Lin Zeqiu patiently played cat's tangle with Lin Zhixia for half a day. He didn't go to the basketball court the whole weekend. He stayed at home, saying that he was studying.
However, Lin Zhixia knew that Lin Zeqiu wanted to accompany her through a period of anxiety.
Before school on Monday, Lin Zhixia finished her breakfast, stood in front of Lin Zeqiu, and shouted to him: "Brother!"
Lin Zeqiu was like facing a powerful enemy: "What are you doing?"
Lin Zhixia praised him: "You are a good brother!"
After saying that, she picked up her schoolbag and rushed out of the house quickly.
This morning, the first and second classes for the fourth graders at Experimental Primary School were all changed to self-study classes.
There was a round electronic watch hanging on the wall of the classroom. Lin Zhixia sat upright, looking up at the watch frequently, recording the current time in her mind.
It is now 7:59 in the morning Beijing time. In just one minute, Lin Zhixia will follow her class teacher to the school clinic for an injection.
So scary.
Lin Zhixia took a deep breath.
"Lin Zhixia," Jiang Yubai asked her, "are you shaking?"
"I didn't." Lin Zhixia answered stubbornly.
Jiang Yubai frowned slightly: "You are not feeling well, so just don't get the injection."
After he finished speaking, the bell for class rang suddenly, and the piercing sound broke the silence of the corridor.
Teacher Wu, the homeroom teacher, stood outside the door and shouted to the students in the classroom, "Students who need to get the hepatitis B vaccine, please come out and let's line up. We are the first group of students in Grade 4, Class 1, to get the shot. Everyone, please don't dawdle and stay quiet. Teacher Wu will take you to the school clinic."
Lin Zhixia plucked up her courage and stood up.
She took the first step hesitantly.
Jiang Yubai called her again: "Lin Zhixia, you don't have to go."
"No!" Lin Zhixia vowed, "I want to defeat myself! I want to be the superman described by Nietzsche, and the Dasein described by Heidegger!"
Jiang Yubai didn't understand what "Dasein" was. He still thought of a way to comfort Lin Zhixia. He said to Lin Zhixia: "Even if you are not afraid of injections, you have other fears. No one can be a superman."
Jiang Yubai's words were full of philosophy, and Lin Zhixia was stunned. No matter how reasonable Jiang Yubai's words were, she didn't want to show her weakest side in front of Jiang Yubai.
Lin Zhixia resolutely turned around, followed the students in the front row, and joined the class team.
The crowd was like a mighty army, marching towards the school clinic of the Experimental Primary School.
The school clinic of the Experimental Primary School was neatly decorated, with a sign saying "Hepatitis B Vaccination" at the door. Standing in the hall of the school clinic, Lin Zhixia smelled a faint smell of alcohol.
Doctors and nurses were wearing masks and sitting in their offices. The doors of the offices were wide open so that all the students could see what was going on inside.
Teacher Wu called out the names according to their student numbers. Class monitor Dong Sunqi's number was first, and Teacher Wu read out loudly: "No. 1, Dong Sunqi!"
Dong Sunqi jumped in front of Teacher Wu: "Teacher, I'm ready!"
Teacher Wu said calmly, "Okay, go in and get your injection."
Dong Sunqi took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and exposed his entire arm. Many classmates cast their eyes at him, which made him want to show off and display the unique style that a class monitor should have.
The nurse was very close to him. He closed his eyes and clenched his right fist.
When the needle entered his skin, Dong Sunqi's face was distorted. He hissed with repression. He waited for a while, and finally the nurse handed him a cotton swab.
The nurse said to him, "Press the wound with a cotton swab and throw it away later."
"Okay!" Dong Sunqi replied.
He walked out the door in disheveled clothes, with a resolute expression on his face, like a soldier who had just won a battle. A classmate outside the door asked him, "Squad leader, does the injection hurt?"
Finally someone asked!
This question hits exactly what Dong Sunqi wants!
Dong Sunqi sighed and shook his head slightly: "I am the squad leader, I can't cry out in pain."
Dong Sunqi's deskmate Wei Rongjie asked excitedly: "How much does it hurt? Tell me about it!"
"My arm is numb," Dong Sunqi looked into the distance, "It hurts so much, it hurts deep into my bones. Hey, I've said before, I'm the monitor, no matter how painful the injection is, I can't scream. Oh, the people from Class 2 are coming soon, you guys, don't scream! Don't let those guys from Class 2 look down on the students from Class 1."
While he was speaking, Lin Zhixia happened to be standing beside him.
Lin Zhixia heard every word of Dong Sunqi's description.
Lin Zhixia gradually felt panicked.
Her face grew paler and paler.
When she heard, "Number 4, Lin Zhixia!", she stepped slowly into the doctor's office.
Lin Zhixia remembered what Jiang Yubai and Lin Zeqiu had said to her—close your eyes and don't be afraid.
She held out a hand and the nurse rolled up her sleeves.
Lin Zhixia turned her head to look to the side, her skin was cool after being wiped with alcohol cotton. As expected, her whole arm was numb... Seeing that she was pretty and cute, the nurse comforted her gently: "It's okay, little friend, it won't hurt much."
Lin Zhixia handed her left hand to the nurse, and placed her right hand on her thigh, with her five fingers tightly gripping the fabric of her pants.
She should have taken the time to answer the nurse's question. However, she was on high alert and felt the sharp needle pierce her skin, damaging the epidermis and dermis, and reaching deep into her flesh.
The liquid was injected slowly, and my arm became extremely sore and swollen.
It really hurts.
Why is the pain so clear and intense?
Lin Zhixia was very confused.
Lin Zhixia hates injections.
Time is passing by every second.
How long does it take to complete a tube of vaccine?
Lin Zhixia's eyes were filled with tears and her cheeks were red. She gritted her teeth and held back her tears, thus preventing herself from crying out "Wow--wah".
She remembered Jiang Yubai's words - everyone has a fear that is difficult to overcome. This is not shameful in itself, just like her brother is afraid of bugs and Jiang Yubai hates dust. She should face reality bravely and live up to her brother and Jiang Yubai's expectations.
At this time, the nurse told her: "Okay, kid, the vaccination is done. Just press the wound gently with a cotton swab, and when the bleeding stops, you can throw the cotton ball away. Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Lin Zhixia nodded gently, pretending to be strong and calm, but with a hint of tears in her voice: "I don't feel bad anymore, thank you sister."
The anxious mood subsided in a trance, and finally, having completely let go of the psychological burden, Lin Zhixia left the school clinic lightly.
She sat on a chair near the door and waited until everyone in the class had finished getting their injections. Then Teacher Wu counted the number of students and led the students from Grade 4 (1) back to the classroom.
Lin Zhixia was in a good mood. She jumped and ran to her seat.
Jiang Yubai waited for her for the entire class. He asked her impatiently, "Have you had the injection?"
"I've fought before!" Lin Zhixia held her chin with one hand, "There's nothing to be afraid of."
Jiang Yubai observed her face carefully: "Your eyes are red."
Lin Zhixia lacked confidence: "I don't have that."
In front of Lin Zhixia, Jiang Yubai opened the notebook of the "Exploring the Universe" comic series.
Since comic serialization has long been strictly prohibited by Teacher Wu, no student in the class dares to participate in this game today.
The original characters of the comic "Exploring the Universe" were only Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai. The initial plot was that the two of them wandered together on the Orion constellation. Now, everything seems to have returned to the starting point.
The war between Earth and Orion ended quietly. The Legion fell apart, and both the good guys and the bad guys disappeared. This demise came unexpectedly, from the bustling and noisy to the deserted and deserted, it happened in just half a day.
Lin Zhixia was inspired and said, "Jiang Yubai, have you updated your comics again? If Teacher Wu finds out, you may have to write a 1,000-word self-review."
Jiang Yubai was still very brave when he heard the "1,000-word self-criticism" and insisted on opening the comic. He sat up straight, lowered his voice, and introduced it to Lin Zhixia: "In the previous self-study class, I added the ending to "Exploring the Universe."
After saying this, he turned his head and looked around.
The students nearby didn't notice what Jiang Yubai and Lin Zhixia were doing, and Jiang Yubai felt very satisfied. Just like the underground gangs in the wartime, Jiang Yubai quickly handed over the notebook to Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia turned to the last page of the notebook.
She was the only student in the class who witnessed the ending together with Jiang Yubai.
In the final chapter of the "Universe Exploration" comic series, the bases of the Earth Army and the Orion Army were destroyed, and the former civilized world collapsed. Jiang Yubai and all his companions boarded the spaceship. They wandered in the vast space, and Lin Zhixia was the eternal spaceship navigator.
"Am I the eternal spaceship navigator?" Lin Zhixia asked blankly.
Jiang Yubai was keen to answer Lin Zhixia's questions. He explained earnestly: "In the last chapter of "Exploring the Universe", you overcome your fear and triumph over difficulties..."
Lin Zhixia pondered for a moment and began to analyze the mood of the comic: "I think that in this comic, the three characters 'Lin Zhixia' represent hope. 'Lin Zhixia', as the navigator of the spaceship, leads everyone to find hope for survival."
"You can understand it that way." Jiang Yubai responded concisely.
In fact, Jiang Yubai did not deliberately create a "representative of hope". He really let his imagination run wild, imagining that all the students in Grade 4 (1) went together to explore the universe - they settled down in the constellation Orion in the north of the Milky Way, established civilization, and developed the economy.
At this time, Lin Zhixia raised a new question: "In the comic book "Exploring the Universe", will Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai be together forever? Will they always explore the universe together?"
"They will never be separated." Jiang Yu said firmly.
Lin Zhixia looked at him: "Then, this comic has no ending. Our future is unknown."
Jiang Yubai agreed: "You can add some plot points to make the ending richer."
"Jiang Yubai," Lin Zhixia suddenly said, "You spent an entire class drawing comics just to give me an ending?"
Her questions always hit the nail on the head.
Her gaze was so intense that Jiang Yubai blushed.
The sky outside the window became bluer, white clouds floated like cotton wool, and the sunlight penetrated a clean glass window and fell in front of Jiang Yubai's eyes. With this ray of light, he looked at Lin Zhixia for two seconds and insisted, "I just drew it casually."
Lin Zhixia laughed out loud, “Hahahahaha!” “Thank you! Jiang Jiang Jiang Jiang Yu Bai!”
Jiang Yubai replied solemnly, "You're welcome, Linlinlinlinzhixia."
Lin Zhixia held a pen in her right hand and a ruler in her left hand, tapping the rhythm lightly on the desk.
She composed a piece of music on the spot and also wrote the lyrics for it: "Jiang Jiang Jiang, Jiang Jiang Jiang, I have a classmate named Jiang Yubai. He is not afraid of the teacher's orders and dares to paint. His works are wonderful! I wish him a bubbling mind and freedom! I am looking forward to his next work..."
She has a soft voice and sings softly.
Under the sunny weather, there was a gleam in her eyes and a smile in her eyes, and the light and cheerful tune was the best accompaniment.
Jiang Yubai tore off a page of draft paper and began writing quickly.
He recorded Lin Zhixia's music and added two syllables. While writing the five-line music score, he asked her, "Lin Zhixia, have you ever studied music?"
Lin Zhixia answered honestly: "I haven't learned it."
"Why can you compose music?" Jiang Yubai asked.
Lin Zhixia tilted her head and looked at him: "Does that count as composing? I just made it up."
She came closer to him and said, "Wow, you are writing a score."
Jiang Yubai paused with the tip of his pen.
The opportunity has come.
Lin Zhixia had indeed never studied music.
As she said, the song just now was made up by her. Jiang Yubai finally found Lin Zhixia's blind spot! He spent four years learning piano and practicing every day. His diligence and hard work made today's comeback a success.
Jiang Yubai suppressed his excitement and asked knowingly, "Lin Zhixia, can you read the musical notation?"
Whenever Lin Zhixia answered: I don’t understand, Jiang Yubai would immediately say: It’s very simple, I’ll teach you.
Jiang Yubai and Lin Zhixia have been deskmates for four months. Jiang Yubai occasionally dreams of a scene in which Lin Zhixia complains to him in the classroom: "This course is so difficult, I don't understand it. Jiang Yubai, please, can you teach me?"
Every time, Jiang Yubai in his dreams would be willing to help others.
Today, the dream came true.
Jiang Yubai said nothing and waited quietly for Lin Zhixia's reply.
He knew that it was not easy to admit for the first time that "I don't know anything". For a genius like Lin Zhixia with an IQ of over 174, it was even more impossible for him to face his shortcomings calmly.
The next second, Lin Zhixia suddenly realized: "I understand, so this is what the musical notation means."
At this time, Gan Shuli in the front row happened to turn around and borrow a bottle of pen ink from Lin Zhixia.
Lin Zhixia handed the ink bottle to Gan Shuli and said excitedly, "I'm so happy! I learned the musical notation today!"
Gan Shuli asked in surprise: "How did you learn it?"
Lin Zhixia picked up Jiang Yubai's draft paper: "By observing Jiang Yubai's manuscript."
Jiang Yubai's handwriting was very sloppy. He also used some symbols that only he knew. In Gan Shuli's opinion, that thing was not a manuscript at all, but a messy scribble.
Gan Shuli felt suffocated: "You... can you learn this, Lin Zhixia?"
Lin Zhixia was immersed in the joy of sudden enlightenment and did not notice the complicated expressions of Gan Shuli and Jiang Yubai for the time being - especially Jiang Yubai, who was holding a ballpoint pen, and his fingers were getting stiffer and stiffer.
He was mentally prepared to be "Teacher Jiang"... He was ready to selflessly offer his detailed and rich music theory knowledge. Unfortunately, Lin Zhixia didn't even give him a chance to speak.
He asked doubtfully, "Lin Zhixia, can you really understand?"
"I've seen musical notations before," Lin Zhixia explained, "but I never thought about it. Today, I suddenly understood. Thanks to you, Jiang Yubai."
Jiang Yubai did not want to receive this honor.
Lin Zhixia said to him again: "Jiang Yubai, you react very quickly. You can memorize the score directly! I find that you seem to be quite smart!"
Although it was not until today that Lin Zhixia officially praised Jiang Yubai's wisdom, and she even used the virtual particle "as if", Jiang Yubai still couldn't help but feel a little happy.
The harmonious relationship between classmates lasted for the whole class.
During the third class, the homeroom teacher, Mr. Wu, walked into the fourth grade (one) classroom holding a stack of report cards.
She announced good news to her classmates: "The results of the fourth-grade baseline test last week are out. Our class did well this time, and the highest score in the grade is Lin Zhixia."
Teacher Wu put down the report card and looked at Lin Zhixia: "Not bad, Lin Zhixia, you got first place in the grade again, and you brought honor to our class. Let's applaud her!"
Class monitor Dong Sunqi led the applause, and the whole class burst into warm applause.
"In this baseline test, Lin Zhixia scored full marks in Chinese, mathematics, and English, and received an extra point for her English composition. Everyone should learn from her." Teacher Wu wiped the blackboard eraser clean, looking particularly calm and composed.
All the students in the class were in a similar state. They looked normal, neither sad nor happy. They had been through so much that they had long been numb.
Class monitor Dong Sunqi walked up to the podium, picked up a stack of report cards, and distributed them to the group leaders. The group leaders then handed the report cards to every student.
Jiang Yubai remembered the bet he made with Lin Zhixia.
When he got his report card, he saw that he had scored 99 in Chinese, 99 in math, and 100 in English, ranking second in his grade in total score.
For every exam in Experimental Primary School, the teachers who mark the papers are required to write comments for each student.
On Jiang Yubai's report card, the teachers who reviewed the Chinese, math and English papers all gave him pertinent and brief praise.
He lowered his head in thought and placed the report card on the table.
Lin Zhixia immediately put her report card in front of Jiang Yubai.
"Look," she said to him, "I got 5 extra points for my English composition."
Jiang Yubai discovered that the comments given to Lin Zhixia by the teachers who graded the papers... were filled with an indescribable enthusiasm, especially the English teacher - the English teacher disregarded his own solemn status as a marker and drew a cute smiley face for Lin Zhixia.
Cute smiling face?
Jiang Yubai's comment only had two lines of words and a cold period.
Jiang Yubai felt confused.
There are four foreign teachers and an English teaching and research team in his home.
He is fluent in English and French.
Why did he lose to Lin Zhixia again?
Lin Zhixia held her face with both hands, turned her head to the side, and looked at Jiang Yubai intently.
Her eyes were pure, and she kindly reminded him, "Hurry up, Jiang Yubai, call me Teacher Lin."
After the baseline test last week, Jiang Yubai and Lin Zhixia made a bet on who would be the top student in the grade. The loser had to call the winner "teacher" to show respect.
Jiang Yubai was wondering why Lin Zhixia's English composition received extra points.
He whispered, "Lin Zhixia, have you finished your English test? Weren't you in a daze while taking the test?"
"Of course I finished it," Lin Zhixia told him honestly, "I finished it a few minutes after the exam started. Then I started to daydream."
Jiang Yubai said nothing.
Lin Zhixia spoke quietly: "In this English test, the essay topic was to describe the campus environment. In addition to describing the environment, I also improvised a sonnet. But, to be honest, my writing was average..."
English sonnets, like Chinese ancient poetry, pay attention to rhythm and wording, have a long history, and are very strict in rhythm.
Famous British writers such as Shakespeare, Keats and Shelley have left many beautiful sonnets for future generations, which are worthy of repeated appreciation by every poetry lover in the world.
Jiang Yubai really didn't expect that Lin Zhixia could actually improvise an English sonnet.
No matter how well she wrote, she was able to maintain strict rhyme and the rhythm of the sonnet in a short period of time, and her ability to use language was excellent.
Lin Zhixia was still urging him: "Jiang Yubai, Jiang Yubai, hurry up and call me Teacher Lin."
Jiang Yubai opened a math homework book, covered his face with it, and called her in a muffled voice: "Teacher Lin." He only called her this and refused to say another word.
Lin Zhixia thought his reaction was very funny. He was such an interesting person! It should be recorded in the "Human Observation Diary"!
She quickly took out her notebook, but her head was a little dizzy and her arm where the injection was given was still a little painful.
Teacher Wu adopted a lenient and free policy towards Lin Zhixia, almost "letting it go".
However, even so, Lin Zhixia did not dare to sleep on the table during Chinese class, as that would attract the attention of the entire class.
She simply moved closer to the wall and leaned against the window, like a sleepy kitten.
She closed her eyes for less than two minutes when Jiang Yubai said to her, "Lin Zhixia, your face is very red."
Lin Zhixia asked dazedly, "Is there?"
Jiang Yubai handed her a stainless steel cup - it was his cup. He reminded her: "You may have a fever."
Lin Zhixia held the cup with both hands and pressed her forehead against the cup. After feeling it for a moment, she said, "My forehead is so hot, and your cup is so cool."
She said to herself, "How do you estimate your body temperature without a thermometer? I have a good way. Record your pulse...how many beats per minute. The faster the pulse, the higher the body temperature. I...estimate that my current body temperature is between 37.6 and 38.7 degrees. There is a large error in the calculation result. Why? Because my head is so dizzy...I can't calculate anymore."
Jiang Yubai did not raise his hand. He directly interrupted the class of the head teacher, Mr. Wu.
He stood up and spoke: "Teacher Wu, Lin Zhixia has a high fever. She should go to the hospital."
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