Chapter 2433 — The Winter Trip Begins
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There were exceptions, though. Han Jingyi hadn't carried much either — just a small shoulder bag with a bottle of mineral water and, apart from that, the tablet computer she never let out of her sight.
Even Wang Xinyan had a small knapsack. But that was only natural — Han Jingyi was the odd one out, while Wang Xinyan was a normal girl, and there was nothing strange about bringing some snacks and fruit on an outing.
"Is that backpack heavy? Want me to carry it?" Wei Zhao stood with Wang Xinyan and Han Jingyi and asked with a smile.
Wang Xinyan felt uneasy, her eyes drifting from time to time toward Kang Jinglong and You Panhu not far away. By rights she ought to be standing with Kang Jinglong, yet here she was beside Wei Zhao. Whether this boded fortune or disaster, Wang Xinyan herself could not say.
She wanted to keep some distance from Wei Zhao so as not to cause him trouble, yet with him right beside her she had no way to tell him to leave. Anxious and restless, she hadn't caught what Wei Zhao said and could only let out a "Huh?"
"I said your backpack — let me carry it for you?" Wei Zhao asked.
"N-no need, it's not heavy..." Wang Xinyan's heart skipped, and her face flushed slightly. She had been about to hand the backpack to Wei Zhao out of pure reflex when she suddenly thought of Kang Jinglong and hurriedly declined his kindness.
Wei Zhao did not mind. After all, Wang Xinyan's backpack wasn't large, and there surely wasn't much inside.
A while later, at ten o'clock, several coaches rolled slowly into the campus and stopped in front of the Biology Department's teaching building. The pharmacy program had few people, so there were plenty of empty seats after boarding, but the other programs were comparatively crowded. Even so, many students would rather stand or squeeze in beside others than board another program's coach.
After all, with no familiar faces on board, the whole journey would be dreary.
There were exceptions, though. As they boarded, Wei Zhao spotted Bai Weituo and Zhao Shengji emerging from somewhere, each leading a girl by the hand — who else but He Meiyue and Chai Xiaoling?
In Wang Xinyan's dorm, only Lan Xiaoru hadn't come. Wei Zhao hadn't had much contact with this Lan Xiaoru; ordinarily she didn't hang around with Wang Xinyan, He Meiyue, and Chai Xiaoling either.
Since Han Jingyi was along on this trip, Wei Zhao couldn't share a seat with Wang Xinyan as he had during military training. He had no choice but to head for the last row of the coach, where the three of them sat together.
Kang Jinglong, You Panhu, Yellow Hair, and Purple Hair had also intended to sit in the back row after boarding, but Wei Zhao had claimed three of those seats, leaving only two — so they had to pick elsewhere.
He Meiyue, however, sat down beside Wang Xinyan, and Bai Weituo sat on He Meiyue's other side.
"Wei Zhao, why didn't you and Han Jingyi bring anything?" He Meiyue looked at the two of them with some curiosity. The people in their dorm had brought relatively little, since Bai Weituo and Zhao Shengji had also said they'd bring plenty of snacks and fruit — so there was no need for the girls to bring too much.