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In the early morning of the day when the results of the college entrance examination were announced, Xu Nuo was awakened by the rapid ringtone of her mobile phone. She picked up the mobile phone in a half-dream and half-awake state, and after seeing the words "Qing Ming" on the screen, she connected the phone.

Zhou Qingming was very excited, and she could feel her excitement through Xu Nuo through the airwaves: "Xu Nuo, Xu Nuo, congratulations, I knew you were the best."

"what?"

Xu Nuo rubbed her eyes in a daze, and looked out of the window. She forgot to close the curtains before going to bed, and the cold moonlight was shining through the glass window, falling on her bedside, a little cold.

"I just heard from my father that your grades are No. 1 in this year's third year of senior high school, the first in the whole school, only five points less than the first in science in No. [-] Middle School."

"Oh." For the grades, Xu Nuo didn't show much concern. When Zhou Qingming read out her grades, she looked very calm.

"Why are you not happy at all?"

Xu Nuo's answer was too simple, Zhou Qingming was a little disappointed, she whispered: "I will notify you as soon as I hear the news..."

"I am very happy, thank you."

The drowsiness has not completely subsided, Xu Nuo blinked, stared at the hazy white moonlight on the floor tiles, pressed the corner of his lips with a wry smile: "In this case, it should be considered that her wish has not been fulfilled, right?"

"Whose wish?"

"No one." Xu Nuo raised his head, lay down again, and asked Zhou Qingming, "Qingming, how did you do in the exam?"

"Not bad, not bad. I don't need too high a score."

"That's right." Xu Nuomi responded with a stare and yawned.

Zhou Qingming is an art student. Her father is the vice-principal of Xunuo School. Her mother and uncle have been doing business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang all year round. In order for her to receive a better education, she has been studying there since she was a child. She originally planned to study there After accepting the education of a better teacher, she will take some trails and wait for her to transfer back to a better college when she is older, but unexpectedly she became a monk in the middle of the road. Although her cultural achievements have not been bad, she is designated to study music.

Her family was troubled, but she let her choose, but because of the household registration problem, she still transferred back to Chengdu in the third year of high school. Her initial wish came to nothing, and her culture class was passable. The key to the classroom was given to her, and after that, she came to the classroom to practice piano every now and then.Until she discovered that the heroine who was in the gossip center of her classmates would appear on the laboratory building next to the music classroom at noon every day, she began to play the piano at the time when she appeared, and it lasted for several months. He and Xu Nuo had a dialogue and intersection with her under her initiative.

"The cultural class is over, and the admission notice from Chuanyin should come down." Zhou Qingming didn't care about the promised words, she was still very excited and whispered to her on the phone, with dissatisfaction in her words With undisguised joy and affection:

"Promise, you are great. Dad said you are a dark horse. Although the school teaching environment is really ordinary, I never thought that one day you would stand at the highest point in the most ordinary class. Which one do you want to go to?" School? 610 points, more than 120 points for one book, there are many famous schools to choose from..."

"Promise..."

Zhou Qingming's voice suddenly lowered, and she asked cautiously, "Will you leave Sichuan?"

The original chaotic strings in her mind were plucked by this sudden question. Xu Nuo was silent for a moment, turned over and lay on her side staring at the moonlight in front of the window. Instead of answering the question directly, she asked Zhou Qingming instead: "Do you want Do I leave Sichuan?"

"Of course I don't want to. If you leave, it will be difficult to meet in the future... Promise... I don't want to be separated from you..." Zhou Qingming's voice became softer, almost inaudible.

Xu Nuo chuckled, and replied with a voice that carried the chaotic breath in the bed: "Yes."

"The day after tomorrow, the school will get the report card and try to fill in the application. Remember to come."

"it is good."

"Then... I hang up..."

Xu Nuo held up the phone and waited for Zhou Qingming to hang up, but there was no blind tone from the receiver. She took the phone from her ear, looked at the number of call time jumping on the screen, and sighed faintly. Just as she was about to remind her to hang up, she heard the sound of the door opening from the next room, followed by a rush of slippers slapping the floor. The sound was getting closer and closer. She frowned and hung up before she had time to talk to Zhou Qingming. Telephone.

The door was pushed open, and the electric light went on, off, and on again under a series of presses. In just two seconds, Time Xu Xu was dazzled.

"Did something happen?"

Xu Nuo sat up from the bed, the light above his head was finally not turned off after being turned on for the last time, Xu Nuo stared at the two people standing at the door, and asked calmly.In fact, she could guess that there should be nothing other than the college entrance examination results that made her parents rush into her room so excitedly and abnormally, but she still looked at them with an indifferent expression.

Xu's mother's excited eyes were a little red, she rushed to Xu Nuo's bedside, hugged Xu Nuo, her excited body was shaking: "Xu Nuo, Mr. Wang said that I couldn't get through to you, let me tell you, you did well in the college entrance examination, I want to convey congratulations to you."

"I see."

This sudden hug made Xu Nuo feel a little uncomfortable. She gently raised her hand and pushed Mother Xu away. She leaned back and turned her gaze to Xu who had been standing at the door without coming in. On Dad's face, he said calmly: "I promised, I did it."

Father Xu looked at her, and finally couldn't help showing a smile, and nodded excitedly.

Xu Nuo stared at his face, inexplicably looking forward to what he had to say.She watched him rub his hands together, smiling until the corners of his eyes were covered with lines, and the expression on his face loosened unconsciously.

"I'll call Lao Li and the others as soon as the day breaks and invite them to drink. This time, at least twenty tables will be set up! The seed of our Xu family is to make the Xu family look good!"

The corners of her lips that hadn't had time to bend down were pressed down, Xu Nuo looked away, glanced at Xu's mother, with an indifferent expression: "I want to sleep."

The next day, Xu Nuo held his phone all day long, raising his hand from time to time, for fear of missing any news or calls, but he only waited for a call from Zhang Qiming, whom he hadn't contacted for a year.

He had already learned the promised results from Zhu Yuan, and when the phone was connected, he was so emotional that he choked up for a while.

First, I pressed my voice and asked Xu Nuo if this year was good, and after getting Xu Nuo's usual flat answer, I reported that my grades were ten points worse than Xu Nuo's. I was embarrassed but absolutely convinced and said something, I knew You will not let me down.

Xu Nuo sighed and smiled wryly, so there are so many people who have high hopes for themselves?

She held the phone in front of her, glanced at the screen where the number of call durations was quietly jumping, and pressed the corners of her lips. Then, they all expressed their joy to themselves, why, that person, there has been no movement?

Did she forget?I forgot the wish I made a year ago, and I also forgot that there was once a little kid who chased after her shadow in the only year in her dark adolescence when she believed that there was still light to pursue...

She forgot to come to her and take her away. Perhaps, that was the tactic she used to delay the attack in order to get rid of her?

She will never forget Yan Ruyi's resolute back when she left two months ago. It was the first time in her life that she hated someone so much, hated so much that she wanted to take revenge, but she was powerless...

Holding up the phone, Xu Nuo looked up at the sky and smiled, then lightly asked into the microphone:

"Did you call me just to congratulate me on my grades?" When she said this, there was some strange lightness in her tone, which reminded her of the word frivolity. She knew that something, In her heart, the taste changed.If high school is the bondage of rebellious adolescence, then graduation means that her youth has begun...

"of course not!"

Zhang Qiming thought she was going to hang up the phone, so he hurriedly said loudly on the phone: "Xu Nuo, I want to see you!"

Xu Nuo stood up, walked to the door of the main room, facing the rising sun, and calmly replied: "Okay."

On the day of the graduation appreciation banquet, Lao Wang was very happy. The reason was naturally because he promised that this dark horse, who had risen from the second year of high school, would not disappoint him in the college entrance examination. It is said that the school has already made arrangements. Next time, he will lead an experimental class.

Xu Nuo sat at the dining table, looked at a group of classmates who mixed liquor and beer, and listened to their tongue-in-cheek joking with each other, saying that they are rich and noble, and never forget each other. Study in a classroom.The feelings that should exist between classmates do not exist between them.

In the three years of high school, those present who have spoken to her can be counted with ten fingers, but those who have gossiped about her cannot be counted with five hands.However, after graduation, who would care about those trivial pasts?

Xiao Jing sat beside her and asked her if she had received the admission letter, she nodded indifferently.A few days ago, she had heard from Zhang Qiming that Xiao Jing had received an admission letter from a fairly good secondary school, but she didn't mention it, and she didn't ask, and after a year, she couldn't explain clearly how much she felt about Xiao Jing. What kind of feelings does Jing have? She only knows that in this life, starting from today's separation, she and Xiao Jing will become strangers.

She still remembers her innocent look when she asked herself the reason after recommending Xiao Jing to be Yan Ruyi's class representative, but she also remembers overhearing the girls in Xiao Jing's dormitory chatting in the dormitory toilet about Xiao Jing's unintentional mention of her and The intimacy between Yan Ruyi surpassed the teacher-student relationship.

It was only later that Xu Nuo pieced together the truth from fragmentary gossip. In fact, no one saw himself and Yan Ruyi hugging and kissing that night. The person who came out of the phone saw him rushing downstairs again intentionally or unintentionally, that's all.

It's just that rumors don't need money, but they have a thousand decibels. Xu Nuo never thought that she and Yan Ruyi were so easily dismissed... She can't blame Xiao Jing, and she can't blame the person who spread the rumors. She only blames herself for overestimating Yan Ru's feelings for her...

However, it is a person's instinct to stay away from the person who caused him embarrassment and sadness. He promised not to hate Xiao Jing, but he would never be friends with her again.

Nearly halfway through the banquet, Xu Nuo stood up, walked to the table where all the teachers were sitting with a glass of wine under the astonished gaze of everyone, and toasted each teacher one by one, thanking them for their three years of concern and care, Lao Wang is very happy She was happy and kept praising her for not letting herself down. After paying respects to several teachers, she filled the glass in her hand with white wine, held the wine glass in both hands and bowed to Old Wang, and said emphatically Thank you, Mr. Wang, and then, raising his head, he swallowed the two taels of white wine in the glass in one gulp.

Everyone was stunned, not knowing her intentions, until Zhu Yuan started booing and applauding, everyone started to brag again and praised her for drinking, no matter whether they had a good relationship before or whether they had talked, they all struggled to get along with her. She has a drink.

Old Wang was still smiling, but because Xu Nuo's glass of wine sank, he stopped her when Xu Nuo turned around and motioned her to follow him out of the private room.

The two walked to the lobby one after the other, Lao Wang chose a quieter place to stand still, waited for Xu Nuo to follow up with erratic footsteps, took a deep breath, and then apologized to her.

Xu Nuo stared at Lao Wang in surprise, and couldn't believe that the head teacher who was always the same in class would apologize to him.

"About you and Teacher Yan, promise, now that you have graduated and grown up, the teacher has no right to stand on the commanding heights and say something to you, but in retrospect, in the past three years, although you have kept a distance from your classmates indifferently , but you have never taken the initiative to cause trouble, and you have never even made any teacher angry. You are a good student, no matter how you do in the exam, you are."

"So, teacher, I want to say sorry to you. I was a little too excited that day, but I promise, as a teacher, I have to remind you that what you insist may not be recognized by the world. This may become your A huge stumbling block in the future growth of society..."

Xu Nuo looked at Lao Wang's flushed face and eyes after drinking too much, and was willing to listen to Lao Wang's preaching for the first time. She leaned slightly, with a pious and humble attitude.

"Maybe what I said hurt you badly, but in the end, the teacher is doing it for your own good. It's alright now, you've graduated and been admitted to such a good school, and your life has been lit up for more than half of your life. For the remaining half, you Still work hard. If, I mean if, you really want to take a small road, as a teacher, although it hurts, I still bless you, promise, you are the courageous girl I have rarely seen in the past ten years of teaching, You are excellent, but you have to remember that this society is often hostile to the unique kind, and you have to be several times better than ordinary people to enjoy the same treatment as them, do you understand?"

Xu Nuo never thought that one day Lao Wang would say such a thing to her. She still remembered his scolding at the beginning. She always thought that he had an attitude of resentment and disgust towards homosexuality, but she did not expect that he would bring her To come out is to say such a word of encouragement.

"I see, thank you, Teacher Wang." Xu Nuo sniffed, the white wine she had just drank in the toast, the alcohol had been fermented in her body, she was a little bit over the top, and she couldn't restrain her emotions.

"As for Teacher Yan..."

"No need." Xu Nuo looked up, interrupted Old Wang, and smiled at him: "It's okay, I graduated, Mr. Wang, thank you."

It doesn't matter anymore, she has been waiting for a whole year. During this year, she has been in a passive state waiting for Yan Ruyi to contact her one day. Later, she finally hoped that she would go back to school and chased him so far, but she was like that. Resolutely left, the college entrance examination results have been down for more than a month, she has received the admission notice long ago, but still has not waited for the call from the person who made a wish to her, she has made a choice long ago, it is her own wishful thinking that cannot be let go …

After returning to the private room, Zhu Yuan grabbed the beer bottle and came up to drink with Xu Nuo, Xu Nuo smiled and drank a bottle with him, promised that he would often go to his school with Zhang Qiming to meet him, after that, he never talked to anyone .

Zhou Qingming sent a text message to ask her if the dinner party was over. She looked around and saw that the teachers had left, so she got up and walked out of the private room without showing any nostalgia.

"Promise."

Xiao Jing followed her and called her name. She looked back at her soaked eyes, looked at her silently for a few seconds, and said, "Goodbye."

"sorry!"

When she turned around, she heard Xiao Jing shout three words to herself, she stopped, stood there for two seconds, and then walked out of the hotel without looking back.

Zhou Qingming held an umbrella and stood under the bus stop less than 100 meters away from the hotel. Xu Nuo exhaled and walked towards her with a smile.

When she got closer, Xu Nuo could see clearly that Zhou Qingming had not-so-delicate light makeup on her face today. When she walked towards her smilingly holding a sun umbrella, the hem of her white dress moved slightly.

"Have you been drinking?" Zhou Qingming stepped forward holding an umbrella. She was petite and Xu Nuo was nearly thirteen centimeters taller than her. When the two approached, she struggled to raise the umbrella to shade Xu Nuo.

When the sun umbrella was on top of the two of them, Xu Nuo smelled some heavy perfume on Zhou Qingming's body. She lowered her eyebrows and looked at her eyes that were as moist as blue waves filled with herself, and reached out to hold her face , kissed her lips on the side of the hot sunlit street.

Zhou Qingming took a step back in shock, Xu Nuo stretched out his hand to hook her waist, blocking her way of retreat, the tip of her tongue slid across her soft lips, curled up the corners of her lips under the somewhat distorted light under the sun umbrella, and said: "Be my girlfriend."

Zhou Qingming blushed, nodded embarrassingly, promised to smile at her with satisfaction, her face flushed after drinking looked sick under the scorching sun, she reached for the umbrella in Zhou Qingming's hand, and put it sideways on her two sides Among the people, he sighed heavily towards the front, his eyes dimmed.