Little Whale
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Oh, you head: [Check in today. 】
Zhou Xi rested her chin on the glass window, feeling the wind and nature. Gao Liyang's news seemed like her only connection with the outside world.
As usual, she replied with an "I've read it" emoticon.
The road hugs the mountains tightly, winding and undulating. The tourist bus drives slowly, as if enjoying the scenery along the way.
"Grandpa Zhong, please continue to talk to me..."
"OK……"
The journey was long, and Zhong Yinan decided to tell Zhou Xi about his and Xu Shulan's past when they were young, so as not to let these things be buried underground in the future.
After Zhong Yinan finished telling the story, they also arrived at the place where Xu Shulan taught when she was young.
Zhong Yinan took her to find that school. Decades later, Xu Shulan's photo when she was young was still hanging on the wall, but it had turned gray.
The old principal is a local and was also Xu Shulan's former colleague. She said that she has always been grateful to Xu Shulan for helping the children in these places.
Zhong Yinan looked at the new school, which was now on a smaller scale, and felt the long-lost throbbing and impulse of his youth.
Zhou Xi took a photo of Zhong Yinan and the old principal. In the camera, she peeked at the traces of time on the two old men and saw that they looked the same as they did decades ago, as if they had overlapped again and had not changed at all.
“Time flies by so fast…”
"Golden September conveys the joy of harvest and the joy of our meeting. On this sunny morning, all teachers and students..."
It was another opening ceremony. Zhou Xi stood in the senior high school team, with kindergarten children next to him who were only as tall as his waist.
She stood there for a while, then left the line and went to the back of the auditorium.
"Now, please welcome Zhou Xi from Class 1, Senior 3, to the stage to speak..."
“…”
"This concludes my speech. Thank you everyone..."
"Zhou Xi, you're so handsome, look at the photos I took of you!"
Qi Haha lowered his head and fiddled with it for a while, and Zhou Xi's phone screen kept lighting up.
In the photo, the girl is standing at the podium on the right side of the stage. The black standing microphone forms a sharp contrast with her white shirt. Her eyes are full of calmness, as if everything is under control.
Qi Haha's photography skills are many times better than Gao Liyang's.
Zhou Xi clicked save and was about to turn off the phone when a new message popped up.
Oh your head: [photo]
Oh your head: [photo]
Oh your head: [photo]
Oh, you head: [How about it, handsome or not, freshly baked photos. ]
Yuxiu finally followed the trend and did not postpone the opening ceremony. It was quite a coincidence that it was held on the same day as Yali.
Turkey: [Pretty cool, got pulled up again?]
Zhou Xi didn't expect Gao Liyang to reply immediately.
Oh, you head: [Yeah, I can’t help it, I did too well on the final exam.]
Oh, you head: [Also, they said I was unremarkable in my freshman year, but now I'm a dark horse. I must be full of experience, so I have to go one.]
Qi Haha waved his hand and swayed in front of Zhou Xi: "Why are you grinning like that? Are you obsessed with your own beautiful photos?"
Zhou Xi looked up: "I'm not addicted, some people are."
Turkey: [Don't be so cocky. It would be great if you could just keep it up in your senior year of high school.]
Zhou Xi turned sideways and looked down at her phone, not wanting the little ones next to her to stare at her phone.
Oh, you: [People need to have dreams. It's hard to say, right? Maybe this time next year we'll actually be in the same place attending the opening ceremony.]
Turkey: [Well, I look forward to this day.]
…
"The exam is over, please stop writing immediately..."
"ah--"
"The college entrance examination is over——"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm going to take all my books to the scrap yard and sell them!"
"Mom, where's my mom? Have you seen my mom?"
"Hey, let's go get a driver's license during the summer vacation?"
"Go, go, go, the plane is at 7 o'clock, run!"
“…”
Zhou Xi carried a transparent pencil case and followed Hong Liu out of the examination room slowly.
Screaming and cheering, crying and sobbing, it feels like the roaring of the mountains in my ears, bringing freedom, it is the end and the beginning.
"elder sister!"
“Hmm…”
Zhou Xi was not paying attention and was successfully ambushed by He Min, and the test bag in his hand was also taken away.
"Sister, I told you I would find you, so you must do what you promised me!"
"Sister, these flowers are for you." He Min finally remembered what He Wenzhou had asked her to do and gave Zhou Xi a big bouquet of flowers.
Zhou Xi was stunned, and didn't ask He Min how she knew she preferred roses. "Thank you, I promise. You're the best. Where are they?"
"Over there!"
Zhou Xi held flowers in one hand and was "forced" to hold He Min's hand with the other. He was very busy and had no free time.
"Sister, Mom said she prepared a gift for you, and Dad bought a lot of cooking supplies, and then, and then..."
He Min kept chattering like a little old man and couldn't stop.
"Well, okay..."
"knew……"
Like most people, Zhou Xi calmly had dinner with his family after the college entrance examination, then cleaned up the mess from his senior year and went to bed in the middle of the night.
"look up."
Gao Liyang stared at the message on his phone and suddenly heard such a commanding tone. He almost wanted to curse.
The road was so wide and he wasn't bothering anyone. He just kept lifting his hands. What the hell was he doing? Zhou Xi hadn't replied to his message yet.
"You..." You're crazy.
“Fuck—”
Gao Liyang looked up and dropped his phone to the ground in shock.
"Your legs must be numb from squatting for so long, get up."
The cell phone was picked up by a pair of hands with clean nails. The girl with short hair and earrings was wearing a black one-shoulder tight top and denim shorts, revealing two long, white, slender legs.
"oh."
Gao Liyang tentatively extended a friendly greeting: "Are you, Zhou Xi?"
Zhou Xi tucked her hair behind her ears, revealing a small whale earring: "Why, you don't even recognize your sister Zhou?"
"Oh my god..."
"You haven't been back for a year, you must have been holding it in for a long time. No wonder you refused to open the video chat when I asked you to, and kept it a secret so tightly."
Gao Liyang was so hot that he pulled his hair aside and pinched himself in disbelief: "This is unbelievable! You're considered a good student. You've changed so much?"
"Could it be that Qi Haha led you astray?"
"You're so wet, aren't you afraid of scaring us into giving us rheumatism?"
Gao Liyang asked several questions in succession, and Zhou Xi couldn't get a word in. When he finally rested, Zhou Xi pushed the suitcase over.
"I'm not as awesome as you. Your name is known all over Yali. I'm getting calluses from hearing your name so often."
"Tsk, don't you see who I am?"
Zhou Xicai didn't tell Gao Liyang, partly because her pretending to be deaf and dumb made Gao Liyang's name associated with her, making everyone guess.
After all, it was Gao Liyang's responsibility to protect her from other romantic interests.
"Are they all here yet?"
Gao Liyang used Zhou Xi's outstretched hand to stand up. "We're here, we're here. We'll definitely be able to eat by six o'clock. However, you..."
“Give them a surprise.”
Gao Liyang nodded: "Yeah, what a surprise."
“Surprise——”
Gao Liyang rushed in front of Zhou Xi, opened the door, and then hid behind Zhou Xi.
"Come on, Zhou Xiaoxi, get ready for the storm."
Zhou Xi was speechless. She was standing at the door of the box and not ready yet. She was wondering whether to walk in with a heartless attitude or to remain calm and indifferent. But Gao Liyang, that bastard, got the upper hand and dared to trick her.
"You wait..."
While a bunch of people inside were still confused, Zhou Xi whispered to Gao Liyang.
"Oh my god, oh my Sister Zhou!" Xiao Xiaoyu rubbed her hands excitedly.
Li Li rubbed his eyes and said, "Am I hallucinating? Is this Zhou Xueba?"
Gao Yuanyuan took a breath of cold air: "Oh oh..."
"Zhou Xi, you are so beautiful, I am drooling..." Song Chaoyu licked his lips.
Zhou Xi subconsciously stepped back, but she didn't expect to be predicted again. This time, a palm gently touched her back.
"Sister Zhou, you are so unfair. You should tell the truth. When did you cut your hair? And you have pierced ears. What are you trying to do with this beautiful outfit? Are you trying to show off?" Xiao Xiaoyu laughed so hard. She should have brought a drawing board back and given Zhou Xi a picture as a free model.
Gao Yuanyuan shook her head on the shaker: "It's really cool!"
"Xiao Xiaoyu, our Sister Zhou has really become the social Sister Zhou you said she would be, are you satisfied?" Lu Zisheng still had the mobile phone with the game on in his hand. No matter what, just let down his teammates, it was Le Cheng anyway.
Chen Yu didn't know how long he stared at Lu Zisheng's screen, but he could feel Le Cheng's defense being broken through the screen, so his microphone didn't go out.
"I'll help you."
"Oh oh." Lu Zisheng was still confused and immersed in gossip. He didn't care that his phone was touched by Chen Yu and let go quite naturally.
Zhou Xi faced it with a smile: "Wait a minute, let me sit down and drink some water first, I'm quite tired."
"Okay, okay, wait, sit, and drink, but you have to explain everything to us clearly."
Gao Liyang was pushing Zhou Xi's suitcase behind him and no one paid any attention to him, so he was treated as a background board.
Never mind, he was the first one to know about it anyway, so let these people who haven’t seen it yet have fun.
Under the interrogation of a group of people, Zhou Xi still managed to get away with it.
The topic ends and a new one begins.
"Fuck, I'm telling you..."
Zhou Xi reached out and touched his ear. He had his ear pierced on New Year's Day last year.
That day, Gao Liyang sent her photos. It was snowing again in Wencheng, while there was only a cold drizzle in Beibin.
After sending He Min to cram school, she went to the library as usual. On the way, she suddenly found a newly opened store. The bright yellow sign was shining, and it was the only bright color around. She suddenly remembered that rainy night and a bright yellow towel.
For some unknown reason, she went in and came out with two holes.
I had my hair cut the day after the college entrance examination, and I bought this outfit that day as well, to fulfill the promise I made to He Min after losing the bet.
Last year, He Min saw a photo and said that the older sister in the photo was very beautiful, and wanted Zhou Xi to dress up like one. Zhou Xi casually said that she would agree if He Min got first place in the final exam.
She has always been the one checking He Min's homework. She actually knows He Min's situation very well, so it is not difficult for her to get the first place.
Why did she agree anyway? Maybe it was because she couldn't bear to refuse He Min.
After the college entrance examination, she still remembered the appointment. She didn't expect that He Min, who was so forgetful, still remembered it clearly. It really made it difficult for her.
"Is everyone here? Hurry up, order some food?"
"Hey, I'm here. Don't you forget me?" Mai Zi came in carrying a bag of things.
Lu Zisheng wisely took Mai Zi's things and said, "Hey, Big Mai, I didn't forget you. Why did you come so late?"
"Oh, it smells so good!"
Lu Zisheng lowered his head and saw that the bag was full of food.
"I'm here so late, don't you see what time it is? The place is packed with people getting off work, it's so crowded. And, here, these things, my grandma said she would make something delicious for you."
“Thank you, grandma!”
"Thank you, grandma—"
Everyone passed the menu around with a smile on their faces, ticked their boxes, and put the food on the table.
"This is the Yujiang Mansion you wanted in the beginning. Today I have fulfilled my promise. Just order whatever you want to eat and I will pay for it!" Lu Zisheng picked up a piece of braised beef with a toothpick.
“Shengsheng is so heroic!”
"Brother Sheng is awesome, I won't be polite."
Xiao Xiaoyu's mouth was full of oil. "Da Mai, this is really good. Let's have a snack before the other dishes are served."
“That’s it!”
“…”
As the lights came on and the night grew darker, a table of people were eating happily. The first few dishes were all gone, and they drank all kinds of drinks to their heart's content.
"Hey, Li Li, you are still receiving messages on your phone while you are eating. Are you so busy?" Xiao Xiaoyu saw that Li Li seemed to have three heads and six arms, and he really didn't delay at all.
"Well, I'm busy. You don't know how many people have plans to have a dinner together for the college entrance exam. Just now, someone from Class 3 came to call me, and I said I've already started eating."
"Oh, thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come here!" Lu Zisheng raised his glasses to Li Li.
"That's right. It's not easy for you to have this feast. I told them that this feast is very prestigious."
Xiao Xiaoyu said: "I toast you, come, drink it!"
Li Li filled it up: "Drink!"
"You don't want to drink it?" Zhou Xi pulled the ring of the can and bubbles came out.
"No, no, look at Chen Yu, he's still drinking Wangzai milk."
"Why do you have any objections?" Chen Yu glanced at Gao Liyang.
"No problem, no problem. Just drink more to supplement your calcium."
Zhou Xi smiled at Gao Liyang: "I told you not to talk too much."
"Your alcohol tolerance is so low that you don't even drink fruit wine?"
"Well, I told you, you're really shameless after drinking." Gao Liyang put on gloves and put the cleanly peeled shrimp into Zhou Xi's bowl.
"Noob."
"Oh, yes, Gao Liyang, you're such a good cook." Gao Yuanyuan was also peeling shrimps, but Gao Liyang peeled them too fast for Zhou Xi, and she couldn't keep up at all. Soon the whole plate of shrimps would be empty.
"Oh, Gao Yuanyuan, you've become so brave now, playing the bully in the house." Lu Zisheng touched Gao Yuanyuan's cup.
"This is called, acquaintance bureau."
"Oh my god, what a great party with everyone I know." Lu Zisheng slammed the table with joy.
"Eat quickly."
"Oh." Zhou Xi picked up one and found it tasted good and fresh.
"Does it taste good without the sauce?" Gao Liyang peeled one for himself and dipped it in the special sauce that is a must-have for white baked shrimp.
"I don't eat garlic."
"Well, I'll ask the waiter to bring you some side dishes without minced garlic. Wait."
Before Zhou Xi could say anything, he quickly took off his gloves and walked out.
Gao Liyang's seat was empty, Zhou Xi and Gao Yuanyuan looked at each other, and Gao Yuanyuan bit her lip and smiled subtly.
Gao Yuanyuan lowered her head and quickly peeled the shrimp.
“…”
After the nine people finished eating and drinking, they ran to the busy riverside and stood in a row.
There is a gentle breeze by the river, perfect for a walk after dinner.
As people came and went, Lu Zisheng hinted at Xiao Xiaoyu with his eyes, and Xiao Xiaoyu hinted at Song Chaoyu with her eyes.
Song Chaoyu grabbed Mai Zi and raised his hand: "Yeah yeah yeah!"
"Oh huh, the college entrance exam is over, I'm going to travel!"
Passersby looked at them, but when they heard about the college entrance examination, they were not so surprised. They just smiled and looked at them.
With the first two people starting, Xiao Xiaoyu immediately followed up: "Comfortable, refreshing, hahahaha!"
"Go to hell with the college entrance exam!"
"Goodbye Wencheng——"
"What?"
The six people looked at Chen Yu in unison, as if to say, Brother, what do you mean?
"Fish Master, what are you doing?"
"I plan to go to Anji in two days."
Anji is a famous university town. Qingdao University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Binhai University, and several lesser-known schools are all located in this city.
"No, why go there?"
"I plan to apply to Hua University, go there early to find an apartment, and work a summer job."
Chen Yu had previously done a live broadcast on learning. Not many people watched it at first, but later it was very effective and the income increased rapidly. He saved a considerable amount of money. He planned to spend more time on live broadcasting while working during the summer vacation.
“Huada!!!”
"Fuck!"
Lu Zisheng ran from the end of the team to Chen Yu who was at the head of the team: "What the hell are you talking about? You applied to Hua University, why did you apply to Hua University? Are you stupid? With your level, you can apply to Qingdao University. Besides, Qingdao University is so prestigious!"
"Well, Huazhong University is also a great university, slightly inferior to Qingdao University." Lu Zisheng thought for a moment and added.
Xiao Xiaoyu also planned to go over and ask, but was stopped by Gao Liyang again.
Zhou Xi wasn't that surprised: "Listen."
Li Li immediately transformed himself into a bystander, clenched his fist as if it were a microphone, and squatted down to pass it over: "Xueba, please speak."
"What are you going to report?" Chen Yu asked Zhou Xi.
Xiao Xiaoyu covered her heart and said, "Sister Zhou, please speak properly. Don't come here like a Huada."
"I." Zhou Xi glanced at Gao Liyang, "Of course..."
Gao Yuanyuan held her breath.
"Qingda."
Xiao Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, Sister Zhou, you're out."
Song Chaoyu and Mai Zi opened their mouths wide. They were so calm and capable. The decision was made so simply. They didn’t even know which school would accept them.
"Fish Master, please continue."
"Look, Qingdao University has so many geniuses like Zhou Xi. I used to be just a slightly inferior one among them, at most I was envied and praised. But Hua University is different. I used to be able to beat them all and was praised as a treasure by the school. Why not?"
Chen Yu paused and said, "Also, Hua University approached me, and the benefits are so good, I couldn't bear to refuse."
In Chen Yu's mind, all universities are the same, and he doesn't have much ambition to become a top talent in the future. His only thought in the past three years is to leave Wencheng and never come back.
"Fuck..."
Li Li chattered, "What a genius' statement! What a train of thought! What a talent! Huada is so lucky to have you."
Chen Yu raised his eyelids: "Same here."
"Oh my god, Master Yu, you're such a genius! The school is going to explode soon."
"The fact that I was able to transfer to Yuxiu is already making my teachers at No. 3 Middle School very angry. Yuxiu should be content."
"Well, that's true. However, Hua University and Qing University are just next-door neighbors, so they're not much different, about the same."
Lu Zisheng put his hands on his hips and asked, "Well, which school are you planning to apply to?"
"I also want to be Sister Zhou's neighbor."
"Bin Da."
Xiao Xiaoyu's heart stopped for a second. She was just about to say, "Yuanyuan, you've made it."
Bin Da, that’s right, we are neighbors.
"Yangyang, what about you?"
Gao Liyang replied: "I'll keep it a secret for now. I'm not sure yet. I'll wait and see if the scores come out."
"Oh, they are planning to make a big one." Mai Zi thought to himself that this group of academic masters were really amazing.
Gao Liyang touched his nose. He was a little unsure. If he performed exceptionally well, he could give it a try. If he lost, he would become Zhou Xi's neighbor.
"Guess."
Xiao Xiaoyu put her arm around Gao Yuanyuan and said, "Tsk, no guessing. When the results are out, I'll take your admission number and check."
"Hey, where are you three?"
Li Li raised his hand: "Bin Da, I'm going to accept Chen Yu's dimensionality reduction attack."
"Don't just ask others, what about you?" Song Chaoyu nudged Lu Zisheng.
"Then I'll go to Bin University too."
"What about you two?"
"How about the two of us go to Bin University with you guys?" Mai Zi chewed candy. After all, there were many acquaintances there and it would be lively.
"That's great, let's go out and play together on weekends."
"Alas, I am the only one left alone." Xiao Xiaoyu sighed and shed tears.
"Yo yo yo, what are you afraid of? Come back if you want. We won't forget you."
"If you dare forget me, I'll come back with my eighty-meter-long sword!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "When the time comes, I will send you books and hot pot base!"
Xiao Xiaoyu curled her lips: "Oh, that's more like it, September is full, you remember that..."
Gao Yuanyuan quickly covered Xiao Xiaoyu's mouth: "Okay, okay!"
Zhou Xi stood next to Gao Liyang and smiled: "That's good. You've learned to be humble and not to be too confident."
"Tsk, keep teasing me. Has this year been easy for me?"
"It's not easy. I've been using the card for a whole year." Gao Liyang suddenly felt his ears a little hot.
"That's enough. You've been emperor for a year, and you're still not satisfied."
Gao Liyang secretly cursed Xiao Xiaoyu. It was all her fault that she posted some weird emoticons in the group every day. Zhou Xi also added them. He asked Zhou Xi to change it, but she refused and even spammed his screen with them. He really couldn't do anything about her.
Zhou Xi flicked his fingers: "Then change to something else next time."
"Okay, wait."
"Then I'll wait..."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Bang--"
"Wow, someone is setting off fireworks!"
The fireworks blooming in the sky attracted passers-by to stop and watch.
"So beautiful! Some kind person with too much money to spend is setting off fireworks. Thank you, thank you!"
"Hey, hey, hey, let's take a picture!" Xiao Xiaoyu suggested.
"Okay, come on, we have to commemorate it."
"Hurry, hurry, stand together. Two people come to the front." Xiao Xiaoyu took out her phone. "Each of you, look at yourselves. Don't be on camera."
"I say three, two, one, and we each shout out the university we want to apply to, and then add, 'We're here,' how about that?"
"good--"
"three!"
"two!"
"one!"
"Qingda——"
"Bin Da——"
"Huada——"
"Some godforsaken university in the United States—"
“Emma, Xiao Xiaoyu!”
A group of people were ruined by a word "nothing happens" and they couldn't hold back their laughter. The more they laughed, the more they wanted to laugh and they couldn't stop.
The brilliant fireworks illuminated the smiles on their faces, which were youthful and lively. Passersby were made to laugh, and some even secretly took pictures of them while filming the fireworks.
"No, who told you to say that? It's a waste of time and it's ruining the formation!"
"Oh, I didn't mean it, why are you laughing?"
"Well, let's not get into details. I'll say three, two, one, university. See you in September."
"Okay, come on, hold it in, everyone. From now on, you have to have at least one photo you can show off." Xiao Xiaoyu handed the phone to Zhou Xi again, "Sister Zhou, you stand in front and yell three, two, one. You have a small face, and mine is too big."
"good."
Zhou Xi looked at the camera.
"Prepare--"
"three--"
"two--"
"one--"
"See you in September, university!"
The picture freezes at the moment when the finale fireworks burst into the sky.
See you in September, university.
-End of text-
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