don't force me

Du Xuan seriously suspected that he was so sleepy that he heard it wrong, or he was still in a dream. He said, "You...say it again."

"I, I just realized that I am in the third year of junior high school, and I will take the senior high school entrance examination next year. I, I don't think I have learned anything yet." Lin Tingan asked, "Is the high school entrance examination difficult? I see that you are so tired of studying, I I'm worried that I can't understand, and my Chinese is too bad, what if I can't pass the third middle school? I..."

Du Xuan interrupted him: "Get up and open the door for me." After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Lin Tingan jumped up from the bed and ran to open the door. The lights in the parents' room had already been turned off, and the room was quiet.He opened the door, and soon heard footsteps, Du Xuan came down from the third floor.

"Tell me, what's the matter with you?" Du Xuan flicked off her slippers, climbed onto the bed, and yawned.He was wearing a pair of sports shorts and a large white-washed T-shirt on his upper body. He sat lazily on the bed with half-closed eyes and asked listlessly.

"Uh..." Lin Tingan's brow was covered with cold sweat, and his pounding heart calmed down, only then did he realize what a careless thing he had done.Now he can't wait to knock Du Xuan unconscious with a stick and drag him back to the third floor, and then tell him that everything is just a dream.

however……

"That...it's so late, and your mother still let you out." Lin Tingan could only hold on to the awkward chat.

Du Xuan raised her eyelids and glanced at Lin Tingan, then sneered, "My parents have dinner tonight and won't be back for a while, so don't change the subject, it's too late to realize that I'm stupid."

"Who's stupid?" Lin Ting'an was exposed, so he simply gave up and said stubbornly, "I'm actually a little nervous. I'm not ready for the third year of junior high school. You won't be nervous when you are in the third year of junior high school."

"What preparations do you need for the third year of junior high school? It's not marriage." Du Xuan couldn't help laughing, softened her tone, and said softly as if coaxing Lin Tingan, "Why are you so nervous?"

"I do not know either."

"Don't be nervous, just do more homework and more exams, as long as you don't do it yourself, the senior high school entrance examination will be fine."

"But you are so tired of studying."

"Because I'm number one in the grade." Du Xuan yawned again, and said, "You're just at the end of a crane, and no one forced you to be attached to the Normal University. Why are you nervous?"

Du Xuan said this so domineeringly, her arrogance could explode.

Lin Xiaoan snorted and said, "The truth is such a truth, but how do I hear you like to beat you so much?"

Du Xuan was really sleepy, so she slipped down and leaned against the head of the bed half lying down, muttering: "Don't worry about what you should worry about."

"What should I be worried about?" Lin Tingan also climbed onto the bed and sat next to Du Xuan, with two pairs of thin and straight long legs stretched out on the bed together, looking very harmonious.

"You, you should talk to the teacher in charge, the punishment can be withdrawn."

"Ah? Ah!" Lin Tingan slapped his thigh, "Yes, I still have another punishment."

Du Xuan half-closed her eyes and said, "As soon as school starts, you can go to the Moral Education Office to apply for removal of the punishment. You have improved significantly in the final exam, won the first place in the district sports meeting, and the city competition is also good. The punishment will definitely be withdrawn. If the Moral Education Department If you don’t agree, go to Hu Kun and ask him to explain it for you, Mr. Hu is very defensive. Anyway, don’t go to the third grade of junior high school, you won’t get tired of it.”

Lin Tingan scratched his head: "Actually... I can't recite it, I have forgotten about it myself."

"Damn! If I knew you were so open-minded, I wouldn't bother to review your Chinese." Du Xuan opened his eyes, smiled and pushed Lin Tingan, "It was a waste of my painstaking efforts to get your grades. Better."

"You want me to withdraw the punishment?" Lin Tingan said, "Aren't you trying to win Zhou Chen?"

"Have both."

"Then... I really don't have to worry about the third grade?" Lin Ting'an still felt a little flustered in his heart, hopeless.

Du Xuan rubbed her eyes, sat up straight and said, "No need, the third grade of junior high school is nothing to be afraid of. Besides, isn't there me here?"

"But you are already in high school." Lin Tingan blurted out.

Yes, Du Xuan, now in high school.

Once these words were spoken, Lin Tingan suddenly understood the reason for what happened tonight.It turned out that what he was afraid of was not the third year of junior high school, the piles of homework and test papers, or even the senior high school entrance examination a year later. What made him flustered was just because he had been with him for a year, shared each other's joys and sorrows, and stood for each other. The person who advises, picks up troubles for the other party, and hides the truth for the other party will soon leave his life.

Junior high school and high school are almost two worlds.

Lin Tingan froze on the bed, staring fixedly at Du Xuan. He was a little sad. He never thought that the two people upstairs and downstairs could make him feel the pain of "parting" deeply just by being separated by a playground.

In fact, he has had the experience of "farewell", traveling thousands of miles from the south to the north, saying goodbye to his hometown and relatives and friends who have lived for more than ten years.But at that time, besides a touch of sadness, he was longing for and curious about the new world, so he always thought that the so-called "parting" was this kind of feeling, with joy in sadness.

But now, sitting on the same bed with Du Xuan, obviously separated by a floor, Lin Tingan was "sad" in spite of himself.

Du Xuan smiled: "It's just high school, just change the teaching building, what's the difference from before?"

Lin Tingan's heart fell to the ground all of a sudden, the powerful impact made his heart ache a little.He closed his eyes and asked, "Then... can I still call you if I have any questions?"

Du Xuan patted his hand: "What do you think? You knock on the radiator and I come down, don't you? Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

Lin Tingan raised his head abruptly: "You... I think we may not be able to touch each other in the future."

"How is that possible?" Du Xuan smiled, "I'm just going up a grade."

Lin Tingan said in a low voice: "I think high school is completely different from junior high school."

"Of course." Du Xuan stretched, "You can come and experience it next year. But don't worry, I will experience it for you first, and then I can help you solve all the problems."

Lin Tingan let out a breath slowly, thinking: Du Xuan is in high school, he will have a lot of homework; he has to write more homework, he will take more remedial classes; he will definitely become a member of the student union, maybe He is still the president of the student union; the teacher will definitely give him more work...

Will Du Xuan, a freshman in high school, no longer have time to speak Chinese to me?He should be busy making more friends, right?He is so popular, he will definitely receive more love letters...

At this moment, a voice suddenly echoed in Lin Tingan's mind: Du Xuan, I know how many love letters he has received.

Will he fall in love?

Speaking of which, didn't Du Xuan fall in love in junior high school?

Lin Tingan didn't know what was going on in his mind at all, and all kinds of strange thoughts one after another, quickly collapsed into ruins like dominoes in his heart.And he himself stood in the middle of the ruins, dazed and lost.

The surging emotions irritated his eyes, and he felt that his eyes were sore and painful and gradually blurred.

Under the dim bedside light, Du Xuan looked at Lin Tingan who was in a daze, and couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Lin Tingan? Are you sleepy... go to sleep."

Lin Tingan flinched for a moment, feeling empty in his heart: "I'm not sleepy."

"What are you thinking?" Du Xuan sat closer, next to Lin Tingan, and put his arm around Lin Tingan's shoulder.The boy's exposed skin was very cool by the air conditioner, Du Xuan grabbed a towel and put it on his shoulders to cover it.

Lin Tingan blinked, watching a drop of water fall on his arm on his knee

Du Xuan...

Lin Tingan...

"Uh..." Du Xuan asked hesitantly, "Lin Ting'an, you can't do that, right? It's only the third year of junior high school, not the third year of high school."

Lin Tingan wiped his face and said forcefully, "I'm sleepy, I yawned."

"Really?" Du Xuan tightened her arms and hugged Lin Ting'an, "Tell me what's going on, and tell me what's wrong."

Lin Tingan shook his head slowly: "I don't know, really. I just think... it's scary to go to the third year of junior high school."

Du Xuan couldn't see Lin Tingan's expression clearly in the dim light. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a soft knock on the door: "Xiao An? What's wrong with you?"

Du Xuan walked over and opened the door, and said a little embarrassedly, "Hello, Auntie."

Ma Jing turned on the ceiling light and stared at the two embarrassed people dumbfounded: "You two...it's midnight..."

Du Xuan couldn't help coughing, the situation was really hard to describe.

Lin Tingan got off the bed: "Mom, it's okay, I think of something and tell Du Xuan."

"Did you call someone down from upstairs at night?" Ma Jing said, "Xiaoxuan, you don't need to talk to him. Is there anything you can't talk about tomorrow?"

At this moment, Du Xuan saw Lin Tingan's face clearly. His face was a little red, and his eyes were still a little dazed, but his expression was still calm.

Ma Jing said: "Oh, Xiaoxuan, why are you barefoot? Put on your shoes quickly, the floor tiles laid by Auntie's house are quite cold."

Lin Tingan glanced at Du Xuan, kicked Du Xuan's slippers by the bed, lowered his head, and said in a nasal voice, "Put it on quickly."

Du Xuan put on her shoes and said, "That's okay, I'll go upstairs."

Ma Jing: "Xiao An goes to see brother Xiao Xuan off."

Du Xuan shook her hand: "There are only two steps, so there is no need to send it off."

Lin Ting'an lowered his head, followed Du Xuan involuntarily, and dragged himself to the gate.

Du Xuan opened the door, turned around and pressed Lin Tingan's shoulder: "Go back to sleep."

"Yeah." Lin Tingan didn't dare to look up, but just hummed in response.

Du Xuan smiled and said, "Lin Ting'an, I'm in No. [-] Middle School. At least I will accompany you until you finish your sophomore year of high school. So don't be afraid, I'm here."

Lin Tingan sniffled: "I'm not hypocritical, I'm just nervous."

"Yes." Du Xuan said, "Everyone who is in the third year of junior high school will be nervous. It's normal. When I was in the third year of junior high school, you were more violent than me."

Lin Tingan smiled and said, "Hurry up, good night."

Du Xuan whispered, "Good night."

She said she wasn't nervous, but the next day, Du Xuan found that Lin Tingan had disappeared from fright and hadn't seen him all day.

On the third day, it was still the same.

Ma Jing said: "Xiao An went to the library, and he suddenly worked hard like a different person."

Du Xuan blinked, feeling that Lin Ting'an's personality had collapsed.

"Really," Ma Jing said happily, "He said he couldn't learn at home, so he got up early in the morning and went to the library."

"Then I didn't see him last night."

"The library closes early, and he went to Huisi's study room," Ma Jing said, "Xiao An said that he was watching TV and playing games when he came back, so why not go to the study room to read, and he didn't come back until around nine o'clock last night."

Du Xuan said "oh", turned around and went upstairs, put the organized knowledge of classical Chinese on the desk, wondering when did this kid love learning so much?Didn't he find an excuse to go out and play?

Du Xuan always felt uneasy, and no one answered her calls to Lin Tingan, so she put on a baseball cap and went directly to the library and Huisi training department near her home.

Lin Tingan was naturally absent.

Du Xuan stood on the main road against the scorching sun, wanted to call Lin Tingan but remembered his cell phone that had already been torn apart.He sighed and planned to discuss with his mother tonight whether he could buy a new mobile phone.

It's been almost a month since the senior high school entrance examination, the grades came out, and the applications for volunteers were finished. He even found out who would be his class teacher and class teacher in the future. Everything has been settled, and my mother... probably should calm down.

That night, Du Xuan saw that Zhou Man was in a good mood, so he mentioned the mobile phone.

Du Jiancheng glared at his son, and before he could say anything, Zhou Man snapped back: "Shut up, you don't care about this matter."

Du Jiancheng turned to watch TV, Zhou Man said, "Xiaoxuan, it's okay to buy a mobile phone."

Du Xuan smiled and said self-consciously: "I will study hard. I don't know how to play games or fall in love. It's just that it's inconvenient to not have a mobile phone now. You saw it last time. Sometimes our teacher sends homework directly to the group inner."

"Then I make a request." Zhou Man said, "You must be in the top five in your grade. If you are out of the top five, your phone will be confiscated."

Du Xuan smiled wryly: "Mom, the high school department of No. [-] Middle School ranks fifth in the city, and the junior high school department may only rank around ten. Just because I can stay in the top three in junior high school does not mean that I can be so good in high school, besides, I am in the third year of junior high... Didn't keep the top ten."

Zhou Man said: "Xiaoxuan, it's not my mother who forces you. You have to know that mother is for your own good. Which parent doesn't feel sorry for his child? Aren't we making you more comfortable in the future and avoid detours? You see Mom has confidence in you, so it's not good for you to be discouraged first."

Du Xuan even wanted to laugh. He had said these words for three years without changing even a new word.

Zhou Man patted his son: "Xiaoxuan, my mother will tell you: what kind of remedial classes do you want to take, what reference books to buy, or ask for tutoring, mom and dad will support you and meet all your requirements, as long as you study hard. Don't worry." Forget, our target is Central Finance and Economics.”

Du Xuan wanted to say, "Central Finance and Economics? I just want a mobile phone. If all the money I saved hadn't been confiscated, I would have secretly bought another mobile phone myself. I don't ask you at all."

"How?" Zhou Man said, "isn't this condition difficult?"

Du Xuan smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will work hard."

Zhou Man stood up and hugged his son: "This is my good son!"

Zheng Ziyan looked at Lin Tingan who was lying on his bed and almost cried: "Brother, you have been staying at my house for two days, can you go?"

"No." Lin Tingan said while nibbling on the watermelon, "Auntie welcomes me."

"It's because my mother is too embarrassed to send you away." Zheng Ziyan said, "You didn't say anything, just sit here with me, like a Buddha, with such a big appetite."

Lin Tingan spat out a handful of watermelon seeds and asked, "It hurts my heart that you don't welcome me so much."

"You're in my way!" Zheng Ziyan said angrily, "I asked Yang Lemeng to go to Happy Valley."

"I told you I'll go with you guys. It's so crowded." Lin Tingan picked up another piece of watermelon, "Hey, the melons my aunt bought are really sweet."

"Can you get out?" Zheng Ziyan said brokenly, "I'm going on a date with Yang Lemeng, why are you joining in the fun? Don't you think you're an eyesore?"

Lin Tingan finished eating the watermelon in two or three mouthfuls, wiped his mouth, threw the slippers aside, sat cross-legged on Zheng Ziyan's bed, and asked solemnly, "Zheng Ziyan, have you ever felt so reluctant to be alone?"

Zheng Ziyan snorted: "Yang Lemeng, what's the matter?"

Lin Tingan waved his hands irritably: "Except for Yang Lemeng."

"Hmm... how 'special' does 'special reluctance' have to be?" Zheng Ziyan asked hesitantly.

"It's the kind that makes you feel uneasy and sad when you think about leaving."

"Yang Lemeng."

Lin Tingan rolled his eyes and didn't want to speak.

Zheng Ziyan spat out a few watermelon seeds with a "bah", and said, "Which girl do you like? Tell me, and I'll give you an idea."