Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

Chapter 618 - 228: Yan Qiuwen Is the Real "Best Friend

After the Lantern Festival, the group returned to school.

Huang Panpan still rode in Su Zelin’s car.

Tang Yan was at a loss for words, possibly a bit wary of the junior schoolmate.

Someone like Xiaoyanzi, a female Aries, seemed quick-tempered, her mouth like a machine gun, talking all day, inside and out the same.

Meanwhile, Huang Panpan, an Aquarius, seemed like a goody two shoes, but was actually a serpent. She didn’t talk much, yet could easily hit a sore spot and drive people crazy.

So, besides being used to it, Tang Yan was actually a bit intimidated too.

Huang Panpan maintained an attitude of "if people don’t mess with me, I won’t mess with them." Since Xiaoyanzi didn’t provoke her, she was happy with the peace, and the journey was quite calm.

However, everyone noticed one thing: the junior schoolmate was in a really good mood, with a faint smile always hanging on her lips.

Generally, when returning to school, you’d only feel sad. Even as a sophomore, unlike when you first entered university, the end of holidays and leaving home is never a pleasant thing.

Huang Panpan’s good mood naturally came from Su Zelin accompanying her for her birthday a few days ago and giving her a motorcycle helmet.

But she didn’t show off; that would be too low.

Although she was at odds with Qin Shiqing, the junior schoolmate chose a civil rivalry.

Besides, if it came to showing off, what’s there to show off about compared to being childhood friends, seeing each other at home all the time during the holidays?

When they reached a highway service station, Su Zelin went to refuel, and Qin Shiqing and her two friends, along with Lu Haoran, headed towards the restroom.

At this point, Tang Yan couldn’t hold back: "Shiqing, is that Huang Panpan on some kind of drugs? She’s been grinning since she got in the car."

Qin Shiqing found it funny: "Don’t you want people to be happy?"

Lu Haoran also said, "Yeah, maybe Huang Panpan just has something to be happy about, isn’t that normal?"

"What do you know!" Xiaoyanzi rolled her eyes at the honest guy, then turned to her best friend, "Shiqing, you’re really carefree. Huang Panpan is so happy, it must be something to do with Su Zelin!"

Since becoming enemies with the junior schoolmate, Xiaoyanzi surprisingly knew her quite well.

Qin Shiqing was certainly not stupid.

But she couldn’t figure out what had happened between Huang Panpan and Su Zelin during the holidays, nor did she care to guess.

After all, she wasn’t exactly the childhood friend’s girlfriend and wasn’t in a position to meddle too much.

Moreover, since they attended the same university, seeing Su Zelin occasionally would be inevitable. If she couldn’t handle thinking about it, her mental state would have crashed long ago.

Qin Shiqing remained calm, maintaining a mindset akin to the serene aura of a martial arts master.

Besides, last semester, Qin Shiqing learned some psychology from Yan Qiuwen.

Through subtle body language, she could discern a few things.

The attitude of the childhood friend towards Huang Panpan probably hadn’t changed much.

The junior schoolmate was likely just delighting in her own imagination.

Psychology is quite useful. After returning to school, I should learn more from her.

Qin Shiqing thought to herself.

On the other side, next to the Santana 2000, Huang Panpan didn’t go to the restroom.

This morning, she deliberately didn’t drink much water to avoid needing to use the restroom so she could chat with Su Zelin while refueling.

"Senior, thank you for the helmet. I slept very soundly last night!"

The gift box from Su Zelin contained a handcrafted model ship from a boutique, without a very special meaning, just a symbol of smooth sailing. After all, Huang Panpan was in the student council and had been growing since entering university, so the layabout hoped she might mature a bit.

However, comparatively, the junior schoolmate valued that helmet more.

She even treated it as a stuffed toy, hugging it to sleep for several nights, kicking away her previous dolls.

Slept soundly at night?

Su Zelin found it strange.

What does a helmet have to do with sleeping well?

Surely you wouldn’t sleep with a motorcycle helmet on. That would be too bizarre, not to mention, utterly sleepless....

The layabout couldn’t figure it out, but he nodded: "That’s good."

After filling up the tank, Qin Shiqing and the others came back, and they continued their journey.

Thanks to the opening of the highway, traveling between Lin’an and Jianglan was much faster than before, taking less than four hours to reach the provincial capital.

They first dropped others at their respective schools before heading back to the finance institute with Huang Panpan.

As the new semester began, the first thing Su Zelin wanted to do was apply for class exemption.

He had planned it early last semester.

There was a period when there were too many investors applying to open franchises, and the operations department was short-staffed. This kept Su Zelin overwhelmed, attending classes during the day, going to company headquarters at night, spending weekends straight through, wishing he could sleep there. That’s when he had the idea of applying for class exemption.

So Su Zelin submitted his application to the faculty.

Class exemptions are usually intended for students with special circumstances like illness, but Su Zelin’s case was somewhat unique, unprecedented in the finance institute’s history. In the end, it was successfully approved.

After all, the purpose of studying is to secure a good job in the future. When someone already becomes an executive at a large enterprise, there’s no need for academics to hinder their career.

If you’re ill-intentioned, planning to slack off while playing games online all day, the faculty naturally won’t approve.

Clearly, Su Zelin wasn’t such a person, and his reasons were justified. He simply couldn’t manage both classes and company affairs, given his good intentions, approval was a non-issue, and it didn’t even require Dai Chuangxing to step in to help.

With the exemption approved, Su Zelin’s schedule suddenly became very free, allowing him to devote more energy to the company.