pretend to be poor

Yu Hui's arrival did not affect Xue Ting in any way - at least not on the surface.

But Tong Huai couldn't help paying attention, and carefully treated Xue Ting as a fragile object, secretly observing his mood and movements at any time.

It's like a cat who is used to flaunting its might, suddenly finds that its owner is in a bad mood, and pretends to care about the owner inadvertently.

He is careless and heartless by nature, and he is also clumsy and obvious when he cares about people. Xue Ting watched him calmly, enjoying the rare conscience of this little curly hair, and he was in a good mood.

In addition to family affection, Mr. Xue is more guilty of him.

It was the first time he had tasted such a pure concern that only belonged to him.

The exam time is arranged, and the exam will take two days on Saturday and Sunday.

For the first joint entrance examination of the four schools, the liberal arts teachers were as steady as Mount Tai, and the science teachers were all nervous. They were all staring at Xue Ting, a baby who had fallen from the sky, eagerly expecting him to be in the top ten.

As for Xue Ting, just like everyone else, Keke handed in the papers ahead of time and went outside Tong Huai's examination room to wait for him to go home for dinner.

The four schools attach great importance to the joint entrance exam. After the exam, all the teachers work overtime to approve the papers and count the score rankings. The results will be out on Tuesday morning.

Chen Yuan listened to it when he went to the office to hand in the homework, and when he came back with a happy face, he went to the podium and coughed twice.

Everyone was nervous about the score ranking, and they quieted down when they heard the sound, and they all looked at him.

Chen Yuan smiled: "I just heard from Lao Lu and the others that Brother Xue has entered the top ten."

Three classes in unison, "Wow——"

As science students in a key liberal arts school, every year we are overwhelmed by the other three schools, and this year we actually got one!

Tong Huai also groaned, and turned to see that the person involved didn't respond, and was even writing the paper without any waves. He touched his knee with his knee, rested his head with his hand, and tilted his head on the table to look at him: " Brother Ting, where do you think you are?"

From the corner of the eye, Tong Huai smiled until his eyes crooked. Xue Ting's thoughts were cut off for a moment, but he quickly reconnected and wrote down the answer calmly: "Whatever you say is the first."

"I think you are number one?"

Xue Ting responded casually: "Then be the first."

Ten minutes later, Xu Xingzhou posted the results of the entrance exam to the group.

Tong Huai was looking at it with his mobile phone, and quickly clicked on it. After a short click, the entrance examination ranking jumped out.

The name on the first line is prominent and familiar.

Name: Xue Ting

Total score: 708

Entrance examination rank: 1

There were faint hisses from all around the class, and Tong Huai was stunned staring at the dazzling ranking and scores.

Noticing that he hadn't moved for a while, Xue Ting turned his head: "What's wrong?"

Tong Huai turned the screen to him: "It's nothing, I just feel that you are about to ascend on the colorful clouds."

The previous joke was just casually said, I didn't expect Xue Ting to be so strong.

Perhaps because they were too close, Tong Huai knew that Xue Ting was good at studying, but that was all he knew, and the school was really not good at science, so he had no idea how high Xue Ting was.

Until now, seeing Xue Ting crushing the top students in the three key science classes, he suddenly realized that the distance between them is actually very far, as far as the sky.

In front of Xue Ting, he didn't even dare to check his score.

Xue Ting's original school was a provincial key school, where there were many masters. He was the number one all year round, so he didn't care much about scores and rankings for a long time. He glanced at the expected scores and didn't care much.

The curly hair on the top of the child's head is about to droop.

Without saying a word, he took Tong Huai's cell phone, entered his student number to search, and jumped to Tong Huai's page.

The questions in the joint exam this time were quite difficult, but Tong Huai's total score improved a little bit.

He was unremarkable in several schools, but in No. [-] Middle School, compared to last time, he improved by dozens of places.

"You did well in the exam." Xue Ting handed back the phone, raised his hand and flicked it on his forehead, "I've made progress, I'll treat you to milk tea when I go back tonight."

Tong Huai knew that he should be happy for Xue Ting, but he just couldn't get excited and didn't want to meet Xue Ting's eyes.

How could Xue Ting fail to guess his little thoughts, stared at him for a moment, and said softly: "Don't compare with me."

He is different. The environment he lived in since he was a child cannot allow him to fall behind.

"Huh?" Tong Huai replied vaguely.

"Don't compare yourself to others."

Amidst the roaring ghosts around, Xue Ting leaned over, got closer to him, raised his hand to hold his chin, and looked at him with calm and gentle eyes: "It's better to compare yourself, you It's a race against yourself."

As long as you don't fall further and further behind, or stagnate.

Even if it moves only an inch and a centimeter forward, it is still moving forward.

Xue Ting's eyes are pure in color, black and bright, a little more mature and deep than those of his peers.Tong Huai was blinded by his eyes, feeling that Xue Ting was serious about explaining him away.

Eyes are the bridge that best conveys the mind.

He came back to his senses, quickly slapped Xue Ting's hand away, and stammered: "I know, I know, be careful that the school committee makes rumors about us again."

Xue Ting raised his eyebrows.

... rumors?

Tong Huai has always been very good at explaining himself, if there is any tangled matter, just put it in your heart for a while, then turn around and let it go.

He pondered for a while, and felt that Xue Ting was right.

The entangled careful thinking was suppressed, Tong Huai waved, and the others gathered around tacitly after watching their scores and leading the people around them to discuss fiercely, and smiled at Xue Ting.

Tong Huai cleared his throat: "First of all, congratulations to Brother Xue, who won the first place in the entrance exam!"

Everyone gave me a lot of face, and there was thunderous applause.

"Should we celebrate Brother Xue?"

"Should!"

"It's very inconvenient to have evening self-study recently, so - how about finishing class on Friday?"

"it is good!!!"

With cheers and tsunami, Tong Huai successfully stirred up the atmosphere, smiled and looked at Xue Ting with his chin in his hand, and blinked: "Brother Xue, do you want to save face?"

Xue Ting leaned on the back of the chair leisurely, his eyes swept over the familiar faces full of expectation, and finally fell on Tong Huai's smiling face.

After a while, he nodded and said a word: "Here."

The class bell rang long ago, and before everyone had time to cheer for the second time, the physics teacher who was ignored on the podium knocked on the blackboard and coughed severely.

The gathered people in the corner "噫", hurriedly scattered back to their seats with a clatter.

For a whole week, the science teachers in No. [-] Middle School—especially the teachers from Class No. [-], walked like a flutter.

With honor, all hardships come, and you feel proud.

So after knowing that the group of children were going to celebrate on Friday, the last class on Friday, the biology teacher who liked to procrastinate the most, also waved his hand to finish class on time.

But after class, Xue Ting was called to the office.

Tong Huai waited for him at the same table and let the others go first.

The place to eat was chosen by Zhao Gou.

With so many people and the weather getting cold again, hot pot is still the best choice.

Tong Huai waited outside the office, chatting with the old boy.

A few days ago, I sent the grades to Tong Jingyuan, and Tong Jingyuan praised his son unequivocally.

In fact, Tong Jingyuan didn't really care how much Tong Huai got in the exam. If Tong Huai got ten points originally, he would be very happy even if Tong Huai only got twenty points in the exam this time.

He was happy that Tong Huai had made progress, and that he was no longer wasting time in a daze.

When the phone hung up, Xue Ting finally came out of the office, carrying Tong Huai to go downstairs.

"What did the teacher tell you?"

Xue Ting was expressionless: "Winning is not arrogant, calm down."

Seven words summed up what a group of teachers had been talking about for more than half an hour.

Tong Huai reached out and hooked his shoulder, and couldn't help laughing: "How do I feel, it's them who need to calm down, not you."

The hot pot restaurant is a bit far from the school, so I have to take the subway there.

The subway is outside the west gate of No. [-] Middle School. School is over on Friday, and boarding students and day students have all gone home. The huge No. [-] Middle School is empty at this time, with cinnamon and maple red along the way.

The sky was stained with light ink and gradually sank.The two passed through the quiet back door and turned into a small path.

Suddenly, two acquaintances appeared in front of them.

It was when Tong Huaizhong was the strongest in the second period, two of the three "social people" he knew, nicknamed "Shrimp Mimi" and "Confused Boy". These two people didn't mention their real names. Know what they are called.

The last time Tong Huai was invited to the bar by them with ulterior motives, Sun Ji secretly poured medicine into the drink, and Tong Huai almost drank it. After being exposed by Xue Tingdao, a wine bottle was smashed by Sun Ji. Several people have never been in touch.

Didn't expect them to dare to show up.

Xiamimi shrugged her shoulders and was pushed, so she had to go forward first and called flatteringly, "Brother Tong, long time no see."

Tong Huai looked at him, his expression gradually disappearing.

He still holds grudges against those who try to harm him.

It was also after seeing these two people that he suddenly realized that the time when he thought it was cool and deviant had passed for a long time.

Xue Ting pulled him out of his daze.

The bewitched boy laughed dryly again and called, "Brother Tong, are you still angry about what happened last time? That bastard Sun Ji, secretly drugged us while we weren't paying attention, we really didn't know..."

Tong Huai said leisurely: "Today is a happy day, so I won't do it myself."

The two were stunned.

Tong Huai pointed behind him: "Several teams of security guards in the No. 24 Middle School take turns patrolling [-] hours a day. I yell here, and someone will come and drive you to the police station immediately—should I call someone or you go by yourself?"

He was so merciless, the two of them looked ugly, they hesitated to speak, and they were really afraid that he would call the security guards, so they ran away in despair.

Tong Huai snorted, turned around, and met Xue Ting's probing eyes.

"What are you doing?" Tong Huai's scalp became numb from his stare.

Xue Ting: "Why not. Are you in a bad mood?"

"When I see them, I think of my stupid time. Can I feel better?"

A smile flashed in Xue Ting's eyes.

The two arrived at the hot pot restaurant by subway, and everyone was waiting for them.

Just eating is not enough. In order not to lose face in the entrance exam, everyone has been studying hard for a few weeks. Today, I want to vent more and propose to go to KTV after eating hot pot.

The strict tutor went home first, and the rest of the dozen or so people formed a team and rushed to the nearby KTV to buy wine specially.

Xue Ting was not interested in singing karaoke or drinking, he just came here to accompany Tong Huai, who was crazy and didn't have enough fun.

Those who got the microphone sang on the side, and the others formed a circle in front of the table, with the wine bottle in the middle, playing truth or dare.

Tong Huai likes to listen to songs, but doesn't like to sing, so he forced Xue Ting to squeeze into the circle and sit down.

It was a bit hot in the KTV box, Zhao Gou took off his school uniform jacket, rubbed his hands, looked around with a smirk, raised his hand and said, "Whoever turns to it will consider himself unlucky, don't deny it, deny it From now on in class...fuck me."

Before the words were finished, the wine bottle slowly stopped, and the mouth of the bottle was aimed right at him.

A burst of laughter erupted from the surroundings: "Quick, consider yourself unlucky! Truth or risk?"

Zhao Gou glared at the dishonorable wine bottle, and straightened his neck: "Of course it's a big adventure, don't think I don't know that you want to spy on my delicate young mind."

Everyone: "Ouch."

"Embrace the people around you, there is no half a minute without counting!"

Zhao Gou was surrounded by Chen Yuan and a girl in the class. He was stunned when he heard the sound, and turned to Chen Yuan hesitantly.

Chen Yuan: "..."

Chen Yuan's face suddenly changed, and he ran away.

It's a pity that he was not as quick and agile as Zhao Gou, so he was immediately caught and picked up.

Chen Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and punched him on the chest: "Damn, don't hug a girl next to you."

"I don't want to hug a girl, okay?" Zhao Gou easily hugged him for 30 seconds, put him down, and whispered, "How embarrassing."

The wine bottle spun around on the table again, and stopped this time, pointing at Lu Ziran, the squad leader who was sitting obediently.

Lu Ziran was stunned for a moment, he only came to see Lin Tanya.

"Squad leader!" Zhao Gou's eyes lit up, "I'll ask, squad leader, which type do you like?"

Lu Ziran pushed his glasses helplessly, took the opportunity to sneak a glance at Lin Tanya who was sitting dignifiedly cross-legged, blushed half, and muttered for a while: "...be quiet."

Everyone looked at each other tacitly, and giggled for a while, but for the sake of being a good class leader, they didn't continue to tease him.

The wine bottle was turned again, and those who were selected had either a big adventure or a truth, or neither of them, and they were punished with a drink.

Tong Huaiquan drank the fruit wine in his hand while watching the excitement, and by the time Xue Ting realized something was wrong, he had already drank more than half of the bottle, and his face was flushed with drunkenness.

Xue Ting snatched the bottle of fruit wine, looked at the reading and rubbed his forehead.

Great stamina.

I'm going to serve the drunk cat again tonight.

The wine bottle stopped abruptly, pointing at Tong Huai.

Tong Huai was already half drunk, and his consciousness was a little dull. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the mouth of the bottle for a while before reacting, and smiled: "I allow you to spy on my delicate boyish mind."

A girl poked her head: "Tong Huai, how would you confess your love to someone you like?"

"Ah?" Tong Huai has lived for 17 years, and he has never been attracted to a girl. He scratched his head in embarrassment and thought for a while, "It will snow after a while. I heard that it is good to confess when the first snow falls. Then When it snows, ask her out to confess."

Everyone: "..."

I don't know whether to praise this frankness or make complaints about it.

As more and more people were recruited, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic. The boys were put down and directly dragged on the floor, while the girls were treated better and could lie on the sofa.

The stamina of the fruit wine slowly came up, Tong Huai's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, drunk, his body unconsciously tilted, leaning on Xue Ting.

Xue Ting lowered his eyelids, watching the young man's slender neck and soft curly hair countless times.

Pretty as a doll.

A girl didn't want to drink, so she punished herself with a song, took the microphone thrown on the table, found the song she wanted to sing, and a soft singing sounded.

It's "One and Only".

The gentle singing voice and the lively scene are strangely blended together and become the background sound.

He stared at Tong Huai, the corner of his mouth curled up.

The wine bottle drew several arcs on the table.

Following a burst of whistles and exclamations, the mouth of the bottle was slowly aimed at Xue Ting.

Tong Huai was so excited that he turned his head to look at Xue Ting, his light-colored eyes were as clear as a lake under the moon, reflecting a thin snowy light: "It's your turn!"

It seems to reflect the heart of the person.

The girl with the microphone is singing: "I don't want to be the secret you keep."

Everyone looked at Xue Ting expectantly, clapped their hands and shouted: "The truth or the big risk?"

"I don't want to hide any more."

Xue Ting looked at Tong Huai without blinking, pursed his lips, and then spoke in a low voice.

"Sincerely."

"I want you."

Tong Huai lay drunk on his shoulder, smiling, waiting for him to reveal his sincerity.

Others muttered: "First kiss... Forget it, I dare not ask Brother Xue this kind of question. Brother Xue, how old was your first love?"

The scorching heat is over, the autumn wind has already swept across the entire Linlan City, and winter is approaching quietly.

Turns out they've been together for so long.

Xue Ting suddenly thought of the day when he first met Tong Huai.

Three minutes into the class, Xu Xingzhou introduced him on the podium. Tong Huai suddenly pushed the door open, wrapped in the hot summer wind, recklessly, saw him, looked over curiously, and shouted a report.

The words were directed at Xu Xingzhou, but the smile was directed at him.

Like the smile when the injured kitten responded that day, it was as bright and dazzling as the sun, and it was a firework that suddenly lit up in the long and endless night.

With a snap, it lights up without warning.

It lit up the whole sky.

"I choose you."

His Adam's apple moved slightly, and he smiled helplessly. After a while, he closed his eyes as if admitting defeat, and said softly, "17 years old."