52: The Astrologer 06

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After the school festival, Zong Yan's life returned to its previous state of eerie calm.

If he had to pick out the biggest repercussion, it would probably be the graduation photo on the night of the festival.

Thanks to the excuse Zong Yan gave He Yuan, he was forced to go up on stage as the Night Watchman and stand for a group photo with all the students of senior three.

But even if you ignored the feelings of Xia KeYan, who'd cosplayed as Nunnally, there was also Ye JingMing, who was in a state of shock and given a blanket by a kindly investigator. In short, Zong Yan cast a wide psychological shadow.

With a black umbrella in his hand he had to pose for photos as the Night Watchman with numerous enthusiastic students. He managed to appear in this guise in all the graduation books of senior three. Everyone praised him for his cool and handsome costume and for having the soul of a role-player. Later, his photos constructed yet another tall building on Qingyang High School's forum.

Night Watchman Zong Yan: ...

I'm so tired but I have to maintain the elegant smile of the Night Watchman.

In senior three, a student's life was supposed to be three points and one line with no variations. The sports meet and school festival were a small splash of mercy given by school. After this splash, of course, the students had to return to a life of stagnant water.

The sad thing was that an unknown student leaked the news that their class was going to a bar after the midterm exam. The class teacher specially called the class committee to hold a meeting to discuss it. She said it was forbidden. The students were not allowed to violate the good discipline of the school.

So it all went up in smoke.

But it couldn't be called a total loss. There were rumors that the students had formed a secret chat group, saying they were going to wait until winter break to find a chance to meet up at the bar.

In addition, Ye JingMing began deliberately avoiding him.

Not only did Ye JingMing avoid Zong Yan, his little brothers were hiding from him too. Sometimes when Zong Yan went to the cafeteria at noon for lunch, he accidentally passed some of Ye JingMing's little brothers. They bowed and saluted in unison, like a head of state was reviewing the troops. It gave Zong Yan a weird headache.

Otherwise Zong Yan didn't have time to care about it, because a new event arrived that was big enough to fill anyone with anxiety.

It was the parent-teacher meeting scheduled after the midterm exam.

The midterm exam itself wasn't a big deal. Zong Yan's study habits remained the same. He was solid in his coursework, except for physics, where he still couldn't manage to improve. But the parent-teacher conference was actually a little worrying.

The class teacher knew about Zong Yan's family situation, so usually Zong Yan was the only student whose parents weren't required at the meeting.

But this time was different. This time the class teacher called him to the office.

"You're a senior in high school. The parent-teacher meeting is very important. You have to ask your guardian to come."

At this point the class teacher bent her finger and tapped on the desk. After looking around to confirm no one else was in the office, she lowered her voice. "That incident at the end of last semester, nothing happened to you, right?"

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