Professor, your turtle!

"Who are you...?" Before standing still, Ji Fan asked straightforwardly.

"About this, you will naturally understand in the future, but I can't tell you for the time being." The young man refused very bluntly, spread his hands, showing a "sorry" look, and said, "Why don't you change the question?"

Hearing what he said, Ji Fan didn't bother him too much. He changed his mind and said, "You really gave Xu Haifan that pet egg, right?"

"Yes."

"Why?" Ji Fan looked up at him, and asked the question he wanted to know the most, "Why did you give it to me?"

The young man was silent for a while, before he said it carefully, "Let me ask you in another way, do you like this gift?"

Ji Fan nodded hesitantly, "...um."

"Really?"

"Yes, it helped me a lot."

There was a hint of soft relief in the young man's tired smile, "That's good, that's enough."

"But I still don't understand..."

The young man shook his head and interrupted him, "Ji Fan, do you know that life is actually like a flop game. Some people are lucky, and they turn over a good card as soon as they make a move. From then on, their life goes smoothly and they get what they want."

Ji Fan subconsciously followed his words and asked, "Then what if...you get a bad card?"

"It can be successful, but the road will be more tortuous and longer. Many people who couldn't bear it left in the middle." The young man turned his head to look at him with a gentle tone, "For you, pet eggs are very important. Very good card, at least I think so."

"……Um."

"I send it to you in the hope that you will be happy." The young man smiled to himself, "Maybe there will be many hardships in the future life, but you already have this best card." .So there's nothing to be afraid of, right?"

"But I..."

"Actually, it hasn't changed anything, except your heart—a firm and warm heart, I can see it." The young man stretched out his pale fingers, and gently tapped Ji Fan's chest, "I once spent It took many years to understand this truth, but I can’t go back.”

"If you could see my heart, you would know that it has a hard exterior, but it's as cold as a stone inside." He shook his head self-deprecatingly, "I worked so hard to succeed. I barely made it , I used to think that this is what I want, but I was wrong, I am not happy, Ji Fan," he pressed his heart in pain, "Even if I get happiness, it can't feel it anymore."

Ji Fan followed the trend, and his eyes stayed on his slightly loosened cuffs, where he saw a few criss-crossing light-colored scars, which disappeared in a flash.

He raised his head slightly in surprise, and saw the young man looking back at him calmly, with a clear expression.

"What the hell are you..." Ji Fan hesitated to speak, the hideous scars lingering in his mind.

In the end, it was the young man who comforted him, "It's nothing, it's all over." After finishing speaking, he closed his cuff with one hand, "I didn't mean to scare you, sorry."

Ji Fan shook his head, not knowing where to start.After a long while, he tentatively said, "The card you turned over...wasn't it good?"

"It's not very good." The young man said lightly, "I was born in a very indifferent family. Since I failed the college entrance examination, I haven't been home for four years. I worked hard and devoted myself to studying, and finally I was admitted to the graduate student I wanted to go to college. I thought I can use this to reconcile with my parents, but I don’t want my mother’s research group to have an accident at this time. Later, for some reason, I was assigned to the worst tutor in the hospital. He has a very strange temper. It is said that he has He forced several seniors away. I was a little afraid of him..."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and his expression softened a bit, "But in fact, he is a very good person, but unfortunately he is sick. He is so proud that he refuses to explain to anyone. He used to push people away, but in fact , is also afraid of hurting the people around you.”

Ji Fan sized him up and said hesitantly, "Then you treat him..."

"To me, he is very special." The young man lowered his eyes, "I respect him, admire him, and look forward to him. If it wasn't for..." He tightened his fingers on his heart, "Maybe... I don't necessarily like him."

He turned to look at Ji Fan with deep eyes, "Look, I am very similar to him, we both have a heart of stone. Only such a hard heart can support us all the way to the present, but it is precisely this A heart that deprives us of the ability to love someone."

"……I do not quite understand."

The young man smiled slightly, "It doesn't matter, this is a good thing."

The two fell silent again.

Candidates from far and near have almost finished their journey, and the noisy campus has returned to tranquility, with cicadas humming continuously, the faucet is not turned off somewhere, and the sound of dripping water can be faintly heard.

A very quiet and gentle summer day.

In the shadows at the other end of the teaching building, Chen Zhen was leaning against the wall and fiddling with his mobile phone, raising his head to glance at them from time to time.

The young man withdrew his gaze, with a smile on his lips, "It seems that there are many people who care about you."

"Of course, they are my good friends." Ji Fan said without thinking, "I care about them too."

"Hmm." The young man nodded thoughtfully, and after a while, he suddenly said, "By the way, that person, do you like him?"

Ji Fan was drinking water and nearly choked to death, "Cough, cough——"

"You know who I'm talking about." The young man rested his chin on one hand and smiled slyly.

Obviously standing in the shade, Ji Fan's face flushed suddenly, and he stammered, "I, I..."

The young man raised his eyebrows, and the old god was waiting for his answer.

Even though his heart had already surrendered, he had never admitted his feelings in front of anyone.For a moment, Ji Fan's face heated up rapidly, it was almost hot enough to fry an egg.

"Like it? Don't like it?" The young man teased him maliciously, "If you don't tell me, how will others know?"

Ji Fan pursed his lips, closed his eyes at the end, and nodded invisibly, even the roots of his ears were red.

"Tsk, it's nice to be young." The young man stood up and stretched his waist, "Okay, I won't tease you. It's getting late, and I should go back."

"Wait a minute, I..." Ji Fan wanted to say that he still has a lot of questions, but was interrupted by the other party's gaze.

The young man stared at him calmly, with a gentle and stern look.

In a trance, Ji Fan suddenly felt that those inquisitive questions seemed to be unimportant.

"Remember my words, Ji Fan." The young man raised his hand and tapped his forehead, leaving a cool touch, "Cherish your present opportunity."

Ji Fan opened his mouth, the words swirled in his throat, was swallowed again, and finally he just nodded solemnly.

Seeing that he agreed, the young man showed a free and easy smile again, waved his hand, turned around and strode away.

"...If possible, I really want to turn over the cards again."

The fiery Xia Feng sent the last words, Ji Fan came back to his senses, took two steps after him, and said loudly, "By the way, thank you!"

The young man raised his left hand casually, walked around the teaching building without looking back, and walked farther and farther.

Ji Fan stood there for a long time, until he couldn't see the opponent's shadow clearly at all, then turned and left.Unexpectedly, the movement was too big, and accidentally collided with Xu Haifan who rushed over.

"Ji Xiaofan!" Xu Haifan covered his sore nose and yelled at him angrily, "Did you shit in the pit? There's no one here and you're still dawdling!"

Ji Fan was also knocked into tears, "I was wrong! I met an acquaintance just now, and I accidentally said a few more words..." As he spoke, he turned to Chen Zhen to testify for himself, but who knows, that person didn't know When did he sneak away.

Xu Haifan glanced around with his neck straightened, and said angrily, "Where is anyone? There is no ghost, you are clearly lying to me!"

Ji Fan "..."

Xu Haifan pinched his nose with one hand, pulled him up with the other, and walked out angrily, "You're screwed, Ji Xiaofan. Let's see what happens to my mother later!"

In the hot and sunny weather, Ji Fan felt a little guilty after asking people to wait for more than ten minutes out of nowhere.When he got to the school gate, he caught a glimpse of Aunt Haixia's cross-eyed look from afar, and he shrank his neck, not daring to make a sound.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he dawdled near the car door, he heard a lion's roar out of thin air.

"Student Xu, come here!"

"what?"

"Ugh?"

Both of them were taken aback for a moment, then huddled together like a quail, trembling.

"Mom?" Xu Haifan said tremblingly, with an aggrieved expression on his face, "Why are you attacking me?"

Hai Xia pointed at Ji Fan's reddened eyes, "Are you bullying others again? Tell me."

The corners of Xu Haifan's lips twitched, "...I bullied him? Dare I bully him? Am I tired of living?"

Ji Fan's head was full of black lines, "Auntie, you misunderstood..."

Haixia turned her head, abruptly twisted the corners of her lips, and put on the most gentle smile, "Don't be afraid, Fanfan, exams and everything, it's over in the past. You see, my aunt used to fail every day in physics and chemistry, but now it's not the same Have a good time."

Xu Haifan curled his lips, "...My mother, don't curse Ji Fan, can you? Maybe he did well in the exam?"

"You want to talk too much? You know how to put pressure on people all day long, are you okay now?"

Ji Fan couldn't laugh or cry, "No, it's okay, I really think it's okay this time."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay...wait, it's okay?" Haixia repeated meaningfully, her eyes lit up immediately, "That's really great. Come, come, let's go, Auntie will take you Go eat seafood."

Xu Haifan rolled his eyes, "Is it okay if someone else is crazy, Mom, we have to go back to school to make up lessons in the afternoon."

"How long will it take to eat seafood? You have a lot of things to do, so don't go." Haixia replied unceremoniously, with smooth movements, quickly locked the car door, kicked the accelerator and drove away.

Xu Haifan took a mouthful of exhaust gas, and stood there in disgrace. When he realized it, he couldn't even see the exhaust gas.

He wiped his face, and jumped up angrily, "Fuck! This isn't our school, hey! What's the matter with you throwing me away, huh? Hey——"

City H No. [-] High School is notoriously remote and quiet, surrounded by farmland and factories, it was noon, and there were not even a passing tractor on the roadside.

——The so-called every day should not be called, the ground is not working, and no one will come to save you if you break your throat. It is probably such a place.

Looking at the green fields on the left and the empty blue sky above his head, Xu Haifan took out two empty pockets, hugged his head in despair, and squatted down on the ground.

However, as the saying goes, there is no end to the road, at this moment, an old Volkswagen slid silently to a stop in front of him, the window rolled down, revealing a familiar face.

"Student Xu?"

Hearing this good, slightly hoarse voice, Xu Haifan raised his head for a second, just in time to see the soft-faced young man smiling at him, "Long time no see, Classmate Xu."

"Hey, Brother Ji, Brother Ji!" Xu Haifan stood up straight reflexively, and grabbed his dusty trouser legs.

The other party frowned slightly, "It's not easy to take a taxi here, we just want to go back to the city, shall we go together?"

As he spoke, the young man turned his head sideways, as if saying something to the person in the driver's seat.The driver shrugged helplessly, raised his hand and unlocked the door.

"Thank you, thank you!" Xu Haifan was almost moved to tears, and got into the back seat quickly.

"Thank you, Brother Ji," he rubbed the goosebumps caused by the air-conditioning, turned his head and approached the driver again, "Hey, are you Brother Ji's friend? What's your last name? Why did you come to No. [-] Middle School for nothing? Thank you so much for today..."

The driver turned his face blankly, and Xu Haifan petrified in a second, "Chen, Chen, Chen..."

"You're welcome." Chen Zhen said dryly, and turned around to drive, not even bothering to look at him again.

On weekdays, classmate Xu often gossips about Chen Zhen in front of Ji Fan, but now he doesn't dare to say a word, and sits upright, for fear that Chen Zhen will drive him out of the car if he is unhappy. go.

However, Chen Zhen only cared about driving, and didn't even give him half a spare look.

The young man in the passenger seat glanced at the side, then looked at Xu Haifan who was shivering behind him through the rearview mirror, and couldn't help smiling silently.

Afterwards, he changed into a comfortable position and nestled in the back of the chair, and said vaguely, "I'm a little sleepy, sleep for a while, and call me when we arrive."

"Yeah." Chen Zhen said lightly, "I'm wearing a coat, and the air conditioner is cold."

The young man pulled up his coat again, and teased, "I can't tell, you're good at taking care of people?"

Chen Zhen paused, and said, "Don't catch a cold and run your nose into my car."

As if he had long been used to this duplicity guy, the young man shrugged and fell asleep on his own.

Accompanied by the sound of even breathing, only Chen Zhen and Xu Haifan were left in the car. The atmosphere was extremely awkward, and Xu Haifan became more and more restless, almost ready to abandon the car and run away at any time.

"I say you……"

"you……"

The two spoke at the same time, Chen Zhen glanced at the rearview mirror, and said slowly, "You speak first."

Xu Haifan rubbed his hands together, and said loudly, "I just want to say, I didn't expect you to be a nice person, and you can also drive by yourself, amazing, buddy."

"Hmm." Chen Zhen said coldly.

Xu Haifan "..." Why is God being talked to death again?

After a while, Chen Zhen suddenly said, "You and Ji Fan are good friends, right?"

"Ah? Ah... yes."

Chen Zhen looked forward in silence, without squinting. After a long while, Xu Haifan almost doubted whether he heard his answer, and Chen finally opened his mouth.

"Cherish it well." He whispered.

"...Well." Xu Haifan responded reflexively, and then felt a little awkward, scratching his head and said, "Why do I suddenly feel that your words seem to be much more mature than us?"

"You're only 17 this year," Chen Zhen turned his head and glanced at him with a look of caring for mentally handicapped children, "and I have had a driver's license for two years."

Xu Haifan "..." Chen Zhen was older than them, so he really asked a nonsense question.

The awkward chat failed, and the car once again fell into an embarrassing silence, except for the young man's small snoring, which showed that he was sleeping soundly.

The narrow country road and the green landscape retreated quickly. After a long time, they saw a car crossing them.

Chen Zhen slowed down carefully, stopped sideways to avoid, and signaled the opposite side to pass first.

At this moment, the young man in the passenger seat seemed to feel something, raised his head in a daze, squinted his eyes and glanced at the opposite side.

It was a pure black business car, and the passengers were sitting in the back seat, so they couldn't see their faces clearly.

The young man just glanced at it casually, then immediately lowered his head and fell into a light dream again.

Chen Zhen noticed his gaze, his heart moved slightly, and he turned his head to look, but he didn't see anything.

The rendezvous is only in the blink of an eye, and within a few minutes, the business Buick has already accelerated and drove away.

"What, what's the matter, Professor Fu?"

At the same time, in the business car next door, a short man was wiping the sweat from his brow tremblingly——the task assigned to him by the principal was only to receive the teachers who recruited students, and he said that he was a young and promising young talent , who knows, the evil star surnamed Fu who waited for him didn't look like a professor at all. Spend.

I don't know what went wrong just now, Professor Fu just glanced at the passing car, and frowned tightly.

The dean didn't dare to show his anger, and he couldn't stop complaining in his heart. The next time there is such a bad job of reception, let's love someone, let alone steal it, even if he gives him a red envelope, he will definitely never come again.

Fu Mingyuan didn't notice the uncle director who was on the brink of suffocation at all, his eyes were firmly locked on the dusty Volkswagen behind him, his thoughts were spinning like electricity.

——The person in the passenger seat just now, although he was just a glimpse, his appearance is really familiar, could it be that...

No, no, Professor Fu's tightly locked brows relaxed slightly. Even though the outlines are similar, his little turtle looks much softer and cute.

What's more, according to the director's introduction, all the students should still be taking the entrance exams in No. [-] Middle School. How could they appear out of thin air on this broken road with no village in front and no shops in back?

Thinking of this, his mind turned from cloudy to sunny, he leisurely looked away, and even smiled at the head teacher who was like a frightened bird beside him.

Professor Fu has an outstanding appearance, handsome outline, and is naturally good-looking when he smiles. It's a pity that the director is panicked and can't stand the slightest stimulation, and he is almost fainted by the sudden smile.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Fu Mingyuan finally noticed something strange, and asked with concern, "I'm always sweating, is it because the air conditioner is too hot?"

The poor dean of No. [-] Middle School rubbed his forehead and laughed dryly, "Hehe, no, nothing, I just get a little motion sickness, yes, motion sickness."

"Oh." Fu Mingyuan took it seriously, "Then you have a good rest."

"Okay, okay..."

"Wait, there's one more thing."

"Hey?! You, you said."

Fu Mingyuan confirmed again, "Today's city-wide joint entrance examination is indeed held in No. [-] Middle School, right?"

"Naturally." Speaking of his own school, the director puffed up his chest and said proudly, "The annual convention is held in our school. After all, No. [-] Middle School is the cradle of competitions in City H. It starts in the morning until five in the afternoon. If you go over now, you can still see how the candidates are trying to answer the questions..."

He chirped and introduced a lot, and took a peek at Fu Mingyuan, only to see that the other party rarely showed an "approving" smile, so he couldn't help but get more excited, wishing he could take out the school history and tell him it from beginning to end.

God knows, Fu Mingyuan actually didn't listen to a word, and he was already distracted to a hundred and eight thousand miles away.

——All candidates for the entrance exam are required to take part. Wait for a while, just guard the school gate...Professor Fu stroked his chin, revealing a smile determined to win.