No English test

"Brother Yun, what's wrong with you? You made a bet with the top scorer. If everyone in the group knew that the top scorer in science in the college entrance examination made a bet with a transfer student and lost, it would be even more lively." Jiang Zhe said, "Although everyone has failures, I admired him before, but he didn't dare to admit that he lost yesterday, so I felt that he was not straightforward enough. Alas, it's a pity for such an excellent student."

Shan Yun recalled the time he ran into Zou Weichen playing with sandbags yesterday evening, and couldn't help but shudder, "Let's have less contact with him in the future."

"What are you talking about?" Jixiang suddenly appeared beside them.

"Good boy, I haven't seen you for a long time." Jiang Zhe patted Jixiang on the back.

Jixiang scratched his head, "I didn't do well in the unified examination this time. I didn't dare go home, so I had to hide at my grandparents' house for a few days."

"I'm telling you..."

Jiang Zhe had always felt sorry for Shan Yun. They had just made a bet, but Shan Yun refused to admit his loss. Shan Yun also looked indifferent. Jiang Zhe couldn't find anyone to talk to, so he finally caught a witness to the bet and started telling him everything that happened yesterday and this morning.

Jixiang did not get angry, but looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. When Jiang Zhe kept complaining about Zou Weichen, Jixiang wanted to interrupt him several times, but he just couldn't open his mouth, as if he was struggling with something.

"Don't look at the three-point difference. That was all because our brother Yun controlled the points well and didn't let Zou Weichen lose face. What do you think..."

"He didn't take the English test..."

"That's not our brother Yun's English... No, what did you say?"

Shan Yun and Jiang Zhe both stopped and looked at Jixiang, their faces full of disbelief and surprise.

"Zou Weichen didn't take the last English test and got a zero."

Jixiang was struggling over whether to tell the truth to Shan Yun and the others. He was afraid that if he told it, Shan Yun would lose face. After all, they had already boasted in front of others. But if he didn't tell it, Jiang Zhe was the kind of person who showed off everywhere, and he would find out the reason after everyone knew about it, and it would still be a slap in Shan Yun's face.

Furthermore, that is definitely not Zou Weichen's true strength and should not be misunderstood in this way.

Shan Yun couldn't believe it.

Jixiang continued to explain, "I was in the same examination room as him. He didn't come for the English exam and didn't ask for leave. Although he got a perfect score in math, I heard that he was severely scolded by Director Huang and he refused to tell me the reason for his absence."

The two people who just learned the news were stunned.

Jiang Zhe scratched his head, chuckled twice, and stopped talking.

At night, Shan Yun leaned out of the window, trying to see if he could see Zou Weichen.

He was upset for a whole day because Zou Weichen didn't take the English test. He couldn't figure out the reason. Did Zou Weichen let him win on purpose? He had no reason to joke about such a big thing as class division. What was he up to?

The more Shan Yun thought about it, the more confused he became. He had to find Zou Weichen to ask for clarification.

He waited at the window for a long time, but there was no one on the terrace. Only the lights were on in the house on the top floor.

So Shan Yun ran to the terrace on the roof of his house again, and saw that a window of the rooftop half-floor of Zou Weichen's house was open. In the room, Zou Weichen was sitting at the desk doing his homework. Behind him was a bed and some simple furnishings.

Is this Zou Weichen’s room?

Shan Yun stared for more than ten minutes, and only came to his senses when he felt his legs go numb. He checked his phone and saw that it was already past one in the middle of the night, and Zou Weichen was still concentrating on writing his homework, as if the whole world was isolated from him.

Yesterday I was hitting sandbags like crazy to vent my emotions, and I was secretly squatting in a corner feeling sad. Today I was able to cheer myself up and get back to studying.

He did win. Just by looking at the way he studied, Shan Yun felt that this person was not only excellent but also very hardworking. He was truly in awe of him.

Shan Yun opened WeChat and saw that Jiang Zhe had sent him several crazy messages an hour ago, all of which were complaining about some people in the M Gaoda group.

The gist of it is that he really couldn't stand all the speculation and ridicule in the group, so he explained a few words and was attacked by the group, and then complained that those who attacked him were uncultured and uneducated.

What could have made Jiang Zhe so mad and angry?

Dan Yun clicked into the group.

The group is still discussing heatedly about Zou Weichen’s failure in the Unified Examination.

Someone had also brought up the issue of his absence from the exam, but no one knew the reason for his absence.

Some people in the group were sad and regretful for his failure in the exam, some kept asking why he missed the exam, but some also raised doubts.

Some people believed that Zou Weichen knew that he would not be able to rank among the top ten in his grade, so he deliberately skipped the last subject to save his face.

Some people also think that failure is failure, and absence from the exam is not the reason. One cannot always wear the hat of the top scorer in the college entrance examination. The top scorer in the college entrance examination is a thing of the past, and returning to take the exam again may not necessarily lead to the top scorer.

Some people even associated repeating an exam with falling in love, believing that Zou Weichen won the top spot in the imperial examination, went to Q University, became complacent, and ran back because he was bullied there.

…

The reasons that followed became more and more outrageous and more and more unbearable to watch.

Jiang Zhe and several kind-hearted people came out to advise people not to make groundless speculations, but they were also rebuked by the crowd.

Shan Yun took a quick look.

He looked at Zou Weichen, who was still immersed in his studies and knew nothing.

A person who memorizes words whenever he has the chance, a person who cries to vent his sadness because of failing the exam, and a person who knows he has failed the exam but does not get discouraged and still continues to study hard.

Slandered by a group of keyboard warriors.

The incident that had fermented in the group made him feel extremely irritated for no reason, and he felt so angry that he couldn't get rid of it.

He raised his head to look at the dark night sky, and recalled some past events, bad past events. He had been treated like this before, and no one understood the feeling better than him. He could empathize with Zou Weichen who was being unreasonably speculated this time.

The truth is never worth waiting for. Even if the truth exists, there will still be people who distort it. There is no absolute kindness in this world.

Shan Yun tapped his phone a few times.

He quit the group.

Shan Yun no longer mentioned the gambling issue, and Jiang Zhe seemed to be very tactful in avoiding any topics related to gambling.

The bet was thus dropped.

Then the school started, and the first and second year high school students returned to school. The campus was filled with people wearing the same school uniforms all day long. It was difficult to recognize someone you knew in the crowd.

Aunt Ji and Jixiang were selecting dishes in front of the store. When Shan Yun went downstairs, he saw the mother and son sitting by the bridge. Aunt Ji invited Shan Yun to come over and sit down and chat.

Shan Yun was not particularly willing, but it was difficult to refuse, so he could only take a bench and sit down. They said that the three of them were chatting, but in fact, it was just Jixiang and his mother chatting there. Shan Yun just sat there, occasionally checking his phone to reply to messages.

"Look at you, your grades have dropped again. Learn from Xiaochen and stop thinking about playing all day."

Shan Yun raised his head. Since coming here, Zou Weichen's name has appeared too often. He has unconsciously paid attention to him whenever he heard his name.

Even he himself didn't realize it.

"Zou Weichen has regressed even more this time, now he's ranked more than 100th." Jixiang muttered in a low voice.

Shan Yun opened QQ and remembered that he had already left the group, so he left again. It had been a few days since the controversy over grades, and he wondered if the group was still discussing it.

"Xiaochen is a sensible child. His family situation is not very good. His sister's store is not doing well. After school, he not only helps his sister but also studies. He is such a well-behaved child. It's a pity that his brother-in-law..."

Shan Yun raised his head again.

This was a story about Zou Weichen that he had never heard of.

"Auntie Ji, give me a bowl of boiled rice noodles."

"Hey, I'm here." Aunt Ji threw the dishes in her hand into the basket, got up and went to cook noodles for the guests. Before leaving, she pointed at Jixiang's head and said, "You are the third from the bottom in the class this time. Aren't you ashamed?"

"Mom, I'm ranked 163rd. That's pretty strong, okay?"

"Yes, there are thousands of people in the whole grade, this ranking is very impressive." Shan Yun helped to speak, and after Aunt Ji left, he turned to Ji Xiang, "What happened to Zou Weichen's brother-in-law?"

"I heard that he has a very bad temper, but I don't really understand the details." Jixiang looked at Shan Yun helplessly and pitifully. Shan Yun shrugged and said, "Eat, go to self-study, stay at home for one more second, or my mother will nag me again."

Shan Yun said "Oh" and didn't continue the topic about Zou Weichen.

*

"Shan Yun? Are you there?"

Um?

Just when Shan Yun was overwhelmed by the physics questions, he heard a voice. He looked up and heard his name again. Although the voice was not loud, it was very close, familiar, and a little bit strange.

"single……"

There was a "bang" sound of the curtain being drawn open, and the words that had just been shouted out of the other party were stuck in the throat.

One meter away on the terrace, Zou Weichen was standing there, ready to call him again.

"Working on the questions?"

Shan Yun nodded. How should he put it? When he saw Zou Weichen, he remembered that he did not take the English test, and he was still bragging in front of him that he had won the exam. He still felt a little embarrassed.

But he didn't hesitate at all and opened the curtains directly.

"Did I bother you?" Zou Weichen asked, but he continued, "Regarding the bet, I did lose. I was not in a good mood those days. Please forgive me."

"Actually, I'm the loser..." Shan Yun said in a low voice with his head down.

Zou Weichen leaned over the guardrail and asked, "Do you know that I didn't take the English test?"

Shan Yun seemed to remember something, and he raised his head suddenly. The wound on Zou Weichen's neck had already scarred and faded a lot.

Zou Weichen didn't know why Shan Yun suddenly looked up and stared at him, and it was so sudden. After staring at him for a few seconds, he seemed to be relieved.

"The bet counts. We don't have any rules on whether absence from the exam counts or not. The ranking is based on the total score, so you still win." Zou Weichen said lightly, without feeling the slightest bit ashamed of losing.

"Actually, I don't care about winning or losing." Shan Yun twirled the pen in his hand, "I'm just curious as to why you agreed to the bet? Don't tell me it's because I stole the headline of your school newspaper."

Zou Weichen nodded.

Shan Yun dropped the pen in his hand onto the table with a clang. "You believed such an exaggerated article? And I didn't know the teacher would put that crappy method in the school newspaper."

Seeing Shan Yun eager to explain, Zou Weichen smiled.

"Just kidding. I don't care about the school newspaper at all. I even don't like being in the newspaper. Your report summarizes the study methods very well and is very useful."

"Then why make this meaningless bet? It won't benefit you at all." Shan Yun leaned against the backrest and rocked the chair left and right.

He had guessed at the reason why Zou Weichen made the bet, but after racking his brains, the most reasonable one was to grab the front page of the school newspaper.

Now this only reason has been denied by the person involved.

"Maybe studying is too boring." Zou Weichen sat up.

When Shan Yun heard this, he slapped his thigh and laughed out loud, and the chair swayed from side to side because of his laughter.

This was the most unlikely reason he had ever heard. Was it because studying was boring? Aren't all top students happy with studying? How could they find studying boring?

Shan Yun smiled for a while, and seeing that Zou Weichen didn't react, he thought about it and believed what he said.

The content of their bet is also about study and grades. Sure enough, it is still about study. The world of top students is incomprehensible to mortals like you.

After talking about the bet, the two of them suddenly became speechless.