"...I'm very saddened by this..."
The speeches on the stage continued. Except for the first few rows of students in the audience, people in the back began to whisper to each other and chat in low voices. Boys and girls were sitting together, so there were many topics to talk about.
However, they still know what's appropriate. Now that the principal is speaking above, the head teacher will come over from time to time to inspect, so it's not too obvious.
"...Ai Liang, a classmate from our school, played an important role in the investigation of this case, advancing the progress of the case and assisting the police in obtaining key evidence! His quality and spirit are worth learning and promoting... ...I hereby commend you! Please invite Ai Liang to the stage!"
After the principal finished speaking on the stage, he took the lead in applauding, and soon there was thunderous applause from below.
Ai Liang, who was reading a novel, suddenly heard someone calling his name on the stage. He raised his head and felt confused.
"Xiao Ai, come up quickly..." Seeing the head teacher's gaze, Ma Yu suddenly stuffed the phone under his butt.
Ai Liang put down the novel and walked towards the podium.
"It was thanks to the efforts of classmate Ai Liang that the real murderer was caught so quickly. For this reason, the police specially sent a banner as a reward!" The principal happily held Ai Liang's shoulders and turned his body to the stage. Down.
This was obviously a deliberate attempt to magnify Ai Liang's achievements. Ai Liang looked at the principal and then at Yue Qihua under the stage without saying anything else.
The principal finally showed the true appearance of the cylinder he had been holding in his hand and handed it to Ai Liang under the camera of the photographer.
Snap, snap, snap, snap.
After taking over the banner, there was another round of applause.
Ai Liang forced a smile at the camera. There was no need to think that this banner must have been sent by Shi Feng. I guess I sent it to the school because I wanted to satisfy the normal teenager's desire for expression. That's why the principal added it temporarily.
Ai Liang returned to his seat and sat down under the watch of all the teachers and students. This time, the girls who couldn't see Ai Liang stood up from their squats. Even after being reprimanded by the head teachers of each class, many people still looked over.
"Sorry."
"It doesn't matter."
The confusing conversation between Yue Qihua and Ai Liang made Yang Xingyue confused: "Why can't I understand what you two are saying, Huahua?"
"Of course I'm apologizing to Ai Liang, otherwise what else could it be?" Yue Qihua bit the lollipop stick and looked at the principal with a hint of complaint.
"Why are you apologizing suddenly?"
"I apologize for my uncle. He obviously used Ai Liang's contribution to bring glory to the school without his permission." Yue Qihua's tone was very unhappy. "I know that he has been under a lot of pressure recently because of Gao Jiajia's death, but isn't it too much to use Ai Liang without permission and reveal that he assisted the police in handling the case without his consent? At least let me tell you in advance!"
Yue Qihua bit the lollipop into pieces and then took out a napkin to wrap the candy bar. "He is like this. He doesn't even have the most basic respect for others when they are young. That's why my grandfather doesn't like him as the eldest son very much."
After Yue Qihua's explanation, Yang Xingyue finally understood and hurriedly comforted Ai Liang: "We will ask grandpa to teach Uncle Yue a lesson later. Ai Liang, don't take it to heart."
By the way, Yang Xingyue's grandfather is Yue Qihua's grandfather. She has lived in Yue Qihua's family since she was a child. It is not an exaggeration to say that the two families are one family.
At that time, the parents of both parties directly proposed the marriage, but they gave up because they were both daughters.
"It's okay, I don't care."
Ai Liang rolled up the banner and put it away, but he was no longer in the mood to read a novel. He took out his mobile phone and started chatting with netizens.
"But Xiao Ai, did you really assist the police in handling the case over the weekend?" Ma Yu didn't want to get involved in other people's housework and could only change the subject.
"Um."
"Spent more than ten hours squatting in someone else's neighborhood?"
"Um."
"Uh...why do you have to do this?"
Ma Yu cautiously probed.
Not to mention others, even he had doubts about whether Ai Liang liked Gao Jiajia. Otherwise, there would be no need to fight so hard for a girl who confessed to him, right?
"If you don't want to say it, forget it..." Ma Yu added immediately.
If Ai Liang really accepts Gao Jiajia's confession, wouldn't this be like exposing a scar?
In comparison, Ma Yuyue Qihua was much more direct: "Ai Liang, just tell me whether you like Gao Jiajia or not. Did you accept her confession that night?"
"Hey! Huahua!" Yang Xingyue's expression suddenly changed. Fang Xiaoxiao joked in the milk tea shop on Friday that Ai Liang liked Gao Jiajia. Ai Liang never answered Fang Xiaoxiao's question directly and always chose to change the topic.
The speaker has no intention of listening. Yang Xingyue has been thinking about this matter for the past few days and feels very uneasy.
"I didn't like her, and I didn't accept the confession."
Ai Liang raised his lowered head: "I just saw her father crying very sadly and wanted to do something."
"Did you hear that?" Yue Qihua glanced at Yang Xingyue after she finished speaking. She always sighed from time to time in the past few days, which made Yue Qihua's head grow bigger.
Yang Xingyue shyly avoided her eyes.
Among the four, only Yue Qihua has always been convinced that Ai Liang did not act because of Gao Jiajia. After all, she knew Ai Liang first and knew Ai Liang's character much better than Yang Xingyue and Ma Yu.
The assembly on the stage was still going on, and the whole morning passed like this. As the principal gave a speech to summarize the assembly, the students returned to the class one after another, and some of them went directly to the cafeteria to eat.
There is still more than half an hour before school ends at noon, and this time is specially set aside for students to ask for leave.
In the last month of preparation for the exam, many parents have spent money to hire special tutors for their children. Thirty thousand for twenty-one days, and an average of ten thousand for a week of lessons. This is the basic fee for tutoring to prepare for the exam.
If you are willing to spend money, some tutors can even turn students who have not read in three years into exam-ready academics within a month. Of course, the premise is that the students themselves are willing to cooperate.
The method Ai Liang taught Yang Xingyue was a common method used to prepare for tutoring exams.
Several people returned to the teaching building. It was not as crowded as before, because most of the students went directly to the cafeteria or restaurants outside to eat.
Anyway, they are about to graduate, and they are getting bolder. As long as it is not a serious violation of discipline during the graduation season, the teacher will turn a blind eye.
Just when Ma Yu was complaining about changing to a mobile phone with a large capacity battery during the summer vacation, a middle-aged woman in her thirties stopped in front of a few people: "Ma Yu, where is Xiaoxiao?"
"Mom? Why are you here?" Ma Yu was a little surprised.
"Didn't I come here to sign the leave note for you? Why not talk about Xiaoxiao?" Ma Yu's mother kept asking about Fang Xiaoxiao's whereabouts.
"I have to sign and go to the office to find the teacher. Why are you standing here? Let's go." Ma Yu pushed his mother towards the office with both hands.
"Hey, you haven't told me where Xiaoxiao has gone. The student himself has to be present to sign." Ma Yu's mother looked around while being pushed by Ma Yu.
"I'm here!"
Fang Xiaoxiao's voice came from the corridor.
"Hey!" Fang Xiaoxiao jumped into Ma Yu's mother's arms, and for those who didn't know, she thought she was her biological mother. Ma Yu himself was left in the cold and watched Fang Xiaoxiao act coquettishly with his mother.
"well......"
Ma Yu sighed and said, "I suspect that I was adopted by them."
Yue Qihua looked at the coquettish Fang Xiaoxiao and said, "Isn't it great? At least you don't have to worry about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future."
"That's what I'm worried about! Both her father and my parents dote on her. If I make her angry in the future, I'm afraid I will be kicked out directly."
Ma Yu's words were full of despair for the future.
Ai Liang glanced at him and said nothing. In his opinion, this was a worry about happiness. He had never experienced what family affection was since he was a child.
According to Ai Liang's understanding, the relationship between Ma Yu and Fang Xiaoxiao is similar to that between Yue Qihua and Yang Xingyue. The two families have been neighbors for decades and know each other well. Both parents support their relationship.
"Let's go, mom will take you to the office to ask for leave."
Ma Yu's mother pinched Fang Xiaoxiao's face with a smile, then turned around and pulled Fang Xiaoxiao away.
"Mom! Don't forget me!" Seeing this, Ma Yu didn't care to chat with Ai Liang and others and hurriedly caught up.
"Don't you have long legs? You can't keep up?" Ma Yu's mother's tone was full of disgust, and when she turned to Fang Xiaoxiao, she turned into a smiling face: "Remember to tell me who is your class teacher."
"Well! My head teacher wears gold-rimmed glasses..."
For some reason, looking at Ma Yu's back, Ai Liang suddenly felt like a mother and daughter leaving their dog at home during a spring outing.
Looking at Ma Yu's embarrassed figure, Yang Xingyue chuckled and asked Ai Liang, "Ai Liang, aren't you going to ask for leave?"
Ai Liang was busy replying to the message on his mobile phone and asked without looking up: "I have invited you before, what about you?"
"Huahua and I don't have to ask the head teacher to sign. We can just tell Uncle Huahua directly."
Seeing that Ai Liang was chatting with netizens on his mobile phone again, Yang Xingyue poked his arm: "Ai Liang, there are two girls next to you. Can you please stop staring at your mobile phone all the time? This will make us very embarrassed."
"Oh, sorry."
"That netizen must have a good relationship with you, right? What did you talk about?"
Yang Xingyue came over to see Ai Liang's chat interface. The two were so close that Yang Xingyue's hair hung down to Ai Liang's neck. Her hair was cold and itchy, but it was also very comfortable.
Ai Liang had quick hands and eyes. He closed the screen of his phone as soon as Yang Xingyue approached her. She only had time to see a name.
"Well, you're so stingy." Yang Xingyue pretended to be dissatisfied and patted his shoulder gently. It was more of a coquettish element than venting.
Yue Qihua held her chin and asked: "Speaking of it, Ai Liang, you and that netizen have known each other for a while, right? I remember when I first met you, you would hold your phone and chat with that person all day long. Have you ever had sex in real life? "
"Eh? Have we known each other for so long?" Yang Xingyue was a little surprised.
Things like netizens are all because the two parties started to chat about a certain topic. As time goes by and new netizens are met, the old netizens will slowly lose contact and become a thing of the past. People like Ai Liang have known each other for several years. There are very few people who can still talk to each other.
"She is not a native of Neihua City. We have never met and we don't plan to meet. Just keep it as it is." Ai Liang turned on the phone again and explained without raising his head.
Yue Qihua was a little curious: "I'm a little curious about who can talk to a boring gourd like you."
"The main thing is that she speaks and I listen." Ai Liang replied.
Yang Xingyue smiled: "Is the other party a boy or a girl? It should be a boy."
Ai Liang glanced at her: "She said she is a woman. I don't know the real situation. She usually talks to me about trivial matters in life, such as daily necessities, or some work experience. I guess she should be in the second year of life. Around fifteen to thirty years old.”
'Occasionally she also cares about my life. 'Ai Liang didn't say this sentence, he just repeated it in his heart.
In fact, Ai Liang has always regarded this netizen as a good friend. Although they usually talk about trivial matters, these trivial matters have a strong flavor of life, which is something that cannot be felt in an apartment.
And there are some things that are inconvenient to say in front of acquaintances, but you can speak freely on the Internet. Ai Liang has also complained to others about his family. Anyway, everyone is a stranger and does not know each other. Some things are known. It doesn't matter.
Ai Liang chose to hide it in front of Yang Xingyue and others. He didn't want other emotions to be mixed into the simple relationship between classmates.
Ai Liang raised his head and looked around the classroom. There were less than ten of them and they were all busy with their own things. He put away his phone and stood up and said, "It's getting late. I'm going to eat first."
Yang Xingyue looked at the wall clock in the classroom and said, "It's already this o'clock... The lower grades are about to finish class, Ai Liang, why don't we come together..."
"No." Ai Liang politely declined Yang Xingyue's invitation and left the classroom alone and walked toward the cafeteria.
He left quickly and resolutely, without any regrets.
Yang Xingyue frowned and looked at Yue Qihua.
Yue Qihua innocently peeled off a piece of chewing gum and threw it into her mouth: "Look at what I'm doing. You don't know Ai Liang's character. How could he sit with us in an occasion like the cafeteria? It's usually nothing in the classroom. If you still Going to the cafeteria to eat together is too eye-catching."
Yang Xingyue said reluctantly: "He even went to the bookstore with me on weekends..."
"One code, one code. I went to the bookstore with you on the weekend to help you choose guidance books. Why did we go to the cafeteria to eat together? Tell you about the chemical reactions of the dishes on the plate?"
Yue Qihua said unceremoniously: "Think carefully, apart from tutoring and studying, have you ever had any other interactions with Ai Liang?"
"Forehead......"
After Yue Qihua said this, Yang Xingyue realized that it seemed to be the case.
"So when you are alone with Ai Liang, try to talk about other topics. Don't always immerse yourself in answering questions and let him explain. Otherwise, you two will have no common language except learning."
"But...what should we talk about?"
Yang Xingyue thought for a while, but couldn't figure out the reason, so she had to ask her Huahua for help again.
"Don't Ai Liang usually like to read novels? What else can we talk about if we just talk about novels. Buy two novels, give one to him as a thank-you gift, keep one for yourself, and then find an opportunity to discuss the plot together. "Yue Qihua immediately proposed a solution, and this idea made Yang Xingyue's eyes light up.
"Yes, Huahua is still smart!" Yang Xingyue hugged Yue Qihua's body and rubbed her chest with a bright smile.
"Okay, get up quickly. Class for the lower grades is about to end. If we don't go to the cafeteria, it will be too late."
Yue Qihua patted Yang Xingyue's head helplessly. She was really heartbroken for this half-sister.
