Yang Yan put the hot dumplings into his mouth and said in a straight voice: "Yes, he failed the class and took the make-up exam."

"Failed the course?!"

Lu Yan's expression changed instantly: "Why did he fail the exam?"

"Hey, you don't know yet, he didn't come to take the first exam."

"I'll explain it to you on the way."

Shen Kuo grabbed Lu Yan's hand and pulled her away, not wanting Yang Yan's big mouth to say anything again.

His hand was so hard that Lu Yan's fair wrist turned red. She broke away from him and asked, "What's going on?"

Beneath the treetops in the shadow of the moon, Shen Kuo replied casually: "I was in Beicheng during the first course exam."

"Why are you in Beicheng if you don't take the final exam?"

"I'm outside the isolation building of the hospital..."

Lu Yan was suddenly speechless and suddenly remembered that at that time, she was quarantined because she was suspected of having SARS...

"Were you always outside the hospital at that time?"

"Um."

Lu Yan recalled that she was quarantined for three weeks at that time.

"No, during those three weeks, you..."

"Come every day." Shen Kuo said calmly: "Except for sleeping and eating, I have been waiting for you downstairs."

Lu Yan felt a surge of soreness in her throat.

At that time in Beicheng, the temperature was minus 20 degrees, and he just stood in the snow...waiting for her.

"Why are you waiting for me?"

She felt extremely distressed, and her eye circles were slightly red. She reached out and patted his chest gently, but Shen Kuo held her hand instead.

"I'm scared."

She looked up at him in surprise. His eyebrows were lowered. Under the street lamp, his dark eyes were hidden in the shadows, with a glimmer of light.

"At that time, I was really afraid. I was afraid that when I woke up, you would no longer be in this world, and I was afraid that I wouldn't know where to find you."

Lu Yan's mind suddenly went blank for a few seconds. She had never seen Shen Kuo looking so helpless and frightened.

He is Shen Kuo, the man who is calm and composed at all times, but there are times when he is scared.

He was afraid that there would be no more her in this world, but she... didn't belong to this world in the first place.

Lu Yan hugged Shen Kuo's waist tightly, buried her head into his chest, and said coquettishly: "Shen Kuo."

"What's wrong?"

"I can't go anywhere."

"Um?"

"Time can't separate us. Even if we are separated, you have to wait for me. I will find you, I will!"

Shen Kuo frowned: "Suddenly it feels like parting ways between life and death."

"Promise me! If I disappear suddenly, you can't get married, you must wait for me, you...promise me!"

A few tears leaked out of the corners of her eyes, and all of them fell on his clothes.

The emotion just now was gone, and Shen Kuo was amused by her: "Can't we get married?"

Lu Yan felt even more sad and cried: "You can't be with anyone else anyway... because I will definitely find you. If you get married when I find you, I will be very sad."

Shen Kuo suddenly wanted to laugh, but seeing that the little girl was serious about it, he felt helpless and said softly: "Didn't I already promise you a long time ago?"

He had promised her long ago that she would be the only one in his life.

I won’t marry anyone but her.

Lu Yan's heart became heavier and heavier, and she became more and more frightened.

Shen Kuo in his previous life never married; Shen Kuo in his previous life also said that he was waiting for someone.

Lu Yan closed her eyes and didn't want to think about it anymore.

She hugged him tightly and said in a slightly hoarse and weak voice: "I love you, Shen Kuo."

Shen Kuo lowered his head and kissed her hair: "I know."

He knows that Lu Yan loves him very much...

After that night, Lu Yan recalled the events of her previous life countless times in her dreams.

After Lu Zhen went bankrupt in his previous life, the bank confiscated all his assets, including their house.

She and Lu Zhen, the father and daughter, lived in a cramped rental house. Lu Zhen was burdened with a high amount of debt. Those loan sharks came to collect the debt and threatened to use his daughter to pay off the debt, which almost drove him crazy.

Lu Yan has seen how crazy a man can be. In order to protect her, her father stayed awake every night, guarding the door with a knife with red eyes.

Lu Zhen couldn't bear to see his father becoming increasingly haggard. He once went to Shen Kuo in tears and begged him to let Lu Zhen go.

At that time, Shen Kuo was wearing a suit and leather shoes, with no wrinkles on her clothes. Although she was old... the years had not left any trace on his face. He looked so young and so handsome.

But unlike the young man, his eyes were dark and deep, filled with wind and clouds.

Without the recklessness and immaturity of a young man, he had the poise and magnanimity that a mature man should have. At that time, he was definitely... the most perfect moment in a man's life.

Under his gaze, Lu Yan shivered with fear. She cried and begged him, also calling him Uncle Shen, begging him to let her father go.

In the dream, Lu Yan recalled many of these details.

For example, Shen Kuo didn't want to see her at first. She blocked him at the door of the company. He stared at her face for a long time, then took her into the office, kicked everyone out, closed the door, and gave her

Pour a glass...

tomato juice.

Her favorite tomato juice...

For another example, when she called him Uncle Shen, she saw that his hands were visibly shaking.

Later, Shen Kuo told her that she could let Lu Zhen go, but there was one condition——

She moved into Shen's house and lived with him.

At that time, Lu Yan felt dizzy and frightened. She thought Shen Kuo was going to do something terrible to her.

However, it turns out that she thought too much.

Shen Kuo asked her to move out of the rented house with a bad environment. He gave her an independent room in the Shen family mansion, which was larger and more luxurious than her previous room.

Shen Kuo was busy with work on weekdays and didn't pay much attention to her. He only kept her at home.

But the servants at home treated her with great respect, and Shen Kuo would sometimes stop at the door of her room for a long time when he came back from get off work.

But he never bothers her.

In other words... he carefully restrained himself to avoid scaring her.

Lu Yan actually noticed these details, but she didn't think much about them at the time.

Until this moment, bits and pieces of the past gathered in her heart, and the answer seemed to be clear...

Does this mean that one day, she will disappear from this world?

According to the current development of the plot, Lu Zhen and Jian Yao will definitely get better and better, and then another one of her will be born in this world.

She doesn't belong to this world.

Her mission in this world has not been completed yet. She has not found her aunt yet, and she has not yet figured out the cause of her mother's death...

I'm not willing to leave like this, and I don't want to leave either.

Lu Yan was worried and melancholy for several days, but she felt that her worries were unfounded, her destiny had its own arrangement, and it was useless to think about it now.

That afternoon, Lu Zhen passed by the college office and happened to hear Shen Kuo and the counselor talking about student loans.

"In your case, you can apply, but you have to go to the neighborhood committee to get it stamped and then go through the process."

"How long will it take?"

"The number of student loan places is limited, and there are many students in the college who are in a similar situation to yours, so there is no rush. We will still have to take assessments when the time comes."

Teacher Qin thought for a while and then said: "Shen Kuo, in your case, you can actually apply for a subsidy for poor students. It should be approved soon. The student loan cycle is too long."

Shen Kuo shook his head and refused: "I don't need subsidies. I will pay back the loan when I earn money later."

"Hey...then go back and wait for news."

Shen Kuo nodded, took the documents and walked out of the office. Lu Zhen hurriedly hid behind the office door, with his back against the wall, for fear of being seen by him.

Shen Kuo seemed to be deep in thought and did not notice him.

Lu Zhen looked at his leaving figure, touched his chin, thought for a moment, and immediately walked to the counselor's office.

"Teacher Qin, I also want to apply for a student loan!"
To be continued...