him and his duo

Midnight at 23:00pm, Xu Ke's house.

"Bang, bang, bang" a non-irritating and melodic knock sounded in front of Xu Ke's room door, which was a routine every night.

Xu Ke put down the pen in his hand, and pulled the slippers to open the door. There was a smiling Wu Lian outside the door. She handed the hot milk in her hand to Xu Ke, and said in a gentle tone: "I just saw that your door is bright, Why don't you go to bed so late, are you still writing competition questions?"

Xu Ke took the milk and said succinctly, "The exam is tomorrow."

"Are you still worried about the exam?" Wu Lian was a little surprised. It's not that she didn't know her son's grades. It shouldn't be a problem to get the first place in Chengguan.

It might be that the daily hot milk had some effect, Xu Ke didn't get impatient anymore, and he didn't cover himself with thorns all over his body.

He took a sip of milk, nodded, and said a rare sentence, "It's a bit bottomless."

The first formal exam after a whole summer vacation, to be honest, Xu Ke felt that it might be a little backward.But more importantly, the monthly exam was supposed to be held once a month, but this time it was brought forward by a week.

When other people heard their children say that they didn't pass the exam, they might be worried, but Wu Lian was very happy.

Xu Ke, who had just drank milk, had milky white stains around his mouth, as if he had grown a white beard.Wu Lian's eyebrows were completely relaxed, and she felt that her son was still the same as when he was a child, and there would always be something left by the pacifier when he took a sip.

Now Wu Lian always thinks of Xu Ke when he was a child, a small one, so cute.Every day when I come home from get off work, such a young son always trots to bring him slippers, with his two calves bouncing around, and his grandma calls "Mom" and "Mom."

When I think about it, my heart will collapse. When did my son stop laughing and become taciturn?

Wu Lian looked at Xu Ke, who was now a head taller than her, and said with a slight smile, "Then you study hard, don't be nervous, if you fail the exam this time, there will be another time."

"Yes." Xu Ke agreed.

Wu Lian couldn't hold back, and wanted to reach out to touch Xu Ke's head, but Xu Ke's body was on one side, and he didn't let his hand fall on him.

The hand was in mid-air, and finally landed on Xu Ke's shoulder. Wu Lian helped him straighten his clothes, and said softly, "Go to bed early, don't be too tired. No matter how you do in the exam, mother thinks you are the best."

Xu Ke lowered his head, didn't know where to look, and couldn't see his expression clearly. After a while, he replied in a muffled voice: "Yes."

Wu Lian looked at her son who was close at hand, and sighed, "Xiao Ke, I really miss your sister too..."

Xu Ke's body was a little stiff, and his whole body felt unnatural, especially the hand that was resting on him at this moment.

Wu Lian's voice was a little hoarse, "I dream about her every night, I dream that I bought her the red dress she wanted most, and she danced and said that she would wear it for her brother to see..."

"Okay," Xu Ke interrupted Wu Lian, the thorns all over his body erected again, "I'm asleep."

The door was closed, and Wu Lian stood at the door, covering her mouth to prevent herself from crying.

Still can't get out.

No one can get out.

………………

At 24:00pm late at night, Gu Zhai.

With a "click", the door opened from the outside.

A gentle opening of the door pierced the tranquility of the mansion, followed by the sound of heavy footsteps dragging along, and then there was a burst of ping-pong-pong sound.

Unsurprisingly, a moment later, there was a knock on Gu Shen's door.

Comrade Gu Chuxuan doesn't know what's going on recently, and every day before going to bed, he always looks at Gu Shen awkwardly for a while, chats a few things about the family, and asks about what happened at school.

This incident can be called a supernatural event, anyway, Gu Shen felt a little scared.

After knocking about a dozen times, when the knocking outside the door became more and more impatient and louder, Gu Shen reluctantly opened the door lazily with his slippers on.

Outside the door, Gu Chuxuan's face was slightly gloomy, and his voice was uncontrollably harsh, "Why did it take so long to open the door?"

"I didn't hear that." Gu Shen stretched and yawned.

He always knew how to stir up Gu Chuxuan's anger. If he wanted to, he could even make Gu Chuxuan have a heart attack.

It is said that parents and children are predestined, and he and Gu Chuxuan definitely have a bad relationship. In his previous life, he either robbed the other party's wife or stabbed the other party's family.

Gu Chuxuan was dumbfounded, "Gu Shen, I really want to have a good talk with you."

"Don't you think it's a bit late to say this?" Gu Shen looked at the fruit plate in Gu Chuxuan's hand and smiled, "I didn't say a word before, but now I can forgive you by bringing a fruit plate every night?"

"I promised my mom can't agree, you should ask her," Gu Shen jokingly said, "If she nods in agreement, don't talk about it, I promise to call you dad respectfully every day I see you." , I won’t talk back to you whatever you say.”

"Gu Shen!!!" Gu Chuxuan couldn't hold back anymore.

"Okay, don't call me," Gu Shen said almost calmly, "Why, you can't stand it when you mention her, are you blaming yourself? Or are you angry?"

"What are you going to do on her death day in a few days, or just ask someone to send you a luxurious flower basket as usual? I don't know how happy this woman was before she was alive. Every time she dies, she receives such a 'big gift'. Who knows how her husband usually treats her?"

"Mr. Gu, do you dare to tell me how you got your wife?"

Almost every year during the period of Gu Shen's mother's death day, Gu Shen's mood is extremely unstable, impulsive, irritable, irritable, and rarely has a good face.

Gu Chuxuan pressed his forehead and softened his tone, "Gu Shen, I didn't come to quarrel with you today."

He handed a fruit plate in his hand to Gu Shen, and asked, "You guys have an exam tomorrow, right?"

Gu Shen looked at the fruit plate in Gu Chuxuan's hand, but didn't take it.

A bunch of messy fruits are cut into pieces and there is no sense of putting them on the plate. Many unnamed fruits are just lying on the plate, which makes people even want to eat. There is no desire.

Gu Shen and the fruit plate looked at each other in blank dismay.

Afterwards, he raised his eyebrows, which was very surprising. Boss Gu, who never cared about Gu Shen's studies or life since childhood, could know so clearly when his son will take the exam?

After venting his emotions, Gu Shen calmed down, and said in a cold tone, "How do you know?"

The fruit plate in Gu Chuxuan's hand was still hanging in the air, waiting for his son to take it, "I learned it from the parent of one of your classmates."

Gu Shen doesn't quite believe that Mr. Gu, who manages so many things every day, actually has contact with a certain parent?Rare.

Gu Chuxuan stuffed the plate into Gu Shen's hand, and said, "Take a good exam, the first exam at the beginning of school, no matter how you do in the exam, just do your best."

Before leaving, Gu Chuxuan hesitantly opened his mouth and added, "If you can be successful, your mother... can feel more at ease in the sky."

Gu Chuxuan went back to the room on his own after finishing speaking, leaving Gu Shen with an indifferent face and a plate of appalling fruits looking at each other speechlessly.

………………

1:26pm, Xu Ke's house.

Xu Ke was actually a little uncertain about this exam.

This summer vacation was wasted, and the monthly exam was brought forward, which perfectly disrupted his review plan.What's more, Xu Ke hasn't figured out the practice of the Chengguan exam, the focus of the questions, and even the content of the exam.

Xu, who has been able to cope with any exams since he was a child, is now a little panicked because of an inexplicable exam.

Xu Ke usually starts to review two or three days in advance after knowing the exam time, and the time before that is used to track progress and engage in competitions.But once the exam time was brought forward, he had to let go of the progress and remember the knowledge points of politics, history and geography.

Liberal arts is not as good as science, and politics, history and geology are even different from science and chemistry students. Political history and geology pay attention to pre-examination shorthand, and some people may do well in the exam even if they hold their feet together.But if you deviate from a piece of knowledge for a long time, you will quickly forget it, and the sense of questions will drop a little.

But it’s actually nothing, it’s just an exam, it’s more or less normal, as long as you don’t fall out of a movable range, there’s nothing to panic about.

Except for that stupid military order, Xu Ke didn't even want to go ahead and review it, so he went straight to it.

Until this afternoon when class was in session, Father Mei walked into the classroom excitedly and announced, "This monthly exam will be advanced."

Class Ten knew about this matter from Deng Xiaoliu's gossip and gossip. It was nothing surprising, but they were a little lifeless in the face of the exam.But I still said a few words very cooperatively: "Wow.", "Oh.", "My God."

Seeing them like this, Father Mei understood, "It seems that you all know, right? The reason why the monthly exam is brought forward this time is because there will be an event in Maple Leaf Forest next week. The school leaders originally asked you to take the monthly exam. Afterwards, the plan to go on an autumn outing was brought forward, so the monthly exam was also brought forward."

"Activity, what activity?" Gao Mai's voice came to the front row very clearly.

But more people are more interested in autumn outings, "Autumn outings? There is really an autumn outing in the second year of high school. I thought it was the seniors and sisters who lied to us."

"Where are you going for an autumn tour? Is it over there in the Maple Leaf Forest?"

"Damn, can I bring my camera?"

"..."

Class Ten came back to life immediately, everyone had smiles on their faces, and they were so excited.

Father Mei patted the podium, "Quiet."

"Are you talking about the autumn outing now? You're talking about the monthly exam." Mei Haijun was also helpless. Looking at the bastards in her class, she was both annoyed and amused, "I'll talk about the autumn outing after the exam."

Then, Father Mei started the exam mobilization in a serious manner, "The purpose of this exam is to test everyone's recent learning results. The questions will not be very tricky, so don't feel pressured. Our school's name is Chengguan, and the school motto is The word "integrity" is clearly written on the board. So our grades are not as good as those of the attached middle school and No. [-] middle school. The key is that we must take the exam well, prevent cheating, and strive to beat those key high schools in terms of cheating rate. Do you think those city key schools Has no one copied it..."

Whether anyone in the key high schools plagiarized remains to be verified, but to be honest, this is the most "special" exam mobilization that Xu Ke has ever seen.

It’s not that we must study hard, study hard, correct mistakes, and strive for brilliance, but that we must be more honest than other schools and not cheat.

Xu Ke didn't know if there would be such a mobilization before every exam, but he felt that the water in the Chengguan exam should be relatively small, but the final result may be more tragic.

Ok, in fact, there are no problems with these, and they cannot arouse Xu Ke's pressure.

Until, when Mei Haijun was about to end his mobilization, he clicked his name, "The horizontal comparison of our class in this exam is to compare among the ten liberal arts classes in the school; or the vertical comparison is to compare with my previous major exams. I believe they are all very impressive. Because, this time, our class has a sea-fixing needle—Xu Ke.”

Xu Ke who was called by name while playing Sudoku: "..."

Xu Ke said that he didn't want to be some kind of Dinghaishenzhen.

The whole class applauded thunderously, and his deskmate even booed and said loudly, "Okay."

Xu Ke: "..."

Good for your size.

Mei Haijun didn't seem to see Xu Ke's froze face, and said expectantly: "Xu Ke, this time we look forward to seeing how many points you can beat No.2."

Xu Ke: "..."

Xu Ke, who was expected by everyone, was so frightened that he didn't dare to rest until two o'clock in the night.

In fact, it stands to reason that the exam here should be simpler than that of my original key high school, so there is no need to panic.

But how easy is it?Are there any additional questions?It's all unknown.After all, the Hubei region especially likes to come up with some extremely difficult additional questions.

Xu Ke briefly reviewed the so-called key points in politics, history and geography, and found some questions to try his hand. He practiced more than a dozen difficult math questions in the Huanggang secret test questions, and finally felt that it was almost the same.

When he was about to go to bed and rest, his friend Huzi came online.

Huzi, formerly known as Lu Hu, is a 1.8-meter-tall man and weighs 200 kilograms. The name he gave himself on WeChat is "Tigger", which is very childlike.

Tigger: Ke, are you asleep?

Muke: No, what's the matter?

Tigger: Nothing, I just heard that you have an exam tomorrow?

Mu Ke: Yes.

Muke: How do you know?

Tigger: Lao Xie asked your mother, and then sent me a message, asking me to tell you that after the exam tomorrow, I will do a set of test papers he sent to see if you have regressed.

Lao Xie was Xu Ke's class teacher before he transferred to another school. He had a fierce personality, but he was a nice person.He is an educated youth who went to the countryside. His family was originally from a good family, but after he went to the countryside, he taught in Chuncheng for 20 years. He only went home to visit during the Chinese New Year. He has never been married until now.

Fortunately, the old Duan who taught in their school has been with him all the time. The two male teachers usually bicker every day when they have nothing to do, and they get along well.

Huzi sent another message and said: Lao Xie probably wants to see the gap between your new school and our school, and wants to keep an eye on you.

Xu Ke moved his finger and sent a message: Well, thank you for helping me, Lao Xie.

Tigger: Lao Xie misses you in his heart. He has been training you as Qingbei before, but after half of the training, you ran away.Now I still scold you every day in class, and Lao Duan scolds you for him when I can’t do it anymore, because you and the others are united.

Xu Ke smiled, and suddenly missed those two teachers very much.

Tigger: By the way, are you back?

Xu Ke looked at the chat history, thought for a moment, and typed: back on the phone.

Tigger: OK, let me know when you come back, and I will pick you up.

Mu Ke: Good.

How could you not go back?

Xu Ke looked at the bustling city outside the window, and knew clearly that this was just a temporary place to stay.

………………

2:13pm, Gu Zhai.

The light in Gu Shen's room was still on, and the owner of the room stood in front of the desk.Gu Shen flipped through the brand-new "Encyclopedia of Key Knowledge of High School Subjects" over and over again -- this was a gift from Xu Qiang for his 16th birthday.

On the cover, there is a blessing left by Xu Qiang:

--Send my friend Gu Shen.I wish you study hard and make progress every day.

No matter how hard he studies, making progress every day will not save him.

It's very strange. He made a bet with Cai Xiaodao that the monthly exam was brought forward. This is absolutely man-made.

During this period of time, Gu Shen was indeed studying hard, and felt that he was working very hard.But I don't know why he was still a little scared when he saw the monthly exam. He always felt that if he memorized a few more knowledge points, he might get more points.

Gu Shen was very sleepy, touched the book cover, thought twice, and still sent a message to Xu Qiang.

He and Xu Qiang rarely use WeChat, mainly because Gu Shen's WeChat name is too unfriendly, and Xu Qiang unilaterally does not want to chat with Gu Shen on WeChat.

At this moment, a message was displayed horizontally on the deserted screen.

Your father: are you asleep?

After 2 minutes of no reply, Gu Shen quit WeChat, opened the game, and checked the IDs of his online friends.Then he switched to the WeChat page and sent several messages in succession.

Your father: I know you're here, don't pretend to be dead, come back to me, it's urgent.

Your father: Don't reply to the message again, and don't ask me to help you clean up the mess you make in the future.

Your father: 3.

Your father: 2.

When the count was almost one, Xu Qiang really went online, and the nickname changed by Gu Shen was very recognizable.

Son: What are you doing?What's the hurry?

Gu Shen has too many urgent matters this month, and according to Xu Qiang's judgment, this time it is estimated that there will be no major troubles.

Your father: I have an exam tomorrow, is there any way for me to pass it quickly?

Son: Yes, there is a quick way to learn mastery.

Gu Shen had never heard of such a method, and was waiting for Xu Qiang to continue, when he saw the message from Xu Qiang: Buy a copy of the answer and copy it directly.

There are also some gibberish links attached.

Gu Shen: "..."

Xu Qiang said in words: "These links are all groups. After entering, someone will tell you how much each answer is. As long as you take a picture of the question when you enter the examination room, he will send the answer on the spot. You can get as many points as you want. No matter how many points you get in the test, the accuracy of the answer is very high.”

Gu Shen was startled to realize that he was really not a qualified poor student. He looked at those links and was dumbfounded:... Can you be more reliable?

Xu Qiang is still fighting: really don't buy it?Brother pays.

Your father: Go away.

Son: By the way, if you really want to study hard, you should work harder in the future.You're either not smart, or you've wasted too much, but the liberal arts are easy to catch up.

Your father: Sorry, your father just wanted to be serious this time.

Son: ... then take the test casually.

Gu Shen sighed: Forget it, let's leave it at that.

Let's face it.

Your father: By the way, do you have any clues about the medicine for removing scars that I asked you to inquire about before?

Son: No, why do you want that thing?

Your father: healing.