Professor, your turtle!

Throughout the night, Ji Fan felt very relaxed.

He temporarily forgot those troubles, no matter what happens in the future, at least for this moment, he and Mr. Fu are together.

Holding a lettuce in his hands, Fu Mingyuan stared at the steaming boiling water, frowning tightly, as if he was facing an enemy.Seeing this, Ji Fan couldn't help curling the corners of his lips secretly.

——At least, at this moment, he needs him, and he needs him.

Boiling water is a very simple step.Ji Fan demonstrated it once, and Fu Mingyuan followed it honestly, and it seemed that he had learned it.

While doing the demonstration, Ji Fan suddenly remembered the episode when he made the hydroponic bottle.

He paused, and calmly looked at Fu Mingyuan who was studying hard.Before the other party could react, Ji Fan quickly shot, retaliated, and grabbed Fu Mingyuan's fingers from behind.

Fu Mingyuan was much taller than him, with smooth back muscles. When he was gently encircled, his whole body stiffened and he did not move at all. His tense posture seemed to be afraid of disturbing the butterflies resting on his fingertips.

Ji Fan threw his whole body on his back, and at this moment he quickly raised his head and glanced, feeling a little complacent: This time he must understand how I felt at that time.

Immediately, he lowered his eyes, moved patiently and meticulously, pretending to be serious about teaching, hooked the other party's fingers, and tore the leaves into pieces.

——It has to be shredded to taste it.

Ten slender fingers were intertwined, and Fu Mingyuan's hand was slightly bigger than Ji Fan's.He froze for a while, but quickly turned his back and grabbed the naughty fingertips with his backhand.

Ji Fan: "!"

Fu Mingyuan had completely relaxed at this moment, and opened the neckline with his free left hand, a smile flashed in his eyes: "Look."

After finishing speaking, he did not let go of Ji Fan, and continued to tear the blade slowly in this posture.

No, it's not just shredded.Fu Mingyuan also put the lettuce leaves under the faucet to rinse, and pressed the veins of the stems and leaves with his strong fingers to wash away every remaining soil.

While doing it, he turned his head and asked Ji Fan: "Is that so, Teacher Ji?"

Ji Fan: "..."

His hands were also forced to press together on the vegetable leaves. Fu Mingyuan hugged him, rubbing his sensitive fingertips with every movement, but this guy deliberately slowed down and spoke harshly. It was... but his skin.

Because of some indescribable imagination, Ji Fan's face turned red.He pursed his lips, pulled back his hand forcefully, and penetrated the back of the paper: "It's almost done! If you wash it again, it will be broken."

Fu Mingyuan shrugged and clicked his tongue slightly regretfully.

After this encounter, Ji Fan didn't dare to be a monster anymore, and taught the next step honestly.

After many times of muddy bottoms, vegetable leaves falling off the stove, mixing raw and cooked vegetables, etc., Fu Mingyuan finally took out his first pot of (edible) vegetables since he was born. The leaves are completely wilted, limp and drooping.

Nevertheless, compared with the previous tragic situation, the results of the special training are still very significant.

Fu Mingyuan immediately became proud: "I can cook!"

Ji Fan: "..." Can boiled vegetables be called cooking?Please wake up!

However, as a gentle and good teacher, he will not dampen the self-confidence of the apprentices.

Ji Fan thought for a while, and a flash of light came to his mind, he stood on tiptoe, followed Fu Mingyuan's example, raised his hand and patted him on the head, signaling that he had done a good job.

Fu Mingyuan: "..." For some reason, he had a subtle feeling that Ji Fan liked to imitate his movements.

This is not so good...Fu Mingyuan glanced down, and thought of something, his ears turned red.

No, no, no, this trend is bound to fail.

So, he immediately raised his hand, gently but firmly grabbed Ji Fan's troublesome claw, took it off, held it up to his eyes, and pretended to look at it: "Well, your nails... are you going to cut it again?"

Staring at the invisible white line on the edge of the nail, Ji Fan: "..."

Anyway, a pleasant (and chaotic) evening went by.With Ji Fan being pressed on the bed and having his nails cut, the day in the Antarctic Circle came to an end.

The next day's test is science and English. City H has good educational resources, children start learning foreign languages ​​at a young age, and Ji Fan is no exception.

English is not a difficult subject. The only thing that worries me is the comprehensive study.

During the preparation stage before the exam, Xu Haifan passed by the toilet, and saw a familiar figure pouring cold water on his face with his head buried in his back.

Xu Haifan took a closer look: "Fuck...Ji Fan?" He patted him from behind: "What are you doing?"

Ji Fan: "Huh?! Cough...cough cough." He swayed forward and fell into the water. Obviously startled, he lifted his face without drying his face.

The cold water dripped down, and the originally fair skin became even whiter, and the cheeks and the tip of the nose turned red from the cold, a bit like a bunny.

He shook his head, wiped his face, and then said embarrassingly, "I, I'm nervous..."

"Nonsense." Xu Haifan frowned in disapproval, took off his coat, wrapped it around Ji Fan's head and rubbed it twice -- like rubbing the head of his grandma's golden retriever.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu whoa!" Ji Fan struggled to break free from his school uniform. He sneezed violently and protested, "What are you doing!"

"Pour cold water on your head when you're nervous?" Xu Haifan snorted, "Do you want to miss the exam with a fever?"

Ji Fan: "No! I just..." Before he finished speaking, he sneezed again.

His nose and the corners of his eyes were red, and he looked weaker. Half of his face was covered by his school uniform, revealing only a pair of beautifully contoured eyes. look familiar.

"Crow's Mouth." Ji Fan pulled off his coat and neatly covered Xu Haifan's head, "You will suffocate the living. If you hadn't pushed me, would my hair have been wet?"

Xu Haifan came back to his senses, felt guilty, and coughed dryly: "Okay, this is mine."

At this moment, a cold voice came from behind: "What are you doing?"

Ji Fan: "?" He followed the sound and saw an unexpected person.

"Chen...zhen?" The two are now in the biology competition group. Although Chen Zhen and Ji Fan are both taciturn types, they can be regarded as friends if they look up and look down.

Speaking of which, Chen Zhen probably just changed to a new oil-controlling shampoo recently, her hair is no longer greasy, her glasses are much cleaner, and she looks much fresher and more energetic than before.

However, he is now standing at the backlight door, his brows are furrowed, his slender fox eyes are slightly squinted, and for some reason, he looks a little unfriendly, and the whole person exudes that gloomy smell again.

"What are you doing?" He repeated gloomily, staring at Xu Haifan.

He is also a man of age, Xu Haifan has naturally heard the name "Chen Zhen".

However, this guy's attitude is very unpleasant. Just those cold eyes can make people get goosebumps out of thin air.

Xu Haifan's back was numb from his stare, and he didn't want to lose face in public, so he pretended to be indifferent, and snorted in a dawdly way: "None of your business?"

Chen Zhen pushed up his glasses and sneered: "You are a coward."

Xu Haifan: "...Are you sick?"

Ji Fan: "..." He covered his face in embarrassment, "No, that, we were just joking around."

"Just kidding?" Chen Zhen finally turned his gaze to him, and his voice was soft, but it seemed to be hiding a needle, "Can you push people into the water in the cold weather?"

Ji Fan: "..." He originally wanted to say that it was a misunderstanding, but seeing Chen Zhen's complicated eyes, he couldn't speak for some reason.

But Xu Haifan next to him lost his patience, put his arm around Ji Fan's shoulder, and yelled like a demonstration: "I'm playing with my good buddy, what's your business?"

"It's not nosy." Chen Zhen's expression turned cold again, and he pursed his lips and said, "In a violent incident, being a bystander is equal to being an accomplice."

Xu Haifan: "..."

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Ji Fan grabbed Xu Haifan who was on the verge of running away, and said helplessly, "Well, classmate Chen Zhen, Haifan is really my friend. We grew up together. He didn't push me on purpose just now, and he has already It's too modest."

"Is it true?" Chen Zhen looked at him quietly for a while with probing eyes.

Ji Fan bit the bullet and nodded.

"Did you hear that?" Xu Haifan wrinkled his nose, "Stop getting nervous here!"

Chen Zhen pretended not to hear, and said calmly, "That's good." As he spoke, he stepped aside.

Ji Fan was dragged by the angry Xu Haifan and walked towards the classroom.After walking out of the boss for a while, he looked back and saw that Chen Zhen was still standing in the same posture just now, with his back to them, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"You scratched me." Ji Fan reminded in a low voice.

"Ah, Sao Rui," Xu Haifan let go of him and scratched his head, "I'm so angry. What a strange thing that was just now. What's the relationship between us, and it's his turn to point fingers?"

"He seems to be..." Chen Zhen's lonely back and slightly slumped shoulders flashed in Ji Fan's mind, and his brows frowned slightly.

In his impression, Chen Zhen has always been a very arrogant person. He never communicates with others unless it is necessary.

"He seems to be hiding something on his mind." Ji Fan said.

"What's on the mind of a sophomore boy?" Xu Haifan shrugged. "Have you been poisoned by watching too many superheroes? Self-proclaimed messenger of justice, Pacific police? Come up and intervene when you see something?"

Ji Fan said helplessly: "...He is kind too."

"Yes," Xu Haifan put his head back on his hands, glanced from the end of his eyes, and deliberately emphasized, "I'm kind to you (accent)."

Ji Fan: "..."

Xu Haifan's preoccupied appearance now looks like a primary school girl:

Obviously we two became good friends first, how can you still get along with A!

When did you meet a, why didn't I know?

Why is she talking for you, we are obviously sisters!

Fuck, it doesn't count if you lie down, you two are still raising sparks behind my back? !

break up -

Ji Fan had a headache.

Fortunately, he didn't struggle for too long, jingling the bell, the preparatory bell rang immediately, which meant that they had to go back to their respective examination rooms to prepare for the exam.

"I haven't known him for a few days." Ji Fan hurriedly explained, "You've been suffering from toothaches for the past few days, I didn't have time to tell you, actually..."

"It's late." Xu Haifan raised his head, took out his mobile phone sneakily from under his school uniform, and said with a blank expression, "I've already removed you from the 'special attention'."

Glancing at the familiar Fat Penguin interface, Ji Fan: "..." You really are a primary school student!

Probably because his expression was too distorted, Xu Haifan became a little annoyed. He closed the phone and put it in his pocket, turned his head and left.

——Wait, if you don't hurry to save her, you will lose a friend with a broken girl's heart!

Ji Fan hurriedly chased after him for two steps, pretending to be heartbroken, and said dryly, "This punishment is too cruel! Don't do this, please."

"Let's talk about it," Xu Haifan said in a better mood, but still put on airs, "It depends on Dad's mood."

Ji Fan: "..." I really want to beat him up.

The two entered the examination room separately.

Thanks to Xu Haifan, Ji Fan was not too nervous. When he entered the arena with black lines hanging all over his head, the invigilator, Old Xu, came over to ask him what was wrong, whether he had a stomachache.

Ji Fan shook his head and cheered up.

After the paper was distributed, everyone checked the front and back, and someone in the venue almost immediately hissed.

The most conspicuous thing is the big physics question behind it. The model diagram given next to the question is very complicated, and it is very tricky at first glance.

The regular class and the competition class of the monthly exam were mixed. In the exam room where Ji Fan was, there were still many students from the regular class sitting, and most of them felt the pressure.

In such a tense atmosphere, the exam began.

Ji Fan took a deep breath, closed his eyes, opened them again, and devoted himself to the process of solving the problem.

Probably because of his calm down, he was very concentrated. According to his habit, he did biology first, then chemistry, and finally physics, writing hard all the way.

Everyone guessed right, this physics test paper is indeed very difficult, starting from the multiple choice is very time-consuming.For one of the fill-in-the-blank questions, Ji Fan was even forced to type a draft of nearly half a page, which had never happened before.

His expression became serious.

When the bell rang, Ji Fan hadn't finished writing. The calculation process of the last sub-question of the electricity problem was too complicated, so he directly skipped the blank. Right now, he was finishing the second sub-problem of the last comprehensive dynamics problem.

Taking advantage of the last few seconds before the ringtone ended, Ji Fan realized that it was too late to finish the calculation of the current problem, so he acted decisively and added two formulas that might be used next to him.

Immediately, the ringing stops.

The invigilator said loudly: "Don't write any more! If you write again, you will be disqualified from the exam!"

Ji Fan let go of the pen, leaned back on the seat, and completely relaxed his nerves. Only then did he feel his fingertips were cold, his palms were sweating, and even his fingers were trembling.

He knew he did his best.

The thin roll was pulled away.The classroom slowly became lively.

Although we all came from different classes, we got to know each other better after two days of suffering together.

At this time, someone complained to the neighbor: "Which crazy person came up with the question! Revenge the society? You don't know how to accumulate virtue..."

"Cough cough." Old Xu coughed dryly on the podium.

Seeing this, the boy lowered his voice: "...the real name curses the person who writes the physics test to be bald!"

"Seconded!"

"Bald +1. The kind that never grows back!"

……

Ji Fan was a little bit emotional, being cursed by students every year is really miserable, no wonder math, physics and chemistry teachers are the most prone to baldness.

There is an s in front of his student number on the corner of the desk, which means class s. When other ordinary students saw it, they preconceived that he was a top student, and skipped him when they asked someone to complain about the difficulty of the test paper.

However, Ji Fan himself looks good, and when he doesn't deliberately reduce his presence, he is still quite eye-catching.

——Before he was unremarkable in Class S, it was because everyone was more admiring and strong, and not many people paid attention to his appearance; on the other hand, it had something to do with Ji Fan's own personality.He has been shrunk in a corner since he entered school, doing everything slowly. Many times, the classmates even forgot that there is such a person.

The current situation is different. Seeing Ji Fan sitting alone in the corner packing his things, a few lively girls came over together, glanced at his name openly, and said, "Your name is Ji Fan?"

"Ok?"

The little sister group giggled, you pushed me, I pushed you, and finally pushed out a girl with short hair.She opened her mouth and said shyly, "The exam...is it difficult?"

"Just kidding," the little sister next to her turned her head and whispered to her ear, "Oh, you're so stupid. He's in class S, why would he find it difficult!"

"Oh, yes." The short-haired girl nodded blankly, her face turning redder.

For some reason, seeing their appearance, Ji Fan inexplicably thought of himself and Xu Haifan, and couldn't help but smile.His tone became gentle: "It's very difficult. I haven't finished two major physics problems."

"Wow, even you can't finish it?"

Ji Fan shook his head and said frankly: "My grades are very average, you may all be better than me in the exam. I have two big questions and a small one, and I am not sure about the first part. This time it is really good. Disaster."

This time, not only the girls, but also the two boys in the front row turned their heads and cast a brotherly gaze full of scumbags: "Dude, I haven't finished yet..."

"Me too……"

"Actually, I too..."

With a common enemy, the relationship between everyone (students) becomes more and more harmonious.

"Hey, don't care!" The lively boy in the front row spread his legs and started to shake, "I've finished the exams, what can I do! I don't care, I'm going to get high when I get home, it's been a long time Three days off!"

Speaking of holidays, the heavy atmosphere in the classroom lightened up again.

The girls discussed where to go to the jewelry store and drink milk tea.The boys were in high spirits and had made an appointment to play basketball after school.

Faced with their excited expressions, Ji Fan couldn't help jumping up with joy, and suddenly felt a sense of relief that he had never felt before.

At that moment, he almost had the illusion that the "study" that he has always regarded as more important than anything else seemed to be just a small part of life.

You see, they are very happy.Even if your grades are bad, you can hang out with your friends instead of being cooped up at home doing quizzes.

They said nonchalantly that it doesn't matter if you fail the exam, just come again next time.

Yes, life is supposed to be like this.Because you are young, you have the right to start again unlimited times. Why do you have to follow the rules and force yourself to be out of breath?

However, he suddenly remembered what his mother told him all the time since he was a child, that poor grades are shameful.If the goal is not achieved, no play, no going out, no rest...until it is completed.

"Why?" Ji Fan vaguely saw himself when he was a child, hugged the little football in disappointment, raised his face, and asked softly, "Haifan also went to play football, why can't I go?"

"There's no reason." His mother said coldly, pulling away the little hand that was pulling the hem of the clothes, "Don't ask me anything else until you reach your goal."

Ji Fan's eyes widened slightly, and he subconsciously clenched the textbook in his hand, his memory became confused.

That day... Did he secretly cry?It didn't seem to be. He was just sad for a while, and then obediently followed his mother home to do the questions.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he never achieved the goal set by his mother, not even once.

The only change brought about by the growth of age was silence—from then on, he never made any more requests.

"Ji Fan? Classmate Ji?" The girl next to her bent down worriedly, "Why are your eyes so red? Hey, don't be sad, let me tell you, many people haven't finished physics..."

"I...I'm fine." Ji Fan came back to his senses, lowered his head in a concealed manner, and stuffed the book into his backpack indiscriminately, "I probably stared at the paper for a long time, and my eyes hurt a little, just put some eye drops on it."

"Well, then you should be careful, dry eye disease is very common in this season."

"……Um."

"Hey wait, we're going to play basketball later, do you want to join me?" The boy next to him turned his chair around and shouted loudly.

"...No more," Ji Fan stopped in his tracks, and even smiled at him, "I have something to do later."

Leaving the crowd in a hurry, he walked alone in the early spring corridor, and finally slowed down.The warm breeze blew over the eye sockets, gently kissing away the slight wetness, Ji Fan turned his head, and his expression gradually returned to normal.

Looking out from the fifth floor, there are thick cumulonimbus clouds piled up on the sky, and the campus is wet, as if a heavy rain just fell.

Looking down, I don't know who inserted a small transparent umbrella in the flower bed, crookedly, which happened to block the shower for the newly grown daisy seedlings.

Ji Fan was taken aback for a moment, an arc of light flashed in his messy heart.

——Can even such a worthless thing be cherished by others?

From childhood to adulthood, those people always said, you can do it, your surname is Ji, so you should be excellent as a matter of course.

Everyone in the family is very powerful, only he himself, like being born into the wrong family, is a complete "defective product".

However, can even a worthless defective product be loved?

"Of course." Deep in my mind, a voice said softly.

The small umbrella swayed with the wind, but it never fell down.

Ji Fan lowered his eyes and listened quietly, the voice in his heart gradually became louder.You see, my sister loves you very much, Hai Fan, and many people I have met, they have never disliked you.

And... and Mr. Fu.

Mr. Fu will take the initiative to hug him, comfort him, and praise him with a smile, saying that he is "the most powerful little turtle".

Ji Fan couldn't help but let out a low laugh.

The oppressive and heavy cloud layer cracked a crack, and the dazzling golden light penetrated in, bringing the unique breath of spring.

In the fairy tale, Mr. Fu and the little turtle met in Antarctica.

Mr. Fu tamed the little tortoise, and the little tortoise was no longer an ordinary turtle.

There are so many powerful pets in the world, but he, who is clumsy, has become the unique one in the other party's heart.

"Unique." Ji Fan whispered.He couldn't help savoring it repeatedly, feeling a little indescribably elated.

That's a really great word.As long as I think about it like this, the shadow of my mother in my memory will gradually become faint, and then drift away.

In the humid breeze, Ji Fan thought quietly, perhaps, he no longer needs her approval, because he has been domesticated by others and has become a unique existence belonging to that person.

……

"Ji Fan!" Xu Haifan shouted across a corridor, and hurried over, "Damn, why are you still here!"

"What's wrong?" Ji Fan came back to his senses, unknowingly, he had been standing by the corridor for a long time, and the original turbulent crowd disappeared.

"Hard to find me!" Panting, Xu Haifan raised his arms around the back of his neck, "Isn't it just a 'special concern', why do you hold grudges so much? Are you a primary school girl?"

Ji Fan: "..." You seem to be the least qualified to complain, hey!

With that said, Xu Haifan let go of Ji Fan and narrowed his eyes: "Wait, did you really forget?"

Ji Fan was a little dazed: "Huh?"

"No way, that guy said you were going, so I agreed!" Xu Haifan went crazy, "But you forgot? What about the gift, didn't you buy the gift?"

Ji Fan was stunned for a second before he understood: "Wait, Wang Gang's birthday! Today?"

"It's today!" Xu Haifan grabbed Ji Fan's hand and dragged him downstairs, "His parents have booked a restaurant by the sea, and we have to take the bus there in advance."

"If you hide here and dawdle, you won't have enough time to change your clothes."

Ji Fan was also a little embarrassed.According to his habit, what he promised must be done.But I somehow forgot about it!

"But what about the birthday gift?" He was scratching his head wondering if there was a gift shop on the way, and wanted to buy a gift before going to dinner. "Although he said last time that there is no need to bring a gift, I can't really just leave it empty-handed..."

"Is there such a thing? Cut, why didn't you say it earlier." Xu Haifan was obviously very dissatisfied with Wang Gang, and rolled his eyes, "Since everyone has spoken, why waste the money?"

"Listen to me," Xu Haifan patted his chest decisively, "I bought a 'good thing' for him, it's a big deal, let's just give it together."

An ominous premonition vaguely formed in Ji Fan's heart: "'Good stuff'...?"

"Yeah," Xu Haifan grinned, "He promises he likes it."