When Zhou Xiu returned to the box, her friends were already having fun together, and the atmosphere was unusually cheerful and relaxed. She sat down and ate something casually. When she finished her meal, she looked at the time and it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
Xu Qing picked up Zhou Xiu's coat and said, "It's getting late. I'll take Xiu Xiu home first."
Everyone winked at Xu Qing and said "Wow" and "Oh" and Lan Xin came to Zhou Xiu's rescue and said coquettishly: "How can the monitor be so partial? Won't you see me off?"
Xu Qing smiled and said, "Let's go together."
Tan Ming was originally playing online games with Du Feiyang, but he suddenly lost his composure after hearing this. He put down his phone and said, "I'll take Zhou Xiu, and the squad leader will take Lan Xin."
Tan Ming picked up Zhou Xiu's schoolbag swiftly, snatched the school uniform jacket from Xu Qing's hand, and strode out of the box with everyone's "WTF" looks on their faces.
Zhou Xiu smiled and shook her head at everyone, indicating that it was okay, and followed Tan Ming out of the restaurant.
Although Tan Ming finally stood up for once, his heart couldn't help but pounding as he carried Zhou Xiu's things. Girls’ things are especially small and soft, with a faint fragrance that is very intoxicating.
Zhou Xiu's schoolbag is a light blue canvas bag with two daisies embroidered on it. Her school uniform is particularly clean and tidy, and looks no different from new. Holding her soft school uniform, Tan Ming felt like he was hugging Zhou Xiu, and his arms felt hot.
Tan Ming walked straight towards the direction where his driver parked his car. Halfway there, he suddenly remembered something. The corners of his lips slightly raised. He stopped and turned to Zhou Xiu and said:
"I'm sorry Xiuxiu, I forgot that my driver asked for leave today. Please wait here for a while."
How can this hard-earned moment of solitude be ended so hastily?
As he spoke, Tan Ming returned the school uniform and schoolbag to Zhou Xiu. After walking for a distance, he contacted the driver to send his motorcycle over.
The driver, who was already halfway along the way, saw Tan Ming's message and a series of question marks slowly appeared on his face. Asking him for a motorcycle at this time?
He replied to Tan Ming with a bitter face: "Ming Ming, I'm already on my way. It will take an hour to go back and get the car. Can you wait for me?"
Tan Ming felt depressed when he saw the news, and he was disappointed an hour later. He glanced at Zhou Xiu, gritted his teeth, ran a few blocks, and swiped his credit card to buy a new bicycle. Although the motorcycle has become a bicycle, it is still a great idea.
He gazed at the bicycle with a satisfied smile and kept pressing the bell of his new bicycle. A bell rang and Zhou Xiu turned around with her schoolbag on her back to look. Tan Ming was riding a bicycle, waving at her.
Tan Ming opened his mouth and revealed a brilliant smile, "Xiu Xiu, come on up, I'll take you home!"
Zhou Xiu was actually surprised for a moment when she saw Tan Ming riding a bicycle. She thought for a while and finally got into the car, supporting herself with her hands on both sides of the seat.
Tan Ming realized that Zhou Xiu was less than two fists away from him. He was so happy that the corners of his mouth were smiling all the way to his ears. He cleared his throat and hummed a tune.
The tune is clear, bright and melodious. The cool night breeze blows up the corners of Tan Ming's clothes, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance. Tan Ming's heart seemed to be filled with joy, and his nose could smell only sweetness.
After Tan Ming finished humming, he said, "Xiu Xiu, why don't you ask me what song this is?"
Zhou Xiu took a long time to ask, "What song?"
Tan Ming puffed out his chest proudly, "I wrote a little tune recently. I'll write the lyrics and play it for you someday."
Tan Ming slowed down his voice and recalled: "I never thought that you would pass by the basketball court from the library to save me that day. If it weren't for you, maybe I wouldn't be able to get together with you to eat and drink and talk to you now."
From that day on, Tan Ming began to pay attention to Zhou Xiu, or to be more precise, even earlier, before he realized that he was paying attention to Zhou Xiu. He had never seen such a smart, interesting, warm and motivated girl, who made people want to get close to her and couldn't help but fall in love with her.
"Xiu Xiu... I have done many unkind things to you in the past. I hope you can forgive me."
Zhou Xiu nodded and said, "It's okay."
Tan Ming laughed faintly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the two street lights reflected in his long eyelashes seemed to be filled with starlight. People passing by couldn't help but take out their mobile phones to secretly take pictures of this good-looking boy.
Tan Ming cleared his throat, and after a long time of thinking, he mustered up the courage to say, "I have many shortcomings. I am not good at math, physics, and chemistry, and my Chinese is also terrible. My English is just so-so, but I can catch up if I work hard. My tutor said I am very smart. Xiuxiu...can I——"
Like you?
Zhou Xiu listened to his mumbling and said softly, "You have made great progress recently. I think it is because you have been concentrating on your studies. I think it is not advisable for you to forget yourself in pursuit of Lu Lingshan. At any time, people must first love themselves before they can love others."
She paused and continued, "Secondly, when the other person doesn't like you, you have to know how to give up."
Tan Ming was stunned for a moment and his smile gradually disappeared. It felt like a thousand arrows piercing my heart. It would not be an exaggeration to describe this moment as falling from heaven to hell.
Zhou Xiu continued slowly, "Tan Ming is a very likable person, multi-talented, very beautiful, from a good family, and has many things that others will never get in their lifetime. Do you know how many people envy you?"
Zhou Xiu said sincerely, how could she not see Tan Ming's thoughts? The boy's mind seemed to be covered by a veil, and the emotions in his eyes were like overflowing moonlight, too strong to be ignored. But Zhou Xiu had no way to respond, and would never be able to respond in the future.
"You are very smart and have some talent in math, physics and chemistry. You should sign a bet with Huaxu Yu Qingyan and the others. Don't give up easily. This is your last year, so you must work hard and sprint!"
The girl's voice was light and soft, like a clear spring in a mountain stream.
Tan Ming's broken heart was revived and he pedaled with more energy.
He quickly sent Zhou Xiu home, grinning to show his white teeth, "Thank you Xiuxiu for giving me such a high evaluation, I am very happy to hear it!"
"I will work hard!"
Tan Ming parked his car casually in the community. The newly bought car was not locked, so he just parked and left without caring.
The moonlight stretched his figure very long, and his straight back suddenly drooped the moment he walked out of the community.
Tan Ming leaned against the wall, his mouth felt both sweet and bitter. The moonlight fell on him, his thick, curled eyelashes still seemed filled with starlight, and his rippling eye sockets were filled with tears. He lowered his head, and the young man's immature and lonely silhouette disappeared in the shadows.
When passers-by see this scene, they can't help but wonder how anyone could bear to make him frown and become depressed?
…
In the box.
Lan Xin looked at Xu Qing helping her carry things and couldn't help but stick out her tongue, "Squad Leader, I'm sorry, I wanted Sister Xu to take Xiuxiu back."
Unexpectedly, Tan Ming intercepted them. Looking at his appearance before he left and thinking about his recent arrogance, everyone knew what he would say to Zhou Xiu tonight.
Du Feiyang and others could not look directly at Xu Qing's smiling face. They felt that his smile was cold and scary. After the meal, they slipped away as quickly as possible.
Xu Qing said very gracefully: "It doesn't matter."
Huaxu looked at Xu Qing in surprise. He didn't expect that his mentality was so stable. Huatiao said poignantly: "Although Tan Ming's grades are a little bit poor, he has a really good-looking face and is a simple and enthusiastic person. Senior Ming is the school idol..."
After Xu Qing got into the car, he took off his glasses. The thin lenses suddenly shone with light, and his narrow eyes narrowed slightly.
Sorry for what?
Tan Ming just offered it to Zhou Xiu for rejection, because he understood Zhou Xiu.
…
Nine o'clock in the evening.
When Zhou Xiu returned home, she sorted out all the IELTS test papers on the table and put the math paper in the freed space.
In the past half month, the IELTS papers piled up on the table have become as thick as two Oxford dictionaries. Zhou Xiu had done most of them, and also quickly reviewed those that he had not done. Even the system had to admire the god of learning's ruthlessness in treating itself.
After Zhou Xiu finished a test paper, her cell phone vibrated.
She opened it and took a look. It was a message from Xie Cheng. It was an oral scoring sheet, and Zhou Xiu saw it in the hands of the judge today. When she clicked on the large picture, she was stunned. Her name and test number were written on it.
“good luck.”
Xie Cheng's message is very concise, wishing you good luck.
Zhou Xiu calculated the scores and found her oral English score was 8.0. She held her phone in her hands in surprise and stared at it for a long time.
She received help from many people in speaking English. At first, Xu Qing corrected her accent, then Xi Shaoyuan taught her the correct pronunciation, and there was also help from Susan, Teacher Jian (Qi Yaguang's foreign teacher), Miss Li, and the whole class insisted on communicating with her in English every day.
The system spoke quietly at this time, [Ding——The total score of the four parts of listening, reading, writing, and speaking is 32.5, the average score is 8.125, the total score is 8.0, and the reward is 100,000 RMB]
[Are you happy?] 】
Zhou Xiu rubbed his ears in surprise, still immersed in the shock of the 8.0 points. She nodded dumbly, "Gladly."
I'm so happy that it seems unreal. I'm so, so, so happy! This is the feeling of defeating yourself and breaking through the limits that you thought were impossible to reach. It proves once again that people cannot easily define themselves.
The system said temptingly: [Do you want to take the test again? 8.0 is a bit low, 8.5 is quite good. 】
Is this too expansive? A string of question marks slowly appeared on Zhou Xiu's face. He took out the test paper set that Lao Wang had given him and said, "Let's talk about it after the college entrance examination."
Learning English is too energy-consuming for her, so just getting good enough grades is enough. Now she has to prepare for the national mathematics competition.
…
The next day, Yude Middle School.
Zhou Xiu brought a bag of steamed milk cake to Qi Yaguang, "Thank you, I passed the oral English exam, Teacher Jian taught me very well."
Qi Yaguang chuckled and ate a piece of milk cake, which tasted particularly delicious. "Did you make this yourself? It's delicious! Xiuxiu, you know the result so soon?"
Zhou Xiu nodded, "Xie Cheng told me last night."
Qi Yaguang used a handkerchief to divide two pieces of milk cake for Xie Cheng, saying, "Thank God, you are really good! Here, try it. Thank you, Xiuxiu."
Xie Cheng said you’re welcome, took the snack and took two bites. The boy in the early morning looked as if he had just crawled out of bed, his skin was as white as porcelain, his hair was slightly curled up, like an exquisite lazy cat.
He squinted his eyes and yawned, and even the way he twirled a pen when he was dazed attracted the attention of many girls in the class.
When everyone was chatting happily, Zhou Xiu's cell phone suddenly vibrated a few times. She answered the call and her smiling face instantly wrinkled.
"What... in the hospital? How could he fall? Where is the hospital? Speak slower, I can't understand you if you speak too fast..."
When Xie Cheng heard her conversation, he came to his senses in an instant. He threw down his pen and said, "Zhou Xiu, don't worry, I'll go call a taxi."
Qi Yaguang never expected that the usually calm Zhou Xiu would have such an anxious expression.
After Zhou Xiu hung up the phone, she didn't even have time to ask the teacher for leave. She ran out of the school gate and hailed a car. The call was brief and did not reveal much information. Zhou Xiu imagined many things along the way, but never thought about her father's predetermined ending.
Why is this happening? Is there no way to change his fate even if he starts over again?
The author has something to say:
Qingqing: Oh
What do I envy?
Do I envy him for offering it to Zhou Xiu and getting rejected?
Pingsheng: How can you be so sure?
Qingqing pulled a long face: Because I have been rejected too
Xiu Xiu achieved the achievement of sending out good guy cards x2
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