Chapter 9
Tao Xi went back to the classroom alone, because Bi Chengfei had to go and practice his basketball skills every noon since he had had a great time playing basketball last time.
When he arrived at the classroom, there was still more than an hour left for lunch break. Many people went to coffee shops and milk tea shops to relax, and some went to club activities, so there were not many students in the class.
But for Tao Xi, having a crowd of people was not as important as having Lin Qinhe around, which made him feel restless.
Lin Qinhe was not there at noon a few days ago, perhaps because he went to play basketball for the school team, but today he was there for the first time.
Lin Qinhe was sitting in a chair with headphones on, reading a book. This time, he was not reading a math or physics competition book, but a collection of excellent narrative essays. Even though one could only see his profile, one could tell how reluctant the reader was. His brows were furrowed, and he was turning the pages quickly, as if he was reading something uncomfortable.
I guess it was He Wenjiao who forced her to do that. He Wenjiao looked gentle and amiable, but she was no easier to deal with than Bi Aoxue.
Tao Xi walked towards his seat with light steps, wondering whether he should take the materials and find another place to study, but was stopped by Jiang Xinyu who was arranging a blackboard newspaper at the back of the classroom.
"Tao Xi, can you help me copy the words on the blackboard? I think your handwriting is pretty good." Jiang Xinyu looked up at him eagerly, holding a simple draft of the blackboard newspaper layout in her hand.
"My handwriting is just average..." Tao Xi glanced at the blackboard which only had a rough outline. He was not very willing. He could learn a lot during the more than one-hour lunch break, so he wanted to refuse tactfully.
Although what Lin Qinhe said last time hurt him, he was not wrong. If he wanted to continue to stay in Class 1 after the midterm exam, he had to be in the top 50.
"It's extraordinary. Our whole grade has seen your composition that received full marks. The article is well written and the handwriting is beautiful." Jiang Xinyu is often in charge of the blackboard newspaper. She has studied calligraphy for many years and is very picky about handwriting.
Tao Xi was shocked when he heard about the composition that received full marks. It was actually a photocopy of the original paper for the whole grade to read?
This is a fucking public execution!
He glanced at Lin Qinhe who was reading the "Collection of Excellent Narrative Essays" at a glance, and then heard Jiang Xinyun continue in a pleading tone: "Help me, I still have to draw, and I don't have time to copy the words."
Tao Xi couldn't stand girls acting coquettishly and wanted to refuse, but then he remembered the twelve-yuan bottle of mineral water that Jiang Xinyu gave him last time.
Since you are not willing to help someone, just help him. It also helps that you don’t have to sit next to Lin Qinhe and feel uncomfortable.
Tao Xi agreed, and Jiang Xinyu happily gave him a draft picture. It was obviously a Japanese manga-style blackboard newspaper designed by a little girl, with large pink cherry blossoms and castles, which was very girly.
"Just copy this text in this area. I'll paint the main body of the painting next to it." Jiang Xinyu put on a pink apron and picked up a gouache palette and paintbrush.
It's so exquisite that they even use paint to paint. The blackboard newspapers at Qingshui No. 1 Middle School are just made with a few circles and a few words drawn on them with chalk.
Tao Xi took his own stool, put a piece of paper on it, stepped on it and started writing on the blackboard with chalk. There were not many words to write, so he finished in just over ten minutes. He saw Jiang Xinyu was still procrastinating on drawing the castle, erasing and drawing again, as if she was not satisfied at all.
When he saw the person dragging his feet in painting, he couldn't help getting anxious, so he said, "Let me do it," and then took the paintbrush from Jiang Xinyue and started painting.
This kind of flower and tree scenery is what he is best at. After all, he has painted peach blossoms along the Qingshui River many times with many art students.
It took Tao Xi less than thirty minutes to finish the entire blackboard newspaper. Jiang Xinyu kept handing out paints, and many students who were reading books kept looking back.
The large clusters of cherry blossoms on the branches are shimmering in varying shades of pink. The attic with green tiles and gray walls is looming among the endless array of flowers. It is clearly almost autumn, but as soon as I look at the blackboard, I feel that the fragrance of April has not yet ended and spring is as deep as the sea.
When Tao Xi finished painting and got down from the stool, he found himself being watched like a monkey again. Jiang Xinyu looked at him with a strange look in her eyes. She half lowered her head, smoothed her hair, and said thank you.
Tao Xi shook her head and said, "You're welcome. I'm going to wash my hands." Then she quickly left the classroom and ran to the bathroom.
After washing, he returned to the classroom and glanced at Lin Qinhe first. This man had stopped reading the composition book and switched to the physics competition book, but his face still looked very grumpy.
Tao Xi walked quietly to the seat, moved the stool stealthily and was about to sit down, when he suddenly heard a cold voice saying, "Wash the paint first."
"?" Tao Xi was stunned. Didn't he wash his hands? Make sure to wash it thoroughly.
Bi Chengfei in the front row turned around and kindly pointed at his sleeve.
Tao Xi turned her head and saw a small spot of pink paint on the right sleeve of her white school shirt.
Hold.
He felt a surge of anger in his heart. It was true that Lin Qinhe was allergic to pollen, but could he also be allergic to pigments?
This disdainful tone successfully touched every sensitive nerve of his.
Tao Xi glanced at the large cherry blossoms on the blackboard behind him, then glared at Lin Qinhe and said sarcastically, "Don't worry, I'm not Ma Liang, the magic brush!"
Then he turned around and strode out of the classroom to wash his sleeves in the bathroom.
Bi Chengfei tilted his head and thought silently for a while, then he suddenly understood and explained to the sullen Lin Qinhe: "Brother Xi cleverly used the story of Ma Liang, the magic brush, to mean that the painting he drew would not become real, so the flowers on the blackboard behind would not..."
"Shut up."
The little mermaid shut up, put her hand to her mouth, made a zipper motion, then turned back and shed tears secretly.
After that, Tao Xi continued to have a one-sided cold war with Lin Qinhe.
He has been very worried these days because the weekly exam will be coming up soon. He has just quickly reviewed the content he did not learn during the summer vacation, but there are still many unresolved problems and he does not have enough time to dig deeper.
He was not happy in the dormitory either. After that idiot Xu Ziqi hit him during the basketball game last time, not only did she not apologize, she became even more sarcastic. If it were Qingshui No. 1 Middle School, he would have dealt with this sarcastic person long ago.
But he still endured it, because Feng Yuan said that no one would protect him in Wenhua No. 1 Middle School.
Pan Yan didn't make things difficult for him, but it was annoying that he kept asking him for help in drawing flowers and fruits. In order not to be completely isolated in the dormitory, he had to half-reject and half-agree.
There is also Jiang Xinyu, who comes over every now and then. Today she asks him to help draw a page of her notebook, and tomorrow she wants to borrow his Chinese composition. He is not good at rejecting girls, and even worse at dealing with girls who act coquettishly, because Tao Le always begs him by acting coquettishly, and he has never successfully rejected her once.
The weekly test at the beginning of the school year is not a large-scale exam. It is just a test of the content learned on self-study during the summer vacation. There will be no ranking, so the examination room is in each class, and the seats are not messed up, just moved apart.
But it was still very difficult because I had to finish the Chinese, math, English and science exams in one day, from 7:30 in the morning to 9:30 in the evening, like a marathon.
While Tao Xi was running a marathon, there was a pervert next to him who always put down his pen early, which made him even more anxious.
When the papers of the last comprehensive science test were collected, he collapsed on the desk and felt like he was dead.
Bi Chengfei patted his head and said, "Brother Xi, get up and move the desk." After the exam, the desks that had been moved apart had to be put back in place.
Tao Xi twisted his stiff neck, stood up, and saw that Lin Qinhe's table, which was half a meter away from him, had been cleaned up and the table was deserted.
He moved his desk towards Lin Qinhe's desk. When the two desks were about to touch each other, he heard Bi Chengfei say, "Brother Xi, we can change seats on Monday. Let's sit at the same table."
Bi Chengfei recently had an argument with his deskmate Hu Tong, and the two are in a cold war. The cause was that Hu Tong threw away the mineral water bottle that Jin Jing gave to Bi Chengfei last time as garbage.
Tao Xi paused for two seconds, and continued to move the desk over, with the edges of the desks fitting together perfectly.
The seat changes in Class 1 are very casual, and students can make an appointment with the deskmate they want to sit at. The head teacher, Aunt Zhou, feels that as long as it does not affect learning, they can sit anywhere. The only time she forced Tao Xi to sit next to Lin Qinhe, who had never had a deskmate.
On the first day of school, Zhou Qiang also told Lin Qinhe that if they didn't feel comfortable sitting in the same seat after a week, they could change seats.
Tao Xi subconsciously deliberately forgot this.
"Brother Xi? You're not going to reject me too, are you?" Bi Chengfei's face was downcast. He had just been rejected by Jin Jing for the umpteenth time, and Hu Tong seemed to have found a new deskmate.
"Let's talk about it later." Tao Xi felt a little confused and picked up his schoolbag and prepared to run.
Bi Chengfei didn't let him go: "I heard Yakult and Xueshen say today that I'm going to switch seats with him this time. You two don't get along anyway, so we'll definitely get along!"
He wanted to continue lobbying, but found that Tao Xi looked like she was about to cry, and when he blinked again, it seemed like an illusion.
When Tao Xi returned to the dormitory, Pan Yan was taking a shower in the bathroom, and Xu Ziqi was talking on the phone, and it sounded like the conversation was with her parents.
"Well, I've finished the exam today. It's OK... The test paper is relatively simple... The results will be released on Monday... There will be no ranking this time, but it should be no problem to get into the top 50... But I can only change classes after the midterm exam... There is one more seat in Class 1 now, but next time there will definitely be one less..."
When saying the last sentence, Tao Xi knew that Xu Ziqi looked at her deliberately.
He pretended not to hear and took out a set of papers to continue writing.
Today's test paper was not easy for him. He should have no problem with Chinese, he could just about do well in English, and his basic scores in the beginning of math were okay. He had not had time to tackle the last sub-question of the last two big questions. He had gone through the content of the comprehensive science test in a hurry this week, and his problem still lay with the difficult questions.
The next day, Sunday, the school had a half-day off in the afternoon, but during the morning classes, the entire class was obviously a little restless. During the break, the girls were discussing where to go for pottery or flower arranging classes in the afternoon, and the boys were discussing which game hall to go to to play games or race cars.
Most of the students at Wenhua No. 1 Middle School come from well-off middle-class families. For Tao Xi, in the past, during the holidays, apart from studying, he would help his family with farm work or earn some extra money. He had never even heard of these activities.
He didn't care because his mind was full of changing seats.
When the first class was over, he thought he would talk about it after the second class. When the second class was over, he thought he would talk about it after the third class. So it was delayed until after the third class.
This is your last chance. If you don't tell me, I will have to change my seat tomorrow, Monday.
Tao Xi supported his head with his left hand, drew circles on the draft paper with a pen in his right hand, and glanced at the side with his peripheral vision.
Lin Qinhe was writing the math test assigned by Aunt Zhou in the last class, as fast as if he was copying the answers.
He mustered up his courage and was about to speak when Bi Chengfei suddenly handed him a paper crane. His tone was full of envy and his eyes were a little vulgar: "Jiang Xinyun gave it to you. She must want to make you her deskmate."
Tao Xi was stunned. He opened the paper cranes and saw that there was a very delicate pen writing "Do you need a deskmate?" and the signature was Vivian. It took him a long time to realize that this might be Jiang Xinyu's English name.
He frowned, took a pen and wrote two words "not missing" at the bottom, thought for a while, and solemnly added two words "thank you", then folded it intact and gave it to Bi Chengfei, asking him to pass it on.
Bi Chengfei just secretly saw what Tao Xi wrote and gave him a look that said "you are worthy of being a good brother".
Tao Xi finally understood what Jiang Xinyu meant these days, but he didn't want to attract any unnecessary peach blossoms. This was what Lin Qinhe said was meaningless.
But writing a note might be a good idea. Tao Xi was alerted and quickly tore off a small piece of draft paper. When he was struggling to decide what to write, the bell for class rang again.
“…”
They are all made of this damn paper crane.
The fourth class was English. He didn't dare pass notes in Bi Aoxue's class and finished the class obediently.
The fifth period was the club time for the whole school, which was equivalent to a semi-holiday state, so as soon as Bi Aoxue left, the whole class was free to do nothing. They simply packed up their schoolbags and swarmed out of the classroom.
Bi Chengfei was from the bridge club. He told him the statement and ran away with his bag. Lin Qinhe was still sitting beside him, doing a math paper.
Tao Xi was scrambling to write the note, but then Yang Duole came running over with a sheet of music and said, "Brother Qinhe, let's go to the orchestra together. It seems we have to practice a new piece today."
At that time, Tao Xi had just finished writing "Can I continue to be your deskmate" when he heard Yang Duole's voice.
He was holding the pen and suddenly stopped.
I feel like this note doesn't make any sense.
Then he heard Lin Qinhe say, "Wait until I finish this question."
Tao Xi crumpled the note into his palm, put down his pen, and walked out of the classroom quickly without hearing Yang Duole say:
"Didn't you always do your homework at home before?"
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