Pei Zhi's departure was as light as a dragonfly touching the water, but it caused an uproar in the entire training team.

From William Chang to a high school senior she had never spoken to, everyone came to ask her: Why did Pei Zhi leave?

For almost three whole days, during breaks and meal times, there were people chasing her around asking her questions.

Lin Chaoxi felt very upset. On the one hand, she was worried about Pei Zhi, and on the other hand, she had to deal with questions from her classmates and teachers.

The thing she said most was - I don't know either.

But the most common response is - you guys have such a good relationship, how could you not know?

"I really don't fucking know!" Lu Zhihao was once annoyed by a question, and he slammed the table and yelled at the beautiful senior student in front of him.

After three days of heart-to-heart talks with William Chang and Jie Ran, Lin Chaoxi finally broke down.

The playground on a summer night is filled with the chirping of cicadas.

Lin Chaoxi was forced to take a walk with Zhang Shuping.

Three consecutive days of walking after meals made Lin Chaoxi fall behind in her studies. Moreover, every time she talked to Zhang Shuping and learned that Pei Zhi had just left the training team after leaving a few words, she felt even more uneasy.

"We have walked the fifth lap, and you still don't want to tell us?" asked William Chang.

"I really don't know, Lao Zhang. He really didn't tell me!" Lin Chaoxi was anxious and called Lao Zhang without thinking.

But William Chang is William Chang, and he never changes his expression even when faced with a huge crisis.

"Do you really know nothing?" was all he asked.

The cicadas chirp quietly, and William Chang's eyes are sharp.

Of course not.

Lin Chaoxi thought silently.

Perhaps Lu Zhihao and Chen Chengcheng didn't know, but when he was in elementary school, probably on such a starry summer night, Lin Zhaoxi heard Pei Zhi talk about his family and his father.

All in all, these are probably the things that everyone has no control over.

"For so many days you were not even willing to use the excuse that Pei Zhi was going abroad to brush me off. Don't you think you were being too obvious?" Chang Shu Ping continued walking forward.

"I can't say."

"What can't be said? You may think we are gossiping or prying into Pei Zhi's privacy, but we are all people who truly care about him."

"But this is still Pei Zhi's business."

Whether he wants to insist on studying mathematics or what path he wants to take in life is all his own business.

“We all want to help him.”

“No one can help him.”

"What if he gave up mathematics?"

Lin Chaoxi stopped and looked up at the middle-aged man's slightly haggard face.

The air was hot and muggy, making it hard to breathe, but the stars were still shining brightly.

"Trust me, it won't."

She said to William Chang.

——

Later, Lin Chaoxi thought that maybe Pei Zhi in the future was too clear-headed and determined, so she always maintained an extraordinary trust in Pei Zhi.

If she had cared more about Pei Zhi at that time, would she have been able to notice Pei Zhi's abnormality earlier?

This abnormality came from the fact that Pei Zhi seldom changed his clothes according to the seasons, from the down jacket that only A Guang's mother remembered, and from the moments when she bought breakfast for Pei Zhi every morning and Pei Zhi gladly accepted it.

At that time, she thought it was a boy's independence and his indifference to most external things.

But she forgot that Pei Zhi was only 15 years old.

At that time, her daily schoolwork and extracurricular studies were like a mountain pressing down on her. She had to read too many things and do too many questions. She didn't even have time to make a phone call or talk to Pei Zhi.

Maybe it was because she had too many things on her mind every day, or she went to bed too late and got up too early. Sometimes Lin Chaoxi felt that there were too many things in her mind and she was a little unable to react.

However, it is also possible that children like the Yongchuan University quartet are naturally smarter than her. After a period of intensive training and learning, everyone's level is gradually brought to the same starting line, and this becomes more obvious.

In comparison, she did find that she was slow.

Once they were discussing a function equation problem and had to prove that a positive integer was not within the range of f.

Lin Chaoxi was still drafting and felt that this question was still very difficult, but Comrade A Guang had already raised his hand excitedly.

"Chen Youguang."

Zhang Shuping called his name, and Ah Guang rushed to the stage and started answering questions on the blackboard.

He had clear thinking and quick reactions. Although he got stuck at the third step, he still thought for a while before continuing.

Lin Chaoxi did not solve the problem, but looked at the blackboard, waiting for A Guang's answer. She admired the child for making such great progress in such a short time.

At the same time, she actually admired Zhang Shuping very much. The high-intensity training under his leadership was like a hammer, constantly hammering them, and the mathematical thinking level of these children, including her, was constantly expanding.

——

Everyone was moving forward at a rapid pace, and she couldn't slack off.

During this period of study when even drinking water was a luxury, she would sometimes fall asleep while reading at noon. Although she was very tired, she felt fulfilled.

This fulfillment also alleviated Pei Zhi's sense of loss when he left.

Then the only two classmates who gave her a headache were Yin Xiaolin and Liu Zhiyuan.

Especially Yin Xiaolin, she is very weak and soft, which is her favorite type. So every time she gets up early or tiptoes back to the dormitory in the early morning and accidentally wakes the other person up, she wants to commit seppuku to apologize.

Yin Xiaolin is suffering from neurasthenia and needs a very long time to fall asleep. The girls in her dormitory are all good girls, and they will accompany Yin Xiaolin to turn off the lights on time at 10 o'clock.

But Lin Chaoxi can't do that.

Of course, she didn't dare to disturb her roommates by reading in the dormitory at night, so when the lights were turned off at 10 o'clock in the evening, she took her book and a flashlight and ran to the public toilet in the girls' dormitory to read.

This was the plot she often heard when she was reading xDongfang.

In all inspirational stories about English, there must be a great person who would memorize words in the toilet with a book every morning and evening, and compete with the dormitory auntie for wisdom and courage, and often had to read secretly with a flashlight.

She used to think that this mother was amazing, and that someone like her who slept like a dead pig every day would never be able to do it in her lifetime.

But now when she was sitting on the mop sink with a book in her hand, reading while paying attention to the footsteps of the dormitory manager, she just felt that she needed a cushion because her butt was so painful.

And Comrade Liu Zhiyuan.

In fact, Liu Zhiyuan confessed his love to her.

This was not the first time she had been confessed to, but it was very strange that her future blind date confessed to her seven years in advance.

Lin Chaoxi didn't know how Liu Zhiyuan found a time when she was alone.

The boy stood in front of her and asked sincerely, "Can we talk?" Lin Chaoxi thought about it and couldn't find a reason to refuse.

She and the boy walked to a camphor tree, with their backs to the lake.

The boy took out a small box and held it in front of her: "I have liked you for a long time, have you ever considered being with me?"

Lin Chaoxi's first reaction was that this was very strange. Liu Zhiyuan often criticized her in class, and once when she was reading a programming book, Liu Zhiyuan even said that she was "not doing her job properly."

Now he suddenly confesses his feelings to her. What's wrong with this twisted personality?

Lin Chaoxi was silent for a while, and replied seriously: "I want to study hard recently and don't want to fall in love."

"Be with me, I won't affect you."

"Then there's no point in being together."

"I'm going to study abroad. I can take you with me and pay for your tuition."

Lin Chaoxi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't feel humiliated. He just felt that people really don't change. Boys who don't know how to coax girls still don't know how to coax them after 7 years.

“My family is OK,” she said.

Liu Zhiyuan held the box tightly with a stiff expression.

Having said that, Lin Chaoxi wanted to leave, but the moment she took a step, her wrist was grabbed by Liu Zhiyuan.

This sounds a bit like a cliché drama, but Lin Chaoxi didn't know what to say for a moment.

She looked up and suddenly found an acquaintance not far away, but she took a closer look and found that it was Yin Xiaolin. God knows, although she and Yin Xiaolin slept in the same dormitory every day, they actually didn't talk to each other after greeting each other on the first day.

Yin Xiaolin looked at her, and the next moment, she turned around, holding the book, and walked towards her with a frown.

"Lin Chaoxi, what are you still doing here? Are you going to stay up all night again?" The girl's tone was deliberately stern.

Liu Zhiyuan looked at Yin Xiaolin, reluctantly let go of her hand, and put the box away.

——

Yin Xiaolin is a good girl, otherwise the other two roommates wouldn't be willing to accompany her until the lights are turned off at 10 o'clock every day.

But at the same time, neurasthenia is so painful that no matter how careful Lin Chaoxi is, she will wake Yin Xiaolin up every day when she gets up and goes to bed.

Yin Xiaolin's forbearing and irritable turn made Lin Chaoxi, who had been rescued by her, feel even more guilty.

She even wondered whether she should change dormitories or find a room outside the school, otherwise Yin Xiaolin would be too miserable.

But Yin Xiaolin had already accommodated her, so she couldn't tell the teacher for a while.

Time was running out and Lin Chaoxi couldn't think about anything for the moment.

The summer heat has returned, and the temperature has soared to 40 degrees. Even if she reads alone in the toilet at night, she often sweats profusely.

There was no fan in the toilet, and the air was humid and stuffy. Sometimes she couldn't concentrate. When she was distracted, she could see that she had drawn densely on the book.

Every time this happened, she would hold her phone card, walk downstairs, and really want to call Lao Lin.

But when she actually got to the phone booth, she always realized that it was too late and Lao Lin must have been asleep. And when she really picked up the phone, she didn't know what to say.

After much hesitation, she never made the call.

There was even a particularly funny time when she was holding her phone card and wanted to make a call, but because she was squatting in the phone booth and hesitating, she actually fell asleep.

When she woke up, her body was covered with mosquito bites, including on her cheeks and forehead, and she was swollen like a toad.

Lu Zhihao laughed at her, and even Zhang Liang couldn't help laughing twice.

Lin Chaoxi pinched his face twice, it was itchy and painful.

She felt like crying, but couldn't help laughing along with them.