Phalaenopsis

After evening self-study, Lin Luo did not stay after school. Maybe it was because she had just bled, but she wanted to go home quickly.

She put her hands in her coat pockets, but there was nothing in them. The coat was too big and loose on her. Lin Luo put on a hat to cover herself completely.

No one could see her face, and she smiled wildly.

But something eye-catching appeared in her sight, and her smile froze on her face.

It was a red plush hat. Tong Yun was walking in front, as if he was going back to the dormitory.

She put the hat down and walked over, "Tong Yun, this hat suits you so well!"

"Um."

"But the weather is quite warm, won't you feel hot wearing it?"

"No." Tong Yun smiled faintly and changed the subject, "Xiaoxiao, I saw your grades. You have made great progress."

"I have to keep up with your pace!" Lin Luo walked with Tong Yun's hand in his. The senior girls' dormitory building was on the left side of the school gate.

Lin Xiao looked down at her coat and explained, "I had a nosebleed and it got dirty, so Fu Xingchuan lent it to me."

"You have a nosebleed?" Tong Yun stopped and stared at her. "Are you getting irritated? Or is the weather too dry?"

"I don't know, maybe it's because I tried too hard." Lin Luo joked, curled his eyes, and continued to walk with her arm in arm.

Walking past the pond, the incandescent light was much brighter than the dim yellow light of the street lamp. Lin Luo noticed that there were a lot of hairs stuck to the back of Tong Yun's school uniform. She remembered Xu Yangyang's words, "Tong Yun, is your hair loss also serious?"

“No…no.”

Lin Xiao helped her remove all her hair and held it in her hand to show her, "I am losing my hair too. It's normal at this stage."

"Zhu Changyu's dark circles are also very funny." As she said this, she put her hair into the trash can on the side of the road. Tong Yun blinked her eyelashes and pulled her hat tighter.

They parted at the school gate, and Lin Luo took the bus home.

At the entrance of Changlin Alley, Tang Heng was waiting for her. She got out of the car and ran over to him, "Uncle, I'm back."

"Um."

Lin Luo was inexplicably in a good mood and began to chatter non-stop. "Tong Yun looks so beautiful in the hat Mom knitted for him. Xu Yangyang didn't even go to the dessert shop to prepare for the mock exam. Zhu Changyu's mother was so distressed when she saw the dark circles under his eyes that she told him to stop working so hard and go back to his hometown to raise pigs. And Ruan Ye's pockets are full of candy. Uncle, do you want to know why?"

Tang Heng looked at her, and Lin Luo shook her finger, "It's a secret, I can't tell you."

Her eyes curved even further, becoming crescent-shaped.

"Lin Xiao, is there anything good happening?"

Lin Luo rolled her eyes and said nothing, and Tang Heng didn't force her to speak.

Passing by the old villa, the light was still on on the second-floor windowsill. Lin Luo looked down at her coat and smelled a fragrance again. She thought it was the osmanthus tree in bloom!

When they got home, Du Yunyan and Tang Heng were pulled to sit on the sofa by her. Du Yunyan asked with sharp eyes: "Where did you get the coat?"

Lin Luo remembered the one she had thrown away before and explained in advance, "I borrowed it from a classmate."

"Why does a male classmate want to lend you your own school uniform?" Du Yunyan asked anxiously.

Lin Luo pulled out her blood-stained school uniform from her bag and told them with a smile, "I had a nosebleed today. It's the first time in my life I've had a nosebleed!"

"Has this child become stupid from studying too much? Why does he seem a little stupid?" Du Yunyan pointed at Tang Heng's head.

Tang Heng shook his head slightly, looking a little tired. Du Yunyan took Lin Luo's school uniform and said, "Alright, go to bed early! You can't handle staying up late every day with your body."

"You go to sleep too!" she said to Tang Heng.

Lin Luo had nothing to say, so she said "oh", and Tang Heng got up and went back to the house.

She turned on her phone and told Lin Dayong: "Dad, I had a nosebleed today. It's not something to be proud of, but I just wanted to share it with others. I think it's proof that I've grown up."

My mom said I was stupid, and it seems she was right.

【But there's nothing wrong with being a little stupid. 】

It just hurts occasionally.

The day after tomorrow, Sunday, after school at noon, the hard-working high school seniors finally got a precious six-hour vacation.

"It's raining." Xu Yangyang noticed that people passing by in the corridor took out umbrellas.

Zhu Changyu couldn't solve the problem and cried, "Even God can't stand it anymore."

Xu Yangyang glanced at it and asked, "Didn't my second brother explain this question before?"

"I still can't."

"I have another method. Can I teach you?"

"Teacher Xu, please teach me quickly. I want to go home."

"I want to too." Xu Yangyang said this but picked up the pen.

Lin Luo didn't disturb them. She picked up her schoolbag and carried a bag and walked out of the classroom.

The bag contained a pair of Fu Xingchuan's coats, which she had washed and dried.

Just now someone came to the back door and called Fu Xingchuan out. Lin Luo heard that it was Director Wang who was looking for him. He should be in the office on the first floor now.

There were not many people in the corridor, and Lin Luo skipped down the stairs, but when she was still a few steps down, she saw Tong Yun and Fu Xingchuan standing together.

It was as if the same scene was happening again, and Lin Luo missed a step again. Fortunately, she was quick enough to hold onto the handrail, so she didn't sprain her ankle this time.

I hadn't noticed it was raining so hard outside in the classroom. A column of water poured down from the upper floor, making a "splashing" sound, and it felt like the whole world was wet.

The handrail was also wet and rusty. Lin Luo quickly let go of it, but her palms became sticky and uncomfortable.

They seemed to have no umbrellas and stood side by side in the corridor to avoid the rain. Lin Luo walked over to them, biting her lip.

"Xiaoxiao." Tong Yun greeted her, and Lin Xiao handed her her umbrella and the bag in her hand.

She lowered her head and said, "I'll lend it to you."

"What are you going to do?" Tong Yun didn't answer.

"I suddenly remembered that I have to be on duty today. The rain should have stopped by the time I finish sweeping the floor." She lied.

"Fu Xingchuan, thank you for lending me your clothes." She raised her head and said to Fu Xingchuan. He stood beside her and nodded lightly. Lin Luo looked at Tong Yun again, put all the things in her hands, and then turned and left.

It wasn't her turn on duty today, and she was hungry, but she still went upstairs again.

When he returned to the classroom, Zhu Changyu and Xu Yangyang had already left. Today was Ruan Ye's duty day, so only he and Zhu Sui'an were left in the classroom, and they were laughing and joking.

Lin Luo did not step in. She stood in the corridor watching the rain. The raindrops splashed in and splashed a few drops on her face, but she did not step back.

She saw a white parasol appear in her sight, and raindrops fell on the umbrella. She thought the person under the umbrella should be able to hear the "tick-tick" sound.

The sticky feeling on her hands did not disappear. Lin Luo looked down at her hands and suddenly hated rainy days for a moment.

Ding Wenxin came out of the office. She was doing psychological counseling with a student in her class. The girl seemed to have broken down and cried because she was under too much pressure and her recent math weekly test results were not ideal.

"We call those days when we work hard but don't get good results taking root." Ding Wenxin comforted her, her voice soft and gentle, and it also floated into Lin Luo's heart.

Lin Luo wiped the water off her face.

She went up to the fifth floor and took out the special exercises on the big physics questions to do, using her six hours of precious vacation time to study.

As the first mock exam was approaching, she was not very nervous and continued to proceed step by step.

She had a fixed seat in the study room and got to know students from different classes who studied hard. They often left a few candies on her desk.

Lin Luo put them all in her pocket. Sometimes when she felt sleepy, she would put one in her mouth. Before she knew it, only the strawberry flavored ones were left in her pocket.

“This candy is delicious.”

On the day of the 100-day oath-taking ceremony and coming-of-age ceremony, they went down to the playground early in the morning wearing the adult hats distributed by the school.

Xu Yangyang didn't eat breakfast and had a little hypoglycemia, so Lin Luo stuffed a pill into her mouth.

"Here you go!" She put it in her pocket.

"And you."

"I still have some."

"Thank you." Xu Yangyang leaned against her. Her mother glanced at her and said, "Stand properly."

Lin Luo tiptoed through the crowd, searching for Du Yunyan. The school had notified parents that they were also to attend the coming-of-age ceremony. Du Yunyan had been to the school for parent-teacher conferences, but not to the playground. Lin Luo was worried she wouldn't be able to find her way, but Cheng Kaizhong wouldn't let them go to pick her up.

Lin Luo frowned slightly. Xu Yangyang's mother was scolding her, "You need to learn more from Lin Luo. There are only a hundred days left. I've raised you for all these years, and I'm counting on you to get into a good university and make me proud! You should ask Lin Luo more questions and focus all your attention on studying..."

Lin Luo didn't see Du Yunyan, but found Fu Xingchuan first. He stood out in the crowd, wearing a school uniform and looking very energetic.

There were two people standing next to him. Judging from their temperament and appearance, Lin Luo knew they were his parents.

His mother, dressed in a suit, looked dashing but with a gentle look in her eyes. She held his hand affectionately and straightened his collar. There were too many people, so Zhu Sui'an didn't attend such occasions. Her attention was entirely on her outstanding son.

Lin Qiao was tired of standing on tiptoe, and her heels landed on the ground.

The last scene seen was Tong Yun walking up to their family and Fu Xingchuan’s father talking to her.

"Lin Luo." Du Yunyan suddenly walked up to her with a bouquet of flowers, placed them in her arms, and looked them over. "Your uncle picked them out. They're quite beautiful."

Lin Luo didn't expect that she would also receive flowers. Du Yunyan always thought that such things were a waste of money.

Tears glistened in her eyes. Du Yunyan stood beside her and handed her a tissue. "I've been prepared."

Lin Xi pouted and tried her best not to let the tears fall. She didn't like being vulnerable.

"Why has my son lost so much weight? Mommy takes a good look. Oh my god, how come he is already eighteen years old?" Zhu Changyu's mother ran over and hugged him, crying.

Everyone's attention was drawn to him, and Zhu Changyu covered his face in embarrassment, "Mom!"

Lin Luo held back her tears.

The school leaders on the stage were passionately encouraging and giving motivational speeches, but Lin Luo and Xu Yangyang remained calm and recited words to each other.

When Du Yunyan was picking the tassels for her, she couldn't help crying again. It was a rare occasion for Xu Yangyang to cry.

Du Yunyan and Aunt Li were chatting while they walked, crying, and passed through the Gate of Success together. Two rows of teachers were waiting to greet them.

Zhu Changyu ran over to them, holding a camera in his hand, "You two look so ugly when you cry! I want to take a picture of it."

Xu Yangyang pulled him over, sobbing and snatching the camera, holding it up to take a selfie, recording the ugly looks of the three of them.

"Zhu Changyu, you're not going to cry, are you?" She looked at the image in the camera and stared at Zhu Changyu's face.

He opened his eyes wide and said, "No, I'm a man, why am I crying?"

"It's not shameful to cry. Look, everyone is crying." Xu Yangyang looked around and finally pointed at someone. "No, why is that person so handsome?"

Lin Luo looked in the direction she pointed and saw Fu Xingchuan and Tong Yun walking towards them. Fu Xingchuan was holding an elegant and fresh bouquet of Phalaenopsis orchids in his hand. The two of them were a good match and many people's eyes fell on them.

Lin Qiao hugged the bouquet of flowers in her arms, which included sunflowers, roses, green lisianthus, chamomile, and baby's breath.

Ms. Yin, the ski instructor, loved flowers and once said that meeting someone with a bouquet of flowers was a romantic thing. Lin Qiao felt she had missed a point: it was only when someone came with flowers that it was romantic.

However, as Fu Xingchuan came over with flowers in his hands, the wind was filled with the fragrance of flowers, and Lin Luo learned that another spring had come.