When she met classmates from Class 2 on the road, they also looked like they wanted to recognize her but didn't dare to. Lan Shuang smiled and stepped forward to greet her: "Don't look, it's me, Xiaolan."
The two girls arm in arm were stunned for a moment, then came over in surprise: "Is it really Xiaolan? Oh my god, you've changed so much! Are you also losing weight during the holiday?"
Lan Shuang nodded: "Yes."
She spun around for them to see: "Has it changed a lot?"
"It's more than just big. It's simply incredible, isn't it? I feel like your head has shrunk a lot."
Lan Shuang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "That's not the case. My head won't be small. It's probably because I've lost a lot of weight. My face is smaller, so my head looks smaller."
The two of them exclaimed in amazement, "You're amazing! I've been talking about losing weight every day, but I've never managed it. Yet, you've managed to lose the weight of a person! Incredible, truly amazing! You deserve such great progress! There's nothing you can't accomplish."
Although this was a bit exaggerated, it did make some sense. The three of them chatted and laughed as they walked towards Class 2.
Many people in the class were stunned when they saw Lan Shuang come in. Then they surrounded her and asked her questions. They were all equally surprised. Some even asked Lan Shuang about her secret to losing weight.
Lan Shuang shared with them attentively, "There's actually no secret to losing weight. Eating less and exercising more is the most important thing. Besides that, the first thing you need to do to lose weight is to make up your mind and truly realize that you want to do it, not just think about it. Only then can you actually take action."
Everyone listened attentively. Cui Hao smiled and said, "Alright, let's all go. What are you all doing gathered together so early in the morning? Have you finished your homework?"
This woke everyone up from their dream, and everyone immediately returned to their seats and began to frantically make up for their winter vacation homework.
"Come on, come on, lend me your Chinese test paper so I can copy a few sentences."
"What are you writing? It's like dog crawling. Who can understand it?"
"If you can't understand it, return it to me. Some of the things you copied are so picky. You are so capable."
"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong."
Lan Shuang stood there watching everyone having fun, smiled, and calmly returned to her seat. Her myopia was not severe, and she was tall, so she always sat in the back row. Before, it was because the original owner was autistic, but now it is no longer the case. Her friend also thought about getting her a deskmate, but according to the original seating arrangement of their class, there would indeed be one extra seat, and it would not be good for anyone to separate them.
Lan Shuang was used to sitting alone, so she declined her friend's kindness and never changed her seat.
Seeing that more and more people were in the class, she looked at Qin Zhou's position in front of her with confusion and asked Cui Hao: "Class monitor, have you seen Qin Zhou?"
"Huh?" Cui Hao, who was also writing furiously, said without even looking up, "I don't know. I didn't see her when I came this morning, and she hasn't come yet. This isn't like her."
Lan Shuang also felt the same way. She took out her phone and sent a message to Qin Zhou: [Where are you?]
Qin Zhou didn't reply.
Lan Shuang frowned: "Is he sick?"
After waiting for a long time, the flag-raising ceremony was about to begin. Lan Shuang had no choice but to take her speech and go ahead.
On the first day of school, the playground was full of people. It happened to be Monday, the first flag-raising ceremony of the new semester, and the whole school attached great importance to it.
The class teachers walked around the class queue, looking at this and pointing at that.
"Put your clothes on! Zip them up!"
"You—take your hands out of your trouser pockets. What are you putting in them? Stand up straight. The leaders are watching us and can see you at a glance. Don't embarrass our class!"
"It's crooked, it's crooked. Look at the back of the student in front of you. Adjust your head and stop standing there!"
Similar conversations occurred one after another. Students stood there chattering and talking in low voices, thinking that their voices were very low, but in fact, it was very noisy when mixed together.
Lan Shuang stood on the side of the flag-raising platform, holding the speech in her hand, watching silently.
Lao Tie came over and saw that she was expressionless and silent. He thought she was nervous and whispered to her, "It's okay. It looks like there are a lot of people here. If you're nervous, just look down at the manuscript in your hand. You'll feel better when you can't see anyone. Also, don't hold the microphone too close or too far away. Just pretend you're talking to yourself."
Lan Shuang nodded: "Thank you, teacher."
"Hey, it's no big deal. Just think of it as overcoming your social anxiety in advance. You don't have to worry about whether you speak well. Few people really listen anyway. Don't worry about it. Just read it smoothly."
Lan Shuang was not very nervous to begin with, and after hearing what Lao Tie said, she even felt like laughing.
"I understand, teacher. By the way, is Qin Zhou here?"
He said he would come to cheer her up today, but she still hasn't seen him, so she still feels a little disappointed.
"Qin Zhou..." He paused for a moment when he mentioned this old friend, then revealed an enigmatic smile, his hands behind his back, looking like a hermit who knew everything without saying a word. "You'll know in a moment."
Lan Shuang: “…”
As the music of the flag-raising ceremony sounded, the originally noisy playground suddenly became quiet. The students immediately stood up straight, lined up in rows, and looked straight ahead.
The rising sun hangs in the sky, the sunshine is bright and warm, giving the youthful face a layer of light golden light.
The energetic flag bearers marched over from the other end of the runway, the red flags in their hands fluttering slightly in the wind. The red was the brightest color on the entire playground.
Lan Shuang watched them walk up to her, onto the flag-raising platform, and hang the national flag to the sound of the solemn and loud national anthem. Then they raised the red flag into the wind, fluttering in the wind. As the music grew higher and higher, Lan Shuang's heart also floated with it.
Next came the speeches of the school leaders, who simply encouraged everyone to study hard in the new semester and fed them some chicken soup by the neck. Then it was the turn of the dean of studies to speak, and finally it was Lan Shuang's turn.
The director stood in front, holding the microphone and said loudly: "Let us give a warm round of applause to welcome our representative of progress from last semester, Lan Shuang from Class 2, Grade 2, to come to the stage to speak!"
The name Lan Shuang is a legend to the entire school, but the students in the third and first year of high school live far away from her and are not on the same floor, so they seldom see her. Therefore, compared with the students in the second year of high school, they are more curious about Lan Shuang and applaud more vigorously, because they all want to catch a glimpse of this "legend"!
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lan Shuang took the microphone from the director and walked forward calmly.
She gripped the microphone tightly and bowed to everyone. "Hello everyone, I'm Lan Shuang from Class 2, Grade 12. I'm standing here today to share my study skills and experiences with you."
There was thunderous applause from the audience again. No one noticed that a thin figure quietly came to the end of the second class team and walked slowly forward.
(End of this chapter)
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