Soft temptation

10.

There are many people in the school, but Lou Ruan seems to have difficulty making friends.

She seems to be very slow to respond, not able to catch up with others' words.

Lou Ruan didn't know if it was her fault, she was very sensitive and had a strong sense of emotions.

When talking to people, she will notice clearly and quickly even small movements of other people, such as frowning or curling lips.

Usually at this time, she would think, as if she made others unhappy again.

She really doesn't seem very likable.

It was also Xu Xuze's birthday. She passed by his room several times before and saw him watching moldy tofu videos. When she went to buy a can for him, he seemed unhappy...

He still slams the door hard at home.

But it was strange that he would lend her novels to read.

Lou Ruan had never read that kind of novel, and was very careful when reading it, worried that it would get dirty or damaged, but luckily it was clean after reading it, so he returned it to him immediately.

But Xu Xuze seemed to be even more unhappy. He seemed to be unhappy every time he saw her.

11.

On the way home, I met a man whose name I didn't know.

He chased away those who were chasing her for her.

He made her scold back, and let her grab one and bite to death.

Lou Ruan listened in a daze, not knowing what to say.

After he left, he chased after him, and bought him a box of milk he liked at a convenience store on the roadside.

But not her favorite strawberry flavor.

All that's left is the banana flavor.

12.

That person is Zhou Yuetian, who is in the class next to her.

Zhou Yuetian is the only one in the school who can't talk about her family affairs, and can't look at her with pity.

Oh, and he still listens to her.

On the way home, she would say something. She was just talking casually, but when she stopped talking, Zhou Yuetian would suddenly ask, and then what.

13.

Xu Xuze gave her a cup of milk tea.

She saw that he still had a glass in his hand, so he probably couldn't finish it.

14.

When bored, Lou Ruan would scribble and draw on paper.

She found some videos and watched them for self-study.

One day when she was watching a video and learning to draw in her room, there was a slight noise behind her.

Lou Ruan held the pen and looked back, and the figure of her mother flashed past the door.

She tilted her head to look at the empty doorway, then turned her head again. She turned down the volume of the video and continued to draw.

15.

Mom found a teacher for her, a teacher who taught painting.

I also bought drawing boards, drawing paper and paints for her.

16.

high school.

There are 21 classes in Beijing No. 2000 High School this year, with a total of more than [-] students.

Lou Ruan came to a new environment and had many new classmates.

In their class, there are not only many local students from Beijing, but also many school recruits from other places, such as Lou Ruan's deskmate.

Her name is Zhao Yuan, and she comes from a small mountain village whose name Lou Ruan has never heard before.

I heard that Zhao Yuan’s family doesn’t even have a bus. To go there, they have to wait for the bus that runs twice a day. After a section of Huanshan Road, they take their local bus for more than 40 minutes after the three-hour ride. to get to her house.

She came to Jingbei No. [-] Middle School, and was invited by the dean of No. [-] Middle School by car.

The No. [-] Middle School waived Zhao Yuan's tuition and accommodation fees for three years.

The school takes her very seriously.

These are what Lou Ruan heard from others.

Lou Ruan turned to look at her, she was very quiet, she was very serious during class every day, and she was also very serious after class.

Zhao Yuan doesn't know how to read English, but only some very simple ones.

She only talks to Lou Ruan when she asks how to pronounce an English word, and asks her how to pronounce it.

17.

Although Zhao Yuan can't read English, her English score is very good.

Not only the English score, but also the scores of all subjects are against the sky in their class.

She is very good at learning.

She was still [-]th in the first monthly exam after entering the school, and she was already the second in the second monthly exam in the first semester of high school.

The things in front of her are getting more and more.

The overall score is second, and the single subject score of physics has surpassed Zhou Yuetian, ranking first in the grade.

Zhou Yuetian grew up in the north of Beijing from a young age, with a wealthy family, and the educational resources he has are incomparable to Zhao Yuan.

Lou Ruan was sitting next to Zhao Yuan. She could see Zhao Yuan's efforts and hardships most intuitively and clearly.

18.

Zhao Yuan said very little, very little.

She used to ask Lou Ruan English, but after she bought a small old mp4, she never asked Lou Ruan again.

The two at the same table spoke very little.

Sometimes Lou Ruan wanted to talk, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only stay quietly.

She looked down at the physics problems in the book, feeling a little distressed.

Originally, he wanted to ask Zhou Yuetian after school, but the person next to him suddenly pushed up a piece of paper.

Lou Ruan looked over.

It was the question she was looking at, and she wrote three solutions, each of which was very clear.

She turned her head in surprise, but the people beside her were already bowing their heads and writing the questions.

Lou Ruan paused, then whispered, "...Thank you."

Those around me didn't respond.

19.

Lou Ruan's physics is really bad.

She went to the bookstore to choose several physics books, ready to study hard.

The multiple-choice booklet was placed on the table by her, and she opened it from time to time, but she didn't notice that the people beside her turned their heads and looked at it several times.

Lou Ruan looked down at the multiple-choice booklet, until Zhao Yuan's very small voice came from her ear.

She lowered her head, her thick bangs drooping:

"This, can you lend me a look?"

20.

Zhao Yuan did not buy the booklet herself, even though it only cost 19 yuan.

Lou Ruan wanted to show her all the extracurricular materials he bought, but he didn't know how to say it, and was afraid of hurting her self-esteem.

She knew that Zhao Yuan had a good grade in physics, so she found a lot of questions that she found difficult, and asked her in a low voice, "Zhao Yuan, how do you do this, can you tell me about it?"

21.

After returning home that day, the house was still very quiet.

The aunt told her that new paints, brushes and drawing paper had arrived, and they were downstairs.

Lou Ruan followed her gaze and saw the box beside her.

The TV was not turned on, Xu Xuze leaned on the sofa motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lou Ruan went over to carry a box and went upstairs with her schoolbag on her back.

When she went out again, Xu Xuze was already standing in front of her drawing paper.

He kicked her drawing cardboard box, "Something is blocking the way."

"What does it look like here?" Lou Ruan stood on it, watching Xu Xuze turn his head and look in the direction of the kitchen, cursing, "Can you just take it up for her next time, it tripped me!"

22.

Several boxes were opened, and inside were brand new drawing paper, brushes and paints.

Here, the price of a plate of paint is already more than [-] yuan.

Brushes are also good.

add up...

Lou Ruan suddenly thought of the two art teachers who had been giving her small lessons. She searched their names on the Internet, and both of them were registered in training institutions. The fee for each of their small lessons was about 2000 yuan per hour.

23.

After tidying up her things, Lou Ruan pushed open the door and went out, ready to go downstairs for dinner, when Zhou Ran, who was wearing a skirt, quickly came up from below.

Lou Ruan raised her eyes, "Mom, thank you, I will draw well..."

Zhou Ran frowned and brushed past her without turning his head to look at her, and said "um" coldly, before disappearing into the aisle.

24.

She used to seem to always be immersed in negative information, caring too much about other people's opinions, taking too much weight on whether others hate her, other people's frowns, and displeasure, and magnifying it too many times.

Mom and brother didn't seem to hate her much, they were just used to this way of getting along.

25.

A transfer student came to the school, very powerful and famous, named Xie Yanli.

After the thank you banquet, Zhao Yuan's grade rank changed from 2 to 3.

Every time Lou Ruan looked at the rankings, she could see the words Xie Yanli in front of Zhao Yuan's name.

26.

Lou Ruan and his family still maintain the same way of getting along as before.

Xu Xuze still slammed the door heavily at home, unable to speak properly.

Mom still didn't pay much attention to them.

It was the same at school, she sat with Zhao Yuan and didn't say a few words all day.

Only on the way home from school, Zhou Yuetian and the others would listen to her.

27.

Before going to participate in the art training, the school hung bright banners:

[Congratulations to Zhao Yuan from our school for winning the gold medal in the National Physics Olympiad for Middle School Students! 】

No. [-] in the country and No. [-] in Beijing.

Fresh high school graduates selected for training for the national team of the International Olympiad will be sent to the Physics Department of Jingjiang University.

Lou Ruan was very happy for her.

They haven't seen each other for a long time after they were divided into arts and sciences.

She thought about it, but still didn't go to her.

After school at noon, Lou Ruan took the leave note to the teacher to sign, asking for a leave of absence for training.

When I left the teaching building, there were not many people in the school.

The sun was very poisonous at noon, and she met a man.

The man was wearing a washed-out T-shirt, and was carrying a big cloth bag. He didn't know what was in it. He walked up against the sun and asked, "Hello, classmate, how can I get to the 12th floor?"

Lou Ruan stopped, and there was a road sign in front of her, with the direction of the teaching building, dormitory building B and dormitory building A clearly written on it.

"I'm here to look for the child, but I can't find the way..." He smiled, "Your school is really big."

Lou Ruan immediately nodded, raised his hand to point him in the direction, "This way, go this way, then the front..."

There are signposts ahead.

But he doesn't seem to recognize the signposts.

"I'm going there just now, let me take you there."

28.

Lou Ruan took the man to the dormitory building, found the b12 floor, and accompanied him to find the dormitory auntie.

When the dormitory aunt went upstairs to find someone, the man was sweating on his forehead, "I'm so sorry, I don't know how to thank you, do you eat apples, I have..."

Zhao Yuan, who was wearing a school uniform, ran downstairs, "Lou Ruan?"

The man still held two apples taken out of the bag in his hands, which were very large and very red in color.

He turned to look over.

Zhao Yuan's eyes fell on him again, and she ran over and said, "Dad, why are you here now? Didn't it mean that I will pick you up tomorrow..."

The man lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I was afraid that your classmates would see it, so I came early, but I couldn't find the way, and you didn't answer the phone."

"What's the matter if you see it?" Zhao Yuan reached out to take the thing in his hand, looked at Lou Ruan again, paused for two seconds, and introduced, "This is the classmate I told you before, Lou Ruan."

The man raised his eyes, as if he was a little surprised. He reached out to hold the apple, and opened his bag to get other things, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you before, thank you so much."

Lou Ruan was a little confused, this is Zhao Yuan's father, did she tell her family about her?

He carefully took out a bag of potatoes from his bag, "Do you like potatoes, I grow them myself, this..."

As if afraid that she would not like it, Zhao Yuan stretched out her hand to hold him, and suddenly said, "Dad."

Lou Ruan woke up like a dream, and immediately reached out to take the apples and potatoes, "Thank you uncle, I really like potatoes!"

"This apple looks delicious too."

The man's hand was empty, and he paused slightly, as if he was very happy, "It's just as long as you like it, thank you for taking care of Yuanyuan."

take care of……

Lou Ruan was holding her things, and looked up at Zhao Yuan, "...everywhere, she is the one who takes care of me and gives me lectures."

29.

When leaving with Tudou in her arms, Zhao Yuan suddenly stopped her: "Lou Ruan."

Lou Ruan looked back at her.

She was standing downstairs in the dormitory, the shadow of the tree fell on her face, and she couldn't see the expression clearly, "Come on for the entrance exam."

Lou Ruan hugged Tudou and nodded, "Yeah."

30.

Lou Ruan walked towards the classroom with Tudou in his arms.

When she took Zhao Yuan's father to the dormitory, the man would talk to her from time to time.

【Jingbei Zhenda】

【Your school is so big and nice】

[Are there twenty classes in one grade, no wonder it's so big]

[My daughter won a great award, and the country gave me a scholarship. She insisted that I come to Beijing to take a look. In our place, people who have been out of the province can count their fingers.]

……

Before I was a teenager, I had never walked out of the mountains, never taken a high-speed rail, airplane, or subway, and had no unique conditions. I didn’t enjoy the best educational resources in the country before I entered high school, but I was able to get here on my own and become the number one in the country.

Zhao Yuan is amazing.

Her dad is very proud of her.

So is she.

Lou Ruan posted two Weibo posts.

【I'm so lucky】

Received the encouragement and blessing of No. [-] in the country!

【I am very happy today, I hope everyone can have a good future】

She also has to work hard and study!

31.

When going to the training camp, Lou Ruan barely used her mobile phone. She spent all her time drawing and studying. She had to memorize knowledge points while walking, and read books while eating. She completely lost contact with the outside world.

Every time when I feel tired and don’t want to paint, I will think of those terribly expensive paints and brushes, I will think of my small class fee of [-] yuan a day, I will think of Zhao Yuan bowing her head to do the questions, and thinking of Zhao Yuan’s station. Downstairs in the dormitory, talking about cheering for the entrance exam.

32.

The effort was not in vain.

No matter it was the joint art exam, school exam or college entrance exam, Lou Ruan got satisfactory results.

Art class approved in advance can apply for two parallel volunteers.

Lou Ruan filled two schools, Huaqing University and Beijing North Academy of Fine Arts.

33.

In September, she went to Huaqing University.

34.

She has learned a lot during her years in college.

During her senior year internship, Zhou Yuetian asked her if she wanted to go to Zhou's.

Lou Ruan thought about it and went.

35.

To be honest, she was very unhappy in Zhou's.

It is inevitable to socialize when doing business, and Lou Ruan is really not a person who is very good at socializing.

At the wine table, there will always be strange people.

Lou Ruan raised her eyes and looked at the man opposite.

Holding his glass of wine, he kept approaching the new interns from their company.

"Does Xiaoqian drink alcohol?"

"...I'm sorry Mr. Zhang, I'm not very good at drinking."

"It's okay, the amount of alcohol is practiced, young people should exercise more, let's have a drink!"

The man had already raised his wine glass, and the little girl beside him showed embarrassment.

"Mr. Zhang, I really don't know..."

The man looked at her, moved the wine glass in his hand to the little girl's mouth, and said with a smile, "Then take a sip."

Lou Ruan closed his eyes, raised his hand and poured a full glass of wine into the empty wine glass in front of him, "Mr. Zhang, she just came, I respect you."

When the man turned his head, the first thing he saw was Zhou Yuetian beside her, not her.

After a few seconds of silence in the box, he took back his wine glass and smiled, "Oh no, I'm just kidding Xiaoqian, just kidding."

"There's no need for wine, let's have some drinks, hahaha..."

Lou Ruan turned to look at Zhou Yuetian, Zhou Yuetian didn't respond, and calmly raised the glass filled with orange juice.

Since entering Zhou's, she seems to have never encountered all kinds of difficulties and obstacles that fresh graduates will encounter.

She seems to be luckier than most people in the world.

Whether it is the living environment or the working environment, it is relatively comfortable and comfortable.

Apart from feelings, there seems to be nothing wrong with it...

Lou Ruan sat down and thought, it's normal, God can't give her everything, it's so unfair to other people.

36.

Lou Ruan stood outside the window, listening to Zhou Yuetian talking inside.

Hearing him say "it's just the Xu family's adopted daughter", he continued to walk forward without expression.

In fact, when Zhou Yuetian asked her to help him arrange a blind date for the first time, she had foreseen that such a day would come.

37.

From a long time ago, someone would keep telling Lou Ruan, what do you like about Zhou Yuetian, he obviously doesn't like you, why don't you like someone else.

Xu Xuze would also tell her to stay away from Zhou Yuetian.

She's heard that many times.

It seems that everyone doesn't understand why she likes Zhou Yuetian.

Sometimes she really doesn't know how to talk to them.

Should it be said that only Zhou Yuetian will listen to her, or that Zhou Yuetian will wait for her to go home, Zhou Yuetian will circle her exam key points, Zhou Yuetian will remember her birthday, and will light candles for her...

She is a human being, she has all the emotions that a human being should have, she also has people she hates, and she occasionally speaks ill of others, only Zhou Yuetian will quietly listen to her speak ill of others.

Others can't see this, what they see is that Zhou Yuetian doesn't like her very much.

They read theirs, she reads hers.

She didn't see it before, and she didn't care.

Now she saw it, heard it, and of course cared.

38.

Lou Ruan used to be troubled by the relationship between people, until one day, someone was selling blind boxes of Dongdong music at the gate of her school.

A large box is divided into many small boxes, covered with wrapping paper, which can be poked once for [-] cents, and there are many small notes inside, sometimes it is a small gift worth less than [-] cents, sometimes it is a large gift worth more than [-] cents. Gifts, sometimes, are nothing.

The relationship between people is very complicated.

It’s not that if you want to eat snacks, you can buy a bag of snacks for five cents.

It is the same as opening a blind box. You spend money and energy to open a blind box. It may contain beautiful things, ugly things, or nothing.

The relationship between people has never been that if you pay, you will definitely get something in return.

She and Zhou Yuetian, who opened the blind box?

She is, and so is Zhou Yuetian.

It was Zhou Yuetian who opened the blind box first, Zhou Yuetian who looked at her first, and Zhou Yuetian who paid first.

Therefore, she also chose to be the person who opened the blind box.

As for whether the blind box she opened will contain beautiful things, ugly things or nothing, it is not that important.

Since you choose to open it, you must bear the result of opening an ugly blind box and an empty blind box.

39.

Obviously, the blind box she opened is not very pretty.

Lou Ruan drank two more glasses of wine, looked at the increasingly blurred crystal chandelier in the banquet hall and thought to himself, it is really sad to open the ugly blind box.

Let's drink two more glasses to digest it, and there is another blind box to be opened...

(Lou Ruan grows up to the side story. End)