<h4>Chapter 611: Future Promise</h4>


    “What are you doing? Let go of me.”


    After a moment of hesitation, the ss leader struggled and broke free from my grasp.


    It’s not like I couldn’t restrain the ss leader, but I was afraid I would injure her arm if I used any more force.


    So I could only let her pull her army away from from me.


    The ss leader led the confused Obama and got as far from me as possible.


    The young girl who had long hair down to her waist and the Husky who had his tongue hanging out of his mouth, quickly followed along the brook and moved over ten meters.


    It looks like she was afraid I would catch up to her.


    I was originally at a loss, but then I suddenly realized something.


    If the ss leader didn’t want me to catch up, then why didn’t she walk upstream? If she went back to a ce with more people, then I wouldn’t bother her anymore. Now that she’s walking downstream, doesn’t it mean she’s getting further away from everyone else?


    But at this distance, even the ss leader wouldn’t be able to smell anything foul, right?


    As expected, when I caught up to the ss leader, not only was the air around me fresher, but the brook was widening and the clear water reflected the sparkling sunlight.


    A gentle breeze blew by which caused the ss leader’s hair to rise up slightly, revealing the hidden words that were usually printed on the back of the white t-shirt.


    “Together.”


    It was supposed to be ‘those years, we were together’, but the other words were blocked by the ss leader’s hair.


    If it wasn’t because of the wind, then I wouldn’t see the word together either.


    I suddenly lost my breath and thought if it was a revtion from the heavens.


    But then, in an untimely manner, it urred to me that Fang Xin had predicted: the one I love the most will die unless I go to him to find a way to break it.


    I shook my head to get rid of those thoughts. I’m an atheist, I only believe in thews of physics.


    Also, how did I get onto the topic of who I love the most, I only wanted to clear up a misunderstanding with the ss leader.


    “Ahem.” I cleared my throat and the ss leader stopped but still had her back facing me.


    “Nothing happened between me and Winnie, it’s a misunderstanding.”


    I didn’t know where to put my hands, so I simply stuck them in my pockets and kicked the pebbles along the brook to cover up my embarrassment.


    Just like what the ss leader did not long earlier.


    “Why do you need to tell me what you did with Winnie.”


    The ss leader still didn’t turn around and she didn’t show me her expression.


    But her shoulders were fluctuating up and down along with her rapid breathing.


    “Because you’re the ss leader, so I have to report it to you.” I rxed my tone a little, “I at least wanted to let you, who cares about our group reputation, know that Winnie and I didn’t vite the ‘100 rules against intimate contact between boys and girls’.”


    “Really?” The ss leader was skeptical, but her tone returned back to normal when I mentioned the ss’ reputation.


    “It’spletely true.” I said, “Since Winnie and I are both PEmittee members, and she… is good friends with my distant cousin, so the two of us are in contact quite a bit. But you know how Xiong YaoYue acts around boys, so she only treats me like a buddy…”


    The ss leader, however, did not want to listen to my one-sided defense. She opened her mouth like an interrogator and recited with her back still faced towards me: “Rule 1, boys and girls are not allowed to hold hands on campus…”


    Eh, ss leader, are you going to recite all the rules? Do you want me to respond to each one to prove Xiong YaoYue and I are innocent?


    I rose my right hand like a witness in a courtroom, “I’ve never held Winnie’s hand other than arm wrestling.”


    After examining my movements and the expression on my face through the reflection in the water, the ss leader continued to ask without stopping:


    “Have you two followed the second rule where boys and girls are not allowed to write each other love letters?”


    She asked in a tone of “I’m asking for the reputation of the ss, so don’t misunderstand”.


    “Do you think Winnie and I are the types to write love letters?”


    The ss leader nodded as if to say ‘that’s true’, but continued to ask:


    “The third rule, boys and girls are not allowed to give each other gifts of special significance…”


    “I’ve only bought Winnie ice cream as thanks for helping me out in PE ss…”


    “The fourth rule, boys and girls are not allowed to go on dates on holidays to parks, amusement parks, etc…”


    My right hand was still raised up in the air, “I’ve never been on a date with Winnie.”


    The ss leader wasn’t tired at all, and actually kept asking rule by rule without even omitting one like she was ying a game.


    As I answered “no” one by one, the tone of the ss leader seemed to be getting more and more rxed.


    Honestly, why does it feel like a wife questioning her husband if he had another lover.


    My mouth was already dry from answering questions when we finally reached the fiftieth one.


    “Boys and girls are not allowed to have lip to lip contact for any reason, either on or off campus. Otherwise their parents will be notified and they will be criticized by the school…”


    The ss leader stopped halfway. Through the reflection of the water, I could see her face was dyed crimson red with shame.


    The smart ss leader actually forgot a simple principle: “If she can see my face with the water’s reflection, then I can see her face too!”


    The ss leader must have recalled the time when we identally kissed because she had to pluck a white hair from my forehead.


    As the ss leader, as someone who memorized the “100 rules against intimate contact between boys and girls”, knowingly vited the rules. If she keeps reciting the rules, then when she gets to the rule about checking out rooms, she will think about how we slept in the same hotel room. Not only were we in the same room, but we also slept together.


    “ss leader, don’t ask anymore.” I said loudly, “I’ve never done any of the things I did with you with Winnie.”


    “Gong CaiCai didn’t exin it clearly and made you misunderstand.”


    The ss leader fell into a short silence, same as me.


    Actually, Gong CaiCai wanted to say Xiao Qin and I had an ‘affair’ while Xiong YaoYue was covering it up for me.


    But I feel a little reluctant to confess to the ss leader t that I have an awkward rtionship with Xiao Qin right now.


    The ss leader had already identally overheard Dad and Auntie Ren’s conversation and knew that Xiao Qin and I might have a brother (or sister), so it was only logical that the two of us would be brother and sister.


    Having a step-sister be your girlfriend is a bit unconventional. Also, the brother (or sister) that I share with Xiao Qin, will she have a distorted view of life and think that it is normal for a brother and sister to get married?


    Ah, so annoying, let’s forget it for now and first exin the misunderstanding with Winnie.


    The ss leader suddenly sighed, “I’m indeed not a good model.”


    “Huh.”


    “After a careful review, I realized I already vited the rules many times…”


    She put the hand that wasn’t holding the leash over her heart, “I don’t have any rights to rebuke you and Winnie…”


    For some reason, I connected the word ‘rebuke’ to what Gong CaiCai said earlier about the ss leader not being able to get married.


    In the heat of the moment, I blurted out: “ss leader, stop being so unhappy all the time, I will take responsibility for you.”


    The ss leader’s body shook and she barely was able to suppress her emotions, “What silly words, what do you have to be responsible for?”


    “Why not?” I gave examples, “We kissed, hugged, slept…”


    The ss leader made an action like she was going to release the dogs and I hurriedly swallowed the words “slept together” and “spanked” back into my stomach.


    “Some were unpreventable and some were misunderstandings.” The ss leader said arrogantly after taking a deep breath.


    “I don’t need you to take responsibility. I’ll thank the heavens if you can be a self-reliant and useful person to society in the future and not cause me any trouble.”


    ss leader, you’re nning to be a police officer in the future, so if you hope that I don’t cause you trouble, do you mean you hope I won’t turn into a criminal?


    “No way…” I waved my hand. Although Xiao Qin’s dad was a mafia boss, there’s no reason for me to follow his footsteps.


    “Do you promise or not.” The ss leader suddenly turned around to ask me.


    I don’t think it would be hard for me to not be a criminal.


    “Alright, I promise.” I scratched my head.


    The ss leader then immediately brushed passed me as if she was worried other students will discover we broke rule 22 for talking alone for such a long time.


    But at thest nce, I noticed the corners of Shu Sha’s mouth were turned upwards into a confident smile.


    Do you need to be that happy when I only promised I wouldn’t be a criminal?


    Or was I not paying attention and I also agreed to something else?