desolate

"...How's school going?"

"pretty good."

"Is there anything you need in life?"

"Not yet."

"I have two days off, do you want to come back and stay for two days?"

"Come on, I'm nervous about studying at the end of the semester, and I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up."

"Oh……"

This is the third call Ma Wenjing made this week. She is not good at caring about people and keeps repeating a few sentences, but Zhou Ze answered them seriously.

After the Tiantai incident, Ma Wenjing seemed to compromise. She agreed to Zhou Ze's many requests in the psychological consultation room, including returning to Pingjiang for two months during the summer vacation and applying for leaving school every month.

When Zhou chose to reveal his scars, Ma Wenjing finally became cautious, but instead of getting the pleasure of revenge as he had imagined countless times, he only felt sad-it turned out that this is really the only way to get her love.

Putting down the handset of the landline, leaving the dormitory management room, Zhou Ze returned to the dormitory.

Yang Yugang had just finished competing with an obscure classical Chinese essay, and when he saw Zhou Ze came back, he said hello.

"came back?"

"Ah."

"By the way, do you still need an application?"

Zhou Ze would ask for an application for leaving school every month, but after each month, he didn't use it, and finally contributed it to other people in the dormitory.

However, Yang Yu was charged for stealing keys and possession of contraband before. The family asked him to stay at school honestly. No matter how much he begged his grandpa to sue his grandma, he would rather come to school to deliver a pair of shoes in person than agree to let him go back.

But he still insists on printing out two school application forms every month.

In the past, Zhou Ze would definitely pick it up, but now he gave him a look like a fool.

"The summer vacation will be at the beginning of next month."

Yang Yu scratched Furry's head, and said, "Really? I forgot." He absentmindedly returned to the paper to check the answers, only to find that half of them were wrong, and the whole person collapsed.

Every semester, Huayu will have a few extra auditors who spend money to join in. Parents put their children in for high-quality and high-quality rates. They have participated in the military training at the beginning of the semester in a daze, and have not had time to catch their breath. , It is necessary to keep up with the progress of the class at the speed of being kicked out by a dog.

How leisurely Zhou Ze was in No. [-] Middle School, he had to suffer a lot here.At the beginning of last month, Class Ten, as the last class of the whole year to complete all courses, finally started the first round of review in full swing-this is still a slow progress.

Classes [-] and [-] were all jealous because of the average score of a fraction of a point in the monthly exam.

Only the auditors who interrupted in the middle were the worst. If they could keep up, it was okay. If they couldn’t keep up with the progress, they had to make up for themselves.

After complaining to teachers and parents, Yang Yu continued to fight modern literature with his pen.In the dormitory, apart from the sound of flipping books, there is the sound of writing, and at worst, someone is listening to the earphones leaking sound.

In such an environment, coughing becomes a sin.

Zhou Ze turned over the questions that he hadn't finished writing. In the last monthly exam ranking, he finally returned to the top ten in the class, but he just entered the top [-] in the grade list.

Nothing.

Opening the newly purchased teaching aids, he suddenly lost the strength to pick up the pen when he saw the densely packed words on it.

……

When the first wave of high temperature warnings arrived in central China this year, Pei Ye had just received his salary and bonus for this month.

The concrete floor under his feet was hot from the sun, and there were constant messages coming from his mobile phone, but he didn't click on any of them.

The vegetable seller's cries kept Pei Ye, and he picked some relatively fresh vegetables from the rest of the morning.

At the door of the house, he tore off the water bill on the door, went into the hallway to change his shoes, and Su Yade, who was on the sofa, glanced at her in vain.

"Remember to pay the utility bill tomorrow." Pei Ye took 200 yuan and put it on the table.

"I have to go to work, don't you have a holiday tomorrow?" Su Ya sat up straight and didn't take the money on the table.

Pei didn't say anything, bent over and took the money back.

The one-bedroom apartment over the waterworks dormitory was sold by Su Ya some time ago, and then she moved into the two-bedroom apartment rented by Pei Ye, and the day before she moved in, Pei Ye finally sent Cheng Zhizhi back to her grandfather Grandma's house.

"Are you going to see Cheng Jianwei's daughter?"

Su Ya stood up suddenly. She was half a head shorter than Pei Ye. It was also at this moment that she suddenly realized that the child in the orphanage had grown up.

But the idea didn't last long.

Pei also took out the leftovers from the day before and warmed them up for dinner: "Can you stop guessing?"

"What am I guessing? Is it true that you helped him raise his daughter? Why don't you repay me when you're so rich?"

The fire was turned on quickly, and the two dishes were served hot on the table within a few minutes. Pei also ate without raising his eyes to look at her.

"I gave you everything I earned, how do you want me to repay you?"

"What do you mean by that?!"

Su Ya's volume suddenly increased, and Pei Ye's heart skipped a beat. It was too late to end it.

"Why, I can't spend your money? If I knew this, I shouldn't have brought you back! If I hadn't brought you with me, would I not have been able to find someone to marry? Now that you despise me, do you have a conscience? Oh, I know—that family member came back to look for you, right? I feel that I have a backer, and I want to leave..."

She panicked and uttered what she was afraid of. In order not to be seen through, she tried her best to go to the moral high ground to accuse him.

Pei also ignored her accusation, and ate in silence, trying to make her stop by cold treatment.

But he overestimated Su Ya's self-control.

"I'm just telling you this for your own good. Your own father has a family and a house, but he won't recognize you for any face. Your mother gave birth to you for money. You are a bitch, and your father is not What a good thing, a bitch's rotten shoes..."

The ugly words crashed into Pei Ye's ears, which was extremely uncomfortable, but he still endured it.

Anyway, as she said, his parents are indeed not good people.

But Su Ya still felt that it was not enough, and she even became more enthusiastic as she talked: "Your mother is a bit better-looking, and she knew how to pick up men when she was in school. Do you think she was played to death in the end? You see, Cheng Jianwei's daughter was also killed in the end." Playing with your life, you know how to find a man at such a young age..."

"Have you said enough!"

Su Ya was taken aback by his yelling.

Pei also threw the bowls and chopsticks into the sink, and the oily flowers in the sink floated on the water in colorful colors.

He couldn't quite understand why Su Ya held so much malice towards Cheng Zhizhi, maybe because she hated Wu Jizhi, so she insulted her with the worst language - even though she knew in her heart that she was innocent.

Su Ya came to her senses, pulled her slippers and chased after him and scolded: "What are you yelling at? Did I say something wrong? Didn't that little bastard pick you up? Or did you fall in love with her too? You can do it even at the age of ten. You are really like a beast like your father, you have long wanted to kill me to be with her..."

"Why don't you fucking kill me!"

Pei Ye suddenly pulled out a fruit knife from the knife holder, the blade reflected light and caught Su Ya's eyes.

He gripped the knife tightly and held it in front of the two of them: "Fuck you stab me to death! Why on earth do you think you want to adopt me? Ah? What did I do wrong! Tell me! Tormenting me for so long is enough Come on! Or we all die!"

The water from the faucet was turned on to the maximum, and it flowed endlessly. Although the bottom of the pool was still empty, something seemed to be overflowing.

"You...you are sick!"

Su Ya is still afraid of death, otherwise she would not run away.

The fruit knife fell to the ground with a bang, and the palm of his hand was a little numb from too much force.

Pei also cleared his throat, he hadn't spoken so loudly for a long time, and when he stopped, he looked like a deflated ball.

He ignored the mess in the house and left the house without looking back.

Even the wind is warm on a sultry night.

People have long put on thin summer clothes, but sweat still makes their bodies sticky. The spring and autumn in Pingjiang are very short, and summer and winter seem very long.

Pei also called Xu Duozhi and planned to borrow one night.

"Are you arguing with that girl again?"

Xu Dazhi was no exception when he received the phone call.

"Your parents are at home?"

"Yes, it's okay, come here."

Pei also hesitated for a moment, and didn't agree immediately, but planned to find other ways first.

He really doesn't have many friends, Wen Jialang went on a trip as soon as he was on vacation, and Ju Haonan, Jin Yang and others, he instinctively didn't want to ask them for help, so he finally called Brother Hu again.

Big Brother was quite happy to hear his voice, and didn't ask him what happened, but said he was welcome.

welcome?

This word is really warm.

Pingjiang has recently built a new square, which is not much bigger than the old square, but it is better than the new one. Many brand stores that did not exist before have sprung up in it. KFC finally has a second one, and this is all thanks to the No. [-] Middle School. New Campus.

Pei also passed by a few times and met many students from the No. [-] Middle School. Most of them are good children in the eyes of parents and teachers. They can study and take exams. They will have good jobs and families in the future.

One day they will leave this backward town in a fair manner, and then go to a wider sky.

He remembered Zhou Ze's future that that indifferent woman had described: he would be admitted to a very good university, and after graduation, he would go abroad for postgraduate study. It would be best if he could enter a top research institute, or continue his studies for a Ph. D. to stay in school... In short, there are many good ways out.

That was another Zhou Choice who didn't meet him.

He avoided the passing students, who chatted about their classmates and teachers, bought a comic with the breakfast money they saved, and complained about the dwindling pocket money from their parents.

They step on the shadows under the street lamps, and the biggest worries are the scores on the paper and someone's heart.

"Pei Ye."

The figures of those people faded away, and finally turned into a distant point, and what was clearer in front of my eyes was the boy who suddenly appeared under the street lamp.

Wearing white clothes and trousers, with a peaked cap, there is no flesh under the wide T-shirt.

"You dropped something."

The other party bent down to pick up the cigarettes on the ground, the beads wrapped around his wrists rose and fell with his movements, and the royal blue tassels whipped on the back of his hands.

At this moment, Pei also didn't think about anything, but was single-mindedly regretting that the little meat he managed to raise was lost to this prodigal son.

The author says:

Regarding the setting of Zhou Zedu’s private high school, a small bug has been changed (before you find out), it’s harmless and don’t worry about it.

In addition, although the cubs look miserable, I think this is the only way to grow up, so it will be even worse in the future. Before that, let's eat something sweet, and there will be tomorrow~