I don’t know when the cicadas started chirping on the locust tree outside the window, which was particularly beautiful in the midsummer afternoon.
In a blink of an eye, the college entrance examination has arrived, and the head teacher is giving final instructions on the podium.
Class teacher: "ID card admission ticket, 2b pencil, 0.5mm black signature pen, I will remind you one last time, please don't forget it."
The students below all said in unison: "Remember~"
The head teacher looked at them for a long time and said earnestly: "Students, there is usually only one correct answer to college entrance examination questions. If you cannot calculate the only answer, you will lose points. Losing points means that someone may fail the exam and not go to college. Some people may miss out on their favorite major just because of one or two miscalculations. This is the college entrance examination, it is fair but cruel."
The head teacher's words caused the classroom to wail.
The students in the class who usually like to quarrel with the teacher stood up and said: "Old class, we will go to the examination room soon. You don't encourage us, but you are still attacking us here."
After he finished speaking, other students agreed: "That's right."
Jiang Suchu pursed his lower lip, looked at each other and did not join in the booing.
The head teacher smiled and knocked on the podium with a thermos cup: "Listen to what I have to say."
After everyone calmed down, the class teacher continued: "Although there is only one answer to the college entrance examination questions, life does not."
"There are many right answers in life. Going to college is the right answer; not going to college is the right answer; loving games, sports, having fun, and being noisy are all right answers. As long as you can follow your own heart and do not deny your infinite possibilities , every life is correct."
"So, classmates."
"Don't be afraid of life, go for the college entrance examination!"
After the head teacher finished speaking, there was no booing in the classroom as usual. The teacher taught them book knowledge for three years, but in the last class he taught them about life.
Jiang Suchu looked at the countdown to the last three days of the college entrance examination on the blackboard, feeling a little sore in his heart.
No. 1 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School are all college entrance examination examination rooms. Three days before the college entrance examination, both schools had a holiday to set up the examination rooms. Jiang Suchu and Pei Shuo didn't go out for the last three days and stayed at home studying every day.
As a person who did not take the college entrance examination, Lu Zhinian had been called back and forth by the two of them in the past three days. Not only did they have to review the lecture topics for the two of them, but they also had to serve tea, water and fruits.
In the study room, Jiang Suichu sat at the desk, holding some knowledge points and checking for gaps. Pei Shuo dragged a beanbag from the video room and threw it in front of the window, nestling in it to endorse.
When Lu Zhinian went upstairs with a plate of cut watermelon, Pei Shuo was about to fall asleep with a book covering his face. He walked over and kicked his shin.
Pei Shuo suddenly woke up and the book on his face fell to the ground. He stared at him in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Lu Zhinian lowered his eyes and glanced at him: "Don't you want to eat watermelon?"
He was giving a lecture to Jiang Suichu just now. Pei Shuo insisted on eating watermelon and asked him to go downstairs to get it for him.
Pei Shuo sat up and yawned, "Oh. You've been downstairs for so long, I thought you went to the melon field to steal it."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to fork a piece of watermelon, but before his hand reached the edge of the plate, Lu Zhinian raised his hand and let him throw it away.
Lu Zhinian put the plate in front of Jiang Suichu: "Eat it, don't leave it for him."
Jiang Suchu smiled and covered the fruit plate with his cooperative hands: "Okay, it's all mine."
Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows: "Well, it's all yours."
"That's too much for you two." Pei Shuo got up from the couch, "Didn't the kindergarten teacher teach you how to share?"
Lu Zhinian sat next to Jiang Suchu and said lazily, "I don't remember."
Jiang Suichu found it funny when she saw the two of them bickering. She put the fruit plate in the middle: "Okay, okay, eat quickly."
It was already past three in the afternoon, and the bright sun outside the window was still scorching the earth. The three of them were leaning on a table, eating the same plate of watermelon and telling jokes they all knew.
At night, Jiang Suichu came out of the shower and saw several unread messages on his phone.
It was a small group of several people, and Tang Mi and Pei Shuo were chatting animatedly.
Tang Zi: [Come on for the college entrance examination the day after tomorrow, you two @SUiSUi@裴火乐]
Tang Mi: [Our Suibao is going to win the top prize, so there will definitely be no problem. It’s hard to say for Pei Shuo & spread his hands]
Pei Shuo: [Tang Xiaomi, what do you mean? & sharpen the knife sharpen the knife]
Tang Mi: [Oh, I can’t even understand the Chinese characters. I’m really worried about you. 】
Tang Zi: [+1]
Lu Zhinian: [+2]
Jiang Minghao: [+3]
Pei Shuo: [………]
Pei Shuo: [Tang Xiaomi! If you can, don’t go back to China! 】
Tang Mi: [Jiang Minghao, have you given away your mobile phone? 】
Tang Mi: [Why didn’t you call me & pout]
Jiang Minghao: [Just posted. 】
Pei Shuo: [Please open another window to show affection, thank you & smile]
Tang Zi: [+1]
Lu Zhinian: [+2]
Tang Mi: [I don’t&hum]
It took Jiang Suchu several minutes to read through the previous chat records of several people.
She smiled and sat on the edge of the bed, typing on her phone
Jiang Suchu: [Tangtang, when will you return to China? 】
Tang Zi: [Around late June. 】
Tang Mi: [Sui Bao is waiting for me. Then we will go to Tibet together, graduation trip @SUiSUi& circle and circle. 】
Jiang Suchu smiled and replied to her: [Yeah, yeah]
Pei Shuo teased her in the group: [Tang Xiaomi, do you want to go on a graduation trip with us or go see Brother Hao~]
Tang Zi: [See through but don’t tell. 】
When Jiang Suichu saw that Tang Mi had not responded to messages in the group, she probably had a phone call with Jiang Minghao. Lu Zhinian had told her before that he would travel to Tibet after graduation, so he asked in the group if they wanted to go together.
Tang Mi was the first to agree. Before Jiang Suichu’s video chat with Tang Mi, she had heard her say that she wanted to visit Jiang Minghao in Tibet when she returned to China during the summer vacation. Tang Zi and Pei Shuo love to have fun, and it is impossible to miss them when traveling. So they made an appointment, and when Tang Mi and Tang Zi returned to China, they would start from Yunshi and go all the way west to Tibet. Then everyone went to see Jiang Minghao together.
Jiang Suichu chatted with them in the group for a while and then received a private message from Jiang Minghao: [Come on for the college entrance examination and take the exam well. 】
Jiang Suchu smiled and replied: [Yeah, I will. 】
Jiang Suchu: [How are you doing over there? 】
Jiang Minghao: [Very good. 】
Jiang Suchu: [That’s good. 】
Jiang Minghao: [Yeah. 】
Jiang Minghao: [I have to hand over my mobile phone. 】
Jiang Suchu: [Okay. 】
Jiang Suichu: [Brother, wait for me to see you. 】
Jiang Minghao: [Okay & touch your head]
After finishing chatting with Jiang Minghao, the group had quieted down. Tang Zi and Tang Mi said they were going out to buy something.
Jiang Suchu got up and sat at the desk by the window. There was a notebook on the desk with excerpts of the English audio recordings Lu Zhinian had recorded for her over the past three years.
Every time she listened, she would excerpt it into her notebook, which was already her fourth.
She opened the book and found on the latest page something she wanted to record for Lu Zhinian. He had been recording it for her for the past three years, and she wanted to record it for him once too.
She turned on her phone's recorder and was about to start recording the knock on the door. She was startled and hurriedly closed the book, turning to look at the door: "Who is it?"
Lu Zhinian's voice sounded outside the door: "Me."
"Oh, wait." Jiang Suichu put the notebook in the drawer before going to open the door.
She pulled the door handle and lay on the door frame with only one head exposed and looked at him: "Is something wrong?"
Lu Zhinian glanced at her: "What are you doing?"
Jiang Suchu's eyes were a little dodgey: "No...nothing."
Lu Zhinian narrowed his eyes and stared at her. Jiang Suchu was a little frightened by his look: "If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. I'm going to bed."
Lu Zhinian pulled the corner of his lower lip and handed the cup in his hand to her: "Milk"
"Oh~" Jiang Suichu glanced at the milk in his hand, took it and took a sip, "Thank you."
After drinking, she saw that he had no intention of leaving, so she looked up at him: "Why don't you leave?"
Lu Zhinian looked at the white circle on her mouth, smiled and bent down to approach her face: "Tsk, how old are you, Jiang Suchu?"
"Why can't I get rid of this problem?" When I drink milk and yogurt, my mouth is covered with milk. As he spoke, he reached out to hold her chin and wiped away the white milk stains from the corners of her lips with his thumb.
Jiang Suichu lowered his eyes and glanced at his fingers, pouting: "You will get it on the milk if you drink it."
Lu Zhiqiang pinched her face and said, "I know how to make excuses."
Jiang Suichu slapped his hand away and glared at him: "That's right."
She drank up the milk in the cup in one go and put the empty cup into his hand: "I'm going to bed."
Lu Zhinian smiled: "Yes. Today's audio has been sent to your network disk, remember to receive it."
Jiang Suichu's eyes lit up: "Today too?"
She originally thought that Lu Zhinian wouldn't send her any audio messages today, but she didn't expect that he would still.
Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows and said, "The last one."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to rub her head and said softly: "Good night."
Jiang Suchu lay on the doorframe, pursed his lips and smiled at him: "Good night."
After Lu Zhinian left, Jiang Suchu closed the door to the room and immediately ran to the bedside to pick up her mobile phone to receive the audio message Lu Zhinian sent her.
Today's audio has no title and is very short, often showing less than three minutes.
"Is it so short?" Jiang Suichu put on his headphones, muttered and clicked play.
There was some sizzling noise and wind at first, but it took a few seconds before she heard Lu Zhinian's voice.
"The paSt WaS a ghOSt, inSUbStantial,UnaffeCting.Oniy the fUtUre had Weight."
(The past is a ghost, insubstantial and of little influence. Only the future has weight.)
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment. She knew this sentence was from the book her grandmother gave her. She didn't expect that Lu Zhinian actually read the book and recorded her favorite line for her.
There was a brief pause in the earphones, and soon Lu Zhinian's deep voice sounded again. But this time he didn't speak English.
"Piggy, do you remember what I told you?"
He asked himself and answered: "Your life is a wilderness, you can go in any direction. And I will definitely stand in the direction with you."
"Jiang Suichu, I'm waiting for you at University A."
Finally, there was the sound of wind passing through the earphones. Jiang Suchu didn't know where he recorded this audio.
She took off her earphones and sent him a message: [When did you record it? 】
Lu Zhinian's message came back quickly: [Just now. 】
Jiang Suchu paused: [? Where did you record it? 】
She clearly heard the wind in the audio, which was obviously recorded outside.
Lu Zhinian: [Rooftop terrace. 】
So that's it.
Pei Shuo was playing games nearby, and Lu Zhinian turned over and chatted with her: [Are you done listening? 】
Jiang Suichu pursed his lower lip, leaned on the table and replied to him: "Yeah, yeah." 】
Lu Zhinian: [Don’t comment? 】
Jiang Suichu pursed his lips and smiled, and said arrogantly: "Not bad." 】
Lu Zhinian looked at those three words and curled his lower lip: "Go to bed early and don't stay up late." 】
Jiang Suichu: [I know~]
She conveniently sent an emoticon of a cat begging for a kiss. After I finished posting, I felt that it seemed a little too contrived, so I quickly clicked withdraw.
Lu Zhinian watched a kiss being withdrawn with his own eyes, and he raised his eyebrows: [? 】
Jiang Suchu thought he didn't see it, and was glad that he withdrew quickly.
[Nothing, just saying good night to you. 】
Lu Zhinian looked at her nonsense and chuckled.
Pei Shuo heard it and glanced at him while operating the game: "Why are you laughing so hard?"
Lu Zhinian stopped smiling and glanced at him: "It's nothing."
He held his mobile phone and looked at the conversation between the two of them with the tip of his tongue touching his lower teeth, then turned on the air conditioner and got up. Pei Shuo saw that he was about to go out and quickly called him: "A Nian, where are you going?"
Lu Zhinian didn't look back and said lazily: "Feed the cat."
Looking at the door that was opened and closed, Pei Shuo was a little confused: "It's almost ten o'clock, are you still feeding me?"
Lu Zhinian never replied to her, and just when she thought that Lu Zhinian would not reply to her, the message popped up again.
Lu Zhinian: [Jiang Suichu, open the door. 】
Jiang Suchu paused for a moment, then turned to look at the door: "What's the matter?" 】
Lu Zhinian leaned against the door: [Well, something happened. Open the door and say. 】
Jiang Suchu frowned, put down his phone and stood up to open the door.
Opening the door, she looked up at Lu Zhinian standing at the door: "What's the matter..."
Before she finished speaking, Lu Zhinian turned around, held her face, bent down and kissed her. There were no lights on in the corridor, so it was a little dim. He held her face in his hands, placed his thin lips on hers, and rolled her gently a few times before letting her go.
Jiang Suchu was stunned, looking at him with wide eyes, and whispered: "What are you doing?"
Lu Zhinian's lips curved into a careless smile, and he rubbed the corners of her lips with his thumb: "Didn't you just want to kiss her?"
"When did I..." Jiang Suichu was stunned for a moment, thinking of the emoticon just now.
She glanced at him and pouted: "That's just an emoticon, it's not true."
Lu Zhinian liked to see her hair blowing up, it was so cute. He touched her hair as if smoothing her hair, stared deeply at her lips, and whispered: "But I take it seriously."
Lu Zhinian looked at her slightly red cheeks, chuckled and bent down to peck her twice on the lips: "Kiss her good night."
Jiang Suchu raised his eyes to look at him, then lowered his eyes a little embarrassedly: "Oh..."
