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After New Year's Day, what awaits the students of No. [-] Middle School is the final exam. The results of the competition come out during this period. There are circles of people on the bulletin board of the teaching building, even if they know that the results have nothing to do with them, they still want to join in the fun, especially After seeing the names of those two influential figures.

At this time, Jiang Yu and Zi Luo couldn't squeeze into the crowd, and the two tall ones could clearly see their achievements from behind.Jiang Yu took a look at the big red list by a student from the High School Affiliated to City A. He and Zi Luo both won the second place in the country.

"Tsk." Jiang Yu had a smile on his face, thinking of the two weeks of training camp, it was really not fun at all, "It's not in vain that I stayed up all night doing questions to get dark circles under my eyes for the competition."

Zi Luo turned around: "Let's go, a new round of review materials is waiting for you."

As soon as the news came out, the whole class was blown up, and Hu Xiaoping chattered happily in the office, but even so Hou Yi admired it, because even though he saw Hu Xiaoping was so happy that he could almost lose sight of his eyes, he didn’t see him less. test paper.

The final exam was less than a week away, and it happened to coincide with Jiang Yu and Zi Luo's birthdays after the exam. The small group of several people was active for an hour, discussing how to celebrate the results of this competition together on that day.

After school, Jiang Yu rode out of the school gate and saw a few people standing diagonally across the square. The winter wind was biting. These people wore leggings with their ankles exposed. They looked really conspicuous. The main reason was that Jiang Yu thought one of them looked familiar. When Zhongtian came out, he took a look at him and called out, "Xu Yafei!"

Xu Yafei didn't move when he saw him, Jiang Yu directly looked away, and didn't bother to give him another look.

During the evening self-study, the students in Class A were overwhelmed by the workbooks and test papers. Hou Yi took the math test paper from the devil Li Dashan and looked around to find the answer. Jiang Yu looked at the last additional question and was a little at a loss. Math should be simple.

"Luoluo." Jiang Yu took the test paper to find the master, "Is this a competition question? Do you know it?"

As soon as he finished asking, he saw that Zi Luo had written the entire test paper, including the last big question. Jiang Yu looked at it for a while in disbelief, and after understanding the process, he gave a thumbs up, "You are really amazing."

At this time, Xu Meiyin finally remembered what she said last time, "in two days", and she was going to take Jiang Yu to a friend's house to give the girl tutoring after the final exam.

Jiang Yu buried her face in the exercise book and said with extreme reluctance: "I won't go, I have to take the exam myself."

Xu Meiyin said outside the door: "It's okay, just these few days, how long will the tutoring take, you can review while tutoring."

"Mom, I only have one brain." Jiang Yu closed his eyes irritably, "I still have to move forward in the final exam, so I won't go."

"You child, how can it be so serious, isn't it just a place to do homework?" Xu Meiyin knocked on his door again, "I already told your aunt that I will go after school tomorrow after dinner."

It is useless to refuse, this is not to discuss with him at all.Jiang Yu was so annoyed that she wanted to crumple the test paper into a ball, but finally held back and slammed her head on the table.

It is not easy to ask for leave for evening self-study, and it is not allowed to ask for leave for evening self-study when the exam is approaching. He didn't even participate in Hou Yi's band performance, but Xu Meiyin was determined to take him there, so he sent a special message to Hu Xiaoping The news said that Jiang Yu would not be able to attend the evening self-study these days.

After hearing the reason, Hu Xiaoping was still a little uneasy, and tried to persuade Xu Meiyin, saying that it was the critical time of the second year of high school, and the end of the semester was just around the corner, so he should not delay his studies by giving tutoring to others.After talking about this, Xu Meiyin seemed to feel that something was wrong, so she just took a leave of absence for evening self-study.

Jiang Yu really wanted to rush to the office and bow to Hu Xiaoping at ninety degrees, but he didn't go home, so he and Zi Luo had a small plate of noodles at the east gate, and after eating, he said, "I won't go tonight. , my mother is going to take me to a friend's house of hers."

"Yeah." Zi Luo didn't ask too much, "Remember to write your homework."

"If I don't, I'll ask you directly on WeChat."

"it is good."

"Let's go, don't miss me." Jiang Yu put on the wool gloves Zi Luo gave him, stepped on the bicycle and waved at him, "Bye."

The white back merged into the floating light of the street lights at night and gradually disappeared from the field of vision. Zi Luo went back to the classroom with his hands in his pockets and took the books to the library. At this time, there were many people in the library, and most of the seats were occupied by senior high school students. After the book, I walked around a few times before finding a corner to sit down.

The girls around have lowered their heads and whispered ever since they saw Zi Luo coming in, and glanced here from time to time, Zi Luo's phone was turned to silent, and the screen of the phone lit up when he was looking at the question type.

Encounter 7: I'm here

Fall: so fast?

Encounter 7: This neighborhood is very close to the school, and there is no waiting for the red light all the way

Zi Luo sent an emoji over.

After Jiang Yu locked the bicycle, Xu Meiyin called, and the moment he got through, she said, "Where are you?"

"downstairs."

"Fifth floor." Xu Meiyin said, "I'll ask Auntie to open the door for you."

Waiting for the elevator on the fifth floor is worse than climbing the stairs. Jiang Yu saw a door open a little, so he stood at the door and knocked.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, Jiang Yu saw a strange face opened the door for him, and laughed when he saw him: "Xiao Yu? Why are you so tall, the last time I saw him was a few years ago——"

Jiang Yu said, "Hello, Auntie."

Meng Lu is ten years younger than Xu Meiyin. Although she doesn't take care of herself very much, her skin is still smooth and fair, and her whole demeanor is gentle and generous. She greeted her, "Come in, come in, it's cold outside, isn't it?"

"good."

Xu Meiyin was sitting on the sofa eating fruit, and said: "These two years have grown very fast, and children of the same age are not as tall as him."

"Yes, how handsome." Meng Lu pointed to the sofa, "Sit there and eat some fruit."

Jiang Yu stuffed the gloves back into the bag, and heard Meng Lu shout into the room: "Jun Xin! Come out soon, your brother Jiang Yu is here."

The name sounded familiar. Jiang Yu didn't eat the fruit that Xu Meiyin handed over, when a door opened and a girl in pajamas walked out.His face was quite pale, and Jiang Yu just sighed when he looked over.

... Zhangcheng is really small.

Meng Chunxin looked at him timidly, but he wasn't surprised at all. When he came over, he even called out, "Brother Jiang Yu."

Jiang Yu didn't know how to respond when he was called by this tiresome address, Xu Meiyin reminded from the side: "I'm calling you Jiuxin, it's impolite not to speak."

"...Ah." Jiang Yu nodded, "Just call me by my name."

Meng Lu came out of the kitchen: "Has Xiaoyu eaten yet? Auntie still has food here, such as braised pork. If you don't mind me, I'll warm it up for you and then fry rice for you..."

"Thank you, auntie." Jiang Yu interrupted her softly, "I came for dinner."

Xu Meiyin asked from the side: "What are you eating?"

Jiang Yu said, "I eat the pan noodles at the gate of the school with Luoluo."

"Oh, then why don't you eat some fruit." Meng Lu said, "It's a coincidence. I didn't expect Jiu Xin to be admitted to No. [-] Middle School. The two of you will take care of each other in the next high school."

"That's for sure, Chun Xin can ask Jiang Yu for help with anything in school." Xu Meiyin continued.

Jiang Yu lowered his head and tidied his schoolbag without saying a word. Meng Chunxin glanced at Jiang Yu, then nodded.

When Meng Lu heard that Jiang Yu won the second place in the national physics competition, Jiang Yu took a look at the time and guessed that the first class of evening self-study was about to end, and the two elders didn't know what to talk about time to end.Taking advantage of the few seconds of pause, Jiang Yu finally interrupted: "Aunt Meng, didn't you say you want tutoring?"

"Oh yes, look, I was too busy talking." Meng Lu pointed to the room, "Go to the study, Jiu Xin is a little careless, I will trouble you today."

Jiang Yu couldn't sit still at the moment, he just wanted to finish early and go home early, maybe he could catch up with Zi Luo to go home with Zi Luo after the sophomore year's evening self-study.

Meng Chunxin went back to the room to get a few books and exercises, paused outside the door to adjust his breathing before entering.Jiang Yu was already sitting at the desk and took out the test paper. After hearing the voice, she looked back at her and remembered what happened to Bai Zitong before.

Of course, there was also that time when he started talking nonsense, but Jiang Yu automatically ignored it, but Bai Zitong's matter was also related to him, so after thinking about it, he asked a little awkwardly: "Are you okay last time?"

Meng Chunxin's health is not good and he looks very thin, his skin is white everywhere, his face is not powdered, and he looks petite and weak, and his personality seems to be a bit introverted.Her brain hadn't caught up with Jiang Yu's words: "Huh?"

Jiang Yu said, "Bai Zitong."

Meng Chunxin looked down at the tip of the shoe, and said softly, "It's okay."

"Oh." Jiang Yu took out all his homework, "It's fine if you don't ask me any questions."

After he finished speaking, he bowed his head and worked on the test paper, one question after another without pause. Meng Chunxin was probably too nervous, and the speed of doing the questions was much slower than usual. Jiang Yu finished writing a test paper and she didn't write much.

Jiang Yu didn't know how to get along with girls, and he didn't think of giving tutoring to others. When he got stuck in the problem, he forgot that there was a girl sitting beside him. Meng Chun hesitated for a long time, and said, "Well, Brother Jiang Yu ..."

"Just call me by my name, don't add a suffix." Jiang Yu stopped writing, "Which question can't you?"

Meng Chunxin pointed to a math problem: "This."

The questions in the first year of high school were too simple, so Jiang Yu patiently calculated the steps on the draft paper for her. When she glanced casually, she saw a set of five and three on the table.

"Are you starting to study the five-three now?" Jiang Yu took it over and looked at it a few times, "If your foundation is not good, you can do the test book first, and you can do the five-three after you have a good foundation."

After Meng Chunxin calculated the result, he hummed.

Jiang Yu took out another exercise book, flipped through several pages and concentrated on doing the calculations. Meng Chun's mind was not on the homework at all, so he raised his arm slightly and touched Jiang Yu's white school uniform sleeve.

After observing Jiang Yu for a few minutes, her delicate eyebrows frowned.I thought to myself that it was rumored that Jiang Yu liked her, is it true or not?It's true...Jiang Yu didn't feel it at all from the way she got along with her, but she clearly heard that Jiang Yu said it himself from her classmates. Could it be a lie?

A test paper was finally finished. Just as Meng Chunxin wanted Jiang Yu to check it, he saw that Jiang Yu had also finished the pages of the exercise book. He took out his mobile phone and clicked on a chat box on the top, and took a picture of the exercise book. A photo passed.

From Meng Chunxin's point of view, Jiang Yu's lips were raised slightly, and his whole body was comfortable and comfortable. From the deepening smile, it looked like he was talking about happy things with someone.Meng Chunxin glanced at the screen and saw the nickname.

Probably Zi Luo, Jiang Yu's good friend since childhood, this is something the whole school knows.

Jiang Yu checked Meng Chunxin's math paper. The little girl was indeed careless. After the wrong question was finished, the self-study in the evening of the second year of high school would have ended long ago. It is estimated that Zi Luo would have arrived home by now.Jiang Yu circled a few questions for her in several workbooks. The key points were drawn in the books, and it was already very late when it was over.

Xu Meiyin and Meng Lu sat on the sofa and chatted enthusiastically. After hearing a few words, Jiang Yu put on his schoolbag and said, "Mom, I'm going home first. I still haven't finished my homework."

"Let's go together." Xu Meiyin patted the melon seeds on her hands, "It's really late, so let's go back first."

Meng Lu escorted her to the door: "Go back, slow down on the road."

"Hey, the two children add a WeChat account. If you have any questions you don't know, you can send a message." Xu Meiyin turned her head and saw that Jiang Yu had already gone down the stairs, and hurriedly called someone up, "Jiang Yu!"

Jiang Yu had already descended to the second floor, and he even saw the back of his precious bicycle. He was stopped on the stairs for a few seconds by the voice, and he had no choice but to go back upstairs, add Meng Chunxin's WeChat, and said "Auntie" Goodbye and went downstairs without looking back.

Xu Meiyin came by car. Jiang Yu put on his gloves and rode out of the community to drive home. He went to the crossroads and bought a piece of fried chicken and two cups of hot soybean milk. Send Zi Luo a message.

Encounter 7: Are you at home?

Fall: yes

Encounter 7: Then you come out

Jiang Yu was wrapped tightly, wearing a scarf and gloves, and he didn't feel cold after riding all the way. The scorpion fell out quickly, wearing only cotton pajamas and cotton slippers on his feet, Jiang Yu took a look: " not cold?"

"The air conditioner is turned on in the room." Zi Luo looked at him, "You came back so late?"

"Yeah, I'm giving tutoring to that auntie's daughter. I'm still a little bit behind on my homework." Jiang Yu handed him all the food in his hand, "Are you asleep, uncle and aunt? Can I go to your house?"

Zi Luo took a look down and replied, "I'm asleep, come on."

After putting the bike home, Jiang Yu and Zi Luo went back to the room. The room was very warm with the air conditioner turned on. Jiang Yu took off his scarf, coat and gloves and threw them on Zi Luo's bed. He took out the exercise book and handed it to Zi Luo: "Check it out for me."

Zi Luo drank the soy milk that Jiang Yu bought for him, opened the exercise book and looked at it carefully for a while, Jiang Yu ate two bites of fried chicken and finished the leftover homework, then picked up the still warm soy milk and poured it into his stomach.

"Our birthday is coming up."

"Yeah." Zi Luo bit the straw, "You're an adult, Xiao Jiang Yu."

Jiang Yu looked at the straw that was bitten flat by him and blinked: "You are also an adult, you can do some things you want to do."

Zi Luo glanced at him: "Please explain to me what you want to do."

"...that's what you can do when you're an adult. There are a lot of things." Jiang Yu spread his hands, "Don't think about it."

Zi Luo kicked him: "This question is wrong, the steps are wrong, try to calculate again."

"Oh."

A few minutes later, Jiang Yu raised his head: "Do you want to discuss it? On which day."

Zi Luo said, "It's all the same, it's all the same."

In the past, the two of them celebrated birthdays together, and Jiang Yu was one day older than Zi Luo, so every time they celebrated on January No. 13, Xie Xiaoan and Zi Chengmin would celebrate Zi Luo's birthday alone at home on the second day. Every time I ran to join in the fun and eat a big meal.

"Why don't we do this? Anyway, we will be on vacation at that time. How about starting from the night of No. 13 to the early morning of No. 14?"

Zi Luo paused for a moment: "Aren't you going to sleep anymore? Can you hold on?"

"What's the matter?" Jiang Yu poked his face with the tip of a pen, "This means that we both have passed, from one three to one four, how great it is."

"can."

The table was full of his homework, Jiang Yu laughed foolishly, and smiled at Ziluo: "Happy birthday, I said it in advance!"

Zi Luo said: "This is too early."

"You can also advance."

"Happy birthday." Zi Luo followed him, being childish with him, "When the time comes, say it a few more times, and the happiness will be doubled."

Jiang Yu said with a smile: "Do you know the recording doll? You can record it. I'll listen to it by my bedside. Whether it's birthdays or New Years, all festivals will come again. I won't let it stop. I will listen to it every time. Happy every minute."

Zi Luo drank half a cup of soy milk, then turned to look at him: "Wouldn't it be scary if a word suddenly popped up in the middle of the night?"

"How could that be?" Jiang Yu said, "That's your voice, why is your voice so scary?"

It was too late to feel at ease.

Zi Luo supported the cup of soy milk and said silently, "Oh—"

Jiang Yu was honest for a while, Zi Luo's room was too comfortable and he didn't want to go home, so he swallowed the words, thought for a while and said, "When the time comes, the person you like will also wish you a happy birthday, right?"

Zi Luo twitched his eyebrows lightly, and asked without answering, "What about you?"

"Every time you don't answer me, you ask me instead." Jiang Yu muttered, "The person I like, the person I like... definitely will, how could it not be."

Zi Luo nodded, and after a few seconds of silence, he said, "I like people too."