God said I would meet you

That day, Lin Jinyu played skateboarding with Xu Zhao in the square all afternoon, and helped Zhang Xinli copy the test papers on the way. At 06:30, Zhang Xinli got off work, and the two went home together.

After explaining everything clearly, he felt relaxed, and even the unfinished homework seemed to no longer weigh on his heart like a heavy stone.

Maybe it's because Lin Jinyu didn't eat well at noon, but Zhang Xinli made it richer in the evening, including shrimp, eggs, soup and meat, which made him hiccup.

The homework was still the same, with less than half left...Because of a strange accident, he read and read Zhang Xinli's test paper in advance, but this time he did English very fast.

The next day, Lin Jinyu went to school for self-study with a blank math homework on her back, just in time to send out the report card for the first monthly exam.

He is still the same, half working and half not working, ranking a little bit above the middle, Huang Jiayao is in the top ten, Xu Zhao is the last one as always.

And... Lin Jinyu flipped through the report card, looking from front to back, and finally found Zhang Xinli's name in a certain row.

To be honest, his grades were not very good. Among the four, he was better than Xu Zhao. His English was terrible, his math was mediocre, his Chinese was only a pass, and the rest of the liberal arts were not very good.

The teaching materials in Sichuan are different from those in Shanghai, and the quality of students and teaching level of the attached middle school are not comparable to the environment he was in before.

Although knowledge is always the same, it takes time to adapt to the test paper's topic bias and difficulty level, and the difficulty of mathematics and English in the two places is not the same.

In fact, most people in this world will not be No.1. Lin Jinyu can see how he races against time and hard work these days. As a transfer student, it is not easy to get this result in the first month.

It's so-so... Lin Jinyu checked the report card up and down, put away his report card, and spread out his math test paper... As usual, he started to feel stuck in his throat after less than 15 minutes of doing it, and couldn't read a single number.

But it's due tomorrow, and it's impossible to be lazy.Lin Jinyu forced herself to cheer up and wanted to discuss it with someone, but when she turned around, she found that Xu Zhao was laying neater than him, and the math test paper was placed under his elbow. The rolled surface was like an endless snowfield, cleaner than unused toilet paper .

This guy is hopeless. Lin Jinyu is too embarrassed to disturb the girl. Huang Jiayao is too far away from him, and he is still doing his own business. Lin Jinyu knows very well that if Huang Jiayao has not finished his own business, he will definitely not Will take care of others.

Then there was only... Lin Jinyu turned her back and glanced back furtively. Zhang Xinli was still the same for thousands of years, writing something with a pen in his hand.

He seems to have finished it a long time ago, so he shouldn't bother him... In the self-study class, talk to the teacher to ask questions. The teacher will agree to temporarily change seats on the premise that both parties are voluntary.Lin Jinyu later passed a note to Zhang Xinli's deskmate, and after obtaining his consent, he went up to the podium and whispered a report to the teacher who was watching the self-study, then took the test paper and changed seats with the students behind him, and sat down in a proper manner. Next to Zhang Xinli.

He came suddenly, Zhang Xinli looked up at him, and asked him with his eyes: Why did you sit here?

Lin Jinyu wrote on the note and replied: How do you do your math homework?

Zhang Xinli took the note and looked at it, found his own math test paper from the drawer and handed it to him, and replied him with eight words: only watch the process, not copy.

How stingy... Lin Jinyu thought: Give it all to me, and you won't know if I copied it.He pulled up the paper and looked at the questions on it... Oh my god, this process was really messy.

Zhang Xinli didn't have good writing habits, he couldn't write clearly, and if he made mistakes, he would cross out seven or eight lines. He didn't know how to estimate the layout, and when he couldn't write, he squeezed into the blank space next to him, and marked an arrow here and there. The arrows are probably all bad habits developed in the township middle school.

But his answer is right.Lin Jinyu went through the first few basic questions. These questions were relatively basic, so he understood them along the way.

He thought that if Zhang Xinli's process was clearer and the rolls were more neat, his math score should be even higher.

Lin Jinyu took out her test paper and finished the few questions she had read by relying on her memory.

The difficulty of the following questions began to increase, and some of them had to be classified and discussed, so it was not so easy to understand. Lin Jinyu read Zhang Xinli's handwriting horizontally and vertically several times, but still couldn't understand why it was changed so much, so he poked him with a pen and asked He asked for advice.

Zhang Xinli was not allowed to speak during class, and Zhang Xinli was poked twice by him. Turning his head, Lin Jinyu first tapped the question with the tip of a pen, and then mouthed "how to do it?"

Zhang Xinli thought for a while, took a pen and clicked on step [-] after "Solution". Lin Jinyu still understood the first step, so he didn't respond. Zhang Xinli clicked on step [-], and then step [-]... [-]... ... five ... six seven eight.

Lin Jinyu: "..."

Oh, it turns out that your way of lecturing is to go through all the steps in order in front of me... It's so advanced!

He wanted to laugh but he didn't. Fortunately, get out of class was over in a few minutes, and the atmosphere in the classroom was relaxed.Lin Jinyu leaned over and said, "Is this how you give lectures to people?"

Zhang Xinli said: "I have never given any questions to anyone."

His slightly clumsy appearance made Lin Jinyu feel very fresh, Lin Jinyu said: "You can just express your thoughts in words, how did you come to this step, and why did you make this transformation."

"Just...a formula." Zhang Xinli still didn't quite know how to say it. He could write it out, but he couldn't express it.

Lin Jinyu could only mobilize her brain cells to fill in the gaps based on his few words.He said: "Is it because of this... and the connection between the known condition and the evaluation... so it's like this?"

Zhang Xinli said: "Yes," he also tried very hard to explain clearly to Lin Jinyu, so he recalled the prompts he got when he was doing the questions, and he said, "Shen Lanxi said...so it was transformed like this."

Lin Jinyu said, "Oh, so she taught you how to do it."

"Part of it is," Zhang Xinli said: "She said that if you really can't do it, sometimes you can separate the conditions from the question stem, and then think about the relationship between evaluation and evaluation, like this... Finally, all the conditions They have to be used, and the result will almost come out.”

Lin Jinyu probably understood this question, so she pointed to the next question.

Zhang Xinli said: "Shen Lanxi said..."

The next one, he still said: "Shen Lanxi..."

Shen Lanxi, Shen Lanxi, Shen Lanxi, why do you keep mentioning her name... Lin Jinyu listened and began to complain in her heart: Even if she taught you to do it, you don't have to keep mentioning her name, do you?The knowledge you understand is yours, why keep mentioning others.

He also thought of the scene he saw on the steps behind the auditorium when they quarreled, the early spring sunshine, the gentle breeze, the smooth and clean steps, and the boys and girls sitting together.

They are so well matched.

Probably because Shen Lanxi left a deep impression on him, Zhang Xinli also mentioned her intentionally or unintentionally when doing the questions... Also, who wouldn't like a beautiful and quiet ballet girl?What's more, she is still so good.

Although Lin Jinyu was not familiar with Shen Lanxi, he had a good impression of her. How could he blame others for liking Shen Lanxi.

Over there, Zhang Xinli finished his lecture and called him by name, "Jinyu?"

Lin Jinyu had just walked to her grandmother's house when she lost her mind, but now she was called out by him, and she suddenly came back to her senses.

Zhang Xinli held a pen in his hand, looked at him, and said, "Do you understand?"

"Ah," Lin Jinyu said, "Understood."

In fact, he didn't listen to the second half at all, so it's hard to say whether he understood or not.But he can't tell people that I just thought about it, you went with another girl, right?This kind of cranky thinking is too weird and too abrupt.

Zhang Xinli is self-aware, he said: "I can't speak well."

"It's nothing," Lin Jinyu said, "I understand the first few questions. It's my bad math, not your problem."

Zhang Xinli said, "You can ask Shen Lanxi, she speaks more clearly than me."

It was Shen Lanxi again... Lin Jinyu finally said, "Why do you keep mentioning her?"

"She taught me."

Lin Jinyu said: "What I teach you is yours. I will ask you questions, but your youngest will never leave her."

"I know I can't speak well," Zhang Xinli said, "I'm afraid you won't understand. She speaks better than me, so I want to repeat it to you."

After hearing his words, the inexplicable depression in Lin Jinyu's heart disappeared in an instant: "No," he said, "Whoever is born will be able to talk about the topic, and it will be very good if he can do it. The first time is born and the second time is familiar." , You use your own way to transform the process into language, just say it a few times, the point is that you have to speak out."

He wanted to say something more, but Qiao Qiang turned around from the front row, and asked very puzzled, "Since when did you two get so close?"

Lin Jinyu didn't know how to explain: "We two..."

Zhang Xinli said: "They are all classmates, and they get to know each other."

Qiao Qian had a very subtle expression on her face: "Then you guys are developing really fast. You almost got into a fight the week before, but this week you just sit together and talk about topics."

Lin Jinyu is embarrassing, he knows that the girls in the class will make CPs for some classmates, such as him and Xu Zhao, or Xu Zhao and Huang Jiayao, and some others... Boys sometimes joke and boo, no one will be angry about this.

He said to Qiao Qian, "What, do you have an opinion?"

"No problem, I just think Xu Zhao's head is a little green." Qiao Qiang gave a thumbs up: "You guys continue to be happy, don't get caught rape." After speaking, she turned back.

???

What a mess... Lin Jinyu squinted at Zhang Xinli, wondering if he would be angry?Would he be more disgusted with this kind of joke... He remembered that Zhang Xinli seemed to be unacceptable to this kind of thing when he was in Liangshan. Maybe gay or male CP was strange, weird, and contradictory to him. common sense.

Lin Jinyu whispered, "Why didn't you tell her that we knew each other a long time ago?"

Zhang Xinli said, "There's no need to say so much," he said, "And you don't want people to know."

"What?" Lin Jinyu couldn't understand: "When am I not willing to let people know that I know you?"

"Didn't you say it yourself, just a classmate, nothing else."

Lin Jinyu thought for a while before finding this memory in a certain corner of her memory, wow, no way, such a grudge... I actually just said it casually at the time, knowing you is not ashamed, why don't you like it .

He said: "Then what, I said it casually. Wasn't it a quarrel at that time? It didn't mean that."

"You don't have to feel embarrassed," Zhang Xinli said, "If you're worried about your friends, you can pretend you don't know them at school, I don't mind."

Concerned about my friend... Do you mean Xu Zhao, although Xu Zhao can indeed remember the hatred of a grain of rice for a year, but he is not so narrow-minded... Maybe.

Lin Jinyu raised her head and glanced forward, and saw that Xu Zhao had changed from lying down to sitting at some point, and got up from the table in a daze.

There was a large circle of people around his seat, everyone ate snacks, drank drinks, and laughed more and more wildly around some unknown topic.

No one cares if you don’t wear school uniforms on weekends. Seventeen or eighteen is the time when you love to dress up. Everyone dresses very trendy, and the shoes on your feet look better than the other.

And here, Zhang Xinli was holding a gel pen that was about to be used up. The gray T-shirt in the school uniform was washed white, and the water glass contained the school's bleach-smelling water.

Lin Jinyu suddenly had a strange feeling. At that moment, he seemed to understand that Zhang Xinli looked hardworking, calm, generous and sophisticated, but in fact, from the first day he stepped into this city, there was something in his heart. There is a little bit of inferiority complex.

He is a foreigner who doesn't know the local people's ways of the world and doesn't speak the local language. He has nothing in this strange city. He came to Shanghai from a small county that doesn't even count as the [-]th line. Everything here is glamorous. Beautiful, all living a life he never had.

He lives in someone else's house and relies on the meager living expenses remitted by his parents every month to meet his expenses. Lin Jinyu doesn't know how much that money is, but it is conceivable that it is not too much.

That money might have allowed him to maintain an average consumption level among his classmates in the past, but in Shanghai, where prices are much higher than other parts of the country, this amount of money is really insignificant.

And he still needs to keep up with Lin Jinyu's pace of life.

Lin Jinyu recalled that Zhang Xinli didn't even know how to take the subway the day he first arrived. He didn't understand that if he needed to change lines, he only had to buy a ticket for the last stop and transfer directly at the station instead of buying an extra ticket for the transit station. .

Although Zhang Xinli said nothing, he probably never felt that he belonged here.

He only knew Lin Jinyu, and Lin Jinyu had many other friends.Every friend has known Lin Jinyu for a longer time than he has known Lin Jinyu, and the relationship is deeper.

So he will feel that when he has some conflicts with others, Lin Jinyu will be caught in the middle, and he will first choose to take care of the mood of his friends, and keeping a certain distance from him on the surface can somewhat comfort him, so that Offended his original friends.

There is nothing wrong with this, Lin Jinyu has treated him very well, never bothered with him about his living expenses these days, when Xu Zhao went too far, he would quarrel with his friends for him, help him, and squat with him I didn't complain about eating box lunch on the ground, so I did my best.

Lin Jinyu stared at Zhang Xinli's profile for a few seconds, moved over and put his arm around his shoulder, and said, "What are you thinking, why should I pretend not to know you?"

Zhang Xinli was half-supported and half-pressed by him, and he turned a little towards Lin Jinyu, and said, "Don't you think about Xu Zhao's thoughts?"

"It doesn't matter," Lin Jinyu said firmly, "I don't think I need to keep any distance from you, and I don't think it's a shame to know you. You are my friend, and I don't need to give up because of other people's opinions and opinions. You pretend to be unfamiliar, you are the same as us, you are not inferior to us, and you are not inferior, understand? Man, how old are you, don’t you still engage in elementary school cliques. "

In Zhang Xinli's growth environment, it is very common to form cliques.

He said, "It's fine if you don't mind."

Lin Jinyu said, "Wait for me to go back after school."

"What are you doing?"

Lin Jinyu pointed to the notice written by the sports committee in the corner of the blackboard: "Here, today's class basketball team signed up, and I have to meet the coach after school." He said: "Oh, yes, you don't have to wait for me, you professional Should come with me."

However, to his surprise, Zhang Xinli said, "I won't go, I'll wait for you in the classroom."

Lin Jinyu was puzzled: "Why? You don't intend to sign up?"

Zhang Xinli said, "Yes."

"Why? Don't you like playing basketball? Could it be that you only practiced for college entrance examination? That's so painful."

"No," Zhang Xinli said, "I just don't want to go."

It's such a pity... Lin Jinyu didn't understand this very much. He obviously had this technology, so why didn't he go?A lot of unskilled students rushed forward with only the word "like".

He wanted to lobby Zhang Xinli. After all, everyone has a sense of collective honor, and those with multiple outstanding skills are more likely to get good grades in their class.

But no matter what he said, Zhang Xinli couldn't say it.

It's just an ordinary intramural basketball game. It's personal freedom to participate or not, and you can't force others to play.Lin Jinyu couldn't move him, so he scratched his hair, and said helplessly, "Well, if you don't participate, then don't participate, but can you wait for me by the playground? By the way, help me get a schoolbag, and I don't want to climb upstairs later .”

Zhang Xinli thought for a moment and agreed.He said to Lin Jinyu, "Okay."