Chapter 9 Fearless Try to be braver.
After the long evening self-study session, Bo Xia went home and took a shower. Her father was not at home today and she was alone. Instead of feeling lonely, she felt very comfortable.
The hot water washed away all the fatigue in her body. She returned to the bedroom while drying her hair, wanting to relax for a while. But when she picked up her phone, she accidentally saw a video posted in the class group.
It was the English recitation competition that Jin Yunyan had recently participated in. She pressed the play button, and the room was suddenly filled with the boys' pleasant and authentic spoken English.
She paused, not knowing why she suddenly remembered the poor English she had read when her English teacher called her up that day. When she thought about the huge gap between her spoken English and his, her face flushed.
Even if he didn't notice her, it was impossible for him to completely ignore her and not hear a word of her unfluent speech.
Thinking of this, Bo Xia gave up the idea of relaxing, opened the website and started studying.
People are sometimes strange. They always work hard for no reason because of a sudden idea.
The video was still playing when Bo Xia fell asleep, and when she went to school the next morning, she could hardly open her eyes.
After getting off the bus and walking to the opposite side of the school, she was still mumbling some English sentences, and from time to time she opened her eyes to see if the red light opposite had turned green, as if such a short period of closing her eyes could help her sleep.
"Classmate, the light is green."
The clear voice in her ears sounded like clear rain water, which made Bo Xia shudder. Her sleepiness disappeared all at once, and she looked up to see a thin figure not far away.
The cool breeze blew up his coat. From a distance, he looked tall and slender, with one hand in his trouser pocket, looking very casual.
How could it be...
Bo Xia wondered why the good luck that was supposed to come somewhere else had to come at this moment. It was not the right time... He just... did he hear her mumbling?
But at this moment she had no time to worry about whether she would embarrass herself in front of him. She glanced at her watch and found that she didn't have much time left, so she hurried forward.
Bo Xia was afraid of being late, so she trotted into the classroom. She was out of breath and looked completely out of shape, with her long black hair completely scattered. Only after she arrived at the classroom did she breathe a sigh of relief and tidy up her hair.
Compared to her, someone walked into the classroom without any nervousness at all, and was still as relaxed as he was before. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a teacher.
Just as Jin Yunyan entered the classroom, the bell rang. Zhou Suiye glanced at the time on the blackboard with regret and said, "Tsk!" "What a pity."
His voice was so obvious that Jin Yunyan looked at him again, his narrowed eyes clearly showing some displeasure.
But it was normal for friends to act like idiots. Zhou Suiye didn't shut up, but added, "If you had come a second later, I would have killed you right there."
It was as if Jin Yunyan was some kind of vicious criminal.
Jin Yunyan's voice was full of sarcasm: "That's a pity that you lost this opportunity."
He was about to sit down, but he just lowered his eyes to look at the seat. Bo Xia immediately moved the desk back because she was afraid that his long legs and feet would make him uncomfortable.
Jin Yunyan simply said, "No, there's room for you to sit down."
The tone was much gentler than the conversation he had just had with Zhou Suiye.
Even though many years later, when Bo Xia recalled that bitter secret love, he still felt that it would be hard not to be moved if such a person appeared in his student days even if it happened again.
He was always polite to his classmates, and even though he was a child of destiny, he didn't have any of the bad habits of a spoiled brat. Sometimes Bo Xia thought that his kindness was so unreal.
Thinking of this, she envied those who could sit next to Jin Yunyan even more, and even felt a little jealous in her heart.
But even Bo Xia herself didn't expect that it wouldn't take long before she became familiar with Jin Yunyan's deskmate Meng Roujin.
The friendship between girls seems to be very simple. All it takes is a topic to start and going to the bathroom together a few times to become good friends.
When Bo Xia was practicing spoken English, Meng Roujin noticed and asked her why she was working so hard. She explained that she felt her spoken English was not good.
"Then you can learn from the genius student next to me. I asked him the other day, and he said that if you watch a few American TV series, your spoken English will naturally improve."
Bo Xia: “…”
It sounds like it's very simple.
She nodded, and pretended to casually ask Meng Roujin why she chose Jin Yunyan as her deskmate. She was nervous and listened carefully to what the other person said, as if she was afraid of missing a word.
However, the answer is so unexpected——
"Of course, it's to spy on his study methods, steal his study secrets, and then surpass him to become the best in the school."
Studying properly is like espionage.
Just as she finished speaking, Jin Yunyan and Zhou Suiye came in side by side. After Jin Yunyan sat down in his seat, Meng Roujin glanced at him and asked very seriously, "Are you interested in a relationship?"
Bo Xia, who was sitting in the back row, was drinking water and almost choked by her remarks. Wasn't she not interested in him?
Fortunately, Jin Yunyan was knowledgeable and raised his eyebrows to listen to her next words.
Meng Roujin held her chin with the hand holding the pen and suggested very seriously: "I heard that premature love can affect studies. Why don't you go and have a relationship and give the first place to us poor little ones."
Not to mention Zhou Suiye who was standing behind him, who was laughing uncontrollably, even Jin Yunyan, who was usually cold and aloof, started laughing. His peach blossom eyes looked too beautiful when they were curved, and the teardrop mole at the corner of his eyes trembled slightly.
Zhou Suiye also agreed: "You're right, it's a really good idea. What kind of person does Young Master Jin like? I'll introduce you to some."
Hearing this, Bo Xia, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, tightened the pen in her hand again. If she were a rabbit at this moment, her ears would probably have stood up.
Everyone was just joking and had no intention of getting any real answers. Who knew that Jin Yunyan would say seriously: "Smarter than me, prettier than me..."
It sounds like that.
Bo Xia's heart sank when she heard this; it didn't seem like she had anything to do with it. Zhou Suiye, who was sitting next to her, was just about to say that no one could possibly do these two things, when Jin Yunyan's lips curved slightly in a playful manner, adding, "Taller than me."
Zhou Suiye realized he had been tricked when he heard the last message and yelled at him for being crazy: "Are you looking for a girlfriend or a boyfriend..."
The class had fallen silent halfway through the conversation. Zhou Suiye noticed something was wrong and looked out the window. Old Futou was standing by the window with half of his face exposed, looking just like Empress Dowager Cixi in "My Fair Princess", and he was about to perform a horror movie.
Zhou Suiye seemed to still hear the word "girlfriend" he had just said echoing in the classroom.
Killed by that dog Jin Yunyan!
Fu Qiangmin paced slowly in the corridor, walked in slowly, and then placed the cup on his waist on the podium. Although his movements were light, they were like a stone pressing on everyone's heart.
The students in the front row had a bad feeling, and sure enough, they were enjoying their homeroom teacher's saliva the next second: "I heard your voices before I even walked over here. All you do is play around. Have fun now, have fun! I'll see you guys enjoying the filming under the overpass later. And Zhou Suiye, don't you know how to set an example for everyone? What are you yelling about in the classroom after class? You're the only one with the loudest voice, aren't you?"
Old Futou was probably old, and he kept nagging. Everyone almost guessed what he would say next, which was nothing more than that your parents worked hard to support your studies, and you still don't care about them, blah blah.
Everyone's ears are callused from hearing so much. After all, it is difficult for young people without life experience to understand profound truths.
Perhaps because Zhou Suiye had just mentioned something about a girlfriend, Old Futou added, "You kids have a lot on your mind. You know what you should do at your age? You're not studying hard when you're in school, but you're dating. You'll be suffering while others are enjoying their sweet love life."
Bo Xia was about to feel embarrassed for Zhou Suiye when her arm was suddenly touched. She looked up and saw a piece of draft paper pushed to her by his deskmate, with a crying cat head drawn on it.
She couldn't help laughing, and when she looked up, she saw Zhou Suiye smiling at her with a bit of ruffian attitude.
He is like the wind and the sunshine, and it seems that he never knows how to write the word "embarrassment".
But Zhou Suiye was probably unlucky that day. After finishing his homeroom teacher's class, he was a little absent-minded during the physics class and was caught by the homeroom teacher again.
Zhou Suiye was nowhere to be seen during lunch break. I heard that he was called by his class teacher for a "close talk".
Wen Xin sat in Zhou Suiye's seat and "mourned" for him. She raised her hand and saw Bo Xia next to her looking at a piece of paper with a heavy heart.
"What's wrong?"
Bo Xia showed her the paper, which was the class activity notice. Zhou Suiye was not there now, so she, the deputy monitor, did not need to read it on the podium. However, she was introverted and timid at that time, and it was difficult for her to walk to the podium and face everyone's gaze.
Bo Xia pursed her lips, subconsciously wanting to escape: "Tell me, can I not go up, or wait for Zhou Suiye to come back."
"Try it, you always have to exercise yourself," Wen Xin encouraged her, "It's just reading this list, it's not difficult, go up and give it a try."
Meng Roujin, who was standing in front of her, heard this and turned back to encourage her: "Yeah, it's no big deal. Just treat the people below you as cabbages."
"You have to repeat to yourself in your heart that you can do anything." Wen Xin gave her an encouraging look.
Bo Xia closed her eyes slightly, thinking that one can't always be a coward, otherwise... give it a try. She exhaled, and Wen Xin pushed her waist, but she still took the notice and went up to the podium.
Just then, the bell rang, and the classroom fell silent. She exhaled, and when she looked up, she saw that everyone's eyes were on her, like needles piercing her back.
It's okay, it's okay.
Just go ahead and get through it.
She lowered her head, then raised it again, her eyes subconsciously falling on Wen Xin, just passing by Jin Yunyan in front of her. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she actually saw him looking at her with gentle eyes, as if he was always patiently ready to listen to what she had to say.
A surge of courage suddenly shot into her heart. Yes, she had once thought that she too wanted to stand at a higher place.
Bo Xia's eyes became much more determined. She read the beginning of the notice once, but because her voice was too soft, no one could hear it, so she was asked to read it again.
She became even more nervous, but since she was already here, she couldn't just leave like this, so she gritted her teeth and read the above content out loud.
Just as she was about to leave after finishing her speech, Zhou Suiye walked in from the classroom door and helped her finish: "Did everyone hear what the deputy monitor just said?"
"I heard it."
She looked down at the stage, Wen Xin winked at her, and then returned to her seat.
Bo Xia walked off the stage, and Zhou Suiye joked that she was now good enough to take his place. She was a little surprised: "Did you come here just now..."
The second half of the sentence, asking why she didn't come to help her, couldn't be said because it sounded too natural.
Zhou Suiye's tone was very casual, as if what just happened was no big deal: "Because it's just a small thing that you can easily do."
She was stunned.
That vibrant face, against the light, shone upon her like the perfectly warm sun. He was so uninhibited, as if nothing in the world could not faze him.
Bo Xia suddenly smiled.
Yes, after doing many things, you will find that they are actually no big deal. Why not try to be braver?
You know, in the face of the fearlessness of young people, all difficulties will automatically give way to you.
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