The three of them found an empty table and sat down. Not surprisingly, Hong Xiqi bought a bunch of food. There was a pile in front of her. However, even though she kept eating like this, her weight did not necessarily increase. Tao You was very envious. After a winter vacation, she thought she didn't eat and drink too much, but the extra number on the scale really told her that it was time to eat less.
"Brother Mian, why are you still there?" Gu Yi turned to look at Song Yimian, who was still standing in front of the dessert counter.
After a while, Song Yimian came over with a strawberry cake and a glass of lemonade in his hand.
"Brother Mian, don't you like eating these sweet and greasy things the most? When I celebrated your birthday before, it seemed like it would kill you to let you take a bite of cake. Did you disappear during the winter vacation and change your gender?" Song Yi When Mian came closer, Gu Yi saw the thing in his hand and opened his mouth in surprise, as if he saw something terrible.
Song Yimian opened the chair with his feet and sat down, pushing the piece of strawberry cake in front of Tao You: "Eat it." Upon seeing this, Gu Yi immediately withdrew his expression and raised his hand to pat his mouth.
Tao You smelled the faint butter fragrance from the cake and swallowed involuntarily. He touched the circle of fat on his belly and firmly pushed the cake back to Song Yimian. He shook his head and said, "I won't eat it."
"Xiao Youyou, don't you really like eating this kind of cake?" Hong Xiqi smacked a little cream on the corner of her mouth and turned to ask, "Why don't you eat it today?"
Song Yimian saw Tao You's hesitation and pushed the cake in front of her: "I see you were staring at it for a long time. It's okay to eat a piece occasionally, but it will be consumed when your brain starts to work." You knew this was an excuse, but it did make her feel less guilty.
"Okay." Tao You took it and made excuses for himself, "You bought everything and you can't waste it, so I'll make it hard to eat."
During the flag-raising ceremony on Monday morning, the atmosphere on the playground was not quite right. The rare principals, deans, and grade deans were all present and stood solemnly at the edge of the stage. The formation was huge, indicating that they attached great importance to what was about to be said.
"Did you see it?" Hong Xiqi leaned back slightly, looked at the corner of the stage, and said to Tao You: "Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan, I am very well-informed."
Tao You looked carefully and saw two figures under the shade of the tree. The girl put her hands behind her back, raised her head and opened and closed her mouth constantly. She said these things to the boy next to her, her expression was flying, and her high ponytail swayed slightly. ; The boy lowered his head slightly, keeping his eyes fixed on the girl in front of him, listening carefully to the girl's words, with a doting smile on his face, and saying a few words from time to time. The breeze blew by, and the boy raised his hand to help the girl brush away the messed up hair. Hook it behind the ear with a skillful and gentle movement.
Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan both held a blank piece of paper in their hands. If Hong Xiqi's news was correct, they might want to go up and read the review after the flag was raised.
"Senior Cheng is so gentle." Hong Xiqi was completely smitten, pink bubbles kept popping up in her eyes, and she couldn't help laughing, "Ah, they are so sweet!" She held Tao You with her backhand excitedly.
"Ahem." The head teacher walked up to them, cleared his throat, and warned Hong Xiqi and Tao You with his eyes: "Be serious and don't chat."
Hong Xiqi immediately stopped laughing, let go of Tao You's hand, and stood upright, looking straight ahead.
"Hey, hey." The principal stood on the stage, patted the microphone, glanced around with a straight face, paused for a while, and said, "Today is the second week of April, and senior high school students have less than sixty days left before the college entrance examination. I have said those inspiring and encouraging words countless times. I believe some of you must be tired of hearing these empty words. This time, I am not going to say these familiar things."
On the playground, the students of the three grades were all agitated. Some of them, such as Hong Xiqi, who had good connections in the school and got the news in advance, couldn't help but whisper the news to the classmates around them who didn't know the situation.
"Quiet!" the principal said loudly, and the voice came out from the speaker through the microphone, deafening, with echoes and electric currents. "Some students already know what is going on. Some time ago, Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan, who are senior high school students in our school, There was a group fight outside the school, and on the same day, the other party went to the police station to report the incident. Since both parties took action, they finally chose to reconcile."
Many students below exclaimed, who is Cheng Binyu? He is the former president of the student union and one of the famous figures in the school. Almost everyone has the same impression of him as Hong Xiqi. They never expected that such a gentle and quiet boy could be like this. meeting
Going to fight is still at this critical moment; Qin Yingnan has participated in many writing competitions and achieved very good results. Her compositions have been in the hands of different people in different years, and every Chinese teacher has received her compositions. When Fan Wen explains, she has a rather out-of-the-box personality, is quirky, and has a wide range of interpersonal relationships. Many people have seen her walking with people outside of school.
For a moment, everyone cast worried glances at the two people under the tree, but the people involved didn't care and looked relaxed.
"But! Our No. 1 Middle School! Since the establishment of the school, nothing so ridiculous has happened! The seniors in high school, instead of preparing for the college entrance examination, actually went out to fight with a bunch of gangsters! This kind of behavior, no matter what age group they are in No. 1 Middle School , are not allowed to appear." After saying that, the principal turned his head to look at Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan, and continued, "Even if you have good grades, you are not qualified to do such a thing!"
"After discussion with the school leadership, classmates Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan reported the punishment and wrote a two-thousand-word self-criticism!" After saying this, the principal waved his hands and left angrily.
The principal obviously wanted to scare the monkeys. Everyone in the school fell silent and listened to the dean say: "Now, Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan will review their behavior in front of the whole school."
Cheng Binyu was the first to take the stage. Only then did Tao You see his face clearly. It was exactly like the one described by Hong Xiqi. His eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Song Yimian's. His unique bookishness made him stand out even more. The sun shone on him. The mist of early spring thinly covered him in front of him, and it became more and more fairy-like. He could watch it from a distance but not play with it. Cheng Binyu's self-examination was the same as what he gave people, strict and orderly, but every word showed his repentance.
Qin Yingnan came on stage shortly after, with a bright smile on her face. She looked like her name and was very heroic. Her review was not like the compositions she usually wrote. It was completely out of tune. She talked about this matter throughout the article, but It seemed like she didn't say anything. After speaking, she bowed gracefully to the classmates below and walked off the stage with her head held high.
Cheng Binyu and Qin Yingnan blatantly walked hand in hand towards the class. The students standing on the playground were stunned by their actions and followed the two closely. I don’t know who took the lead and applauded first. Everyone followed and applauded. There was another commotion, and the head teachers were warning their students, but it had no effect at the moment.
"Quiet! Quiet!" The dean yelled several times before the playground became quiet again.
The dean's face was ashen at this time, and he seemed to regret letting these two people come to the stage to review. He sighed deeply, opened his mouth, and seemed to be planning to say something else, but in the end he said: "This is the end of today's flag-raising ceremony. Until then, all classes will go to their rooms in an orderly manner." After saying that, he walked quickly towards the administration building with his hands behind his back.
"Xiao Youyou, they are so cool and chic. I wish I could be like them." On the way to the *** room, Hong Xiqi was still thinking about the flag-raising ceremony just now. There is no doubt that this flag-raising ceremony, There is a high probability that it will leave a mark in the history of No. 1 Middle School.
"You can do it." Gu Yi patted Hong Xiqi's head to stop her unrealistic fantasies, "They have the capital and energy to do this, but you are different. Be calm."
Hong Xiqi curled her lips and muttered: "I can't even think about it."
Tao You's blood boiled with excitement as she listened to a review that was better than a speech. She thought that if she encountered such a thing, she would also want to do this, but she would never have the courage to do it, and she would feel annoyed with herself.
"Hey, are you okay?" Song Yimian put his hands in his pockets, walked to Tao You and said when he saw her dull look on her face.
Tao You was a little unhappy when he interrupted her thoughts, and said perfunctorily: "Nothing's wrong." She quickened her pace and walked towards the classroom.
Song Yimian stood there blankly, not knowing where he had offended Tao You.
After school in the evening, Tao Youwen asked Song Yimian to take her racket and go to the locker room to change into short sleeves. She had just returned to the tennis court to do warm-up exercises. Her eyes met Coach Tan who was standing not far away. She intuitively told her that Coach Tan would call her.
"Tao You, come here." The next second, Coach Tan waved to Tao You, then turned around and walked towards the office nearby.
Tao You followed in confusion, his heart already in turmoil, and he kept recalling that he seemed to have done nothing wrong.
"Sit." Coach Tan moved a chair and placed it next to the desk, and said to Tao You, then returned to his seat and opened a folder in front of him.
Tao You sat down, but because of his nervousness, his back was very straight. He dug his palms into his hands and said nervously: "Teacher Tan, what do you want from me?"
Coach Tan noticed Tao You's nervousness, stood up and poured her a glass of water. He smiled and comforted her, "Don't be nervous. I just have something to discuss with you."
Tao You relaxed, but suddenly became confused again. Coach Tan might have something to discuss with him: "Teacher, tell me."
"It's like this," Coach Tan sat upright and spoke, "This is not the first semester of high school. There are still six months left. The autumn league is about to start again. Our women's team has only a small number of people, and we have left two more days since the beginning of the semester. There are not enough people to participate in the competition. I have observed you for a semester and you are one of the best in the entire club." He handed the folder to Tao You.
Tao You took it and saw clearly that it contained detailed records of each training session for each person. She saw that Coach Tan was serious and responsible.
"I can see your love for tennis, so I want to ask, are you interested in joining the tennis team? You don't have to worry about the benefits after joining the school team, and it doesn't matter if you study. The school will arrange special teachers to help with tutoring. Moreover, it usually doesn’t take up a lot of your study time, and a lot of training takes place in the evening after school.” Coach Tan said cautiously.
There are very few people who join the women's team every year. There are many good prospects who are good at it, but they refuse to join no matter how much they try to persuade them. The autumn league is in October and it is only April now. Many people feel that it is still early and there is no need to be so anxious. Only Coach Tan knows that there are too many things to train every day and time is very short. He must gather the number of women's team to the minimum requirement in the shortest possible time. To be honest, he was very nervous now. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still afraid of Tao You's rejection.
Tao You didn't know how to answer. The folder in her hand was like a hot potato. She put the folder on the table and said apologetically: "Teacher Tan, I haven't thought about this before. I'll think about it again. "
When Coach Tan saw that there was something going on, he was elated and said boldly: "Don't be in a hurry. Think about it slowly. Is one week enough? Or two weeks? Forget it, just tell me before the end of the month."
Tao You forced a smile, drank the water in the paper cup in one gulp, stood up, bowed slightly, and walked out the door.
"Xiao Youyou, what does Coach Tan want from you?" Hong Xiqi had been waiting outside the door and asked curiously.
Tao You stretched his arm and said, "Coach Tan wants me to join the school team."
Hong Xiqi's face was filled with joy, and she was happy for Tao You: "What a good thing! Joining the school team shows that you have potential, and the benefits will be different. Do you agree?"
Tao You shook his head with a grimace: "I have to think about it again."
After training, it was not late and the sky was still slightly bright. In time for the evening rush hour, Tao You and Song Yimian chose to walk home. Tao You raised her head slightly and looked at the moon and stars gradually emerging in the sky. The breeze blew across her face. She put her hands behind her back like a little old man and sighed.
"This is your tenth sigh on this journey." Song Yimian said, "What's wrong? Are you worried?"
Tao You sighed again and said, "Tell me, when Coach Tan asked me, why did I say that I wanted to consider it? Why didn't I just refuse? Hey."
"You seem to be like this a lot," Song Yimian frowned.
"What?"
"After doing something or saying something, I will habitually review it, and then find out what I think I did poorly, or what I could have said better." Song Yimian slowed down, "Isn't this tiring? ?”
"I can't control it." Tao You actually didn't want to do this, but every time, she would automatically review it in her mind, especially now when she didn't have to think about anything.
Song Yimian put a hand on Tao You's shoulder and said, "You want to join the school team, but Aunt Shujiang was the first to disagree. I still want to see you in school."
"You'll be happy if you can't see me," Tao You slapped the hand on his shoulder, "Then no one will fight with you."
"Seriously, what do you think?" Song Yimian didn't pay too much attention to her unclear words.
Tao You turned to look at him, smiled and said, "Think about it."
