Chen Zhu's father is a very good traffic policeman.
Using "very good" to describe a person always leaves a lingering aftertaste.
At that time, Lao Lin had a car accident, and Chen Zhu's father went to the hospital after receiving the police.
The so-called car accident was just the doctor's guess. To her, the greatest significance of finding the culprit is that he can afford Lao Lin's high medical expenses.
But she also felt that the traffic police handled so many accidents every day, and perhaps no one would take her father's "suspected" car accident seriously, so she didn't actually hold out much hope for the investigation.
But Chen Zhu's father feels a little different.
He first spent a lot of time comforting her, then seriously asked the doctor about Lao Lin's condition, and finally said that he would definitely investigate it seriously.
And that’s exactly what he did.
At that time, she worked constantly to pay for Lao Lin's medical treatment. When Chen Zhu's father was free, he would come to the hospital to see her and tell her about the progress of the investigation.
For example, how many traffic camera recordings have been viewed, how many passers-by have been interviewed...
But in fact... there is basically no progress.
The investigation ended in vain. Perhaps because he had not fulfilled his promise, or perhaps because he felt sorry for her, Chen Zhu's father secretly gave her 5,000 yuan. Lin Chaoxi was unwilling to accept charity, but she and the unconscious Lao Lin really needed money, so she accepted the money without hesitation and wrote an IOU.
The last time they met was on a cold, rainy winter night.
She worked in a small restaurant near the hospital. Chen Zhu's father took her next door and bought her two hot custard buns at a convenience store.
She was not in a good condition at the time, and she knew that the investigation was over, so tears welled up in her eyes while she ate the buns.
Chen Zhu's father felt sorry for her, so he was a little flustered and talked a lot to comfort her.
Talk about life, tell inspirational stories, and talk about some rather empty principles.
This uncle was indeed not good at speaking, but he always worked hard and seriously, even including comforting her.
Because she cried for a long time, Chen Zhu's father also talked for a long time. Later on, he really had nothing to talk about, and even talked about his own son, with an indescribable sense of apology in his tone.
He said he was divorced and had a son who was 16 years old.
Because he is busy with work, he does not have custody of his son and only has visitation rights.
My ex-wife remarried and later gave birth to a daughter. Now she doesn't care much about her son. She thinks that as long as she gives him enough money every day, he can do whatever he wants.
As for him, he and his ex-wife lived too far away from each other and he often worked overtime and had a reversed day and night schedule, so he had no say in his son's education and could only let the child develop freely.
Chen Zhu's father also said that his son is actually very smart, and used the words that parents usually use to evaluate their children: if he works hard, his son can actually go to a key high school. Although his son is currently studying in a vocational high school, he still has the hope of getting into a junior college, and then upgrading to a bachelor's degree. If he can really get into a bachelor's degree, that would be great...
Chen Zhu's father also asked her what she thought about her child being addicted to games.
She was only a high school student at the time, so it was difficult for her to offer any useful advice.
If it were now, she would experience the prosperity of the game industry in the future and could confidently say something like "if you like it, then encourage your children to do it"...
But she just sobbed and said: I don’t know, but if I indulge in games, it seems not good...
Her interaction with Chen Zhu's father ended there.
Lin Chaoxi thought that perhaps it was because they both had an unspeakable regret for each other that ultimately led to this reunion.
When Lin Zhaoxi thought of this, he suddenly felt a slight vibration above his head.
She raised her head and saw two long legs standing at the corner of the upper stairs. The folds of the pants were clearly visible, and although she couldn't see the face clearly, Lin Chaoxi roughly recognized who it was.
She walked a little higher and was somewhat surprised but not surprised to see the skinny Brother Sleepy and his sleepy face.
The story always goes like this: when you are talking to someone, you are overheard, and the eavesdropper will be discovered.
Chen Zhu's father came and left at unfortunate times. When he came, he was discovered by his son, and when he left, his son heard him secretly asking other girls questions behind their backs.
Chen Zhu yawned, pretended not to care, dragged his schoolbag, walked slowly down the stairs, brushed past her, and then continued down.
"Where are you going?"
Chen Zhubai looked at him boredly, his eyes were cool, and the meaning seemed very clear: he was only planning to skip class for half a day, but now that his father was here, he planned to skip class for the whole day.
"Your father is very worried about you, why don't you talk to him?" Lin Chaoxi asked tentatively, but Chen Zhu did not respond and just looked at her coldly.
Lin Chaoxi surrendered: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Please don't say things like 'What's it got to do with you' or 'You don't understand anything'. I'll be embarrassed..." Although it seems that this is what you really mean.
Chen Zhu turned around and said nothing.
On the same corridor, she watched the father and son leave one after another and couldn't help but sigh slightly.
At that time, she didn't understand why Chen Zhu's father always had a droopy look on his face and looked very tired and anxious.
Now that I think about it, it must be related to Chen Zhu.
But the conversation that night was not deep enough and the information she obtained was very limited. It was difficult for her to intervene in the relationship between father and son, let alone help either of them.
Similarly, she calmed down. After seeing Chen Zhu's father's excitement dissipate, she suddenly realized that the other party had not found out the truth about Lao Lin's car accident that year, and now the car accident has not happened. Even if he finds the traffic police of the future, what can be changed?
It seemed that for the time being, she still couldn't do anything.
Lin Chaoxi was a little depressed, but he forced himself to find hope.
If she was here by some kind of destiny, then everything and everyone she met, and the choices she made in the face of them, had meaning.
Then perhaps, with these arrangements and meanings, she could really change the car accident that Lao Lin suffered.
Now that she was here, she could always change something, she still firmly believed that.
——
In the days that followed, Lin Chaoxi had a hard time.
Compared to simply coming back to study and upgrade, studying and upgrading in a noisy environment is obviously more difficult.
She would occasionally be flicked in the ear by Matt Zheng through the window, and was often distracted by the noisy environment in the classroom and unable to concentrate on her studies.
But often at times like this, she would look back at Pei Zhi, who was reading a book next to Matt Zheng as if no one was around, and then she would know what to do.
And her sleepy classmate, ever since his father found him at school last time, has gone from sleeping in class to rarely attending classes.
Lin Chaoxi would occasionally stare at the empty seat next to her in a daze. She always felt that she would rather have someone fill the seat, even if it was just for sleeping, than have an empty seat.
For some unknown reason, Bao Xiaomeng was moved from her seat in the back row by Teacher Li.
Lin Chaoxi felt that this was probably Bao Xiaomeng's special request.
During this period, she also visited Bao Xiaomeng twice.
One time was during a reading class, which seemed like a good opportunity for a chat, and the other time was outside Bao Xiaomeng's favorite jewelry store.
It was Sunday, she went to buy exercise books and saw Bao Xiaomeng sorting goods in the store.
The girl has already changed into a pink apron for shop assistants and is happily working, as if she is preparing to work here after graduation.
Lin Chaoxi couldn't help but want to say something to her.
She talked about the hardships of life, the possibilities of the future, and the moment when she was 22 and regretted so much that she forced herself to cry but tried desperately to comfort herself that there was nothing she could do and it was too late...
But in the end, she still couldn't say anything because Bao Xiaomeng just stood up and walked past her as if she didn't know her at all.
Lin Chaoxi looked at her pretending to be resolute and optimistic face and knew very well that if she went to look for Bao Xiaomeng now, nothing would happen.
So, she could only settle the bill silently.
Lin Chaoxi left the store holding the exercise book.
I also tried to comfort myself. Maybe the 15-year-old Bao Xiaomeng really liked a life path where she could just get by without having to work too hard.
But at the age of 18, she sincerely believed that choosing a major that sounded great and becoming a teacher after graduation was what she wanted.
But in fact, it is not at all.
——
As the days passed, Lin Chaoxi always felt that he had gone too far in his attempt to help others, and that was why he was being retaliated against.
Although they want to change something, both Bao Xiaomeng and Chen Zhu are like ships off the shore, drifting with the current, as if they can only go in the direction they are bound to go in the end.
Lin Chaoxi still wanted to do something for them, but she didn't know what she could do, or rather, she didn't know what she should do.
There were many things she couldn't control, which indirectly led her to focus more on the things she could control, such as studying more attentively.
During the day, she focuses most of her energy on schoolwork. After reviewing the three years of junior high school, she bought a tutorial book on high school mathematics to continue studying. If her study progress goes smoothly, she will be able to start formally studying college mathematics after New Year's Day.
In the evening, the junior high school math league took up all her time.
She attended Lao Lin's Mathematical Olympiad cram school with Hua Juan, Lu Zhihao, and Pei Zhi. After class, they would drag Lao Lin to continue to teach them. Lao Lin always said that he would charge extra, but when Lu Zhihao was really stupid enough to hand the money to Lao Lin, he was beaten by Lao Lin on the table.
She has a heavy workload every day, but whenever she has free time, she tries to sort out all the events before and after Lao Lin’s car accident.
She wrote down every detail, conversation, and other bits and pieces she could remember.
I kept wondering which path Lao Lin took, what he did, or what influenced his choice that day.
But in fact, the investigation into Lao Lin’s car accident came to nothing that year, and when she returned to a year ago, she did not have any more information.
It was difficult for her to work through the details and find a way to prevent the accident.
And after so many days of sorting out, she always couldn't help but think of the lecture that Pei Zhi translated.
If the p/np problem is solved and a super algorithm emerges, it may not be so difficult for her to estimate Lao Lin's future trajectory.
Most things are helpless, and for Lin Chaoxi, the only interesting people who can make her relax a little during this time, apart from Comrade Lao Lin who lives a carefree life as always, are the four people from Yongchuan Middle School.
Their ill-fated relationship with Yongchuan Middle School is far from over. After the shocking experience of the whole grade last time, Huajuan really doesn't dare to play against the four-member group of Yongchuan Middle School.
For fear that these four people would come and go crazy again, they granted Yongchuan Middle School’s every request.
They made appointments to do tests together (through QQ), play Go, and were even forced to promise that if they had the chance, they would go to Yongchuan Middle School to play with them.
"Looking for a ghost, I still want to live a few more years."
This is what Hanamaki complained about.
——
On December 1st of 20xx, when she was in her first year of high school, Lao Lin fell into a coma due to a car accident.
And a year ago, on December 1st, when she was still in the third year of junior high school, they took the midterm exam.
On Monday, we had Chinese, math, and English; on Tuesday, we had politics, physics, and chemistry; and on the following Wednesday afternoon, the school arranged a parents' meeting and a public execution.
I don’t know if it’s because of the parents’ meeting.
In the days before the midterm exam, the whole class fell into an unprecedented crazy study attitude.
There is definitely a difference between the "frenzy" of their class and the normal learning state of Class 1, but Lin Chaoxi can be asked questions more than a dozen times a day, and Pei Zhi, a top student who always answers questions, has once again become the most popular person in the class.
Zheng Matt didn't play basketball in the physical education class and became Pei Zhi's follower.
Whether eating, attending classes, or going to the men's toilet, he would kneel around Pei Zhi all day long and beg for a quick math method. Whenever Pei Zhi answered "no", he would cry and say something like "If my grandma knew I failed the exam, she would definitely beat me to death with a clothes hanger."
What's even more terrifying is that Lin Zhaoxi also encountered a boy who threatened her. She and the boy had never spoken to each other before. However, after learning that he and she would be assigned to the same examination room for the midterm exam, the boy asked her to secretly pass the answers to him as a cheat, otherwise he would beat her after school.
The team leader happened to pass by at that time, and he grabbed the boy's legs and pushed him to the ground.
The team leader stepped on the boy's calf and said coolly, "Then I will hit him now, okay?"
The boy jumped up to resist, but was pressed against the wall by the girl.
Lin Chaoxi stood by, dumbfounded, and could only applaud silently.
It was in this chaotic atmosphere that they finally faced the first midterm examination of the third year of junior high school.
Lin Chaoxi sat in the reshuffled examination room.
The weather had turned cold, so she wrapped herself in a thick cotton coat and rubbed her hands.
There was a layer of steam on the windows, and the examination room was filled with the buzzing sound of students reciting lessons. The whole classroom was like a small pot of boiling porridge, gurgling.
She and Chen Zhu had a good relationship and were assigned to the same examination room.
The sleepy brother who seldom came to school finally came to take the exam. He walked into the examination room almost as the exam bell rang and turned a deaf ear to the teacher's instructions. Lin Chaoxi frowned as she looked at the boy's thin back and his heavily drooped head.
She knew that something must have happened to Chen Zhu, because he was now like a sampan drifting in the wind and waves, completely self-exiled, and he was willing to do anything, even if the hull capsized.
But Chen Zhu did not show up, nor did he speak, so she had no chance to talk to him at all.
Maybe it was because it was before the Chinese exam, so she used some strange metaphors.
However, when the exam bell rang and the test papers were handed out, she no longer thought about anything else.
The examination process was uneventful, except for the math test which surprised Lin Chaoxi and seemed to be beyond the syllabus.
After I finished the test and handed in my paper, the whole examination room was silent for a few seconds.
Then the students started complaining wildly.
"Why is it so difficult?"
"You can't do it either?"
"I don't know the answers to the last two big questions."
"You can make one dish, but I can't even make three."
After Lin Chaoxi packed up her stationery and went out, she found Lu Zhihao blocking her at the entrance of the examination room.
"Have you done it?" Lu Zhihao asked.
"Um……"
"What!!!"
"I am just making a blind testimonial, so I might be wrong." Lin Chaoxi comforted him.
"If I believe you, there must be something fishy!" Lu Zhihao was very depressed, "Even you did it..."
"Is there any problem with what I did? I, Lin Chaoxi, have always been fine." Lin Chaoxi patted Lu Zhihao on the shoulder and said humbly.
"Get lost!!!"
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