Eleven-year-old Jiang Qiu sat in a group of relatively older children, occupying only a small position and inconspicuous.
If it weren't for his short stature and the teacher deliberately arranged to sit in the front row, this child would be difficult to find.
He sat quietly, feeling out of place among the classmates who had just become junior high school students and were busy making friends and looking for people to play with, and had not yet had time to learn how to "roll". Jiang Qiu is a maverick, and he only has an extremely upright sitting posture and a meticulously placed book on his knees. The book without dog-eared corners attracts special attention, which makes him stand out from the crowd.
When parent-teacher meetings are held individually, all the junior high school students will be gathered in the auditorium, euphemistically called learning and education. In fact, after the occasional short video is played, the leading teachers can only take turns to come on stage and talk about something that the bastards in the audience will not raise their heads. The trivial content of the lecture - at the beginning there were a small number of people who wanted to listen carefully, but in the end there were only one or two,
There were times when the teacher gave up the task. He was so thirsty that he tried to put off work for a while. Before the time was up, he waved his hand and asked these half-grown boys to study by themselves below. On the surface, walking is naturally not allowed, but there are still fish that slip through the net.
In other words, he is an exploiter of rules, a "right holder" among children who is sometimes flattering and sometimes annoying.
"how?"
Jiang Qiu had just finished listening carefully and was about to read the book in his hand when he heard a familiar voice coming from his ears.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw his only real peer who did not follow the crowd and stood aside.
At this moment, Liang An is no different from usual, but on this occasion, even he will be shown to be more honest. Especially when he wears the disciplinary committee badge on the shoulder of his school uniform, his cleverness is even more amusing.
"I am fine."
Jiang Qiu first thought about this question for a few seconds, which usually only had one answer in polite situations.
"I mean test scores."
In noisy situations, even at this age, he can control his voice just enough to be heard and not heard clearly by others. Because of this, even if they are only one position apart, people nearby will be unaware of their communication if they pay attention to this direction.
Liang An had developed this habit many years ago, although this is not an innate characteristic.
At this moment, Jiang Qiu also thought of the report card handed out before the parent-teacher meeting.
Under the teacher's deliberate handling and guidance, all children received their results. Basically, within ten minutes before their parents arrived at school, they stuffed the forms recording rankings and scores into the cabinet, taking the opportunity to confirm that they would return home tonight. He will be treated no matter how he is treated at home. Naturally, he is no exception.
The only problem is that this question naturally has no suspense for him. It's a pity that Jiang Qiu didn't have the ability to realize how stupid Liang An's question was as someone who knew him well. It was more like asking for words when he had nothing to say.
He could only give the answer faithfully, "It's just like I imagined."
He nodded again, probably saying hello.
Liang An didn't seem to care too much. He stood up immediately, as if he wanted to fulfill his duties and walked around among the crowd to "check morale." However, he stopped after taking two steps.
"Who are you……"
He was looking at another person, sitting behind Jiang Qiu, with his head buried in the book.
But both Liang An and Jiang Qiu could clearly see from this distance that the person who heard the words froze and retracted his hand unconsciously, and then instinctively wanted to pretend not to hear, but under the continuous gaze, Awakened by reason, I realized that I had no reason to pretend not to hear, so I stiffened my hair, raised my head, and looked over.
"Xu Tianyi, long time no see." Liang An smiled kindly, "We are old classmates after all. We are the only ones in the same class who managed to get into the same school - don't tell me that the holiday is only for a few months. You won’t remember who I am.”
"How is it possible? Of course I remember..." The young man named Xu Tianyi still flinched. He picked up the book in his hand and shook it awkwardly, as if holding a life-saving straw. "Isn't this studying? There may be some It’s so fascinating.”
Liang An glanced at him, paused for a moment, and squinted his eyes with a meaningful expression.
"Yeah?"
Having said that, he also pretended not to realize that the cover with the word "Chinese" written on it was just the outer cover. The thickness of the book itself was obviously not a textbook for their compulsory education stage.
This is one of the common tricks used by kids this age. Compared with the unobstructed effect of taking it outside, if it is placed in a bookcase or on a desk, almost no one can easily see the flaws, which also makes the canteen that "invented" this special product have a prosperous business.
But after all, he had watched it for too long. This was really not a perfect face-to-face reasoning - in a few years, he might not even have this flaw left, but the effect he wanted to achieve was pretty good. Xu Tianyi looked back carefully and found that there seemed to be nothing unusual. He just thought that the old classmate of the "Discipline Committee" was checking something else, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
He thought that his strange behavior had not been discovered, but Liang An also knew the real reason.
As a six-year classmate who grew up from a bean to a half-grown boy, he also remembers the first few years and even recalled some of the clues hidden in it. Xu Tianyi may be really frightened - after all, not everyone is Jiang Qiu. .
It was precisely because of such a living wake-up call that Liang An felt that his efforts were not enough.
"You are in the same class, so you are very lucky." He just stood here, chatting casually, and even joked, "Today is the first parent-teacher meeting, and this is also the first time we have seen each other. , how are you doing?"
They went to the same elementary school. In the past, students would have a day off, and teachers and parents would "go to school." There was never a situation where parents and students would take turns to have meetings together or "public executions" at the same time, until today.
Jiang Qiu naturally just watched quietly, not opening his mouth before deciding on the answer he imagined. He would not be embarrassed. Although Xu Tianyi, who was sitting behind him, was on pins and needles and very nervous, he had no choice but to answer the question when he saw that the silence was about to come.
"It's not bad...my mother is here and her ranking is not bad. I should be fine."
Liang An turned his head and glanced at his target, and answered as expected, "I'm okay too. My mother couldn't come today, so I asked one of her colleagues to come over and help. To be honest, I'm not happy with this situation. I don’t have any objections, I just hope it won’t be too embarrassing.”
This is what I say from the bottom of my heart.
"This..." Xu Tianyi was stunned, obviously not expecting this result.
The information in these words obviously went against common sense. He was about to ask other questions casually, but as soon as he glanced at Liang An, he immediately remembered to shut up. He picked up the book in his hand and lifted it halfway. He seemed to feel that he suddenly felt that he was speaking. It seemed very impolite at first, and the movements were kept at half the state, neither up nor down, and looked extremely contradictory.
After all, Liang An's target was not him, so he turned his head again and turned his reply to Jiang Qiu.
He has already obtained enough information, and naturally he will not hesitate to speak.
