The venue for the English speech competition is in the cultural activity venue of a foreign language university in the provincial capital.
After the game, Jiang Suchu came out of the venue with his schoolbag on his back. A video was scrolling on the huge LED screen in the school. It was an excerpt from the news broadcast.
The video shows a high-level meeting between China and foreign countries. A female translator calmly and domineeringly translated in the face of pressure from foreign high-level officials.
"in frOnt Of the ChineSe Side, yOU dOn't have the qUalifiCatiOn tO Say that. yOU Want tO talk tO China .fOrm the pOSitiOn Of Strenght............"
(In front of China, you are not qualified to say that you are talking to China from a position of strength...)
The scroll bar at the bottom of the video circulates: Women should not be outdone by men, let the world hear China’s voice.
Outstanding alumni of our school - currently senior translator of the Translation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Meng Yin.
Jiang Suichu stood under the huge display screen and watched the video for a long time. Listening to Meng Yin's domineering translation, she felt the blood in her body surge.
In the past ten years, Jiang Suchu has been moving forward without any goal. Apart from studying hard and not letting herself die in Muyang Town, she never knew what kind of person she wanted to become.
There had never been a moment when she was so eager to become who she was now.
Her eyes were a little hot, and she raised her hand to cover her heart.
There was a rapidly beating heart telling her.
Jiang Suichu became such a person!
Become such a determined and powerful person!
She gradually arched her eyebrows, turned around and walked briskly out of the school.
On the way, she took out her mobile phone from her bag. As soon as she turned on the phone, she received a message from Lu Zhinian, saying that he and Pei Shuo were waiting for her at the school gate.
She smiled and replied to him: [Okay]
Then exit WeChat with Lu Zhinian and find Jiang Minghao's profile picture.
[Brother, no matter what decision you make, I will support you. 】
【The mountain is high and the road is far away, we meet at the top. 】
She put away her phone, looked up at the clear blue sky, and said silently in her heart.
Dad, I will continue to protect the motherland you defend with your life.
When she arrived at the school gate, she saw Lu Zhinian standing alone in the shade of a tree from a distance, looking down at his mobile phone. The hair on his forehead was a little long, and it was blown by the wind and spread messily in front of his forehead, covering some of his eyebrows.
Jiang Suichu couldn't help but slow down. She suddenly discovered that Lu Zhinian seemed to have grown a lot taller. He was standing there in casual black short-sleeves and jeans. He didn't look like a high school student at all, but more like a student at this university.
There were people coming and going on the university campus on weekends, and she noticed that many girls turned back to look at Lu Zhinian when they passed by him.
Just as she was about to go over, she saw a girl standing in front of Lu Zhinian.
Lu Zhinian was reviewing the data from the previous two experiments when someone suddenly stood in front of him.
"classmate."
Lu Zhinian raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him with a slight frown between his brows.
When the girl saw his face, her eyes immediately showed joy and surprise, and then she said a little embarrassedly: "Hello, classmate. Can I ask, are you from that college?"
Lu Zhinian pressed down the screen of his mobile phone and stepped back slightly: "I'm not from this school."
The girl suddenly said "Ah" and asked why she hadn't seen such a handsome man on the school's confession wall.
The girl smiled and said, "No wonder I said I haven't seen you in school before."
Lu Zhinian looked a little indifferent. When he was about to see why Pei Shuo hadn't come back from buying some water, he saw Jiang Suichu standing not far across the way.
Their eyes met, and he raised his eyebrows slightly at her, motioning for her to come quickly.
Jiang Suichu found it very interesting when he saw Lu Zhinian's look of "hurry, save me". She tilted her head and said to him silently, "Please, please."
Lu Zhinian paused and smiled helplessly.
When the girl saw the smile on Lu Zhinian's face, she was stunned for a moment and screamed in her heart: This smile looks so pretty, it even has dimples!
"Um..." The girl took out her phone with some embarrassment, "Can I add you on WeChat?"
"Sorry." Lu Zhinian stopped smiling, raised his finger and pointed behind her, "My girlfriend is over there."
"Ah?" The girl was stunned for a moment and looked back in the direction he pointed.
Jiang Suichu didn't hear Lu Zhinian's words. When they looked over, her face suddenly became hot.
Lu Zhinian bent his lower lip and raised his chin towards her, "Why don't you come over?"
Jiang Suichu pursed his lips and smiled, then trotted over with his schoolbag on his back. As soon as she stood next to Lu Zhinian, he took her hand, lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Are you standing there to watch my joke?"
Jiang Suichu glanced at him, and it was clear that he was the one who was attracting the attention of others.
The girl looked at the indifferent little movement between the two and smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, I...I didn't know you had a girlfriend. Excuse me."
After saying that, she hugged the book and ran away.
After the girl left, Jiang Suchu looked up at him and teased: "Young Master Lu is really charming."
Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows when he heard her sour tone: "What, are you jealous?"
Jiang Suichu choked, shook off his hand and walked forward, "I'm not jealous!"
Lu Zhinian looked at her back, smiled in a good mood, and quickly caught up with her, walking side by side with her.
"You didn't deny it just now," he said.
Jiang Suichu didn't react for a moment and looked sideways at him, "What are you not denying?"
Lu Zhinian hooked up his lower lip, with a smile on his eyes and brows, and said word by word in a drawn-out tone: "Female...friend...friend."
Jiang Suchu paused and looked around, "Hey, where is Lele?"
Lu Zhinian also paused and twitched his lips when he saw her fake appearance, "He went to the convenience store to buy water."
Jiang Suichu nodded pretendingly, "Oh, let's go find him."
Just as he was talking, Pei Shuo came back with three bottles of water.
"Sui Sui, are you done?" Pei Shuo threw a bottle of water to Lu Zhinian and then handed it to Jiang Suichu.
Jiang Suichu took the mineral water and said, "Well, it just ended for a while."
Lu Zhinian took the mineral water he threw, unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to Jiang Suchu, then took the bottle from her hand.
Jiang Suchu glanced at him, then naturally let go and picked up the water bottle and took a sip of water.
Lu Zhinian held the bottle of water in his hand and asked her, "Is there no competition in the afternoon?"
Jiang Suchu nodded: "Well, the competition is over."
Pei Shuo walked beside her: "Then when will the results of your competition be announced?"
Jiang Suichu thought for a moment: "It seems to be half a month later. I will notify the school directly."
The three of them walked outside the school side by side.
Jiang Suchu remembered the video he had just seen in school and said to them, "A-Nian, Lele. I know what I want to do in the future."
Pei Shuo: "Huh? What do you want to do?"
Lu Zhinian also looked at her and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Jiang Suchu smiled, looked back at the bright red flag on the flagpole in front of the school, and said, "I want to become a diplomatic translator."
It's what I want, not what I want.
Pei Shuo scratched his head: "I heard that it's quite difficult to pass the test to be a diplomatic translator."
As soon as he finished speaking, he received a cold look from Lu Zhinian. He was stunned for a moment and then said quickly: "But if you are so good at studying and so smart in Suisui, there must be no problem."
Jiang Suchu didn't pay attention to Pei Shuo's words. She smiled and said, "I will work hard!"
Lu Zhinian saw the determination in her eyes and asked her, "Why do you suddenly want to be a diplomatic translator?"
Jiang Suichu looked away, his eyes a little deep: "Because I want to be a person who can be heard."
In those dark days in the past, she had seen too many voices that were ruthlessly buried. Being bullied and humiliated, no one could hear her cry.
Now, she wants to be someone whose voice can be heard around the world.
I think in the future, maybe someone will be inspired by her story and not succumb to bullying.
Her eyes were so determined, but Lu Zhinian felt a little distressed.
He understood what she meant. She was redeeming herself from the deep mire before.
Lu Zhinian looked at her, raised his eyebrows and said to her, "Jiang Suichu, I want to send you a message."
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Suchu looked up at him.
"YOU Will beCOme Why yOU are beCOming."
(You will eventually become who you are becoming.)
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Yes! I will definitely do it!"
Pei Shuo: "...yOU Will...what the hell?"
Lu Zhinian was speechless and looked at him: "Don't No. 4 Middle School teach English?"
Pei Shuo: "......"
Pei Shuo rolled his eyes and said, "It's amazing to know a few words in foreign language. I can do it too."
Lu Zhinian chuckled, "Then come."
Pei Shuo choked, "I...I'll do it, I'll do it."
"Ahem~" He pretended to clear his throat, looked at Jiang Suichu, opened his mouth for a long time and finally said, "gOOd lUCk….tO…..tO yOU…" (I wish you good luck…)
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment before she realized what Pei Shuo meant. She burst into laughter and said, "Hahahaha~ Lele, you... why don't you let Lu Zhinian help you with your English?"
Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows and said a little arrogantly: "You call me Teacher Lu, I can barely consider it."
Pei Shuo chuckled: "What a beautiful idea."
Lu Zhinian shrugged at Jiang Suchu, and said as if he hated iron for not becoming steel, "Look, mud can't hold up a wall."
"Hey! Who are you talking about?"
Pei Shuo said and stretched out his hand to hook his neck. Lu Zhinian reacted quickly and turned around to the other side of Jiang Suchu before Pei Shuo's hand could touch anyone else.
Pei Shuo jumped into the air, and was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and pointed at him, "Don't hide if you can."
Lu Zhinian tilted his head and twitched the corners of his mouth in a naughty manner: "You can catch up with me only if you have the ability."
"Hey! I have such a bad temper." Pei Shuo rolled up his non-existent sleeves, "Sui Sui, stand to the side, be careful if blood splashes on you later."
Jiang Suichu looked at the two childish people and responded repeatedly with a smile: "Okay, okay, you fight first. I'll take the car back to the hotel first."
As she spoke, she walked forward without caring about the two childish guys behind her.
Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo looked at each other. Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows and motioned to Jiang Suchu's back. Pei Shuo held back a smirk at the corner of his mouth, and it was obvious that the two of them had a tacit understanding of what they were doing together.
Jiang Suchu walked in front and felt a little strange that he didn't hear the sound of the two people fighting behind him. Just as she turned to look back, two people suddenly stood next to her.
She was stunned for a moment, and before she could react, suddenly the two of them took one of her arms and lifted her up.
Her feet were suddenly more than ten centimeters above the ground, and she was so frightened that she tightly grasped the clothes on the backs of the two of them, "Ah!! What are you doing!!"
Pei Shuo smiled and said, "Princess Suisui, let's get on with the ride!"
As he spoke, he raised his chin at Lu Zhinian. Lu Zhinian hooked his lower lip and hugged Jiang Suchu more firmly. Then the two of them quickened their pace and started running with Jiang Suchu on their backs.
"Ahhhhh!!! Lu! Jiao! Jiao! Pei! Huo! Le! Let me down!!!!"
Jiang Suchu kept his eyes closed the whole time, and all he could hear was her screams. She didn't know how far she had been carried by them. When they put her down, she felt that her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand. It was Lu Zhinian who helped her, and she managed to stand firm.
After standing firm, she glared at Lu Zhinian and pushed his hand away, "Fake good intentions!"
Lu Zhinian smiled, nodded his chin and began to blame Pei Shuo: "It was his idea."
"Huh?" Pei Shuo paused: "Isn't it your idea?"
Lu Zhinian looked calm, but said a little innocently: "Did I say anything?"
Pei Shuo: "...Then I didn't say anything."
Jiang Suchu saw that they did it on purpose, and said a little speechlessly: "Okay, okay, it's all my fault."
After saying that, the three of them accidentally looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Jiang Suchu thought of how when she was a child, every time she and Lu Zhinian had a cold war, Pei Shuo would get caught in the middle and catch the cold air, and then he would say this.
The tickets back to Yun City were for two in the afternoon. The three of them went back to the hotel to pick up their luggage and then went directly to the station.
On the return car, the three seats were still connected together. Pei Shuo was sleeping with headphones on, and Lu Zhinian was modifying the program on his laptop.
Jiang Suchu was a little bored and watched Lu Zhinian typing on the keyboard.
Lu Zhinian noticed her boredom and glanced sideways at her: "Would you like to take a nap?"
Jiang Suchu shook her head. She was not very sleepy.
She glanced at the dense code on his computer screen and asked him, "Lu Zhinian, why do you want to learn computers?"
In her opinion, Lu Zhinianhui has many things, but he seems to be particularly... persistent about computers.
Yes, it’s persistence!
Lu Zhinian paused with his fingertips, and his expression suddenly turned serious.
Jiang Suichu saw his expression and paused, "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Zhinian came to his senses and leaned back on his chair. Pressing down her long black eyelashes, she stared at the computer screen and slowly said: "The people who escaped back then have not been caught yet."
"Huh?" Jiang Suichu didn't understand what he meant.
Lu Zhinian turned his head and looked at her, "In fact, as early as ten years ago, foreign countries had already applied big data technology to the public security system. I studied computer science because I wanted to one day be able to use our own technology in our public security system." In this way, big data information processing and various algorithms can be used to greatly improve the speed and accuracy of portrait tracking and clue collection, and help the police solve cases."
After listening to what he said, Jiang Suchu realized what he meant by his previous sentence.
"Do you want to use your skills to help Uncle Pei catch the fugitive?"
Lu Zhinian lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Yes. I hope one day."
He is still working hard on research, and many aspects are not very mature and need improvement.
Jiang Suchu looked at his profile. She had never seen such an unconfident Lu Zhinian.
She knew that that incident hurt more than just her. Uncle Lu, Uncle Pei, Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo are actually victims, and everyone has a thorn in their heart.
If the drug dealers who escaped are not caught and brought to justice, this thorn will not disappear.
She raised her hand and touched the back of his head, "Lu Zhinian."
He looked sideways.
Jiang Suchu touched the short hair on his neck, which was so hard that it pricked his hand.
She looked into his eyes, raised her eyebrows, and said, "I believe you."
We are all going to be who we are becoming.
