Sharp first test

Next is Mathematics and Literature.

It may be because there are only classes A and B in the joint exam, the math problems this time are generally difficult.Yang Shiqing racked his brains and finally solved the last two questions.In this way, there is no time to check and calculate the previous basic optional filling.The moment Yang Shiqing walked out of the examination room, Yang Shiqing felt a little regretful, and couldn't help thinking about it. It's not worthwhile to focus on one thing and lose another. The basic questions are the main force for scoring points. Even if the final question is solved, it is only four or five points. It is better to count one more choice. problem.

Wen Zong's feeling is not bad, which may have something to do with Yang Shiqing's repeated study of the textbook several times in the past few days.

The last test was English. During the listening test, Yang Shiqing was distracted twice and couldn't hear the two questions clearly.

As soon as the exam was over, as usual, the class representative copied all the reference answers of the exam paper on the blackboard for the students to check and estimate their marks.

This time, Yang Shiqing gained some confidence and was a little impatient, so he uncharacteristically joined the army of correct answers.Multiple-choice questions in mathematics, comprehensive literature, and Chinese...seem to be pretty good.

In English reading, I got two more questions wrong than usual practice... It shouldn't be a big problem, right?

Then there is the short and long wait for the score.

When Yang Shiqing came home that night, he saw the calendar behind the door, which recorded all the major events of the past month.

In other words, after the final exam, half a month of classes are made up, followed by the Spring Festival.This feeling became more real after the college entrance examination.In fact, in recent days, the festive feeling of going home for the winter vacation has permeated the entire first and second floors, but it is not obvious on the third floor.Although the overall atmosphere is still relatively dull, some students have become impetuous, and occasionally a few people can be heard discussing how to spend the winter vacation in the corridor.

Yang Shiqing sighed. For senior high school students, the meaning of winter vacation is to go home and have a reunion dinner with their parents, right?Especially the students in their classes A and B have to make up lessons until the day before New Year's Eve, and then go back to school on the seventh day of the new year.It's only ten days' leave if I'm exhausted.

It's the Chinese New Year at school, alas, how lonely it is.

But after thinking about it, Ming Xu and Wen Ze were actually with them.Let’s go to the restaurant on the snack street behind the school to have a good meal together during the Lantern Festival!In fact, this is also very good.

Yang Shiqing looked in the direction of Mingxu's room, and could vaguely see the back of Mingxu reading a book at his desk.Yang Shiqing's heart softened, and he showed a smile that he didn't even notice.

A day and a half later, the entrance exam results came out.

Because this exam was a joint exam conducted privately by classes A and B, the transcripts were only posted in the two classes, not in the grade.Yang Shiqing was standing in front of the announcement wall in his class, and suddenly he was afraid to look at the grades.

He was a little afraid that he would retreat instead of advancing, but he was even more afraid that he would not achieve his expected goal.

Yang Shiqing clenched her fists and said silently in her heart, "Go up Yang Shiqing, face yourself like a big man!"Then he took two steps forward and looked for his name.

Page two - no, luckily luckily!

Then the first page...Yang Shiqing starts counting from the top, first, second, third...

Not the first ten, Yang Shiqing's heart turned cold, in fact, he no longer had the desire to look down.But the results still had to be copied—then, he found his name in the No. 20 eighth position. Classes A and B rank 78.

From 31 to 28.

Yang Shiqing's knuckles holding the pen turned slightly white.

In this exam, Yang Shiqing performed mediocre in all subjects, but his history was not bad, five or six points higher than the average.And English is a little weaker, and the average score seems to be around, but it hasn't retreated much.

The overall performance is stable, but not much progress.

To be honest, Yang Shiqing was not very satisfied.Actually... he was hit hard.

During this period of time, he obviously learned a lot and was about to vomit.

What went wrong?Is it the bottleneck period?Could it be that my method is wrong, half the effort?

Or is it only this level?

Regardless of the reason, it was not what Yang Shiqing wanted to see.

Yang Shiqing kept reflecting on himself, not knowing which link went wrong.But he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what he didn't do well enough.

Throughout the morning, Yang Shiqing was in a depressed mood, staring blankly at the corner alone.Cai Bo noticed the change in Yang Shiqing, but he didn't know why, he didn't fail the exam this time either?

So he tentatively comforted him: "You did well in the exam this time, 75 in history, a very high score."

Yang Shiqing just scratched his head, and smiled dryly for a long time: "Well... thank you."

Cai Bo knew that he missed the point, so he changed the subject again: "Actually, our team has improved a lot this time, everyone has improved, uh..." At this point, Cai Bo suddenly remembered something, " Except for Liu Bingyang..."

"Liu Bingyang?"

Cai Bai nodded.

It turned out that not only Yang Shiqing's performance was not satisfactory, Liu Bingyang's ranking also dropped a lot this time.On the contrary, Yan Qiuqiu, who was at the bottom of their group last time, caught up head-on, and even jumped to a level that was only 5 points lower than Liu Bingyang's total score.

After Yang Shiqing heard the news, he suddenly sympathized with Liu Bingyang for the first time.Liu Bingyang is a person who studies harder than himself, but this time he even retreated behind him.I don't know what kind of heavy blow it was to him?

Alas, this fucking college entrance examination.

When school was over today, Mingxu was called by the grade director, Mr. Qian, to have something to do. He didn't know when it would end, so he asked Yang Shiqing to go home first.Yang Shiqing asked what it was, Mingxu only vaguely said that it must have something to do with the winter vacation.

Yang Shiqing's mood became even more depressed, so she had no choice but to leave first.On the way home, I unexpectedly found a familiar figure running in the school playground.

Yang Shiqing vaguely felt that it was Liu Bingyang, but it was too dark at night to be sure.Originally, he didn't want to disturb that person's running, but Liu Bingyang spotted Yang Shiqing with sharp eyes, and ran towards him first: "Yang Shiqing!"

Yang Shiqing was a little embarrassed, he didn't want to have any more personal face-to-face with Liu Bingyang.Coupled with the fact that Liu Bingyang's grades have regressed so much this time, Yang Shiqing is really afraid that he will suddenly do something unexpected.

Liu Bingyang stood still in front of Yang Shiqing, raised his eyes and smiled helplessly, and said, "Are you... free now? Can we chat?"

Is there anything the two of them can talk about?

Yang Shiqing originally wanted to refuse, but seeing Liu Bingyang's complexion was not very good, with an expression of suppressing emotions, Yang Shiqing suddenly remembered that he and Liu Bingyang were actually the same kind of people, and spent a lot of time and energy, but the results were not endless Satisfactory, isn't it?It's just that Liu Bingyang's situation is more pitiful than his own, and his unwilling feelings are stronger.

Yang Shiqing suddenly softened, sighed, and nodded in agreement.

On the playground, Yang Shiqing and Liu Bingyang sat side by side on the horizontal bar.Liu Bingyang sighed and said, "Yang Shiqing, how did you suddenly improve so much?"

Yang Shiqing was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Liu Bingyang to talk to him about this, and suddenly felt uncomfortable, "Huh?"

"I mean your test scores."

Yang Shiqing didn't know how to answer, so he just kept silent.

Liu Bingyang waited for a while, then suddenly smiled: "It seems a bit sudden for me to ask this? I'm sorry...but I really want to ask you."

"Cough, it's okay..." Yang Shiqing touched his nose, calmed down his emotions, and his expression eased, "Actually, it's just to write more exercises. I used to be too lazy, and I always lost my mind in class. After I correct my bad habits, I will feel better."

"That's it..." Liu Bingyang shook his head helplessly, "I failed the test this time, and my score was even lower than yours. I think you are very good. Especially your history, you have always been very good."

"Um...thank you."

After Liu Bingyang finished speaking, he fell silent and stopped talking.Hiding his emotions, Liu Bingyang looked into the distance and didn't know what he was thinking.

Yang Shiqing hesitated for a while, and then said: "Actually, you are doing pretty well now, don't be too stressed."

Liu Bingyang turned his head and smiled at Yang Shiqing: "Do you think so? In fact, I... my family has very strict requirements on me, and I am very afraid of failing in the exam. Besides, my parents hope that I can go to a famous university... I am I was really afraid that I would fail the exam and fail to meet their requirements."

Liu Bingyang's words aroused Yang Shiqing's memory.Why didn't I ever have such an idea?I don't want to disappoint my parents and friends, for fear that I won't meet their expectations...

A trace of sourness floated in Yang Shiqing's heart.Such resonance is really uncomfortable.

"Yang Shiqing, I want to say something to you. Can you promise me to keep these words secret?" Liu Bingyang's expression suddenly became pleading, and Yang Shiqing felt sad and nodded.

"Actually, I don't doubt myself at all, but I also know that many things are really helpless... Since the second year of high school, my mother will not allow me to go home every year during the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. I just buy a box of instant noodles, Living alone in the dormitory, reading a book after waking up... I don’t think it’s a big deal. It’s natural that you have to put in a little effort if you want to gain something. But, I’m so confused—why I can’t always achieve The goal in mind? No matter how hard I try, why do the people around me always easily do what I can’t? Yang Shiqing, I really want to ask you, how did you improve so much all at once? , can you keep it up?"

Yang Shiqing wanted to speak, but his throat seemed to be clogged with bitter emotions. When he opened his mouth, only a helpless whine echoed in his chest.

"The most serious time, I was in the hospital for three days due to malnutrition and staying up late for a long time. Fortunately, it was a weekend at that time, so I didn't delay too much progress. In order not to affect my study, my mother specially used a USB flash drive to go to school. I copied the courseware and used it to read when I was in the hospital... It was that exam, and I was in the top 100 in the grade. I was very happy, really. But in fact, this is my peak... "

"Yang Shiqing, tell me, there are actually many things in this world that you can't help no matter how hard you try, right? Am I really not a student?"

Yang Shiqing was unable to answer Liu Bingyang's question.

Am I really not material for reading?

No one said this sentence from Liu Bingyang's mouth, which makes people feel sad from the bottom of their hearts.

Hearing the back, Yang Shiqing's scalp was already a little numb, and his body trembled unconsciously.Emotions seemed to be surging one after another, suppressing and suffocating.

Liu Bingyang's words reminded Yang Shiqing of himself.

Yang Shiqing is eager to improve, wants to enter the ideal university, and wants to prove that his desire is no less than anyone else.But he could fool Mingxu and the classmates around him, but he couldn't fool himself.Deep in Yang Shiqing's heart, there was still a deep sense of helplessness and a gloomy sense of inferiority. This distorted and dark emotion devoured his confidence in himself and his expectations for the future like a devil.Every time he was disappointed, his patience was eaten away.

He is not as determined and fearless as he appears.

His future... what to do?