As he delivered his speech, the private room was filled with melancholy, and the atmosphere of farewell gradually became more intense.

Several emotional female classmates looked at him with reluctance. Zhong Huai was unremarkable in appearance, but his grades always ranked within the top three in the year, unbreakable.

His excellent grades added a halo around him, making him extraordinary.

A girl expressed her reluctance: "Zhong Huai, why don’t you stay?"

In the darkness, Zhong Huai’s face stiffened for a moment. Not staying was impossible. He must step into a bigger world someday and succeed!

Zhong Huai’s tone was choked: "I don’t want to leave either, but this is my dad’s wish. He works too hard at the construction site!"

"How could I bear to disappoint him?"

"Come on, let me dedicate a song to my most beloved dad!"

Zhong Huai started to select a song, singing deeply with emotion: "I’m always asking from you but never say thank you~ Until I grew up did I understand your hardships~"

His singing ability was quite good, and the atmosphere already set here quickly moved everyone.

Zhong Huai wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes and continued to sing emotionally.

Soon everyone began to sing along, shouting as they reached the climax: "Time, time, slow down, don’t let him age anymore~ I would trade everything to keep your years forever~"

All twenty classmates in the entire KTV cried!

Even after the song ended, some couldn’t recover, thinking about their fathers’ hardships, someone wailed and cried loudly:

"Dad!"

"Dad ah!"

The atmosphere in the room became subtle for a moment.

In this setting, a slender girl in a simple jacket sat quietly in the corner, calmly looking at her mistake book, completely untouched.

Zhong Huai noticed this girl classmate, she wasn’t crying!

He furrowed his brow slightly and quietly moved to the side, asking: "Han Wen Nuan, why are you still reading?"

Han Wen Nuan lifted her face, plain and unadorned, not stunning or dazzling, even slightly pale due to malnutrition. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Han Wen Nuan’s voice carried a tone of indifference: "I should be reading, otherwise I won’t have money next time."

Zhong Huai looked at her and said: "I know you have a fixation on earning money, but this time, it’s with everyone, we don’t need you to chip in, give some face, okay!"

Han Wen Nuan: "Okay."

Zhong Huai was satisfied: "You should also engage with everyone, since it’s our last night here."

After handling this, Zhong Huai returned to the center and started to stir up the atmosphere again.

At this point, a dazzling girl looked towards the corner with a challenging gaze: "Han Wen Nuan, want to join the duet?"

Once she spoke, everyone turned to Han Wen Nuan.

Han Wen Nuan put down her book, her pale lips: "Okay."

"Let me say first, I sing often, so I’m quite good at it, you can’t quit halfway, okay."

"Zhong Huai, help me record a video!"

Zhong Huai gladly: "Leave it to me."

The dazzling girl held the microphone, softly singing: "I’m still searching~ For support and a hug~"

She hummed a few more lines, and then it was Han Wen Nuan’s turn.

Everyone looked at her. As everyone knew, Han Wen Nuan’s family was very poor, and her personality was odd. She would definitely embarrass herself singing...

However, no one stopped her.

Han Wen Nuan opened her lips, her voice lost the indifference, instead carried clarity: "Happiness starts to foretell~ Fate lets us gradually come closer~"

By contrast, the dazzling girl seemed to have been reciting.

The dazzling girl’s face turned extremely colorful and expressive.

She shouted: "Han Wen Nuan, you must chip in for the singing money!"

Han Wen Nuan immediately stopped singing and refuted urgently: "No, I won’t!"

...

River dam.

When Jiang Ning returned home, he cleaned the stall cart and prepared to take the leftover fried fish to return it to Lin Zida at the rural tourism site.

"Jiang Ning, do you want an ice cream?" Tongtong held an ice pop teasingly.

"You’re not going to take a shower?"

"I’ll shower after, maybe my mom will be back by then, better eat first." Tongtong spoke as a matter of course.

Jiang Ning deliberately said: "You earned one thousand yuan today, what are you afraid of her for then?"

Tongtong immediately boosted his courage, asserted: "Indeed, economic power determines family status, it’s time to prove who is the head of the house!"

Jiang Ning took the ice cream, just about to eat, when his phone suddenly vibrated.

He unlocked the screen, and simultaneously another message appeared.

Shen Qing’e: "This time, for targeted assistance, several classmates from our old high school are coming to Fourth Middle School, shall we gather tomorrow?"

Geng Lu: "Jiang Ning, I’m going to An City the day after tomorrow, are you free tomorrow...hm?"