Final Exam
With the countdown to finals approaching, everyone's focus has temporarily shifted to studying. Of course, there are two types of people: the top students who can make the honor roll without even studying, and the slackers who haven't studied at all.
Zhu Sui'an took a leave to travel abroad. She updates her QQ space every day, and Lin Luo will like her posts whenever she goes on QQ.
Ever since learning about her illness, Lin Luo felt that she should travel around the world instead of staying in a classroom of dozens of square meters crammed with dozens of people to receive exam-oriented education.
"I'm so envious of Zhu Sui'an! I want to go out and play too." Xu Yangyang stuffed food into his mouth numbly.
Zhu Changyu, who was sitting next to her, said, "Just hold on a little longer. Summer vacation will start after the exams."
"Teacher Ding said that we have to make up fifteen days of classes after the exams before we can have a holiday before we can go on vacation." Tong Yun, who was sitting opposite Zhu Changyu, put down his chopsticks after finishing his meal and casually said to them while opening a booklet to memorize English words.
Zhu Changyu and Xu Yangyang were struck by lightning, suspecting there was something wrong with their ears. They said in unison, "What? Say it again."
Tong Yun repeated what he said. Xu Yangyang picked up the meatballs from the plate. The stainless steel chopsticks were very slippery, so she couldn't pick them up. So she poked the meatballs instead, saying, "Damn Cheng Kaizhong! Has he been isolated by the other teachers? Our class is always the last to know any news."
“I don’t want to make up lessons!”
Zhu Changyu handed a clean spoon to Xu Yangyang, and she easily ate the meatball and stopped howling.
The weather was getting hotter, and Lin Luo had no appetite. She just randomly picked up a few mouthfuls of rice and chewed them stiffly. She looked up and saw Fu Xingchuan looking for a seat in the corridor opposite with a tray in his hand, and Ruan Ye following behind him.
Zhu Changyu remembered something, turned around, and shouted to Fu Xingchuan: "This."
As they walked over, Lin Luo followed him with his eyes. Fu Xingchuan sat down next to Zhu Changyu, and Ruan Ye made a detour to sit opposite him.
Zhu Changyu glanced at the bland food on Fu Xingchuan's plate and Ruan Ye. During the class, he even followed Fu Xingchuan to the bathroom. So Zhu Changyu asked, "Young Master, you're here to experience civilian life, why did you bring a servant with you?"
Fu Xingchuan glared at Ruan Ye who was sitting opposite him, "He's crazy."
Ruan Ye put a bottle of water next to Fu Xingchuan's plate, but Fu Xingchuan ignored him.
Zhu Changyu asked Fu Xingchuan: "Do you know that you need to make up for the lessons after the exam?"
"Know."
"How do you know?"
"Director Wang said we'd be filming a promotional video for the school during the make-up classes after the exams."
"You knew not to tell me!"
"It's not a good thing. If I had known earlier, you would have stopped laughing the past two days."
"That's right." Zhu Changyu nudged Xu Yangyang and asked her, "Why aren't you talking?"
Xu Yangyang didn't answer, her eyes fixed on a certain place. Zhu Changyu and Lin Luo followed her gaze and saw Fang Shao and his friend of the opposite sex sitting face to face and having dinner.
Zhu Changyu added fuel to the fire, "I told you! Men understand men best. Do you think they are just friends? There must be feelings between them!"
Lin Luo found his words so strange. Zhu Changyu continued to exaggerate in Xu Yangyang's ears.
"Uh..." Tong Yun suddenly burped and made a sound. Maybe because there were three boys sitting next to her, she felt embarrassed and covered her mouth.
But she couldn't control herself anymore. Fu Xingchuan noticed and handed her the bottle of mineral water. She took it and said, "Thank you."
Xu Yangyang gave Zhu Changyu a wink, and they started hurting each other again. Lin Luo felt that she would have indigestion if she ate any more, so she put down her chopsticks.
After a heated argument, Xu Yangyang shut down Zhu Changyu's microphone and asked Tong Yun, "What are you going to shoot for the promotional video?"
“Just take some photos of myself studying with books in a beautiful campus.”
Xu Yangyang pointed at Zhu Changyu and said, "Are we short of extras? If there's a scene where we need to persuade poor students to study hard, he can act in it."
"If there is a plot that advises female classmates not to fall in love too early, she can act it out." Zhu Changyu was unwilling to fall behind.
"We don't have these, but it seems that we need to select a class to perform a chorus segment. If you want to be on camera, you can sign up with your class teacher." Tong Yun said seriously.
"Forget about the background board."
Zhu Changyu asked, "Do you need any volunteers or anything like that? I'm strong enough to help."
"You're strong," Fu Xingchuan interrupted, teasing Zhu Changyu, "I remember we're short of two people to move the table. Can you do it?"
"Moving the table is a bit..." Zhu Changyu narrowed his eyes, and seeing Tong Yun looking at him, he said stubbornly: "Tong Yun, I'm not weak, it's just that moving the table is very tiring. Is there anything else?"
Tong Yun was about to speak when Fu Xingchuan spoke first, continuing to tease him, "No. Moving the table is extremely important. It's the most crucial part of the filming plan. You're so kind-hearted, so what does a little hardship and fatigue mean to you?"
"Oh, I remembered that I had something to do that day, so I have to ask for leave and may not come to school." Zhu Changyu scratched his head.
Fu Xingchuan raised the corner of his mouth, "I haven't decided on a specific day yet!"
“…”
Tong Yun smiled. Lin Luo saw Fu Xingchuan and Tong Yun stare at each other for a brief second, then quickly look away. She withdrew her gaze. Xu Yangyang put down his chopsticks and whispered to her, "Help me clean up. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."
Lin Xiao replied blankly, "Okay."
When she realized what was happening, she looked behind her and saw that Xu Yangyang had already walked over to Fang Shao's desk. She wondered if she was going to confront his female friend.
She turned around and saw Zhu Changyu looking in Fang Shao's direction, and heard Ruan Ye say, "I can help move the table."
Fu Xingchuan looked at him, his thin arms and legs, and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Um."
Zhu Changyu reminded him: "Wasn't it him who carried Zhu Sui'an into the infirmary last time? He even ran there."
"She is not heavy, very light." Ruan Ye said with a smile.
Fu Xingchuan's eyes became sharp. He put down his chopsticks and stared at him, looking thoughtful.
There was a loud bang behind them, the sound of a dinner plate falling to the ground.
Lin Luo turned around and saw that the girl was crying. Xu Yangyang was facing Fang Shao, and there was a large oil stain on her school uniform. Zhu Changyu hurried over and dispersed the crowd.
The girl continued to cry. Xu Yangyang waited for Fang Shao to speak without saying anything, but she didn't expect that his first words would be about his concern for another girl.
Zhu Changyu was even angrier than Xu Yangyang. He rushed forward and grabbed Fang Shao by the collar. Xu Yangyang stopped him and yelled, "What are you doing? Don't meddle in my business."
Zhu Changyu stopped, veins popping out on his clenched fists. He reluctantly loosened his fists and left after saying to Xu Yangyang, "Alright, if you continue to care about me, I'm not a human being."
The cafeteria was still crowded, everyone watching the excitement. The girl cried even harder, and Fang Shao tried to soothe her softly. Xu Yangyang watched the scene coldly. Lin Luo said to her, "Go to the bathroom and change your dirty clothes first!"
She left. With Fang Shao's comfort, the girl's crying gradually subsided. They were about to leave, and Lin Luo tossed them a mop. "You're disturbing other students' passage. You can only leave after you've cleaned up. Auntie will come to check later. There's a surveillance camera above your head, to the left, so don't even think about escaping."
The girl gave the mop to Fang Shao and walked to the sink to wash her face.
Fang Shao asked Lin Luo, "Is Yangyang okay? I think I did something wrong just now. I ignored her feelings."
Thinking of her at this moment, Lin Luo walked over to Fang Shao, deliberately stepped on his foot, and said lightly: "Sorry, I made a mistake."
After she finished speaking, she turned and walked away. Fang Shao grabbed her tightly and said, "You usually don't talk, so I didn't know you were so tough. But I'm not a pushover either. Do you think I'm someone you can easily mess with..."
"Take your hands away." Fu Xingchuan, who was really not someone to be trifled with, said to Fang Shao from behind Lin Luo, and Fang Shao quickly let go of her.
Lin Luo opened her eyes wide and said seriously, "Please stay away from Xu Yangyang from now on. I'm not someone you can easily bully."
Fang Shao looked at Lin Luo unhappily, and Fu Xingchuan frowned, "What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and ask me to stay and supervise?"
"No thanks." He waved the mop and mopped the floor awkwardly.
Lin Luo glanced at the poolside, but the girl was gone.
Fu Xingchuan said to Lin Luo, "Let's go! Lunch break is almost over."
"Um."
She was walking side by side with Fu Xingchuan. She wanted to talk to him, so she just picked a topic and asked, "Where are Tong Yun and Ruan Ye?"
"Tong Yun should have gone to find Xu Yangyang. Ruan Ye, I asked him to leave first."
"oh."
"Well...if the promotional video is short of people, I can also move the tables."
In fact, Lin Luo had never moved the desk at all. Cheng Kaizhong deliberately didn't let her change seats, and Fu Xingchuan and Ruan Ye refused to change, so their two rows remained fixed. Every time the class changed seats, she could only watch.
Fu Xingchuan glanced at her, and then he remembered what Ruan Ye had just said. He quickened his pace unconsciously and said, "That's a job for boys. If you want to help, you can just distribute water to the staff."
"Okay!" Lin Luo walked behind him.
On the way, they met the national flag guard in training. There were both men and women, all wearing green uniforms and hats, marching in step, with their heads held high and their footsteps resounding.
Lin Qi's eyes were drawn to the road, and he almost bumped into Fu Xingchuan who had stopped. He asked, "What are you looking at if not at the road?"
"So cool! You look so handsome in the uniform." Lin Luo pointed at a tall girl in the team and gave a thumbs-up.
Fu Xingchuan lowered his eyes and looked at her, "What a pity, you're not tall enough!"
"It's a pity." She said that, but her tone didn't sound regretful.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a familiar voice in the distance. In a panic, Lin Luo grabbed Fu Xingchuan's hand and strode towards the teaching building, "Hurry up, Teacher Cheng is here."
Fu Xingchuan stared at her hand, then looked back and saw that Cheng Kaizhong was really there. He lost his temper and let her take him away.
Back in the classroom, Xu Yangyang was leaning against the table with her head covered by a school uniform jacket, Lin Luo was sitting quietly in her seat, and Zhu Changyu was rarely awake as he was writing physics problems seriously.
Before school was over in the afternoon, the class monitor said that he wanted to change seats. Lin Luo took this opportunity to tidy up the pile of review papers on the table, sorted them into categories and put them in a file bag.
The monitor wrote everyone's new seating arrangements on the blackboard. Lin Luo glanced at it and saw that Zhu Changyu had been moved to the second row of the first group. His current position was taken by the biology class representative Wu Yun.
"Zhu Changyu, can I change seats with you? I'm short and I can't see the blackboard clearly from this position." Wu Yun walked to the front table, patted Zhu Changyu's shoulder, and said softly.
Normally, Zhu Changyu would be more than happy to do so and would even ask others to let him stay in this position. But today, he shook his head. "Sorry, my eyesight seems to have deteriorated recently. I can't switch with you. You should ask other students."
"Oh well."
Lin Luo glanced at Xu Yangyang. She heard the whole thing but looked indifferent.
After Zhu Changyu left, Lin Luo felt quite uncomfortable. No one turned back to make them laugh anymore. She didn't know if Xu Yangyang would feel the same way.
When she heard that Fang Shao had sent Xu Yangyang a big bouquet of flowers to apologize, she forgave him. Lin Luo couldn't comment on her behavior. After all, she was just an outsider. If it were her and Fu Xingchuan, she felt that she might also forgive him.
She patted her head, threw away her messy thoughts, and took out the most difficult math review paper to do.
Tong Yun told her that it was customary for No. 1 Middle School to have the most difficult math exam at the end of the semester. She was right, as Lin Luo experienced this deeply in the examination room.
"There are still fifteen minutes left before the end of this exam. Please hurry up and remember to fill in your answer sheet."
Hearing this, Lin Luo first gave up on the big questions that were left blank on the back of the answer sheet, filled in the answers to the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, then checked the answers to the simple basic questions to see if there were any mistakes, and finally went back to the back to do the big questions that she didn't know how to answer.
But the result was that she still couldn't figure out how to solve the problem until she handed in the paper.
It is said that people are not absolutely good or bad, and love and hate are entangled and unclear. Lin Luo thinks it would be great if everything was like mathematics. If you can't do it, you can't do it. How simple!
On the bus, Fu Xingchuan saw that Lin Qiao had a seat but was standing there, swaying from side to side, and asked her, "Did you do stupid on the test?"
Seeing him, all of Lin Luo's fatigue disappeared and she smiled slightly, "It seems a little bit."
Fu Xingchuan walked to the back seat and sat down. Lin Qi sat next to him, biting her lip. She stole a glance and saw that he was looking out the window. She was relieved that he probably didn't mind. "Did you find the math test difficult?"
"It's not difficult."
Lin Luo had forgotten that he was first in the competition. He always got full marks in math. She never dared to dream of it. "How amazing!"
Fu Xingchuan turned his head to look at Lin Qiao, but he was too close, so she held her breath.
Fu Xingchuan pulled the notebook out of her hand, flipped through it, and said in a drawling tone: "I'm so capable, why don't you ask me questions instead of looking for that perennial second-in-command every day?"
Ruan Ye, the eternal second best? Because Lin Luo was not afraid that Ruan Ye would think she was stupid, but she didn't want Fu Xingchuan to think she was stupid. He liked smart people, so she lied and said, "He is listening in class."
"I can do it even if I don't listen."
"He can take notes." Lin Luo pointed to her notebook. Fu Xingchuan was either reading or sleeping in class. Lin Luo had never seen him have a notebook.
Fu Xingchuan closed the notebook and said, "This is the only reason."
"Yeah." Lin Luo nodded guiltily.
Fu Xingchuan returned the notebook to her and continued to look out the window. It seemed that summer had really arrived, and he felt the air was very stuffy.
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