Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

I have nothing to worry about in my studies. This time I am still the first in the school. I can almost get full marks in science, but the Chinese and composition scores are deducted a bit, but it's okay. "

"Oh..." Lin Pai didn't want to perfunctory her, but he couldn't think of anything else either.

"How's your holiday going? Our school holidays are relatively long. If we want to maintain our current grades, we need to read more books at home."

"Very good, I have finished my homework for the winter vacation, and I am preparing for the third year of high school."

Li Chanjuan didn't expect him to be ahead of schedule, so she choked for a while, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. I have another notice here. At 28:01 pm on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, there will be a public welfare book donation lecture in our cultural activity center." , the school encourages everyone to go, and there will be an on-site sign-in at that time."

"I see, Mr. Li, I will go."

Li Chanjuan took out a sticky note in her work notes, with a series of numbers on it, she hesitated for a while, and said, "Lin Pai, the teacher has something else to do here. A few days ago, a girl named Ni came to me. I came here to ask for your phone number, but I didn't give it to you, do you know this girl?"

Lin Pai shook his head. It has been more than half a year since he heard the name "Ni Shuqing" last time. Even though Li Chanjuan only mentioned her surname, Lin Pai clearly felt that guilt and unbearable were somewhere in his heart. The corner is ready to move, "I know, but I haven't contacted for a long time."

"Well... The teacher knows that you are good-looking and have good grades. Many girls in the school have a crush on you, but now is the age of school, and the college entrance examination is just like this, so you still..."

Lin Pai thought it might not be just once, but he still said obediently, "I know, just ignore her."

Li Chanjuan hung up the phone, ticked Lin Pai's name on the student list, and turned to the next test paper, where "Xu Rui" was written on the name column. She looked at the large blank answer area and hated Shaking his head defiantly.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Pai received good news—Lin Kangrong was leaving Heshan Town tomorrow.

Grandma Lin Pai got up early in the morning to go shopping in the street, and before noon, she was busy preparing for the evening New Year's Eve dinner.

Lin Paichen ran back and felt that the air was much fresher than usual this day. He wanted to help in the kitchen, but he was disgusted and got in the way, and finally he was kicked out.

At 01:30 in the afternoon, Lin Pai came to the cultural activity center on time. The public welfare book donation lecture was huge. There were several stand boards from the gate. There were two portraits of the speakers on the stand boards. Holding the chest, the other wore a flowered shirt and a straw hat. Road signs were posted all the way to the location of the lecture hall.

Lin Pai signed in at the door, and when he entered, he found that the huge venue was almost full of seats, especially in the back row. There were even three people squeezed into two seats. He searched around and had to sit in the middle of the first row.

"Lin Pai! Were you also called by the teacher in charge to gather the number?"

Dong Wenwen sat in the side seat in the first row, and moved to the side of Lin Pai after seeing him.

"Does this number still need to be made up?" Lin Pai took off one earphone, glanced back at the dark crowd, and felt that he had been fooled.

"This lecture is in cooperation with our school, and they have almost called all the people in the school who can catch up."

"How did you know?"

"Brother Yucheng has been busy with this matter recently. A few days ago, people from the cultural activity center found him and asked him to help organize a lecture..." Dong Wenwen looked around, approached Lin Pai in a low voice, and said mysteriously, "This lecture is said to be a book donation for charity, but in fact, an artist came to promote his works and gain fame."

During the speech, the speaker in the lecture hall made a sound. Yu Yucheng walked up to the podium with the microphone and immediately attracted the audience's attention. work within.

Lin Pai listened to a few words at the beginning. There were two keynote speakers on the stage. One shared his success in learning chicken soup, and the other shared his artistic feelings. He didn’t think it was interesting, so he put on headphones and read a book by himself.

During the period, he raised his head several times, and from the corner of his eye, he saw that Dong Wenwen seemed to be listening attentively. At first, he didn't understand how attractive these outdated contents were.

Later, out of curiosity, he secretly followed Dong Wenwen's gaze, and found that Yu Yucheng, the host, was standing in the corner when he was not needed to join the show, and Dong Wenwen's gaze followed him all the time.

"Lin Pai...Lin Pai..." Zhou Ning squatted in the aisle of the second row, leaned over the back of Lin Pai's seat and poked him.

Feeling someone calling his name and feeling someone patting him on the shoulder, Lin Pai took off his earphones, turned around suddenly, and met Zhou Ning face to face, he leaned back reflexively.

Zhou Ning didn't think much, he lowered his voice and asked, "Can you go out to play?"

"Now?"

"Look at today's weather, what a waste to stay here, Li Cheng and the others have already got the ball. Where's Brother Rui?"

"He didn't come."

"Then leave him alone, are you coming?"

Lin Pai looked at the back door, just in time to see Li Cheng slinking out with his back bowed. The sun's rays leaked in through the crack of the door, as if he was separated from the shady lecture hall by a world.

Lin Pai nodded to him, and Zhou Ning hunched over and got out from the second row.

"They are going out to play ball, do you want to come together?" Lin Pai asked Dong Wenwen while sorting out his books.

"No, you go." Dong Wenwen politely refused him, which did not surprise him.

Just as Lin Pai was about to get up, he suddenly thought that he was in the first row, and it seemed a bit ridiculous if he walked with his back hunched.

So although he didn't have much confidence, he still straightened his back and walked to the side aisle, looking very upright.

At this time, the man in a suit was holding the microphone on the podium. He had already turned a blind eye to the students who slipped out before, but Lin Pai was too ostentatious, so he changed the topic, "This Classmate, yes, it's you, the one standing in the front row."

The eyes of everyone in the lecture hall focused on Lin Pai, and the man in the suit continued, "I just noticed that you have been wearing earphones all the time, and you are sitting in such a good position, but it was wasted, so I kept saying what Woolen cloth?

Attitude, attitude is everything!No matter what you do, if you want to succeed, you must first correct your attitude, communicate more with successful people, and learn more! "

"I want to go to the bathroom."

The man in the suit didn't notice him talking at all. Lin Pai was speechless for a while, neither walking nor standing where he was, not knowing when his chattering was going to end.

If Xu Rui was there, he would have dragged himself and ran out regardless...

"Teacher, this teacher..." Yu Yucheng interrupted the man in the suit who was eloquent, "I have received a notice that the gift books are ready, you two can go first and take a rest first, let's make arrangements site."

The man in the suit nodded in response, Yu Yucheng winked at Lin Pai, Lin Pai nodded at him, and finally got out of the lecture hall.

The air outside was scorched and warm. There were a few clouds floating in the sky, and the wind was a little dry. It was a rare good weather in winter.

"Lin Pai, you are too unlucky! I'll sweat it for you." Zhou Ning waited for him at the back door and walked with him to the basketball court. You played ball."

"I can't play. I injured my hand a few days ago, and I haven't recovered yet. I can just watch the game from the side."

"Alright then." Zhou Ning pouted regretfully.

The basketball court was very lively. Zhou Ning and Li Cheng were in the same team. At first, the two sides were evenly matched. After a while, Fu Yanye had a few words with the other team, and when he was replaced, the gap between the two sides widened immediately. , Zhou Ning they played a little hard.

The sun was getting a little hot, Lin Pai threw the book and coat on the lawn, sat cross-legged on the sidelines of the court, his eyes were fixed on the basketball running all over the court, eager to try.

He lowered his head and lightly poked the wound on his left arm, but he didn't feel much anymore, thinking that he would find a doctor to remove the thread later.

During the intermission, Zhou Ning and the others gathered around him to discuss the strategy for the second half, "They are really shameless! They didn't say that Fu Yanye would come when we made an appointment for the ball game in the afternoon. If it hadn't all started, I didn't want to talk to him at all. He plays ball!"

"At this moment, I'm starting to miss Xu Rui..." Li Cheng glanced at Lin Pai who was sitting on the ground with a guilty conscience.

"Where did Brother Rui go? He usually never loses a game." A team member noticed Li Cheng's gaze and looked down at Lin Pai. He asked Li Cheng, "What do you think he is doing?"

Lin Pai looked up at them, his skin was extremely fair under the sun, and the way he raised his head made his eyes round and innocent, he echoed, "Yeah, what are you looking at me for?"

"Stop chatting, let's talk about how we played in the second half..." Another player brought the topic back.

Lin Pai chatted with them a few more words, and in the second half, according to what Lin Pai said, they actually had a tendency to reverse the score.

Fu Yanye changed the game again at this time, so the scene returned to the original state of being evenly matched.

He stood on the side of the court and watched for a while, then picked up a bottle of water, and walked towards Lin Pai while drinking, "I remember you can play, come and play two rounds with me?"

Lin Pai shook his head, didn't go to see Fu Yanye, just stared at the game and said, "I hurt my hand a bit, and it's not healed yet."

Fu Yanye was dubious, looked down at his hand, and found nothing abnormal, "Is it because his hand is not good or he doesn't want to fight with me... How is Xu Rui doing?"

"He's fine."

Fu Yanye nodded,