Chapter 20 College Entrance Examination Results
Yan Yi sat up and looked at her without surprise.
The girl's face was hidden in the night, and her shadow was unclear, but he could sense everything about her.
The breathing, the heartbeat, the flow of blood, and the fear she trembled in the dark night...
Bai He was afraid he would be unhappy, so she quickly said, "If you think it's inappropriate, I can sleep on the floor. We just need to be in the same room."
Yan Yi said casually, "You're sleeping on the floor next to my bed. Aren't you afraid there's a ghost watching you from under the bed?"
"Ah!" She quickly reached out to cover Yan Yi's mouth, "Don't say that word!"
The girl's body temperature was slightly cooler than his. She leaned forward, her soft palm covering his lips, kissing him as if the soft flesh on her palm was kissing him.
"Don't try to scare me on purpose!" Bai He said angrily. "If you do that again, I'll get angry and ignore you!"
"Ignore me? Are you really going to ignore me?" Yan Yi laughed, a rare hint of mischief in his voice. "Then I'm leaving? Going to find 7?"
This kid always does what he says.
Bai He was afraid that he would really leave, so she tugged at his clothes tightly and said, "Why are you looking for him? He hates you so much."
Yan Yi usually looks quite serious and solemn, but at this moment, he was extremely mean and teased her deliberately: "Are you still mean to me?"
Bai He was stubborn and ignored her.
Yan Yi stood up to leave, but Bai He grabbed his arm and said, "I'm the only one in the world who doesn't dislike you. Don't go."
"Still being mean to me?"
"Okay, okay, I won't be so mean anymore." Bai He had no choice but to give in to him.
Yan Yi seemed to be getting excited: "Still consider me your sister?"
Bai He thought to herself, this kid is going to rebel, wait till tomorrow morning and see how she will deal with him...
"No, you're my sister, okay?" Bai He said sullenly, "I'll be anything!"
"That's called Brother Shengyanyi."
“…”
"You brat."
It's really the opposite!
"Um?"
Bai He was not convinced, but for the sake of the overall situation, he endured it and called out softly and hesitantly, "Brother Yan Yi~"
"I can't hear it."
She leaned close to his ear, deliberately raised the volume, and shouted: "Brother Yanyi!"
Yan Yi's eardrums were shaken by the high-decibel sound coming from such close range that he covered his ears and subconsciously dodged. However, Bai He still pulled his earlobe and shouted as if punishing him: "Are you still listening or not? I'm going to keep yelling, little Yan Yi, you still want to be my brother? You have no respect for your elders!"
She was laughing, and Yan Yi was laughing too. The two of them rolled on the bed like cats fighting. After tossing and turning for a while, they started sweating again.
There is no air conditioning or electric fan here, so no matter how hot it is, we can only endure it. Yan Yi took the initiative to call a truce and asked her for help.
Bai He let him go and lay carefree on the bed. Yan Yi took a small plastic fan from the table and fanned her.
"Is it hot?"
"hot."
"It'll be cooler sleeping separately."
"Then I'd better bear it." Bai He would rather endure the heat than have his feet touched by a ghost under the bed in the middle of the night.
After a while, fatigue came over her, and she murmured, "Ayi, good night."
"good evening."
She closed her eyes and her breathing gradually calmed down.
Yan Yi leaned over and gently fanned her, looking longingly at the face hidden in the night.
Suddenly, he tentatively stretched out his arm and placed it on top of her head. Seeing that she didn't react, he slowly moved closer, little by little like an ant crawling. After a while, he finally let her fall asleep in his strong arms, with a thin blanket draped around her waist.
"Bai He." He called out in a voice so soft that it was almost a breath, "Bai He..."
"Hmm..." Her voice was soft and she was in a deep sleep.
"Don't love him, love me."
He didn't dare to speak loudly, his breath was like the invisible wind that dissipated.
The girl didn't respond...
Yan Yi closed his eyes, and she was all in his dreams.
…
The next day, Bai He woke up and saw the breeze by the window blowing the white gauze curtains, creating ripples.
She sleeps in her own little bed.
There was no need to think about it, it must have been Yan Yi who carried her to her own room while she fell asleep.
This guy…
However, he does feel very safe. In this world, the only person Bai He can absolutely trust and entrust everything to is Yan Yi.
My body was dry and the air conditioner was on, blowing a warm 25-degree breeze. I guess the damaged circuit had been repaired.
Bai He yawned and walked out of the room. On Yan Yi's small bed, the thin blanket was folded into tofu blocks, a small plastic fan was placed on the table, and there was a thick stack of open medical books on the desk, with his detailed notes between the lines.
The early bird catches the worm…
For some reason, Yan Yi's evaluation of himself flashed through Bai He's mind.
I always feel like something is weird.
Is he really a fool? How can a fool understand these complicated medical books?
Bai He felt that this guy was a bit pretentious, deliberately hiding his strength and then coming up with a big move...
But what does he want?
I just can't figure it out, but it doesn't matter. The scores will be out in a few days, and then we'll know Yan Yi's true level.
When I walked out of the room, there were prepared sandwiches, eggs and milk on the dining table, and a note from Yan Yi was pressed under the glass.
He went to the market to buy vegetables.
At noon, Yan Yi came back carrying large and small plastic bags and went to the kitchen to busy himself.
After a while, my parents came back exhausted with their suitcases, just in time for lunch.
Bai He hurried forward and took the suitcases from her parents.
Tang Xin sat down, and Yan Yi sensibly handed her a glass of water. She told Bai Xincheng to quickly pack up his suitcases, eat, and rest for a while, as they had to open the shop in the evening.
"They're closed tonight, right? Let's take a day off." Bai He said distressedly, "I just got home."
"The guests in the group are urging us to come," Tang Xin said helplessly. "Your father's cooking is indispensable, and there are several groups of guests coming tonight, so we have to open the door to welcome them."
"Then I'll cook quickly." Yan Yi said and went to the kitchen.
"No, no, let your uncle do it. Yan Yi has been cooking for the past two days."
"It's okay, there are only a few dishes, they are all prepared."
Bai Xincheng and Yan Yi went into the kitchen together. Tang Xin looked at the busy back of the young man and sighed that she didn't know which girl would be so lucky to follow Yan Yi in the future.
He is so caring.
Bai He asked Tang Xin gossipingly, "Mom, what's going on at my uncle's house? What did my uncle do to start a fight with my aunt?"
"He's not your uncle, he's your aunt." Tang Xin said helplessly, "Your aunt has fallen in love with someone else and is divorcing your uncle."
"Ah." Bai He was stunned and asked in a low voice, "Cheating?"
"They say he didn't cheat, uh... or maybe it was just mental cheating. Who knows? We didn't see it, so we can just let them say whatever they want."
Bai Xincheng poked his head out from the kitchen: "Why are you telling this to the child?"
"I'm not a child anymore." Bai He retorted, "Why can't I listen?"
Tang Xin also felt that the child had grown up and had the right to know about family matters. "We also tried to persuade them, saying that Apple was already six years old and such a sensible child. If we really divorced, what would happen to the child in the future? We told them to wait until the child was older before discussing divorce."
As soon as these words came out, Bai He felt something was wrong: "Mom, how can you advise me like this? If the relationship between husband and wife is really broken, don't you think Xiaopingguo can't feel that something is wrong with her parents? Forget about waiting until the child grows up to divorce. Forcing them to live together just for the sake of the child, this kind of suffocating family atmosphere will make the child the most unhappy."
Tang Xin looked at the little girl's indignation and laughed, "Why do you say that as if our Sayuri has experienced it firsthand?"
"Of course I don't have this experience. My parents have such a good relationship."
Bai He was just speaking objectively. "From a child's perspective, I think adults' acting is the worst. Children understand everything. If your uncle and aunt want to divorce, then they should do it quickly. Don't end up saying it's for the children and then shift the blame onto them in the future. You're using moral blackmail to say your parents did this and that for you... That's suffocating."
Bai Xincheng walked out of the kitchen carrying the food: "We went there to mediate reconciliation. Luckily we didn't bring you along, otherwise you would have persuaded the couple to break up in a matter of minutes."
"You can keep the person, but not his heart. Why should we try to reconcile?"
Yan Yi came out and handed everyone chopsticks: "I saw a debate topic on a variety show before. It was about what to do if you meet your true love after you get married."
Bai Xincheng and Tang Xin looked at him at the same time: "What should we do?"
Yan Yi shrugged: "I'm not married, you should ask your uncles and aunts."
"Well…"
The couple looked at each other. Bai Xincheng received Tang Xin's threatening gaze and waved his hand with a strong desire to survive. He said, "What's the difference between true love and not true love! My wife is my true love! There is no other one!"
Bai He chuckled: "Then why do I remember that in Dad's yearbook, there seemed to be a page where a girl left a message for Dad: This feeling can wait to be a memory..."
"Pfft, pfft, pfft." Bai Xincheng was sweating profusely and quickly stopped her. "Don't talk nonsense! Don't talk nonsense. It's not true!"
Tang Xin said unhappily, "Why are you so nervous? I know all about your little troubles, don't I?"
"Why are you dragging me into this? Seriously." Bai Xincheng wiped the sweat off his face. "Isn't this about your aunt?"
The Baihe family has always had such a harmonious family atmosphere.
When Yan Yi was very young and first came to Bai He's house, he was also moved by the warmth and affection of this family of three.
In the past, my father often worked overtime and was not home at night, so Yan Yi lived alone with the nanny. After the nanny finished cooking, she would go back home to take care of the children. It was common for Yan Yi to eat dinner alone at home.
As a child, he was like a lonely ghost, wandering in an empty house.
Yan Yi has almost never enjoyed family love.
After his father passed away, he was sent to live with relatives. These relatives were not well off and were polite to him on the surface, but they were also having conflicts behind the scenes.
These are like the black marks left on the heart by cigarette butts. No matter how hard you scrub, you can't wash them off after many years.
He humbly peeked at Bai He's happiness, and he longed to have her who was so warm and happy.
It almost became a thought engraved in his heart, and became an obsession as he grew up.
"First, what would you do if you met your true love after marriage?" Bai He's words interrupted Yan Yi's thoughts.
Yan Yi said: "I will only marry the girl I love."
"This is such a rare opportunity." Tang Xin spoke from an adult's perspective, saying, "Actually, when it comes to marriage, finding the right person is more important. Even if it's true love, there are still many incompatibilities in life, and you might not be able to live together."
Yan Yi shook his head: "I won't compromise."
Bai He suddenly asked, "If you don't compromise...what if your true love is someone else's wife?"
Tang Xin and Bai Xincheng looked at Yan Yi with gossip at the same time.
Translation: ...
He thought for a moment and said, "I will take action before she becomes someone else's wife."
"What if she insists on being someone else's wife?"
Tang Xin said, "How could that be possible? Our Yan Yi is so good, who would be blind not to choose him?"
"I mean, just in case." Bai He said with a smile, "What if we encounter this situation?"
Yan Yi said, "Then she can only compete with her husband in terms of longevity."
"puff."
Tang Xin and Bai He didn't react at all, but Bai Xincheng burst out laughing. The boy's serious expression really tickled his funny bone.
Seeing him laughing like this, Bai He and Tang Xin also laughed.
Yan Yi looked at Bai He from time to time and laughed too.
He loves this home so much.
…
On the day the scores were released, Bai He went to the internet cafe on the corner of the street alone to check his scores.
In this tense moment, Bai He chose to face it alone. She didn't want her parents to be with her and the three of them to be nervous together, and she didn't want to look at each other in confusion with Yan Yi.
No matter who does well or poorly in the exam, it's very uncomfortable.
Perhaps, facing things alone is the beginning of growing up.
Tang Xin called Bai He every few minutes to ask her if her score had been updated.
"It's not out yet, Mom, please stop pushing me. No matter how much you push me, the system won't open even a minute earlier."
"I'm not urging you, Mom is just worried, don't be nervous!"
"Mom, you're more nervous than I am!"
"It's okay if you don't do well on the test. At worst, you can repeat the year. If you don't want to repeat, just take an average grade. Your parents won't blame you. Even if you can't find a job, so what? There's still a food stall waiting for you to inherit. Learn to cook from your dad and become a chef. All roads lead to Rome."
Bai He felt sad and tearful after hearing what her mother said. She changed the subject and asked, "Where's Yan Yi?"
"He went out to check his scores and didn't let us follow him. You kids, don't your parents care about you too?"
"Okay, stop putting pressure on the child." Bai Xincheng's voice came, "If she doesn't do well in the exam, she'll cry even harder if we're here."
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, what a jinx you have." Tang Xin scolded him.
"You're still talking about me. Didn't you just say something about repeating the grade?"
"Mom and Dad, hang up, just a few minutes."
"Okay, don't be nervous, and don't be depressed by yourself. Life is long, it's nothing, okay."
Bai He hung up the phone, logged into the Education Examination Authority, and waited for the score checking system to open at 10 p.m.
Anxious.
There were several machines around that were also operated by college entrance examination candidates. Their parents came with them to wait for their scores, and they also had worried and nervous expressions on their faces.
Bai He looked at the time in the lower right corner, which was ticking by minute by second...
Finally, at 22:00, Bai He logged into the score checking system and entered his admission ticket number and ID card number with trembling right hand.
My heart is pounding.
The page was still loading, but Qi Lang and Yan Yi's WeChat messages appeared on the phone screen at the same time.
1: "635. [Heart]"
7: "635! This is a sure thing."
7: "You have to treat me!"
At first, Bai He thought the 635 sent by Yan Yi was his own score, until he saw the score sent by Qi Lang...
At the same time, Bai He's score popped up on the computer.
Total score: 635.
"Depend on!"
This year's passing score for the first-tier liberal arts programs is 547.
Bai He stared at the screen in a daze, stunned...it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
Thinking back to my last year of studying late into the night, all the hard work and effort seemed to be seen in that moment. It seemed as if all the sweat and tears were not in vain...
Bai He felt his eyes swollen and sore, his heart was pounding, and his emotions were up and down.
The phone started to vibrate. Qi Lang was calling, and Yan Yi's voice call was also ringing.
Bai He subconsciously opened Qi Lang's call with her fingertips——
"Sayuri, this must be very exciting."
Hearing his relaxed and cheerful voice, Bai He finally couldn't hold back her emotions and sobbed, "I really... really thought I wouldn't pass the exam. I've never done so well in an exam before. My best score in the three mock exams was just over 600."
Qi Lang scoffed: "You should be happy, there's nothing to cry about."
"You don't understand. Good students like you just don't understand..."
Learning is so hard!!!
Math is so difficult, and English is so difficult too!
"Just pretend I don't understand. Stop crying, okay?" He said this very gently, as if he wasn't talking to her on the phone. The magnetic voice almost came from her ears.
Bai He sobbed, and a beautiful hand reached out from behind, fell on her eyes, and rubbed away her tears.
Bai He turned around in surprise and saw Qi Lang right behind her.
He was only wearing a black T-shirt, his body was stiff, like a god descending... Bai He was stunned.
Seeing her stupid look, the corners of the boy's mouth slowly rose.
The noisy background around him automatically blurred, and Bai He could only see his handsome face and the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye.
My heart skipped a beat.
Qi Lang opened his arms: "Want a hug? Cheers to tomorrow."
"Wait a moment."
Bai He took a deep breath, wiped her eyes with a tissue, blew her nose, and fixed her hair. Then she jumped up and threw herself into Qi Lang's arms: "Qi Lang, I'm going to college!"
"Our little Sayuri is going to college!" Qi Lang caught her steadily, gave her a big bear hug, and spun her around easily for several times.
After all these years, a dream come true...
She was really going to college with him.
Bai He was so happy that she almost fainted.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Yan Yi was running towards him frantically...his breathing was rising and falling.
I can't wait even a second. I want to share with her the joy of both of us getting admitted to the university and go to college with her.
But she saw her hugging the boy she had secretly loved for many years in the crowd...
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Hahaha, I’m sorry, we’ve been childhood sweethearts, so the main thing is to treat everyone equally.
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