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"We now inform the candidates who cheated in the Chinese exam... NO.20 Zhou Ze and Xu Ming in the exam room; the exam results of the above candidates will be invalidated."

Director Yan's accent is very local. When broadcasting, he has a straight and round tone, but he still can't change the pronunciation habits of the dialect, so that it can always make people laugh and imitate.

In the corridor on the fifth floor, Zhou Ze was leaning against a corner where no one was present, distracted, thinking of Ma Wenjing's call for a while, and thinking of the few questions he did last night, his thoughts turned into wet weeds.Even his own name on the radio made him feel strange like never before.

After blowing the cold wind for a while, the feeling of heart palpitations completely disappeared.

Now it was the big class break, and people in the classroom flocked to the small shop, the playground, the toilet and other places. The classroom with only a few people left inevitably made Zhou Ze feel more at ease.

He walked to his seat, his notebook was well placed on the desk, but when he looked down, he found that his stool was gone.

Looking around, I found that there was an extra person beside the table in front of me who did not belong to this examination room.

"...Hi." Xu Duozhi looked up at him, raised his palm and shook it.

"..."

"Oh yes, I'm sorry, I'll return the stool to you." Xu Duozhi unresponsively pulled out the stool under his butt/buttocks, and whispered to Pei Ye, "...I even forgot that you two are in the same examination room."

I knew that I would have kept my voice down when I was teasing just now, and I don't know if I was heard.

Pei Ye turned his head and gave him a sideways glance. He seemed to have just woken up, with two red marks on his face.

Xu Duozhi moved another stool from someone else's seat, but this time he sat next to Zhou Ze: "By the way, why were you arrested?"

It took Zhou Ze a while to realize what he said: "...I don't know." His expression was calm, as if he had no influence at all, it was hard to say whether he didn't care or pretended to be calm.

Xu Duozhi smacked his lips, thinking that this Xueba is quite watery, and then asked: "Who is your invigilator?"

Zhou Ze shook his head, where did he meet when he just arrived?

It was still Pei who said earlier: "It's the one we took the exam last time...Morgana."

As soon as he heard their names, Xu Duozhi immediately took a secret look at them: "Oh, her...then you are too unlucky."

Zhou Ze was stunned: "What is this saying?"

Xu Duozhi explained enthusiastically: "Zhao Qian and Morgana! Don't you think they are very similar? I keep rolling my eyes. I know that I am proctoring the exam. I don't know that I owe her money for sitting in a classroom. Look No one is pleasing to the eye." As he spoke, he still imitated it.

Zhou Ze didn't usually play games, so he didn't understand the fun of this statement, but he still smiled cooperatively.

The class break passed in the blink of an eye. Xu Duozhi didn't stay for long. He came to deliver something to Pei Ye. The whole process was like doing an underground business. He hid it so that no one would see it. Then he left. Zhou Ze saw a black plastic bag in Pei Ye's drawer.

He couldn't help but take another look.

But when Pei Ye turned around the next second, he quickly looked away again.The other party didn't seem to expect to meet his gaze, and his movements paused.

"...Did you mess with the plane?"

"Who?" I didn't expect Pei Ye to talk to him at this time, Zhou Ze reacted a little too late, and said with a wry smile, "...No."

How can no one be as happy as a flower when you are caught in the exam?

Of course, it was impossible for Pei to say this.

"Change the dormitory as soon as possible, there are still vacant beds in 109." He left a thoughtful suggestion or a casual reminder before turning around.

The students returned to the classroom one after another, and Zhou Ze did not miss the gloating smile on Li Hefei's face.

The second exam followed.

This time the invigilator changed to two very kind-hearted teachers, and the two of them sat on the podium chatting in an old-fashioned way throughout the exam.

In the second half of the examination room, paper airplanes even flew up, but they couldn't raise their heads.

It can be said that it has implemented the principle that I don't care about you and you don't bother me.

Ignoring the small movements of the audience, Zhou Ze felt that he performed well this time, which somewhat relieved some of the depression of zero scores in Chinese.

The exam is at two o'clock in the afternoon, and at noon Zhou Ze planned to stop by the small frying shop in front of the school, but before he went in, he forgot how enthusiastic the students of No. [-] Middle School were to eat, let alone this shop, there were no empty tables in the whole street.

"Zhou Ze! Here!"

When he was at his wit's end, a table of people in the corner waved to him.After recognizing the faces, I found out that they were classmates in my class, two girls and two boys, and the four of them belonged to the same examination room, so we made an appointment for lunch.

Gu Xiaona directed the two boys opposite: "Squeeze in, both of you, and let Zhou Ze sit over."

Seeing that the seat was vacant, Zhou Ze had no choice but to sit there: "I won't disturb you?"

Gu Xiaona said carelessly: "What's the matter, they are all classmates, do you know them? Sun Tianwang, the representative of our math class and the school committee, next to you is Li Pingan, the representative of the English class, who is rather shy, but has a good temper. I've always thought that you two have similar personalities, but you talk a little more than him."

When Li Pingan was introduced, the boy next to Zhou Ze turned his body slightly and smiled at him as a greeting.

He is indeed not talkative.

Gu Xiaona sat opposite them with her chin in her hands, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's really pleasing to the eye. Originally, Li Pingan and Pei in our class were enough to make other classes envious. I can’t wait to live at the door of our classroom.”

Sun Tianwang bit the straw: "You girls just look at faces."

Gu Xiaona raised her eyelids: "Look what's wrong with their faces, besides, they study well. Before Zhou Ze, they were still in the attached middle school,...Pei is also an exception."

It's still kind of weird to hear someone else talk about yourself.

At this time, Qin Yan, who had been silent all this time, put down her chopsticks: "...By the way, Zhou Ze, I heard your name in the announcement this morning. What's going on?"

Gu Xiaona, who was arguing with Sun Tianwang, froze for a moment, but didn't realize it: "What notification? Why didn't I know?"

"Didn't you go to the Tutu Building between classes? Of course you don't know." Qin Yan raised her eyes, "When Director Yan notified the cheating candidates, I heard Zhou Ze's name in the Chinese class."

"...Thank you." Zhou Ze took the rice bowl brought by the boss, obviously feeling that the atmosphere was not right, "That...that was an accident."

Although I don't know whether the female teacher reported his mobile phone or the note should have it.

Gu Xiaona shouted: "That's because she misunderstood you? Why don't we go and talk to Director Yan, or you don't know Chinese."

Zhou Zexin said that it really didn't matter whether he was misunderstood or not, even if he was not misunderstood, he didn't get much points in the interview.

"No need, anyway..."

"What's the point, this monthly exam is about the life and death of the whole class, I don't want to study by myself so early in the morning and late, don't worry, I will go with you after the exam in the afternoon!"

Gu Xiaona was filled with righteous indignation, thinking that Zhou Ze would never listen to anything she said.

Qin Yan didn't ask any more questions, but echoed: "You take the exam well this afternoon. Our class has the review points that I sorted out. You probably didn't read it, did you?"

Zhou Ze let out a cry. Except for the group with the teacher, he blocked all other groups that mainly focused on chatting. He really didn't know the key points of the review.

After drinking all the soda, there was a cooing sound from the straw, and finally no one was talking at the table. They each planned to go back to the classroom to rest for a while or to prepare for the exam in the afternoon. Because Zhou Ze was the last to eat, the others followed suit one after another. He's gone, he's still in his seat.

After a while, a message was received on the phone.

Qin Yan: This is the key point of the comprehensive article I compiled. I don’t know if it will be useful to you. Come on this afternoon.

Zhou Ze thanked him, clicked and swiped the file twice.

This information was compiled by Qin Yan two days before the exam, due to the rush of time, so the content is not detailed, but it is comprehensive enough to sort out knowledge points.

Half of the people in the group regard this document as an important secret, and they are even more grateful to the producer Qin Yanna.

Outside the door, through the half-opened yellow plastic curtain, a line of sight came in impartially.

Not long ago, Pei Ye and Xu Duozhi came out of the casserole shop next door and stood on the curb planning to smoke a cigarette after dinner.

"Master Pei...Brother Pei, have you written the two articles this morning?" Xu Duozhi asked while sitting on a bicycle.

"Do you think there is a difference between what I wrote and what I didn't write?" Pei also answered him with a frown.

"Although there is not much difference..." Xu Duozhi stammered, "But let's fill in the multiple-choice questions anyway, it will give you some points."

Pei Ye snorted lightly, not intending to argue with him about the difference between zero and a few points.

Xu Duozhi persevered: "If you can't do it, why don't you copy it? Isn't that Zhou Ze sitting behind you? If you're embarrassed, I'll tell him..."

Pei Ye was annoyed by him and turned his back, but when he looked up, the protagonist who said the last sentence was standing in front of him.

... What a fucking coincidence.

Zhou Ze reacted promptly: "...what a coincidence."

Now, he has become adept at playing deaf and dumb when he hears others discussing himself.

Xu Duozhi almost flicked his tongue.

Zhou Ze pointed to the school gate: "Aren't you going back to school? It's almost lunch break."

Xu Duozhi glanced at his watch and almost jumped up: "Fuck, I'm going to be late, Director Yan is on patrol at noon!"

When the three hurried back to the classroom, Director Yan happened to find the third floor.

The classroom was very quiet, Wen Jialang was so sleepy at the same table, Zhou Ze just sat down like a thief, when he saw the figure of Director Yan appearing at the end of the corridor.

The other party paced past one classroom after another, and when he reached the door of class six, he braked and stopped.

The remaining half of the conscious people in the classroom straightened their backs involuntarily.

Zhou Ze watched Director Yan scan the group of people, and quickly got down on the ground.Fortunately, the lunch break was almost over at this time, and when the bell rang, the students had to rush to the examination room.Director Yan couldn't keep blocking him at the door of the classroom.

The feeling of lingering fear lasted until he walked into the examination room.

Zhou Ze knew why he was worried.He was not afraid of being misunderstood and cheating, nor was he afraid of getting a zero score on the test paper. The only thing he was afraid of was the cell phone that Director Yan had with him—more precisely, he was afraid of Ma Wenjing's phone call.

He covered his face with his hands, slowly lay down on the table, and sighed.

Suddenly someone pushed against his table.

"Either?"

He raised his face abruptly.

Pei also handed him a piece of chewing gum, on the package there were a few big characters on it - let's make friends!

...a very horrifying scene.

"You sit in the back with your face down, it's easy to make me anxious." He was chewing gum in his mouth, too loose, and as Zhou Ze raised his head, Pei also inadvertently sniffed the air, which smelled like shampoo, "Nervous? No?" Write?"

Zhou Ze took the chewing gum, but didn't rush to eat it: "No..."

Pei also joked with him for the first time: "Why, then you are also anxious before the exam? I thought it was just me——that's the reason."

Zhou Ze smiled copiously: "What are you anxious about?"

"I'm going to go fishing in the afternoon, and I'm afraid the fishing rod will be confiscated." Pei Ye had one arm across the table, his gaze wandering here and there aimlessly.

Zhou Ze was shocked: "Where did you put it?"

Pei also pointed to the corner of the book at the back of the classroom, and sure enough, a small half of a slender pole was exposed on the bookcase.

Zhou Ze couldn't help holding his forehead, feeling both miraculous and funny: "Why didn't you just run away."

Pei Ye said, "I want to too, but..."

"Ok?"

"They said I would report me if I didn't take the exam." When he spoke, his expression was a little irritable.

Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment, remembering Qin Yan and Gu Xiaona who he saw outside the window not long ago—their examination room should be on the first floor.

But he felt that if this person really wanted to play truant, it would be useless for anyone to watch him.

bell--

While the two were talking, a sharp and sharp bell rang suddenly, and Pei Ye took one last look at him before slowly turning around.

The conversation between the two was like an episode not worth mentioning.

During the exam, Pei Ye nimbly turned the pen in his hand, and the English on the paper was like a hypnotic charm.He never sleeps well at night, so he tries to catch up on sleep during the day when he can.

But this time before he fell down, the people behind him poked him awake.

In front, the invigilator was still dangling on the podium.

He leaned his back to the table, and wrapped his right hand from the front to the back of his shoulder pretending to tickle. In the next second, a paper ball the size of a fingernail was stuffed between his fingers.

He lowered his head, opened it with one hand, and saw that it was full of answers.