During the two days of the final exam, Meng Yao was a little absent-minded.
Ever since I learned that Xu Yao's exam room was in her class and she was next door, there was only a wall between them. She would always lose her mind for a short while while doing the questions, and unconsciously think about what Xu Yao was doing at that time.
After handing in papers after an exam, she was always one of the first to walk out of the exam room. Meng Yao walked to his class, but he didn't even dare to step in the classroom door because there was still the next exam. She only dared to peek into the classroom in the corridor outside the classroom, through the open classroom door and windows, pretending to be casual.
But unfortunately, except for Xu Yao who deliberately stopped in the classroom after the Chinese exam to let her see him, Meng Yao wandered in the corridor several times and never caught a glimpse of him again.
After the last exam on the first day, Meng Yao returned to his class and heard the other candidates talking about it, and then he found out the reason.
Xu Yao's reputation in school was so good. He was handsome and had good grades. The entire second grade students knew him, so many people participated in the discussion.
On the surface, Meng Yao was doing his own thing, but in fact, he listened carefully to Xu Yao's content.
"I have never seen anyone more awesome than Xu Yao, and this exam was handed in early again."
"I heard that he has always had this habit. One time I heard his head teacher warning him in the office."
"Maybe he only has Chinese language and doesn't hand in the paper in advance. After all, the composition takes so long to write."
"But he was really fast at answering questions. I sat near him during the exam and looked at him once during the exam. I was still writing the questions here, but he turned over."
"Maybe this is the skill of a top student. He can write questions quickly, hand in papers quickly, and he can still be among the top ten in the school."
"admire."
"I also want to experience the feeling of handing in a paper in advance. It's very refreshing to watch."
"Believe it or not, the teacher in our class can twist your head off if you do this."
"Forget it, teacher. I might get screwed a second time by my parents when I get home."
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Meng Yao lowered his eyes amid laughter.
It turns out that I couldn't see him because Xu Yao handed in the paper in advance and left.
Meng Yao was a little disappointed.
Even though he knew the reason, Meng Yao couldn't help walking over after the exam the next day, standing in the corridor and looking into the classroom.
Meng Yao couldn't control this behavior at all. She subconsciously felt that this would bring her a little closer to Xu Yao.
So even though she knew the result, she still did the same thing.
But the initial anticipation and anxiety gradually faded away.
After the last exam was handed in, Meng Yao followed the flow of people and walked out.
In the test paper just now, there was a multiple-choice question that she seemed to have gotten wrong. Meng Yao was thinking about it while holding her stationery bag, and her eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.
She walked back to her class and stood outside the door and heard the bustle in the classroom. It was probably because her classmates were celebrating the end of the exam and the upcoming holiday.
Meng Yao was about to glance into the classroom, but out of the corner of his eye, he first caught a figure flashing past the back door of the classroom. Meng Yao occasionally suspected that he had some kind of special power. Otherwise, why would he be so sensitive and be able to accurately find a certain figure in the crowd. She hurriedly raised her eyes and saw Xu Yao's back, but after a while, he quickly disappeared around the corner.
Meng Yao deliberately walked through the corridor several times in the past two days, giving up hope of seeing Xu Yao in her class again. Unexpectedly, she unexpectedly gained something. She looked around the corner in a daze.
Because this back figure appeared in front of her for only ten seconds, Meng Yao forgot everything for a moment. She couldn't even remember the multiple-choice question she was still thinking about just now. In her mind, she could only think of Xu Yao's tall back as he just walked towards the stairwell. The corners of clothes were blown up by the wind.
The weather is very good today.
The sunshine seems to never fade, and the boy will always be clean and bright.
*
Meng Yao didn't hear until he returned to the classroom that the teacher in Xu Yao's class was invigilating the exam. Before the exam officially started, he warned all candidates not to submit papers in advance, so Xu Yao stayed until the end of the exam.
After the final exam, the entire second grade of high school still had a week of classes before officially having a holiday.
Meng Yao returned to her grandmother's house in the countryside with her bag at the beginning of her vacation. When Song Lan returned her mobile phone to her, she repeatedly told her not to relax during the vacation, read more books and think less about playing with her mobile phone.
"You'll be a senior in high school next semester, and there won't be much time left for you to waste."
Speaking of this, Song Lan wanted to change her mind again and said, "How about you don't go back to the countryside during this holiday? Study hard at home and go to the library from time to time. It's easy to go back to the countryside without the learning conditions and atmosphere." Distraction.”
Meng Yao had packed up her things. She frowned slightly when she heard this. She looked up at Song Lan and said in a calm tone, "I have already made an agreement with grandma, and she has even made the bed."
I don't know why this sentence made Song Lan dissatisfied. She said displeasedly: "I don't usually study, but I am so active when I go back to the countryside to play."
Meng Yao didn't argue with her. According to experience, no amount of explanations were useless. She didn't speak. Song Lan got angry when she saw her like this. She remained silent but was extremely stubborn. To Song Lan, this gesture was a kind of silent resistance. She was too lazy to say any more and waved her hand in annoyance: " Just go back, you're almost a senior in high school, you know what you're doing."
This time Meng Yao said softly "Hmm".
The summer vacation before entering the senior year of high school is very short. The senior year of high school has to start early, and the vacation only lasts about twenty days.
These twenty days were like pressing the fast forward button. Meng Yao had not had enough holiday life before the new semester started.
They moved to an independent teaching building for the senior year this semester. The classroom is on the west side of the school. It is quiet and very suitable for preparing for the senior year exam.
I don't know if it was due to a change in mentality. Just one week into school, Meng Yao felt unprecedented pressure.
The intense study left her with no time to be distracted even for a moment.
There are new seats in the new semester. Meng Yao is no longer next to the window, but when he turns his head, he can still see the leafy and vigorous growth of beech branches outside the window.
Probably to get a good meaning, many Fenghan zelkova trees were planted, especially in the teaching area of the third year of high school.
Meng Yao's most vivid memory is of patches of sunlight shining down, and the green branches shining with tiny pieces of light.
A week after the school started, the school held the opening ceremony for the senior year. There were no longer endless questions in front of them, and everyone could tolerate lengthy meetings. The degree of cooperation was extremely high, and the school leaders' speeches were all listened to with great interest.
Meng Yao, as the outstanding student representative of the liberal arts class, will speak on stage later. This is her first time in high school to speak on stage. Song Siqi is afraid that she will be nervous, so she has been cheering her on.
But in fact, Meng Yao is quite calm inside. She has a good memory. After reading the speech twice, she can almost memorize it, so there should be no mistakes. The students sitting in the audience are all comrades who will fight side by side this year. They all have only one goal, which is to go higher. Meng Yao didn't think there was any difference between her and others.
But all the calmness disappeared in the next scene.
Meng Yao looked up at the outstanding student representative who was the first to stand on the stage and was stunned.
During this period, Meng Yao's daily life was almost filled with intensive study. There was no extra time for her to dwell on the girlish thoughts. Xu Yao would only occasionally appear in her mind during the busy period, but After a few seconds, it was forcibly dispersed again.
Shen Heyi told her that she would give a speech at the opening ceremony. Meng Yao was surprised for a moment. After agreeing, she didn't think about it again. She still used the little time before going to bed at night to write out the speech.
She had forgotten that even she was speaking as a representative of outstanding students, so how could Xu Yao not appear on the stage.
Meng Yao focused his eyes on that figure without blinking. Not seeing Xu Yao for nearly a month, nothing seems to have changed.
Because it was the opening ceremony, he, like everyone else, wore Fenghan's blue and white school uniform and stood up straight. The dazzling summer sun shone down and enveloped him. The young man's voice was clear and firm, echoing in every corner of the school.
The speaking time of a few minutes seemed to be stretched too long. After Xu Yao finished speaking, he folded his speech in half and put it away, and walked off the stage calmly.
Meng Yao's eyes always followed him.
Perhaps he was inspired, and the applause he received from his ears lasted for a long time.
Meng Yao's mind was disturbed. When it was her turn to go on stage, she suddenly became nervous. Her previous thought that all the students sitting under the stage were the same and there was no difference was false. There was Xu Yao in the audience. Just this knowledge made Meng Yao tense up and unable to relax.
But soon she thought that Xu Yao might also turn his attention to her in the audience. She had too few opportunities to stand in front of Xu Yao, so she had no regrets for this rare opportunity.
Meng Yao took a deep breath, walked onto the stage, and introduced himself for the first time.
Probably because he had done enough psychological preparation, Meng Yao relaxed a lot when he actually stood on stage, and his voice became softer when he opened his mouth.
This position has a wide field of view and can take in many faces. Meng Yao said his speech and unconsciously looked at a certain figure. She looked in that direction, looking at Xu Yao intently, and everything around her was naturally downplayed.
It seemed like he was the only one left in the world.
Meng Yao didn't have time to take off his glasses today, and his vision was very clear.
She looked at Xu Yao in the audience in trance.
Suddenly, they thought that in June next year, their entire high school career would end, and it would take less than a year. She had longed to escape, but now she couldn't help but feel sour about seeing each other again next year.
Meng Yao was too insignificant, so insignificant that even liking someone was despicable. She was excited and nervous when she looked at a person, but that person looked at her with no emotion in his eyes, no different from looking at any strange face passing by on the street.
So much so that Meng Yao concluded that she would not be remembered. It doesn't matter who her last name is. There are thousands of alumni in the same class. She must be the one who is not worth mentioning and will not occupy a corner of Xu Yao's memory in the future.
But.
Meng Yao looked at the figure that always stood out from the crowd and thought in his heart, there was a period of time in our lives when we struggled together.
Even if the final destination is different, this process is still precious.
The speech is coming to an end.
Zheng Hua looked at the stage and whispered to the people around him with some uncertainty: "Is Meng Yao looking at us?"
He wondered: "She has been looking at it for a long time. She doesn't know who she is looking at."
Xu Yao didn't answer. He didn't know if it was an illusion. There were a few times that he always felt that he looked up and met Meng Yao's eyes.
Xu Yao just thought it was an unintentional coincidence and didn't worry about it.
Meng Yao finally shifted his gaze, looked straight ahead, slowly read out the closing words, then took a small step back and returned to the class.
Shen Heyi was here, but Song Siqi didn't dare to speak loudly. She gave her a thumbs up and made a "really awesome" mouth sign.
During the few minutes that Meng Yao stood on the stage to speak, including every step she took when she stepped off the stage and returned to the class, it was like she was in an illusion. It wasn't until the applause sounded and Song Siqi smiled at her that she came back to her senses and realized what she had just done. .
Under everyone's gaze, she looked at Xu Yao unabashedly for a long time, nakedly displaying the fiery emotions in her eyes.
But when I got off the stage, surrounded by people from all sides, and returned to the bustle of people, the courage that I had just risen from nowhere disappeared like a popped balloon.
