Coming of Age Ceremony

On the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, Shan Yun woke up very early and planned to go to school early, go to the classroom first, and then go to the playground after everyone was there. This way, perhaps no one would notice him.

As a result, there was no one in the classroom, and the playground downstairs was full of noise. He couldn't sit still at all, so he finally went to the playground and sat down obediently.

The coming of age ceremony is about to begin.

More and more parents came in, some chatting with each other, some giving instructions to their children, and some sitting at their seats making phone calls to explain work. Although they were busy with work, they still found time to come.

Shan Yun looked at the increasing number of parents and sighed. Xu Ru was in a meeting in the capital yesterday and couldn't come back in time.

"It's okay. We've come this far anyway."

Shan Yungan sat there to comfort himself, but as he looked at the increasingly crowded table of parents, he still felt a little envious and a little disappointed. It happened that at this moment, the clingy Jiang Zhe was not there, the talkative Jixiang was not there either, and even the handsome-looking Zou Weichen was hiding somewhere to recite words.

This was the first time Shan Yun felt lost since coming here.

In the past, parents’ attendance was required for parent-teacher meetings and school activities, and he didn’t feel such a big difference when his parents didn’t come. After his parents started to divorce, he even didn’t want them to attend.

Why does he care so much this time?

Are they afraid that if his parents don't come, it will attract the attention of his classmates, who will then inquire about his past?

Or does he also want to have parental love like everyone else?

Shan Yun didn't want to think too much. After coming here, he first thought of doing things that he used to do.

That is to escape and hide.

But he was also looking forward to his coming-of-age ceremony. It was all because of Jixiang and the others who were exaggerating so much. Shan Yun was confused for a while. Finally, when the head teacher looked at him and intended to walk towards him, he suddenly stood up and prepared to run away.

Unexpectedly, he bumped into someone head-on, and Shan Yun rubbed his forehead.

"Where are you going?" A familiar voice sounded above my head.

Shan Yun pretended to be in pain and looked up at the other person, "Is your chest made of iron? It hurts so much." Before he could see Zou Weichen's face clearly, he noticed the person next to him first.

"grandmother?"

"Baozi, you left in such a hurry that you didn't even have breakfast." Grandma handed a bag of buns to Shan Yun.

"You forgot to tell Grandma Xu about such an important date as today. Grandma Xu is old and has a bad memory. How can you, her grandson, who is only 18 years old, have such a bad memory?"

Shan Yun took the bun and felt his nose sore. He didn't know what to say for a moment, nor did he know how to raise his head to face his grandmother.

Why would he go so far away when his grandmother is also his parent and takes care of his daily life, but he can't see anything at all?

The guilt in my heart spread little by little.

"Sister, take Grandma Xu to sit with Aunt Ji."

As soon as Zou Yue left with Grandma Xu, Shan Yun stuffed the buns into Zou Weichen's hands, said, "I'm going to the toilet," and ran away.

He washed his face at the bathroom sink.

What he did just now was really out of control. He was already an 18-year-old man, but he was still crying. He flushed his face again and turned around to see Zou Weichen standing there.

Before the other party could say anything, Shan Yun walked straight over and lowered his head on Zou Weichen's shoulder.

"Why, so touching..."

Before Zou Weichen could finish his words, he felt Shan Yun pulling at his clothes, and then he saw Shan Yun rubbing his face against his clothes, making his clothes wet.

"You are rubbing your tears and snot on me."

"Who said that?" Shan Yun took the bun from Zou Weichen's hand, walked to the railing of the corridor while biting it, and saw his grandmother sitting in the crowd.

"Thank you for calling grandma." Shan Yun said, and paused for a long time until Zou Weichen stood beside him. "I am still an incompetent grandson. I never thought of asking grandma to witness my adulthood."

“It’s not too late.”

Shan Yun took the last bite of the bun and said, "You can go through the adult gate again later."

"Repeaters will no longer participate in this event. We will just stand on both sides of the red carpet and watch you walk by."

Shan Yun just remembered that Zou Weichen was a repeater. After spending so much time together, he gradually forgot all his glorious past. In just two months, it felt like they had spent three years together.

He was kind of looking forward to the moment when they would walk through the adult door together, what a pity.

"If it was a year later, maybe we could attend this coming-of-age ceremony together." Zou Weichen's tone was full of regret.

Shan Yun patted his shoulder and said, "Walk one more time and you'll become an adult again." Then he laughed.

The coming of age ceremony officially begins.

There was a short arts performance by the first and second year high school students and teachers, followed by an impassioned motivational speech by the principal, and then the coming of age ceremony for the students by their parents.

The students lined up in rows, and their parents presented gifts to their children. Shan Yun took the flowers from his grandmother, looked at his white-haired grandmother, and smiled as he hugged her in his arms.

"I love you, Grandma."

Grandma listened to Shan Yun's words, wiped her tears and nodded repeatedly, "Be good, be good, and grow up healthily."

Shan Yun wiped away her grandmother's tears and said with a smile, "Don't cry, grandma. From today on, I am an adult. I will take care of you from now on."

At this moment, Shan Yun felt that transferring schools was the best decision he had ever made in his life. At this moment, he also felt that he had really grown up.

The most important part of the coming-of-age ceremony is passing through the gate of adulthood.

The students had already lined up in two rows, each class wearing custom-made uniforms, waiting to walk through the adult gate and welcome the moment of adulthood. Shan Yun looked at the arch decorated as a flower gate with the words "Adult Gate" hanging on it. He looked around and saw Jiang Zhe in front of him waving at him from a distance.

He waved back.

The flag bearers, consisting of repeaters, waved colorful flags and lined up at the starting point of the red carpet. Shan Yun saw Zou Weichen holding the flag, and he smiled at him.

As the music started, flag bearers walked to both sides of the red carpet, waving colorful flags to welcome the students as they walked through the adult gate.

When Shan Yun stepped onto the red carpet, he saw Zou Weichen standing on the right, in the second seat close to the arch, so as he was about to approach, he switched seats with the classmate on his right.

"Congratulations on becoming an adult, hey!"

As soon as Zou Weichen said congratulations to Shan Yun, Shan Yun pulled him to his side.

Shan Yun was afraid that Zou Weichen would get scared and run away, so he held his wrist tightly and smiled at him. Zou Weichen was stunned at first, and then he smiled too.

The two of them stepped through the adult door together.

"Students, look here and smile." The teacher holding a camera in front shouted.

The two of them turned their gazes from each other to the teacher holding the camera, with a slight smile on their lips, capturing a beautiful moment under the camera.

At the end of the red carpet, some students were cheering and celebrating, some were hugging each other and some were taking photos.

"How about this, no regrets..."

As soon as Shan Yun turned around and said to Zou Weichen beside him, he was hugged by him and said, "Congratulations, you're an adult now."

"Thank you."

"I'm here too!" Jiang Zhe's voice passed through the crowd. Before the two of them could see who was coming, a huge hug wrapped around them. Jiang Zhe kept shouting, "Jixiang, here, here."

As soon as Jixiang approached, he was pulled into Jiang Zhe's arms. He hugged three people tightly by himself.

"Jiang Zhe!" Shan Yun struggled for a long time before breaking free from Jiang Zhe's restraints, and then pulled Zou Weichen out.

"You're an adult now, so happy." Jiang Zhe said with a smile.

"Are you still an adult? You're already nineteen." Shan Yun complained, not forgetting to glance at Zou Weichen. He felt even more proud when he got a nod from him.

"Top scholar, you too..." Jiang Zhe looked at Zou Weichen pitifully, but Zou Weichen stood closer to Shan Yun and did not forget to put his hand on the other's shoulder, telling Jiang Zhe his position with his actions.

Jiang Zhe had no choice but to turn to Jixiang and shouted in resentment: "Jixiang - the two of them teamed up to bully me."

"You deserve it." Jixiang glanced at Shan Yun and the other person who were laughing beside them, "Let's sign as a souvenir." He took out a marker and said.

The classmates around me have already left messages on each other's clothes.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shan Yun was the first one to be pulled over by Jiang Zhe to sign his clothes. Jiang Zhe, the school hunk, was immediately noticed by the surrounding female classmates, who swarmed up to leave messages.

"Don't pull, don't pull, wait for me to leave a good word for Master Yun first."

But everyone has already become a mess.

Shan Yun was pulled by Jiang Zhe and had to leave a message to Jixiang first.

"May I be like the stars and you be like the moon? Number one scholar, why do you write in such a flowery way that no one can understand it." After Jiang Zhe signed his name quickly, he saw Zou Weichen wrote these words on the edge of Shan Yun's clothes, and left three dots at the end, so he couldn't help asking.

Zou Weichen raised his index finger and made a gesture of silence, and Jiang Zhe nodded. After all, he had witnessed the skills of the top scholar, and he didn't dare to mess with this man.

Jixiang also went around to leave a message behind Shan Yun, and saw the corner of Zou Weichen's clothes that he had just put down and put the pen cap on. He looked down and then looked at Zou Weichen again. The other party was already standing aside waiting, and he also rejected his classmate's message.

"Have you finished writing? What did you write?" Shan Yun wanted to turn his head to look, but saw nothing.

After a while, Shan Yun's clothes were already stained with flowers. Looking at Jiang Zhe, not only were his clothes stained with flowers, but they were also covered with several layers of messages.

"He really deserves to be the campus hunk." Shan Yun pulled Jiang Zhe's clothes and looked at him over and over again. He caught a glimpse of Zou Weichen standing beside him with clean clothes, and immediately gave Jiang Zhe a look.

Jiang Zhe understood, and two of them suddenly surrounded him, pulled Zou Weichen over and left a message on his clothes. When the others saw that the top scholar had also left a message, they all came forward.

After Shan Yun wrote "Win the first place in the imperial examination again" on his shoulder, he saw that Jiang Zhe was still writing, so he quietly turned over Zou Weichen's collar and wrote four more words.

"You are so brave." Jiang Zhe had just finished signing and saw the four words Shan Yun had just written. He pointed at Shan Yun and whispered.

Shan Yun covered his mouth and whispered, "I left this message to everyone."

Jiang Zhe immediately raised his thumbs up, "My brother Yun is still the best."

After a while, Zou Weichen's clothes were also covered with words. He looked at his clothes and also at Shan Yun's clothes, and the two smiled at each other helplessly.

"Um, can I leave a message too?" A girl with a high ponytail suddenly ran up to the two of them and asked in a low voice.

Shan Yun understood clearly and made a gesture of invitation, then took two steps back.

"That one, isn't him, it's you." The girl glanced at Shan Yun, her face already reddened, "Don't you remember me?"

Huh? Shan Yun's mind was full of questions. Do they know each other? Why doesn't he have any impression of them? Then he gave Zou Weichen a look for help.

Zou Weichen crossed his arms over his chest, looking like he was enjoying the show.

"I'm the person you and Jiang Zhe rescued from the gangsters last time." Wang Bingyan's eyes sparkled. "Can I leave a message, too?"

"oh!"

"Well, excuse me, we have to go take pictures." Zou Weichen said as he pulled Shan Yun, who had just remembered, away.

Jixiang happened to take a camera and planned to take a photo together.

Several people lined up. Jiang Zhegang squeezed next to Shan Yun. After being rejected by Shan Yun, he walked awkwardly to Zou Weichen and posed. Zou Weichen took a step towards Shan Yun and put his hand on his shoulder. Jixiang instructed the students who were supposed to help take pictures to come over, and several people took a group photo.

After the group photo was taken, Jixiang looked at the photos taken by his classmates and raised his eyes to glance at the hand that was still on Shan Yun’s shoulder.

"Mr. Yun, are you not opposed to it?"