Forty people and an enthusiastic geography teacher were in a small classroom. Four electric fans turned in unison, and the one closest to the back door made the loudest squeak.
A small notebook escaped the gaze of the geography teacher on the stage, passed through the desks that were not too neatly arranged, and finally reached Gu Chaoming's desk through the hands of several classmates.
The notebook is the size of a palm, small but thick, and has a leather cover.
Since becoming a study group with Gu Chaoming, Lin Jianfan is entangled in how to learn from each other as Lao Chen said. Lin Jianfan didn't control Gu Chaoming more, and he wouldn't chase after Gu Chaoming because he was in a group. Old Chen said that he would not be held accountable. Lin Jianfan didn’t want the group to be useless, and he didn’t want to force Gu Chaoming to study too much, so he prepared a notebook to copy every day’s homework on it, and wrote the due date and the teacher’s information for each subject. Work requirements.
The first time I asked someone to pass it on between classes. Lin Jianfan wrote the purpose of the notebook on the first page and copied down today's homework. I didn't expect that when the notebook came back the next day, there was a message from Gu Chaoming on it.
"Fortunately, you can treat it as if I did it, so you don't have to write it every day."
But Lin saw that Fan was disobedient, so he ran over after school the next day and gave him the notebook for excerpting his homework.
"I said no." Gu Chaoming said to Lin Jianfan, who was holding a thick homework excerpt.
Seeing Lin Jianfan's dazed and bewildered expression, Gu Chaoming suddenly softened his heart and took the notebook in Lin Jianfan's hand: "Then... that's fine, you can keep copying, anyway, I won't be able to write."
From then on, Lin Jianfan insisted on copying his homework for several days. Gu Chaoming would write and draw in his notebook when he was bored at home.
The open homework copybook was spread out on the table. The handwriting was correct, as if it was written with a ruler.
Gu Chaoming admired this seriousness.
With only a few minutes left of get out of class, Gu Chaoming closed the homework book from Lin Jianfan and put it in his schoolbag.
The classmates like the geography teacher, because the geography teacher has one advantage—not procrastinating. When the get out of class bell rang, the geography teacher packed up the lesson plans, and the students at the bottom packed up their schoolbags.
In the homework, there is still a workbook that has not been distributed. The class representative told the students to stay in their seats, and he went to the office to carry out the homework first.
It doesn't matter if Gu Chaoming and Su Bing wait until tomorrow morning to copy, but the three of them need to wait, and Gu Chaoming is not in a hurry and sits in his seat.
The classmates after school were in a hurry to go home, a pile of homework was scattered on the desk, and everyone crowded into the homework pile to find their homework book. Gu Chaoming told Cen Xili not to move, and with his height and eyesight advantages, he helped Cen Xili get the workbook.
In the cluttered pile of homework, I took the homework of Cen Xili, himself and Su Bing, and a workbook with the word "Fan" appeared in Gu Chaoming's field of vision. There was only one person in the class, Lin Jianfan, who had the word Fan in his name. Gu Chaoming saw that he helped Lin Jianfan get the workbook.
Thinking that Lin Jianfan should look for his workbook in the crowd, but he took the workbook and glanced around but saw no one.
Lin Jianfan's desk hadn't been cleaned up yet. From a distance, Gu Chaoming saw Lin Jianfan's textbook spread out on his desk, but he didn't take his schoolbag.
Through the glass window of the classroom, Gu Chaoming discovered that Lin Jianfan was sweeping the floor in the corridor outside.
Putting the workbook on Lin Jianfan's desk, Gu Chaoming returned to his seat.
After getting the homework, Cen Xili opened the zipper of the schoolbag and put the homework book in the schoolbag, while Gu Chaoming put the homework book directly on the stack of books on the desk.
Cen Xili glanced at the workbook abandoned by Gu Chaoming on the stack of books: "This is quite simple, you should be able to do it."
"I don't want to do it today." Gu Chaoming replied seemingly casually.
Cen Xili said that it was easy and he wanted to try it, but the ease of the top ten scholars in the class was not at the same level as the ease of his understanding. Gu Chaoming thought about it and let it go.
Su Bing came over with his schoolbag on his back, and the three walked out of the classroom together. Gu Chaoming and Lin Jianfan, who was sweeping the floor, said, "I put your workbook on the table for you."
"thanks."
Thank you is synonymous with Lin Jianfan, who is always "thank you" and "thank you" to everyone.
Gu Chaoming's reminder from the beginning to the slow habit later, Lin Jianfan's thanks and sorry have lost its value.
"Why did Lin Jianfan sweep the floor again today? Didn't he just finish it on Monday?" Cen Xili asked as he walked down the stairs.
Gu Chaoming shook his head: "Didn't he sweep the floor today?"
Gu Chaoming looked at Su Bing who was sitting behind Lin Jianfan, why did Su Bing look at my expression: "I don't know why Lin Jianfan sweeps the floor today, I'm just his back table, your neighbors know why your dad is today Are you coming back for dinner?"
"Mom is very angry today." Gu Chaoming said.
"No." Su Bing quibble.
Gu Chaoming asked with a smile, "Have you broken up with your white, beautiful, long legs?"
Su Bing looked over and said, "How do you know?"
Even Cen Xili couldn't help laughing: "I haven't heard much of you talking about her recently. Isn't this just breaking up."
Su Bing snorted: "This time we really broke up, and I'm back to being free."
Gu Chaoming smiled and said to Cen Xili, "Let's count how many times Su Xiaoma has returned to freedom."
Gu Chaoming folded his fingers and began to count, but Cen Xili interrupted him: "It doesn't matter how many times he has regained his freedom as many ex-girlfriends."
Su Bing squinted at Cen Xili and Gu Chaoming who made fun of him, and saw Chen Haiyang coming from a distance: "The way is narrow."
Gu Chaoming, Cen Xili, and Su Bing were standing in the school lobby, and Chen Haiyang walked over alone. As soon as they saw Chen Haiyang, Gu Chaoming and Su Bing automatically entered the state of protecting Cen Xili. Chen Haiyang didn't know what the hell was going on, he was afraid that he would hurt Cen Xili.
The two sides passed by, and Gu Chaoming and Su Bing heard the tsk tsk from Chen Haiyang's mouth as they passed by.
A rubbing shoulder, a few "tsk tsk", disdainful eyes.
Su Bing's anger was ignited at once. He was angry because he broke up with his girlfriend, and seeing Chen Haiyang's arrogant appearance was even more unbearable.
There was a gust of breeze, and there was an empty space beside him, Cen Xi immediately reacted and pulled Su Bing to let him not cause trouble.
Pulling Su Bing and hearing the movement behind him, Cen Xili turned around and a tall figure stood beside the stairs.
Behind him is the setting sun at the entrance of the teaching building, the temperature has not dropped, and he is still wearing the blue and white school uniform and wide school pants.
You Xin stood beside the stairs, silent as usual just watching a farce, blinked, and looked down at Cen Xili who had turned around.
You Xin always appeared in his world suddenly, without warning, he was caught off guard before he was ready.
Cen Xili can always arrange other people's affairs in an orderly manner, but when it comes to his own affairs - about You Xin's affairs, he will be beaten back to his original shape.
Cen Xili and You Xin looked at each other at a distance of a few meters, and they looked at each other for a short time, only a few seconds. In the end, You Xin looked away first, and Cen Xili lowered his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Su Bing grabbed Chen Haiyang's shoulder.
Cen Xili ran over and pulled Su Bing over, while Gu Chaoming stood aside and stared at You Xin who was silent.
"Or make it clear today." Gu Chaoming said to You Xin.
Su Bing was just pulled over here, and Gu Chaoming started again over there.
"Gu Shuai, let's go." Cen Xili took Su Bing to Gu Chaoming's side and left the place of right and wrong with one hand.
"You two, don't rush like this, don't blow up as soon as you pick it." Cen Xili advised them both.
"Why am I rushing, does the seal stink?" Su Bing was really angry today.
Gu Chaoming felt it, and came over and patted Su Bing's shoulder: "Forget it, Xili has to go home. Don't you just break up with your girlfriend, do you really like it? This breakup has such a big reaction. "
Su Bing said uncomfortably, "That's a little bit."
"I didn't expect to hear this from your mouth." Su Bing glared at Gu Chaoming after he finished speaking.
Gu Chaoming patted Su Bing's shoulder and smiled: "Okay, why don't we just break up? I'll eat popsicles later to cool off your anger. For the sake of your brokenheartedness, I invite you this time."
"You said it." Su Bing regained his energy.
"What I said is still false?" Gu Chaoming looked at Cen Xili, "Xili, are you going?"
Cen Xili shook his head: "I have to go home."
"That's fine."
In the cold drink shop outside the school, Gu Chaoming and Su Bing each had a big cone. After Gu Chaoming paid the money, Su Bing had been scolding the provocative Chen Haiyang and the inaction You Xin in the short section of the road.
After getting off the car and walking into the community, Gu Chaoming habitually walked to the canteen to ask if Aunt Cheng, Gu Tao, was there, and if he had seen him today.
The setting sun wandered in the corridor, and Gu Chaoming stepped on the dusty stairs. A long shadow was dragging behind him, and the shadow was divided into jagged shapes by the stairs. Gu Chaoming walked to the front of his house. Aunt Cheng said that this morning, Gu Tao came to buy a pack of cigarettes and left the community.
The key was inserted into the lock hole, the door lock turned, and Gu Chaoming felt the silence inside the door through an iron door.
Gu Tao should not be at home, Gu Chaoming suddenly opened the door, and the opened door brought a gust of wind.
There was no one inside the door, and the unclosed window the setting sun sneaked in.
Gu Chaoming breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and closed the door, put down his schoolbag and went to the toilet first.
After eating, washing dishes and taking a bath, the sunset that sneaked in from the window quietly escaped out of the window, and the night was lying by the window to join in the fun.
The night outside the window attracted the wind of the summer night, and Gu Chaoming was lying on the sofa and playing with his mobile phone before he knew it was nine o'clock. Confused about time, Gu Chaoming didn't know what he did all day, as if he was repeating it every day.
Eating, taking a bath, sleeping, playing with mobile phones, playing with mobile phones in get out of class, smoking after class... After a day hastily passed, there is no real feeling, only the constantly changing numbers on the mobile phone tell him, it is now the time of your life, you have spent a few hours today , how many hours will you lose today.
Gu Chaoming swiped his phone and bore his schoolbag, and opened the homework notebook that Lin Jianfan gave him. Although Gu Chaoming didn't do the homework in the notebook, it was very interesting to write a message to Lin Jianfan.
Lin Jianfan was too serious, and sometimes his answers made people laugh.
Gu Chaoming was lying on the sofa, his homework book was leaning against his hunched legs, and he was holding a fountain pen in his hand to leave a message to Lin Jianfan.
The phone on the coffee table lights up, and when he picks up the phone, Gu Chaoming immediately closed the homework book he was writing, sat up and put the notebook on the cleaned coffee table.
"Hey, Mom."
The smile on Gu Chaoming's face to Lin Jianfan's message instantly filled his face because of Qu Yingyi's phone call.
"Let's eat, it's so late." Qu Yingyi asked.
"I ate it a long time ago." Gu Chaoming said.
"Is Gu Tao back today?"
"No."
Gu Tao came back in the middle of the night last night. In his sleep, Gu Chaoming vaguely heard him vomit, and Gu Chaoming ignored him.
Qu Yingyi said: "I've been busy with some things recently, so many things have been delayed."
Gu Chaoming didn't ask what she was doing, he only worried about his mother's body: "How is your body?"
"I've been cultivating, don't worry."
Gu Chaoming asked again: "Mom, how are you in your new home? Are they okay with you?"
Gu Chaoming seemed to say it easily, he just asked casually, but before speaking, Gu Chaoming had been considering the selection of words, repeatedly choosing, and finally choosing the word new home.
"He is very kind to me, and so is his daughter. Her daughter likes me very much. I was worried that the children would hate my stepmother, but she called my mother yesterday and sang to me the English songs they learned at school."
Qu Yingyi's words contained a smile, which Gu Chaoming could hear through the phone.
A happy mother is his greatest happiness.
Gu Chaoming said, "That's good."
"You will be his brother from now on, do you want to have a sister?"
Gu Chaoming smiled. He has always been an only child, has no siblings, and has never experienced the feeling of having someone grow up with you all the time.
Gu Chaoming didn't know if he could be a good brother.
"His parents came to live with us in a few days. I'm still a little worried. I haven't had this kind of worry for a long time."
"It's like a little girl's nervousness when she sees her parents."
Gu Chaoming made Qu Yingyi laugh with one sentence: "Your mother is so old, she's still a little girl, and she's not seventeen or eighteen."
"You are seventeen or eighteen." Gu Chaoming said.
"You child," Qu Yingyi smiled, "I'll pick you up when everything settles down here, and wait."
Gu Chaoming said "um", knowing his mother is not easy.
The next day, Lin Jianfan received only half of Gu Chaoming's message in the homework record book. Gu Chaoming didn't finish writing it. He hung up Qu Yingyi's phone and forgot that he hadn't finished writing it yet.
At night, the temperature drops, and there are sparks in the depths of the night, half of which are stars in the sky and half of which are lights on the ground.
The lights in the bedroom are all extinguished, the stars outside the window shine alone, and the moonlight inside the window will not make it completely dark. Yueshuang covered the furniture, Gu Chaoming was lying on the bed, staring at the wardrobe covered by Yueshuang.
I heard that the conditions there are very good. After all, the man is a fairly successful businessman. He has only met once and is well-dressed. Gu Chaoming lay on the bed imagining his future life, imagining the little girl calling him his brother, and thinking of the "brother" who brainwashed him by Su Bing's little girlfriend.
The girl has been able to sing English songs since she was in kindergarten. Listening to Qu Yingyi, she can speak English fluently.
If he goes to that new home, the little girl asks him questions in English, if the man asks about his grades...
The night has not only darkness, but also the wild thoughts of people who can't sleep.
Gu Chaoming, who had always been lazy and took one step at a time, suddenly realized his own shortcomings in the night when the moon was full of frost.