While listening to everyone's praise, Xiang Nan plucked the strings of the piano, making tinkling tinkling notes.
"Chen Xun, didn't you learn to play the guitar? Let's perform for everyone." Lin Jiamo said with a smile.
"Yes, let everyone see how you play." Zhao Ye immediately cheered after hearing this.
Qiao Ran and Fang Hui also said looking forward to it.
Xiang Nan nodded and took the guitar over, "Okay, let me sing "With You in My Life" for everyone."
"Whose song is this?" Lin Jiamo asked curiously after hearing it. She has never heard of this song.
"I wrote the song myself." Xiang Nan said confidently.
When everyone heard it, they all became interested.
I saw Xiang Nan holding a pick and gently plucking the strings. Suddenly a melodious and sweet note came out, which made everyone feel calm.
"Because I dreamed of you leaving,
I woke up crying.
Watch the night wind blowing through the window sill,
Can you feel my love.
…
How many people once admired your appearance when you were young,
Who knows who is willing to endure the ruthless changes of time.
How many people have come and gone in your life?
Do you know that I will be with you all my life?
…”
Xiang Nan sang passionately, and the four of them were deeply touched after listening to it.
When he finished singing, everyone applauded.
"F*ck, that's awesome. Is this really a song you wrote yourself?" Zhao Ye said in surprise.
"Okay, Chen Xun, I didn't expect you to be really good at it." Lin Jiamo said with admiration.
"It sounds good." Fang Hui also clapped her hands, her eyes turning red.
Qiao Ran remained silent, greatly touched.
…
After the birthday party was successfully concluded, it soon came to the end of the semester.
Everyone started preparing for the final exam.
Xiang Nan pulls Fang Hui to review every day, trying to help her improve her grades.
Even Zhao Ye changed his usual carefree attitude and became serious.
Because after the final exam, in addition to announcing the results, the school also holds a parent-teacher conference.
He didn't want to embarrass his parents too much, otherwise, he would be watched all summer long.
"Chen Xun, what are you going to do during the summer vacation?" Fang Hui asked with concern.
"I don't have anything to do. I just read, play ball, and have fun." Xiang Nan thought for a while. In fact, he planned to use his summer vacation to write a few books to make money.
He has now earned more than 30,000 yuan, which is a lot of money for a student. But if you want to buy a car or a house, or achieve financial freedom, it is far from enough. So we have to keep working hard.
"Then can I ask you out during the summer vacation?" Fang Hui asked.
"Of course you can, I can't wait to do it." Xiang Nan nodded.
When Fang Hui heard this, he immediately laughed.
…
Soon at the end of June, the school held the final exam.
Xiang Nan raised his score a little more this time, from 630 points last time to 650 points.
From fifth place in the class to third place in the class.
Such results are enough to satisfy the school, teachers and parents, and the improvement is not too sudden.
Fang Hui scored 610 points and Qiao Ran scored 625 points, ranking ninth and fifth in the class respectively.
Lin Jiamo scored 535 points, which is not bad. Zhao Ye defeated all his efforts and scored 420 points.
Although it is not very good, it is enough to explain to my parents.
He himself was very satisfied, and he was very embarrassed about it.
…
In early July, schools officially let out for summer vacation.
After the summer vacation, Xiang Nan basically coded at home.
He has become somewhat famous now. Zhiyin, Reader, Sprout, Story Club, etc. have all published his works many times, so his royalties have naturally increased.
At the beginning, it was only one or two hundred yuan per thousand words, but now it has increased to four or five hundred yuan per thousand words.
This price is already pretty good. The money he now earns from coding in a day is higher than his parents' salary in a day.
That is to say, he is only sixteen years old now and is not old enough to trade in the stock market. Otherwise, he would make more money.
Besides coding, he and Fang Hui also always go out to play.
There are so many places of interest and entertainment in Beijing, such as the Forbidden City, Jingshan, Beihai, Xiangshan, Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, Internet cafes, game arcades, cinemas...everywhere is fun.
Moreover, men and women are matched together, so they are not tired from work and even less tired from playing, so they can really play in a lot of places.
…
In mid-August, Lin Jiamo invited Fang Hui, Chen Xun, Zhao Ye and Qiao Ran to play in People's Park.
"Oh, Jia Mo, I haven't seen you for a month. Do you miss me?" Zhao Ye asked with a smile as soon as we met.
"Go, who misses you? I miss Fang Hui." Lin Jiamo said with a smile.
"I miss you too." Fang Hui also smiled.
"Come on, let's go play duck boat." Xiang Nan greeted.
Fang Hui, Zhao Ye, and Lin Jiamo all readily agreed.
After playing on the duck boat and walking around for a while, everyone lay down in the shade of a tree and took a nap.
"Oh, it's so comfortable." Lin Jiamo said with a smile.
I had just been sweating from playing, and now I felt particularly refreshing with the gentle breeze blowing from the lake.
Zhao Ye picked a leaf, put it to his mouth and blew it.
It's just that he didn't understand the key and played out of tune, which was extremely unpleasant and ruined the beautiful atmosphere.
"Oh, Zhao Ye, stop bragging and call the eagle again." Lin Jiamo said quickly.
Zhao Ye put down the leaves, looked at the blue sky, and said lazily, "Oh, it's so boring, summer vacation is about to pass again."
"Zhao Ye, are you done with your homework?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.
"Ah?! Where's the homework?" Zhao Ye asked in surprise upon hearing this.
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
"You didn't even finish one of them and are just waiting to copy ours, right?" Xiang Nan said with a smile.
"Who is it~" Zhao Ye immediately denied, "I'm telling you, I'm not idle during the summer vacation. I've cleared all the hidden levels in Super Mario."
"Awesome!" Xiang Nan laughed.
"Zhao Ye, just keep playing like this. After school starts, I'll see who you copied." Lin Jiamo said with a smile.
"Oh, Sister Jiamo, it's so easy to go out to play today, don't let the fun go~" Zhao Ye heard this and said quickly, "Hey, are there any good movies recently? Can I invite you to watch them?"
"Go away~" Lin Jiamo rolled her eyes at him, then smiled at Fang Hui and said, "I heard that there is a particularly good movie called "The Lotus Lantern" recently."
"Yes, that theme song was sung by Xinzhe Zhang. It's very nice." Fang Hui nodded.
She and Xiang Nan had gone to the theater to watch it two days ago, and the overall evaluation was that it was worth the price of admission.
"Yes, yes, yes, love is just one word. I only say it once. You know I can only express it with actions..." Zhao Ye smiled and sang to Lin Jiamo, "Jiamo, let's go see it."
"No, I'll watch it at home when the VCD comes out." Lin Jiamo simply refused.
Zhao Ye suddenly pursed his lips in disappointment.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan couldn't help but sympathize with him.
Because he saw a little bit of himself in Zhao Ye.
