hope for redemption

"What do you want to eat?" Lin Wang put the plastic water cup in front of Jiang Xi, hooked out a wooden stool with his feet and sat opposite Jiang Xi and asked.

This is a barbecue restaurant. Once you leave No.[-] Middle School, this is the first one you turn left on Jiulong Road outside No.[-] Middle School.The whole store is not big, and the decoration is clean and tidy. Several sets of tables and chairs, a freezer full of drinks, and a freezer full of skewers are randomly placed in the store.A black curtain separates the dining area from the back kitchen, and a barbecue grill covered in black oil stains is placed outside the store.

Jiang Xi took out a few paper towels, wiped the tables and chairs carefully, inside and out, and then sat down to think about the crimson menu pasted on the wall.This barbecue restaurant not only sells barbecue, but also a variety of lo mei, rice bowls, fried noodles and so on.

After reading all the menus, Jiang Xi thought about it: "Let's go for the offal bibimbap. Don't be spicy."

Lin Wang took a sip of water, wiped away the drops of water from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, pressed the ballpoint pen to check the menu, and wrote a few words next to it and added a note: "What skewers do you eat?"

Jiang Xi glanced at the freezer, then touched his stomach. He didn't feel very hungry, and he estimated that there would not be much left in his stomach after a bowl of rice: "Enoki mushrooms, lotus root slices."

Jiang Xi ticked off the menu while talking about Lin Wang.

"How many skewers to eat?" Lin Wang asked.

"5 skewers."

"Well," Lin Wang wrote down the number on the menu, then turned on the phone to look at it, and continued to check the options on the menu.

Jiang Xi looked at Lin Wang, took a sip of water and asked, "Is there anyone else coming later?"

"Well, Zhuang Zhuang and Da Fei," Lin Wang said casually, "What do you want to drink?"

Jiang Xi thought about it, and there are four evening self-study sessions. Although there is no alcohol in the barbecue, it is better not to drink to the extent that I can blush and dizzy after three sips of red wine.

"Vitasoy." Jiang Xi said.

Jiang Xi didn't know all about the types of beverages in China. He only remembered a few types of beverages that he often drank in elementary school. After choosing a few, he chose the safest Vitasoy.

Lin Wang raised his head helplessly, and pointed to the drink cabinet: "Please make a choice there."

Jiang Xi followed Lin Wang's finger and looked over. Apart from beer and Coke, there were only a few bottles of soy milk in glass bottles squeezed at the bottom of the beverage cabinet.

"Soymilk." Jiang Xi made a decisive decision.

"Okay," Lin Wang briskly ticked the soy milk, and shouted out the door: "Boss, order!"

The boss, who was snoring on the couch outside the door, was shocked by Lin Wang's yell and sat up from the couch reflexively. After a while, he yawned and shuffled over.

Taking the menu in Lin Wang's hand, he took out a small calculator from his trouser pocket, and wrote down the total price on the paper. The menu was carbon-free, and there were three pages in total. The boss tore off the first page of the menu and put it in the In the armpit, tear off the second couplet and poke it into a nail on the wall next to the dining table, and finally take the third couplet to the back kitchen.

Jiang Xi glanced at the menu hanging on the wall, and found that apart from his own staple food, the staple food of Lin Wang and the three of them were marked as extra spicy, but the skewers they ordered were specifically marked as less spicy.

Jiang Xi felt a little swollen in his heart. He really didn't expect Lin Wang to notice this. He didn't even expect that other people would notice something that his biological mother didn't notice.It was a lie for Jiang Xi to say that he was not moved by this detail. He raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down. Jiang Xi's mood was a little complicated for a while.

"Don't accommodate me." Jiang Xi took a sip of water, suppressed the turmoil in his heart a little, and said as if nothing happened.

When Lin Wang heard Jiang Xi say this, his typing hands paused, and his brain stopped for a while before he realized that Jiang Xi said that he did not add spicy food to accommodate his taste.

"Zhuang Zhuang and the others just finished training and can't eat too spicy food," Lin Wang said indifferently: "And it won't be spicy enough later, we can eat it with chili sauce. Let me tell you that the chili sauce in this store is a must."

"Okay, I'll try it if I have the chance." Jiang Xi said with a smile with crooked eyebrows.

Not long after the main food was served, Zhuang Zhuang and Da Fei arrived.

"It's better to come early than to come at a good time," Zhuang Zhuang hurriedly pulled out his chair and sat down, "Where's my hot and sour noodles?"

Zhuang Zhuang looked around, happily brought hot and sour noodles in front of him, and then brought braised beef noodles to Da Fei.

"My God, my life is complete!" Zhuang Zhuang took a big mouthful of hot and sour noodles, took another big mouthful of beer, and sighed contentedly.

"Promise." Da Fei snorted coldly at the side.

"It's not you who was punished for leapfrogging!" Zhuang Zhuang took another sip of beer and gave Da Fei a vicious look, and then began to spit and complain about how unreasonable Lao Yang was, and how much he had suffered torment.

Jiang Xi listened to their exchange in silence while eating his offal.In a trance, there is an unreal sense of steadfastness, running around on the school road, talking gossip with classmates while eating, climbing over the wall to eat barbecue, etc. These things Jiang Xi originally thought would never happen in the next life. One day squeezed into Jiang Xi's life with an irresistible gesture.Tell Jiang Xi clearly and plainly that this is the real high school life.

But the life I thought was normal before was the same as the life of a robot with no emotion and high-intensity work.

The ridiculous thing is that I thought that life was very happy at the time.Now it seems that it is nothing more than a cage woven by lies.

"Huh? Why doesn't Jiang Xi drink beer?" Zhuang Zhuang asked in surprise as he watched Jiang Xi sip soy milk while biting his straw.

Jiang Xi let go of the bitten plastic straw: "There will be evening self-study at night."

"What are you afraid of? I don't have an exam tonight." Zhuang Zhuang said.

"Examination? Is Chinese also tested?" Jiang Xi recalled the evening self-study schedule. Like yesterday's English, there were three consecutive Chinese sections plus one self-study section.So Jiang Xi wondered if there would be weekly exams in Chinese like English.

"Test," Da Fei said, taking a bite of the grilled golden chicken leg, "Test once every two weeks. Exam once a week, watch videos every two weeks."

"Huh? What video are you watching?" Jiang Xi held the wooden stick with both hands, cooled the food slightly, and asked after taking a bite.

"It's either the Chinese Poetry Conference or it's made in China," Zhuang Zhuang curled his lips: "The teachers in the language group are so uncreative. They've been watching it over and over for more than a year."

"Otherwise? Show you the NBA live broadcast?" Lin Wang asked.

"I think this idea is very good! Brother, go and give Lao Zhang a suggestion." Zhuang Zhuang slapped the wooden stick in his hand on the table, and laughed boldly: "In this case, the enthusiasm of our Chinese class in our class is absolutely positive." It will be all-time high!"

"Only for the Chinese class on Saturday." Da Fei added beside him.

Jiang Xi thought for a while, then swallowed the food in his mouth: "Are these videos useful?"

"Haha, it's not at all, okay, who in the whole grade is serious about it?" Zhuang Zhuang winked at Jiang Xi and said, "On the surface, it is to improve our cultural accomplishment, enrich composition materials, and accumulate good words and sentences. In fact, It's just that the teachers in the language group took a break to take a break and didn't want to change the test papers every week."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again: "However, after the school exam, there will be no such good things."

"School exam?" Jiang Xi was startled when he heard this unfamiliar word: "What is the exam?"

"You don't know?!" The three people on the table looked up at the same time, staring at Jiang Xi with wide eyes in shock.

Jiang Xi shook his head with a confused face and said, "I don't know, all I know is the college entrance examination."

Zhuang Zhuang said dumbfoundedly: "Didn't your parents tell you?"

Hearing Zhuang Zhuang's question, Jiang Xi lost his mind for a moment, blinked to put away the emotion in his eyes, and shook his head gently.

"Then your parents..." Zhuang Zhuang was about to say something when Lin Wang interrupted him.

"The school exam is the exam to get a diploma. Students of language, mathematics, foreign politics, history, geography and chemistry must take the exam." Lin Wang said after taking a sip of beer.

Jiang Xi frowned slightly when she heard that all 9 subjects had to be tested, biting her chopsticks and asked worriedly, "Is it difficult?"

"It's not difficult. They're all basic questions. Just pass with 60 points." Lin Wang said.

Hearing what Lin Wang said, Jiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "What's the test for physics and chemistry students?"

"Test..." Zhuang Zhuang took the topic instinctively, but suddenly realized that he didn't know what to test, and was a little embarrassed for a while.In order to ease the embarrassment, Zhuang Zhuang bumped Da Fei with his elbow and said, "What is the test?"

Da Fei bit the Flammulina velutipes and raised his head, looking at Zhuang Zhuang speechlessly with an expression of "Do you think I know?"

Lin Wang rolled his eyes at them angrily, and explained to Jiang Xi: "Physics is compulsory one, compulsory two, elective 3-1. Chemistry is compulsory one, compulsory two, elective four. Biology is compulsory one, compulsory two, compulsory Three. All compulsory one and two are high school books. Others will be issued this semester."

"Oh, by the way, do we have classes for these subjects? I don't seem to have seen it." Jiang Xi asked.

"Yes, one class a week." Lin Wang explained: "The class schedule will be adjusted from April in the second semester of senior high school, five classes a week."

Jiang Xi nodded thoughtfully, and looked at Lin Wang gratefully: "Thank you."

Lin Wang leaned back in his chair, raised his chin and said, "You're welcome."

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"Going back to school?" Jiang Xi took out his mobile phone and glanced at the time. It was still 3 minutes away from the time stipulated by Lao Zhang.

Zhuang Zhuang hiccupped and shook his head.

"No," Da Fei said, "Brother, are you going back?"

Jiang Xi also looked up at Lin Wang, waiting for his answer.

Lin Wang didn't answer, but raised his chin towards Jiang Xi: "Are you going back now?"

"Well," Jiang Xi nodded, "study tonight."

The monthly exam is coming soon, and Jiang Xi still has a few courses that he hasn't read, and he still needs to familiarize himself with the question types, so the time is tight.

"Zhuang Zhuang, give him your pass." Lin Wang kicked Zhuang Zhuang with blushing cheeks under the table: "You can enter directly from the school gate with the pass of Zhuang Zhuang, without climbing over the wall."

"Okay," Jiang Xi put away the phone and stood up: "Do you want me to ask for leave for you?"

Zhuang Zhuang took out a plastic sign from his trouser pocket, handed it to Jiang Xi, shook his head and said, "No, Lao Zhang is used to it."

Jiang Xi took the pass and played with it in his hand. The plastic shell package was a bit cool, and the white sign had three large characters of pass.

Jiang Xi took the sign and glanced at the order menu hanging on the wall. Seeing the total price of the meal, she divided it equally in her heart, turned on the phone and transferred the meal money to Lin Wang, and said that the meal money will be transferred to you. .Then he turned around and left, thinking in his heart as he walked, he must be late to go back now, what excuse should he make up to tell Lao Zhang?

Lin Wang looked at Jiang Xi's back, which turned and left without hesitation, and softly "tsk" with some displeasure: "I'll wait for you at the school gate."

Hearing the voice from behind, Jiang Xi couldn't help smiling, turned her face to the side, nodded and said hello.

Lin Wang was a little dazed looking at the thin and tall figure who was walking away in front of him.

Da Fei took a deep look at Lin Wang, sighed, and reminded: "Brother, it's not that people along the way don't come into the house."

The lively atmosphere of chatting at the dining table changed, and the atmosphere was a little dignified for a while.All three drank in silence.

"Brother, we were practicing explosive power in the outer porch just now," Zhuang Zhuang suddenly said without thinking, "Da Fei and I blocked the window."

When Lin Wang heard what Zhuang Zhuang said, his heart trembled, and the coldness rushed over his head.

Because the veranda is close to the outer wall of the school and has the shape of a corridor, it is nicknamed the veranda by the students of No. [-] Middle School.The place where Lin Wang and Jiang Xi had climbed over the wall was behind the verandah, and the people in the verandah could clearly see what happened just now through the window.

Lin Wang didn't dare to think that if Zhuang Zhuang and Da Fei hadn't blocked the window just now, what kind of gossip would have been caused by the few people on the basketball team seeing that scene.

Lin Wang scolded himself bloody in his heart.

"Thanks," Lin Wang tensed his jaw, blew on a bottle of cold beer, calmed down and said, "Da Fei, feelings are not so easy to explain. They are emotional and impulsive. It is measured by rationality. If you catch your eyes, move your heart, and pay your love, it will be hard to get over it. Whether you are from the same way or whether you are well-matched is not worth mentioning in front of these things."

"However, brother, under the blessing of the prerequisites of not being the same person, the wrong family, the wrong economic conditions, etc., a relationship will eventually become riddled with holes, and both parties in the center of the whirlpool will also be scarred." Da Fei calmly Analysis: "He is definitely not the kind of person who would be willing to live in such a small place, and you, you don't have the courage to take another step forward."

"Da Fei! You're fucking out of your mind!" Zhuang Zhuang heard Da Fei mercilessly uncovering Lin Wang's scar, his eyes turned red in shock, he jumped up and shouted, "Shut up!"

But Dafei seemed not to hear, staring at Lin Wang without fear and said: "Brother, you are not the kind of fickle person, if you can't do it, just plan for two years of love, greedy for momentary happiness and passion, after two years you can easily Don't think I'm too introverted, and I haven't said anything about a thing BB, his clothes, conversation, and behavior can be seen as a young man who has been pampered since childhood. We can't treat such a person as Even if a person is dragged into this silt, he can't walk on his path. The final outcome will not be very good."

Lin Wang propped his hands on the edge of the table at this time, squinting his eyes, his whole body became fierce and dangerous, like a wild beast that just tore open the throat of its prey.

Yes, Lin Wang had to admit to Da Fei that if he wanted to start a relationship, he would definitely not be able to do it just for a moment, he would want to spend his whole life with that person.If Lin Wang didn't start a relationship, if he decided to start a relationship, he would want this relationship to show its most beautiful posture.

The mutual intersection between eyes, the mutual blending between breaths, the collision between lips and teeth, the mutual touch between skins, the mutual satisfaction between desires, the mutual throbbing between souls, and the mutual staying between two parties It is the most beautiful gesture of the emotion that Lin Wang wants.

And Jiang Xi is covered with famous brands, and it can be seen from the cost of food and clothing that this person is either rich or expensive.On the surface, he looks gentle and approachable with a smile all day long, but in fact it’s just his usual disguise for people, he has to settle everything with you clearly, and he doesn’t want to owe you anything and have any affection for you involve.Sitting upright, he also looks like an aristocrat when he eats, his back is always straight, and he also pays attention to the tableware so that they do not collide, which is incompatible with the lazy style around him.

Such a person, such a person...

Lin Wang leaned back in the chair, threw the chopsticks in his hand on the table, and sneered: "Then what are you talking about? Huh?"

Da Fei licked his lips nervously, lowered his head and poked the vegetables in the bowl one after another, and replied in a muffled voice, "Because you want to know."

Lin Wang immediately lost his temper when Da Fei said such a sentence, his heart felt swollen, sour and astringent, he stopped his sharp breath, and said in a soft voice: "Brother, you know, huh? Brother will think clearly, and won't let you Worry."

"I'm not worried about you," Da Fei still lowered his head and poked Cai: "I'm not worried about you, you have always been the most numerous, it's not that I don't like Jiang Xi, it's not that I object to your getting along with each other. I'm just, just afraid that you will get hurt .You know your situation yourself."

Hearing what Da Fei said, Zhuang Zhuang couldn't help but his eyes were red and his nose was sore, he sat down and took a sip of wine: "Brother, you know I've never been so smart and I can't speak, I was just thinking about my brother After going through so much shit, I finally found someone I'm attracted to, and I have to help catch him anyway. Da Fei said so today, I really feel a little..."

"I'm the one who stands in the way of brother Wang's pursuit of true love." Hearing what Zhuang Zhuang said, Da Fei raised his head angrily.

"Oh, my Fei, that's not what I mean," Zhuang Zhuang's eyes that were still red at the time were wiped away by Da Fei's slap, and he smiled flatteringly, "Aren't I stupid with my mouth? How can I be like this?" Say you."

Da Fei put his hands against Zhuang Zhuang's head, pretending to be disgusted, and cursed with a smile: "Go to hell!"

The dignified atmosphere just now was swept away again, and the cheerful atmosphere spread in the air.

Lin Wang pried open the beer cap with chopsticks, and the steaming beer entered his throat, and the orange-yellow liquid carried cold air along his throat and flowed all the way to his lower abdomen.

The laughter of friends, the aroma of food on the table, and the cries of vendors at the door all made Lin Wang feel at ease, living a real and comfortable life.

The boy's softened profile in the setting sun flashed before his eyes.

Aren't you all the way...

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With the help of Lin Wang, Zhuang Zhuang and Da Fei, Jiang Xi quickly adapted to the domestic campus life and study rhythm.

With his hard work day and night and overtime, Jiang Xi also quickly reviewed the content of the monthly exam and became familiar with the question types.

The monthly exam is finally here.

Before going to self-study in the morning, Lao Zhang told him to go back to the classroom after breakfast early, and to arrange the examination room.

As soon as the bell for morning self-study was rung, the students in the class did not rush to the cafeteria to grab food as usual, but quickly pulled their suitcases out of the classroom to occupy a good place in the corridor.Jiang Xi followed them and dragged his suitcase out of the corridor.

When Jiang Xi finished placing the boxes, turned around and returned to the classroom, she found that her seat had been flooded by classmates.

Classmates, you squeeze me, I squeeze you, nestle behind Jiang Xi's seat, and look at the examination room number and seat number posted on the blackboard behind.

Jiang Xi reckoned that they wouldn't be able to finish watching in a while, so he leaned helplessly against the back door and waited for the crowd to disperse.

"What are you doing? Be a door god?" Lin Wang's teasing voice came from behind his ear.

Jiang Xi felt a shadow in the corner of his eyes. Knowing that it was Lin Wang standing beside him, he didn't look at him, and pointed weakly at his seat: "I can't go back if I have a seat."

Lin Wang looked at Jiang Xi's seat, and could only see an outline from the swaying gap of the crowd, and then looked down at Jiang Xi with a sad expression, thinking it was a kitten that was robbed of food, it was so cute.Just as he raised his hand to rub his head, he found that it was too much, so he put it on his mouth and coughed lightly: "It's okay, just get used to it. What's the stuffing of the buns my mother-in-law gave you this morning?"

"Pure pork." Jiang Xi thought for a while and replied, "What about yours?"

"Vegetables and eggs," Lin Wang complained feigned dissatisfaction, "I've lost the right to eat pork stuffing since you came here."

Jiang Xi raised his eyebrows, chuckled and said, "So?"

"So?" Lin Wang smirked, lowered his head and leaned closer to Jiang Xi's ear and deliberately lowered his voice, "So, you have to make it up to me, friend, friend."

Lin Wang's fiery breath sprayed on Jiang Xi's ears one after another, and the magnetic subwoofer exploded in Jiang Xi's eardrums. Jiang Xi only felt that the blood all over his body was like boiling water on a stove, gurgling and gurgling. It's steaming.

"You," Jiang Xi hurriedly took a step back to open the distance, turned to look at Lin Wang, but met his eyes unexpectedly, Jiang Xi was so familiar with those eyes, and Jiang Xi also understood the meaning contained in those eyes, I don't know How many people have seen Jiang Xi like this.It's just that Lin Wang's eyes lack those disgusting lust.

Jiang Xi collected himself, covered up his panic, raised the corner of his mouth in a threatening arc, and said softly, "How do you want me to compensate you?"

Lin Wang looked at the kid who was already teased and was about to explode, and for some reason, he put on his disguise in just a few seconds.It's just that today's disguise is different from the gentle appearance that Jiang Xi showed in the past, and now the disguise is more like a seductive goblin.

"Ah. What do you want..." Lin Wang prolonged the tone on purpose, looking at Jiang Xi with undisguised desire.

Sure enough, when Jiang Xi heard Lin Wang's words, the arc of his smile became wider and wider, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. There was a piercing chill in his dark eyes, and his whole body was filled with a charming but dangerous aura.

Lin Wang got the result of the test and knew that he should stop at this time, rubbed his chin, and snapped his fingers as if thinking of something suddenly: "Let's eat breakfast for a week instead!"

Hearing Lin Wang's request, Jiang Xi was stunned for a few seconds, looked at Lin Wang in disbelief, blinked his eyes in panic and asked, "Just, that's it?"

"That's right, that's all." Lin Wang looked at the flustered child in front of him, and said with a gentle smile, "Could it be that you think one week is not enough? I'm so sorry that I want one month?"

Jiang Xi looked at the pure smile in Lin Wang's eyes and looked away in a panic, pretending to be calm and said: "No, just a week."

Lin Wang smiled lightly and said hello, then walked from the door to his seat and leaned against the wall.No longer continue to be the goalkeeper with Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi felt a little annoyed, he didn't understand why he suddenly became suspicious of Lin Wang, and started to test others.Obviously, Lin Wang's eyes were different from those of those people.But at the same time, he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, Lin Wang didn't have those disgusting thoughts. Fortunately, he didn't.

However, Lin Wang reminded Jiang Xi of one thing just now, and Jiang Xi cleared his throat: "Will it be too much trouble for my mother-in-law to make supper and breakfast for me every day? living expenses?"

Jiang Xi knew that he couldn't refuse his mother-in-law's kindness. Whenever her mother-in-law handed things to Jiang Xi with a smile, and called her Xixi in her native dialect, she would subconsciously take the things from her mother-in-law.But Jiang Xi knew in his heart that this was not the warmth he deserved, so Jiang Xi thought for several days before he came up with this compromise.

"No need." Lin Wang replied absent-mindedly, still thinking about the temptation just now.

Jiang Xi frowned slightly, pursed the corners of his mouth, and insisted: "I think it's better to give it, after two years..."

"Mother-in-law likes you, and she is willing to do this for you." Lin Wang interrupted Jiang Xi, straightened up with strength, and looked at Jiang Xi with some hesitation: "The old man just likes to watch the younger generation eat what they made. , This will give them a sense of satisfaction and being needed. This is the intention of the mother-in-law, and it will make her very sad if you do this."

Jiang Xi actually understands the twists and turns. His grandmother was like this at the beginning, but her mother-in-law is not his grandmother after all.To put it bluntly, she was just a stranger whom she had known for less than half a month.Jiang Xi really didn't want to owe this favor, and had no reason to enjoy it with peace of mind.

But Lin Wang's words made Jiang Xi, who was already hesitant, completely give up this idea, and finally said in a compromise: "Okay."

Of course Lin Wang knew what Jiang Xi was thinking, he didn't want to owe favors or have anything to do with him, how could he let him get what he wanted.

The more favors you owe, the better, and the tighter the entanglement, the better, so that you can approach him, approach him, and possess him logically.

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Hehehe, this chapter was supposed to be published yesterday, but the 6000-odd words I wrote suddenly crashed, and I couldn't find any of them.I cried to death last night, I cleaned up my mood all night before starting to write again today.I really don't use word anymore!I set it for 10 minutes and the result was not a single word was saved, I really hahaha.