don't force me

Zhou Man is sitting in the office, Du Xuan's college entrance examination results are displayed on the computer screen.Although Du Xuan had already told her, she still couldn't believe it, and checked it out herself before giving up.

696!

Zhou Man didn't have time to taste the great surprise that came to his heart.Tears rolled down.She, Zhou Man, who has always been well-dressed, elegant, and prudent, cried bitterly in the office, with a face full of make-up.

Employees came in and asked, everyone opened their mouths in surprise when they saw the numbers on the screen,

All of a sudden, the sound of praise and congratulations was endless.Someone supported Zhou Man's shoulder and said, "Sister Man, why are you crying? You are so amazing. This must be the champion?"

Someone also said: "Manager Zhou, this is a great joy, you have to treat me."

Some people even said: "Oh, this score! I dare not even think about it in my dreams."

Amidst the din of people, Zhou Man felt a kind of unprecedented pride, which was better than her winning the first million-dollar order, being promoted to a manager based on her own performance, surviving the divorce by herself, and taking care of her son. Passing the third year of high school made her even more proud.

Du Xuan, her son, has reached a height that she never expected!

The whole company was boiling, and the general manager also went downstairs to congratulate her, and gave her a red envelope of 5000 yuan on behalf of the company.

The general manager said: "This little money can be regarded as encouraging the child. It's not easy. It's really not easy. He must have suffered a lot."

The little girl next to him answered, "That's for sure, tsk, the college entrance examination is a nightmare when I think about it."

Another said: "Sister Man, go home and reward your son well. How much does it cost to learn like this? My stupid son spends money and is smart. He signed up for five remedial classes and is still in the last grade."

……

Gradually, Zhou Man couldn't sit still anymore. She picked up her mobile phone and called Du Xuan, but the voice on the other end was busy.

That's right, all kinds of congratulatory calls must be coming in now.Zhou Man hangs up the phone patiently, and calls again after a while, and the line is still busy.Zhou Man sent Du Xuan a WeChat message, saying that he would take his son out for a good meal after work.She withdrew the WeChat message just after she sent it, and thought about rewriting it:

Xiaoxuan congratulates you, mother will come home early in the afternoon and prepare delicious food for you to celebrate.

After a while, Du Xuan replied with a smiling face: Thank you, mom, that's great.

Looking at the screen, Zhou Man kept sinking in her heart. For some reason, she tasted a respectful but indifferent taste, and she could even see the reluctance from the three words "too good". Come.When Zhou Man returned home, the room was empty and cold. She looked at her mobile phone, but Du Xuan didn't give her any news. After walking around the room, she always felt lost.

Du Xuan's door was closed, she opened it and walked in, the room was as tidy as ever.It was only then that she realized that she hadn't known what Du Xuan was doing since the college entrance examination. She only knew that he didn't come back until seven or eight o'clock every day.She thought that Du Xuan just relaxed after the exam and went out to play with her friends, but now that she thinks about it, it seems impossible.Zhou Man sat on Du Xuan's bed, and his eyes fell on the silver plane. There was a gold medal standing beside the nose, shining in the sun.In her memory, Du Xuan just sat here and worked on the questions every day. Now that figure is gone, she doesn't know where to find it.She called Du Xuan, but was picked up after five or six consecutive calls.Du Xuan laughed and coughed on the other end of the phone, and there was another laughter that was very familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

Zhou Man's heart twitched violently. She had never heard Du Xuan laugh so happily in front of her.She asked softly, "Where are you?"

"Out with friends."

This was an answer that wasn't an answer, so Du Xuan didn't say anything.

"With whom?" Zhou Man asked.

Du Xuan paused for a moment, and the voices beside him also quieted down. He said: "Today, everyone is very happy to come out to get together. I will go home for dinner in a while. About... 06:30."

Zhou Man was a little bitter, but Du Xuan still didn't say anything.She glanced at the clock, it was only 04:30.

Zhou Man hung up the phone, got up and went to the supermarket to buy vegetables.There were a lot of people in the fresh food department of the supermarket, and after walking around twice, I couldn't remember what Du Xuan liked to eat.In her memory, Du Xuan liked to eat seafood when she was a child. After the third year of junior high school, she had more and more work and entertainment, so she didn't start fires at home very much. She didn't pay attention to what Du Xuan ordered.Zhou Man went to the Fisheries Department and bought some fresh prawns and sea crabs.

At 06:30, four dishes and one soup were on the table. Du Xuan pushed the door in on time, not late, but not one minute early.

Du Xuan was very calm, even a little tired, the kind of exhaustion after carnival.Zhou Man would like to ask, who did you celebrate with?Are you having fun?Are you tired and just want to go back to your room and enjoy your success in peace?

Du Xuan broke open a crab and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mom."

Zhou Man shook his head: "You're welcome."

The dinner table fell into an embarrassing silence. Zhou Man wanted to praise his son very much, and even more wanted to rush to hug him and kiss his forehead like many years ago.However, it's been a long time since I've been so close to him, Zhou Man sadly finds it hard to speak.

"Xiao Xuan," Zhou Man forced herself to say, "Mom is really happy for you, you are great."

Du Xuan smiled: "It's a pity, I'm still six points away from the champion. I should be the second in the city."

"No, no, no," Zhou Man's eyes suddenly turned red, "You don't need to be the number one scholar, you are already very good now, I never dared to think that you could pass the exam like this."

Du Xuan stopped peeling the crab, with a look of astonishment: "Mom?"

Zhou Man lowered his eyes and said with difficulty: "Mom... she was too strict with you before, wasn't she?"

Du Xuan's eyes flickered, and he said implicitly: "It's not bad, it was quite loose in high school."

Zhou Man: "Actually, mom just wants to..."

Du Xuan interrupted Zhou Man, and said with a smile: "Actually, I understand everything. I am very grateful to you for being able to pass the exam today, really."

Zhou Man shut up, Du Xuan's words sounded more like a concluding speech, thank you for what you should be thanking.A "thank you" can make myself come to a clean end with the past.

Zhou Man's heart was suddenly at a loss.

This... is this the end?

Six years, no, 12 years of hard work and management, countless reprimands and persecutions, countless times of relying on relationships and seeking ways, all in one's mind is that Du Xuan can get into a good university.Zhou Man thinks that Yangcai is very good. It is close to home, has a good profession, and has a strong brand. He will not worry about getting a job in the future.And Du Xuan said solemnly that he was going to be admitted to Beijing Medical University, although the word "Peking University" always sounded a little wishful thinking.

However, he actually did it!

and then……

Du Xuan would leave home and only come back one or two days a week, no, I'm afraid he wished he could live in school every day instead of going home.Then he'll make a girlfriend, go to graduate school together, do a Ph.D.After spending nearly ten years on campus, he will go abroad, and after finishing his studies, he will either come back, or immigrate...

what about me?

After 18 years of hard work, after pushing his son to the current height step by step, Zhou Man suddenly couldn't find his place.

Du Xuan lowered his head to pick crabs. In fact, he was not hungry. Just now in Penumbra, Brother Ding made a very delicious sandwich. Lin Tingan yelled and said to everyone who came to buy pastries: "My friend scored 696 points in the exam. ".Du Xuan felt that this was a bit embarrassing, but Lin Ting'an told Ding Zimu to ask for a big red paper and said that he wanted to write a happy announcement and stick it at the door of the penumbra.

Du Xuan desperately covered Lin Tingan's mouth, although he himself was so happy that he wanted to yell.Ding Zimu took a small blackboard from behind the counter, wrote "The boss's younger brother scored 696 in the college entrance examination, [-]% off for the whole store today", and then stood the blackboard at the door of the store.Du Xuan was so happy that she didn't know what to say. She stood at the door of the store as a mascot and attracted many little girls to wander around.

It was so much fun, Du Xuan and Lin Ting'an wiped cream on each other's faces, and they basically didn't use tap water when they went to the bathroom to wash their faces.

However, the heart that was beating wildly with excitement calmed down the moment he stepped into the house.Facing the dishes on this table, Du Xuan really wanted to be like Lin Tingan to Ma Jing, with a hippie smile on her mother's face, thinking that one was too salty and the other was too bland, but licked every plate clean, and also wanted to be like Sun Rui, with a score of 637 in the In front of his parents, he boasted that he was a literary star, and then said triumphantly: "How about it, is your son awesome? Where can I find such an awesome son?"

However, he couldn't do it!

Du Xuan thought sadly, why can't I do it?

With the No.2 result in the city, Du Xuan suddenly became busy.

No. [-] Middle School made a historic second place. From the principal to the class teacher, they were so excited that they didn’t know what to do. On the afternoon of the day when the score was awarded, the LED screen at the school gate rolled out the good news with a red background. The huge golden The font, the background is the explosion of colorful fireworks, it should be as earthy as it is earthy.Du Xuan stood at the school gate, covered her face and said, "I'm blind, I'm blind."

The school arranged a learning experience exchange meeting for Du Xuan. He is very proficient in this business, and he can talk non-stop for more than an hour without preparing manuscripts.But this time, with the title of "No. [-]", Du Xuan carefully prepared the manuscript and made the slides.

Lin Tingan was doing math homework while Du Xuan was writing the manuscript, and he asked, "Does it really work?"

"It's useless." Du Xuan said bluntly, "Everyone's way of thinking is different, and their study habits are different. My method may not be applicable to you, so this thing...is basically useless."

"Not necessarily, what if someone has the same way of thinking and study habits as you?"

"If that's the case, it's even more useless." Du Xuan smiled, "With my brain and study habits, why do I need to listen to other people's learning experience?"

Lin Ting settled down, and had to admit that what Du Xuan said made sense, but the sound made people very angry and wanted to beat him up.

The exchange of learning experience was very successful. Du Xuan's grades had an explosive effect in the No. [-] Middle School. With the addition of his previous deeds, this effect increased exponentially.In fact, as Lin Tingan said, even without the blessing of previous brilliant achievements, Du Xuan's face alone can cause a sensation.Du Xuan was very pleased with what he said, and she let Lin Tingan lie down on the bed to feel better.

That night, Du Xuan was lying on the bed and smelled a faint smell of Lin Ting'an on the pillow.Then he suddenly thought of something, and sneakily took out his mobile phone in the middle of the night to check the information.In line with the scientific research spirit of a top student and the rigorous spirit of a future medical worker, Du Xuan even crawled to HowNet to search for related content on anorectal medicine.Until the middle of the night, he turned off a bunch of pictures with red cheeks and resentment. He thought it was a bit awkward, but he closed his eyes and thought about it. It is still very pleasing to replace the faces of men in those pictures with Lin Tingan, so the acceptance immediately " UPUP" went up.

Du Xuan hugged the quilt and turned over. Lin Tingan will be 18 at the end of September.

Since the scores came out, Du Xuan had to answer countless calls every day. Most of them were congratulations from classmates, and there were many invitations from famous schools. There were many rejections. Du Xuan simply turned off his phone, applied for a new number, and borrowed Lin Tingan's old phone to log in. Wechat, only use WeChat to contact.Lin Ting'an laughed at him, and he started working with both mobile phones before anything else happened, and he looked like a president.

Du Xuan said lightly: "Don't worry, I will hand over both mobile phones to you for inspection every day from now on."

"Check...check what?"

"Check if there is any chat content that shouldn't appear, photos, consumption records, etc."

Lin Tingan blushed, held back for a long time and said, "Get lost."

Du Xuan said: "This is your right, you have to cherish it."

Lin Ting'an jumped up and knocked on Du Xuan's head, Du Xuan covered his head and said, "Don't knock, don't knock, if you're stupid, who will give you a lecture?"

Lin Tingan sat down, turned the pen in his hand and asked, "Are you going to volunteer tomorrow?"

Du Xuan nodded.

"Auntie agrees?"

"I didn't ask her, and she didn't say anything, maybe she knows it's useless to say it."

Lin Tingan: "Will Auntie be very angry?"

Du Xuan: "Not at all...Since the divorce, I think she is much better than before."

Lin Tingan thought for a while and said, "You should tell your aunt, otherwise she will be sad."

Du Xuan glanced at Lin Tingan in surprise.

Lin Tingan rolled his eyes: "Why, am I wrong?"

Du Xuan rubbed his head: "You're right, you should tell her."

That night, Du Xuan said to Zhou Man during dinner, "It's time to fill out the volunteer application today."

Zhou Man's hand paused, picked up a chopstick dish, and said, "Yes."

"My grades can be reported to Beijing Medical University for undergraduate and doctoral studies, which will take eight years."

Zhou Man said: "I suggest that you apply for a seven-year undergraduate and master's degree, and then go abroad to study for a doctorate, which will give you one or two years more than in China."

Du Xuan's hand holding the chopsticks was fixed in the air, and she looked at Zhou Man in disbelief.

Zhou Man said: "I asked, if you apply for a job in a tertiary hospital, domestic doctors are not as tough as those who study abroad. Anyway, you have to study for a doctorate, so it's better to go out and study."

Du Xuan took a deep breath, her voice trembling: "Then, then I have to take the exam again."

Zhou Man glanced at his son: "Are you still afraid of the exam?"

Du Xuan's eyes were shining brightly, he shook his head to cover up two mouthfuls of rice, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Mom."

"What?"

"Thank you."

Zhou Man clamped a piece of braised fish to his son and said with a face, "In the future, he will be stabbed by patients. If you work overtime for 24 hours, you ca n’t buy a house and you ca n’t buy a house. Do n’t cry."

"Don't cry! I'm trying to find someone who can buy a house."

Zhou Man couldn't help bending his mouth, and sighed again: "I'm afraid you will suffer in the future."

Du Xuan smiled: "That's because I'm self-inflicted and unworthy of sympathy. You don't need to talk to me."

Zhou Man suddenly felt relaxed. At this moment, the one who was sitting across from him and teasing him was his dependent son. Du Xuan who said "thank you mom" politely and distantly was left in the past.