Wu Hanwen fulfilled his promise.
Bai Lu also experienced the fighting ability of Xueba.
Wu Hanwen has a clear mind and has his own unique method of reviewing and sorting out the knowledge points of the three years of high school. According to his own words, it is called "rhythm".
Bai Lu's phone has never been turned on since it was turned off last time.
On simple days, time has become faster.
It's really winter.
The snow on the ground is getting thicker every day, absorbing the sound of the sky and the earth, and the campus in the city center is silent.
Wu Hanwen's study method was very effective, and Bai Lu's grades improved steadily. She invited him to the cafeteria for a meal from time to time, and Wu Hanwen readily accepted.
"thank you for helping me."
"What do you say thank you to me?"
It was snowing outside, and there were not many students studying in the library, sitting scattered under the air-conditioned seats. Wu Hanwen and Bai Lu sat side by side, next to the window, and there was a vast expanse outside the window.
"Take your time, your foundation is fine, just deepen the system a bit."
Bai Lu nodded, Wu Hanwen propped his elbows and asked her, "Have you decided which exam you want to take?"
"not yet."
"It's almost the end of the term, and the beginning of the next semester is a complete sprint."
Bai Lu turned her head to the side, "If you don't have it, you don't have it..."
With her soft voice and a calm expression on her face, Wu Hanwen coughed and said calmly: "Then what, I think, look, Shanghai is a big city..."
Bai Lu raised her eyebrows, Wu Hanwen immediately changed the topic, "It's fine, don't talk anymore, I know you're tired of listening."
Bai Lu: "I've said it two hundred times."
"Absolutely not, you have to speak with your conscience."
"Twenty times."
Wu Hanwen choked, and then rascally said, "Then think about it."
Bai Lu returned her gaze to the book.
"There are many good schools in Shanghai, but their scores are also high."
"I can pass the exam."
Bai Lu looked sideways, "Oh, Shanghai Jiaotong University? I'll just read it in my dream."
Wu Hanwen hissed, and tapped the table with his hand, "You're so unconfident!"
"I really can't pass the exam."
"If you can't pass the Jiaotong University exam, there are other schools. You look at the university, finance and economics, Donghua..."
Bai Lu said helplessly, "I can't pass the exam."
"Why can't you take the exam-"
"Wu Hanwen."
The voice stopped, Bai Lu put away the book and said in a low voice, "It doesn't matter where I go."
Wu Hanwen was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Why?"
Bai Lu shook her head and turned around to pack her things without saying a word.
Wu Han was quiet for a while, and didn't ask any further questions.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, one semester is over.
Bai Lu is quite satisfied with her final grades.
"It's going to be such a bad year." Li Siyi muttered behind while Teacher Bao was assigning the holiday homework.
The annual leave for candidates in the sixth middle school is similar to that of full-time employees, and it ends after the seventh day of junior high school.
On New Year's Eve, Bai Lu followed her parents to grandma's house. Although they are all in the same city, grandma's house is relatively remote, and grandpa and grandma like to go out on weekdays, so they can only see each other about once a month on average.
Bai Lu's grandmother is from Sichuan. She came here when she was sent to the countryside and married Bai Lu's grandfather. Grandma's cooking is delicious, and the food cooked by the elderly usually has a thick taste, which is different from the ones that are learned and sold now, and are also different from those in restaurants and hotels.
On New Year's Eve, grandma made Bai Lu's favorite eight-treasure rice. After it was out of the pan, it was put on a plate, and it was beautiful and delicious.
"After this year's college entrance examination is over, Lulu has to work hard." During the first glass of wine at the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family wished Bai Lu good grades in the college entrance examination.
Bai Lu nodded, "I will definitely work hard."
Grandparents are not too young, but they still survive until the New Year's Eve.
The hosts of the Spring Festival Gala stood in a row and began to count down.
The last sound fell, the stage celebrated, the bells rang, and the fireworks outside.
The phone also vibrated.
Bai Lu's legs trembled for a moment.
It's been too long since this feeling.
It won't be a friend, nor a New Year's greeting from a classmate. Bai Lu has already felt it before taking out her phone.
She took her mobile phone and came to the balcony.
Grandma's house is an old building with an independent balcony facing outside, but in winter, the balcony is always closed, and there are discarded sundries outside, with a layer of snow and dust on it.
As soon as the balcony door was opened, the cold wind blew in, and the sound of firecrackers became more obvious.
The phone was still vibrating, and Bai Lu answered the call.
"Hey?"
There was a long silence on the phone, Bai Lu glanced back, her parents were in the living room, busy texting their friends, they hadn't noticed her coming to the balcony.
"Is there something wrong?" Bai Lu held the wind with one hand and lowered her head. "Xu Hui."
She didn't expect that after such a long time, it would feel like this to say his name.
"I want to see you… "
Her hands were shaking, not sure if it was from the cold or something else.
"you've been drinking."
"Bai Lu..." He was so drunk that he didn't know who he was.
Bai Lu felt that his calling her was completely unconscious.
He seemed to wake up from a dream, "Bai Lu..."
"Is there anyone around you? Is Sun Yuhe there?" Bai Lu whispered, "Or are you outside alone?"
"Bai Lu..."
He was always like this, no matter what Bai Lu said, he just called her name in a ignorant way, and he couldn't hear her words clearly.
She knew that if she was awake, he would not make this call.
Bai Lu was silent, and then spoke softly amidst his calls.
"Xu Hui, Happy New Year..."
Fireworks bloom above the head, changing colors, gorgeous but short-lived.
Just like your youthful years, I don’t have time to see clearly, and I don’t have time to recollect.
"Also, I'm sorry..." Bai Lu lowered her head tightly, clutching the phone tightly. "I'm sorry, Xu Hui... I'm sorry..."
Xu Hui still called her name vaguely, and after a while, Bai Lu hung up the phone.
"Lulu, come and eat some rice dumplings, grandma just warmed up." Mom shouted from the house, "Oh, what are you doing outside? What should you do if you catch a cold?"
Bai Lu went back to the house, "I'm going to watch the firecrackers."
"How old are you still watching firecrackers, and you're going to college soon." Mom brought the bowl, "Eat something and warm it up."
As the new year passes, the days become more tense.
"The real battle is coming!"
The teachers in the third group seemed to have been beaten up, and their eyes were different from normal people.
The learning tasks are doubled, and everyone will soon usher in the first mock exam.
Then came the Hundred Days Pledge Assembly.
All the third-year students in the school were dragged to the playground, surrounded by red flags and banners, and each of them was given a red ribbon, which was tied around his head, with the words "must win" written on it.
"This is fucking." Li Siyi and Wu Hanwen discussed privately, "It's like a cult."
Wu Hanwen put his finger to his mouth, "Speak less, speak less..."
On that day, Bai Lu received news from Xu Hui for the last time.
To be precise, it was the news from Sun Yuhe.
The message was short, just one sentence.
"Xu Hui has gone out of town and is not coming back."
When she saw the news, the principal was yelling slogans on the red flag stage, and the students below followed him at the top of their lungs.
Li Siyi, who had always complained that it was like a cult gathering, was the one who chanted the most violent slogans in the class. His mouth was watering and his eyes were narrowed.
The third year of high school is a state that only occurs once in a lifetime.
It's really fast.
This whole year has been like a dream.
Second simulation, three simulations...
Sign up for consultation, pre-exam counseling...
The numbers on the clock board on the wall are getting smaller and smaller every day.
Some people say that college entrance examination candidates are like machines, with strings behind them, which are tightened bit by bit, just waiting for the release in the last few days.
The tighter it is, the greater the force when it is released.
Bai Lu's grades gradually stabilized after going through a small climb.
There was also a small meeting at home to discuss the schools and majors to apply for.
Dad suggested learning mathematics, physics and chemistry.
"As the saying goes, learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and travel all over the world." Dad said, "Besides, Lulu is also a science subject, so she can only apply for this kind of class."
"Who said that?" Mom disagreed, "You're all old-fashioned, what are you doing after studying physical chemistry? Doing scientific research? Anyway, I don't recommend studying chemical engineering, and the body will be ruined."
"Then what are you talking about?"
"How is the doctor?"
"Isn't it still related to medicine, how much is it different from chemical industry? Let's listen to Lulu."
So he went around outside and handed over the power to Bai Lu.
"I can learn anything."
"No hobbies?"
Bai Lu thought for a while, "I don't have any hobbies."
"Oh, my precious daughter, why don't you have any hobbies at all.",
"mom… "
Bai Lu interrupted suddenly, and her mother asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Lu recalled the scene when she passed that alley on the way home from campus not long ago.
The honeysuckle is in bud.
Still delicate, still fragile, still only the door of that house, peaceful and empty.
Bai Lu felt an evasive mentality in an instant, she didn't want to see this house again.
"I want... to take the exam farther away." Bai Lu said in a low voice, "I haven't been too far away from home since I was a child. I want to exercise in college."
Both parents agreed with this proposal.
"Okay, while you're young, walk more, parents support you."
The college entrance examination is finally here.
on a hot summer day.
The weather has become boring, and the people's teachers are rarely superstitious. They all wear Nike clothes, with big checkmarks hanging on their chests.
Bao Jianxun is still doing the final mobilization.
"Remember! You have to read the test paper once you get it in your hand! Answer the question after you have an idea in mind. It's not too late! No one is allowed to hand in the paper in advance!"
The entrance of the examination room is full of parents.
This examination room is basically full of students from key high schools. Most of the sixth middle school students have come, and a main road has been spontaneously blocked by parents.
The traffic police knew that the day was special, so they didn't care too much.
Wu Hanwen, who didn't have to take the exam, also came and stood with Teacher Bao.
There were too many people, before Bai Lu entered the examination room, she turned her head and saw that her mother and father were also in the crowd.
She waved at them, and accidentally caught a glimpse of Wu Hanwen.
Wu Hanwen stood on a high place with his arms raised, waving at her from a distance, seeing that she saw it, he paused for a moment, then folded his hands and fingers together, turning into two raised thumbs.
Bai Lu smiled and entered the examination room.
Two days of exam time. Bai Lu felt that perhaps it was because she had done too many test papers that she was a little mentally numb when answering the college entrance examination questions.
Especially for the last subject of English, the test papers were answered quickly, and it didn't take long for the candidates to complete the test.
But everyone still remembered the teacher's teachings and did not hand in the papers in advance.
The afternoon sun was so gentle that it blinded people to open their eyes.
In the last few minutes, the house began to stir.
The invigilator also smiled understandingly.
"Okay, you are finally going to be liberated."
The agitation in the corridor grew louder.
Finally, the bell rang—
The twelve-year cold window is over.