Everyone believes Lin Zhao Xi’s a genius.
Only she knows she’s looking back on years of experience in math competitions as a basis to “cheat”.
Until one day, her idol quietly looks at h...
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In the sunshine, Lin Chaoxi held his internship notes and accidentally wrote down this series of phone calls.
On the podium, Ms. Wang, a political teacher and academic director who is keen on matchmaking, was giving students tips on the high school entrance exam. When she mentioned the Belt and Road Initiative, she raised her voice and said, "Students of the Belt and Road Initiative, this is the most important thing this year!"
The chalk tapped on the blackboard three times. Lin Chaoxi quickly rubbed the notebook with his hand, but unfortunately, the ballpoint pen mark became bigger.
Sure enough, after coming back, she still felt a little dazed from time to time.
Yes, it has been more than 12 hours since she left the cheese world and turned back into the glorious 22-year-old female college student.
Although she sometimes still had thoughts about that matter, most of the time she was very clear-headed.
She knew that she had returned to the strawberry world and was interning at Yongchuan No. 2 Middle School; she knew that she had rejected the blind date and was now waiting for the special teacher in front of the podium to finish the class; she also knew that she was about to report to the other party that the blind date had failed and that she was not prepared to continue the internship.
And she knew even more that the phone number she wrote on the upper left corner of the cover of her internship notes was the one that Lao Lin called on the day of the paternity test.
She remembered all the first two digits but didn't see the last two digits clearly.
At that time, the entire crossing process was very fast, and she was sure in an instant that she had returned to the Strawberry World.
Because she was still standing in front of the familiar courtyard gate, and because it was still dark.
It was late at night and the door panel still had the words e=mc2 (square) she had just written on it. The surrounding scenery was exactly the same as when she left. Even the WeChat message she received on her phone was still quite warm.
Xiao Liu——[My father knows the director of the Department of Neurology at the Sixth Hospital. Let’s have dinner together tomorrow. I will introduce him to you.]
The mobile phone time is 21:32 pm, while the WeChat shows that the message was received at 21:32 pm.
Although she had spent more than two months in the cheese world, in reality, it was just a blink of an eye, not even a minute.
Lin Zhaoxi held the phone, the street light shone down on her, and she typed without hesitation: [Thank you very much for your help, but I don’t want to develop a romantic relationship with you, so I feel very embarrassed to accept your help. Thank you again.]
21:33.
She put down her phone, opened the door, walked across the yard, and returned home.
The aroma of the crucian carp and tofu soup had not yet dissipated, and Lao Lin's door was half-open.
She pushed the door open and walked to her father's bed. With the light from the living room outside, she looked at Lao Lin's sleeping face for a while.
Apart from the more wrinkles on his face, Lao Lin is still the same Lao Lin, and he hasn't changed in any way.
Naturally, his mind recalled those childhood details that he thought he had forgotten, but after experiencing them again, they became very clear.
She stood by Lao Lin's bed for a while, feeling a little emotional, but also knowing exactly what she should do. She sniffed, turned around and left.
After returning to her room, the first thing she did was to open the bookcase.
She took out the rusty Danish blue cookie box that lay quietly on the bottom shelf and pried off the lid.
Inside were her ID, report cards, Three Good Student Award Certificate, college acceptance letter, elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college military training certificates...but what she was looking for was not there.
There was no crooked photo of them standing on the podium to receive the trophy, nor was there a stack of colorful, scented records.
As expected, Lin Chaoxi closed the lid and put the things back.
She thinks it's great that she can start over without being stuck in the past.
Before going to bed, the last thing she did was to turn on her computer and search for all the information related to time and space.
She tried to find a scientific explanation for her not-so-scientific trip.
What she wanted to know most was why she knew clearly the starting point and end point of space travel, and understood the origin and definition of parallel worlds.
She flipped through the pages for a long time and saw an explanation that went something like this - in order to make things logical, the world itself would tell outsiders the rules of its operation and incorporate outsiders into the unified field of the world's operation.
But it is also possible that the person who wrote the world script wanted to be lazy. After all, it is much easier to gain enlightenment like a power transmission than to spend a long time to figure it out.
Because the search was fruitless, Lin Chaoxi thought so before going to bed.
Sleeping did not allow her to travel through time again.
After getting up in the morning, Lin Chaoxi and Lao Lin shared a pair of large pancakes and fried dough sticks for breakfast at the breakfast stall.
Surrounded by the aroma of roasted sesame seeds, she took a sip of soy milk and solemnly announced to Lao Lin that she was going to learn mathematics again.
What did Lao Lin say?
"The official account is right. It turns out that only love can motivate people to grow."
Lin Chaoxi took his phone and took a look. Sure enough, there were countless long emotional articles in the favorites folder.
"You should look at Mimi Meng less!" she warned Lao Lin angrily.
At 7:00 sharp, after finishing her breakfast, she took the bus to go to work for her internship.
She feels that in this modern age when everyone is pursuing fast travel, it is nothing special for her to slowly travel through a parallel space.
Besides searching the names of Lu Zhihao and Huajuan on her phone in the car, she really didn't have any other golden fingers to use.
But the search results were not ideal.
Lu Zhihao's name is too famous, and the Baidu entry for Huajuan is filled with 108 ways to cook Huajuan. She really can't be sure of her friends' current whereabouts.
The search for "Sanwei University Lu Zhihao" failed again, so Lin Chaoxi typed the word "Huajuan" in the search bar and looked through Baidu Encyclopedia out of boredom.
The sun was shining warmly outside the window. As Lin Chaoxi scrolled down the page, he thought that Lu Zhihao might not end up attending Sanwei University as he had written when he was a child; and Huajuan might not become the actor he wanted to be.
She had mixed feelings. On the one hand, she thought this was normal, but on the other hand, she felt a little regretful.
The bus stopped at Yongchuan No. 2 Middle School at exactly 7:30.
Perhaps influenced by her complicated mood, she sat down in the office, calmly looked through the class schedules of the old teachers, and chose this politics class to audit.
Director Wang was still emphasizing three ways of asking questions about the meaning of "One Belt, One Road" in front of the blackboard. At this time, a note was passed to him from the seat next to him.
Lin Chaoxi overlapped the note on the phone number and unfolded it.
Chen Bei - After class in the afternoon, go back to school to watch the TV series?
The person who delivered the note was Chen Bei, her college roommate, who was currently interning with her at No. 2 Middle School.
But Lin Chaoxi thought about the afternoon's arrangements and shook his head at Chen Bei.
Seeing this, Chen Bei snatched the note, wrote something on it and threw it back - Ji Jiang's play, little Ji himself is going to be in it!
Chen Bei circled the two words "Xiao Ji" as a reminder.
Lin Chaoxi certainly knew who Ji Jiang was. He was a popular young actor and one of the most popular people in the entertainment industry. But no matter what, he was far away from their academic circle...
However, just as she picked up the pen and prepared to write on the note, Ji Jiang's face suddenly flashed through her mind.
Curly hair, very light-colored pupils, a bit like mixed-race but not really. The key is that Ji Jiang is very tough. Even if she is not a fan of Ji Jiang, she roughly knows that he is the kind of person who really fights with everything.
Lin Chaoxi was suddenly startled. He ignored Director Wang who was giving a lecture at the podium, took notes with his internship pen, and began to search for Ji Jiang.
The moment she pressed the search button, dozens of photos poured down, showing Ji Jiang from different angles, with different makeup and backgrounds. She looked at them over and over again, and the more she looked, the more she found that he looked like Hanamaki...
She couldn't help but find Ji Jiang's resume, scrolled to the end, and saw a line of words.
——Ji Jiang, once studied at Anning Experimental Primary School.
For some reason, Lin Zhaoxi remembered an allusion to "Hua Juan" in Baidu Encyclopedia.
It is said that when Zhuge Liang crossed the Lushui River, he used black cows and white sheep to shape 49 human heads to "offer sacrifice to the river". Later, after the craftsmanship was simplified, some of them became steamed buns and some became flower rolls.
To commemorate the river, to offer sacrifices to the river???
Who would change their stage name like this!
Lin Chaoxi held the phone in her hand and was struck by an incredible feeling. She felt that the sunlight was brighter and the air was filled with the vibrant breath of junior high school students.
She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and smiled silently for her friend who made her dream come true.
Chen Bei witnessed the entire process of her search and was now looking at her with a "you nymphomaniac" look.
Lin Chaoxi put his phone back into his pocket and wrote on a piece of paper: I’m not really interested in cute boys~
Chen Bei——Then why are you smiling so foolishly?
Lin Zhaoxi——I think he is very cute.
Chen Bei - you hypocritical woman, why don’t you go? You don’t have classes in the afternoon.
Lin Zhaoxi——I want to study and take the postgraduate entrance examination
If he hadn't found Huajuan, Lin Chaoxi probably wouldn't have refused so bluntly.
But when he thought of Huajuan and Pei Zhi, and how they had been working hard to fulfill their childhood dreams and had never wavered, Lin Chaoxi clearly rejected Chen Bei.
She handed over the note one last time and began to pack her things.
Chen Bei unfolded the note and rubbed her eyes, thinking she was dazzled.
Fortunately, the bell rang for the end of class, and the lady at the podium put down her chalk and said, "This class ends here."
The junior high school students all stood up, bowed and said, "Goodbye, teacher."
Lin Chaoxi quickly packed up her things and slipped away. Before leaving, she saw Jiang Beiming's look as if to say "What the hell are you doing?"
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Director Wang took the textbook and strode out of the front door of the classroom.
Lin Chaoxi left from the back door and trotted to catch up with her: "Director Wang!"
The director stopped and looked back at her.
But when he really called the person, Lin Chaoxi felt a little short-sighted and confused, not knowing where to start.
Clearly, at this time yesterday, she was too embarrassed to explicitly reject the blind date introduced to her by the director on the phone, but now, face to face, she actually dared to say it. It was a bit unbelievable.
The sounds of junior high school students chasing and playing drifted from afar, very light, like cotton candy just taken out of the machine, carefree and sweet.
"Xiao Lin, what's up?" Director Wang looked at her lovingly. "Have you and Xiao Liu gotten together?"
Thinking of the somewhat harsh reply from last night, Lin Chaoxi smiled awkwardly and shook his head.
"What's going on?" Director Wang pulled her to the corner of the office. "Xiao Liu clearly said that he would introduce a doctor to your father. He didn't reject you!"
"Because I don't want to develop a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with him. If that's the case, it doesn't feel good to use him to help my dad with his medical treatment. And I don't think my dad would be happy if he knew about this."
The director looked at her with suspicion.
"You don't have a boyfriend, or do you have someone you like?"
Lin Chaoxi nodded calmly: "I don't have a boyfriend, but I do have someone I like."
The director frowned and advised her: "Chao Xi, I knew it, but Teacher Wang is here to advise you, girls, don't think about love right from the start, but also look at bread. Love can be cultivated, bread is the most difficult to get, you and Xiao Liu should try it out first, what if something happens?"
Lin Chaoxi shook his head again.
Some people pursue love, some people pursue bread, this is personal freedom, but these are not what she wants to pursue now.
She subconsciously wanted to explain the whole story and her mental journey to the director, but suddenly she felt that it was unnecessary.
"Director, I still want to continue my studies and will not come for internship tomorrow. Thank you for your care this week."
She bowed to Director Wang, and then turned around and left.