Chapter 8 Snow Pear Soup "Little classmate, don't be too prejudiced against me. ...
September 8, 2017, sunny weather
Sichuan Fritillary and Pear Soup, very sweet.
——Excerpt from Tao Shuran’s Diary
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Fang Qingyi stuck out her tongue and got straight to the point.
"Is Fu Changpei at home?"
"He's inside, just fell asleep." Liang Yuanjing turned his head and coughed slightly. "He has a fever. I came to give him some medicine."
As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Qingyi rushed in like a spinning top.
Only Tao Shuran and Liang Yuanjing were left looking at each other.
Liang Yuanjing leaned his body inward. Tao Shuran had learned this body language from a popular psychology book.
This meant inviting her in.
She took a deep breath and walked past him quietly.
The courtyard, bathed in light and shadow, is filled with the tranquility of a late summer evening. In the center of the courtyard stands a round table with a thermos kettle on it.
Liang Yuanjing poured two cups of warm water, drank one himself, and signaled her with his eyes to come and get it herself.
Tao Shuran stood there and hesitated for a while.
Slowly approaching him, I asked cautiously, "Do you have a cold too?"
Her sudden approach allowed Liang Yuanjing to look at her from a very close angle while drinking water.
She had very fair skin, a small face, and a pair of bright, twinkling eyes, and was now looking at him intently.
Perhaps because the two of them were not very familiar with each other, her gaze would avoid him after a while, and her eyelashes trembled very noticeably.
"It's nothing serious," he said.
"This is my dad's stew of Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs and Snow Pears. It's for cough relief. Would you like some?"
Mustering up her courage, Tao Shuran lifted up the thermos she had been carrying. She was a little nervous, her palms were sweating from where she was gripping the handle, and her heart was pounding.
Afraid of being rejected.
Fortunately, Liang Yuanjing reached out and slowly drank from the empty cup next to him.
The warm pear soup just soothes the dryness in the throat, and the perfect amount of sugar intake also makes people feel happy.
Liang Yuanjing jokingly said, "You've become braver."
His eyes just fell on her.
"Finally learned to say something other than thank you to me?"
Tao Shuran's pupils suddenly shrank, and she lowered her head to watch the two people gradually getting closer, his shadow overlapping hers.
"I'll go ask Xiaoyi and the others if they want some."
Without thinking, Tao Shuran turned around quickly and fled.
Liang Yuanjing stroked the cup, stood behind her and looked at her, raised his hand, and said to her loudly -
"Thanks, that's sweet."
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At the beginning of the new week, Zhou Wu announced the time for the first monthly exam.
It’s the end of September, almost a week before National Day.
There were wails and cries from the audience, with people crying and shouting, "The school is deliberately trying to prevent us from having a good National Day holiday."
Fang Qingyi propped up her chin and said sadly, "If I don't do well in the exam, my dad will definitely not allow me to go out and play with you guys."
The response from the people below achieved the expected effect.
Zhou Wu said with a smile: "Regarding this issue, there is no need to worry at all, because our National Day——"
“No holiday!”
"Depend on!"
"Go to hell! Damn school, they don't even let you go for a single day!"
Fang Qingyi frantically shook the seat next to her deskmate, then turned around and shouted at Tao Shuran, who was concentrating on writing, "Ranran, did you hear that? There's no National Day holiday."
Tao Shuran exclaimed "Ah" before she reacted.
She put down her pen and nodded in agreement. "There aren't many days left until the college entrance exam. Just hold on a little longer. I've fallen behind in a lot of things."
Fang Qingyi said that if there was no National Day holiday, she would hit herself to death with a piece of tofu.
After two minutes of discussion in the classroom, Zhou Wu cleared his throat and continued, "After the exam, we will rearrange the seats based on the monthly test scores. Some students with poor grades should stop hiding in the last row and sit in the front to look at the blackboard."
After saying this, he looked in a certain direction meaningfully.
Tao Shuran, who was writing a question, paused for a moment. In the past, teachers would often move the seats of students with poor grades forward.
Tao Shuran didn't want to sit in the front row.
I don’t want the distance between me and Liang Yuanjing to become infinite.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhou Wu walked slowly to the back with his hands behind his back.
He squinted his eyes and glanced around, skillfully woke up a few sleepy students, and slowly walked to the back door.
Then he stood behind Zhao Zhengnian silently.
Zhao Zhengnian buried his head under the desk, concentrating on playing games.
Suddenly a cool breeze blew, and the game screen showed "game over". The black screen reflected the slightly plump face of the head teacher, who was standing behind him.
Zhao Zhengnian was so scared that his hands shook and his phone fell to the ground.
Zhou Wu patted his shoulder, squatted down and took the initiative to help him pick up the phone.
She looked at him very kindly and said, "Zhao Zhengnian, after the next exam, you will move to the first row."
"I'll confiscate your phone for now, but I'll return it to you after the college entrance exam."
Zhao Zhengnian said with a bitter face, "No, teacher, there are still more than 200 days before the college entrance examination."
Zhou Wu still had that smiling tone: "Then come back to me when you are in the top 200 in your grade."
"Classmate, please lend me Fu Changpei's notes so I can copy them."
Zhao Zhengnian looked like he had turned over a new leaf: "From today on, I will study hard."
"Do you have any learning magic to teach me?"
His sudden enthusiasm made Tao Shuran feel a little at a loss. She had the impression that this desk mate was very lazy, very talented in sports, but had no interest in studying.
Fortunately, the academic score requirements for sports students are not that high.
Tao Shuran said carefully: "I usually come to school to study on Sunday mornings, why don't you come with me?"
As we all know, the vacation time in the third year of high school is very precious.
Even Fuqing Affiliated High School is so strict that it only gives students half a day off on Sunday morning to go home and rest.
During this precious half-day holiday, someone actually took the initiative to come to school to study?
Zhao Zhengnian made a gesture to say goodbye: "Sorry to bother you, classmate."
*
On Sunday morning, Tao Shuran got up at 5:30 on time.
After getting up and washing up briefly, she stood in the corridor and memorized some English words. The corridor was a long circular corridor, and walking down the entire corridor was just enough for her to review the words she had learned the previous day.
At the end of the corridor, Tao Shuran looked up and saw Fu Changpei standing opposite him.
Coincidentally, he also has the habit of getting up early to memorize his lessons.
The two of them smiled at each other in tacit understanding, then lowered their heads to recite.
After memorizing a round of words and texts, Tao Hongfeng had almost finished buying groceries and making breakfast.
After breakfast, Tao Shuran carried his schoolbag to the classroom to study.
She has been coming here frequently in the past few weeks, and several security guards at the affiliated high school have already recognized her. When they see her coming, they will open the door and chat with her.
"Little classmate, you came earlier today than last week."
Tao Shuran smiled slightly: "Teacher Zhou said that my progress is too slow, so I can come here to study on Sundays when I have nothing to do."
The campus is particularly quiet after the holiday.
It was Sunday morning, the weather was not too hot, and the air was filled with a fresh scent of sunshine.
Tao Shuran stood under the camphor tree at the foot of the teaching building and recited some classical Chinese and ancient poems. When she went upstairs, she deliberately took the stairs on the side closer to the office.
Just then, I saw Yu Caiying writing a lesson plan in the office.
She knocked gently on the door. "Teacher Yu, I took a test last night and there's a reading comprehension question I don't quite understand. Can I ask you something?"
"Okay." Yu Caiying put down the pen in her hand and was very surprised to see her coming over.
After all, no teacher doesn't like hardworking students.
A few days ago, she heard the teacher in the office say that although the new transfer student had a weak foundation, he worked harder than all the other students.
Tao Shuran took out the test paper from her bag and when she walked over to ask, she suddenly discovered that there was another unexpected person sitting at the desk next to her.
Liang Yuanjing.
He also studies here.
After asking the questions, Yu Caiying casually asked her, "How are you doing with those lessons?"
Tao Shuran said, "Almost."
Yu Caiying said "hmm", and seeing that Liang Yuanjing had almost finished writing, she reached out and took his test paper to correct it, and at the same time kicked him out.
"Go outside and beat her on the back to see where she's not familiar."
Tao Shuran was stunned for a moment and subconsciously tightened the strap of his schoolbag.
Seeing him stand up and walk out, she slowly followed him.
Liang Yuanjing asked her, "Where did you carry it to?"
Tao Shuran stuttered a little and said, "I've almost finished reciting it all."
"So powerful?"
His words made her blush uncontrollably, and at the same time, her heartbeat began to become irregular.
Tao Shuran turned her head to avoid his gaze and asked casually, "Why are you here?"
Liang Yuanjing chuckled, lowered his eyes, and asked her instead, "Why can't I be here?"
He lowered his gaze nonchalantly, and the white tiles of the corridor reflected the outline of the boy's shoulders, which looked a little lazy and untidy. At this moment, he was looking down at her.
The height difference between the two of them cast shadows on the wall, outlining the most ambiguous frame from the perspective of the secret admirer.
Tao Shuran's heart beat faster and his face turned red.
Liang Yuanjing glanced at her and took the initiative to say, "There is no training on Sunday, so I came here to study."
"I thought..."
"Do you think I'm really a genius who can get full marks on any test?"
He scoffed, the ending tone slightly raised, a hint of amusement in his voice.
Tao Shuran immediately explained nervously: "No, you are very talented in learning."
“Talent can only represent the ceiling of a thing. Achievements still need to be achieved step by step with down-to-earth approach.”
Liang Yuanjing put his hands in his pockets, chuckled and looked down at her, his voice very close to her.
"Little classmate, don't be too prejudiced against me."
The lowered voice made Tao Shuran realize how close they were. She immediately held her breath, but she still couldn't help but smell the fresh scent of citrus and mint on him.
At this moment, she looked into his eyes.
The ghost asked: "Do you know my name?"
"Tao Shuran."
Liang Yuanjing raised his eyebrows: "Comfortable and safe, your parents must want you to be happy and happy."
The afterglow of the rising sun shone on them. At this moment, looking into his eyes, Tao Shuran felt so happy that she was almost dizzy.
After a casual chat, we soon got down to business.
Being nervous is already an extremely stressful thing, and having someone you like standing in front of you exacerbates this emotion.
Tao Shuran got stuck several times, and a look of regret flashed across his face.
She lowered her head in frustration and listened to Liang Yuanjing recite any sentence without turning to the book.
He was waiting for her to recite the next sentence, but when she looked into his eyes, she suddenly became nervous and froze, unable to say anything.
Liang Yuanjing also looked into her eyes.
He said gently, "Tao Shuran, close your eyes."
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