Gu Xiaonuan and Li Lu took an extended leave once again because of Zhu Yawen and because Li Lu had to prepare for her wedding, although it eventually did not happen.
But coming back from this long vacation, Gu Xiaonuan distinctly felt the atmosphere at school had become increasingly eerie.
Wherever Gu Xiaonuan and Li Lu went, people would scatter like they had seen a monster, flooding away.
"What's gotten into them?"
Gu Xiaonuan wondered.
Li Lu also hadn't been to school for a long time, and these seniors and juniors had always treated her and Gu Xiaonuan as oddities. The attitude was now more intense than before, but it was nothing new.
"They're probably just not used to seeing us around anymore."
The school was not quiet without Gu Xiaonuan and Li Lu, on the contrary, it was unusually lively.
"I hope we don't run into any downers first thing in the morning."
