Silence is gold

Don't go back.Jiang Chen sent him downstairs, a little embarrassed: "You don't mind, my mother is like that."

Zhao Zixuan gave him a hug, and said softly: "It's okay, it's so cold, you should go back quickly, be careful not to catch a cold."

Jiang Chen was a bit reluctant: "Then let's see you at the beginning of school."

"Okay, see you at the beginning of school." Zhao Zixuan pinched his face, waved his hands, turned and left.Jiang Chen watched his figure turn around, and suddenly remembered that he should have given him the scarf, but he just forgot.The temperature is so low, is he cold, Jiang Chen thought.

During dinner, Jiang Chen's education should be added as a matter of course.

"Why are you sitting at the same table in the same classroom, but the grades are so different." Mother Jiang said, with a look of resentment.

Jiang Chen has always been silent. Hearing his mother's disappointment, he felt that the taste of the soup in his mouth had changed.

But I'm really not smart or talented.He really wanted to say this to his mother, but he couldn't say it anyway.

"If you can't get into a good university, what will you do in the future?" Mother Jiang sighed.

Good university, upon hearing these words, the spoon in Jiang Chen's hand shook, and the soup spilled on the table. He quickly grabbed a paper towel to wipe it, and while wiping, his thoughts flew away uncontrollably.

A good university, Zhao Zixuan should be admitted to a good university.Then, will they be separated by then, Jiang Chen wiped the small stain vigorously, thinking a little panicked.

"Jiang Chen, did you hear what your mother said?"

"What?" Jiang Chen raised his head belatedly when he heard his mother calling him, with a dazed expression.

Mother Jiang looked at him sternly: "Jiang Chen, are you also so inattentive in class?"

Jiang Chen lowered his head, and the powerlessness and sadness in his heart surged up overwhelmingly. "I..." As soon as he opened his mouth, he was startled by the choking in his voice, quickly covered his mouth with his hands, and lowered his head in silence.

Jiang's mother only thought that he was ashamed, and she was still babbling on, and only at this time did she have so many things to say to Jiang Chen.Sometimes Jiang Chen really doubts what she cares about, grades, or him.

"You're almost in your third year of high school, don't worry about me anymore." Mama Jiang ended the conversation with her usual closing words, "Did you hear that?"

Jiang Chen agreed in a low voice, got up and went back to his room after drinking the bowl of soup.

☆, missing

In order to prepare for the college entrance examination, the high school curriculum can be described as miserable.A top student like Zhao Zixuan naturally has no pressure, but Jiang Chen is so eager to split one brain into two useful ones, he has already begun to lose his direction on the road of life.And the final exam that came immediately caught Jiang Chen by surprise.

I don't know how to spend this winter vacation, practicing piano or tutoring?Jiang Chen speculated in despair.

Zhao Zixuan returned to the classroom after the exam, saw Jiang Chen sitting on the seat with a look of lovelessness, walked over and stroked his hair: "What's the matter, is this, the expression on his face?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "I don't think I can survive this winter vacation."

Thinking of Jiang Chen's mother whose expression was exactly the same as his, Zhao Zixuan's heart became heavy: "I wanted to ask you out to relax, but now it seems impossible, isn't it?"

"Let's relax." Jiang Chen repeated woodenly, shaking his head.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Zixuan was very distressed: "I'd better help you make up lessons during the winter vacation, and bring you to my house, okay?"

Zhao Zixuan's house?Jiang Chen thought of Zhao Zixuan's loving mother with a smiling face and the delicious dumplings, and then thought of his mother's cold face, his anticipation melted into bubbles in an instant.He shook his head: "No, my mother can see me at home, but it's even worse when she thinks I'm fooling around when I go out."

Zhao Zixuan was quite helpless, and he couldn't express any opinions on other people's family affairs rashly, so he could only let it go with a long sigh.

Halfway through the holiday, Zhao Zixuan never saw Jiang Chen, so he could only make a phone call.Jiang Chen's voice on the phone seemed erratic, and Zhao Zixuan was extremely worried, thinking that he had suffered some inhuman treatment.As a result, Jiang Chen said that he was tortured by the piano teacher and the tutor invited by his mother in turn every day, and he didn't even have time to catch his breath.

"Is this okay?" Zhao Zixuan said, "Can't you have a good talk with your mother?"

"My mother has always refused to listen to anyone." Jiang Chen said.

Zhao Zixuan thought for a while, and suggested: "Then I will be your tutor?"

"Stop joking..." Jiang Chen said, and before he could speak, he hurriedly said, "My tutor is here, let's not talk about it." Then he hung up the phone.

Zhao Zixuan held the phone in a daze for a long while: "You hung up too without hesitation..."

During the New Year, Zhao Zixuan couldn't bear it anymore, they were together, but they didn't even see each other for so many days, so aggrieved.

The result was unexpectedly smooth.

"The first day of junior high school is fine, but only the first day of junior high school." Jiang Chen said, "Can I go to your house?"

"Okay." Zhao Zixuan couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, "I'll pick you up!"

"No need." Jiang Chen said, "It's so cold, you wait for me at home."

Zhao Zixuan knew that he disliked him for wearing too little, so he compromised and said, "...then I will wait for you at the bus stop."

Jiang Shen persisted and agreed.

Zhao Zixuan's mother had the habit of keeping watch on New Year's Eve, so Zhao Zixuan took her mobile phone and nestled on the sofa to accompany her, playing games while listening to the laughter on the TV.When it was twelve o'clock, he counted down the seconds and went to the window to call Jiang Chen. It took Jiang Chen a long time to pick up, and his voice sounded a bit confused: "Zhao Zixuan?"

Zhao Zixuan was a little guilty: "Are you already asleep?"

Jiang Chen yawned, slurring his words: "Well, I've gone to bed a long time ago, mom is not allowed to stay up late." After waking up for a while, he asked, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

Zhao Zixuan was helpless: "It's New Year's Eve, listen." He took the phone away from his ear, opened the window a crack, and let Jiang Chen listen to the lively sound of firecrackers outside.

Jiang Chen sighed: "It's so noisy, how can you sleep."

Zhao Zixuan laughed: "Then don't sleep."

The two chatted for a while, and Zhao Zixuan noticed that Jiang Chen was indeed very tired, presumably because he was studying hard during the holidays, so he asked him to go to bed first.Jiang Chen probably couldn't hold it anymore, and said, "Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Zhao Zixuan said softly, "Happy New Year, Jiang Chen."

"Well, Happy New Year." Jiang Chen whispered back.

Zhao Zixuan hung up the phone, walked back to the sofa humming a song in a good mood, peeled off a fudge and stuffed it in his mouth.Zhao's mother was peeling an apple, and she couldn't help but ask, "I'm in such a good mood, who did you call?"

Zhao Zixuan said mysteriously, "Friend."

"The girl you like." Zhao's mother guessed, "You don't have to hide it from Mom, and Mom is not an old-fashioned person."

It's the boy he likes, Zhao Zixuan thought, took a small piece of apple handed to him by his mother, ate it in a few bites, and said, "No, mom, don't make random guesses."

Mother Zhao smiled, looking at the boy sitting next to her, tall and long-legged, with a handsome face, he was no longer the pitiful little radish when she first saw him, she couldn't help but feel a little sad: "After the New Year, it's time for him to be so handsome." It's one year old, Zixuan is also an adult, and I'm getting old too."

"What are you talking about, my mother will never grow old, forever." Zhao Zixuan said poorly, and put his arms around Zhao's mother's neck, "My mother will be with me for many years."

"You." Zhao's mother patted the back of his hand lightly, "After so many years, I have finally grown up, healthy and healthy. I can finally be worthy of your mother. would feel ashamed."

Zhao Zixuan's expression changed, and he quickly pretended to be nonchalant to comfort her: "Mom, why are you saying such things? What, you don't want me when I grow up?"

Zhao's mother shook her head: "People always think too much when they are old. It's okay, it's getting late, go to bed quickly, and you will wake up early tomorrow morning."

Zhao Zixuan grumbled and complained: "Oh, I don't have any complaints about this vigil. Waking up early is too fatal-Mom, I really can't sleep late?" He looked at his mother with pleading eyes, and Zhao's mother was unmoved. Gently patted him on the back: "I'll wake you up at five o'clock." Zhao Zixuan sighed sadly, and was taught by Zhao's mother not to sigh in such a day, and urged the reluctant people to go back to sleep.

Zhao Zixuan returned to the room, went straight to the desk and squatted down, and took out a box from the back of the cabinet. Inside the box were a photo frame and an old-fashioned photo album.The lights in the room were not turned on, and he looked at the photo with the light of the fireworks that bloomed from time to time. The smile of the person in the photo became brighter and brighter in the fireworks.His fingers lightly stroked those faces, and after a while, he cherished the photo frame in his arms.

"Don't worry, I'm fine now, don't worry about me." He said to himself, "Mom is fine too, we miss you all."

☆, slip of the tongue

Zhao Zixuan had something on his mind, he didn't sleep well at night, so he inevitably got up late in the morning, and the sound of firecrackers didn't wake him up.He saw that it was nearly seven o'clock, and quickly got up.Zhao's mother was making dumplings in the kitchen, when she saw him get up, she said, "Go and wash your face, the dumplings will be cooked in no time."

Zhao Zixuan agreed and said, "You didn't call me at five."

"Then I'll call you tomorrow." Mother Zhao suggested calmly.

Zhao Zixuan quickly refused, grabbed his messy hair and plunged into the bathroom.

Sitting at the dining table eating steaming hot dumplings, Zhao Zixuan suddenly remembered that he should report, so he said, "By the way, Mom, Jiang Chen is coming over today, it's the boy from last time, do you remember?"

Zhao's mother didn't even spend time remembering: "Of course I remember, come on, you can go out together or something."

"Let's see what he means." Zhao Zixuan said, "If he doesn't want to go out, we will stay at home."

"Then let him have dinner." Mother Zhao said, "You can play for a while."

Zhao Zixuan thought of Jiang Chen's mother's cold face, and sighed: "It depends on the situation, they may not have time."

Zhao's mother didn't take it seriously: "Why are the children's families so busy?"

Zhao Zixuan said Mom, you don't understand, and asked tentatively, "What do you think of Jiang Chen?"

"Children are very polite, but they don't like to talk." Zhao's mother said.

Zhao Zixuan somewhat agreed, pulled the corners of his mouth down, pretended to be serious, and said, "That's it, isn't it?"

Zhao's mother smiled and patted him, thinking that he was making arrangements behind his back. "I didn't choreograph him." Zhao Zixuan lost his skills in a second, and then quickly suppressed his smile, "I met his mother before, you don't know how scary his mother is, thanks to Jiang Chen being able to grow up for so many years."

Mother Zhao saw how he sighed, smiled and said nothing more.While eating dumplings, Zhao Zixuan took the time to send a message to ask Jiang Chen if he got up. Jiang Chen said that he had already left the house and was about to arrive.Zhao Zixuan hurriedly swallowed the dumplings in his mouth, and hurriedly ate the remaining few in the bowl.Zhao's mother was startled when she saw him wolfing down the food: "Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke."

Zhao Zixuan pushed Wan Yi and stood up: "I'm going to change clothes, and I'll go pick up Jiang Chen immediately."

Zhao's mother followed behind him and said: "Put on more, it's cold now, it's going to snow."

Zhao Zixuan responded, changed his clothes and went out without delay.

The weather was really cold, and it was morning again. Zhao Zixuan shivered as soon as he walked out of the building. He buttoned up his coat and tightened his collar, but he still felt the chill invade his limbs bit by bit.There was no one else on the street, only some children who were overly energetic were running around, throwing out a small firecracker that could explode from time to time.

It's too dangerous, Zhao Zixuan frowned and thought, try to stay as far away from them as possible.

After waiting at the bus station for a while, a bus slowly drove over, and the compartment looked empty.When Zhao Zixuan was still wondering if Jiang Chen was in this car, the back door slowly opened, and Jiang Chen jumped off the bus with a lonely figure, holding a brown paper bag in his hand.He lowered his head and didn't look around, looking absent-minded.

Zhao Zixuan came to Jiang Chen in a few steps from the side of the stop sign, and stretched out his arms to hug him.Jiang Chen was picked up suddenly, his feet were still off the ground, he raised his eyes in panic, and met Zhao Zixuan's smiling eyebrows.

Zhao Zixuan hugged Jiang Chen and turned around, Jiang Chen blushed with shame: "This is on the street, let me down quickly." Zhao Zixuan didn't let go, turned around again, and finally put him down reluctantly , took the bag from Jiang Chen's hand.The first thing Jiang Chen did when he stepped on the ground was to punch him, not hard, but Zhao Zixuan looked pained: "It hurts so much, I need Jiang Chen to hug me." Jiang Chen was so sick , raised his fist and wanted to make another punch.

Zhao Zixuan grabbed his cold hand, put it on his lips and kissed: "Okay, okay, stop beating, it's so cold, let's go back quickly." As he spoke, he stuffed Jiang Chen's hand into himself very naturally. coat pocket.

"That's why I don't want you to come out." Jiang Chen said, his cold fingers touched Zhao Zixuan's warm palm, "That's for you, just as a New Year's gift."

"Huh? There is such a gift?" Zhao Zixuan picked up the bag and took a look inside. It seemed to be something like wool, and he asked curiously, "What is it?"

"...a scarf." Jiang Chen said.

Zhao Zixuan turned his face to the side, looking at Jiang Chen's expressionless side face that was blue with cold.Jiang Chen, it always looks like there is nothing worth caring about, but it is so lethal when you are careful.He was obviously very cold, but he still wanted to warm him up, how could this person be so nice.Zhao Zixuan suddenly felt a lump in his throat: "But, I never thought of giving you a New Year's gift."

Jiang Chen gave him a strange look: "So."

So... Zhao Zixuan looked at Jiang Chen's black and white eyes, and for a moment he was clumsy and tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Chen touched his palm: "Why didn't you leave."

Zhao Zixuan didn't speak, leaned down slightly, rubbed against his shoulder, and then said sullenly after a while: "What should I do if one day you like someone else."

Jiang Chen was inexplicable: "What are you talking about, go home quickly."

Zhao Zixuan thought maybe he was the glass heart, he gave Jiang Chen a helpless look: "Okay, let's go home."

Back at Zhao Zixuan's house, Zhao Zixuan was still holding Jiang Chen's hand and refused to let go, the two were chatting at the door, a female voice said disgustedly: "Enough, you two."

Jiang Chen quickly shook off Zhao Zixuan: "Zhan Yan? Long time no see."

Zhan Yan smiled brightly: "Long time no see, Jiang Chen."

Zhao Zixuan's boyfriend tried his best to help Jiang Chen change his slippers: "What are you doing here, Zhan Yan."

Zhan Yan rolled her eyes: "This girl came to see Auntie, not you."

Zhao Zixuan sneered: "Who cares the same."

"Zhao Zixuan!"

Zhao Zixuan raised his eyebrows provocatively.Young or not, Jiang Chen thought helplessly, tugged at Zhao Zixuan, and gave him a disapproving look.Zhao Zixuan counseled in seconds: "Okay, I'll just ignore her."

Mother Zhao prepared a lot of food, and several people chatted lively for a while.Zhan Yan unceremoniously dismantled Zhao Zixuan, revealing all the embarrassing things about him when he was a child.Not to be outdone, Zhao Zixuan and Zhan Yan began to blackmail each other.

Jiang Chen and Zhao's mother watched the fun, Zhao's mother smiled happily, and sighed: "Once a person grows up, those things that we cried and refused to let others mention when we were young all become jokes."

Zhan Yan answered without losing her mind: "Zhao Zixuan cried for two weeks straight that time, and even ran to the south park to cry."

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Zixuan's expression changed.

☆, the past

When Zhan Yan saw Zhao Zixuan's face, she knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, so she bowed her head and said nothing.Mother Zhao also immediately looked at Zhao Zixuan worriedly, for fear that he would lose his temper.Jiang Chen was alone in the fog, not knowing what had happened, and looked at them blankly.

Zhan Yan felt a little guilty, and quickly found an excuse to leave, but Zhao Zixuan didn't stop her.

Jiang Chen really didn't know what was going on, so he carefully tugged Zhao Zixuan who was still gloomy: "Zhao Zixuan."

Zhao Zixuan turned to look at him, forced a smile: "It's okay." He took a deep breath, "Jiang Chen, Mom, I'll go back to the room for a while." After speaking, he got up and went back to the room, closing the door.

Jiang Chen looked at Zhao's mother a little helplessly: "Auntie..."

Mother Zhao sighed: "Xiao Shen, do you really regard Zixuan as a friend?"

Jiang Chen said, "...of course."

Zhao's mother patted the back of his hand: "It seems that he has never told you about these things. Zixuan's life is hard, and he encountered such a thing when he was a child. It is rare to be like this now. You are a good boy, Auntie really hopes you Can you spend more time with Zixuan."

Jiang Chen hesitated for a while: "Auntie, can you tell me about Zhao Zixuan?"

Mother Zhao shook her head: "Let Zixuan tell you, he should calm down now, go in and have a look at him."

Jiang Chen nodded, and walked to the door of Zhao Zixuan's room, he glanced at Zhao's mother again, saw Zhao's mother nodded before knocking on the door: "Zhao Zixuan, it's me."

It was quiet for a while, Zhao Zixuan came to open the door: "Jiang Chen."

"Can I go in?"

Zhao Zixuan stepped aside and let Jiang Chen in.

As soon as Jiang Chen entered the door, he saw a photo album spread out on the bed and an upside-down photo frame.

Jiang Chen looked at Zhao Zixuan's lonely look: "Are you okay?"

Zhao Zixuan shook his head and asked, "Did my mother tell you?"

"Auntie asked me to ask you myself."

Zhao Zixuan didn't speak, and handed the upside-down photo frame to Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen didn't understand, so he turned the photo upside down.The photo shows a family of three, a pair of young parents and a little boy about ten years old. They are standing next to a large stone sculpture, with bright smiles on their faces.Jiang Chen took a closer look, and found that the appearance of the little boy was somewhat similar to Zhao Zixuan, so he guessed that it was Zhao Zixuan and his parents.However, he frowned suspiciously. Although the young woman's brows resembled Zhao's mother, she could tell that she was definitely not alone.

Jiang Chen stared blankly at Zhao Zixuan: "This is..."

Zhao Zixuan took the photo in his hand, the sadness on his face was too strong to melt: "This is my biological parents."

biological parents?The person outside is... Zhao Zixuan stroked the photo lightly, and said softly: "I told you, my father died when I was in the sixth grade of elementary school. He committed suicide to prove that His own innocence jumped from the roof of the company and died on the spot.

"And my mother, because of too much stimulation, was in a trance, and soon committed suicide in the hospital and followed my father.

"My mother had a cousin who used to be very close. I call her my cousin. She married to a remote place in the north. Her husband died shortly after she became pregnant. The husband's family thought she was Kefu, and they didn't look good on her all day long. She endured it all the time. Later, her cousin gave birth to a daughter, and her in-law's family tolerated her to the limit. She came to that place because of her husband. Since her husband was dead, she had nothing to miss, so she just left that house .

"At that time, my mother happened to have an accident, and I was alone and helpless. My cousin couldn't bear to see me being pushed around by relatives, so she adopted me, which was also her affection for my mother.

"The money left by my parents is enough for us to live comfortably, but my cousin refused. She said that the money was left by my parents, and she insisted on going out to make money. But her education is not high, so she can only do some simple jobs. In fact, the money I earned was spent on me. I have nothing to repay her kindness, so I can only treat her like my own mother.

"When I just lost my parents, my whole body collapsed, and I couldn't accept this fact at all. In addition, I was young at the time, and I simply didn't know how to get through it."

Jiang Chen listened silently, and slowly reached out to hold Zhao Zixuan's hand.Zhao Zixuan's hand was very cold. He held Jiang Chen's hand behind his back and said, "Although you never mentioned it, do you remember the small park in the south of the city that has been demolished?"

The demolished, small park?Jiang Chen was a little confused. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded: "I remember, it's the one not far from my house. It was demolished a long time ago, what's wrong?"

"You were not like this when you were in the sixth grade." Zhao Zixuan said, "Maybe you didn't realize it yourself, but a little warmth is enough to change a person and let him start his life again."

Jiang Chen felt like he was trapped in a whirlpool, and he couldn't find an exit.He is not sensitive to human faces at all, and his memory of people he has seen is always vague, almost like a fish, with only seven seconds of memory.It is simply impossible for him to recall what happened in the sixth grade of elementary school now.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Chen said regretfully, "I... really can't remember."

Zhao Zixuan lowered his head in frustration: "It's okay."

After being silent for a while, Zhao Zixuan said: "I saw you when I was in junior high school, and you were already coldly ignoring people. At that time, I thought you didn't want to talk to me, so I didn't dare to talk to you. Later, I got mixed up with Ma Ji and the others. Together, I don’t have the courage to formally meet you.”

"I'm sorry." Jiang Chen said, "I'm not ignoring you, I just really don't remember."

"How can I blame you." Zhao Zixuan said, "I should have had the courage to stand in front of you earlier, or just trip you up just like we did after we were divided."

"How dare you say that." Jiang Chen glared at him, "I thought I met a psychopath, and I was still worrying about how I would spend the next two years."

"I was stupid at the time." Zhao Zixuan finally had a faint smile on his face, "It seems that I can't think of any other way to get your attention except that way."

Jiang Chen nodded in agreement: "It's really stupid."

"Jiang Chen..."

"But it's okay." Jiang Chen said, "You finally have the courage, don't you?" The corners of his mouth rose slightly, although it was not obvious, but it was a genuine smile from the heart.

Zhao Zixuan was startled: "Jiang Chen." He opened his arms and gave Jiang Chen a firm hug.

☆, the future

Halfway through the second semester of the second year of high school, all the high school courses came to an end, and everyone wanted to plunge into the sea of ​​books, as if the college entrance examination was about to come.Some students whose grades were not satisfactory before, are gearing up and waiting for the first round of detailed review to strive to catch up.

The atmosphere in the class was tense every day, which made Jiang Chen even more nervous, as if he was being pressed down by several mountains, he couldn't breathe at all.

The school will hold a coming-of-age ceremony for the second grade in May every year. It is said to be a ceremony, but in fact it is just that everyone walks around under the round arch, and leaders at all levels give speeches.The only thing that people look forward to is that after the coming-of-age ceremony, there will be a May [-]th party for all the teachers and students of the school in the evening.There is no need for self-study classes, but it is always exciting.

Teacher Tao himself, as if he hadn't grown up, enthusiastically encouraged everyone to put on a performance.It's a pity that he spoke in high spirits on the podium, but there was no response from the podium.Teacher Tao was very frustrated: "Students, we can't just study in our life, the coming-of-age ceremony is once in a lifetime."

A girl retorted loudly below: "No, Teacher Xiao Taozi, we will always be eighteen." The students all laughed.

Teacher Tao gave her a helpless look, and patted the table to signal everyone to be quiet: "Is there really no initiative?"

There was an instant silence in the classroom, and everyone lowered their heads.

"Where are the classmates who sang at the New Year's party last time?"

And no one responded.

Teacher Tao let out a long sigh: "Then we can only watch other people's performances."

It started to rustle below, and then there were scattered voices of approval.

Zhao Zixuan pinched Jiang Chen's fingers boredly, and said, "Isn't that good, Mr. Tao is just too young and doesn't have a girlfriend, so the remaining energy has no place to vent."

Jiang Chen glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Then do you want to perform? How about the piano?" Zhao Zixuan looked at him expectantly, "I will definitely support you."

Jiang Chen swallowed: "I..."

"Teacher Tao, Jiang Chen signed up." Zhao Zixuan raised his right hand high, and the eyes of the whole class instantly focused on this corner.

Jiang Chen was dumbfounded, he never expected that Zhao Zixuan would sell him out like this without any warning.

So, he ignored Zhao Zixuan all day, no matter how Zhao Zixuan followed him to beg for reconciliation, he turned a deaf ear to it, and went back to the dormitory alone without paying attention to Zhao Zixuan for self-study at night.

Dai Yi had a good time watching the excitement, and gloated and laughed at Zhao Zixuan for a long time.

After turning off the lights, Zhao Zixuan sneaked into Jiang Chen's dormitory. Jiang Chen was still asleep, holding up his mobile phone under the quilt to read the words that Zhao Zixuan hadn't finished reading today because of his cheap mouth.The quilt was lifted, and he was so frightened that he almost cried out when the phone passed over a face, Zhao Zixuan quickly covered his mouth.

When Dai Yi came back from the bathroom, he knew what was going on when he saw Jiang Chen squatting in front of the bed, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he cleaned up and climbed onto the bed to sleep.

Jiang Chen lowered his voice: "What are you doing, it made my roommate rest."

"Hush—" Zhao Zixuan made a silent gesture, "If you don't hit me, I won't be arguing."

Jiang Chen sat up with a bad expression on his face: "Now you know that you don't want me to beat you. Do you know how long it will take to rehearse? My mother will go crazy if she knows."

Zhao Zixuan wondered: "That's weird, didn't you say that they forced you to practice the piano?"

"That's different." Jiang Chen said, "They asked me to practice for the grade test. It looks good. Can I be rewarded for performing in school?"

Zhao Zixuan was speechless: "...it's too utilitarian."

Jiang Chen glared at him: "Go back to sleep, you're wasting my time." As he spoke, he wanted to cover himself with the quilt again.

Zhao Zixuan hurriedly grabbed the quilt: "Study at night is not efficient, and it also affects sleep."

Jiang Chen complained angrily: "Thanks to you."

Zhao Zixuan forcibly collected his mobile phone and words, threw them on the table, and pushed him on the bed: "Okay, it's all my fault, let's discuss this issue tomorrow, okay, you sleep well first."

Jiang Chen looked at him blankly for a while, then lay down with his back to him: "Then you go back."

Zhao Zixuan stroked his hair, and before he could speak, Dai Yi's vague voice came from the opposite bed: "No matter when you leave, please lock the door for us." There were echoes from the other shops: "agree."

Crazy, Zhao Zixuan thought, I don't have the key to your dormitory.

"My key is on the table." Jiang Chen said.

"……okay."

Teacher Tao helped Jiang Chen apply for the key to the music classroom. Jiang Chen chose a piece he was fairly familiar with, and practiced for an hour at noon every day, and another hour for self-study in the evening.

After two days of practice, Teacher Tao asked him to go to the office, hesitatingly saying that the class next door had scheduled a dance program, and their head teacher came to ask Teacher Tao if he could join their piano solo together.

"The teacher knows that you are in a difficult situation." Teacher Tao said, "The teacher is not willing to agree, because it will definitely take more time to cooperate with the dance, but..."

Jiang Chen was silent for a while, and said, "Teacher Tao, let me think about it."

Teacher Tao comforted him: "It's okay, if you don't agree, the teacher will not force you."

Jiang Chen nodded and left the office heavily.

"Jiang Chen, you are crazy." In the music classroom, Zhao Zixuan looked at him incredulously, "I thought you must want to refuse."

"I wanted to refuse." Jiang Chen played a few notes casually, and said in the lingering voice, "But I thought about it. I have practiced the piano for so many years, and my skills are not so good. They are more talented than me and harder than me. There are too many. No one has ever seriously valued the fact that I can play the piano, and I only take it as a task to complete. But now, Teacher Tao attaches great importance to me, and there may be many people who can play the piano, but Tao The teacher is seriously asking me for help. So, I have to help him."

Zhao Zixuan shook his head: "You."

"Have you thought about what you will look like in the future?" Jiang Chen said suddenly.

Zhao Zixuan didn't speak, but looked at Jiang Chen probingly.

"I haven't thought about it at all." Jiang Chen said, "It's strange, right? I've always thought that I'm such a failure, so I'm ashamed to even imagine the future."

Zhao Zixuan held Jiang Chen's hand: "It's okay." He said firmly, "It's too late to start now."

☆, adult

May [-]th is Youth Day, and the weather is getting hotter. Early in the morning, the school asked all classes to bring stools to the square to assemble.Zhao Zixuan carried a stool in one hand, and walked side by side with Jiang Chen.Jiang Chen noticed the ambiguous gazes from the girls around him, and wanted to snatch the stool back from Zhao Zixuan's hands, but also didn't want to attract more attention, so he walked aside silently.

Zhao Zixuan was ignorant, and was still telling Jiang Chen: "The weather has suddenly become hot, and I don't know how long this coming-of-age ceremony will last."

Jiang Chen let out a "hmm" and dodged his eyes.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Zhao Zixuan stopped and looked at him worriedly, "Is it heatstroke?"

"I'm fine, let's go." Jiang Chen urged him, "It's already fallen."

Zhao Zixuan gave him a suspicious look before slowly continuing to walk forward.When they came to the round arched door, most of the people walked around laughing and laughing, saying that they hadn't reached the moment of adulthood, and there were some boys who walked through the door with their shoulders crossed and their backs on purpose.Everyone just took this door as a joke.

Zhao Zixuan was even more whimsical. When they passed the door, he handed a stool to Dai Yi in the front row: "Help me get it." The heavy stool asked him to fetch it.

Zhao Zixuan took Jiang Chen's hand, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he walked over solemnly with a strange wedding pace.Jiang Chen had lost his ability to think when Zhao Zixuan held his hand like this, and followed him away foolishly.

Dai Yi was dumbfounded: "Zhao Zixuan, you fucking think you're getting married."

The booing and whistles around made Jiang Chen wake up instantly, his face blushed quickly, and he kept emitting smoke.

Satisfied with the achievement, Zhao Zixuan picked up the stool in Dai Yi's hand: "Leave Jiang Chen."

It takes a long time to start every meeting, and the sun gradually becomes stronger, making people dizzy.The principal still impassionedly called on it: "From today on, everyone is an adult. As an adult, you should first be able to be responsible for your own words and deeds..."

Zhao Zixuan's left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he inadvertently caught sight of Jiang Chen's fingers dancing on his legs, like playing a piano, and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?"

Jiang Chen didn't even look at him: "Remember the score."

"Hey? Do you want to memorize that too?" Zhao Zixuan asked, "When I watch someone play on TV, I have scores in front of me."

"I will be distracted." Jiang Chen said, "So be sure to write it down."

"Oh..." Zhao Zixuan tilted his head, watching Jiang Chen's slender fingers beating, his heart was itchy, and he suddenly looked forward to his performance tonight.

Although there are still a group of dancing girls grabbing attention, but that's enough, Zhao Zixuan comforted himself optimistically.

Finally ended all kinds of lengthy speeches, and finally arrived at the last part of the coming-of-age ceremony, passing through the symbolic door.

Maybe it was because of the different atmosphere, everyone restrained their joking expressions, even Zhao Zixuan was infected by the people around him, and his expression became serious.

This is once in a lifetime.

Maybe we have been self-willed, reckless, and reckless countless times before.But starting today, everything should be different.We should learn to be responsible for our own actions, bravely face the ups and downs that arise, no matter how bad the result is, we can no longer use escape as an excuse.