"Brother Pei..."
"What?"
"When you say hard work, does it sound a bit sarcastic?" Lin Chaoxi sat next to Pei Zhi and asked him in a low voice.
"It's not sarcasm." Pei Zhi said.
"What is that?"
"It's the truth."
Lin Zhaoxi: “…”
"At most, it's a more concise and sincere statement."
"Is it... concise?"
"I'm a bit lazy." Pei Zhi said.
Lin Chaoxi almost laughed out loud.
Next, the "Greatest Improvement Award" was presented, and their Class 13 and their classmate Chen Zhu became the well-deserved winners.
Li Shu and Chen Zhu went on stage to receive their awards, and the principal emphasized the outstanding performance of their Grade 9 Class 13.
If the award ceremony ended here, it would probably be a very ordinary ceremony.
But after the encouraging ceremony, the music stopped and the school leaders or grade leaders on the stage suddenly became serious.
The host left the stage and the principal picked up the microphone again.
After all, he is the head of a school. When this kind-looking middle-aged man held the microphone, there was a 30-second silence, and the whole auditorium was as quiet as an ice cellar.
"This is a mobilization meeting," he said.
"On the one hand, the mobilization meeting encourages those outstanding students and hopes that you will continue to perform well in the exams. On the other hand, there are good and bad students, and I also want to criticize those students who are not motivated to make progress."
"I noticed that when Teacher Ma was speaking on the stage just now, many students were laughing and not listening at all. I am actually very disappointed that you did not notice how dangerous your contempt is."
"I have just confirmed your names with your homeroom teacher, and I also know your midterm exam results."
"Please pay attention to the following students. While you were laughing and joking just now, you can only go to a vocational high school, or even fail to pass the entrance exam. You are almost destined to become the bottom of society!"
"Don't think that the teacher is humiliating you. Believe me, compared to the lows and difficulties in your life in the future, being criticized in public now is not a setback at all."
When the principal said this, he unfolded a piece of paper and actually read out: "Jiang Yuan from Grade 9 (12), and Liu Liu from Grade 9 (12)..."
The sound is clear and severe.
"Bao Xiaomeng from Grade 3 (13)..."
When he heard Bao Xiaomeng's name, Lin Chaoxi raised his head instantly.
For some reason, Bao Xiaomeng seemed to have sensed something and turned around to look at her the moment she raised her head.
The girl was still as cute as when they first met. The collar of her school uniform was loose and she had a bow on it. She had a round face and big eyes.
But for some reason, the constant setbacks have made Bao Xiaomeng no longer feel the confusion and bewilderment she had at the beginning. When she heard her name, there was no shyness in her eyes anymore.
It is even completely different from Bao Xiaomeng who ran away crying after being scolded by the team leader.
Their eyes met, and Bao Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows at her nonchalantly. Lin Chaoxi did not look away and continued to stare at her.
She suddenly realized that what she had just said to Pei Zhi, "I hope to work hard with you," was actually what Pei Zhi really meant.
But she can no longer say such words to Bao Xiaomeng now.
——
Many times, you don't notice the temperature rising day by day, but what always impresses you is the day when the temperature suddenly jumps from 10 degrees to 30 degrees.
Just like the year convention didn't change anything.
For example, in their class, students who want to seize the time and have a chance to turn the tables are frantically doing exercises every day, while students who have no expectations for the high school entrance examination are still flipping through entertainment magazines, and the topic of conversation every day is still which trinket is better looking.
——
June 10th, the day of the high school entrance examination.
Lin Chaoxi woke up by turning on the alarm herself; Old Lin didn't even call her.
She got dressed and walked into the yard. On the small stone table was still porridge and a bag of pickled mustard tubers. She was used to it and didn't even say "Dad, it's a rare exam, can't you eat something good?"
Perhaps because he saw that she was silent, Lao Lin took a bowl of porridge and sat down opposite her, and took the initiative to ask: "Why, you don't have confidence in the high school entrance examination?"
"Dad, you're forcing me to have an awkward conversation." Lin Chaoxi opened the bag of pickled mustard tubers.
"How can I, an old father, guess what a teenage girl is thinking?"
"Then stop guessing. I won't say anything. I want to gather my energy."
"What energy?"
"Let's see if I can use my intelligence to get first place in the city's high school entrance exam."
Lao Lin: “…”
Lin Chaoxi was very satisfied with Lao Lin's silence. It was also a rare opportunity for her to gain the upper hand in a verbal argument.
After quickly finishing her breakfast, she put on her schoolbag and went out.
"Do you want your dad to escort you on a bike?" Lao Lin suddenly asked the moment she closed the door.
"No need." Lin Chaoxi turned his back to him and waved.
——
Anning City is not big, and the Experimental Middle School is the examination venue.
The weather was hot, and before eight o'clock the sun was strong enough to melt people.
Lin Chaoxi walked from home to school to take the high school entrance examination, just like any other day.
The only difference is that there are many parents at the school gate today.
Parents, either holding small umbrellas or fanning themselves with small fans, crowded the school gate with the candidates.
According to the previous arrangement, the class teacher Li Shu would wait for them at the school gate and then distribute the admission tickets to them.
Lin Chaoxi walked to the gathering point, and Li Shu held a small flower. She carried a bag in one hand and a list in the other. After each admission ticket was issued, she would tick off the name on the list.
Lin Zhaoxi walked up to her.
Li Shu wiped the sweat off her forehead and looked up to see the little girl carrying a schoolbag.
Lin Chaoxi tied her hair into a ponytail, wore a school uniform T-shirt and a plaid skirt, and looked youthful.
Li Shu first went to her bag to look for her admission ticket, and then she couldn't help but smile with relief: "Good luck today!"
"Yeah." Lin Chaoxi nodded, saying very little.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, just play your best."
“No pressure,” she said.
Li Shu smiled: "Why are you saying the same thing as Jin and Pei Zhi?"
"We've gone over the lines."
Lin Chaoxi laughed, revealing a dimple on one side of her face. Li Shu knew she was joking, and she felt relieved.
"You can fall in love after you finish the exam." Pointing at the boy's back in the distance, Li Shu made a rare joke with her.
The little girl was lowering her head at the time. She was stunned for a moment, then looked in the direction of her finger and smiled sweetly when she turned around.
"OK."
She heard the girl say that.
——
Lin Chaoxi felt a little guilty.
Because before Li Shu said "falling in love", she was actually secretly looking at the list in Li Shu's hand.
She felt a little nervous when she found out that there was no hook after Bao Xiaomeng's name and that the person had not arrived yet.
It's just like a scumbag who can't let go of his ex-girlfriend.
For some reason, she deliberately fell back when entering the examination room, and only went around Bao Xiaomeng's examination room almost right before the exam started.
——17 examination rooms, 7 seats.
This was the examination room number that she had secretly checked three days in advance.
She pretended to pass by the examination room casually, but she searched it with great purpose.
The moment she saw Bao Xiaomeng, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking closely, Bao Xiaomeng was sitting in her seat with her admission ticket placed in the upper left corner and her transparent pencil case ready. She looked relaxed and comfortable.
Everything seems to be indifferent.
The high school entrance examination lasts for three days.
The first day was Chinese and physics, the second day was mathematics, history and politics, and by the third day, when it came to English and chemistry, every candidate felt tired.
But it's over soon and the happy summer vacation is coming!
Even Lin Chaoxi, although she knew that she had an extremely heavy workload this summer, but when she finished the last big problem in chemistry, she still put down her pen and stretched.
The sun was shining brightly. She and Pei Zhi, Lu Zhihao, and Hua Juan had already agreed to have a big meal after the exam. After checking the test paper carefully again, she stood up and handed it in.
There are very few people who submit their papers early, or almost no people.
Walking in the empty and quiet campus, with green trees and lush flowers and plants, the inside and outside of the campus formed a sharp contrast. Lin Chaoxi enjoyed this last bit of tranquility.
When he was about to reach the door, Lin Zhaoxi suddenly laughed.
On one side, the parents were talking animatedly, and on the other side, Pei Zhi was sitting under the wisteria trellis on campus.
He put his legs on the bench and his schoolbag on the other side, taking a rare nap with his eyes closed.
Lin Chaoxi looked at it for a while and thought of many sentences describing beautiful boys, such as "fine spots of light fell on his white eyelids" or "the falling light outlined his handsome jawline".
Mary Sue is so upset.
She quietly walked up to Pei Zhi and leaned over, trying to scare him.
Suddenly, Pei Zhi opened his eyes.
The distance between them was neither far nor close.
The boy's eyelashes were long and curly, and the wind brought his light breath.
Lin Zhaoxi blinked.
Pei Zhi asked: "What are you thinking about?"
I want to kiss you. Lin Zhaoxi thought silently, then smiled: "You say it first?"
"Are you sure you want me to speak first?"
"Um."
"Bao Xiaomeng asked me to tell you that she is waiting for you at the milk tea shop you used to go to." Pei Zhi sat up a little straighter and added, "The one with the handsome part-time worker."
Lin Chaoxi was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red, and Pei Zhi's clear eyes reflected her embarrassment.
The boy smiled, revealing an expression that even an adult like Lin Chaoxi couldn't understand. He stretched out his hand, letting her pull him up, and then rubbed her head.
Lin Chaoxi lowered her head and heard his slightly smiling voice: "So in the future, don't let boys speak first."
"Why...why?"
“It’s easy to ruin the atmosphere.”
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