don't force me

It was six o'clock in the evening when Lin Tingan returned home. He put down his luggage and rushed straight to the third floor.

Zhou Man opened the door and said, "Yeah, Xiaoan is back? Did you play well?"

"Very good." Lin Tingan held up the box in his hand, "Is Du Xuan there? I brought a gift."

"Yes." Zhou Man hesitated, "but he is doing his homework."

Lin Tingan said as if he didn't understand: "Okay, I'll go find him."

After finishing speaking, he ran in and knocked on Du Xuan's door, leaving Zhou Man frowning at the door.

Du Xuan's eyes were red when he opened the door, Lin Tingan asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." Du Xuan closed the door and said with a smile, "You really played until the last day."

Lin Tingan looked at Du Xuan carefully, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Have you ever cried?"

Du Xuan blinked and smiled, "I can tell."

"It looks like a rabbit, no one can see it," Lin Tingan asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you, tell me."

Du Xuan said: "I was scolded by my mother for more than an hour just now. The monthly exam started a week earlier in the third year of junior high school, and the ranking was announced today. I got eighth in the exam."

"Number...eighth?" Lin Tingan was startled, "Did you get sick during the exam?"

Du Xuan shook his head.

"Late for the exam?"

"how is this possible."

"Then what did you do," Lin Tingan said, "You can't pass the exam like this."

"That's impossible." Du Xuan said, "Who can guarantee that it will always be No.1."

Lin Tingan stood up awkwardly, turned around the room, his face was a little red with anxiety: "Hey, Du Xuan, what's wrong with you?"

Sitting on the bed, Du Xuan was suddenly very happy seeing Lin Tingan's anxious look.

It wasn't Lin Tingan's anxious appearance that made him happy, but Lin Tingan's anxiety for him made him happy.

His mother was also in a hurry, but that kind of anxiety made Du Xuan depressed and painful; Lin Tingan's anxiety made him feel warm, with a warm feeling of being expected and cared for.This warm feeling made Du Xuan happy and gave him a sense of happiness.At this moment, he even regretted a little, whether his so-called "strategy" was too naive and impulsive, and Lin Tingan was in a hurry.

Du Xuan grabbed Lin Tingan who was walking around the room: "Don't worry."

"Can't you be in a hurry, you want to take the exam attached to the Normal University, the direct promotion class attached to the Normal University, if you are the eighth grade, where will you rank in the city, can't you get into the direct promotion class, can you enter the English experimental class? Can't get online?"

Du Xuan looked at Lin Tingan for a while, then suddenly said, "Xiao An."

"Ah?" Lin Tingan was stunned for a moment, and twisted his neck uncomfortably, "Why does it sound so awkward?"

"Ting Ting?"

"That's right, you should call me by my name." Lin Tingan waved his hand, "I'm getting goosebumps."

"Don't worry." There was a smile in Du Xuan's voice.

"I'm not doing it for you..." Lin Ting'an suddenly stopped after half a sentence. He looked at Du Xuan, who was unpacking the gift box. Although his eyes were still a little red, he didn't look depressed—he even thought about it. Laughing, fucking rippling!

Lin Tingan dragged a chair and sat by the bed, stared at Du Xuan and asked, "Why do I think you are not sad at all?"

"Really?" Du Xuan took out a very beautiful oil painting from the box, which was the coast under the sunset, "Thank you."

Lin Tingan pulled the painting aside, stared at Du Xuan and said, "You failed the exam three times in a row."

Du Xuan raised his eyes to look at him, nodded, "Yes."

"Thinking about it now, it seems that you are not particularly sad every time."

"is it?"

"I thought you were very happy to hear you play the piano after the entrance exam."

"Well, I'm very happy."

"Why aren't you sad?"

"Why should I be sad?" Du Xuan asked, "It's not that bad after all."

Lin Tingan said slowly: "Du Xuan, you..."

Du Xuan interrupted him suddenly, and said softly but firmly, "I did it on purpose."

"Ah!" Lin Ting'an opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He looked at Du Xuan in a daze, and then stammered after a while, "You, are you trying to annoy your mother on purpose?"

Du Xuan shook his head: "No."

"Du Xuan, are you crazy!" It wasn't until this moment that Lin Tingan realized what Du Xuan was saying in a real sense, and immediately raised his voice, "You are, you are, you are crazy..."

"Hush!" Du Xuan raised a finger in front of his mouth, "Keep your voice down, you think I'll be beaten to death."

"Du Xuan," Lin Tingan sat in front of Du Xuan, "what on earth are you trying to do? You scared me to death."

Du Xuan showed a sly smile, her eyes sparkling: "I don't want to study in the High School Attached to Normal University."

"Why, the High School Attached to Normal University is so good."

"The best students in the city can be admitted to the Affiliated Normal University. Even if I am admitted to the Affiliated Normal University, I am still at an average level."

Lin Tingan frowned and said, "You mean you insist on being No.1? If you can't be number one, why don't you go? It's the same as if you don't run 200 meters?"

Du Xuan shook her head: "It doesn't matter if I'm number one or not, but my mother will definitely let me be that 'number one'. I can't meet her requirements in the attached Normal University."

"How will you know if you don't try?" Lin Tingan said anxiously, "You have to try."

Du Xuan smiled: "Do you know which two subjects I am worst in?"

Lin Tingan said: "Mathematics and physics, but that's not bad, it's just that you didn't take the first place in the exam. You can't ask yourself to take the first place in all subjects, can you?"

Du Xuan said calmly: "I have been taking math remedial classes since the first grade of junior high school, and physics since the second grade of junior high school. Sometimes I would find one-on-one tutors to focus on these two subjects. But even so, my math and physics I have never been the first in the exam, and sometimes I can't even get in the top three, which shows that my ability in these two subjects is really limited."

Lin Tingan's frown became tighter and tighter, he didn't understand what this had to do with deliberately failing the exam.

Du Xuan lowered his voice and said, "I asked the teachers in the high school department. The mathematics and physics in high school are quite difficult. It doesn't depend on your hard work. I don't think I may be able to learn well. will be crushed into slag, at that time, what do you think my mother will do?"

Lin Tingan thought for a while, then shivered all over, and said, "Why don't you just study Chinese?"

Du Xuan looked away: "I don't study literature, I want to study medicine, but my mother wants me to study finance, that... I don't want to study."

Lin Tingan asked: "Does Aunt Zhou disagree with your medical study?"

Du Xuan shook her head: "She thinks the time cost of studying medicine is too high, and the pressure is too great if you don't earn much."

Lin Tingan looked at Du Xuan speechlessly, and felt that in the field of "rationality", Du Xuan and Zhou Man were really close mothers and sons, and it was quite scary to be able to consider all kinds of interests so clearly.

Du Xuan took a deep breath, looked at Lin Tingan and said slowly: "Besides, I want to live in high school more comfortably. I've had enough of these three years."

Lin Tingan said: "But if you stay in No. [-] Middle School, Aunt Zhou should force you to study or will force you to study."

Du Xuan smiled wryly: "Which one is more stressful, the top students from the No. [-] Middle School or the middle-class students attached to the Normal University?"

Lin Tingan was silent for a long while, and silently gave a thumbs up: "I accept."

In April, after receiving three consultations from Yang Yiming, Du Xuan ushered in the second key school entrance examination.This time Ma Jing set the goal for Du Xuan to be 80 in the city, but Du Xuan got 112 in the exam.

The teachers of the whole grade were lamenting that the safest top student had the biggest accident. The students discussed in private. Many people looked at Du Xuan with pity in their eyes. Of course, there was no lack of gloating. Du Xuan was very calm. .

Sun Rui said: "Your range is a little too big. Some people have already started to talk about your previous grades."

Du Xuan sneered: "The only thing left is the ability of the disgusting people behind the scenes, so there's no need to talk to them."

Sun Rui said helplessly, "You are very generous."

"What level am I, it's not their turn to judge." Du Xuan said flatly, "It's just a defeat."

At this time, Teacher Zhao talked to Du Xuan for the first time about signing with the No. [-] Middle School. Du Xuan said that he needed to go home and discuss it with his mother.

When Du Xuan came home, Du Jiancheng was sitting on the sofa watching TV with a gloomy face. He saw his son coming in and asked, "Have the grades come out? How long are you in?"

Du Xuan stood in front of her father, gritted her teeth and said, "112 in the whole city."

The corner of Du Jiancheng's eye twitched violently, and he smashed the remote control at Du Xuan.Du Xuan didn't hide, the remote control just hit the forehead, and after a burst of pain, tears came down.

Zhou Man screamed and rushed out from the kitchen, helped Du Xuan's head to check, and shouted, "Du Jiancheng, what are you doing!"

Du Jiancheng: "Ask your precious son, how many points did he get in the test? Ah! How much does he spend on me every month? It's thousands of dollars for a class, four or five hundred for a one-on-one session, and my money is Is it the wind blowing!"

"It's just your money, right? I didn't make any money, did I?" Zhou Man let go of Du Xuan and yelled at Du Jiancheng, "I'm telling you, Du, don't spread your anger on my son." , you just didn’t get promoted, why didn’t you get promoted? That’s because you are incompetent! If you had to listen to me and go take care of it, you’d be fine? You deserve it for yourself!”

Du Jiancheng stood up from the sofa: "Shut up, what do you know, if you didn't come up with random ideas..."

Du Xuan silently retreated to his room, closed the door tightly and slowly squatted down. He hugged his head and trembled uncontrollably, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

"Are you pissing your mother on purpose?" Lin Tingan's question sounded in his mind.

Du Xuan bit her lower lip tightly, and shouted in her heart: "Yes, I did it on purpose, I did it on purpose, I did it on purpose..."

The next day, Zhou Man followed his son to school.

Teacher Zhao sincerely suggested to Zhou Man: "We mean that it is best for Du Xuan to stay in No. [-] Middle School to study."

Zhou Man said reservedly: "Even if Xiaoxuan takes the 112th place in the exam, she can still be attached to the Normal University."

Teacher Zhao said: "Indeed. But I want to say that the No. [-] Middle School can give him the best resources, but the Normal University cannot."

Zhou Man said doubtfully, "Why?"

Teacher Zhao smiled and said: "Du Xuan stays in the No. [-] Middle School, we can promise him to enter the experimental class; if there is no accident, there will definitely be a scholarship; he is very capable and talented, and the teachers in the school are very familiar with him. He will be given priority when studying abroad or in various organizational activities, and the opportunities will be tilted towards him... I believe that the High School Attached to Normal University will not offer such generous conditions, after all, only the city's top talents can enter."

Zhou Man frowned and said nothing.

Teacher Zhao continued: "To put it bluntly, if Du Xuan doesn't get enough points, you use your relationship to let him go to the Normal University to be an auditor, that would be even worse."

Zhou Man asked, "Why?"

"Audit students are not counted as official student status, and Du Xuan's personal grades and college entrance examination results are not included in the name attached to the Normal University; all city-level outstanding advanced students will not be given places to Du Xuan; various resources will not give priority to him; In terms of study, it is conceivable that the teacher pays much attention to Du Xuan."

Zhou Man twitched the corner of his mouth: "I believe Du Xuan can be admitted to the Normal University without being an auditor."

Teacher Zhao smiled and said, "It's just the beginning of April, don't worry, you can think about it slowly, let's see the results after the model."

Du Xuan sent her gloomy-looking mother out of the school and went back to class by herself. When she passed by the playground, she saw that she was in physical education class on the second and fifth day of junior high school.Spring is here, and Lin Tingan is wearing a light blue long-sleeved T-shirt running all over the playground, as refreshing as this season.

Du Xuan stood on the side of the playground and watched the blue shadow pass by the brown-red track, like the wind.

After half a year of training, Lin Tingan seems to have grown taller, still very thin, but he runs very powerfully.His steps are steady, and his body leans into a nice angle when cornering, like the sun slanting on the runway.

The light blue sunlight turned a corner and came straight towards him.

"Why don't you go to class?" Lin Tingan stopped in front of Du Xuan and asked.

"My mother just came, I'll take her out." Du Xuan squinted his eyes, and the sweat on Lin Tingan's forehead reflected the sunlight a bit dazzlingly.

"Again?" Lin Tingan asked nervously, "What's wrong with you? Didn't pass the exam again? Or... your mother found out about that?"

Du Xuan couldn't help laughing: "It's okay, our class teacher asked her to talk about signing the contract."

"Oh." Lin Tingan heaved a sigh of relief, "Scared me."

A voice came from the other side of the playground: "Lin Tingan, where have you been, hurry back and gather."

Lin Tingan turned back and shouted: "Right now." Then he turned back and asked, "Do you have time on Sunday? We have a district track and field competition, do you want to come and see it? At 09:30 in the morning, at the district sports center. If you win the competition, you can participate in the city competition .”

Du Xuan said without hesitation, "I'll go."