Dongcheng is almost at the northernmost part of China. It is far from Beijing, and the green train is slow. There is no place to rest at night, so we can only sleep on the table.

Chuxia asked the teachers who went with her: "Adults can still hold on to long train rides, but these children are so young, they can't even sleep well on the train at night, can they hold on?"

The leading teachers are a man and a woman, both Olympiad teachers and members of the Beijing Mathematics Society. The male teacher's surname is Jin and the female teacher's surname is Xing.

Teacher Jin smiled bitterly and said: "We also want the children to take a sleeper or a plane to go there, but the Mathematics Society doesn't have much funding now."

Chuxia sighed in her heart. She could directly take An An and Zhang Lu to take a sleeper, but the students and teachers who went with her were all sitting in hard seats, so this behavior was inappropriate.

So just bear with it.

Chuxia was just thankful that the seats for students and teachers were all together, and there were no unbearable passengers who took off their shoes casually. Apart from being a little crowded, it was not too uncomfortable.

Cen Huaian adapted to the environment faster than Chuxia. He had quietly taken out a book to read. It was a supernatural novel that he bought at a used book stall during the Lantern Festival and had not read until now.

Some of the other students had never been on a train before, and they were all very excited to look around in their seats and talk happily with their classmates.

Zhang Lu and Chuxia sat together with Anan. Two people from their school came. It was not the first place Liu Hongyu, but a somewhat taciturn boy. He sat opposite Chuxia and the others.

So Zhang Lu was very bored. Anan next to her was reading a book, and the classmates opposite her did not talk. However, her aunt, who could talk to her, was separated from her by Anan.

Zhang Lu was sitting in the innermost seat near the window. She looked out the window for a while, then held her chin to look at the classmate opposite, and then turned to look at An An.

Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore, and tilted her head to look at the book that Cen Huaian was reading: "The Record of Strange Things?"

Zhang Lu read the title of the book word by word, and thought the name was strange: "An An, what book are you reading? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Cen Huaian had just read half of a story, he put the book between the two of them and said: "The story of a fox."

Zhang Lu became interested and went over to read the book with An An.

Chu Xia heard the conversation between the two and became interested, and stretched her head to look at the book on the table.

It was indeed a story about a fox, and it was about the love-hate relationship between a fox that turned into a goblin and a scholar.

Chu Xia thought this was the most common love story between a human and a demon in TV dramas.

Later in the story, she saw that the fox spirit was betrayed by the scholar, and was killed by the Taoist priest before escaping to the forest of the tribe.

"Is the story over here?"

Cen Huaian turned the page: "Mom, it's not over yet."

"Huh? The heroine is dead and turned into a pile of bones, why hasn't it ended yet?"

Chu Xia was more interested, and Zhang Lu was also watching with relish.

The golden cicada passed by the place where the fox spirit's bones were, and collected her bones in a cave not far away.

The sun and the moon alternated, and the stars moved. I don't know how many years have passed. The fox spirit's bones actually became a demon again.

She wanted to repay the golden cicada's kindness, and after hearing that his reincarnation was about to pass by here, she waited patiently. However,

before she could really bring the golden cicada's reincarnation back to the cave to repay her kindness, her incarnation was beaten to death by a monkey, and she was also beaten into a pile of broken bones.

All she got was a "Amitabha" from the reincarnated monk.

The story ends here. After reading it in early summer, I don't know how the writer of this story came up with this plot, but it doesn't contradict the original "Journey to the West" with this story.

It also makes people sympathize with the fox spirit who didn't have a good ending in the end.

However, Cen Huaian had a different idea: "Mom, why did she have to bring the golden cicada back to the cave to repay her gratitude? Why didn't she just say she wanted to repay her gratitude? And the White Bone Demon in Journey to the West wanted to eat Tang Monk. I think this story is about repaying a gratitude, but in fact the White Bone Demon also wanted to eat Tang Monk."

"No way!" Zhang Lu was the first to refute Cen Huaian: "Because the White Bone Demon likes Tang Monk, she wants to take him back to the cave and marry him. You are still young and don't understand love!"

Cen Huaian looked at her doubtfully: "Does love mean you have to marry him regardless of other people's thoughts? This is not repaying a favor but revenge. I don't want such love!"

Zhang Lu: "Don't think so realistically. In this novel, the fox demon is so infatuated that he can even give up his life for love. How beautiful!"

Cen Huaian frowned even deeper and shook his head: "It's not beautiful. If he loses his life, what kind of love is there?"

Zhang Lu widened his eyes and puffed up his mouth. He didn't know how to refute Cen Huaian.

Chu Xia looked sideways at the two of them, and when they stopped talking, she said to Zhang Lu, "Lu Lu, An An is right. Love is not like a fox spirit. You see, at the beginning, for the sake of the scholar, she ignored the advice of her tribesmen and abandoned her tribesmen to be with him. In the end, she was killed by the scholar and the Taoist priest. After she borrowed the Buddha nature of the golden cicada and became the White Bone Spirit with great difficulty, she didn't think of cherishing this life. She knew that Sun Wukong would kill the monster when he met it, but she still flew into the fire three times. Do you think this is really love?"

Zhang Lu had actually just come into contact with this knowledge. Adults are always against children falling in love early, but they have never thought about guiding children about the correct relationship between men and women and the three views on love.

Zhang Lu fell into deep thought, Chu Xia said again: "If it were me, I would not have pursued love with the scholar in the first place. The fox spirit is the most spiritual and talented in the tribe. I would be like Xin Shisinian in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", practicing wholeheartedly and becoming an immortal.

Even if I get carried away and turn into bones like the fox spirit, I will have Buddha nature and spiritual energy later. Golden Chanzi said that I can become a Buddhist practitioner, so I will never waste these talents!"

After listening to Chu Xia's words, Zhang Lu felt that the confused ideas just now suddenly became clear in his mind.

"Aunt, there seems to be no love in your approach."

Chu Xia laughed: "Didn't you realize that the love in this story is just a stumbling block on the way for the fox spirit to become an immortal? Good love is about mutual achievement, not life and death. You can look at your parents, your uncle and aunt, their love is worthy of your pursuit, not the love in this book that is abused for the sake of abuse."

Not only Zhang Lu was listening to Chu Xia seriously, Cen Huaian was also listening, and the students sitting nearby who were participating in the league were all listening.

They and Zhang Lu were junior high school students of the same age. Children at this stage are at the age when they are vaguely curious about love and like to try various things, but if they don't take a good step, their lives will take a turn.

After hearing what Chu Xia said, they, like Zhang Lu, were all thinking silently. They felt that Chu Xia was right, and they also felt that love should be as passionate as in novels.

Zhang Lu was a clear-headed person. She thought about it for a while and figured it out. She clapped her hands and showed a big smile on her face: "Aunt, I think you are right! I still like the love between my father and my mother. I don't want to quarrel with my family for a man and die for him. It's too stupid."

She became happy again and pulled Cen Huaian to continue reading: "Turn to the back, turn to the back, let me see what the story is at the back?"

The paper of this supernatural novel is very rough and a little gray. The paper is also very thin, and the words are a little rough, but it doesn't affect the reading.

Turning to the next page, seeing the name of the novel - I'm Behind You, Chu Xia silently looked away. This was scary at first glance.

Sure enough, not long after, Cen Huaian suddenly reached out and grabbed Chu Xia's arm and looked away from the book.

Chu Xia stretched out her hand to cover his eyes: "If you are afraid, don't read it."

Zhang Lu flipped through the pages of the book and said in a strange way: "This is not scary, there is just a dead body under the bed, what is there to be afraid of if the person is dead."

"Ahhh! Zhang Lu, stop talking, it's so scary!"

The girl who had been listening to them behind Zhang Lu said quickly, her voice trembling a little.

The boy opposite Zhang Lu looked up at Zhang Lu in surprise: "Aren't you afraid?"

Cen Huaian didn't want to read that supernatural novel anymore.

Zhang Lu: "Don't be afraid, they are all fake, what are you afraid of. An An, do you still want to read it? I think these stories are quite interesting."

An An waved her hand, pursed her lips and said, "Sister, you can read it."

He took out the Olympiad test paper from his schoolbag: "I'll do a set of papers."

Now only the test paper can suppress the shock he just received.

Zhang Lu took the book and read it with relish, which was more enjoyable than reading it with two people.

"Aunt, read this story, I think this love is not bad, it's not scary."

"What story?"

Zhang Lu showed the book to Chu Xia, and Chu Xia was also curious.

It was a story that was a bit similar to redemption, and it was indeed not scary.

In the evening, in the abandoned equipment room of the campus, a boy was about to commit suicide. Suddenly, a girl appeared and held his hand: "You will regret it."

The boy failed to commit suicide. He confided his troubles to the girl, and the girl comforted him. The two agreed to meet in the school's woods every evening and sit on a bench beside the woods to chat.

Naturally, they developed feelings, but the boy suddenly found out one day that there was no student with the girl's name in their school. Only a student who committed suicide three years ago had the same name as the girl.

The boy ran to the woods frantically to verify, and the girl did not hide it from him.

"In fact, I regretted it the day I committed suicide, but no one saved me at that time, so I showed up when I saw you commit suicide."

The boy didn't mind that she was a ghost, he just wanted the two of them to be together.

But the girl said, "I don't have much time left in the world. Because I saved you, I have merits and can be reincarnated. An envoy will come to pick me up in three days."

At the end of the story, the girl was taken to reincarnate in the golden light of merit, and the boy watched her leave and stayed on the playground for a long time.

After reading it, Chuxia felt a little regretful. The love story in this story is indeed better than the story of the fox spirit.

She pushed the book to Zhang Lu and nodded: "It's good, saving each other."

Zhang Lu said: "It's just that the ending is too regrettable."

Chuxia: "This is the best ending."

The girl sitting behind Zhang Lu turned around, knelt on the seat and patted her back, and said with great curiosity: "Zhang Lu, can you let me see it?"

Then this non-scary ghost story was circulated among all the Olympiad contestants, including the two teachers.

When Chu Xia watched these students enthusiastically discussing the content of the story, she found that the top students were not nerds as many people thought. They were curious like ordinary children and liked to discuss interesting stories.

Because of this story, students from different schools who were not familiar with each other gradually became familiar with each other and started chatting.

Only the boy opposite An An and Zhang Lu, one doing homework and the other reading his own book, did not participate in these discussions.

Except for being a little crowded and not sleeping well at night, Chu Xia, An An and Zhang Lu had a very pleasant journey on the train.

When they finally arrived in Dongcheng, Chu Xia, who felt that the journey was not unbearable, breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone was very tired after sitting on the train for so long.

At the beginning, all the students were energetic and full of exploration spirit about their surroundings. By now, everyone's face had lost its spirit, and their eyes were full of fatigue.

Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing were at the front and back, respectively, and asked the students to follow hand in hand, and not to fall behind.

Chuxia was in the middle of the team, and she also helped to take care of the students.

When they walked out of the station, right in front of them was a banner that read: Warmly welcome teachers and contestants from all provinces and cities.

In front of the banner was a table with two people sitting there. This was a reception arranged by the Dongcheng Province Mathematical Society, and they were the organizers of this year's league.

Sitting on the bus arranged by the organizer, Chuxia took Anan and Zhang Lu to catch up on sleep at the back, so they didn't have to worry about everyone's safety.

The other students were like them, leaning back on their chairs and sleeping.

It is still cold in Dongcheng. People in Beijing can wear sweaters and coats now, but in Dongcheng, you still need to wear a jacket.

Chuxia knew it was cold here, so she told Jiang Zhiguan in advance. So when the three of them got off the train, they put on jackets and slept with clothes on.

But some parents did not expect that they did not prepare thick clothes for their children. They sat in the car wearing a thin coat and their lips turned blue from the cold.

Teacher Xing was more careful. After noticing, he asked him: "Didn't you bring thick clothes?"

The boy shook his head: "No."

Teacher Xing frowned and looked around. He saw the military coats on Chuxia and the other two, and they were wearing the thickest clothes.

She walked over, gently woke Chuxia up, pointed at the boy whose face was pale from the cold, and asked her shyly: "An'an's mother, do you have any extra thick clothes? If so, can you lend one to that boy?"

Chuxia handed over the military coat in her hand: "Let him wear this. An'an's clothes are too small for him to wear."

Zhang Lu also woke up at this time, and immediately raised his hand and said, "Aunt, teacher, he can wear my clothes!"

The military coat was indeed a little big for a child, and Zhang Lu quickly took out a navy blue cotton jacket from her bag: "Teacher, I'll give it to him!"

As she said that, she ran to the boy with the clothes in her arms.

"Tang Song, this is for you!"

Tang Song was a boy from the same school as Zhang Lu. He was so cold that his teeth were clenched tightly, but he didn't say he was cold or ask to borrow clothes.

"Thank you."

Tang Song took Zhang Lu's clothes, took off his coat and put them on, and his whole body began to warm up.

Zhang Lu was tall, and boys didn't develop as early as girls in junior high school. Tang Song was only a little taller than Zhang Lu, and Zhang Lu's jacket was a little big, so he was just right for her.

"You're welcome!" Zhang Lu patted his shoulder and asked him, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were cold? Are you stupid? By the way, did you bring your woolen trousers?"

Tang Song did, and he nodded.

Zhang Lu was relieved, waved to him and returned to his seat: "You can wear my clothes first, I have more."

Tang Song turned her head to look at Zhang Lu's back. When she was about to turn around and sit down, he retracted his gaze, half lowered his eyes, looked at the sleeves of his clothes, and touched them carefully. When they

got off the bus at the hotel, Zhang Lu found that Tang Song put on a coat over his cotton jacket and continued to stand alone in the queue at the back in silence.

Zhang Lu ran over and pulled him to her side: "You and I are from the same school, let's be together."

Chu Xia smiled and turned around and said: "You and Lu Lu are from the same school, don't be polite, you can tell us if you have anything to say, or you can tell the teacher. You are here to compete, if you catch a cold, your body will suffer, and you have finally come here, you can't leave regrets because of a cold."

Tang Song nodded and said "hmm", without saying anything else and left.

The rooms arranged by the organizer for Beijing students are on the second floor, which are standard rooms, four people in a room.

Chu Xia, An An and Zhang Lu are in special situations, they share a room, and Chu Xia paid extra money.

The exam time is in two days, they came early just to have a good rest for two days, so that they can participate in the league with the most energetic spirit when the exam comes.

Chuxia asked the two children to stay in the room. She gave Teacher Xing the cold medicine she had prepared with her and said, "Tang Song was frozen for a while when he left the station. He is prone to catching a cold. This medicine can prevent colds. Teacher, if you have brown sugar ginger tea, you can also give him a cup to drive away the cold."

Teacher Xing slapped her head and said, "Oh! I was just worried about this. Your medicine is really timely! I thank you for Tang Song."

Chuxia: "It's okay. They are all children who came to participate in the competition with An An. I also hope that everyone is healthy."

Chuxia has never come to Dongcheng to play, whether in this life or the previous life. But she knows that it is cold here. The weather in April is as cold as that in February in Beijing. Chuxia doesn't even want to leave the hotel.

However, it is not suitable to go out these two days. After all, they are about to take the exam. An An and Zhang Lu need to rest in the hotel.

In addition to the meals prepared by the hotel for students every day, Chu Xia did not dare to take An An and Zhang Lu to eat other food, for fear of upset stomach.

"Auntie, thank you."

In the evening, Chu Xia took An An and Zhang Lu out for dinner. She had just taken a bite when Tang Song walked up to her and spoke in a very serious tone.

Chu Xia looked up and smiled: "Don't worry, I'm glad you're okay."

Tang Song nodded to her, nodded to Zhang Lu, and left.

Zhang Lu and Cen Huaian didn't know what happened yet, and they looked at Chu Xia in confusion.

"Mom, why did Tang Song thank you?"

Chu Xia took a sip of porridge and said, "Nothing, just when I first came to the hotel, I asked Teacher Xing to help him send a pack of medicine to prevent colds."

Zhang Lu and Cen Huaian did see Chu Xia taking something out at that time, but one of them was rolling around in bed, and the other was packing a suitcase, so they didn't see clearly what Chu Xia took.

"It's just a small matter, eat quickly."

At night, Chu Xia and Zhang Lu shared a bed, and An An had her own bed.

Zhang Lu didn't recognize the bed and was tired. He fell asleep like a piglet in less than a minute. Chu Xia also felt sleepy.

Only Cen Huaian, as soon as he closed his eyes, thought of the scary story he had read on the train before, and always felt that there was someone under the bed.

He lay there for a long time but couldn't fall asleep. Cen Huaian looked at Chu Xia and Zhang Lu opposite him. They were both asleep.

Cen Huaian closed his eyes and tried to tell himself not to think about it, it was all fake. But the more he tried not to think about it, the clearer the plots in his mind became.

Finally, Cen Huaian couldn't bear the fear in his heart anymore. He got out of bed, walked to Chu Xia, and lay down beside her bed. He finally felt at ease.

He didn't disturb Chu Xia's sleep. He just lay there and gradually felt sleepy.

However, because his body was not supported, he lost consciousness and fell to the ground. His hand happened to hit the kettle on the bedside table, making a "bang" sound, which was very loud at night.

Chu Xia was not sleeping well. She opened her eyes the moment she heard the noise. With the faint moonlight coming in through the gap in the curtains, she saw Cen Huaian lying on the ground.

"An An? What are you doing here? Why don't you sleep?"

Cen Huaian got up silently, patted the dust off his body and said, "Mom, I'm going to bed now."

Chu Xia looked at him suspiciously, "Tell me the truth, why are you here?" She also sat up.

Cen Huaian was silent and didn't say anything. He is a boy, and his sisters are not afraid of those stories. He was so scared that he couldn't sleep after reading only one story. He was embarrassed to tell Chu Xia.

Usually Cen Huaian fell asleep quickly at home. At this time and they were so tired from taking the train, An An shouldn't be unable to sleep.

Chu Xia got out of bed and raised her hand to touch his forehead. It was not hot. She took his hand again and felt his pulse. He

looked restless and frightened.

Chu Xia raised her eyebrows and looked at Cen Huaian in surprise. She thought that it had been two days since they read the story and An An had forgotten it. She didn't expect that he was still scared.

"If you are scared, why don't you wake me up?"

Cen Huaian shook his head: "Mom, you fell asleep, I don't want to disturb you."

Chu Xia touched his head, feeling a little distressed. Cen Huaian is too sensible.

She took his arm and walked to his bed, letting him lie down to sleep: "I'll watch you, wait until you fall asleep before you go to sleep. You can call me directly if you have anything in the future, I'm your mother."

Cen Huaian didn't say anything. He wanted his mother to go to sleep, but he was really scared.

"Mom, I..."

"Okay, go to sleep." Chu Xia forced him to cover the quilt: "I'll tell you a bedtime story."

It was the story of Thumbelina that Cen Huaian had heard many times. Under the gentle voice of his mother, the terrible scenes in his mind disappeared. He seemed to have come to a real fairy tale world, experiencing all kinds of things with Thumbelina.

When Cen Huaian's breathing gradually stabilized, Chu Xia stopped telling the story, tucked the quilt for him, yawned with her hand covering her mouth, and quickly lay down on the bed to sleep.

The next night, Chu Xia watched An An fall asleep before she went to sleep.

Two days passed in a flash, and the National Junior High School Mathematics Competition was about to begin.

Chu Xia had never participated in a national mathematics competition before, and she didn't understand the process.

She sat in the room outside the examination room with Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing, and like them, she was worried about An An and Zhang Lu's exams.

"Teacher Xing, how many exams will there be in total?"

Teacher Xing lowered his voice: "It's just this one exam, and the results will be out soon."

Chu Xia looked at the time and waited anxiously, while Cen Huaian on the field was doing the questions very quickly.

There are three types of questions in the competition: multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, and big questions, with a total of 100 points plus an additional question.

Everyone else was thinking hard. After all, the national league competition was definitely more difficult than the city competition. Cen Huaian also felt that it was difficult.

However, it was not difficult enough for him to solve it. It was just that there were more twists and turns, and it took more time to think and solve the questions.

There is a pattern in the questions now. Generally, the questions at the beginning are simpler, and the questions at the end will become more and more difficult.

However, the competition questions are different from the usual exams. One question may be simple,

but the next one may be very difficult. Although Cen Huaian's time to solve the questions has slowed down, compared with other students, his speed of solving the questions is still faster.

Many classmates stopped when they encountered a difficult question, thought for a while and had no idea, and continued to solve the next one. Zhang Lu was like this

. She left several questions blank. But she had a good attitude and had come with a casual attitude, so she was very relaxed.

The examination room was a very large room that could accommodate all the students participating in the league. There were several teachers in the examination room to supervise and patrol.

They were all teachers from the Mathematics Society. When they passed by Cen Huaian and saw the questions he answered, they all couldn't help but stop and look at them for a while.

Especially when they saw that he did it quickly and didn't find any mistakes, they wanted to watch longer.

Cen Huaian himself didn't notice these teachers, but the students next to him were so nervous that sweat broke out on their foreheads.

One student raised his hand directly: "Teacher, can you please not stand here and affect my homework?"

The teacher was also afraid that he would affect the students. Although he wanted to continue looking at the questions written by Cen Huaian, he could only bear it and leave first.

Cen Huaian finished the questions including the additional questions and was about to check them when a boy went up to hand in his paper.

Cen Huaian didn't care about other people's papers and lowered his head to check his own. There was still a lot of time left, so there was no need to rush.

But because some students left, it also increased the pressure on the remaining students.

Immediately afterwards, two more students handed in their papers. Cen Huaian was the fourth to hand in his paper.

The teacher who collected the papers looked at him and said, "Are you sure you want to hand it in? We still have time."

"Sure."

The teacher thought he was another student who couldn't finish the paper and handed it in. Unexpectedly, when he got the paper, he saw the big questions at the back were filled with neat and clear steps to solve the problems.

He glanced at a question and found it was correct. He looked at Cen Huaian again with a look of surprise.

"Okay, you can leave now."

Zhang Lu didn't come out until the end of the exam. Chu Xia and Cen Huaian were waiting for her outside.

When she saw the two of them, she ran over happily and said, "I only didn't finish two questions!"

In Zhang Lu's original thought, she just needed to leave half of the questions blank. Now she finished so many questions, which was an unexpected surprise.

Cen Huaian asked her, "Which two questions did you not answer?"

"The third multiple-choice question and the second fill-in-the-blank question. An'an, what's your answer?"

"D, 1." Before Cen Huaian could say anything, a male voice came from behind the two of them.

Zhang Lu immediately looked over and said with a bright smile, "Tang Song, did you answer it too?"

"Yes." Tang Song nodded.

Cen Huaian: "My answer is the same as his."

Zhang Lu clapped his hands and said even more happily, "I guessed the same answer for the multiple-choice questions. I hesitated between 1 and 0 for the fill-in-the-blank questions. Well, I just randomly wrote 0 in the end. But I guessed one right and I was very happy!"

Zhang Lu was not like other students who didn't do well in the exam and looked sad. The exam was over, so of course he had to put it aside and do other things happily.

The test results will not be announced until the next day. There is still an afternoon left. Students are not allowed to leave the hotel without an adult. It is easy to get into danger in an unfamiliar place.

Chuxia did not take Anan and Zhang Lu out to play because the weather was not very good today. It was cloudy outside and very cold. The wind felt like a knife cutting on the face.

Zhang Lu found a box of poker cards, and Chuxia and the other two sat on the bed to play poker.

While they were playing, the doorbell rang, and Zhang Lu went to open the door.

"Tang Song?" She called out in surprise, "What's the matter?"

"I want to check the answers with you."

Zhang Lu made way: "Come in, we are playing poker. The exam is over, why are you still thinking about this? Don't be so stressed!"

She patted Tang Song on the shoulder and skipped to the bed. Tang Song looked at his shoulder being tapped by Zhang Lu, and paused before walking over.

Since Tang Song wanted to check the answer, the card game was suspended for a while.

Zhang Lu didn't want to know the answer, she just wanted to be happy for a while. So Cen Huaian and Tang Song went to the side to check the answer, and she and Chu Xia turned on the TV and watched it with the volume turned up very loud.

When the two came over, Tang Song said that he was leaving, but Zhang Lu pulled his arm: "Why leave? There's nothing to do at home. Let's play cards together!"

Tang Song looked at her and sat down beside the bed. The four of them played cards for the whole afternoon.

At eight o'clock the next day, all the teachers and students went to the conference room next to the examination room to gather. Today, the league results will be announced and the first, second and third prizes will be awarded.

Teacher Xing and Teacher Jin asked every student about the exam. Many students said that the test paper was difficult, and Cen Huaian also said it was difficult.

So the two teachers no longer have great expectations for the results of this league. They just hope to get a second prize and not embarrass Beijing.

In fact, the students in Beijing are still very strong. After all, there are excellent teachers and resources. Before the exam, Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing were also full of confidence.

But many students told them that they had not finished the questions, which destroyed their confidence.

Never mind, it was the first time for the students to take the exam, and they might be under too much pressure.

When the Mathematics Society announced that Cen Huaian, Tang Song and another girl won the first prize, Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing did not react.

Cen Huaian and the other two had already gone on stage to receive the awards. Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing looked at each other, quickly stood up and applauded excitedly. With

three first prizes, it will be a great honor this time, and there is no need to worry about not being able to report to the Beijing Mathematics Society.

There were more second prizes next, with five students, including Zhang Lu.

She was so happy that she was extremely happy. She smiled particularly brightly on the podium with her certificate, and no one grinned as wide as her.

"An An! Aunt! Second prize! I actually won the second prize in the National Mathematics League!"

This was something Zhang Lu herself had not expected. She thought she would be thankful if she could get the third prize, but now she actually won the second prize. She is really outstanding!

Chu Xia and Cen Huaian were also happy for her. Everyone had achieved satisfactory results in this National Mathematics League.

Zhang Lu sat between Cen Huaian and Tang Song, and said to them with curiosity in her eyes: "Let me see your first prize certificates."

Cen Huaian and Tang Song handed them to her without any hesitation, and she could not tell from their faces how precious the certificates were.

Zhang Lu compared her second prize with hers. Except for the name and the written award, everything else was the same.

She returned it to Cen Huaian and Tang Song, holding her own certificate, and continued to smile happily. Anyone sitting next to her could be infected by her joy.

Chuxia, Cen Huaian and Tang Song also had happy expressions in their eyes.

After the league competition, Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing were going to take all the students home.

Chuxia found the two teachers in advance and said, "Cen Huaian, Zhang Lu and I are going to visit Dongcheng for two days, and we will not go back with the student team." Teacher

Xing persuaded Chuxia, "There is safety in numbers. It will be more difficult for you to take care of two children by yourself."

"This is what we planned from the beginning. We have friends in Dongcheng."

After hearing what she said, Teacher Jin and Teacher Xing stopped persuading her. They just said "Be careful" and separated from each other in the hotel.

Tang Song didn't see Zhang Lu and the other two in the team, and frowned: "Teacher, there are not many people in the team."

Teacher Jin checked the number of people: "Not a few."

Tang Song frowned even more tightly: "Zhang Lu and the others didn't come."

Teacher Xing smiled and said beside him: "They won't go back with us."

Tang Song was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this answer. He looked back at the hotel behind him, touched the cotton padded jacket inside his clothes, and the light in his eyes suddenly dimmed.

The car went far away, Tang Song was still looking at the hotel, just in time to see Chu Xia and the other two walking out of the hotel door, talking and laughing. Among them, Zhang Lu had the biggest smile, and kept saying something.

Tang Song kept watching until he could no longer see the figure behind him.

There are no ice sculptures in Dongcheng now, but there are other fun things.

Here are Cen Zhengnian's classmates, Jiang Zhida's friends, and Cen's father's subordinates.

It is indeed not safe for a woman to bring two children in a strange city. In the end, they asked Cen's father's subordinate, who worked in the Public Security Bureau, to help find a local to take Chuxia and the other two out to play.

After playing for three full days and experiencing the most famous bathhouse culture in Dongcheng, the three of them were satisfied and ready to go home.

On the way back, Chuxia and her friends did not choose to take the train, but directly bought tickets to fly back.

It takes less time, and you don't have to suffer as much as taking a train. There is no chance of encountering thieves and kidnappers, so you don't have to worry all the way.

This is not Chuxia's first time on a plane, but An An and Zhang Lu are.

They went to the airport with Chuxia. From checking in their luggage to checking their tickets and boarding the plane, the two children were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, their eyes full of curiosity.

Cen Huaian was more restrained and not as reckless as Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was not afraid of other people's gazes and asked the uncle who came to see him off if he had any questions.

Sitting on the plane, looking at the little people below the window, Zhang Lu and Cen Huaian became even more excited.