once an outstanding student with excellent conduct and academic performance. Every teacher would praise him when they saw him. He always served as the student representative to speak at the school assembly. There were quite a number of girls in the school who had a crush on him back then.
Apart from his good academic performance, he also liked playing basketball. Back then, whenever he went to the playground, there were so many girls watching that they could hardly squeeze in. Most of them were there to see him. Some girls even offered to give him water, but he always refused.
Wen Sining parked the car in a parking space near the school. The two of them walked over. Looking at the school, Jing Anyu couldn't help but sigh, "The school hasn't changed much." It held all their memories from that time.
Wen Sining pointed at a snack bar beside them. "Remember there used to be so many people here. I loved the wontons in this shop. If I weren't already full, I'd definitely go and have a bowl."
Jing Anyu smiled. "You've changed a lot. You were a bit chubby in junior high." He glanced at Wen Sining and said.
Wen Sining gave a soft snort. "A girl changes with every year. I've changed, okay."
Jing Anyu nodded.
They walked to the school gate. There was still half an hour before the students got out of school.
"Do you want to go in and have a look?" Jing Anyu pointed inside the school.
"Can we go in?" Wen Sining asked. It was class time at this moment.
Jing Anyu nodded. Just as he was about to step forward and talk to the security guard, he saw an older teacher coming out from inside.
He immediately called out, "Teacher Huang Xianxian."
Hearing Jing Anyu's voice, the teacher looked at him. "Jing Anyu."
Jing Anyu nodded.
Huang Xianxian was their junior high school head teacher. At that time, she was just a college graduate, only a few years older than them. When she first came to be their head teacher, the students weren't afraid of her at all.
Huang Xianxian walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "It's been more than a decade since we last saw each other, right?"
"Yeah. I didn't expect you'd still be teaching here." Jing Anyu was a bit surprised.
"Who's this beside you?" Huang Xianxian didn't recognize Wen Sining because Wen Sining and Jing Anyu weren't in the same grade.
"She's my younger sister." Jing Anyu thought this identity was more suitable for her.
Hearing him introduce her like this, Wen Sining felt a slight sense of loss.
"Hello, teacher." Out of politeness, she still greeted.
"Come in, you two!" Huang Xianxian said.
The two nodded and entered the campus together.
"After sending off one batch of students after another, I still have a deep impression of your batch. After all, they were the first batch of students I taught." Huang Xianxian said. It was this batch of students who once made her cry, and then Jing Anyu took the lead to make them apologize.
Jing Anyu gave a gentle smile. "Looking back now, we were really so naive back then." As he said this, he scratched his head shyly.
"Students are always naughty sometimes." Huang Xianxian said. Unconsciously, she had been working in this school for so many years.
Wen Sining just quietly walked beside them, listening to their conversation.
"I heard you went abroad to study. When did you come back?" Huang Xianxian asked. At the graduation dinner, Jing Anyu didn't come. One of the students who was close to her said that he had gone abroad.
Jing Anyu gave an "mm" sound. "My family wanted me to go abroad to study when I was in junior high. I didn't want to go, so I kept delaying it until I graduated from junior high."
Huang Xianxian nodded. "Are you married?"
Jing Anyu didn't expect the teacher to ask such a question. He honestly shook his head. "No. I'm not in a hurry yet."
"Young people nowadays are all like this. It's better to get married a bit later." Huang Xianxian said.
"Yeah." Jing Anyu quite agreed with what she said.
"Alright. You two go and wander around. I won't bother you anymore."
Jing Anyu nodded. They said goodbye to the teacher and then went to wander around the campus with Wen Sining.
Unconsciously, they walked to the playground. Looking at the young and energetic figures on the playground, they seemed to have returned to the past.
"Do you want to have a try?" Wen Sining looked at the teenagers playing basketball in the distance and then shifted her gaze to Jing Anyu.
"Do you want to watch?" Jing Anyu didn't answer her question but instead asked one.
"Sure. It's been years since I last saw you play." Wen Sining said straightforwardly.
"Okay. You sit here. I'll go over." With that, Jing Anyu took off his suit jacket and handed it to Wen Sining. "Hold it for me."
Wen Sining naturally took it. Watching Jing Anyu running over there, she sat down on the bench behind. She saw Jing Anyu saying a few words there and then joining them.
Watching Jing Anyu's figure while playing basketball, it seemed as if they had returned to the past. Wen Sining wasn't as excited as those girls back then. Maybe it was because they had grown up together.
Although Jing Anyu hadn't touched a basketball for a long time, he got the familiar feeling back once he held it.
Wen Sining looked at the canteen not far away, then at Jing Anyu who was playing basketball with those kids. After thinking for a while, she walked over to buy a bottle of water.
After a game, Jing Anyu was all sweaty. He ran towards Wen Sining.
"How was it?" Jing Anyu seemed to be quite looking forward to her answer.
"You're still as good as before." With that, Wen Sining handed the water to him.
Jing Anyu took it and gulped down a big mouthful. "Let's go."
They wandered around the school for a while longer before leaving. Not long after they left, the students came out of the school with their schoolbags on their backs. Each of them was brimming with youth. Wen Sining now understood why people said that they looked good even without makeup.
Lu Luochen came out of the meeting room, picked up his car keys, and took the elevator directly. He drove straight to the apartment where Wen Sining lived.
He knocked on the door and waited for a while. Finding no one answering, he reached out and pressed the doorbell, but still no response. It seemed that Wen Sining wasn't at home.
He had to take out the key from his bag. After inserting it, he found he couldn't turn it. Only then did he realize that Wen Sining had changed the lock.
No wonder she didn't come to ask him for the key. So that was it.
He took out his phone and called Wen Sining, but no one answered. Thinking that she might be busy, he got into the car and waited, hoping that she would come back soon.