Chapter 3: The Sound of Cicadas At this moment, his shadow fell, completely covering...
"2017.08.22 Cloudy to sunny"
The sun is shining and the cicadas are chirping.
Today you called my name for the first time, I was very happy, this was the first happy thing since I came to Fuqing.
——Excerpt from Tao Shuran’s Diary
*
The first thing Tao Shuran noticed was the boy's clean and slender hands. His skin was cold, white and delicate, and the edges of his nails were trimmed cleanly and rounded, without a single barb to be found.
Her heart beat faster and she didn't dare to look up at his face.
I hurriedly took what he handed over. It was a B5 loose-leaf notebook from Bunyo.
There are even color pages with the names of each subject, making it very convenient to search.
This should be the "secret weapon" that Fang Qingyi was looking for for her exam yesterday.
But why did Liang Yuanjing send it over?
This feeling is very wonderful. Two parallel lines that were originally unrelated suddenly intersected one day.
Tao Shuran didn't even dare to think about it.
She raised her head, and when she caught a glimpse of his leaving figure from the corner of her eye, she finally mustered up the courage to say to his back, "Thank you."
Liang Yuanjing didn't look back, but waved at her with his schoolbag slung loosely on one shoulder. The golden light from the branches of the sycamore tree shone on the pure white tiles of the corridor, blooming into golden flowers under his feet.
Tao Shuran suddenly thought of the scene he had just seen him——
His slightly damp black hair draped over his forehead, and his school uniform jacket was rolled up into a ball and wrapped around his waist. He wore a simple black T-shirt underneath. His shoulders were flat and his waist was narrow, revealing his youthfulness.
The eyes that looked at me were as bright and shining as the sun.
Tao Shuran's heart was filled with the scorching summer breeze.
*
In the evening, she walked home in the falling night, with the cicadas chirping all the way.
Fang Qingyi called her right on time and asked, "Hey, Ranran, did you receive the notebook? I asked Fu Changpei from Class 4 to give it to you."
"received."
Tao Shuran paused and said softly, "It was just sent by Liang Yuanjing."
As she was talking, she caught a glimpse of a small shop on the side of the road. Thinking of Ms. Zhao's wonderful breakfast, Tao Shuran decided to buy some bread in advance and stock up at home.
Fang Qingyi sighed over the phone, "Luckily he came to see you after class, otherwise the girls in Class 1 would have been furious."
Tao Shuran asked softly, "Are there many girls in Class 1 who like him?"
"Nonono," Fang Qingyi said in an extremely exaggerated tone, "It's not just Class 1, all the girls in the whole school like him."
"Except for the great and wise me, of course."
Tao Shuran laughed out loud: "I won't talk to you for now, I'm going to buy something."
After hanging up the phone, Tao Shuran walked straight into the convenience store.
This is a small supermarket with some bulk bread on the shelves. Tao Shuran thought about it and went back to the front to get the weighing bag.
She casually put the book in her hand on the glass counter in front of her.
Tao Shuran randomly grabbed some blueberry bread, purple sweet potato toast and caterpillar bread and stuffed them into a plastic bag. He walked around twice and decisively took out a bag of potato chips and threw them in.
"Boss, please calculate how much it is."
"Eighteen dollars and fifty cents."
Just a casual glance and she got such an accurate number. Tao Shuran glanced at the number on the scale and it was indeed similar to the price she calculated in her mind.
Only then did she notice that the boss sitting at the counter was a teenager about her age. His hair hung down softly in front of his forehead. This boy had eyelashes that were longer than a girl's, hanging down quietly, looking warm and peaceful.
And Tao Shuran noticed that he was holding a Level 4 English vocabulary book.
She also memorized this book during the summer vacation to expand her vocabulary. It was recommended to her by her English teacher at the time.
Tao Shuran couldn't help but take another look at him. After paying, she picked up her things and prepared to leave. Unexpectedly, the boy also picked up the loose-leaf notebook in front of him and stuffed it into his bag.
She immediately said, "Excuse me, this is my book."
The boy raised his head slightly, pressed his long fingers on the cover, then opened the title page with one finger, pointed to a subtle signature and said, "My name is on it."
“This is my notebook.”
Tao Shuran looked at him in surprise: "Are you Fu Changpei?"
At the same time, Fu Changpei also spoke, "Are you Tao Shuran?"
In a flash, he remembered.
"I'm sorry." Fu Changpei said, "I'm used to collecting books and forgot to lend them out."
Tao Shuran quickly said, "No, no, no, I'm sorry. I borrowed Xiaoyi's storytelling book from you. If you need it, you can use it."
Fu Changpei said, "You can use it."
Staring at his face, Tao Shuran always had a feeling of déjà vu. She thought about it again and again, and finally after hearing his voice, all her memories came back.
"Is it you?"
"It's me." Fu Changpei smiled slightly, "I'm sorry for bumping into you that day."
He apologized again.
This was definitely not Tao Shuran's original intention in bringing up this matter.
"It's really okay. Then I'll buy another case of water. Can you help me calculate the total price?"
Fu Changpei glanced at her, stood up and asked her, "Do you live upstairs?"
Tao Shuran said "hmm" softly. She didn't expect to meet a classmate here.
After paying, she suddenly remembered how she was going to carry this big box of water up there.
Fu Changpei took the initiative to say: "Let me help you carry it up."
“Knock knock knock—”
"I'm coming." Zhao Yanyun ran over to open the door wearing an apron and holding a spatula in her hand. She was stunned when she opened the door.
Why is there a young man standing at the door, and he looks quite handsome.
Three seconds later, Tao Shuran's head popped out from behind and then rushed in again.
"Mom, I bought a box of water that was too heavy, so my classmate brought it back for me."
"Oh." Zhao Yanyun reacted and offered a warm welcome, "Have you eaten yet? Do you want to stop by for a bite?"
Tao Shuran widened her eyes and immediately took the things from Fu Changpei's hand and put them home without thinking.
As she pushed him slightly out, she turned her head and said to Zhao Yanyun, "Mom, he came after dinner, and he still has to go back to study."
Outside the door, Fu Changpei was confused.
The girl was not very strong, and pushing him was a bit like a kitten kneading milk, but he was still willing to cooperate and moved.
The moment he closed the door, he heard Tao Shuran whisper in his ear -
"Excuse me, but my mom's cooking is terrible."
Outside the door, Fu Changpei was stunned for a second, then he chuckled and shook his head.
*
On the playground of the affiliated high school, whistles kept blowing and the sounds of legs being raised and lowered for training were everywhere.
"Hey there, lift your legs higher! Lift your legs higher! You're expecting a spanking if you lift them that low, right?"
The instructor not far away narrowed his eyes, saw a familiar figure in the distance, and shouted angrily.
"Liang Yuanjing, you're still late for training. Go over there and do 50 extra push-ups."
Liang Yuanjing didn't say anything. He dropped his schoolbag, stretched out his arms, stood up and put down again neatly, repeating this process so quickly that his afterimage appeared.
"Brother Liang, it's rare that you're even late for flight training."
It happened to be the training time for this pair of athletes in the evening. Zhao Zhengnian rubbed his wrist and did warm-up exercises beside him.
He came over and whispered, "What bad things have you done?"
In less than a minute, Liang Yuanjing quickly completed fifty push-ups.
The scorching summer sun was shining brightly. He picked up the water from the side, tilted his head back and drank it. Sweat flowed down his sharp jaw to his muscular chest, and his Adam's apple rolled several times.
Just said: "Send something for Lao Fu."
Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhengnian's eyes lit up: "Who are you helping, a girl?"
Liang Yuanjing didn't say anything, and Zhao Zhengnian just took it as his consent.
"This blockhead has finally come to his senses. Isn't he usually shy when talking to girls for more than a word?"
Once Zhao Zhengnian opened his mouth, he couldn't stop and started chattering non-stop.
"Let me tell you, my new female deskmate is so gentle and smells so good every day. Didn't I accidentally bump my knee yesterday?"
He lifted his leg and pointed at the bandage on it: "Look, how thoughtful she is. She specially asked Fang Qingyi to give it to me."
It's not a big wound. I accidentally scratched it while running yesterday.
Liang Yuanjing glanced at her and sneered coldly, "How squeamish."
"I wish you the best. I'll post another one today to make it an even number."
Zhao Zhengnian raised his eyebrows: "Why are you so venomous?"
"envy!"
"It's just pure jealousy!"
…
"What are those two bragging about? Get moving!"
The instructor in camouflage uniform came over with a stern tone.
"It's the final year, and I have to work harder on my studies, and I also can't slack off on my physical training."
The instructor pointed and said, "Liang Yuanjing, go do two more sets of roller training."
Zhao Zhengnian immediately ran away very fast.
He had tried the roller training before out of curiosity. It was fine when he stood on it, but once it started spinning, he felt dizzy and felt like he was going to die after only three rotations.
When I came down, I vomited up the dinner from the previous night. I had to take a whole day off and recuperate at home before I felt better.
But Liang Yuanjing seemed as if nothing had happened.
If others ask him to turn 5 times, he will definitely ask himself to turn 10 times.
Today, he can complete the difficult training of rotating forward ten times, rotating backward ten times, and then rotating forward ten times.
Zhao Zhengnian felt that he didn't need to work so hard.
"Anyway, you've already passed the flight class selection. As long as you do well in the college entrance exam, you'll definitely be admitted to the Aviation University."
"I want more than that."
Liang Yuanjing raised his head with a determined look and looked at the boundless blue sky.
"My dream is to soar into the sky."
*
The day after the placement test, the affiliated high school posted a roll of honor on the bulletin board downstairs in the teaching building.
While having breakfast in the morning, Zhao Yanyun casually asked, "Ranran, do you have any dreams?"
"What do you want to do in the future?"
Tao Shuran pursed her lips and said nothing.
Zhao Yanyun casually said, "Then you can become a lawyer after graduation. Beijing University of Political Science and Law is a good one. You should work hard and get into the fourth department and fifth college."
After seeing her ranking on the honor roll, Tao Shuran thought with a dull look on her face that Ms. Zhao's expectations of her would probably not be realized.
She couldn't even reach the threshold of the fourth department and fifth college.
This baseline test covered the content of an entire textbook for senior high school students. Even after a cram session before the test, Tao Shuran still failed to master all the knowledge points.
The liberal arts project was a little better, as it was mainly mathematics. She had not learned many of the definitions and could not even write out the last few key questions.
The loss of points was too tragic.
The only sound heard from the crowd was Fang Qingyi's miserable wail: "It's over. My parents will definitely be called in again this time."
Zhao Zhengnian patted her shoulder as a comfort.
"This time, we were the last two to line up at the office door."
He glanced at Tao Shuran and added, "Oh, it's the three of us this time."
"New deskmate, congratulations on joining our countdown group."
Fang Qingyi slapped away his hand that was extended to high-five him: "Pah, pah, pah, so unlucky, who wants to count with you?"
"Get out of here, Zhao Zhengnian! You're the only one who failed the English test this time. Believe it or not, Teacher Zhao is going to yell at you again."
"She roars like a lion. I brought my own earplugs." Zhao Zhengnian was not to be outdone. "But you, Miss Fang, your dad has to attend your parents' meeting after the financial news. You will be scolded when you get home."
These words touched Fang Qingyi's heart.
Everyone knows that her father cares most about the studies of his only daughter, Fang Qingyi. However, she is the least motivated. Every time she is criticized by the teacher, her cell phone is taken away and her SIM card is blocked when she gets home. This whole process tortures Fang Qingyi terribly.
She was so angry that she started fighting with Zhao Zhengnian on the spot.
Watching them having fun, the excitement slightly dispelled the gloom of failing the exam.
Tao Shuran smiled slightly and looked upwards subconsciously.
Finally, when her mind stopped at a certain name, she suddenly felt the same gaze directed at her.
Immediately afterwards, the clear and crisp breath of a young boy approached, and Tao Shuran's whole body stiffened and he dared not move.
Because she realized that Liang Yuanjing was standing behind her.
Tao Shuran's heart was beating so hard that it almost jumped out of his chest.
At the same time, she subconsciously lowered her eyes.
At this moment, his shadow fell, completely covering her.
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