Chapter 35 Sweet Fragrance
Clean relationships between classmates can only grow in fair soil.
Hundreds of thousands of candidates across the province were trying to pass the single-plank bridge, and Xu Jiqing, a student with outstanding grades, suddenly appeared in the ordinary department. Even though he was different from the people around him in every way, it would only make people feel that they had gained a legendary teammate.
But the competition class is different.
Jiangcheng Mathematical Olympiad has long been popular. The cost of cultivating a math student from a young age is staggering, and ordinary families simply cannot afford it. For this reason, as long as the children can sit in this classroom, no one plans to go to college based on their raw scores.
As long as you have league results, you have the stepping stone to be admitted with a lower score.
The prerequisite for all this is to get the opportunity to represent No. 1 Middle School in the competition.
There is no friendship before interests.
Connections can be destroyed by stronger connections, but it is difficult to improve grades within a few weeks. Xu Jiqing is blocking the way for others.
Jiang Zhihao, who ranked second, was very stable, but the senior students who were above and below the score line were not so calm. They colluded with Li Rui and his group, and deliberately took advantage of others' pain points, waiting for Xu Jiqing to lose his patience and take action first, so that he would be punished by the school.
Lin Lang was disgusted.
Most of the normal people in the class didn't dare to speak. He tutted his words, turned around, and pressed the gel pen on Li Rui's desk. "You really think no one remembers what happened with Li Sichun last year, right? A perfectly good girl suddenly got depressed and didn't want to go to school. She even burst into tears during the exam. Wasn't she just scared by you guys?"
"No wonder No. 1 Middle School hasn't been able to score higher than the affiliated middle school next door in the past two years. Teacher Zhang is so worried and angry every day."
"What's the rush?" Lin Lang stared at the other man's sullen face. "I'll fire all of you rubbish, and everything will be fine."
Li Rui remained calm and silent. Several boys around him sat up straight and pushed him forward in anger.
"Who are you scolding?"
"Can you try saying that again?"
There were footsteps approaching in the corridor. Lin Lang curled his lips sarcastically, raised his hands and turned around.
The classroom door creaked open.
"You've already done it, right? Why are you arguing?"
Teacher Hu spoke in a stern voice. After inspecting the entire room, he sat down by the window.
Seeing that the teenagers who had been whispering to each other just now had sat up straight again, as obedient as quails, he turned his gaze back to the podium.
"Ignore them, Xu Jiqing, continue."
The bright white light from the projector illuminated the boy's profile. Xu Jiqing slid the cursor and finished explaining the remaining half of the question.
His thoughts were coherent, and his expression was calm, even a little sarcastic, as if the previous farce had nothing to do with him at all.
From that day on, Teacher Hu came to supervise the evening study of the mathematics competition class every day.
By the middle of the week, the undercurrent atmosphere had finally subsided, with only Li Rui and a few of his followers occasionally jumping around.
First, he made funny emoticons in the small group, and then when handing out homework, he deliberately left the one stained with ink for last, pretending to throw it onto Xu Jiqing's desk accidentally.
Lin Lang rolled his eyes almost to the sky.
Xu Jiqing beside them never even glanced at them from beginning to end. Only in early October when the autumn heat was about to pass did he finally take off his school uniform jacket.
Every boy in the school has a short-sleeved school uniform.
But it was the first time for everyone to see Xu Jiqing wearing it.
The thin muscles that boys of the same age envied were just too white, revealing a crisscross of old and new scars, which looked frightening under the bright overhead light, not to mention the oddly positioned right hand. A few troublemakers at the table behind him stole a few glances at her, feeling both timid and frightened.
Lin Lang thought he was being intimidating by silence, so he quickly wrote a note and pushed it forward. "Tonight after school? What time do we start? Should I stand guard or join us?"
The last few words were written with particular boldness, so powerful that they could be seen through the paper, full of the excitement of being ready to charge for his brothers.
Some mentally retarded people just need to be taught a lesson. If we don't teach them a lesson today, they will become a disaster for the country and the people when they enter society in the future.
Xu Jiqing lowered his eyes, [The competition is important, don't fight.]
Not angry.
He suddenly felt that there was no point in covering it up.
It neither makes him look like a normal person nor leaves him with any dignity. The secret that everyone knows is no longer a secret, but becomes the emperor's new clothes, making him look a little ridiculous.
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As soon as October arrives, the sweet fragrance of osmanthus fills the air.
After a great victory in the first monthly exam, Teacher Ding became much more lenient in managing the class. The atmosphere in Class 4 was full of joy, and people's sensitivity to the environment was reduced a lot.
After school that night, He Miao packed his schoolbag, turned around and gave Su Xia half a milk candy bar. He stared at Xu Jiqing's piled-up desk in amazement, "Your deskmate is really a hidden talent. How long has he not been home? Has he been home for a week?"
Su Xia stuffed a piece of candy into her mouth and counted on her fingers, "Four days."
She just heard casually that the league will start next month, and all the students in the mathematics competition class are now officially in preparation. Even their evening self-study classes are longer than theirs, which is quite tiring.
Despite the intensity of the class, Xu Jiqing still completed his math and physics homework. To avoid suspicion, he even carefully put it in the metal cabinet outside the classroom door.
In name, it is now Xu Jiqing's storage space, but it is still the same as the day she first arrived. Nothing is put there, and even the password to the small lock has not been changed. It is also her birthday.
It was on time, as regular as ordering milk. Su Xia felt a little embarrassed if she didn't pay.
She couldn't tell anyone about the mysterious relationship with her late husband in her previous life, for fear of being misunderstood, so she had to keep the matter of doing homework a secret.
The math class representative was quite familiar with Li Rui. Seeing that the boy had not left yet, she poked him on the back twice.
"What time does the math competition class finish their evening study session?"
"Nine-thirty, maybe," the boy raised an eyebrow, quite proud of the information he had, and added, "You have no idea how abnormal their class schedule is. Brother Rui told me that he has tests every day, and he hasn't had a hot dinner for several days. He has to rely on his mother to bring him dinner."
He has always been a boastful person, and he would show off any hardship anyone else has endured as if it were his own.
He Miao was too lazy to listen. He put on his schoolbag and walked over to Su Xia. "Want to go together?"
Su Xia looked at her watch.
It’s 9:20, ten minutes to go.
She also put on her bag and put it down again when she rushed to the door. "Miaomiao, you go first. I'll clean up the things outside."
The training camp was different from usual. Class S and Class A were put together, with three times the number of people. Almost all of them were boys I had never seen before, so the feeling of oppression was extremely strong.
I didn't know whether the get out of class was over at that time. The door was open, but no one was going out.
Su Xia clutched the straps of her schoolbag in both hands, feeling inexplicably uneasy. She stood at the door of the classroom for a long time, but still didn't dare to rush in.
After waiting by the wall for a long time, I finally saw a familiar face.
Lin Lang was slightly shorter than Xu Jiqing. He moved quickly, headphones on, and hurried forward. Su Xia was afraid he would run away, so she quickly reached out to stop him. "...Do you still remember me? I'm Xu Jiqing's friend. Is he still in the classroom?"
Lin Lang looked her up and down, not caring whether they were friends or not. He took two or three steps back to the classroom, leaned against the door and called for help.
"Captain Xu, there's a girl looking for you!"
The room was silent for two seconds, as if it was just the lingering sight of the tour group. Whistles rose and fell, mixed with a few malicious jokes.
Xu Jiqing has always been annoyed by this kind of thing, and only didn't hide because it was after school.
He didn't put his coat back on, but walked out with a black bag slung over one shoulder. As soon as he stepped out of the classroom door, he stood there for a moment.
Outside the window of the administrative building is the largest osmanthus tree in the school. In midsummer, only the dark green and shiny leaves can be seen. After autumn, clusters of golden buds appear, and they have all bloomed without me noticing.
The small but brilliant bright colors are blooming vigorously behind the girl.
I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t noticed the scenery outside the window for too long, or because I haven’t seen her for too long, but from the moment Su Xia appeared in front of him, Xu Jiqing’s sense of smell seemed to come alive.
The evening breeze carries a rich fragrance that is so sweet that it's sickening.
The moment it brushed across her cheek, Xu Jiqing had the illusion that the scent came from her.
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