imaginary rival

On the day of the college entrance examination, the weather was not hot.

It rained a little during the first subject, but it didn’t last long. When Jiang Shiyu was about to finish writing the last multiple-choice question, the rain stopped. There was a moist feeling in the air that could not go away. It was very obvious at this time, and the blowing was a bit cool.

Jiang Shiyu sat in the third row, right in the middle, and when he wrote the questions, all he could hear was the slight rustling sound of the pen tip rubbing against the scroll surface.

The three of them were lucky enough to be assigned to the same test center, while Sun Ke's test center was in another school, and they could only use their mobile phones to contact them after they came out at noon.

But even in the same test center, Xie Lanlan didn't dare to have too much contact with him at noon, one was afraid of affecting her mentality, and the other was because her whole family was waiting outside, including Xie Zhu.

A kid who went to kindergarten was actually on holiday because of the college entrance examination.

What is the relationship between the college entrance examination and kindergarten?Why are you on vacation?

Xie Lanlan was puzzled.

But when he got out of the examination room and went outside with Jiang Shiyu and Yan'an, he saw Xie Zhu, who was so small, standing there with three bottles of water in his hand, no matter how much he didn't understand, he dissipated.

"Ouch," Yan An trotted over to hug her up, "Why don't you find a shady place to stay?"

"Uncle said this place is the most conspicuous," Xie Zhu handed them the water, and put his arms around Yan An, "Other places, Xiao An and his brothers and sisters won't be able to see me."

"Uncle?" Xie Lanlan frowned and asked.

Xie Zhu pointed to a man in police uniform behind them. Xie Lanlan smiled at the uncle as if he was relieved.

"Hey, aren't you a little overprotective?" Yan An looked at her, "Your parents are here, what could happen?"

"Children, it's always right to pay more attention to her growth environment." Xie Lanlan smiled and waved to her parents.

Yan An's parents had to go to work today, so they really didn't have any free time, so Xie Lanlan's parents could only take them to eat and rest. Jiang Shiyu's mother resigned and stayed at home, so she didn't come to the examination room, and Jiang Shiyu didn't have much time. Ask something, eat and drink with Xie Lanlan's parents, without any psychological burden.

"How do you feel?" Xie's mother asked Xie Lanlan while holding Xie Zhu, "Is the question difficult?"

"It's okay," Xie Lanlan said, "I'm already thinking about going to Tsinghua University or Peking University."

"Ouch," Xie's mother smiled, and then asked Yan An and Jiang Shiyu, "How do you two feel?"

"It's okay." Jiang Shiyu replied with a smile.

"I'll just do that," Yan An said, "I've written all the questions, but I don't know if it's right."

"Xiao An," Xie Dad finished ordering, and looked at him with a funny face, "It's been like this since I was a child, and I never had a serious time, and I was so relaxed during the college entrance examination."

"What's wrong with relaxing?" Xie Lanlan said with a smile, "You're in a good mood."

Yes.

positive mind.

It is true that Yan An's mentality has always been quite good. It is better to say that his emotions are relatively dull. Now that he has finished a subject, he is belatedly nervous, and his palms have been sweating. He began to think, what happened just now Are the questions written correctly, and how many points can those questions bring me?

Although he doesn't need to go to the same school as Jiang Shiyu, but...he won't get the lowest score in the exam, and he won't even be able to go to Jiang Shiyu's second-best school.

And his usual grades are not enough to go to a poor school.

All look at the two days of the college entrance examination.

Can't get out of the way.

Yan An quietly took a deep breath, did not expose his nervous emotions, and continued to play jokes with Xie Lanlan and the others, teasing Xie Zhu from time to time.

At noon, they went to rest in the room that Xie Lanlan's parents had opened for them. Yan An and Jiang Shiyu were naturally in the same room.

"Go to sleep," Yan An said to Jiang Shiyu, "Xie Lanlan's parents will call us later."

Jiang Shiyu put the things in his hand on the table, looked back at him, walked over and gave Yan An a hug.

"What are you doing?" Yan An smiled and hugged him back.

"Come on," Jiang Shiyu rubbed his back, "I'm already looking at the house."

"Fuck." Yan An was happy.

"The rental house doesn't need to be very big, as long as it can accommodate people, we will bring the little hail there," Jiang Shiyu said in a low voice, "We will play ball when there is no class, and find a place to sit when it is too hot. You can also find a kitten."

"Why are you looking for a little female cat?" Yan An buried his face in Jiang Shiyu's shoulder.

"Let Little Hail to watch," Jiang Shiyu said, "Anyway, it has already been eunuched, and it will die of anger."

"Be a person, brother Xiaoyu." Yan An said with a smile.

Jiang Shiyu also laughed, and rubbed his palms vigorously on Yan An's back again: "It's okay, don't be nervous, just take the test as you usually do."

"En." Yan An responded.

"Sleep for a while?" Jiang Shiyu asked.

"Okay." Yan An let go of Jiang Shiyu, turned his head and kissed the corner of his mouth.

The curtains of the room were closed, and the two of them were resting on the bed. The sound of the air conditioner running was heard in the ears, like the sound of rain. When I woke up, I opened the curtains and saw that the ground outside was dry, and the air had dissipated That wet rain.

Lao Liu went to the test center early and waited. He was so nervous that he went in to take the test of dozens of people, and kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.

Qi Xunjing and the others went over to ask him to rest, but he caught him instead, and asked them to take the test hard, take the test seriously, the score is not important, as long as you don't let yourself down.

This was the first time Yan An had heard Lao Liu say that scores were not important in a long time.

And the last sentence, as long as you don't feel sorry for yourself, what does it mean?

Yan An has never been able to understand this sentence, but it seems to be very deep, and it has been engraved into his memory very seriously.

It also rained on the day the college entrance examination ended.

June was originally the peak season of the rainy season. In the south, the temperature will not completely rise until the end of July or the middle of July. Yan An sat in the classroom and checked his test papers, and his thoughts were distracted by the sound of rain outside the house.

Did you work hard?

tried.

Can you get the score you want?

uncertain.

Do you regret not going to school well in the first year of high school?

……probably.

If he can get a higher score in the test, he will have a better choice.

Just like Jiang Shiyu said, reading is not the only way out, but before you are sure what you want to do, reading is the clearest way out.

As the sound of handing in the paper sounded, Yan An put down his pen and looked out the window. The rain had already been heard, and the air was a bit chilly. He waited for the teacher to say it was all right before getting up and going outside.

Jiang Shiyu's examination room was on the lower floor, and he had to go down the stairs faster now, and Xie Lanlan and Xie Lanlan had already walked out slowly, and Yan An approached them step by step from behind, staring at the two of them , Suddenly there is a sense of relief.

finish exam.

finish exam!

finish exam! ! !

Yan An rushed directly between the two of them, wrapping his arms around their shoulders. He didn't know what to do, but an inexplicable excitement gushing out of his body infected him, and he quickly rushed out of the school gate by hooking the necks of the two of them. .

Many parents outside had already waited for their children. It was lively and the crowd was surging. Yan An hooked Jiang Shiyu and Xie Lanlan. He didn't know what to say, but he was excited. Taking a breath, he shouted, "Ah—!"

"Crazy, you," Xie Lanlan looked at him funny, but didn't open his arms, but shouted, "The exam is finally over—!"

"Yes—ah—" Jiang Shiyu yelled with them, drawing out the end of his voice.

Old Liu had been waiting outside for a long time. When he saw these children, he waved to them: "Stop howling, don't howl, come quickly."

The three happily walked towards him.

"The exam is over, how do you feel?" Lao Liu patted Jiang Shiyu and Yan An's shoulders, and smiled at Xie Lanlan, "Go to dinner tomorrow, I have booked a hotel, so I must come here."

"I thought you had to ask us to evaluate the score." Yan An said with a smile.

"What's the point estimate!" Lao Liu saw a few more students, waved at them and said to Yan An and the others, "It's over after the exam! It's useless to estimate the points!"

Yes!

It's over after the exam!

Jiang Shiyu got into the car and was still in a daze when he followed Xie Lanlan and his family back.

Is it really over?

finish exam?

He leaned against the car window, yawned, and looked out the window, feeling suddenly very sleepy.

Yan An was sitting next to him playing with his mobile phone, and suddenly nudged him with his elbow, and said, "Old Liu sent the news about the break-up meal tomorrow to the class group."

"Really." Jiang Shiyu smiled.

"Since you want to post in the group, why do you still stand outside the test center and notify one by one," Yan An replied, "There are so many people, aren't you tired?"

"Maybe I just want to have a few words with the students alone," Xie Lanlan stretched, "Didn't you see that he almost cried when he talked with Lin Xiangxiao?"

"That's it." Yan An nodded.

"That's right," Xie Lanlan also looked out the window, "After all... in the future, it will be difficult for people to get together again."

After she finished speaking, the people in the back seat didn't say anything.

It is very difficult for the people in the class to get together again.

After this summer is over, in the days to come, if they want to hold any class reunion, it will be difficult to find a time when everyone is free.

It was rare for Yan An not to say something funny to make fun of him, and he quietly watched the front without saying a word.

Father Xie planned to take them to a restaurant for dinner, but they were all quite tired and wanted to go home to sleep, so they could only be sent home one by one.

When he got downstairs to Jiang Shiyu's house, Yan An turned his head and was about to tell Jiang Shiyu to get off the car, but found that he was already asleep.

I don't know when he fell asleep, his eyes were black and blue, he was in a deep sleep, and he couldn't wake him up by banging his head on the car window.

"Ouch," Yan An yelled in a low voice, "wake up, go home and sleep."

"This child," Xie's mother sighed in the passenger seat, "he must be tired."

"Brother Xiaoyu!" Xie Zhu rushed over and shook Jiang Shiyu, "Get up!"

"Huh?" Jiang Shiyu opened his eyes in confusion, and shook his hand twice, not knowing what he was grasping, Yan An subconsciously passed his hand over.

"Here?" Jiang Shiyu held Yan An's hand and yawned.

"Well," Yan An said, "you go home and sleep...or go to my house?"

"No," Jiang Shiyu shook his head, "I'll go home and sleep."

"...Oh," Yan An was stunned for a moment, and suddenly came back to his senses. Xie's father and mother were in the car, and Xie Zhu was beside him. His hand was held by Jiang Shiyu so openly, so he didn't move. He pulled his hand out sensually, "Then be careful."

"En." Jiang Shiyu nodded.

After opening the door and getting out of the car, Jiang Shiyu was blown by the wind and woke up a lot.

Xie Zhu was still lying on the window of the car and waving to himself. Jiang Shiyu saw Yan An looking this way, so he stretched out his hand and waved. He turned around and walked to his own neighborhood when the car was far away.

When he got home, his mother was actually at home. He was stunned for a moment before entering the room and putting the document bag in his hand on the table. His mother frowned and said, "I was going to pick you up today."

"...En." Jiang Shiyu responded.

"But something happened to the original company, and I was in charge of that project, so I had to go there to deal with the aftermath," my mother said with some difficulty, "so... I didn't go."

"It's okay," Jiang Shiyu looked at her, "Xie Lanlan's parents made arrangements for us."

Mom pursed her lips, sat on the sofa, and tightened her skirt with fingers uneasily: "Finished the exam?"

"En." Jiang Shiyu responded.

"Then you go to rest first," said mother, "I..."

She didn't finish her sentence.

Jiang Shiyu had an intuition that his mother would give him the answer he had been waiting for for a long time, but this answer was a bit difficult for her to say, so she never said it.

Jiang Shiyu deliberately slowed down his movements, and even went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and then washed his face, he became sober, and when he went out, when he walked slowly to the door of the room, his mother also He didn't say another word.

Forget it.

whatever.

Anyway, the choice is hers.

Jiang Shiyu unscrewed the door and walked in. Just as he was about to close the door, his mother yelled in the living room: "Jiang Shiyu!"

Jiang Shiyu paused.

He had seen it before, many children would always feel nervous when their parents suddenly called their nicknames, but Jiang Shiyu would not, probably because his parents never called him by his nickname. The number of times they called him by his nickname was less than that of Yan An called his brother Xiaoyu.

But his mother's sudden shout this time really made him feel tighter.

After all, this means that mother has something to say.

"I... may have to leave this weekend," my mother said, "I will come back around next Thursday, and I will bring gifts for you, Yan An, and Lan Lan."

"Going on a trip?" Jiang Shiyu looked back at her.

"...Well," Mom replied, and then added, "I'll be back."

"...Okay." Jiang Shiyu nodded, seeing that his mother had nothing to say, he turned and went back to his room.

Yan An returned home, quickly took a shower, changed into pajamas, and rushed into the room.

There was no one at home, and he didn't even dry his hair. He ran like a sprinkler all the way, and when he entered the house, he realized that he hadn't wiped his hair. He ran to the toilet to wipe his hair with a towel, and then ran back again.

Little Binghai has been hiding in her cat's nest, looking at Yan An very calmly, as if she thinks Yan An is seriously ill, and doesn't bother to talk to him.

Yan An directly fished the little hail out of the cat's litter and threw it into the air: "I'm done with the exam!"

Little Hail screamed in horror, jumped out the moment it fell into Yan An's arms, stood on the ground and yelled loudly at Yan An.

"I was wrong, I was wrong," Yan An squatted down with a smile, scratching his head embarrassingly, "Come here and let me take a couple of breaths."

Little Binghai seemed to understand what he said, walked over with a face full of disgust, asked Yan An to pick it up again, buried his face on his back and sucked a couple of mouthfuls.

Yan An fell back on the bed, feeling a sleepiness he had never felt before, as if someone was grabbing his eyelids and trying to close them.

He insisted on taking out his mobile phone to see if Jiang Shiyu had sent him a message, but the dialogue window was empty and there was no message.

Yan An was very tenacious, he insisted on picking out a question mark for Jiang Shiyu, and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep like a coma.

Little Hail jumped to the bedside, sniffed at the tip of his nose, licked his face, and finally nestled into Yan An's arms and fell asleep together.

During this sleep, the sky was dark and the sky was dark. Yan An felt that he was on a small boat, and the wind and waves were too strong. His whole body was shaking and the whole boat was shaking, but the scenery on the horizon changed accordingly.

Jiang Shiyu stood on the bank, watching him with Xie Lanlan.

What to look at?

Come take a boat together!

Just as Yan An was about to stand up and call them, the boat capsized suddenly, but he did not feel the suffocation feeling after falling into the lake as he had imagined. Yan An saw a test paper at the bottom of the lake, which was his own math test paper. On it was written a conspicuous red circle. .

Zero points?

Yan An shivered, and suddenly woke up. Little Binghai was no longer in his arms. He was covered with a quilt, the air conditioner was turned off, and parents could be heard bickering and amusing outside.

There were washed and folded clothes on the bed, which should have been put by her mother. Yan An woke up for a while and put the clothes back in the closet. The more she thought about it, the more something was wrong.

How can I dream of getting zero marks in the exam?

This is too inauspicious.

He sighed, and put his hand under the pillow—he was still praying for those jade pendants, rings and coins yesterday, and by the way, he also took out Jiang Shiyu's ID photo and put it under the pillow. It's auspicious - at this time, I stretched my hand in, but didn't touch anything.

Yan An froze for a moment, then lifted the pillow, and all those things disappeared.

He was still a little dizzy at the moment, probably because he had slept for a long time, and he couldn't remember where those things would go.

Little Hail came over, pinched Little Hail's ears, and said, "Bad cat, did you steal something from me?"

Little Hail shook and jumped off the bed.

Yan An also got out of bed, and as soon as his feet stepped on the ground, he remembered that something was wrong. The bed sheet was changed, and it should be changed by his mother this morning.

He came back to his senses suddenly, and opened the bedside table. Those things, as well as Jiang Shiyu's ID photo, were all put into his bedside table.