In the early morning, the sound of reading came from the corridor of the second-year teaching building. Li Sijia stood on the podium and led everyone to read English words.
The people in the class lay on their stomachs, and those who had breakfast ate breakfast. They read a row of words sparsely. Li Sijia was good-tempered and didn't say anything. The school committee stood up and said: "Everyone is good Read, be careful, after a while Teacher Wang will come and find you lazy."
Hearing this, Zhao Mingqi hurriedly put the unfinished steamed stuffed buns into a paper bag and stuffed them into the belly of the table, picked up the English book and pretended to read it.
Li Shuangjiang held up the book to cover his face, turned his head, looked at the empty table behind him and asked, "Boss hasn't come yet?"
Fu Xiling shook his head: "I sent a WeChat message, but I didn't reply."
She turned her head and took a look, but Ji Fan didn't come either.
Li Shuangjiang sighed.
The report card was posted yesterday, and the whole class was shocked. Li Shuangjiang jumped up in front of him and said "fuck me". He looked at Wu Nan and Li Sijia arrogantly, with pride and pride written all over his face: "See No? Our monitor can improve by 21 points in a month, and he is the third in the grade! When was the last time you improved by 21 points?"
Wu Nan's expression was a little stiff, but Li Sijia lowered her head and said nothing.
A girl next to her said dissatisfiedly: "She said she could pass the Jiajia exam, but she really didn't pass the exam. There's no need to be arrogant."
Wu Nan frowned and pulled her back: "Stop talking, it's indeed our fault."
Jiang Zhengxun sat on the table next to him, smiled and said in a friendly tone: "Except for brother Huai and the class representative, I don't see anyone with a higher score than 139. Let me see..." He looked for the name of the girl who just spoke , "Gu Nana, 120, she did very well in the exam. She is only 20 points behind our deputy class. She can pass the exam in a month. Come on."
Gu Nana was so angry that his face turned blue and purple, and she stopped talking.
No one thinks it’s a joke that Tao Zhi didn’t take the first place in the grade. This is expected, but it’s a big surprise that she can directly reach 139 in a month, and the score of the whole school year is second only to Jiang Qihuai and Li Sijia. .
Even Li Shuangjiang and the others, who had been watching how hard she worked, were shocked that her score could have such a span in such a short period of time.
Zhao Mingqi heaved a long sigh of relief beside him, and said "Awesome".
Everyone looked back together, and when they went to look for Tao Zhiren, they found that there was no one behind.
Fu Xiling stood behind alone, still a little dazed.
Li Shuangjiang was a little puzzled: "Where is the boss? Didn't you come to see the results?"
"Look," Fu Xiling said dully, "then left."
She didn't even react.
When she saw Tao Zhi's English grades, she was so happy that she almost cried out, but when she looked sideways, the girl lowered her eyes, her lips were drooping, she turned and left without saying a word.
She put on her schoolbag and walked away soundlessly.
She wanted to chase, but was stopped by Jiang Qihuai behind.
Fu Xiling took another look at Tao Zhi's grades. Except for English, her scores in all other subjects were lower than last time, and her total grades were similar to those of the last monthly exam.
She pursed her lips and listened to Li Shuangjiang dancing and showing off next to her, as happy as if he surpassed Jiang Qihuai this time to get the first grade.
Boys' nerves are always a little stretched, and they probably can't understand right away.
Tao Zhi devoted all her time this month to English. She didn't feel that she was chasing a bet that was impossible to win. When no one believed that she could succeed, she really tried her best to win. Work hard, want to realize what she said.
Maybe she didn't even think about it at all, it was just a bet.
She must be very, very sad right now.
Tao Zhi didn't come until the end of morning self-study.
When Wang Foldzi entered the classroom, he just glanced at the empty seats at the back, didn't say anything, and started the class as if nothing had happened.
But it was obvious that most people in the class were a little absent-minded. Li Shuangjiang looked back at Tao Zhi's empty table after a while, and Wang Juezi did not scold him uncharacteristically.
The boy's nerves, which were as thick as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, finally started to come online, and Li Shuangjiang sighed when the get out of class was over: "Is the boss very unhappy now?"
"You might feel ashamed too," he sighed at the same table, "I feel that the class monitor has always been a person who cares about face, but she did well in the exam this time, and no one felt that she lost face. Xiling has the same score as her, and the two above, there is no higher score in the whole school year."
Li Shuangjiang patted the table: "If she really won't come today, let's go see her after school and tell her that she is the best!"
His deskmate gave him a blank look: "Don't be so enthusiastic here, if this happens to me, I just want to be alone for a while and have a quiet time."
After school, Tao Zhi did not come.
After Fu Xiling packed her schoolbag, after thinking about it, she called home and took the bus to go there.
She walked to the gate of Tao Zhi's community according to her memory, explained to the guard at the gate, and went in.
Standing at the gate of Tao Zhi's courtyard, Fu Xiling thought about it, and instead of sending Tao Zhi a WeChat message, he sent it to Ji Fan.
Within a few minutes, the boy opened the door and came out.
He yawned in his pajamas and opened the door for her: "Come in?"
"No," Fu Xiling said with her head down, "I just want to take a look, but I don't know if Zhizhi wants to see me..."
"Don't think so much, it's a big deal." Ji Fan waved his hands carelessly, "She's been like this since she was a child, she shuts herself up when she's upset, she's so proud of herself, she doesn't want others to see her Embarrassed, it will be fine in two days."
Fu Xiling nodded and insisted: "I won't go in, just let her eat well."
Ji Fan didn't say anything else, and nodded, "Then wait a while."
In two minutes, the teenager came out with a piece of paper: "She asked me to give this to Li Sijia this morning, but I don't want to go to school if she doesn't go to school. It's boring to be alone. Please pass it on."
Fu Xiling came down, took the things and left.
She got on the bus, found a seat and sat down, looking at the thin piece of paper in her hand, and folding it.
She didn't open it to read it, and she knew what was written inside without reading it.
That's what Tao Zhi is like.
Whoever loses will write the review and apologize. She will not renege on her debt just because she has exceeded other people's expectations in the exam.
Although in Fu Xiling's heart, she is the most beautiful and the most powerful when she wins, but in Tao Zhi's own opinion, losing is losing.
Fu Xiling suddenly felt very, very aggrieved.
Why.
Why did her Zhizhi work so hard? It was obvious that others misunderstood her. They poured a bucket of dirty water on her head, and she had to apologize in the end.
The next day, Tao Zhi still didn't come.
After the first get out of class was over, Fu Xiling stood up holding the piece of paper Ji Fan gave her, and looked over to Li Sijia.
Jiang Qihuai closed the book at the back, noticed her gaze, and glanced at her: "What is this?"
Fu Xiling was stunned for a moment, and said, "Zhizhi gave it to me, let me hand it over to Li Sijia."
The classroom was very quiet. A few girls next to Li Sijia were talking, their voices were not restrained, and came faintly.
"I didn't come today, so I think I can escape without apologizing if I don't come," Gu Nana said, "She is quite scheming."
"She did well in the exam this time," Wu Nan said, "It's because we misunderstood and made mistakes first."
Gu Nana rolled her eyes and muttered: "Then who knows how she got her points this time, maybe she cheated..."
Li Sijia lowered her head and put the books on the table back into the belly of the table.
She originally wanted to say that Tao Zhi didn't cheat last time, but if she said this, she would admit her mistake in public and expose her dark side clearly.
Li Sijia pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't speak.
Fu Xiling was so angry when she heard this, she gritted her teeth, and wanted to rush up to confront them, but just as she was about to go over, she heard the legs of the chair behind scratching the ground, making a screeching sound.
She turned to look over.
Jiang Qihuai's expression didn't change, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Fu Xiling has been dealing with this boss for two months, and he is quite familiar with him. Although he has always looked emotionless, at this moment, even she can feel it, and Jiang Qihuai is not too happy.
She could guess what Tao Zhi wrote, so Jiang Qihuai naturally thought of it too.
He slid his chair back and stood up: "Give it to me."
Fu Xiling let out an "ah", thought for a while, and handed him the paper.
Jiang Qihuai walked directly to Li Sijia's place, and lightly tapped the corner of her desk.
A few girls were chatting, secrets cannot be hidden between girls and good friends, Tao Zhi and the others knew that Li Sijia liked Jiang Qihuai because they saw it.
And Li Sijia's few good friends usually know all about it.
As soon as Jiang Qihuai came over, Gu Nana winked and yelled twice, and Wu Nan also smiled.
Li Sijia glared at them reproachfully, then turned her head and whispered, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Qihuai didn't speak, and handed over the paper in his hand.
Gu Nana patted the table next to her and started booing.
Li Sijia's face flushed instantly, she took it over and asked stammeringly, "What is this?"
"What else can it be?" Gu Nana sang along side by side, "Letters from boys to girls."
They made a fuss there, Jiang Qihuai didn't make a sound to stop them, but said indifferently: "My deputy class wrote you an apology letter."
Li Sijia's expression froze.
Gu Nana fell silent for a moment.
Jiang Qihuai looked at her calmly: "She is thin-skinned, she didn't give it to you, I will do it for you. But she will do what she said at the beginning, she will not deny it, we lost."
He said this without any emotion, just narrating calmly.
Li Sijia's expression became more and more ugly, and she tightened her fingers on the letter little by little, without saying a word.
Jiang Qihuai lazily curled the corners of his lips in a mocking manner, looked down at her, and lightly dropped the last sentence: "You won, congratulations."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left, frowning as he turned his back.
Li Sijia couldn't hold back anymore, she stuffed the letter into the belly of the table, and lay down on the table.
Fu Xiling was amazed to see it, this is really heartbreaking.
Zhao Mingqi stretched his head beside him, and still didn't understand what was going on: "Although he still doesn't have any expression on his face, why does Brother Huai look like... angry? Is he still angry??"
Jiang Zhengxun sighed: "This is called murder."
Not only expressing that I'm on her side, but also insinuating that they shrank their heads and dared not apologize after pouring dirty water on others, especially since Jiang Qihuai said these words, the lethality is doubled.
Against the person he likes, listening to him say these words in order to defend another girl, it shouldn't feel particularly good.
Li Shuangjiang's EQ is a bit higher than Zhao Mingqi's, he also realized it, rubbed his chin and said in thought: "Brother Huai is really rude and cruel to girls when they start a fire."
Fu Xiling and Jiang Zhengxun looked at each other, but didn't speak.
Fools like Li Shuangjiang and Zhao Mingqi couldn't see it, but for a while, Fu Xiling and the others could more or less see the way.
Probably for Jiang Qihuai, there is no distinction of gender, he doesn't care whether this person is a man or a woman, and whether he likes him or not.
Only she, and others, distinguish between these two categories.
Tao Zhi didn't know what happened in the school, and he didn't know that Jiang Qihuai, a learning machine recognized by the whole class as having no emotions, got angry for the first time in front of the whole class.
She had been shut up in her room for two days, and the sad feeling had passed, and she just felt very humiliated.
She was the one who made the bold oath in front of so many people, and she was the one who lost. Not only did she lose, but she also went back into the hole to escape in desperation.
Tao Zhi felt that he was too inferior to lose.
It doesn't matter if you lose, if you haven't passed the exam, you haven't passed the exam. When she worked hard, others were also working hard. If she wanted to win, Li Sijia wouldn't want to lose either.
What's more, in the time she wasted doing nothing, others were working hard.
What right does she have to win
From the moment she fights and skips class every day and Song Jiang and the others go to the Internet cafe for a day, she is no longer qualified.
But when she thought of the person she liked standing side by side with others, and she could only stand behind them and watch silently, she felt very, very annoying.
Someone was ahead of her and caught up with her boy.
This fact made Tao Zhi fall directly to the bottom of the valley.
It was time for dinner, Tao Zhi supported his head, poked the white rice in the bowl with the chopsticks in his hand and didn't take a bite for a long time.
She had been depressed for two days, and she didn't even talk much at home. Aunt Zhang put a plate of chicken wings on the table, and asked Ji Fan in a low voice: "What happened to Zhi Zhi these two days? I don't eat much, and I don't go to school." .”
"She didn't pass the exam," Ji Fan said, grabbing a piece of braised pork, "It's okay, just let her be quiet."
As the boy said, he slightly pushed the chicken wings towards her.
After dinner, Tao Zhi received a call from Tao Xiuping.
Lao Tao has been very busy these days, the last time he called was when Ji Fan had just returned, Tao Zhi buried his head in the sofa and answered without saying a word.
Tao Xiuping cleared his throat over there.
"What?" Tao Zhi asked.
"Your class teacher Wang called me." Tao Xiuping paused without mentioning her absence from school for two days. "I heard that you did well in the English test this time."
Tao Zhi: "What a fart."
"Don't swear," Tao Xiuping sighed, "Your teacher Wang likes you very much, and always praises you to me."
"What are you praising me for? You just got 18 points in physics?" Tao Zhi said in a muffled voice.
"What? My girl can score 18 points in physics now?" Tao Xiuping said in a pleasant tone, "Amazing!"
"..."
Tao Zhi kicked his legs irritably, lifting the sofa cushions with a bang, but didn't speak.
Tao Xiuping laughed over there: "Okay, what's the big deal, two days of trouble is enough, my Zhizhi is not the kind of kid who will be knocked down by such a small setback, or is it because there is something she likes?" Do you feel ashamed in front of others?"
Tao Zhi's mind was pierced by his own father, he raised his head from the sofa in an instant, and glared at Ji Fan.
Ji Fan turned his eyes away, whistled and fled upstairs.
Tao Zhi sat on the sofa, drooping his eyes.
After a long time, he whispered, "He got the first place in the exam with other girls."
Tao Xiuping understood that the awkwardness was here.
"Then think about it, do you want to take the first place in the exam with him?" Tao Xiuping pondered how to follow his daughter's brain circuit and say, "You will be satisfied if you take the first place in the exam with him."
Tao Zhi thought about it, and it wasn't true.
"You must not surpass him to make him surrender," Tao Xiuping said pretending to be serious, "The person you like is for you to trample under your feet. What's the point of standing with him?"
One word awakens the dreamer.
Tao Zhi felt that Tao Xiuping was right, Concubine Li Shu still failed to take her place, she was just one of the steps and finally followed Jiang Qihuai's footsteps, that's all.
But Tao Zhi wanted to ride on his head.
After she figured it out, Tao Zhi felt better. She hung up the phone and sat on the sofa for a while with her head propped up.
She hadn't eaten much for two days, and her stomach was already growling. Tao Zhi ran to the kitchen to take a look. The dinner was already cold, and she didn't want to bother Auntie Zhang to get up.
She put on her coat and went out, planning to go to the convenience store to buy some snacks.
She pushed open the door and went out, the courtyard door was ajar and not closed, Tao Zhi pushed open the courtyard door, tucked his head into the scarf and walked out, when he looked up, he saw a person standing in front of him.
Jiang Qihuai was standing beside the floor lamp with his mobile phone, his body was slender and tall, surrounded by the light from bottom to top.
At the same time, Tao Zhi's mobile phone WeChat rang.
She took it out of her pocket and took a look.
[A secret]: Come out.
She raised her head, and Secret also raised her head, looking at her from afar.
Tao Zhi walked over slowly, stood in front of him, lowered his head, and didn't speak.
After only two days of not seeing each other, Jiang Qihuai felt that the little girl looked a little thinner. She was wearing a thin red scarf, which made her face look white and tender.
The long hair is wrapped around the scarf and puffed up at the neckline, which is a bit cute.
Jiang Qihuai paused when he reached the tip of his mouth, his eyes darkened, and he looked at her quietly.
Tao Zhi cleared his throat, and said slowly, "I thought about it."
She looked at him and frowned: "Your grade is still not good."
"..."
Jiang Qihuai: "?"
Jiang Qihuai wondered if she had made a mistake with the "you", it seemed that it should be "I".
"You only got 141 points in the exam. How come you were overtaken by other girls so easily?" Tao Zhi frowned and taught him, "You have to study hard. Get a score where no one can catch up, and then wait." Being ridden on top by me, this situation is not allowed to happen again in the future."
"..."
Jiang Qihuai watched her babbling nonsense and weird things with strange eyes. After being bored for a long time, the inexplicable temper seemed to find an outlet, sprang out, and then dispersed.
half an hour.
A smile escaped from his throat, and he said in a low voice, "The princess taught me the lesson."