sanguine and depressive

During the winter vacation, Wei Chengyu began to ask me to go to the library to study together.But the real reading area is too quiet, we like to find a corner to sit at the adjacent juice bar.

The weather was cold but there was no snow, and it was bleak outside the glass windows, but the heating in the library was sufficient.Each of us had a glass of juice, and different test papers were spread out on the table.

The homework for the winter vacation was finished very early, and the teachers did not arrange a lot. I hope that we will check for gaps and make up for the omissions during the vacation, and review them in a targeted manner.

My math is not good. I have been sorting out the wrong questions on the previous papers and re-doing them these days. Wei Chengyu claims to be "full of loopholes". He has been memorizing English words crazily for the past two days, and now he is starting to compete with physics again.

I looked at the wrong question circled on the math paper and drafted it. I heard a little noise. I turned my head and saw that his left hand was making the slide cover of the calculator rattle, and he looked like a volcano was about to erupt.

Wei Chengyu didn't notice that I was looking at him. He held the pen in his hand and didn't stop writing for a long time. Suddenly he stood up and walked outside: "Oh, fuck me, I can't do it anyway. I can't do this type of question every time."

Although he didn't say anything, I found that Wei Chengyu was in a bad mood recently, probably because his body was hollowed out by his studies.Who would have thought that someone who had been stepping on the line to copy homework in the first year of high school would now be anxious about not being able to do the finale of physics.

I put down my pen, turned around and comforted him: "Maybe I got stuck all of a sudden, let's do something else first."

Wei Chengyu held the back of his head with his hands as if surrendering, turned around after a while, we looked at each other for two seconds, he took a long breath and sat down again.

"Instead of what?" he asked.

I took out the earphones and teaching aids, and suggested: "Let's listen to an English listening comprehension together?"

Wei Chengyu bent down and took out the same textbook from his bag, then took the headphone cable and began to untie it, paused, and said in a muffled voice, "Am I in a bad temper?"

"No, you're just... haggard from being tortured by studying." I immediately denied, "Go to lunch after listening, I want to eat steamed eggs."

"Okay." He nodded and handed me one of the earphones.We were on one side, and the cord was not long enough, so we had to sit next to each other. He wore it in his right ear, and I wore it in my left ear, elbow to elbow.No one spoke, only the sound of the pen tip sketching options after hearing the question.

After listening for 10 minutes, I dug up the answer again. Wei Chengyu checked it with a red pen, and threw the pen back on the paper after a while: "I won't study anymore."

I leaned over to look, and found that he made seven out of [-] mistakes, and he made three or four mistakes at most in the previous few times.

"The higher you go, the more difficult it is. The midterm and first exams are all stuck in the [-]th grade." Wei Chengyu looked out of the window in a daze, "English and Chinese are not good, and the final big problems of mathematics and physics can only be solved occasionally..."

He closed the supplementary book and said, "It's so annoying. No matter how hard I study, I can't pass other people's exams. Is there an upper limit to human talent? This is already my limit."

"Of course not..." I said, but people should have limits.

I saw him bewildered, and a little overwhelmed.I really want to hug him and say something nice and inspirational like he comforted me. I often imagine that he can hug me again, but good friends don’t do this kind of thing.

In the end, I patted his leg as a clumsy consolation: "No, you are not in a good state today. Everyone will have a trough in their studies. Just get over it. Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes."

"Besides, one of the more than forty students may not be enough to get one, and the local second one can definitely be taken." I added kindly.

"Two books are not enough, I also want to take one test..." He took my hand into his sweater pocket and said, "I am really studying hard, and most of the time I feel that I have tried my best."

He held my hand loosely and didn't let go.In the small space made of cotton fabric, we are secretly holding hands like lovers.

My hands were weak, I wanted to pull them out but I was reluctant, my face also heated up, and I couldn't help complaining in my heart why he always made such small movements.

I didn't look at him, and said: "Then take the test together, let's work hard together."

"Well, I will report tomorrow." He said, "It's the last semester."

During the meal, Wei Chengyu finally managed to regain some vitality. I got my wish and ate steamed eggs. I checked the news on my phone and saw that my mother had updated a Weibo.I clicked on it and found that it was a photo for my sister celebrating the [-]-day banquet.

There are nine pictures in total. Click on them to see pink decorations, beautiful venues, balloons and flowers, and cute snacks that match the theme.The photo in the middle is a group photo of my mother hugging my sister, and my father hugging my mother's waist, and the two photos next to it are photos of my mother and some people I don't know.

The accompanying text is: "Our 100th day~ I want you to be the happiest little princess in the world. [Love]"

I turned off the phone screen and turned it on again, and I clicked on it to show Wei Chengyu: "My sister is [-] days old." The sister finally opened her eyes, her whole body was plump, obediently lying on her mother's body.She shouldn't have imagined that so many people would celebrate her [-]th day.

Wei Chengyu looked at it twice and commented: "Ah, it's so big, it's very cute. The hundred-day banquet? It's so luxurious."

"Yeah." I put the phone back in my pocket.I don't know what I'm like when I'm a hundred days old, and occasionally I'm a little envious.

After school started, a countdown sign was pasted on the blackboard in the back row of the classroom, and a [-]-day swearing-in meeting was held at the flag-raising ceremony on Monday.

The schedule has also changed. Originally, it was only necessary to arrive at school at 07:30, but now it is half an hour earlier, and there are dictation and small exercises every day.Except for Friday, every day after class is followed by a subject exam, the entire grade is dismissed at the same time.

It was still very cold in the first two months of school, and it got dark early.I was walking on the road with my English vocabulary test syllabus under my arm, and Wei Chengyu walked beside me, grabbing the tail of my scarf and covering his hand with one hand: "mental, spiritual, psychological."

I was too lazy to open the exam syllabus, put my hands in my pockets and said directly: "Persuade."

He spelled it out first, and then answered: "Persuasion, persuasion."

All the way to the door, he finally let go of my scarf and took back his syllabus handbook: "Today's correct rate is amazing."

I replied: "It shows that it is useful to memorize words according to the memory curve."

Before, Wei Chengyu reported that he had memorized the syllabus for several semesters, and when he was doing reading comprehension, he saw many words that were very familiar to him, but he couldn't respond to the meaning.In order to solve his difficulties, I specially learned the method of memory curve and memorizing words on the Internet to teach him, and the effect is gratifying.

Wei Chengyu nodded: "Go home today and review the list below in order. I think it's almost enough to go through it twice."

I stood on the steps, buried half of my face in the scarf, and waved at him: "Bye, come on, persistence is victory."

The results of the first monthly exam are posted.Since the third year of senior high school, because each person chooses a different additional course, the reference value of the total score of the four subjects is relatively small. The grade group will be ranked based on the total score of Chinese, Mathematics, English and the total score of the four subjects. Ten will also post the red list in the corridor.

Although it is posted every time, it is basically those few people.The top three in science will always be Wang Xuebin, Li Dan and Tong Ming, and the top three in liberal arts will always be He Yuetong.By the way, every time I can see my two-character name on the bottom of the liberal arts red list.

This time, my language ranks sixth in my grade, and with history, I can rank fourth.However, because the number of candidates for liberal arts is relatively small, there are only five and no.

Having lunch with Wei Chengyu at noon, I made indirect remarks: "How did your class test go?"

Wei Chengyu replied: "Of course the class is the first." The ending tone is raised and relaxed, and I feel in a good mood.

Sure enough, he didn't call himself in the next second: "Why didn't you ask me!"

"Oh." I took it for granted, "How much?"

He replied: "I have improved, 31 in the third grade, 28 in the fourth grade!"

I asked: "What is the line and line 211 drawn by Liu Yuhua for you?"

Wei Chengyu: "If you stay in the local area, it will be 35 in the first book, and 211 in the 25, which is very conservative."

After dinner, I went back to the classroom, called him to follow me, and handed him a stack of copies.I organized it specially, but it would be too obvious to give the original directly, so I made a copy.

"This is the Chinese answer template I compiled. The big frame is what Lu He taught in class. I just sorted it out and made a copy for you. If you don't know the answer, you can memorize it first and use it." I said , "There are also two summary papers for reciting poems at the bottom. I circled some easy-to-miss words and sentences with a pen. You can take a look if you have time."

I was a little embarrassed as I said it, after all, they are all my authentic works, and it is unknown whether they are useful or not.But he's trying to learn, and I'd love to help.

I pretended not to care: "Take it, and take a look if you need it."

Wei Chengyu took it and didn't leave.There were more and more people returning to work after dinner, and when they saw someone who was not in the class standing there, they secretly looked at him.I pushed him and said, "Goodbye."

He suddenly said without thinking: "Your handwriting is so beautiful."

"Thank you," I blushed and urged, "you can go now."

He smiled at me, accepted it solemnly as I wished, and said, "Thank you, I will take a good look."

The countdown number on the blackboard newspaper is getting smaller day by day, the midterm exam is a two-mode exam, and the unified papers in the district have a position.

Similar to Wei Chengyu who hovered in the [-]th grade before, my grades are also maintained at the [-]th or [-]th grade, and the district positioning is about [-]th. Whether it is good or not depends entirely on how well I perform in mathematics.However, I am not self-motivated, and I think it is pretty good to be able to maintain this ranking.

The front is very stable, there are a lot of girls, although He Yuetong chose liberal arts, but she is very good at mathematics, and she is always the first in the grade.

This time the specific report card was issued in the afternoon, and Wei Chengyu did not speak when he came home from school.

I walked beside him and smelled something bad.

His behavior was really abnormal. He looked down at his phone while walking, put it back in his pocket for a while, took it out again, and was especially silent.I didn't even notice the bicycle bell ringing behind me, so I quickly pulled him aside.

I asked: "What are you doing, looking at your phone all the time." He didn't talk to me either.

Wei Chengyu tilted his head back slightly, and said for a long while: "Damn, I can't pass any school, come out and move bricks."

I thought to myself that it should not be the case, at most it would be a tearful son inheriting his father's career: "What's the matter, how many grades are there?"

"Forty." He replied, "I almost failed in English. When I was doing my card, I thought the topic this time was quite easy."

"You almost failed in English, and you can pass the exam in grade [-], which means that you have performed well in other things." I comforted me.

"Why do you only look at the good ones and not the bad ones." He said, "The total score is forty, and the district positioning is only 24."

"... 24 is not bad, it means it is the top quarter of the district." I replied, but I didn't understand why he valued grades so much since the third year of high school. Obviously, he was still there all day long, forgetting to eat and copy homework in the first year of high school.

"I've seen you on the red list, the sixth grade!" Wei Chengyu said again, "Hey, you are seeking truth from facts. As a person who is always on the red list, do you really think forty is good? Didn't you yourself say that before?" , only the top ten in the grade are considered good grades." They turned over my old account.

I'm sorry for my hasty remarks earlier.The zebra was airy, breathing undulating.I knew that he was in a bad mood at the moment, and he was trying to disagree with me. It would be useless to talk more, and the more he said, the more wrong he was, so I adopted an avoidance policy: "Oh." I won't tell you anymore, goodbye, see you tomorrow."

I entered the community alone, and was about to turn a corner into the path when someone grabbed my arm.

I was startled, and I choked on the word "fuck", and when I looked back, it was Wei Chengyu's face.

He let go of me and I asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry." He apologized and said, "I can't control my emotions. I was wrong. Don't be angry."

"I'm not mad," I replied, thinking for a moment, "but you're a little grumpy."

"What did you sing before..." I don't speak Cantonese, so I repeated it bluntly in Mandarin, "'After the darkness, there will be a dawn, and there will always be a turning point with optimism'. It doesn't work for you. Are you Did you come to lie to me when you sang?"

"Of course not!" Wei Chengyu retorted, then paused, "Tch, then I hugged you back then, why didn't you say so?"

I was stunned, trying to analyze the meaning of his words, and after a second thought, probably in the eyes of a straight man, even a hug would not lack a piece of meat, and it also has the power of comfort.

Wei Chengyu stood there for two seconds and said, "I'm leaving, bye."

Now it's my turn to grab him.

The familiar scent of soap from his coat rushed into my nose. Fortunately, I was shorter than him, so he didn't need to see his expression, and he couldn't see my guilty face.

"A bad test doesn't mean anything. It's not like you're the only one studying. It's normal to go up and down." I patted Wei Chengyu on the back and said comfortingly, "I didn't pass the test this time. I'll try harder next time." It’s fine if you don’t, check the gaps and make up for the gaps, there are still two full months before the college entrance examination.” I was convinced by my superb speech skills.

I hug very lightly, very reserved, and even close to each other.In the next second, he put his head on my shoulder and said in a muffled voice, "Well, I see."

The author says:

Happy November!Unknowingly, it has been updated for two full months, so there is also a bad (probably) news to announce: "Duoyi" is planning to enter V within this month, and part of it will be reversed. Everyone who has read the text can hurry up and read it. There is no need to repurchase.After confirming the details of entering v, I will notify everyone on Weibo and the details page.

Next, I would like to thank all the students who followed up and commented. Although I didn’t reply to every article, I saw them all (unfortunately, there is no like function). If I don’t have so much support and company, I should have written even harder.

Finally, um, thank you for liking this simple story!