Long grass warbler flying

April is a good time in the world.

If the students in the liberal arts class were still full of romantic enthusiasm and romance when they first entered school, after three years of being bombarded by politics, history, and places, they were completely reduced to exam-taking minions-serving the forces of mathematics all day long, and superstitious. The koi carps are so busy that their feet don't touch the ground, and they wish they could dive headlong into the pile of test papers and eat "full of money". By the time they work so hard, they will basically lose their artistic talents by the time they graduate.

For example, at this time, the double cherry blossoms outside the window were in full bloom, and none of the students in the classroom were willing to appreciate them during recess.

The campus known as "the most beautiful in the city" has finally ushered in another colorful spring, and this is Ji Xiao's last April in No. [-] Middle School.

He pushed the math paper aside, glanced up inadvertently, and was surprised to find the cherry blossoms in full bloom.

According to gossip, this is an oriental variety sent by international friends when they established a friendly relationship with a certain Japanese high school, but they miraculously took root in Jincheng. Not only was it not affected by the subtropical monsoon climate at all, but it also opened The vigorous posture is very different from when it was in its hometown, even if it is so gorgeous, there is always a little euphemism.

Flowers have character, Ji Xiao thought so, he casually scribbled on the draft paper, crumpled it up and threw it on Chu Lan's desk without any mistakes.

He stared at the man, frowning first, then looked around, locked on the culprit and showed a familiar expression of "you're crazy", and finally opened the piece of paper.

Ji Xiao rested his chin, and saw that Chu Lan went to see the cherry blossoms as he had said in the note, as he expected, and the corners of his lips twitched slightly for a moment.

Throwing the note back, Chu Lan's handwriting looked a bit scribbled, with the same reserved and arrogant look as him, because the edge of the pen was so sharp that it almost cut the draft paper.

Chu Lan wrote in an old pedantic tone: "I don't do my job properly."

Ji Xiao read that note over and over several times, and then put it in a workbook on the top of the desk with great care, as if every single word on it was worth a fortune.Within 5 minutes, he thought about it, took it out again and continued to taste it, and finally put it in the pencil case where he could see it when he opened it.

He felt that he was whimsical, otherwise why did he feel that there was a little smile in Chu Lan's words?

The previous embarrassing experience on the school road seems to have been tacitly chosen to be forgotten by the two parties, as if it drifted away into the sky with the willow wind that gradually blows the face.

Ji Xiao could see that Chu Lan should have struggled, but he chose to shake hands and make peace, so he and Chu Lan carefully maintained their precarious friendship.It seems that it is a Pandora's magic box. The world is peaceful when it is not opened. Once the window paper is punctured, I don't know what monsters and ghosts I will face.

He has experienced Chu Lan's silent cold violence, and temporarily suppressed all his charming thoughts, obediently retreated to the legal and reasonable range of "friends", and pretended to be confused together with Chu Lan.

Several years later, when Zhai Xinen found out the source of the weird atmosphere in the last days of high school, the girl gave a fierce "tsk" and commented: "It's all full!"

Ji Xiao laughed out loud. After all, he didn't have the ability to predict the future, so how did he know that he was pretending to be smart and forbearing back then, but he was actually setting himself in a cocoon?

The last mock exam in the third year of senior high school was in mid-April. As the college entrance examination was getting closer, this test did not arouse much splash among the students. Just like the papers I usually do every day, I finished it numbly.

After the results came out, the key class immediately fell into the tea time where the teachers talked one by one.

Chu Lan couldn't watch the cherry blossoms for a long time, so she was called to the corridor by Xiao Yingchun - the teacher always seemed to be more worried about the college entrance examination than the students, so he set up a set of tables and chairs outside the classroom, so that he could pay attention to his mental state at all times.

Chu Lan stood next to Xiao Yingchun, lowered her head slightly: "Mr. Xiao."

"You did very well in the exam this time." Xiao Yingchun spread a grade list on the table. Chu Lan glanced at him, and his name was impressively ranked second in the class. After checking the rankings, I found that Ji Xiao was in the thirteenth place.The rank of no merit and no fault is similar to his previous quizzes.

"...Usually everyone works very hard on the questions. Now the time has basically stabilized. As long as there are no accidents in the college entrance examination, you should have very good grades." Xiao Yingchun chattered for a while, and then suddenly Said, "But Chu Lan, you are a student union cadre in the first and second grades of high school... Our class now has several places for provincial excellent cadres, and we will apply for them in the next few days. Maybe you don't think it's a big deal if you have good grades, but the teacher I think it is safe to add points. There are too many uncertain factors in the college entrance examination, what do you think?"

Chu Lan was taken aback.

He understands what Xiao Yingchun means. There are several places, and he has been a cadre with good grades, so he is the first choice of course.Jincheng is the provincial capital, and No. [-] Middle School is a famous school. It sounds like there is nothing wrong with it.

But he couldn't tell why he felt uncomfortable. Among them, he had been thinking too much about the joints.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Xiao Yingchun asked suspiciously: "...Chu Lan, is there any problem?"

After all, Chu Lan didn't ask any outrageous words, but shook her head: "Mr. Xiao, you should give this quota to other students. I don't really need the extra points, and I think it's not so good to go to university with the extra points. Well, it's my own problem, and it has nothing to do with you or anyone else."

This is also what he said in his heart, and it sounds very Chu Lan's style.

To put it more harshly, Chu Lan looked down on bonus points.

He grew up smoothly, never stumbled academically, and didn't need privileges to prove himself.After two years of soy sauce in the student union, he can still be judged as an excellent candidate. It is estimated that there will be countless people who are dissatisfied, both openly and secretly.

His family was well off, so he took it for granted that his future could depend on himself, and any extra points would become a black mark in his life that could not be regarded as a stain, hanging there up and down, panicked.

In Fan Fan's unkind words, "You are already a privileged class and still pretend to be a white lotus, Alan, don't be so self-sufficient in life."

Xiao Yingchun was well aware of Chu Lan's twisted personality, seeing his resoluteness, she swallowed all the words of persuasion.

She brought up some clichés and ended this unsuccessful heart-to-heart talk. She waved her hand and said, "Call Ji Xiao out." Then, as if she still had something to say, she sighed in front of Chu Lan: "Ji Xiao, this child , it worries me too much."

Chu Lan, who didn't like to be troublesome, stopped and blinked: "What's wrong with him?"

Xiao Yingchun smiled tolerantly: "Ji Xiao, I feel a bit overachiever. His grades can't be said to be bad, but he's just a hang-up. Didn't he do the 'first choice' in the class last time? Later, I had a meeting with him. Chatting, he said that he wants to take the F University... Hey, at his level, it is still a bit uncertain to go to the F University. You can help me persuade me when you have time. It is a good thing to have ideals, but how can the college entrance examination be a joke, it is better to be safe."

Chu Lan didn't know how else to persuade him. He felt that no one should interfere with other people's own decisions, and it was not easy to refute in front of the teacher, so he nodded hastily and returned to the classroom.

When Ji Xiao went out scratching his hair in a daze, Chu Lan propped his chin with an ink pen, and made a nondescript "upright" between his head and the table, and suddenly remembered something in his heart.

It seems that in the short class meeting that everyone joked about at that time, Chu Lan said that her first choice was F University.

The ink pen fell down with a "clack", rolled along the table for a long distance, and then reluctantly fell off the table.Chu Lan rubbed her painful chin and frowned.

At noon, Chu Lan was used to having dinner with Ji Xiao, but Jiang Xinghe took him away ahead of schedule this day.Chu Lan stared at their backs as they went away, and thought of Jiang Xinghe's sexual orientation that was different from ordinary people, a feeling of aggrieved unconsciously appeared on his face.

"Is Ah Lan eating?" Zhai Xinen first asked casually, and then he was frightened by his gaze that seemed to poke a hole in the wall, and asked him, "Who are you hating?"

Chu Lan closed her eyelids as if waking up from a dream: "It's okay, let's go, please improve the food."

Senior high school students have the privilege of obtaining a pass. Although the Fifth Middle School is close to the city center, the students' favorite is still the Fly Restaurant, which is heavy in oil and salt.Improving food refers to walking out of a street, and there is a relatively clean Hong Kong-style tea restaurant. When Zhai Xinen heard that Chulan wanted to treat him, he immediately betrayed the revolution happily, and put the strangeness just behind him.

There was a queue at the meal time, and I dillydally finished eating and went back to school. More than half of the lunch break was over.

Chu Lan was not used to sleeping in the classroom, so after thinking about it, she still said goodbye to Xin En and decided to go to the dormitory for a soy sauce.

During the lunch break, most of the students took a nap. When Chu Lan walked to the door of the dormitory, she heard the faint sound of water.He pushed open the door and entered. Ji Xiao was washing clothes in front of the narrow sink. Chu Lan leaned against the door frame and saw the man turn his head.

Although it returned to normal at first, it was always in the presence of other people.Now everything is quiet, except for the occasional sound of water, and only the sound of breathing.

Ji Xiao turned back with a normal expression, unfolded the white shirt of the school uniform, and said calmly: "I just saw your coat hanging in front of the closet, I took it and washed it together."

Chu Lan: "I..."

Ji Xiao quickly interrupted him, as if he was afraid that Chu Lan would not be able to bear his kindness, and would pick up the wet clothes in the next second: "Don't be polite to me, isn't it just a piece of clothing."

Chu Lan: "...I have money in my pocket."

Ji Xiao's movements paused for a while, and when he recalled what Chu Lan said, he looked at Chu Lan again with black lines all over his head: "I put your handful of ten-cent notes on the table. How can you do so much?" A dime or two? Are you planning to add up a little to make a lot?"

Chu Lan retorted: "It's for the purpose of turning the parts into wholes - I bought yogurt before and found it, anyway, I keep it."

The endless conversation seemed normal, Chu Lan didn't ask why Ji Xiao suddenly helped him wash his school uniform, and Ji Xiao didn't bother to justify his reasons, letting the past go with the wind.It's just that Chu Lan didn't go back to sit beside her bed, she insisted on guarding the narrow doorway, and then followed Ji Xiao to the balcony to dry the clothes, after tidying up everything, she calmly tried to start a conversation.

"What did you have for lunch today?"

Ji Xiao smiled: "Chagang?"

Chu Lan immediately rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and expressed her "disdain" with her own words.Of course he had a little pimple in his heart, and that was because he was secretly trying to get along with Jiang Xinghe, but Ji Xiao's occasional jokes that crossed the line now were not so harsh, so Chu Lan simply pretended to be stupid, pretending that he didn't understand.

Seeing that he was silent, Ji Xiao said without confessing: "He has something to do with me, and he wanted to mention it to you later, but he didn't bring his mobile phone, and he doesn't have your number. It's just lunch anyway."

Chu Lan raised her eyebrows: "I asked you what you ate, why are you mentioning Jiang Xinghe?"

With a completely neat posture, the upward curve of his lips looks like a contented cat.Ji Xiao shrugged: "Let me say a few words casually, it's almost time for class—do you want to go to the classroom?"

Chatting very stupidly, both sides have their own ghosts.But Ji Xiao keenly felt that Chu Lan was showing favor to him.

Chu Lan is a very contradictory person. On the one hand, he is so arrogant and arrogant that he treats ordinary classmates as idiots.This kind of kindness is different from ordinary gentleness. It comes silently and awkwardly. Chu Lan can't express herself tactfully at all, so she puts all the words she wants to say and the gifts she wants to give into the other party's hands with straight eyebrows.

He knew that Ji Xiao undoubtedly had a crush on him, so he preconceived that he owed Ji Xiao 12 points, so he took extra care of him—"Where did you go today?" "Why didn't you come with me?" I didn't realize the hidden care in these words is simply imaginative.

Ji Xiao couldn't help but laugh, and suddenly felt that Chu Lan was really cute.

But thinking that this day has almost become the last "honeymoon" before parting, Ji Xiao couldn't help but sigh again.

At noon, Jiang Xinghe asked him to have dinner. Chu Lan really didn't think so much. He only talked about his ambition and future.Ji Xiao and Jiang Xinghe are the same kind in the true sense, plus they are familiar with each other before, so it is easy to talk about everything.

In fact, Jiang Xinghe and Chu Lan are quite alike, they are both the pride of heaven, top students who judge people with their noses.And he is more presumptuous than Chu Lan, and he never cares about other people's feelings when he speaks. He is an unpleasant guy in every sense.

This unlovable guy asked him out, and said in a tone that I don't know whether it is comforting or provocative: "Why don't you just forget it, it is still a question of whether you can get into F University-oh, I mean, no I know if you can pass the exam, and I don't know if Chu Lan can pass the exam."

Ji Xiao: "I just want to go to the same university as him."

Jiang Xinghe sneered: "You don't want him to hate you."

Ji Xiao reflexively said, "He won't."

When these three words were blurted out, I was quite guilty, but after I finished speaking, I was very frank.Ji Xiao looked at him firmly, and emphasized again: "He won't."

He blindly trusts Chu Lan, on the one hand, out of understanding, on the other hand, from the fact that Chu Lan has been cautious about him these two days, lest he hurt his heart, and at the same time he is at a loss because of the "boundary". Kind.

Ji Xiao keenly felt that Chu Lan might not be that straight either.Rather than saying that he is afraid of Ji Xiao being hurt by his words and deeds, it is better to say that he is afraid of himself.

It's like standing on the edge of an abyss, not daring to peek, for fear of jumping in just by looking at it.

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When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you. — Nietzsche