don't force me

The next day, Zhou Man went to Lin's house with big bags and small bags of gifts.Du Xuan thought to herself, it's a good thing her mother didn't give Lin Tingan a set of "Five-Year High School Examination and Three-Year Simulation".

Ma Jing welcomed Zhou Man into the door enthusiastically, and the two talked about their son's scriptures affectionately.Du Xuan and Lin Ting'an sat and listened, showing modest and sincere smiles. They were both uncomfortable, and Du Xuan was even clenched in a cold sweat, lest her mother say something that would embarrass her.

Ma Jing said: "Xiaoxuan is really too good-natured, my Xiaoan would like to have half of him. Xiaoxuan also came to help Xiaoan review, in fact, we should thank Xiaoxuan."

Zhou Man said reservedly: "Anyway, if you are idle, you are idle. Let him talk about the third grade of junior high school, which can be regarded as a review, so as not to be unable to keep up in high school."

Lin Tingan frowned, and muttered in his heart, "You can't keep up."Du Xuan listened noncommittally, and didn't take it seriously. As long as the topic didn't involve Lin Tingan, he didn't mind what his mother said, anyway, he was used to it after so many years.

After coming out of Lin's house, Zhou Man said to Du Xuan: "It's okay to have a holiday. When you go to high school, you should hurry up and study, and avoid hanging out with Lin Ting'an."

Du Xuan paused and asked, "Why?"

"Can't you see? Ma Jing doesn't have any demands on Lin Ting'an at all, and Lin Ting'an is a special student, such a child will be fine in the future?" Zhou Man snorted, "Do you remember that every time the exam is held in the last exam room It’s either Ti Te Sheng or Yi Te Sheng.”

"But there are good ones too."

"That's an extreme case." Zhou Man said disdainfully, "Where can the special students end up? Isn't it the Sports University? Can it be compared with schools like Central Finance, Foreign Academy, Fudan University, and National People's University? Let alone Tsinghua University and Peking University. In short, don't get so close to him, you will be easily influenced by him."

Du Xuan raised her voice in protest: "Mom, you are too arbitrary."

Zhou Man turned to look at his son, said in a slow tone, "It's not that you are not allowed to play with him, your father and his father are still in the same unit, so don't make it so stiff. Mom means that such a child is too loose, It is easy to cause adverse effects on you. When you finish high school and get admitted to Central Finance, your mother will not worry about whoever you like to hang out with."

Du Xuan stepped into the house, closed the door with her hands back, and said softly, "Mom."

Zhou Man said "hmm", seeing his son standing motionless at the door, he asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

"Mom," Du Xuan raised his head and said slowly and word by word, "Lin Tingan can pass the 985 and 211 exams, and he can do very well in the exams, do you believe it?"

The military training for the first year of the third middle school and the make-up class for the third year of the new junior high school were arranged on the same day. In mid-August, when it was the hottest time, Lin Tingan walked to school together with Du Xuan, who was carrying a suitcase, with his schoolbag on his back.

Lin Tingan asked: "Have you brought essential oil, there are many mosquitoes there."

Du Xuan nodded: "I've brought them all, don't worry."

After Lin Tingan said "Oh", he didn't know what to say, and the feeling of "reluctant to leave" came again, which made him a little upset.

Du Xuan said: "I heard that the conditions of the base are poor. I'll go and see what the situation can be. I'll come back and tell you that you are mentally prepared for next year."

Lin Tingan: "If you don't feel well, please ask for leave. Don't suffer from heat stroke."

Du Xuan smiled and said, "I see, it's just military training, it's not that scary."

Lin Tingan glanced at Du Xuan's feet: "Are these shoes comfortable to wear?"

"It's very comfortable." Du Xuan jumped on the spot twice, "and it's very breathable."

"Of course, this pair is my favorite in summer." Lin Tingan glanced at the shoes under Du Xuan's feet, and felt that Du Xuan's camouflage pants looked pretty good.

At the school gate, a row of buses were parked along the street, and the first year of senior high school had already formed a team on the playground.Sun Rui shouted from a long distance: "Du Xuan, here."

Lin Tingan clicked his tongue: "Are you still in the same class as him?"

Du Xuan nodded: "They are all contract students, and they are assigned to the same class."

Lin Tingan gave Sun Rui a disgusted look, and said to Du Xuan, "Then see you next week."

Du Xuan said, "Okay."

Lin Tingan frowned hesitantly.Du Xuan saw it, and said with a smile: "If you have something to say, hurry up, and if you don't, I'm leaving."

Lin Tingan said: "You will arrive at the school at about three o'clock next week, right? Is there someone to pick you up?"

Du Xuan shook her head: "My parents have to go to work on Monday, and it takes more than 20 minutes to walk from school to home. I can just go back by myself."

Lin Tingan said: "We leave school at four o'clock, why don't you wait for me for a while, let's go home together."

Du Xuan smiled slightly and said, "Okay. Then I'll wait for you in Penumbra, I have no place to stay at school."

Only then did Lin Tingan realize that he had made another stupid request. During the dog days, Du Xuan had just returned from military training. Naturally, he wanted to go home quickly, take a shower, eat cold drinks comfortably in the air conditioner, and enjoy the last time of the holiday. Who would drag a suitcase in the school for an hour in the sun and wait for someone to leave school?

"No need," Lin Ting'an was a little embarrassed, "I'm also having a brain twitch, so ignore me and go home quickly."

Du Xuan shook her head: "It just so happens that I also want to eat Banying's dessert and milk tea. After returning from military training, I can enjoy it. You can pay me after school."

Lin Tingan nodded hastily: "I treat you, I treat you."

The assembly whistle sounded on the playground, Du Xuan dragged his suitcase and rushed to the team, while Lin Tingan walked to the third floor step by step with his schoolbag on his back.The list of commendations has been posted on the bulletin board on the third floor, which is the list of various awards at the end of the last school year and the list of final exam winners.

Three months ago, I was still standing here looking at Du Xuan's photo, but now everything has changed.Lin Tingan glanced at the bulletin board a little disappointed, but his name was not on it, not even in the "Campus Service Award".

Lin Tingan sighed, turned his head and looked out the window, the senior ones had already lined up to go out of the school gate, the line dragged across the entire playground, Du Xuan could not be found from this angle.

Lin Tingan already missed him a little before he left the school gate.

Lin Tingan looked at the teams on the playground, and slowly all of them went out of sight, and the whole playground became empty again. Only then did he look away and walk into the classroom.

When he looked up and saw the class schedule written on the blackboard, he fainted at the first sight:

Chinese Chinese, English English...

Lin Tingan tidied up his books and automatically stood at the back of the classroom.Chinese teacher Qiu took a look at Lin Tingan when he entered the class, and asked strangely: "Lin Tingan, I haven't punished you yet, why did you stand behind?"

Lin Tingan couldn't help yawning and said, "Mr. Qiu, I'm going to be sleepy. I'll stand behind and listen."

Teacher Qiu was so shocked that he could not speak. He paused for a moment before pointing to Lin Tingan and said, "Look, everyone, this is the learning attitude that a third-year junior high school student should have. As I said, whether the learning attitude is good or bad is directly reflected in the grades." In fact, Lin Tingan's current study attitude is very good, and I believe he will also get good grades."

Yang Lemeng turned her head to look at Lin Tingan, raised her eyebrows as a questioning expression.

Lin Tingan bowed slightly amid the laughter of the whole class, and said, "My goal is the stars and the sea." The students laughed even more happily.

Zheng Ziyan sat in the last row, leaned back on the chair, approached Lin Tingan and asked, "Are you changing your mind?"

Lin Tingan gave Zheng Ziyan a blank look and didn't say a word. He tried his best to open his eyes and listen to Teacher Qiu reciting the text as if he was reciting scriptures. These things were just finished by Du Xuan before he left, so he had to remember them no matter what, and Du Xuan had to check them when he came back.

A week later, Du Xuan dragged his luggage and walked slowly to Penumbra.Probably because of the holiday, the whole street was much quieter than before, and the universal wheels on Du Xuan's box rubbed against the ground, making a loud noise.

The glass door of Penumbra was closed, and soothing music sounded from inside.Du Xuan pushed open the door and saw that Ding Zimu was grinding a can of coffee beans, and the small shop was full of aroma.

"Welcome." Ding Zimu stood up from behind the bar, "Come in, it's too hot outside."

Du Xuan dragged the box in, and Ding Zimu naturally reached out to take it and put it on the side of the bar.

Du Xuan thanked him and sat on the sofa chair he always sat on, and Ding Zimu brought over a glass of iced lemonade: "Drink a glass of water first, it's too hot today."

Du Xuan took the water glass and held it in his hand, the cool glass made him breathe comfortably.

Ding Zimu smiled and said, "Just came back from military training?"

"Ah." Du Xuan looked at his camouflage outfit, nodded, and then ordered drinks and food.After a while, I heard the door being pushed open with a "bang", and a sweaty teenager stood at the door of the store.

"Du Xuan!" Lin Tingan shouted out of breath.

"Come in." Du Xuan waved, "Why are you running? It's such a hot day."

"I'm afraid you're in a hurry." Lin Tingan wiped his face embarrassingly, only then realized the sweat on his head.

Ding Zimu brought over a tray with iced lemonade and two wet towels in it: "Wipe your face and drink some water first."

Lin Ting'an grabbed the towel and covered his face with a snort and wiped it carelessly: "It's so hot, it's too hot today."

"You still run when it's hot." Du Xuan took another towel and shook it away, and rubbed it on Lin Tingan's neck: "Your neck is sweaty, your T-shirt is wet."

"Ah." Lin Tingan ducked back subconsciously, feeling his face was hot, wondering if it was because of running.

Du Xuan casually stuffed the towel into Lin Tingan's hand: "Wipe yourself and drink some water."

Lin Tingan looked at Du Xuan and said, "You're black."

"It's no wonder it's not dark after being exposed to the sun for a week."

"Thin."

"A lot of exercise." Du Xuan clicked his tongue, "Now that I think about it, I don't even know how I got here."

"Eat more, can't you have enough food for military training?"

"No matter how much you eat, you can't stand the amount of training. At the end of the training, even the girls don't care. They eat two big steamed buns for a meal."

Lin Tingan glanced at the table immediately: "Are these enough? Some more, I'll treat you."

Du Xuan smiled and said, "Enough is enough, I'll have dinner when I get home later."

Lin Tingan said excitedly: "Go to my house to eat, you are coming back today, my mother specially made steam pot chicken, it is very fragrant."

"I won't go today. Today my mother said to eat at home." Du Xuan looked at Lin Tingan's instantly depressed face, felt very sorry, and added, "I'll go to your house later to thank auntie."

Lin Tingan let out an "oh" in disappointment, and said, "That's okay, I'll bring you a bowl of chicken soup, it's very delicious."

The two were talking lively, when the door leading to the back kitchen suddenly opened, and a man came out with a cup of coffee and said, "Mu Mu, Yuan Qiao said..."

His voice dropped the moment he saw Du Xuan and the others.

"Teacher Yang?" Du Xuan stood up and greeted in surprise, Lin Tingan stood up after him: "Teacher Yang."

Yang Yiming scratched his head in embarrassment: "Ah, why do you..."

Du Xuan said: "I came back from military training, and Lin Ting'an made up lessons in the third grade of junior high school. Are you... you opened this store?"

"I drove it." Ding Zimu said softly, "Yang Yiming is my brother."

Yang Yiming glanced sideways at Ding Zimu and nodded: "My family opened it."

Lin Tingan patted the table: "Tell me earlier, Mr. Yang, do you have to give me a discount for the store you opened?"

Yang Yiming smiled: "Why should I give you a discount?"

"Because..." Lin Tingan pointed to Du Xuan and said, "Because Du Xuan is your student."

"Students from at least four schools in the district have to call me teacher, and I will give you a discount?"

Du Xuan grabbed Lin Tingan: "Mr. Yang, please ignore him, he is just joking. The food at your house is very delicious, can we come here more often in the future?"

Yang Yiming pointed at Du Xuan, and said to Lin Ting'an: "Look at how Du Xuan can talk, you have to learn a little bit."

Lin Tingan snorted, thinking that he was only so good at talking to outsiders, and he was not so polite when talking to me, which was very annoying.

Ding Zimu came over with another plate of egg tarts: "It's okay, I'll treat you this time, eat more."

Lin Ting'an felt a little embarrassed. After all, he opened a shop to do business to make a living, and he was just saying something poor, so he couldn't really eat for nothing.

Ding Zimu: "I can still afford a meal, so let's treat Du Xuan as a welcome."

Du Xuan said politely, "Thank you brother."

Yang Yiming asked: "Du Xuan, are you... still studying in No. [-] Middle School? Didn't you go to Normal University?"

Du Xuan said with a relaxed smile, "I didn't pass the exam."

Yang Yiming frowned, and immediately laughed: "Then your vice-principal of teaching must be so happy. He spent a lot of effort to keep you. He called your head teacher three times a day."

Lin Tingan was a little dazed when he heard it. He knew that the school wanted Du Xuan to stay in the school, but it was not something ordinary people could do to get the vice principal of teaching to appear in person.Du Xuan...how awesome is he?

Lin Tingan straightened his back, feeling very proud.

Du Xuan waited for Lin Tingan to drink a glass of water, sweating all over his body, then got up and said goodbye and went home.

Ding Zimu watched the two walk out of the shadow, and said in a low voice, "Du Xuan didn't pass the exam, what a pity."

"Not necessarily." Yang Yiming said, "I think he likes the No. [-] Middle School. And... I'm a little surprised why he didn't get admitted to the Attached Normal University."

"Didn't play well?"

"Hmph, this kid has a very strong mental quality. I don't quite believe the saying 'didn't play well'." Yang Yiming said to Ding Zimu, "Mumu, in recent years, I have seen a lot of people with good and poor mental quality, but There is nothing like Du Xuan."

Ding Zimu put away the cup, handed Yang Yiming a piece of wife cake, and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Yang Yiming said: "Even if you have a good heart, you were so calm that I admired you. But this Du Xuan...he is not only calm, he is very rational. When I talk to him about any topic, he will analyze it logically and carefully. , I know he has a problem, but I can't tell him the truth."

Ding Zimu said in shock: "He's only a freshman in high school, so he's so good?"

Yang Yiming shook his head: "It has nothing to do with age, it's purely because of his strong will. He has an idea in his heart, he refuses to say it, he doesn't accept all temptations, and he doesn't go around, but he just doesn't speak."

Ding Zimu asked: "Do you think he has psychological problems?"

Yang Yiming shook his head: "No. But I think he has a huge psychological burden and is under some kind of huge pressure, and this pressure should have nothing to do with studying."

"What does that have to do with it?"

"Emotion, or parent-child relationship, I have to talk to him to find out."

Ding Zimu said, "Will you help him?"

Yang Yiming smiled: "He has to ask me to help."

Ding Zimu said: "Help him, I think he is quite pitiful."

"why?"

"In winter, he stayed in the store with a fever for a whole day and didn't come home. He even lied to his mother that he was attending school. I think there must be something wrong with his family."

Yang Yiming stretched, put his arms around Ding Zimu and rubbed his waist, and said, "If he is willing, I will try my best to help him."

Opening Ceremony on September [-]st.

According to the rules, there will be a representative of the first year of senior high school freshmen to speak, a performance in the military training report of the first year of senior high school, and the results of the various evaluations of the previous school year will also be announced.

Standing in the line, Lin Ting'an tried to tiptoe towards the rostrum, but unfortunately he could only see a silhouette of Du Xuan, who was speaking as a freshman representative.

Du Xuan was wearing a camouflage training uniform, and the trousers were slightly shrunk, making her legs straighter and longer.Du Xuan's back was straight, and when the breeze blew, the camouflage T-shirt wrapped around his body drew smooth lines, making him look even more heroic.

Lin Tingan sighed, the current position is far away from the rostrum, and it is not on the same line as the first grade.In the third grade of junior high school, I stood in the front row, and in the first grade of junior high school, I stood in the back row. In the future, if I wanted to talk to Du Xuan, I would have to cross half of the playground.

Saying something between classes has to cross a school.

Lin Tingan looked helplessly at the high school. The high school wore a standard school uniform, dark blue trousers and a white shirt. He looked much more mature and chic.Du Xuan looked down at herself, the sports shorts with poor quality fabric and the white T-shirt that was washed yellow and deformed - Du Xuan even looked better than herself in her junior high school uniform.

He is taller than me!

Lin Tingan desperately wanted to hurry through the third year of junior high school. He wanted to go to high school, the high school in No. [-] Middle School.

Applause sounded, and Du Xuan bowed and stepped off the stage after speaking.Followed by the military training report performance, the playground that has been dead has finally begun to be excited.The five grades regrouped and vacated the middle part of the playground. Following the order of the physical education teacher, everyone sat on the ground and waited for the split performance.

The third graders sat next to the runway, and the third and fifth grades were on the far side.Ordinarily, Lin Tingan should be in the last row, but after discussing with Han Mo, he replaced Han Mo in the whole team and took advantage of the opportunity to sit in the first row.

When the parade started, Du Xuan walked four or five meters in front of him, which was almost the best viewing position in the audience.

The exciting music sounded, and the host said "Welcome to the school flag", Lin Tingan couldn't help but sit up straight, and looked at the other side of the runway vigorously.

Du Xuan walked over carrying the school flag.

With a serious face, sharp eyes, and tight mouth corners, he looks handsome and dignified.The armed belt is tight, the thin waist line is sharp and powerful, and Du Xuan's legs are very long, and every step is windy when he kicks.

When Du Xuan took the first step, Lin Tingan started to applaud uncontrollably. There was only this applause on the huge playground. It drove the entire third grade, and then spread like a wave, and soon everyone in the playground applauded.Such a warm opening made the principal on the rostrum so excited that he stood up and applauded, and the entire military training show kicked off in this inexplicable excitement.

When Du Xuan walked through the third and fifth classes of junior high school, she squinted her eyes slightly, blinked at Lin Ting'an, and showed a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Lin Tingan squinted his eyes, feeling that the sun was too strong and hurt his eyes.

The two girls behind him said, "Look, look, the flag bearer is Du Xuan, how handsome."

"Hey, does he have a girlfriend?"

"Yes, I don't know."

Lin Tingan glanced back, a girl leaned over and asked him, "Lin Tingan, does Du Xuan have a girlfriend?"

Lin Tingan shook his head, wanting to say: "Whether it's none of your business or not, I don't even like you."

"There must be a lot of girls in high school who like him." A girl said affirmatively.

"Is it from junior high school?" the other whispered, giggling.

Lin Tingan frowned: "Sun Rui already has a girlfriend, Zheng Ziyan also has Yang Lemeng, why doesn't Du Xuan have a girlfriend?"