Everything Goes Smoothly

A campus ensemble story, with slow-burn humor.

Fragment 1: Regarding Bro Yang's fear of dogs.

"Woof!"

Gao Liyang: "Help—"

Zhou Xi chuckled: "You...

What the hell

What the hell

A week later, Wencheng experienced a sharp drop in temperature and the entire city was shrouded in fog.

"Aqiu!"

"Class monitor, ask a few boys to go to the cafeteria. The school has made ginger tea for everyone."

Zhang Tu wore a mask and placed several thermometers that had just been distributed to the grade at the meeting on the podium.

"The flu has been severe recently, so everyone must take care to protect themselves. If you have a cold or fever, be sure to tell your teacher. Wear a mask. The monthly exam is tomorrow, so hang in there!"

"Got it, Lao Zhang!"

"Got it, got it!"

Several tall boys ran faster than anyone else. They didn't feel that moving things was a hard job at all. They were even happy and showed their teeth.

"Tan Pengyu, come out later, don't stay in the classroom."

Tan Pengyu was originally telling jokes to his deskmate when he was suddenly called out. He was so scared that he stood up.

"Lao Zhang, I didn't do anything wrong!"

Zhang Tu put his hands behind his back and checked the various charts posted at the front of the classroom: "Didn't you say at the beginning of the school that you were allergic to ginger?"

"Oh, I forgot. Thanks for the reminder, Lao Zhang! Love you!"

"You don't even care about your own business. You keep talking to your deskmate all day long. You act like a right-hand man."

"No, no, no, Lao Zhang, I was wrong, I was wrong, I won't sit in the front." How could Tan Pengyu dare to sit in the front? If he talked while sleeping every day like this under the teacher's nose, the teacher would kick him out.

"vomit--"

"Tan Pengyu! Hello!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Oh my god!"

The low pressure in the classroom was suddenly broken and everyone started laughing.

"Okay, okay, if you love me, you should get more points in the exam. Look at your Chinese score!" Although Zhang Tu frowned, he still smiled.

Zhou Xi glanced at Tan Pengyu, and fearing that his eyelids would droop, he quickly lowered his head to do his homework.

After a while, the class leaders organized everyone to line up to receive ginger tea, one cup per person, and the aroma of ginger filled the entire classroom.

Zhou Xi had a cold and her nose was blocked. She was wearing a mask, so she shouldn't be able to smell much. However, she was very sensitive to ginger and could still smell a little.

The dark brown liquid was placed in a plastic cup on the table, steaming. Zhou Xi struggled for a long time and took it. It felt like a hot pack was stuffed in his hand.

She pulled the mask down a little and lowered her head. The shiny black liquid surface reflected her slightly swollen eyelids, which drooped and covered half of her eyes.

Gao Yuanyuan pinched her nose, drank the ginger tea in one gulp, and immediately drank a few sips of boiled water in the thermos.

"What?" Zhou Xi realized belatedly that Gao Yuanyuan seemed to have said something, but there was a mosquito stuck in his ear and he couldn't hear clearly.

She was in a car accident when she was a child and her ears were injured. For a while, she couldn't hear clearly, but she gradually recovered and it no longer affected her normal life.

However, I sometimes suffer from tinnitus, and my hearing is not as sensitive as it was before I started learning the piano, so I need to listen carefully to some subtle sounds.

Generally, people with a cold will have some deafness in their ears, and their own voice will not feel real, as if it is blocked by someone.

Zhou Xi hates catching a cold. Her symptoms are quite severe. She feels like she is covered by a blanket and has tinnitus very frequently.

"What's wrong?"

"I said, it's so hard to drink, Zhou Xi, why don't you drink it? You have a cold, you need to drink more to get rid of the cold."

Zhou Xi gave up struggling and said in a hoarse voice: "I took the medicine and don't want to drink it anymore. Do you want some more?"

Gao Yuanyuan widened her eyes and waved her hands: "Ah, I'd better forget it."

"Hey, you don't want to drink? Give me another one." There was only an empty cup left on Gao Liyang's table.

"Here you go." Zhou Xi breathed a sigh of relief and handed it over. His fingertips touched the other person's, which was cold.

Gao Liyang's nose turned a little red. He took it and drank it with his head tilted back: "It's comfortable. It's so cold!" After saying that, he wrapped his down jacket tightly as if he was still cold.

There were two empty cups placed side by side, Zhou Xi stared at them without saying a word.

Gao Yuanyuan turned around and agreed: "Exactly, I feel like it's going to snow soon. Gao Liyang, are you cold? Do you want a hot pack?"

Gao Liyang was not polite. He pulled down the zipper and tore off the heat pack stuck inside: "Yes, yes, yes, the one I had this morning is not warm enough anymore."

"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, I want one too!" Sun Gu, his legs covered with his school uniform, looked excited. "I should have put on more clothes earlier. It would be strange if I wasn't cold sitting in the classroom all day. My feet are frozen and I can't feel anything!"

Zhou Xi subconsciously pulled her clothes closer and put more of her face into the mask, but maybe it was because she had a cold, she still felt a little hot and anxious.

"Come here!" Sun Gu waved slightly, and the four heads gathered together, suppressing their tone, "Are you wearing long johns?"

No one spoke for a moment, just observing each other.

"I have worn it. If you don't, you'll be freezing." Gao Liyang said it without any burden. He could do without grace, but he had to force himself to feel warm.

With Gao Liyang's help, the two girls had nothing to hide.

"Yes."

"Yes."

Sun Gu stared at each person with disbelief on his face. He lowered his head and lifted up the corner of Gao Liyang's pants: "Oh my god, he really wore it!"

"Isn't it said that young people nowadays prefer style over warmth? Wow, I endured the freezing cold and reluctantly gave up my long johns. You tell me you all wore them. It really breaks my heart. It's so cold!"

Gao Yuanyuan took out two more pig-shaped heat packs and gave them to Sun Gu. She stood up and jumped, and the pants inside slid down smoothly. She reached out and pulled them until they were almost flush with the outer pants.

"It's so cold without any clothes."

"I really can't stand it anymore! I want to go home! I want to go home and put on my pants. It's so damn cold. The cold wind keeps drilling into my legs. It hurts so much. I have goose bumps all over the floor!"

Gao Liyang clutched his school uniform jacket tightly to avoid it being snatched away: "Come on, there are still a few hours left."

Monthly exam

Lu Zisheng, carrying his exam bag and a book, squeezed through the crowd with Gao Yuanyuan, climbing up one floor after another. For newbies like them, how could they possibly keep their seats on the first floor? They had better just accept their fate of climbing the stairs.

"What should I do? What should I do? It's time for the exam, and I'm not panicking at all. Gao Yuanyuan, do you think my brain has already predicted that I won't do well, so it's completely on strike?"

Lu Zisheng was muttering to himself, but got no response for a long time. He turned around and saw Gao Yuanyuan still on the lower half of the stairs, holding onto the wall.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Lu Zisheng ran down decisively, lowered his head slightly, and found that Gao Yuanyuan's face was pale. "No, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"

Gao Yuanyuan bit her lip and spoke without strength: "I, I'm having my period, my stomach hurts."

Lu Zisheng was stunned and helped Gao Yuanyuan up: "Do you want me to buy you some brown sugar? Um..."

"No need, I have an exam soon, I just have to hold on, it will be fine after this, you, you pull me up, I have no strength." Gao Yuanyuan felt her lower body twitching and blurted out the words through gritted teeth.

"Oh, oh, okay, just hold on."

Gao Yuanyuan was in so much pain that her hands were sweating, shaking, and covered in goose bumps. She could hardly hold the book.

The first exam was Chinese. During the test, Lu Zisheng frequently looked in the direction of Gao Yuanyuan. She was not sitting upright as usual. Now she was huddled together, almost lying on the table, and her pen was moving around aimlessly.

"Everyone hurry up, there's still half an hour left."

“Oh my god!”

"God of ancient Greece, please be inspired! Inspiration, inspiration!"

Lu Zisheng came back to his senses and looked down at his composition which was less than 600 words long. He was so frightened that he dared not look up again. He could only scratch his head and try to make up the word count.

ten o'clock

"Alright! The test is over, stop writing! If you write any more, you'll get zero points. Get out now!"

The invigilator stood on the podium and began to chase people away. His eyes were like a machine gun, not missing a single corner.

"Don't take the answer sheet out of the exam room. Just leave and come back later to get the rest!"

"Can you still hold on?" Lu Zisheng saw Gao Yuanyuan slowly coming out and immediately surrounded her.

Gao Yuanyuan nodded and forced a comforting smile.

"Then I'll get you some hot water."

"Thanks."

"Ding-ling-ling!"

After the morning exam, everyone rushed to the cafeteria to eat and started discussing the test papers.

Gao Yuanyuan couldn't bear it any longer and collapsed on the extra chair at the door of the examination room.

"Do you want to go to the infirmary? You can't take the afternoon exam if you're like this. Your health is more important!"

"Exam, what the hell! Go, go now, it hurts so much!"

Gao Yuanyuan is not stupid enough to act like an indestructible grass and insist on taking the exam. She values ​​her life very much and wants to stay and catch up later.

If possible, Gao Yuanyuan wants to have her uterus removed. It is so painful, it is so intense and there is no pause. It feels like something is falling down and her legs have no strength at all.

As soon as you move, the following will...

Gao Yuanyuan was afraid that she would end up like Xiaohe, so she didn't dare to make any big moves. She even wore black clothes and brought spare clothes.

As a boy, Lu Zisheng couldn't understand the pain these girls felt during their menstrual period. He suddenly thought of the quotes of scumbag men: What's so painful about menstruation?

fart!

In order to help her son find a girlfriend in the future, her mother used high technology to let him experience what was roughly equivalent to "menstrual pain".

He is not a human being at all!

It was so fucking painful that he cried out in a cold sweat. Even when he was a kid and broke his bones, it wasn't that painful.

But he was a little amused by Gao Yuanyuan's fart. It's really funny to hear the little stutterer speak.

It seems like the character has collapsed. There is a saying that goes something like this: Even a rabbit bites when it is cornered.

"Let me carry you. You're about to fall down after taking two steps. I'm getting scared just looking at you."

Gao Yuanyuan paused for a moment and nodded. She had no choice but to be pretentious.

"Come on, get up." Lu Zisheng was in a panic for a moment and didn't know where to put his hands. Fortunately, it was winter and everyone was dressed like dumplings, so it wouldn't be so embarrassing. He took some time to carry the person on his back.

"Hold on tight, I've never carried anyone before, so I'm not very reliable. Don't trust me too much."

"Wait a minute, Nun! Nun is coming——"

"Damn it, why is she here?"

Lu Zisheng was so scared that he looked around, his head was popping with anxiety, and he turned around and wanted to run, but there was someone on his back.

Gao Yuanyuan felt a little sick of being manipulated by Lu Zisheng, and pulled his hair in anger.

The head teacher, Lin Yueru, came up quickly and pretended to pull the two apart: "What are you doing? It's noon and you're not going to eat!"

"Director, a classmate of ours is not feeling well and needs to go to the infirmary. I want to take her there. She's in so much pain that she can't walk. I'll carry her on my back."

Gao Yuanyuan clenched her fists and poked her head out from behind Lu Zisheng: "Teacher, my stomach hurts."

Lin Yueru frowned. Seeing that the girl's face was as pale as paper and her voice was as soft as a mosquito, she walked forward and touched her little face as if to comfort her.

"Hurry up, I'll go with you!"

"ah?"

"What? Hurry up! Your health is more important. Oh, I have an exam this afternoon. You two are really a worry!"

"Oh, let's go, let's go now!"

"Hey, there are two directors, who else is there?"

"Why do you care so much? Go away..."

Lu Zisheng jogged along with the person on his back, feeling a little hot. “Doctor, doctor! Someone’s feeling unwell!”

Tan Li'er, wearing a mask, gestured, "Shh! What's wrong? Bring the person over here."

"Brother Yang, why are you here!"

Gao Liyang raised his eyelids and saw Gao Yuanyuan, who was almost dying on Lu Zisheng's back. He pointed and said, "It's a long story. Let's talk about it later."

"Oh, okay."

Lu Zisheng put the person down and helped her sit down: "Doctor, please take a look. She said, uh, her stomach hurts..."

Gao Yuanyuan lowered her head and stammered.

Going to the doctor requires observation, smelling, asking and palpation, but with other people present, shouldn’t she keep a figure leaf?

"Let's go, let's go out and don't disturb the patient's privacy!" Lin Yueru understood Tan Li'er's expression at a glance, and pulled Lu Zisheng to the infusion room in the compartment.

Lu Zisheng didn't dare to tear away Lin Yueru's iron palm, so he could only lower his voice: "Hey, Director, be gentle! It hurts!"

Gao Liyang brought a stool to Lin Yueru: "Hello, Director!"

"What the hell, you guys are always causing trouble for me!"

"Shh! Director, keep your voice down." Gao Liyang reminded with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Lu Zisheng jumped next to Gao Liyang and stretched his muscles: "Brother Yang, why are you here?"

Lu Zisheng asked a series of questions, and Gao Liyang picked his ears, trying to put some earplugs in.

"Yeah, Sister Zhou is lying in there getting an IV. She's had a cold, and she wasn't feeling well during the exam today. I felt her forehead and knew something was wrong. I asked her to come to the infirmary, but she refused. Finally, I dragged her over, and sure enough, her temperature was 38.5°C."

Gao Liyang squinted his eyes, leaned against the wall, and said softly, "I guess she's had a fever all morning. She's so determined that she went through two exams without a word."

When he saw Zhou Xi's irritating mouth this morning, he was so angry that he almost wanted to find a piece of tape to stick him up. He was not afraid of damaging his own body at all.

It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is.

"Oh my goodness, Sister Zhou is working too hard. What if she gets confused?"

After Lin Yueru answered the phone, she put the phone in her pocket and two knives flew at her: "Pooh, pooh, pooh! What are you two talking about!"

Lu Zisheng smiled playfully and leaned forward: "Yes, yes, we were just talking nonsense. Come on, Director, you have worked hard. Come with us and I will give you a shoulder massage."

"Don't get close to me!"

Being rejected.

Lu Zisheng withdrew his trembling hands, not knowing where to put them.

The infirmary was air-conditioned and warm, and Lin Yueru realized that her stomach was still empty: "Have you two eaten?"

Gao Liyang put his hands behind his head and said, "Director, no, I came here right after the exam. However, the doctor just gave the patient something to eat. I was about to go to the cafeteria to buy food when you came."

Lu Zisheng chuckled: "Director, not yet."

Lin Yueru swallowed the urge to swear and threw the meal card in her pocket to Lu Zisheng.

"Well, I'll treat you four to a meal. Take my card to the faculty cafeteria to get a better meal, and bring me some."

"Okay, Director!"

Lin Yueru's fingers were stuck in the zipper of her black down jacket, the edge of her white sweater leaking out, and she thought, "You two must remember to prepare some light meals for these two patients lying here."

"Okay, we get it." Gao Liyang stood up lazily. Oh my god, the exam was really too physically demanding. This time he felt so hungry that he was about to have hypoglycemia, and dark shadows appeared in front of his eyes.

After seeing the two people leave, Lin Yueru lay down on the reclining chair and crossed her legs: "Oh my god, I'm so tired!"

Tan Li'er poked her head out from next door, holding a small porcelain bowl with a rich aroma in her hand.

"Xiao Lili, I want to drink soup too!"

Tan Li'er paused, the corners of her mouth curled up: "Dog nose, there's still some in the pot, get a bowl and scoop it up yourself."

The soup in the bowl spilled out as the person holding it shook it gently.

"Yes, this soup is delicious. It's great that you can cook for me. I'm tired of eating in the cafeteria every day."

Tan Li'er seemed annoyed and didn't say anything. She put the bowl down and took out the tissue that she always kept in her pocket to wipe the soup stains off her hands.

Lin Yueru pinched the handle of the soup spoon, scooped out two ribs, lowered her head and sniffed: "Xiao Lili, put out two sets of bowls and chopsticks, I want to have some food, okay?"

"Speak?"

Tan Lier thought that except for the first day of school, Lin Yueru was too busy to take care of her at other times. She was exhausted like a dog every day for those students. How pitiful.

"I'm paying, it's not free, your cooking skills are quite good!"

Tan Lier carefully lifted the quilt, stuffed the charged hot water bottle next to Gao Yuanyuan's belly, and tucked the quilt in for her.

He turned around and took out the prepared medicine from the transparent glass cabinet and changed the medicine for Zhou Xi.

"Buy one get one free at the supermarket. If you want to come, just tell me and I'll prepare one for you."

Tan Li'er threw the empty medicine bottle into the medical waste bin and immediately washed her hands. The dripping water flowed over the scar on the back of her hand, taking away the warmth from her fingertips.

"Oh, do you think my children will be this troublesome in the future? I was forced to become the director. I feel like I'm going to have to worry to death."

"Child? Why, you want to be a mother?" Tan Li'er chatted as if jokingly.

"Anyway, I want to have a child in the future. Otherwise, it would be a bit boring."

"Lin Yueru, my mother wants me to go on a blind date. Do you think I should go?"