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Chapter 1283 Graduation!

The three of them sat in the dormitory for a long time. The four-person dormitory, which used to be unremarkable, seemed to look at it endlessly this time.

It's amazing. Even though they know they're graduating soon, and even though they came back to stay for two days recently because of Lao Zhao, they've never felt so reluctant to leave as they do today.

Before, they always thought, "Oh, there's still time. I haven't graduated yet, so there's no rush." ​​But it's only on graduation day, when they are about to leave the school and the dormitory where they have lived for four years no longer belongs to them, that they will feel reluctant to leave.

Suddenly I had a feeling that time had passed so quickly. The day the four of us first met in college, it feels like it was just yesterday. Everything is so vivid in my mind.

There's only one reason: they're really leaving this time. Although they live in a neighborhood not far from the back gate of the school, once they leave today, they'll be considered "social people" when they come back next time. And this dormitory will soon welcome the last of four new boys' youth.

Of course, before this, this dormitory may have witnessed the youth of many boys. They may now be in various industries, married with children, and many of them even have kids who are old enough to run errands. But in any case, their four years have come to an end.

The only good thing is that they didn't leave one by one this time. Old Zhao was the first to leave, but no one was the last to leave. At least the three of them can still walk for a while.

They didn't get up until the graduation ceremony was about to begin, then they arranged the chairs, cleaned the dormitory, and everything was just like the day they first arrived four years ago.

"Let's take a picture, we won't be able to come back again," the Sichuan girl suggested.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo and Director Wang nodded, and then the three of them took a group photo, followed by a photo of themselves with their respective beds. Finally, they started taking pictures of the entire dormitory, even including Old Zhao's bed.

They posted all the photos in the dormitory group chat. Old Zhao, who was thousands of miles away, looked at each photo in the dormitory group chat for a long time and then saved them one by one.

Actually, he took photos the day he left, but it wasn't as clean as it is today. It's so clean that it's as if they've never been to this dormitory.

"Let's go!"

Finally, Lin Mo spoke up in the dormitory.

Upon hearing this, the three of them left the dormitory and stood at the door. Chuanmei held the doorknob tightly, reluctant to close it for a long time.

In essence, all four of them in the dormitory are emotional people who are easily sentimental. They are far from being as carefree and easygoing as Miss Yuan. Their personalities and life experiences are far from reaching that level.

After watching for about ten more seconds, Lin Mo reached out and pressed down on Chuan Mei's arm, slowly applying force. The dormitory door slowly began to close, and the view became narrower and narrower until only a crack remained. The three of them seemed to see the four of them cheering in this room because they had won a game, and then sharing snacks and drinks with each other.

Click!

As the door closed gently, the four of them could no longer see the dormitory. Then Lin Mo took out the key, inserted it into the keyhole, and slowly locked the door.

The moment the lock clicked softly, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. The hardest part was the moment of parting; the rest was just a matter of letting nature take its course.

"Let's go, the graduation ceremony will start soon!" Lin Mo said.

Upon hearing this, Chuanmei and Wang Chu nodded, and then the three of them went downstairs. When they arrived on the first floor, they handed their keys to the dormitory supervisor for registration. All four keys were there, proving that no one was in their dormitory anymore.

They weren't the first to leave their dorm; some dorms were already empty the day after their defenses.

Goodbye, Auntie!

"Let's go, Auntie!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie!"

After handing over the keys, the three waved goodbye to the dormitory supervisor. The supervisor looked at the three young people and waved back with satisfaction. She had experienced this scene countless times and felt a little emotional, but she also knew that parting never waits for anyone.

"Okay~ Drive carefully, have a safe trip!" the dormitory supervisor called out.

Although the group didn't mention the dormitory supervisor often, she had been with them for four years. When they came back late at night, they would call her "Mom" and ask her to open the door. She would also post notices in the dormitory group chat. Even on the day he returned to school last year, the dormitory supervisor thought he had brought his girlfriend back. However, she didn't expect it to be a girl from Sichuan wearing women's clothing.

The three got into the car, rolled down the windows, and took one last look at the dormitory building's entrance. Wang, the driver, couldn't help but ask, "So, how about we go through the front gate this time?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo and Chuan Mei nodded, and then the car disappeared downstairs in front of the dormitory building. Fortunately, cars were allowed to come in these two days, otherwise it would have been difficult for them to carry their luggage.

Soon, the car arrived at the main gate of Jiangning University of Science and Technology, where the security guard naturally raised the barrier.

Director Wang felt his pocket, pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and handed it over.

"Grandpa! We're leaving!"

The gatekeeper smiled and nodded, probably because he didn't remember the three of them at all.

They drove the car back into the residential area, quickly moved their belongings upstairs, and then jogged back to the school auditorium. The three of them rushed and finally made it to the so-called graduation ceremony. School leaders and teachers were seated in the front row, and a leader was giving a speech.

Following the guidance of the class monitor and others, Lin Mo and the others found several people in the back row.

Besides the class monitor, He Xiaoyue, Miss Yuan, Liu Ruyan, was also there.

"Wow~ Sister Yuan, why did you dye your hair again? And it's blonde!" Lin Mo asked in a low voice as soon as he sat down.

That's right, at this moment, Miss Yuan's hair was dyed golden yellow, and with her chubby little face, she looked like a porcelain doll.

"Hey, I'm here to attend your graduation ceremony, so I have to dress up like a student. Look at Liu Ruyan, she's wearing a high ponytail, jeans, and sneakers. She's such a show-off!" Miss Yuan pouted.

At this moment, Liu Ruyan wore a high ponytail, a tight white T-shirt, light blue tight jeans, and white sneakers. She not only showed off her figure but also had top-notch looks. She leaned back slightly in the chair, and even Lin Mo himself felt that her expression was a bit pretentious.

"What are you looking at? Shut your mouth. If you dare to expose me, I'll make you regret it! I couldn't even pretend the day you took your graduation photos, but I have to pretend today. Also, I'm your classmate now, you hear me?" Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows and threatened.

Lin Mo:

It has to be said that she is indeed very beautiful; just sitting there attracted the attention of many students.

Lin Mo looked around helplessly and found that about a third of the people who returned today were working in Jiangning.

The rest are all younger students who came to fill in. I'm afraid that even after they leave today, some students will still be asking about this non-existent senior, Liu Ruyan.

Soon, the school leaders took turns to speak, with Principal Tang being the last to speak. He said some polite things, such as "the school will always be your home," and so on. Lin Mo and the others just pursed their lips, worried that if they really came back next time, they would still be stopped.

Finally, Principal Tang announced the successful graduation of this year's students, and the auditorium erupted in applause.

Then the younger students went back to class, while those who had actually graduated went to the teaching building to line up and collect their diplomas.

The process went smoothly, and when the group came out again, each of them had a blue graduation certificate.

Several people held it in their hands, some happy, some sighing.

"Sigh~ I studied hard for more than ten years, and in the end, all I got was a piece of paper," He Xiaoyue sighed as she looked at her graduation certificate.

Upon hearing this, the class monitor looked at his graduation certificate and smiled, saying, "This is not just a piece of paper; it is our experience from childhood to adulthood, our four years of youth, and proof of all the years of studying we have done."

This also signifies the complete end of our student days!

Upon hearing this, the Sichuan girl laughed and said, "Indeed, this time our youth has truly come to an end. By the way, did you two go back to the dorm to check?"

The class monitor nodded to He Xiaoyue, indicating that they had already gone back to check.

Meanwhile, on Lin Mo's side, Liu Ruyan was taking a selfie with his graduation certificate in hand, and sighed, "Oh dear~ the tail end of my youth, little brother~ it's over just like that, tsk tsk tsk, if only we had met a few years earlier!"

"Come on, you wouldn't even be interested in that little black dog after knowing him for a month and a half!" Miss Yuan complained from the side.

Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh at this: "Alright, alright, we've graduated, let's go home!"

Everyone nodded in agreement and headed toward the back door. They chattered away until the moment they stepped out of the school's back door, at which point they all fell silent.

Apart from Miss Yuan and Liu Ruyan, everyone else turned around and glanced at their youth, because they knew that although they could still come here, from today onwards, it no longer belonged to them.

This time is different from high school graduation, which was just a farewell to the school and friends. This time, they are saying goodbye to their entire student life and can no longer call themselves students.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan took out her phone and quietly took a picture of them.

The image freezes in the photo, showing three young men and two young women with slightly upturned lips, all looking towards their school.

It turns out that grand farewells only exist in movies; they are not saying goodbye to their school, but to their student days.

That summer, the cicadas chirped in the lush sycamore trees, heralding the arrival of summer; the evening breeze outside the window brushed past me, and at the end of June, our teenage years came to an end. We met in summer, but summer never truly ended.

Because they are still together, and there is still a long way to go. Every summer will come as promised. No one will stay young forever, but there will always be someone who is young.

(End of this chapter)