don't force me

One week before the Spring Festival, the biochemistry competition came to an end.The previous two competitions were closed, but the organizing committee probably changed the defense to an open one in order to expand publicity and make the competition more exciting.The organizing committee borrowed the auditorium of the High School Affiliated to Normal University, and all contestants decided the order and topics of the competition by drawing lots. Du Xuan No. 15 played, a very sad position.

Lin Tingan said worriedly: "Your position is not good, it is almost in the middle, and the judges almost fell asleep after listening to it, so you came on stage."

Lying on the bed, Du Xuan flipped through a copy of "National Geographic", and said casually, "Be content, Li Tianyou's ranking is even lower than mine, it's even worse."

"I don't care how he draws," Lin Tingan said dissatisfiedly, "I don't think the judges of your rank will listen well, and it will affect your score."

"It doesn't matter, as long as they can hear whether what I said is right or not, if they are right, they won't be able to score much."

Lin Tingan gave a thumbs up: "I just like your frenzy of 'you can take the test, if you can't answer, I'll lose'."

Du Xuan smiled: "Actually, I am the ignorant and fearless."

Lin Tingan said that if you are "ignorant", then I must be an "idiot".As a result, the next day, when he sat in the auditorium and listened to the defense, he realized that Du Xuan might not be pretending to be modest.Lin Tingan didn't know how high the standard of this competition was, but Lin Tingan couldn't repeat any of the nouns in the teacher's question.

Lin Tingan watched No. 14 contestant bow and walk off the stage with a dazed expression, and then the host announced: "No. 15 contestant is Du Xuan, a sophomore in No. [-] City Middle School."

Participating in the defense is to meet face-to-face with the teacher. Impression points are very important, so when others participate, students from key schools wear school uniforms, while those from non-key schools wear formal clothes. After seeing [-] of them, they are all dressed in this way. When Du Xuan comes out, everyone is excited for a moment.

Black high-waisted sneakers, jeans with a hoodie, and if there is a backpack on the back, it looks like a picnic.Relaxed and unrestrained, sunny and confident, with a little disapproving publicity, the responding teacher sitting in the first row smiled unconsciously.

Du Xuan bowed: "Good afternoon, teachers, I am Du Xuan", the good voice honed every day on the rostrum and radio station made all the audience feel that every word is clear, and every sound is pleasant to the ear. Gentle and calm, it sounds extraordinarily comfortable.

The teacher in charge of asking questions flipped through the list and said, "Student Du Xuan, your question is: the effect of biochar on the microbial community structure and its biogeochemical function in the soil. Time is 10 minutes, let's start."

Lin Tingan frowned. When he picked up this topic yesterday, he had to read it twice before he could get the sentences fluent. He felt that this thing was no longer a problem of super-class, but basically a problem of beyond the limit.At that time Du Xuan said calmly: "Competition, it must be difficult."

Lin Tingan sat under the stage, looked at his boyfriend still holding the microphone so calmly, and said: "The response of different types of microorganisms to biochar is very complicated, thus presenting different soil microbial community structures..."

Lin Tingan couldn't understand every word Du Xuan said, but he understood Du Xuan. He saw Du Xuan open the PPT and use a laser pointer to point at the pictures on the big screen to analyze layer by layer. Starting from a simple single environment, layer by layer Analysis to Geochemistry.He was not as nervous and serious as other contestants, standing in front of the computer without smiling and speaking.He walked freely on the stage, made various gestures, and made the stage his home field; he laughed and teased "so the microbes are also very busy, we'd better not disturb them"; he also explained accurately and concisely What is "highly aromatized refractory solid substance"...Lin Tingan almost held his breath watching Du Xuan freely swaying on the stage.

Watching the Holy Race is probably like watching Bolt run, it is a pure enjoyment.

After Du Xuan finished answering, the teacher in the audience asked some more questions about his answer. Lin Tingan couldn't tell whether it was correct, but judging from Du Xuan's expression, it shouldn't be a big problem.Just when Lin Tingan thought that Du Xuan could bow and step down, a teacher suddenly asked, "Student Du Xuan, are you interested in choosing a biology major in the future?"

Lin Tingan quickly stood up and took a look. The teacher sitting in the first row on the right should be a professor from a certain university.Lin Tingan thought proudly, this is a sub-question, and a scumbag like me can answer it.

But Du Xuan said without hesitation: "I have considered it, but my first choice is medicine."

"Oh? Why? Want to save lives?"

"I haven't thought of that realm yet, I just think medicine is very interesting."

"Then why participate in biological training?"

"Biology and medicine intersect, and they're both fun."

The professor smiled: "The most important thing is to have fun, and you can play well only if you feel fun. But I saw your results, the experimental operation is very good, but the pen answer sheet is not as good. Do you know where the problem is?"

Du Xuan spread his hands and wrinkled his nose: "The probability statistics of the genetic part, and the mathematical model of the ecological part may make mistakes. To be honest, I am relatively poor at mathematics."

Someone in the audience laughed lightly.

Du Xuan went on to say: "But I'm only a sophomore in high school, and I have opportunities to perfect."

"Very well, it's rare to have a clear understanding of yourself." The professor said approvingly.

Lin Tingan's frown that had been tightly furrowed finally loosened, and he sighed: "Well, my boyfriend is just that stupid, so I can't accept it."

After the defense, Du Xuan walked around from the backstage to find Lin Tingan.Lin Tingan said: "Let's go, it's still early and we can go shopping, or let's go to the movies."

Du Xuan shook her head: "I have listened to Li Tianyou's defense."

Lin Tingan squinted at him: "Why do you listen to him?"

"Anyway, he's in the same group, and besides, his level is quite high, so let's just study."

Lin Tingan sat down reluctantly, plugged in his earphones and started playing on his mobile phone. Before the two games were finished, Du Xuan poked him: "Let's go."

"Don't listen?"

"He's done with his defense."

Lin Tingan frantically packed the earphones: "I thought you would be waiting for him."

"Why should I wait for him? I'll leave after listening." Du Xuan looked at Lin Ting'an with a funny face, "Besides, your face is too ugly."

"Hmph." Lin Tingan snorted disdainfully.

Du Xuan whispered: "Hey, this year's Valentine's Day just in time for the Chinese New Year, how do you want to spend it?"

Lin Tingan sighed, and said regretfully: "This kind of thing should be done quietly, and give the other party a surprise. It's boring for you to say it."

Du Xuan rolled her eyes: "Don't be hypocritical, I don't have any experience coaxing hypocritical bald boys."

Lin Ting'an laughed: "You can live your life as you say."

Not only did Du Xuan have no experience in coaxing hypocritical bald boys, but he also had very little experience in coaxing others. Fortunately, Lin Tingan didn't need to be coaxed, and the two soon decided to go to the temple fair on Valentine's Day.

Lin Ting'an spoke bluntly, and said with disgust: "What is there to visit at the temple fair? There are so many people, the food is unpalatable, and the food is expensive."

Du Xuan pointed at him: "Then are you going?"

"Go!" Lin Tingan approached with a smile, "Let's not talk about the temple fair, even if I go to the library to recite classical Chinese."

Du Xuan looked at Lin Ting'an's face, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.For this new year, he has always been faintly worried. He is very afraid of facing his mother alone in this festival of family reunion and happiness.For seven whole days, these seven days are the busiest for parents in previous years. They have to receive many guests and visit many people. There are large boxes and small boxes of gifts at home. Whoever gives one thousand and who gives eight hundred is very particular. of.In the past, I hated the New Year the most. Others spend the New Year with their families every day. I wish I could eat five catties a week.And during the New Year, he often cooks leftovers at home alone, or he has to sit at the dining table with his parents to "sell smiling faces". He dreams of having a Spring Festival, and his parents don't have any entertainment, so they just stay with him at home.

Now, half of this wish has come true, but it makes Du Xuan even more nervous.He really couldn't imagine how his mother would react, whether she would be hurt by the scene, or whether she would collapse again and burst into tears.

However, a simple temple fair makes the New Year full of fun and anticipation. Nothing can compare to standing in the wind with Lin Tingan and eating a bunch of expensive and unpalatable iron plate squid. Du Xuan can't wait.

Under this complicated mentality, the New Year's Eve came amidst the sound of firecrackers all over the city and Andy Lau singing "Congratulations".

Early in the morning, when Du Xuan opened his eyes, he heard the sound of splashing water coming from the kitchen.He walked out of the bedroom with his slippers on, and saw that there were fruit plates and dried fruit boxes on the table in the living room as in previous years, his mother was washing vegetables in the kitchen, and there was a fish on the ground.

"Are you up?" Zhou Man said, "You go to do your homework first. That competition made you so noisy that you didn't finish your homework. What do you want for lunch? Braised noodles?"

Du Xuan sighed silently, a mother is a mother, and her style is so distinctive at any time.He said: "The lunch is too simple, and the dinner is too grand, can we balance it?"

Zhou Man wiped his hands: "The New Year's Eve dinner should look like a New Year's Eve dinner. Tonight, there are six dishes and one soup, and six or six will be smooth."

Du Xuan was overjoyed, he leaned against the door frame and said, "Mom, I think you are super beautiful today!"

Zhou Man stroked his hair: "Nonsense, when will I not be beautiful?"

After Du Xuan washed up, she went back to her room to do her homework honestly. Lin Tingan had done four days of math homework in one afternoon, but her own holiday homework hadn't been done yet.For students of language, mathematics, physics and chemistry, the winter vacation homework of sophomores is one more subject than that of senior ones. It can't be more difficult.

He took out his mobile phone and sent Lin Tingan a WeChat message: "I have to do my Chinese homework, come and help me."

After a while, Lin Ting'an sent an emoji with the middle finger up.

Du Xuan laughed loudly, feeling full of strength all over her body, and had the urge to fight hard.He took the winter vacation homework book and planned to kill each one.

The Lin family's New Year's Eve dinner started on time at eight o'clock with the Spring Festival Gala. Lin Tingan and his relatives and friends in his hometown made a video call to celebrate the New Year, chatting happily.When Ma Jing greeted him for dinner, he was talking nonsense about the speech of the Science and Technology Week.

Ma Jing said: "It's just such a small matter, when are you going to talk about it?"

Ji Dong smiled and said, "Let him brag, anyway, he has nothing to brag about other than this."

Lin Tingan sat at the dining table, first took a mouthful of pickled vegetables and braised pork, and said vaguely while chewing: "Look at me, wait until I make a blockbuster and scare you to death."

Ma Jing picked up a glass of wine: "I beg you, scare me to death."

The family of three happily complained about the Spring Festival Gala while eating, large groups of fireworks exploded in the dark sky outside the window, and the sound of gongs and drums on the TV was very lively.Lin Tingan gradually felt empty in his heart and a little sad. He didn't know what Du Xuan was doing now, whether he ate or not, he probably wouldn't chat with Zhou Man and make jokes, so did he hide in the room silently and read online?Will his father call? If Zhou Man gets angry again, will he vent his anger on Du Xuan?All kinds of messy thoughts were running in his mind one after another, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. He didn't pay attention to what was going on in the Spring Festival Gala.

Lin Tingan jumped down from the sofa: "I'll put the flowers."

Ma Jing looked at her watch: "What flowers are you putting out at ten o'clock?"

"This show is so boring, I'll go find my classmates to put flowers on." Lin Tingan put a whip from the shoe cabinet into his backpack while changing clothes.

"It's Chinese New Year, everyone is with the family, why do you join in the fun?"

Lin Ting'an: "It's okay, we have agreed. I will pay attention to safety, and I will send back a WeChat message every half hour."

Ma Jing wanted to say something, but Lin Tingan was swept away like a gust of wind.

"Hey," Ma Jing looked helplessly at Lin Yi, "You take care of your son."

"Ah," Lin Yi rubbed his chin, and smiled calculatedly, "I really want to follow him."

"What?" Ma Jing looked at her husband in disbelief, feeling that he suddenly became obscene.

Lin Yi blinked: "Our son is so afraid of the cold, he can't wait to be tied to the heating pipe in winter. What kind of invitation from his classmates are you talking about so that he can run out in the middle of the night, and it's still the night of the New Year's Eve."

"Oh." Ma Jing suddenly realized and ran to the balcony to look down. Lin Tingan was wrapped in a cotton bag, and ran out with wind on his feet.

"Want to follow?" Ma Jing asked worriedly.

Lin Yi couldn't help laughing: "What are you with, what do you think if you let him know? Have a chance to talk to him."

It was almost eleven o'clock when Du Xuan received Lin Tingan's call, and he answered Ann's call that night: "What's wrong?"

"Are you in the room? Is auntie asleep?"

"I'm here, lying on the bed and surfing the Internet. My mother went back to sleep at 10:30. The Spring Festival Gala was so boring. She almost fell asleep watching it. Why don't you go back to sleep for a beauty sleep... Did you watch it?"

"Hey, then hurry up and open the door for me."

Du Xuan was so startled that her voice was raised: "Where are you?"

Lin Ting'an: "The door of your house is very pitiful, like a beggar."

Du Xuan jumped out of bed and ran to open the door barefoot.Lin Tingan curled up at the door with his shoulders and neck shrunk, smiling at him with big white teeth.

"You..." Du Xuan clicked his tongue, "You tell me what to say."

"Is it very touching?" Lin Tingan pushed Du Xuan aside, "Get out of the way, I'm so cold. Hey, is Auntie asleep yet?"

"I guess I didn't fall asleep," Du Xuan asked in a low voice, "Afraid that my mother will still come?"

"Although I'm afraid, I have a thick skin." Lin Ting'an said proudly, "It's easy to get things done these days."