The second monthly exam came unexpectedly at a time of chaos.

After the Chinese exam, the midsummer was gone.

She always felt that the writing was not smooth. She couldn't tell exactly why it was not smooth.

She was not in the mood for lunch and returned to the after-school care room with a lot on her mind, not wanting to see anyone there.

Her roommates were both girls in their second year of high school. They were not at home on weekends, so when they suddenly ran into each other, both were stunned.

Coincidentally, two of them were the pair of sisters who had asked her for Zhang Shu’s QQ number.

She said no at the time.

And now, it was Zhang Shu who sent her to the door of the lounge.

The two schoolmates looked at each other.

Zhang Shu gave the routine instructions: "Call Hou Junqi if you need anything. Wait for me to pick you up when you get up."

Hou Junqi is also attending the after-school care center, which is right next door. The boys' beds are full, and Zhang Shu lives at home.

Because she couldn't go downstairs by herself yet, he would come from home to pick her up after lunch break and carry her downstairs.

As for Hou Junqi, he said he had a back injury and couldn't carry me.

She was a little shy at first, but Zhang Shu just smiled faintly: "I've already hugged you..."

It was simply unbearable to listen to. Shengxia leaned on his back and put her hands in front of her to cover his mouth.

Zhang Shu's movement to stand up froze, and Shengxia's ears suddenly turned red.

I just wanted him to shut up, but my actions were faster than my brain, and I didn't realize that the mouth seemed to be a more intimate part...

The touch of his palm was soft, and his lips moved slightly. She felt as if an electric shock passed through her palm, and she immediately moved her hand away.

And he...

He stood up, hooking his hand around her legs, without his fingers touching her thighs.

The consequence of such a "gentleman's hand" was that she could only hold his neck tightly to keep herself stable.

From behind, she clearly saw his cheeks puffed up. He was smiling—laughing at her for sticking so close to him.

Really deserves a beating.

Just as I was distracted, the schoolgirl spoke.

"Senior, are you Zhang Shu's girlfriend?"

Shengxia was startled and shook her head quickly, "No."

The two girls looked at each other.

"Don't be shy, we saw him hugging you just now! So cool!"

Shengxia tightened her grip on the cane and said hesitantly, "It's really not like that. It's because..."

She wanted to answer that it was because he hurt her, but she swallowed the words back, thinking that it was not quite right to say so.

A few girls thought she was shy, so Xiaoxiao just lay back on her bed.

Why……

The topic was interrupted. Since the two parties were not very familiar with each other, the lunch break was short and everyone lay down without talking anymore.

girlfriend.

Yes, only with that kind of relationship can there be that kind of... physical contact, right?

How could she not know?

But how did it become like this, so natural?

They are obviously not boyfriend and girlfriend!

A thought popped up in her mind: What if it was someone else, for example, Hou Junqi who hurt her, or Yang Linyu, or Lu Youze... Would she be able to accept them hugging her or carrying her on their backs?

cannot.

The answer is so firm and without hesitation.

I spent the entire lunch break in hot springs and didn’t fall asleep in midsummer.

I did terrible on the math test in the afternoon, but my speed was surprisingly okay. I finished the first key question and barely wrote a formula for the second one.

The next morning, there was a drizzle of autumn rain, the temperature plummeted, and the cold air quickly occupied this city known for its long summer. English listening accompanied by the sound of autumn rain was played in the senior high school teaching building.

The joyous summer has come to an end, and the countdown has turned a new page.

Everyone changed into autumn school uniforms and covered themselves up tightly. In the middle of summer, they could only wear wide, baggy pants.

Because of the rain, it was even more difficult for Shengxia to walk with crutches. The corridor was filled with umbrellas. Hou Junqi moved the umbrellas in front to clear the way, and Zhang Shu followed closely beside her, helping her with her crutches when she encountered puddles.

Students from Class 6 who passed by would also help.

Naturally, she had to look back all the way. Shengxia had already gotten used to it. There was no way she could not get used to it. She would be a cripple for nearly two months.

"Look, just like the princess. She's like useless." Zhou Xuanxuan and Chen Mengyao were walking behind, about dozens of meters away.

Zhou Xuanxuan had a hard time in class these days, and even harder in the dormitory. No one scolded her, nor ignored her, but they just didn't feel close to her. No matter what they talked about or what they ate, they avoided her intentionally or unintentionally.

This wore away all her remaining guilt, and when she saw the bright summer sky with the moon surrounded by stars, her eyes were filled with anger.

She couldn't figure it out. Was it worth it?

Chen Mengyao said nothing.

Zhou Xuanxuan desperately needed someone to share her hatred of the enemy, and said angrily: "Zhang Shu now brings her breakfast every day, fetches her water during class breaks, and even goes to the toilet with her. He makes me seem like the culprit but I don't show any guilt at all! But I, but I didn't mean it!"

"Then go and apologize to her."

Zhou Xuanxuan couldn't believe it, "Yaoyao, what did you say?"

Chen Mengyao stood still and said in a deep voice: "Then shut up. I'm very upset."

Zhou Xuanxuan:……?

The monthly exam results came out on the same night as the exam, and some families were happy while others were sad.

"Oh, didn't you say you failed the test? Are you kidding me with this score?"

"You too, you said you didn't do the key question!"

"I didn't do it!"

"I didn't do the key questions and got 120 on the test! Versailles!"

"But I can't reason well, can I?"

"Nothing? Don't lie to me, I'm looking at your physics, my good man, this is not good enough?"

"Oh, I was too careless about this question. I clearly calculated to the end..."

There was a lot of chatter all around, all of which were about grades. They were all saying they had failed the exams, but it turned out that they all had good grades.

Shengxia looked at the math paper with a score of 89.

How could this be? She clearly felt that she was doing the questions more smoothly, and her speed and sense of the questions were not the same as before.

How could it be so low...

She couldn't even calm down and judge which questions were due to carelessness and which ones were due to incompetence.

When I was doing it, I felt like I was pretty good at it.

Although she recently injured her leg, she still studies overtime and is obviously more efficient in class. Because she has entered the first round of review, she occasionally multitasks and does exercises while listening to the class.

Her legs would ache from time to time, and the pain made her sober, and her concentration in class also improved a lot.

How could the result be such feedback?

I heard that her overall ranking is lower than Hou Junqi.

You know, Hou Junqi slept in two out of three classes.

She could still score around 100 points in No. 2 Middle School, and at the very least, she had never failed.

In midsummer, I feel like I am trapped in a swamp. I cannot calmly accept the reality, but I am also afraid to struggle in vain and unable to extricate myself.

She remained motionless, no different from her usual calm appearance, but formed a sharp contrast with the noisy crowd.

Those who complain without any reason are making a fuss, while those who are terminally ill are silent.

She felt a chill down her spine, unconscious.

Wang Wei stood at the podium and asked quietly, "You all got your test papers, right?"

"Okay, that's the opening remark. It's time for evening self-study." Xin Xiaohe pouted secretly.

Then, Wang Wei really brought a stool and sat down on the podium, pretending that he moved in because it was cold outside. In this way, he avoided the supervision of the administrative teacher.

"Then let's talk. Take out your chemistry papers..."

In the midsummer, I temporarily forgot the blow brought by mathematics, and even my performance in chemistry was mediocre.

I lost myself in the listening——

Wang Lianhua is going to talk to her about extracurricular tutoring again. She has never dared to say it before. Every time she hires an extracurricular teacher, she needs a long time to adapt. After all, she has a bit of social anxiety. In the first half of the month, she could hardly listen to any teaching content. If the teacher hired was the original teacher in the class, the situation would be a little better, but it is impossible for the teachers in the affiliated high school to take extracurricular tutoring.

At this point, tutoring would completely disrupt her review plan.

Of course she couldn't say this reason.

After all, in Wang Lianhua's mind, her review plan didn't seem to be of any use in improving her grades, so she just gave up on it.

When you are depressed, you feel like the whole world is against you.

For example, the highlighter in Shengxia’s hand.

Maybe it was because her palms were sweaty or the pen cap was too strong, but she couldn't pull it open.

She has so many pens, she can just change one.

But Shengxia was also getting strong, and it seemed like she wanted to vent. She was trying very hard, with her hands under the table, trying secretly, gritting her teeth, and her face turned red, but she didn't care.

She's going to break it open!

Suddenly, a sigh came from the right, and then a slender hand reached out from the right and took away the highlighter.

Shengxia turned her head. She saw the boy easily uncapping the pen and handing it back to her, "Are you competing with it or with yourself..."

Zhang Shu was currently sitting in a solitary window seat, separated by an aisle. His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and only a few people around him could hear it.

Xin Xiaohe and Hou Junqi both looked over suspiciously, not knowing what was going on.

Shengxia frowned and whispered, "Thank you."

She took back the highlighter, but she had forgotten where she was originally going to draw.

Just now, even her deskmate Xin Xiaohe didn't notice her action, so how did he notice it?

Lunch the next day.

As usual, the table in front of Shengxia is full of food, including bone porridge, steamed fish, egg, tofu and kelp stew...

This is the small stove that Zhang Sujin prepared for her. As time went by, all the students in the after-school care center knew that the landlady treated this girl like a prostitute.

Soon everyone knew that this girl was the goddess of Class 6, Grade 3, who was famous on the confession wall at the school sports meet, Shengxia. She had her legs broken by Zhang Shu...

This was originally an accident and it became a well-known story in the school.

Sitting next to her was Zhang Shu, the academic genius in the senior year of high school.

There was also a tall, stylishly dressed "strong man" next to him. Most of the boys knew him, Hou Junqi, the former king of the city youth team.

The three celebrities gathered together, which was too eye-catching.

In midsummer, he ate quietly and said nothing.

It looked normal, but he ate too slowly. It took him a long time to pick up the fish with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

Hou Junqi glanced at Zhang Shu and mouthed: What's going on?

Zhang Shu tilted his head slightly and asked, "Unhappy?"

Hou Junqi: ...are you so straightforward?

"Hmm?" Shengxia looked up and saw that the two boys had stopped eating and were looking at her.

She had noticed their concern recently. In fact, she was just a little tired of eating "xiao bao" and wanted to eat something spicy, or fried or deep-fried, something flavorful.

"No, I'm not that hungry," she said, stopping eating. "I'm going to go back and take a nap. You guys can eat slowly."

She stood up and saw Zhang Shu also getting up. She said, "No need to see me off. We don't have to climb the stairs."

Hou Junqi looked at Shengxia's back and said, "I see that Xiao Shengxia is ranked lower than me this time. Why is this the case?"

Zhang Shu said seriously, "In fact, her grade ranking has improved. The reason why she is lower than yours is because your English has suddenly improved like a rocket, and she is too focused on math."

Hou Junqi: "What should we do?"

Zhang Shu glanced at him and asked, "Are you anxious?"

How can you be jealous of this? Hou Junqi said: "It looks so pitiful."

Zhang Shu: "She doesn't need your pity, she's smarter than you."

Hou Junqi was annoyed: "If you want to praise someone, just praise them. Why do you have to put one down and praise another? Well, I can see that it has nothing to do with me. Look, she didn't even look at you. It's probably because you said something wrong or did something wrong. Whoever provoked it should be punished."

Zhang Shu laughed and said, "Okay, it won't be long before your elbow turns outward. Is Shengxia his brother?"

Zhang Shu said: "Whoever provoked me should be the one to comfort me, right?"

Hou Junqi: ...That’s enough. I’m full.