power failure
The weather has not been very good these days. It rains all the time.
The classroom was extremely hot and stuffy, and during evening reading time, many people leaned on the railings to get some fresh air.
Originally, Xu Zhiyi also wanted to go out to study, but when she was about to get up, she noticed that Song Chengrui in front of her had just walked out.
It seemed like he had been planning this for a long time, and he was standing at the door deliberately, as if waiting for someone.
Who is he waiting for?
Xu Zhiyi paused, turned around and walked to the back of the classroom.
Zhang Ningxia was sitting in the back row by the window. She was a little surprised to see Xu Zhiyi coming over.
"Hey, Zhiyi!"
Xu Zhiyi smiled slightly and blinked to discuss with her.
"You're in a windy place, can I switch places with you?"
Zhang Ningxia was eager to change her position and agreed immediately.
"Okay, okay, take a seat. I'm just going out."
Xu Zhiyi held the Chinese textbook and looked outside. The sky was covered with dark clouds. The voices around him mixed with the sounds of reading, which was a bit harsh. The air was filled with a damp smell, making it difficult to breathe.
“Who first saw the moon by the river? When did the moon first shine on people…”
"Life……"
Xu Zhiyi closed his eyes and was thinking about the next sentence, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember what the next sentence should be.
At this moment, the boy continued with the next sentence.
"Life is endless from generation to generation, and the moon over the river looks the same year after year..."
Xu Zhiyi heard the voice and suddenly opened her eyes, but she didn't know when Song Chengrui was leaning against the window alone, looking at her with a confident look.
"We need to get more familiar with it."
This was originally just a simple sentence, but in Xu Zhiyi's eyes, she felt that Song Chengcheng was mocking her and mocking her mercilessly.
If Xie Lin were here at this moment, Song Chengrui would probably be in a completely different state.
Facing Song Chengrui, Xu Zhiyi could not say anything else. She could only hide her unhappiness in her heart and turned her face away.
When Song Chengrui saw Xu Zhiyi's reaction, he thought she didn't hear him, so he raised his voice and repeated it.
"We need to get more familiar with it!"
Song Chengrui's voice attracted the attention of the students around him.
Xu Zhiyi's ears felt hot, and the fingers gripping the pages of the book turned slightly white.
"I know." She stood up suddenly, snapping the textbook shut. "I don't need you to teach me."
A flash of lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating Song Chengrui's stunned face.
Xu Zhiyi picked up the book and walked towards the front door, but ran into Xie Lin coming back with a cup of water at the corner.
The moment their eyes met, Song Chengrui's hurried footsteps were heard behind them.
The raindrops finally fell.
The raindrops hit the corridor railings, splashing tiny drops of water.
Xie Lin looked at Xu Zhiyi, then at Song Chengrui behind her, tilting her head slightly: "What's wrong with you guys?"
Xu Zhiyi pursed her lips, said nothing, and walked straight past her.
Song Chengrui opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just scratched his head and laughed dryly: "Nothing, I'm just reciting a poem."
Xie Lin said "Oh", her eyes moved between the two of them, and then she smiled: "Then you guys continue, I'll go back to my seat first."
Xu Zhiyi stood in the front corridor, and the rain was blown in by the wind, wetting her cuffs.
She lowered her head and stared at the Chinese textbook, but the words seemed to be floating on the water and she couldn't read them at all.
She heard footsteps behind her and subconsciously straightened her back.
"Are you angry?" Song Chengrui's voice came from the side, a little tentative.
Xu Zhiyi didn't look at him, but just said lightly: "No."
Song Chengrui leaned on the railing and looked at her sideways: "Then why are you running?"
"Boring." She answered briefly.
He was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Okay, then I'll stand with you for a while."
Xu Zhiyi finally turned to look at him, frowning slightly: "Don't you have to memorize the text?"
Song Chengrui was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows: "I've finished reciting it."
“…”
Xu Zhiyi turned his face away and said nothing more.
The sound of rain grew louder, drowning out the sound of reading in the classroom.
The rain was particularly heavy, and soon everyone had hidden back in the classroom, listening to the raging wind and the crashing rain outside.
Xu Zhiyi frowned, wondering when the rain would stop.
The classroom suddenly fell into darkness and all sounds stopped.
Xu Zhiyi's fingers were still on the open pages of the book, and the ink blurred into a blurry gray shadow in the dim light.
The sound of rain outside the window suddenly became clear, and the rhythm of raindrops hitting the glass seemed to be amplified several times.
"The power is out!" someone shouted.
Amid the exclamations, several cell phone lights lit up one after another.
Xu Zhiyi heard the sound of tables and chairs moving in the front row. She subconsciously looked up and saw a slender silhouette passing by the front door of the classroom.
The emergency lights in the corridor suddenly lit up, and the dim light seeped in through the rain and fog, stretching everyone's shadow very long.
The power outage is a carnival moment in campus life. At this moment, the surrounding classrooms can also hear the laughter one after another. Accompanied by the sound of rain, a never-before-felt atmosphere of freedom begins to spread from the inside out in the classroom.
"Quiet."
As a student council member, Xu Zhiyi went up to the podium with gritted teeth. At this moment, many boys in the audience were like wild horses, jumping up and down without any scruples.
"Did you hear that?"
"Everyone, return to your seats!"
Xu Zhiyi's voice was drowned out by the noise.
Gao Xingxing sat behind Xu Zhiyi and sighed.
"It's no use. Now they're all crazy."
The classroom was still in chaos. Several boys were fighting on the table, and books were scattered all over the floor.
Xu Zhiyi stood on the podium, her voice a little hoarse, but she still insisted: "Say it again, everyone return to your seats!"
"The power's out, why would you care?" A sneer came from the back row. "What a pretentious guy."
Xu Zhiyi pinched his fingertips into his palm and was about to speak when Xie Lin suddenly stood up.
"Wang Jie," she said slowly, her voice hushing the entire classroom. "I think I saw someone playing games in an internet cafe last week. Which one was it? If not, I'll go find Teacher Xu and ask for the exact address."
The boy choked and climbed down the table awkwardly.
Xie Lin turned to look at Xu Zhiyi and blinked gently: "I remember when we were maintaining discipline, how much conduct score would be deducted from the final exam for disruptive people?"
The classroom was completely quiet.
Xu Zhiyi stared at Xie Lin in a daze. She could have just stood by and watched. Even...if her prestige was destroyed, it would only benefit Xie Lin.
So this is what it feels like to be protected by others.
Suddenly, a blinding flashlight shone from the back door, and the voice of our homeroom teacher, Xu Dongxing, boomed, "Everyone, sit down!"
The classroom suddenly fell silent.
Song Chengrui stood beside Xu Zhiyi at some point and whispered, "Your shoelaces are undone."
She looked down and saw that her sneaker laces were indeed loose and dragging on the ground under the light of his flashlight.
Teacher Xu glanced around and stopped at the podium: "Everyone, sit down in your seats and wait for the power to be restored."
He looked at Xu Zhiyi and said, "Xu Zhiyi, you continue to maintain discipline. The school will notify you when there is any news."
"Yes, teacher."
Xu Zhiyi nodded obediently.
After Xu Dongxing left, Xu Zhiyi bent down to tie her shoelaces and heard Song Chengrui's very light laughter: "When you get angry, you look quite like the real deal."
Thunder roared outside the window, and her ears began to burn.
"It's a matter of necessity."
She quickly stood up and was a little surprised to see Song Chengrui still beside her.
"Did you go and call the teacher?"
Song Chengrui touched the back of his neck. He could only see his swaying figure faintly in the darkness.
"No, I was thinking of taking this opportunity to go to the bathroom." He lowered his voice, "but I just happened to run into you when I came back."
Xu Zhiyi nodded, and in the dim light she saw that the shoulder of his school uniform was wet from the rain.
The classroom gradually became quiet and some people began to recite in a low voice.
Suddenly, a bag of biscuits was heard from the front row, along with the rustling sound of the packaging bag.
"Here, this is a good opportunity to have a snack. Xie Lin gave it to me."
Xu Zhiyi pinched the biscuit package, and the slightly cool touch remained on her fingertips.
Suddenly, there was a sound of a chair falling from the back row of the classroom.
Xu Zhiyi instinctively wanted to go over, but Song Chengrui stopped him: "I'll go, don't move."
He took two or three steps to the back row, picked up the stool and put it back in its place.
Xu Zhiyi looked at his tall and straight back, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.
The school originally had a backup generator, but as it happened, the generator couldn't be used.
Xu Zhiyi and his friends waited at the school for two hours, but were finally notified to dismiss students early.
Xu Zhiyi stood in the school corridor holding his cell phone, feeling a little empty inside as he watched his classmates being picked up one after another.
"Zhiyi, is your dad coming or your mom?"
"My dad."
Zhang Ningxia held up an umbrella to help Xu Zhiyi. "It's raining so hard, how about I give you a ride?"
Xu Zhiyi shook her head. "No, I've already told my dad. Don't worry about me."
"There's almost no one here. Where's your dad?"
Zhang Ningxia stretched her neck but didn't see anyone coming to the school gate.
Xu Zhiyi pushed her and motioned her to go first.
"It's okay, you go home first, my dad will be here soon."
"No, I have to wait for your dad to come. If no one comes to pick you up, I can take you back."
Xu Zhiyi was a little embarrassed, "Then..."
Zhang Ningxia said happily, "It's okay, my parents agree, and they won't say anything to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a black car slowly stopped, the window rolled down, revealing Xu Wangping's stern face.
"Get in the car."
Xu Zhiyi whispered a few words to Zhang Ningxia, then quickly opened the car door. As soon as he got in, he heard his father's low voice: "Don't you check the weather before going out this morning?"
She pursed her lips and said, "I saw it, but I didn't expect it to rain so heavily..."
"You've seen it, but you still don't have an umbrella?" Father Xu tapped the steering wheel with his fingers, his tone stern. "You don't consider the consequences of your actions. What if no one comes to pick you up? Are you going to go back in the rain?"
Xu Zhiyi lowered her head and clutched the strap of her schoolbag, saying nothing.
"say."
"I..." Her throat tightened, "I'll remember next time."
Xu Wangping snorted coldly: "You always say next time, but what's the result?"
The rain outside the car window was getting heavier, and the raindrops hitting the glass were like some kind of silent accusation.
Xu Zhiyi stared at the dim lights outside the window and suddenly felt breathless.
"Dad, I just forgot once." Her voice was soft, but with a hint of stubbornness. "Don't make such a fuss."
"You're making a mountain out of a molehill?" Father Xu's tone suddenly rose. "If you can't even take care of yourself, what else can we expect you to do in the future?"
Xu Zhiyi looked up suddenly: "I just forgot to bring an umbrella, it's not a big deal!"
"What's with that attitude?!"
The car fell into silence, with only the wipers swaying mechanically.
Xu Zhiyi's eyes were burning, but she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from crying.
After a long pause, Father Xu took a deep breath and softened his tone slightly, "...I just don't want you to develop the habit of forgetting things. You should always have a plan in mind when doing anything. If you check the weather, you should know to bring an umbrella. Do I need to teach you something like this?"
Xu Zhiyi turned his head and looked out the window.
The rain blurred everything, just like her vision at the moment.
"I know." She whispered.
"I just said a few words to you, and that's it. Aren't you just not paying attention?"
"I can still take care of you now, but what will happen when I'm old? Who will worry about you?"
"You, you're already sixteen or seventeen years old..."
When Xu Zhiyi heard this annoying nagging, her mind was about to explode. She even wanted to get off the car directly and just get caught in the rain.
It's better than sitting in the car and accepting this unreasonable verbal torture.
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