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Youth Day is a coming-of-age ceremony for senior high school students. This is an event held by the third middle school every year. Parents will lead their children through the "adult gate" and exchange letters with their children. The original intention of the event may be to let students learn to be grateful, anyway Every year during the coming-of-age ceremony, the students and their parents cried uncontrollably, and the playground was full of crying.

Chen Xing didn't plan to have a coming-of-age ceremony, and there was no one at home anyway.In the afternoon, the parents came one after another. After the second class, everyone in the class went down to the playground. Xu Xin stood in front of Chen Xing hesitating to speak, and finally held back for a long time and said, "Well, there is something wrong down there. Noisy, you don't like it either, I'll come up after I go down to see my mother, just wait for me."

Chen Xing stroked the back of Xu Xin's head twice, smiled and said: "You stay with your mother, don't accompany me, I will do the questions."

"Really not?"

"No, if you dare to come up, I'll beat you."

After Xu Xin left, Chen Xing wore earphones and looked at the paper in front of him in a daze. In fact, he was still lonely and sad. Otherwise, why couldn't he read a single question, or why did he think of Zhou Chen so suddenly.

"Chen Xing." Someone called him at the door, the voice was so familiar, why did he have a hallucination?Chen Xing was thinking a little depressed, turned his head and glanced at the back door and was stunned. Zhou Chen stood upright at the back door, wearing the white shirt that Chen Xing bought for him when he went shopping last time. He smiled against the light, Chen Xing looked at it stupidly.

"What, are you stupid?" Zhou Chen walked up to Chen Xing, and put his palm on the back of Chen Xing's neck, feeling cool.

Chen Xing raised his head and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I still want to ask why you didn't tell me, if I hadn't seen the news from the parent group at noon, would you plan to just sit in the classroom all afternoon, acting like no one wants you?"

Chen Xing stood up and hugged Zhou Chen, without speaking for a long time.Zhou Chen patted Chen Xing's back lightly, and said with a smile: "Go on, it's all started now."

Zhou Chen followed Chen Xing into the playground. The principal was giving a speech on the stage. Along the way, students and parents looked at Chen Xing and Zhou Chen intentionally or unintentionally. When Xu Xin saw Chen Xing approaching, his eyes straightened. Then he saw Zhou Chen behind him. Immediately moved to the point of tears, I muttered to myself: My mother really saw the appearance of love today.

Chen Xing walked to the back of his class and stood. Zhou Chen and the parents stood in a row, on Chen Xing's right.The principal was still reading Chicken Soup for the Soul of the college entrance examination passionately on the stage. The sun was shining so brightly that people couldn't keep their eyes open.Chen Xing closed his eyes next to Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen tilted his body, covering Chen Xing in the shadow.

There was a burst of warm applause from around, and Chen Xing knew the principal had finished speaking without even thinking about it.Zhou Chen asked in a low voice: "Why is Shen Chengyan also on stage?"

Chen Xing stood up straight, "Student representatives also want to speak."

"Why not you?"

Chen Xing laughed, "I pushed and didn't want to go. Shen Chengyan also said he didn't want to go, and was scolded by the teacher."

Shen Chengyan indifferently read the manuscript in his hand the whole time on the stage, bowed and left the stage.The host said something sensational on the stage, and then asked the parents and children to exchange letters. Chen Xing and Zhou Chen looked at each other, and they both laughed.

Chen Xing spread his hands, "I didn't write it."

"I didn't write either."

"I'll make it up to you later."

"Well, I will make up for it later."

The students and parents next to them were reading the letter with their heads down. When they raised their heads, their eyes were red, and some people began to sob softly.At the end of the hug, crying started everywhere, Chen Xing hugged Zhou Chen tightly and couldn't help laughing, Zhou Chen asked him: "Why are you laughing, everyone else is crying."

"Laugh they love to cry."

Zhou Chen said in a low voice, "You are still the same. You cry all the time and laugh at others."

Chen Xing was in a hurry, "I cried so many times, and you saw them all, you don't think I'm ashamed."

Zhou Chen looked up and looked around, and said with a smile, "Don't you have anything to say to me? I think they are all talking."

Chen Xing couldn't stop laughing, "Everyone is thanking their parents for their upbringing, what do you want to hear?"

"It's fine if you don't have anything to say."

Chen Xing leaned close to Zhou Chen's ear and said softly: "I love you, Zhou Chen, I love you. Although you know it, I still want to say that no one loves you more than me. There will be no more people. No more Someone likes you so much, like me, and no one likes me so much, like you. I only have one heart, and I give it all to you."

The wind blew over and lifted the corner of Zhou Chen's shirt, and Chen Xing heard him say softly, "Well, I know."

"I'll write you a letter, a love letter, but it may take a long time."

"Well, I'll wait."

The banners hanging in the yard were whitened by the sun, the leaves are now the greenest, and the cicadas began to sing day and night. Gone.Graduation photos were taken on a sunny day. A group of people took the teachers to take pictures on the playground. The girls finally dared to put on makeup on this day. Although the foundation was too white and the eyebrows were too thick, everyone would still share it with each other. Complimenting "you are so beautiful".

Everyone was running and laughing on the playground, taking photos with their friends. Chen Xing was also dragged to take photos several times. It was rare for him to have a good temper today. , so that it can be taken out to show off to others in the future.

The last two classes in the afternoon were absent, and when Chen Xing returned to the classroom to pack his things, everyone in the class gathered together in twos and threes to chat loudly, and occasionally a few people laughed together.However, in the end, the laughter gradually decreased, and some girls began to have red eyes, and the tears in their eyes were faltering. The boy next to him comforted softly: "Don't cry, we will see you later."

But they couldn't help crying anymore, one or two, and finally wept together, the makeup on their eyes was all washed out.The boys who were not good at speaking were at a loss with tissues beside them, and wiped their tears clumsily. In the end, they also turned their heads and their eyes glistened with water.

How can I be willing, reluctant, many of the students here are all the way up from the kindergarten, the friendship of classmates for more than ten years, and the countless days and nights of fighting for the dream together, how can they just say that they don’t want to.Everyone knows the truth of sending you off for thousands of miles, but when you really want to go your separate ways, I still want to accompany you and go one more way.

Someone hugged the students in the class one by one, and promised with a smile that they would go out to eat barbecue together after the exam.I specially asked my mother to wash the school uniform, and asked the students to sign the school uniform one by one with a marker pen.The leader was a naughty boy, he jumped in front of Chen Xing while dragging his left chest, and said with a smile: "Chen Xing, this is for you, you sign here, I will be honored by you, and I will get a good grade in the exam .”

Chen Xing smiled, took the pen and signed his name earnestly, and a boy ran up behind him and shouted, "And me, Chen Xing, write one for me too."

Chen Xing finished writing one by one, watching them stand at the door smiling and waving goodbye to him, the sun was gradually setting, the light in the corridor was still dim, and the noise outside the door could no longer be heard, Chen Xing put his schoolbag on his back and put the table on his back. Put the tablecloth on the table into the schoolbag, set up the stool, said goodbye to the students on duty, then put on the earphones and stepped out the door without looking back.Behind him, the student on duty wrote "Don't let yourself down" on the blackboard.

After dinner the night before the exam, Chen Xing stood on the balcony holding Ergou and looked downstairs. When Zhou Chen came out after washing the dishes, he turned to Zhou Chen and asked, "Let's go for a walk. I see a lot of people in the community."

Zhou Chen wiped his hands, "Okay."

The temperature did not drop because the sun was setting, but it was even hotter. Puppies were lying on the side of the road sticking out their tongues. Middle-aged women in loose nightdresses pushed their children and chatted in twos and threes.Chen Xing and Zhou Chen walked around the neighborhood one after the other, Chen Xing didn't speak, just lowered his head and wanted to step on a straight line, Zhou Chen looked at Chen Xing's slightly lowered head, and called softly Sentence: "Chen Xing."

Chen Xing turned around and smiled, and asked Zhou Chen, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Chen took two steps forward and held Chen Xing's hand, "Relax a little, don't be nervous, I passed the exam, it's nothing."

Chen Xing leaned his head on Zhou Chen's shoulder, smiled and said, "It's really strange. I have taken so many exams before, and I have never been nervous. What's wrong this time."

"It's normal, everyone is like this, it's actually nothing, don't be nervous at all."

Chen Xing went home and took a shower and lay down on the bed. Zhou Chen came out of the bathroom, sat on the sofa and took out a stationery bag from Chen Xing's schoolbag to look at it carefully. The admission ticket, ID card, gel pen, eraser, ruler... ····

Finally, he went into the study and took out some 2B pencils, sat on the sofa, sharpened them, and put them in the stationery bag.

Chen Xing was already asleep on the bed, the quilt was thrown away, and he was lying on his side wearing a pair of underwear.Zhou Chen pulled the quilt to cover Chen Xing lightly, and hugged Chen Xing from behind.

During the two days of the exam, Zhou Chen asked for leave. He got up at six in the morning to warm up the milk and check the stationery again.Chen Xing slept soundly last night, and didn't wake up until 06:30.

After drinking the milk, Chen Xing asked Zhou Chen, "Do you have any skills to teach me?"

Zhou Chen smiled, "What technique?"

"It's just the skill of answering questions."

"You have the strength, you don't need that thing."

Chen Xing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Come here, give me a kiss."

Zhou Chen got up and kissed Chen Xing sideways, "It's not suitable for kissing now, I'm afraid you will get excited when answering the questions, so we can talk about it after you finish the exam."

"Don't send me off for a while, I want to be alone and calm."

Zhou Chen nodded with a smile, "Well, I won't see you off."

After actually entering the examination room, I really felt nothing. After doing two questions, I completely forgot that this was the college entrance examination. Turn on the fan because it's too noisy.The invigilator didn't dare to slap the fan, and sat on the podium to wipe his sweat with paper towels.

Chen Xing still had 10 minutes to finish the paper. He checked it over and over several times. After making sure there was no problem, he raised his hand and handed in the paper. The invigilator's eyes were filled with disdain. They stopped writing and looked at Chen Xing. After all, few people would dare to hand in papers early in the college entrance examination room.

The invigilator walked to Chen Xing's side and was stunned when he saw the neat block letters on the paper. Chen Xing had already packed up his stationery and left the classroom.The test center was at another school, and there was a circle of people around the school gate, all parents and teachers of the students.Chen Xing stood under the willow tree by the flower bed and looked out the door. There were crowds of people outside the door, but he really saw the person he wanted to see at a glance.

Zhou Chen lowered his head and looked at his mobile phone. As soon as Chen Xing came out of the gate, reporters surrounded him. The microphone was raised to his mouth. The reporter quickly asked, "How difficult is this year's exam? You should have done well in the exam if you handed in the paper earlier. Bar?"

Chen Xing frowned, and just as he was about to reach out to push the microphone away, Zhou Chen blocked him. "Excuse me, my child is very tired now."

The reporter wanted to say something, but was evacuated by the security guards at the door.Zhou Chen pulled Chen Xing out of the crowd, Chen Xing looked at Zhou Chen's back with a smile and said, "Zhou Chen, I did well in the exam."

Zhou Chen turned his head and smiled, "Yes, I know."

There was a thin layer of sweat on Zhou Chen's palms, Chen Xing took out a tissue and wiped it gently, "Are you nervous?"

Zhou Chen looked down at Chen Xing, and said softly, "A little bit."

"I did well on the test, better than ever before."

"Well, I know that."

It rained the next day, and the sky was foggy, but it was much cooler.When the last English test was finished, the whole school burst into revelry. Chen Xing met Du Keming and Shen Chengyan at the door. Du Keming rushed forward to hug him and asked him how he was doing in the exam. Chen Xing smiled and said, "Very good."

Shen Chengyan pulled Du Keming off Chen Xing with a blank expression, and before Chen Xing asked, he said, "I did well in the exam, and he did well in the exam too."

Du Keming's hand was held in Shen Chengyan's hand. He struggled for a long time and couldn't get rid of it. He raised his eyes and stared at Shen Chengyan, and asked Chen Xing with a smile: "Go out to have a carnival tonight."

"I'm not interested, I want to go home." After Chen Xing finished speaking, he ran straight towards Zhou Chen. Shen Chengyan dragged Du Keming forward, and said flatly, "Stay with me tonight."

Du Keming looked down at the phone and said, "Wait for a few days."

Shen Chengyan's hands became stronger, and his voice was flat: "Try it."

On the way back, Chen Xing talked nonstop, Zhou Chen didn't speak, just laughed.As a result, as soon as he entered the door, Chen Xing fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow. When Zhou Chen undressed him, he only opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Chen, and fell asleep again. When Zhou Chen called him up for breakfast the next morning, Chen Xing said yes, but his eyes were tightly closed. Zhou Chen had no choice but to cover the quilt for someone, draw the curtains, and walked out the door lightly.

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