fierce dog

As the time for the college entrance examination drew closer, Mo Dong became more and more nervous.

During this period of time, he and Song Zhou didn't know what to do after the entrance exam. They were all focused on coping with the upcoming life hurdle.

"Are you sure there's no problem?" Mo Dong asked Song Zhou for countless times.

Every time, Song Zhou answered him patiently: "No problem."

"I still don't feel at ease." Mo Dong pinched his fingers and calculated, "It will be the day after tomorrow. As long as you can pass the model test, you will have no problem with stable performance."

"Ah."

A few days before the exam, the school has been on holiday, so senior high school students are allowed to rest at home, so that they can meet the college entrance examination with the most energy.

Mo Dong also started to prevent Song Zhou from coming to look for him, mainly because every time he came, he would go straight to the kitchen. It would take two to three hours to cut vegetables, cook and wash dishes, which was a waste of time.

"Go back early today," Mo Dong said, "I won't go on the day of the exam. I have to go to work. You should work hard."

"it is good."

Before Song Zhou left, he stood at the door without moving.

"What's wrong?" Mo Dong asked him.

"Can I make a request?"

"what?"

Song Zhou pursed his lips lightly: "Can I give you a hug?"

After a few seconds of silence, Mo Dong took a step forward and stretched out his arms to hug Song Zhou.

"Remember to come back with a champion." He said softly.

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"Are you back?" Li Yan, who didn't know how long she hadn't been at home, suddenly returned home today, with a spatula in her hand, as if she was cooking.

"Yeah." Song Zhou didn't show any surprise, he put down his schoolbag and asked her, "Have you cooked?"

"Yeah." Li Yan turned and walked into the kitchen.

After a while, three dishes and one soup were set on the dinner table, and Li Yan called Song Zhou loudly to come out for dinner.

Sitting at the dining table, looking at the hot food, Song Zhou couldn't remember the last time he had a hot meal in this house.

He looked up at Li Yan, and suddenly found that Li Yan had changed.

She seemed to have become younger, her face was rosier, her hair was coiled smoothly behind her head, and there were earrings on her earlobes that she hadn't worn for a long time, and even her clothes were brightly dressed.

"You—" Opened his mouth, Song Zhou still didn't say anything in the end, silently took the chopsticks handed over by Li Yan, lowered his eyes and began to eat.

"Is there an exam in two days?" Li Yan asked him.

"Ah."

"Are you sure?" Li Yan asked again.

"Have."

"That's fine." Li Yan got up and went to the kitchen to fill a bowl of chicken soup and put it beside Song Zhou's hand. "This is a hen that I specially went to the countryside to find someone to kill today. I killed it and brought it back to stew. It's very fresh. These few days I’m at home every day, just tell me what you want to eat, and I’ll make it for you.”

After a pause, she went on to say, "Your dad won't be back for a few days, so you can concentrate on preparing for the exam."

Song Zhou raised his hand and touched the bowl next to him, it was a little hot.

He wanted to ask where Li Yan had been recently, why she hadn't come home for so long, and also wanted to ask in which country she killed the chicken. Their relatives were all in other provinces, and no one lived in the country.

But these questions were all swallowed back in the end, and only one word came out: "Okay."

Although it was only two days, Li Yan still prepared every meal carefully: for breakfast, she made wontons by herself, for lunch, she had stewed soy bean and pig's trotters, and for dinner, she had light fried shrimp and seasonal vegetables.

Song Zhou hasn't eaten three meals on time every day like this for a long time. In the past, he would just eat bread at noon, and he would only eat at Mo Dong's at night, and he didn't even go into the kitchen at all.

The cold home suddenly became popular because of the smell of fireworks.

"Mom, I'm full, don't serve any more." Song Zhou said after finishing a bowl of porridge, watching Li Yan who was busy walking into the kitchen.

"Wait." After a minute, Li Yan came out with a plate on which was a deep-fried stick and two eggs.

"I don't know if your test paper is 100 points, but it's a good sign anyway, you can get full marks in the exam if you eat it."

In fact, Song Zhou was already very full, but looking at the steaming, peeled eggs on the plate, he still ate them all.

"Is everything ready?" Li Yan asked after he finished eating.

"Yeah." There was a schoolbag next to Song Zhou, "I took everything that should be taken."

"Okay." Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the examination room."

Li Yan doesn't know how to drive, and Song Zhengguo doesn't know where the only car in the family has been driven, so they can only take a taxi to the examination room.

There was a lot of traffic along the way, but none of the cars honked their horns. Everyone lined up quietly and went to their respective examination rooms.

After arriving at the school, Li Yan dragged Song Zhou to the shade of a nearby tree before the school gate opened because she came early.

"Have you brought your admission ticket and ID card?" She was always worried and asked over and over again.

"Bring it." Song Zhou pulled the schoolbag away for her to read.

"Okay, okay, fasten the zipper, don't accidentally drop it later."

Li Yan wore a beige skirt today, showing her fair skin.The fingernails are also painted with bright nail polish, and they are playing with the hair that has been blown by the wind.

Song Zhou sat next to her and kept looking around.

Doodle.

His phone vibrated, and he clicked on the message, and it was a message from Mo Dong.

- look to the left.

Song Zhou turned his head instantly, and saw Mo Dong under the tree not far away waving at him.

Just as he was about to stand up, the phone vibrated again.

-do not come.

- I just came to see you, and I have to go to the company later.

Song Zhou pursed his lips and didn't move any more. He raised his head and looked straight at Mo Dong under the tree.

"The door is open, get up quickly." Seeing the security guard opening the door, Li Yan quickly called Song Zhou, "Hurry up, it's already opened, you can go in."

"Yeah." Song Zhou looked away, picked up his schoolbag and stood up.

"Take a good exam, don't put too much pressure on it." Li Yan suddenly paused, as if hesitating, and after a few seconds, she looked at Song Zhou and said, "In a short time I... plan to talk to your dad about it." Regarding the divorce, when you go to college, I may go to other cities."

Song Zhou didn't speak, just looked at Li Yan quietly as expected.

Li Yan let go of the skirt she had been clutching in her hand: "I just want to tell you in advance, haven't you been persuading me before...I will talk about the rest after you finish the exam, and I will tell you in detail then."

"Okay." Song Zhou said.

She smiled, patted Song Zhou's shoulder lightly, and said in a rare gentle tone: "Go in quickly, or you will have to wait in line later."

Song Zhou turned his head and glanced before leaving.Li Yan stood still, seeing him turn around, raised her hand and waved at him somewhat awkwardly, as if suddenly transformed into a young girl, and brushed her hair that was blown tousled by the wind behind her ears.

Mo Dong was very happy, with a big smile on his face, and he was waving his hand very hard, as if he was afraid that he would not see him.

He turned around reassuringly, and walked into the examination room that belonged to him.

The author says:

Continue tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be longer and longer.