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On the afternoon of the first day of school, the school had evening self-study as usual.
Xu Wangping did not come to school, but he strongly requested the teacher to let Xu Zhiyi and her break up.
Xu Dongxing hung up the phone and called Xu Zhiyi and Song Chengrui to his office.
"I suppose you two know why you were called here?"
The two people were silent with each other.
Xu Dongxing sighed. "I was your age myself, and you two are both good kids. I don't want you to go home and reflect on yourselves. How about this? You two give me a promise to focus on your studies and stop being just ordinary classmates. I'll have a good discussion with your parents."
Xu Zhiyi lowered his head, somewhat reluctantly, "Teacher, it didn't affect my studies..."
"This isn't a matter of grades." Xu Dongxing shook his head. "Xu Zhiyi, your father has made it very clear that you two should break up. Otherwise, he'll contact Song Chengrui's parents."
Tears welled up in Xu Zhiyi's eyes. Did her father have to be so heartless?
She instantly felt a trace of rebellion in her heart and clenched her fingers.
"If I had to..."
Before she finished speaking, Song Chengrui interrupted her.
"Teacher, I'm breaking up with Xu Zhiyi."
Xu Zhiyi was a little bit unbelievable and turned to look at him.
"Song Chengrui!"
Song Chengrui's tone was very calm. He didn't look at Xu Zhiyi, but said to Xu Dongxing, "Teacher, please tell Uncle Xu that I agree to break up with Xu Zhiyi, and I will only keep a distance from her as ordinary classmates from now on. If he is really worried, I can also transfer to another class, which will not affect Xu Zhiyi's studies."
Xu Zhiyi frowned, looking a little broken, "Song Chengrui, what are you talking about?"
Song Chengrui had a blank expression on his face and turned to look at the ground. "I say, we're done here."
Xu Dongxing was a little surprised, but this was the most appropriate way to deal with the situation at the moment.
"Okay, I'll tell you."
He sighed softly, "Then you..."
Xu Zhiyi grabbed Song Chengrui's arm and said angrily, "Song Chengrui, did my dad say something to you? Did he?"
Song Chengrui gently broke free from her hand and took a step back. "Uncle didn't come to see me. This is my own idea. Besides, I thought about it carefully. It's not worth giving up my future for one person."
The last sentence was like a sharp blade, piercing Xu Zhiyi's heart accurately.
She was almost on the verge of collapse, but she managed not to cry.
Song Chengrui looked nonchalant and looked at Xu Dongxing, "Teacher, if there is nothing else, can I go back to the classroom?"
Xu Dongxing looked at the two of them, finally sighed, and waved his hand, "Okay, you can go back."
Xu Zhiyi stopped where she was, her mind completely confused. She didn't quite remember how she got back to the classroom, she only knew that it was over between her and Song Chengrui.
The lights during evening study were blindingly bright. How come she had never thought this light was so annoying before?
In this classroom, every inch of his presence felt suffocating.
At the end of the first class, Xu Zhiyi's book was still on the first page, with no signs of having been turned. Her deskmate handed her a cup of yogurt and asked with a hint of concern, "Xu Zhiyi, are you okay?"
She lowered her head, shook it slightly, and said nothing. She was afraid that if she opened her mouth, the sob in her throat would be unbearable.
At this moment, there was a slight commotion in the corridor near the window, and another girl came running to bring snacks to Song Chengrui.
In the past, Song Chengrui would have just warned them not to come.
But this time, she heard Song Chengrui talking and laughing with those girls in a gentle tone, and accepting the gifts they gave her, as if she was the only one who broke down in the office.
No explanations, no avoidances, no boundaries.
Xu Zhiyi was completely furious, and his heart gradually turned cold.
She stood up suddenly, and the chair legs made a harsh sound as they rubbed against the ground.
She quickly left the classroom and rushed to the toilet as if escaping.
The cold water hit my face and mixed with my tears.
The person in the mirror had red and swollen eyes and looked disheveled.
She didn't understand why Song Chengrui could let go so easily, without even showing any sign of sadness.
Wasn't it him who held her hand that day?
Wasn’t he the one who said that day that he wanted to see the same scenery together?
Was he just playing around from the beginning to the end?
The second class is an English test.
When the test paper was handed down, Xu Zhiyi forced herself to concentrate, and when she got to the reading comprehension part, she was stunned.
The article tells the story of a tree growing on the edge of a cliff. In order to obtain sunlight, its roots must desperately grasp the barren rocks. The trunk is twisted but extremely tough.
“Only by taking root downwards can we grow upwards.”
She still remembered that this topic had been used as a title in the Chinese language test paper in the previous monthly exam, and she had even discussed it secretly with Song Chengrui.
After Song Chengrui finished the exam, he said, "It's just like them. All their efforts now are for a smoother future, but... they don't have a future anymore..."
Memories flooded back like a tide, and Xu Zhiyi couldn't concentrate. She could only force herself to look at the questions carefully.
But his eyes unconsciously looked to the side. At this moment, Song Chengrui was concentrating on doing his homework with his head down. He seemed to feel Xu Zhiyi's gaze, but did not look up.
Xu Zhiyi finally confirmed that Song Chengrui had really changed.
But he changed so quickly that she still couldn't believe it.
After two evening self-study sessions, she hadn't done many questions on the test paper, but the draft paper was full of Song Chengrui's name.
Realizing that this was wrong, Xu Zhiyi crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the trash can, as if venting his anger.
After school, Xu Zhiyi did not leave. She packed up slowly on purpose because she wanted to find out clearly whether Song Chengrui had said that on purpose.
After waiting for a while, she and Song Chengrui were the only ones left in the classroom.
She glanced at Song Chengrui's seat, where he sat still, still hesitating about how to start the conversation.
She thought about it for about a minute or two, and finally plucked up the courage, stood up, turned around, and looked at Song Chengrui.
But at this time, Xie Lin came up from the stairs with an umbrella. She was a little surprised to see that Song Chengrui had not left yet.
"Hey, Song Chengrui, you haven't left yet. It's just right. Can you lend me your umbrella? It's raining outside and I don't have an umbrella with me."
Song Chengrui tilted his head and reached out to take the umbrella from the table.
Xie Lin glanced at Xu Zhiyi and said, "Xu Zhiyi, do you have an umbrella?"
Xu Zhiyi didn't quite understand, but nodded subconsciously, "Yeah."
Xie Lin didn't seem to understand their situation and said happily, "That's perfect. You two can share an umbrella. I'll borrow this one first!"
Xu Zhiyi was about to explain that she and Song Chengrui were not together, but Xie Lin turned around and ran away.
Xu Zhiyi held the umbrella tightly and followed Song Chengrui down the stairs without saying a word.
Sure enough, the rain outside the teaching building was pouring down, and many people were waiting in the corridor for someone to pick them up.
Xu Zhiyi stretched out her hand. She was still angry in her heart, but when she saw Song Chengrui's frown, she couldn't bear it and said, "Otherwise, use mine."
"No need." After saying that, he rushed directly into the rain without leaving any room for others.
Xu Zhiyi just stood there in a daze, and her mind seemed to recall the scene half a year ago when Song Chengrui lent her an umbrella, but at that time they were still very good friends.
She silently opened her folding umbrella, spread it open, and walked into the cold rain.
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This time the supplementary class time was extended by ten days, and the school also worked overtime to give them an extra second to learn.
Starting from morning self-study, teachers will patrol the classroom regularly and will not allow anything that disrupts morale to happen.
The boys in the class who like to play basketball are also confined to their seats. Apart from memorizing lessons, they do exercises. When they have some free time, they might secretly read novels or comics.
There are even more boring ones, where they bet with each other on how many girls will pass by the classroom door when get out of class is over.
Xu Zhiyi also slowly returned to her study state. Without a mobile phone and worries, she seemed to focus on her studies.
She used to put transparent tape inside her books, and now she still does it, but she no longer writes on them.
The days passed quickly, and it was time for the opening ceremony of the next sports meet. However, as high school graduates this year, they had lost the qualification to participate.
Every two days, Xu Wangping would bring fresh meals to the school, under the pretext of replenishing Xu Zhiyi's nutrition. To show his anger, Xu Zhiyi would only eat a few bites each time and then say he was full.
But Xu Wangping still went to her school rain or shine, and he never missed a single calcium tablet or milk. Sometimes he even didn't have time to take them to school, so he would leave them in the guard room and ask the teacher to bring them to her.
Xu Zhiyi became even more annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.
She has been trapped in this cage called love for too long, and she is still too immature to break free.
That day, she was still doing her homework when she was suddenly called to the stairs.
She walked to the stairs in a daze and saw a boy standing there waiting for her.
She knew this boy, a student council member from another class whom she often saw in the office.
She was a little surprised, "What's the matter?"
The boy took out a box of chocolates in the shape of a heart, and seemed particularly embarrassed.
"Xu Zhiyi, you should have an impression of me, right? We used to see each other every day in the office, and I felt that you were a very easy-going person, and you were also good-looking, so..."
The boy stretched out his hand, seeming to be very nervous. The box of chocolates shook in his hand and he almost dropped it.
Xu Zhiyi forgot how he returned to the classroom, he only remembered that the boy's eyes were full of loss.
Later, she seemed to have rarely met that boy, although their classrooms were on the same floor, but it was so magical.
After returning to the classroom that day, she remembered taking out an old notebook and tearing open the first page.
There was a faint mark on it, and when held up to the light, one could vaguely see a line of words.
"Xu Zhiyi & Song Chengrui, together forever."
Without hesitation, she tore the page into pieces.
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