Before leaving for school early the next morning, Shen Zhao was still in a trance. She had not taken Mu Yanchen's words seriously and had prepared herself to stay. But last night when Shen Zhao was giving him acupuncture, he rarely opened his eyes and stared at her intently.

"I have made all the arrangements. I will stay on the top floor of your hotel for those two days. Remember to come find me at night," he said.

Shen Zhao was stunned for a moment after hearing this. His words were a little ambiguous, but the meaning was conveyed. He was willing to cooperate with her schedule, no matter how busy he was, and he was still dragging such a sick body. At that moment, she didn't know how to describe it, but Shen Zhao felt that her heart was swelling, filling up inside, as if something was about to overflow.

"Okay." She agreed.

The driver drove her to the intersection as usual. When she was about to get off the car, he said, "Miss, please wait. This is what the gentleman ordered."

Shen Zhao looked back at him. He took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to her. Shen Zhao took it and touched the outline inside. It was a card. She carefully put it into her backpack.

Her luggage was very simple. This was a three-day and two-night graduation trip, so she only brought two sets of clothes, all of which were casual wear, simple and convenient for activities.

The buses for the trip had already been waiting in the school playground. There were sixteen buses in total, one bus carrying one class. The students gathered directly in the playground, lined up in a column, and listened to the speech from the director of the senior group on the stage.

Shen Zhao's team members arrived early, and she found the group right away. "Hey, you guys are here so early?"

Li Kui didn't say anything, but lowered his head to look at the liberal arts test points in his hand. Shen Zhao glanced at her and felt that she was really racing against time and didn't even have a moment to relax.

"That's right. This trip is our last carnival in the senior year. After we come back, we have to face the results of the midterm exam. It gives me a headache just thinking about it." Xu Ke said with a slight exaggeration.

As far as Shen Zhao knew, Xu Ke's grades were not serious enough to cause a headache, and he was among the best in the class. Ma Shuyi might be a cause for concern.

Ma Shuyi also noticed Shen Zhao looking at her, and her face unconsciously turned red. "What are you looking at? Don't worry about my grades. No matter how bad they are, they won't be worse than you, a student who doesn't go back to school all day."

Shen Zhao just smiled. In the atmosphere of youth, she was still looking forward to the graduation trip. After all, she used to be a loner and had no memories of these group activities.

The destination is City N, which is adjacent to City H and is close to the sea. Although it is winter, it is a very good choice for students to be able to enjoy the sea breeze in the tense atmosphere of high school life. Moreover, as far as they know, there will be a bonfire party, which will be a wonderful experience.

The bus reached its destination with cheerful voices ringing in it.

When getting off the car, Shen Zhao only felt a gust of cold wind mixed with the smell of sea water blowing towards her. She couldn't help but shiver and rubbed her arms with her hands crossed. She was quite cold.

Shen Zhao was walking in front when someone bumped into her arm from behind. She stumbled two steps and looked up, only to see that it was a student whose name she didn't know. She turned around and said without much apology, "I'm sorry, I bumped into you."

After saying that, he walked into the hotel with the student beside him without looking back.

"Who is this person?" Xu Ke didn't recognize the student. He looked very unfamiliar. She took Shen Zhao's hand and checked it. "Are you okay?"

"It's okay," Shen Zhao rubbed her slightly painful shoulder, thinking that what happened just now was an accident, but she knew in her heart that it was not, and this was just the beginning, and then said: "Let's go quickly, the teacher is still waiting to call the roll."

When they walked to the hotel lobby, Shen Zhao sensitively discovered that there were many people who were not from Deyan in the lobby. Judging from their attire, there were business people, couples traveling, and some were checking out. Everything seemed normal, but she felt a little scared in her heart, and even felt dizzy.

"What's wrong, Shen Zhao?" Xu Ke turned around and called her.

"what?"

"I've called you several times. Are you okay? Did that person bump into you and hurt you?" Xu Ke asked worriedly.

Shen Zhao waved his hands and held his forehead, trying to relieve the dizziness. "It's okay. I may be a little carsick. It's okay."

"I have medicated oil in my backpack. Do you need it?" Li Kui spoke softly, but Shen Zhao still heard it.

"It's okay, I'll just take it easy."

Ma Shuyi didn't know what he was thinking about, and frowned as he looked at Shen Zhao.

"This is the room card, one for two people." Xu Ke handed one to Ma Shuyi. It was obvious that she wanted to share a room with Shen Zhao.

Ma Shuyi had no objection to this. It was only two nights, and apart from sleeping, he was not in the room most of the time. Besides, Li Kui only had study in his mind, and he would probably only look at knowledge points on his phone in the room, so he would not disturb her. But this time Deyan invested heavily. I heard that students in previous years did not have such treatment, at least they definitely did not have such luxurious treatment as two people sharing a room.

"Do you know why our trip is so luxurious?" Ma Shuyi asked.

Xu Ke thought for a moment, "I heard from the student union that the school has attracted sponsorship this time. It seems to be sponsored by Hengfeng Group. After the college entrance examination, they will send people to give a presentation. The purpose seems to be to cultivate talents who can join their group early. After all, our school is ranked first in H City. It is also beneficial for the company to act early. Anyway, I think their company will definitely not lose money."

Ma Shuyi and Li Kui both nodded, but Shen Zhao concentrated.

Of course, she also knew about Hengfeng Group. After all, the largest shareholder of Xinrui Pharmaceutical Company where she worked before was Hengfeng Group, and many of its projects were funded by that group. But she was just a drug researcher, so she could be said to be familiar or unfamiliar with it.

But is this really a coincidence?

She was reborn as a student of Deyan, and then Hengfeng Group sponsored Deyan this year...

Shen Zhao felt as if a huge stone was pressing down on her heart, as if there was an invisible hand in the sky controlling something. But if such a mysterious thing had not happened to her, she would probably not believe it, let alone to others. Thinking of this, she calmed down a lot.

It would be unreasonable not to arrange some team-building activities for such a rare graduation trip. In the afternoon, the classes drew lots and the two classes competed to decide the final champion.

As luck would have it, Class 6 faced Class 12 in the first match.

There is an aerial training ground near the hotel with a coach on site, and the format of the competition is simple: the side with the shorter time for all the class members to pass wins.

When Shen Zhao saw the wooden stakes standing in the air and the ropes swaying in the wind, her legs and feet began to tremble. Many people didn't know that she was actually afraid of heights. This project seemed to be tailor-made for her. She looked at the coach standing in the air with a pale face, and reached out to pull the corner of Xu Ke's clothes who was in front of her, "Xu Ke, can you give up this game?"

Xu Ke's eyes flashed with surprise, and he glanced at her ugly face, "Zhao Zhao, you are not afraid of heights, are you? You were never like this before."

Shen Zhao's heart sank. Yes, she almost forgot how the original owner should have behaved. But now she was really scared. When she thought about standing on such a high platform and being swayed by the wind, her body instinctively resisted. It was difficult for her to pretend even if she tried her best to endure it. She reluctantly pulled the corner of her mouth, "Yes, but I'm really carsick. Maybe it has an impact."

Xu Ke nodded, "Why don't we ask the teacher for leave? The competition requires an equal number of participants, so Class 12 can just withdraw one person."

Shen Zhao thought this method was feasible.

Lu Siming, who had been watching her every move from behind, immediately knew that she was feeling unwell. He walked through the crowd and came to Shen Zhao. "Shen Zhao, I'm a member of the student union. I usually have more opportunities to interact with teachers. How about letting me take care of this?"

Originally Shen Zhao didn't want to thank him, but when she thought about how she had bandaged his wound last time, it could be considered as mutual help between classmates, so she nodded.

Xu Ke, Ma Shuyi, and even Li Kui, who were watching from the side, showed a tacit understanding expression.

Lu Siming quickly found the teacher in charge, explained the situation, and persuaded the teacher with reason and emotion. The teacher also expressed his understanding. Just as he was about to agree, a girl from Class 12 suddenly appeared in front of the teacher and said delicately, "Teacher, I am also scared, but these are all things that can be overcome. Besides, there is a coach here, and safety is absolutely guaranteed. If I can participate, I believe the students in Class 6 can too."

The teacher took a look at the delicate girl, who was well-known in the whole grade for being delicate. She would ask for sick leave from the head teacher from time to time. Her leave notes on the desk of the head teacher of Class 12 were a full centimeter thick, which was quite amazing among the senior class, so she was also quite famous among the teachers.

The teacher glanced at her and felt that what she said was not false and could be said to be quite sincere, so he said to Lu Siming awkwardly: "I'm sorry, classmate Lu, you see even this classmate has participated, I think the other students' are just trivial matters."

There was no room for maneuver once these words were spoken, and Lu Siming had no choice but to accept them.

He returned dejectedly to the location of Shen Zhao and his four-member group. For the first time, Shen Zhao showed him an expectant look, but he messed things up. He even felt a little ashamed to face her.

Shen Zhao knew from his expression that things were not done well, and asked calmly: "Why didn't the teacher agree?"

"That delicate girl from Class 12 is also participating. The teacher said that since she is participating, there is no reason for others not to participate."

"That's too much!" Ma Shuyi was a little angry. "That girl must have done it on purpose. She wasn't so active at other times. What happened this time?"

"Who knows?" Although Shen Zhao was disappointed, she did not forget to thank Lu Siming, "Thank you for speaking for me today. Since the teacher said so, I can only work hard to overcome it."

Although she was really scared deep down.

"Well, don't be so stubborn. We don't care about winning or losing. You can take as long as you want." Lu Siming comforted him, although it had no effect on Shen Zhao.

The two tracks are very close to each other, and there is a safety rope above the wooden stakes. After putting on the safety belts, the students will climb up the wooden stakes, buckle the safety buckles on the safety rope, and then accept the challenges of each level.

The coach was extremely serious and responsible, and explained every precaution in detail. There was a person on the ground to check whether the safety belts were fastened, one person stood on the wooden stake to check the safety buckles, one person stood in the middle to ensure the safety of the students, and one person stood at the end. But none of these could make Shen Zhao feel at ease. She looked up at the trembling safety rope and felt dizzy. Her body swayed slightly involuntarily, and her steps became weak.

It was her turn. The coach checked her safety belt and motioned for her to climb up the stake. He seemed to sense Shen Zhao's fear and patted the back of her hand. "Don't be afraid. Many people do this before climbing up. Once you're up, don't look down. Look at the finish line. You will overcome a lot. Come on."

Shen Zhao twitched the corner of his mouth, not knowing whether he had heard it or not.

She held the ladder with both hands and stepped up with trembling feet, one step, two steps, three steps... getting farther and farther away from the ground. She didn't even dare to look down. She could see the ground as long as she lowered her eyes. It seemed to be waving at her as it swayed. Her palms were sweating, and the paint on the ladder was stuck to her hands, piece by piece, forming ugly spots on her palms. She climbed very slowly, and when she looked up, she saw a girl from Class 12 already walking on the wooden stakes, while she was still climbing the ladder.

She climbed up at her own pace and leaned against a wooden stake. The coach at the starting point was standing next to her. He seemed to be accustomed to her condition. He stared at her with amusement and said comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, there are many people like you, you are just one of them, so look at the finish line, don't look down, okay?" He pointed in the direction of the finish line and said while checking her safety buckle.

It didn't provide any comfort, and she couldn't stop herself from looking down.

The noise on the ground was very loud and the wind was very strong in the sky. Shen Zhao couldn't even hear what the people below were saying. Looking around, the girl who started at the same time as her was already standing at the finish line, while she was still standing there.

She took a deep breath and held her safety rope tightly, trying to find a sense of security above. Then she headed towards the first wooden stake, measured the distance, and took a step. There was another noisy sound from below. She seemed to hear someone following her, but she was afraid to even turn her head, for fear that one movement would make her fall into the abyss. Soon, she felt someone next to her, blowing wind on her neck.

She looked up and saw Yuan Hongwei. Her pupils shrank for a moment, fearing that he might play some tricks in the sky. She could only pretend to be calm, but her fear did not escape Yuan Hongwei's eyes. He looked at her and smiled slightly. In a place where she could not see, the smile was hideous and frightening, but his words were extremely gentle. "Don't be afraid, Zhaozhao, I'm here, you will definitely pass safely."

Below, Lu Siming of course recognized Yuan Hongwei. He even couldn't control himself when he chased Shen Zhao onto the wooden stake. That man didn't even have Shen Zhao in his eyes. Every time he made a move around Shen Zhao, he would look down for Lu Siming's reaction. And he got what he wanted and saw Lu Siming's anxious and out-of-control expression, but for Yuan Hongwei, this was not enough. He had to see Lu Siming's miserable look to relieve his hatred.

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