I am in Antarctica yearning for your North Star (4)

  She wanted to explain that the paper ball wasn't hers, but she found it hard to speak up. After all, this was her first time encountering such a situation, from elementary school to now, she had never cheated before and didn't know what it felt like to get caught cheating.

  Now she knew, although she was misunderstood, but she still wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl in, she hated this feeling.

  What's more, her crush is sitting next to her. It's so embarrassing that she can't bear it anymore.

  "What's your name?" Before Lucy Yang could respond, the proctor raised her voice again, and all the examinees in the room stopped what they were doing and looked at her simultaneously.

  Lu Man nervously clenched her fists, afraid that Lucy Yang would reveal her name and tell the teacher the truth.

  Kerouxi Yang kept her head down and didn't say a word, her face had already turned red to the roots of her ears, her whole body was like it was on fire, burning fiercely.

  The proctor snatched away Lucy Yang's paper with a scowl, muttering "Lucy Yang" as she did so. Lucy Yang looked like she was on the verge of tears, and protested in a small voice, "I didn't cheat... I didn't cheat..."

  Although the voice was small, the invigilating teacher still heard it.

  "Didn't you cheat? What's this?" The proctor teacher waved the crumpled paper in his hand, then slowly unfolded it.

  At this time, the young man sitting next to Lucy calmly looked at the invigilating teacher and said: "Teacher! That's a love letter I wrote for her. She didn't cheat."

  The sentence shocked everyone present, especially Lucy Yang, who stared incredulously at Duan Chenliang, her eyes wide with astonishment, as if they were about to pop out.

  The proctor stopped unfolding the paper ball and looked at Duan Chenliang with suspicion, remaining silent for a long time.

  "Teacher, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have thrown love letters during the exam." Duan Chenliang didn't care about the surprised glances from others and continued to say, "I know I was wrong, so please don't blame her. Can you return my love letter to me?"

  He was certain that the teacher would never unfold the paper ball.

  "You must be Duan Chenliang, right? Don't think that just because you're a good student, you can get away with fooling around in school!" The proctor hummed coldly and actually turned around to throw the crumpled paper into the trash can in the corner. Then, he scanned the entire classroom, putting on a stern face as he said, "Don't let me catch any of you cheating! And don't look at him anymore, everyone. Continue with the exam! Your grades are your own!"

  At the end of the speech, all the examinees in the classroom simultaneously lowered their heads, picked up their pens and continued to answer questions hastily. Duan Chenliang, Lu Xiyang and Lu Man also finally let out a sigh of relief.

  The examination room returned to its usual quiet, with only the occasional sound of pages turning, but after that, Lucy's heart could no longer be calm. She kept thinking about what had just happened, kept replaying the scene where Simon stood up for her. The feeling was like when she was a child and took great care of every pot of plants on the balcony, never seeing them bloom until one day she stopped paying attention to them, only to discover that the balcony was filled with beautiful flowers, which made her feel surprised and delighted.

  So in that language test, Lucas Yang was distracted and did the paper much slower than usual.

  Lusi Yang had wanted to say "thank you" to Duan Chenliang after the exam, but before she could do so, he had already handed in his paper. At that time, Lusi Yang's composition was only half-written, and she wanted to chase after him, but since she hadn't finished her own paper yet, she could only sigh and continue writing.

  In the following exams, Duan Chenliang was late every time, but like the language exam, he handed in his papers ahead of schedule. Because high school students were already divided into liberal arts and science classes, there were many fewer subjects to test, so on the second afternoon, high school sophomores and juniors began their winter break, while freshmen still had to stay at school to finish their exams before they could have a holiday.

  Lusiyang had been waiting until the winter vacation of high school, but still hadn't found a chance to thank Duan Chenliang.

  Tomorrow's update time is 13:00. I'm very busy now, so the recent updates will be about half as many words as before. However, no matter what, I'll still update every day. Absolutely won't abandon the novel. Even if there's only one reader following along, I'll persist until the end.