Bai Luochuan ran fast and managed to keep his meal as he wished.
There were still a lot of hot meals in the cafeteria. The boys ran to get their own meals and then gathered together to eat. The food tasted especially delicious after a day of training and running an extra lap.
Bai Luochuan had an extra portion of sweet and sour pork with pineapple on his plate than the others. Someone tried to take a little, but he knocked it open with his chopsticks and finished it in just a few bites.
Mao Yue sat next to him, looking at him with envy. He could never get a few pieces of meat every time he served food. He looked at the dishes served to Bai Luochuan and said enviously, "Brother Bai, your brother is so good to you."
Bai Luochuan buried his head in his food and just hummed casually.
There were also a few people at the table of Class 2 who were slow to eat. Zhou Tong was one of them. He was just about to leave when he saw Bai Luochuan and the others coming over. He also brought a lot of drinks for everyone and said with a smile, "This was prepared by our instructor. Many girls in our class are afraid of getting fat and don't drink this. Let's drink it together."
The two classes were the most competitive on the field, and their relationship was easiest to improve. Plus Zhou Tong was good at talking, so after a bottle of drink everyone started talking and laughing.
After dinner, Bai Luochuan also went to Class 2. With Zhou Tong there, he quickly became familiar with the people there. Maybe there was also a bit of celebrity effect, and everyone was quite curious about this legendary freshman representative. Compared to the group of wolf cubs trained by the black-faced instructor in Class 1, the students in Class 2 were much more obedient, and just like the young instructor in charge of them, they smiled at everyone they met, and were particularly friendly.
Bai Luochuan felt the atmosphere of Class 2 and confirmed that Mi Yang was doing well in this class, which made him feel a little relieved. But he was still concerned, so he went to Mi Yang's dormitory again during the free time in the evening, touched the upper bunk where Mi Yang slept, stepped on the ladder and whispered a few words to him before leaving.
The students who lived in the same dormitory with Mi Yang were a little curious, but Bai Luochuan looked difficult to talk to, so they didn't dare to ask rashly. After he left, everyone started asking Mi Yang: "Your brother and you have a really good relationship. He came to see you again?"
Another person interrupted, "Mi Yang is also very nice to Brother Bai. He has been helping to fetch water for the past few days. I saw it all."
Mi Yang was quite curious about their name and asked, "Why do you all call him 'brother'?"
A classmate in the dormitory said, "I heard everyone in class call him that. Bai Luochuan looks tall. Oh, and I heard his birthday is in July. He must be older than the rest of us, right?"
The others nodded in agreement. One of the boys had already ranked the dormitories by month and said with a smile, "Hey Mi Yang, you're from September, right? You're number three!"
Mi Yang acknowledged them with a smile, and did not say that he was a year younger than them, just like Bai Luochuan.
The matter of his age was not revealed until Bai Luochuan took the college entrance examination early, but that was a long time later.
During the last few days of military training, the instructors relaxed a little on them. The stern-faced instructor of Class 1 only punished Bai Luochuan once when he saw the brim of his hat move three times. But even so, Bai Luochuan still did many more push-ups in one day.
When the square formation was taking a break, the young instructors from Class 2 felt compassion and came over to pair up with Class 1. They sat there and sang songs together, making the place lively.
We also played a game of passing the flower. There were many people in two classes, so in order to liven up the atmosphere, the losing students were asked to come up and perform.
Bai Luochuan was caught when he was distracted. He stood up and walked to the front, thought for a while, and said, "Report, I can't perform. I'll do a few push-ups. I'm good at this!"
Everyone burst into laughter. They had seen Bai Luochuan do a lot of standard push-ups during this period.
The young instructor of Class 2 said, "That's fine too!"
The other men who were familiar with Bai Luochuan followed suit and said, "Do push-ups across obstacles!"
"That's right! Just doing push-ups is too cheap for everyone in the group. We need to push them up higher. The height for a lying person is best!"
Bai Luochuan said: "Report to the instructor, I think this is impolite to both boys and girls!"
One boy shouted in a teasing manner: "Brother Bai, I'm not afraid! I want you to be rude to me!"
Everyone around started laughing again.
The dark-faced instructor also smiled, but quickly put away his smile and said, "Forget about the girls. Bai Luochuan, choose a boy yourself."
Bai Luochuan said quickly: "Report to the instructor, I request Mi Yang from Class 2 to cooperate with me!"
The instructor nodded in agreement.
Mi Yang came over and first lay flat on his back to serve as a human obstacle. Bai Luochuan covered him and did a few push-ups with steady strength, just like usual, with his arms bent downwards. When the two men moved closer, the girls around them screamed louder than the boys, and several girls held their hands and looked at them with shining eyes.
Mi Yang was also looking up at him, but he was not too nervous and even had time to smile at Bai Luochuan.
Bai Luochuan tensed his waist and legs, and slowly leaned down, feeling as if his nose was about to touch the other person's. The scent of each other was between their breaths - from childhood to adulthood, they were so familiar with each other, but it also made his heart beat like a drum. He looked at Mi Yang without blinking, his arms stretched and bent, and moved closer to him to the shortest distance.
Bai Luochuan whispered: "Help me count."
Mi Yang counted slowly in a voice that the two of them could hear: "1, 2..."
Bai Luochuan only did two or three push-ups. He knew that Mi Yang was thin-skinned and didn't stand the teasing, so he asked him to sit on his back and did a few push-ups with him on his back. Bai Luochuan had a very good waist, and he was very steady in his movements of pushing up and putting down.
After Bai Luochuan finished his performance, the boys who had made the loudest noise were called out by the stern-faced instructor and asked to perform some "obstacle" push-ups.
Mao Yue's hands were red from clapping and he laughed loudly. After being picked up by the instructor, he also cooperated with a boy to do push-ups. Mao Yue was on top, but after lying on it, he raised his head and shouted with a red face: "Report to the instructor! His legs are too wide apart, how can I lie down like this?"
The young instructor of Class 2 said, "Zhou Tong, put your legs together!"
Zhou Tong shouted "yes" and clamped Mao Yue's legs with a "snap"!
Everyone started laughing again, and a group of students were laughing so hard that they were falling down.
After a day of training, the evening is free.
Bai Luochuan went to Mi Yang's dormitory. It happened that everyone else in the dormitory had gone out, leaving Mi Yang alone to clean up the room.
Bai Luochuan walked in and saw the quilt next to him, and couldn't help asking, "Why is it folded now?"
Mi Yang folded the quilt while saying, "Oh, this is a roommate in our dormitory. He doesn't cover himself with a quilt at night. He was afraid that he would be late for a surprise inspection tomorrow morning, so he asked me to help him tidy up the four corners in advance. It's ready now." He said that he had already finished it, and put the quilt back on the lower bunk with a neat movement. He turned around and looked at him and said, "Why are you here?"
Bai Luochuan said: "I'll get you some medicine."
Mi Yang: "What medicine?"
Bai Luochuan took out a small box from his pocket, pressed Mi Yang on the seat, unbuttoned his collar, and said, "It's just a shoulder rub. The recoil of the gun butt is so strong when shooting. It hurts, right?"
Mi Yang said, "Not bad." He said so without moving, and took off his clothes and sat there in his vest. "Did your family send it?"
"No, it was sent by Mao Yue's family. There was an extra portion, and I asked him for it when I saw it." Bai Luochuan applied the ointment to him and rubbed it for a while. After seeing that his shoulders were much more relaxed, he gave the ointment to Mi Yang and asked him to apply it on himself as well.
Bai Luochuan turned around and sat astride the chair, holding the back of the chair with both hands, and leaning his head on it to urge him: "Hurry up."
Mi Yang applied the medicine to him as he did before, pinched the back of his neck with his fingers, laughed, and said, "It's all sunburned here."
Bai Luochuan said lazily: "Then put some medicine on it. My skin has peeled a little from the sun these past two days."
Mi Yang applied some on him and teased him, "You are such a delicate young master, you can't stand the sun."
Bai Luochuan waited for him to finish applying the cream, then turned around and pinched his face. He then patted Mi Yang's waist with his hand and sneered, "Are you still talking about me? You are the one with delicate skin and tender flesh... Let's switch and try those push-ups we did during the day? Can you carry me?"
Mi Yang thought for a moment and said, "How about you let me try?"
Bai Luochuan pinched his waist with both hands, tested the strength, and shook his head, saying, "Forget it. I'm afraid I'll have to apply for a car to go to the hospital later, and this place is far from the city."
After Mi Yang applied the medicine to him, he did not avoid his hand and let him pinch and play with the soft flesh on his waist. His waist was not ticklish and he did not care.
Bai Luochuan had pinched his hands enough, so he stood up and put on his shirt. While buttoning it, he asked him, "Are you familiar with your classmates? Are they nice to you?"
Mi Yang watched him struggling with a button with one hand, and couldn't bear to watch it, so he reached out to help and said, "That's good, everyone helps each other, it's pretty united."
Bai Luochuan frowned and whispered, "How about I transfer to your class?"
Mi Yang glanced at him and said, "Are you really coming?"
Bai Luochuan asked: "What's wrong, don't you want me to be in the same class with you?"
Mi Yang buttoned his shirt and said, "Go back and discuss it with Aunt Luo. Don't embarrass her. These are just trivial matters."
Bai Luochuan nodded, and was about to say something when he heard his ears move. He said, "It seems our instructor is coming up. I heard the sound of his leather shoes, so he went back first."
Bai Luochuan walked quickly. Compared to his previous impatient look in tidying up his clothes, he now adjusted his coat and hat very quickly. In less than a minute, he was dressed and went out.
Immediately afterwards, the dark-faced instructor of Class 1 was heard blowing a whistle in the corridor, shouting, "Class 1, everyone, emergency assembly!!"
Mi Yang: “…”
Well, Young Master Bai has also mastered the anti-reconnaissance technique.
The training time in the military camp passed quickly. After the training, we joined several other high schools in holding a performance at the city gymnasium. It was similar to a military parade. The students wore green military uniforms and formed a square formation. They marched past the rostrum, raised their hands to salute, and shouted slogans.
Mi Yang was also among them, transformed into a dot in the green ocean. He was surrounded by young and energetic smiling faces, and heard the shouts of teenagers. He felt that he was integrated into it. It was a feeling of returning to the best and most encouraging adolescence.
After the military training, the school gave students two days off to go home and rest.
When Mi Yang returned home, he smelled the rich aroma coming from the kitchen. The corn and pork ribs soup was served steaming hot. On the table in the living room were some of his favorite dishes, boiled shrimp, stuffed tofu with meat, bean sprouts with vinegar, and braised pork. The freshly steamed rice was full of grains, and it was best to eat it with the braised pork and some soup. Mi Yang and his sister loved this the most. Even Mi Xue, who had a small appetite, returned the bowl and ate half a bowl of rice.
Cheng Qing felt sorry for his son's suffering during military training, so he wanted to give him some good nourishment when he got back. While serving him some food, he said, "Eat more. You've lost weight."
Michelle followed her mother's example and picked up a piece of meat for her brother: "Brother, eat more, you will get tanned."
Mi Zehai pushed his bowl towards his daughter. Michelle didn't understand, so Mi Zehai said shamelessly, "Dad runs outside every day and he's also tanned."
Michelle frowned: "Dad has eaten three pieces. I'm counting. Don't eat more! Mom said you'll feel uncomfortable if you eat too much!"
Mi Yang asked: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Qing smiled and said, "It's nothing serious. I just asked him to lose weight recently. He always eats out. This year's physical examination showed that he has mild fatty liver. It's just right to abstain from food for a few days. Xiaoxue is taking care of him for me. She is very strict. You eat your food and ignore them."
Mi Zehai's daily rations are now managed by his daughter. Michelle strictly follows Cheng Qing's requirements and counts the rice grains for her father to eat, taking special responsibility for his health. Mi Zehai is in pain and happy at the same time, fighting wits and courage with his daughter every day just to eat more meat.
Mi Yang was amused by them, and when Mi Xue wasn't paying attention, he secretly gave his father a piece of meat. Seeing Mi Zehai quickly put it into his mouth, Mi Yang lowered his head and continued to eat with a smile.
After a day's rest, Mi Yang slept in at home. Feeling that he was almost relaxed, he told Cheng Qing the next day and went to the bookstore to buy some reference books.
It's high school now, time to get nervous, and it's always a good idea to prepare more in advance.
When Mi Yang was standing there choosing reference books, he saw the college entrance examination simulation papers and real test papers, so he picked up a real test paper and took a look. He had also used the tactic of a sea of questions when he was in high school, so he felt somewhat familiar with it when he flipped through the papers. After reading two pages, he suddenly thought of a question.
In his previous life, he took the college entrance examination in 2007. Now that he skipped a grade, even if he returned to Shanghai and went back to elementary school for one year to stabilize his grades, he would still be able to take the college entrance examination one year earlier than before.
If he only had a few deep impressions on the 2007 college entrance examination paper, then they had practiced the 2006 college entrance examination questions many times and the teacher had explained them in detail, comparing and analyzing them with the questions from previous years and finding many similar questions to explain.
Mi Yang stood there in a daze holding the real college entrance examination paper. It took him a long time to look at the paper in his hand with a smile. In his previous life, he took the college entrance examination in Shandong City, and now he has moved to Shanghai City. Both places are regions that set their own questions, and the questions in the college entrance examination papers are not the same. This "leaked question" is not of much use to him now.
He worked hard to get into a key university. Now his grades are much better than before, and his family has no plans to move back to Lu City. Even if he doesn't have the "leak test questions", he can still get into the school he likes.
Mi Yang was in a pretty good mood. Although he felt a little regretful, he still put the test paper back, picked out a few reference books for the first year of high school, took two copies of each to the counter to pay, and habitually bought one for Bai Luochuan as well.
Seeing that he was quite young, the bookstore owner asked curiously while packing his books: "You just started your first year of high school, right? Do you have to start studying hard now?"
Mi Yang paid the money and said, "Prepare in advance."
The bookstore owner smiled and said, "You bought two more copies. Are you buying them for your classmates?"
Mi Yang nodded, responded with a smile, took the change he got and left.
He had nothing to do at noon, so he strolled over to Bai Luochuan and delivered the reference book to him.
Bai Luochuan was packing up at home. He had a pair of sneakers that he really liked but couldn't find them. He turned out everything in the small living room next to his bedroom and scattered them on the floor. Now he was lying on the wooden floor. When he saw Mi Yang coming, he was unable to get up. He didn't know how long he had been struggling.
Mi Yang was also startled by his behavior. He looked around and asked, "What's going on?"
Bai Luochuan said weakly: "I'm looking for shoes. I can't find a pair of sneakers. I want to take them to school to play basketball."
Mi Yang looked at the shoe boxes scattered on the ground next to him and asked him, "Are those pairs not good? They look good to me. The labels haven't been removed yet, right?"
Bai Luochuan was not happy. He insisted on buying the pair he liked and was indifferent to the other sneakers worth thousands of dollars.
Mi Yang helped him look for a while, but couldn't find it. He had too many things here, dozens of pairs of sneakers alone, and his preference was obvious. Mi Yang looked at them and they were all the same. He really didn't understand why Bai Luochuan had to have that pair. He glanced at his watch and said, "I'm going to be too late to go home for dinner. Can you lend me your bicycle?"
Bai Luochuan said lazily: "No."
Mi Yang said: "Then I will go back?"
Bai Luochuan hugged his waist, rubbed against him like a large dog, and acted coquettishly with him: "Don't leave, stay and keep me company. You don't know, I turned out a lot of things to find this pair of broken shoes, and they are all piled on the ground without being cleaned up. It's too messy, I can't stand it."
Mi Yang rubbed his head and said with a smile: "What kind of habit is this? You think it's a mess when others make it, and you think it's dirty when you don't clean it up... Okay, I'll call home and stay to help you."
Bai Luochuan pushed further and made a new request: "Stay here with me tonight, so we can go to school together tomorrow."
Mi Yang dragged him to find his bag, took out his cell phone to find the home phone number, and shook his head when he heard him say, "No, I have to go back tonight. I promised to tutor Xiaoxue."
Bai Luochuan was not happy about it, and just when he was about to protest, he heard Mi Yang add, "But I can stay and have dinner with you."
Bai Luochuan thought about it for a moment and reluctantly said, "Okay then."
Mi Yang called home, Cheng Qing was busy, and agreed immediately after hearing what he said. The Bai family was often empty, with only Bai Luochuan, a young master, living in the empty luxurious house. The house's decoration, interior, chef, driver, and everything else were the best, but it lacked a little popularity. Mi Yang often stayed there, and his family supported him.
Sometimes, Cheng Qing would take the initiative to ask Mi Yang to accompany Bai Luochuan. She watched the boy grow up day by day in front of her. Even though he is a teenager now, in her heart he will always be a child who needs care.