Having a birthday with my parents and with my friends and classmates is a completely different feeling.
Celebrating birthdays with my parents at home is very formal. My mother will make dumplings specially, and eating cakes is also very ritualistic, as if something extraordinary happened on this day N years ago.
It's different from celebrating a birthday with a group of classmates. To put it bluntly, it's a carnival party held by a group of people under the pretext of someone's birthday.
Except for giving gifts and eating cakes, other times have nothing to do with you. Girls may be more particular, blow a candle and make a wish, and sing a birthday song together. These boys, when the cake is delivered, it leaks. No one found the candle, the fork, and the saucer.
After the meal was over, no one was affected when he took the cake and prepared to eat another meal. Huo Ran directly poked the cake open with chopsticks, but the cake was already taken away before he finished poking it.
"Today," Jiang Lei was half lying on the chair and took a bite of a piece of cake, "If only it was Friday."
"You can play until midnight, right?" Xu Zhifan said.
"That's not right," Wei Chaoren said, "then you can continue to play the next day."
"It's not that I am spoiling your happiness," Xu Chuan said. "If it's Friday, I don't think I'm in the mood to play. The students will take the midterm exam next week."
"Ah?" Jiang Lei was stunned, "Fuck, yes? I have another exam! Why do I feel like I'll always live in the feeling that my god has another exam and I failed the fuck? "
"I'm afraid of the fart," Kou Chen was also half lying in the chair, one leg resting on Huo Ran's, holding a drink in his hand, "It's just a small mid-term exam, it's not the final exam, let alone the college entrance exam..."
"Don't raise the test," Xu Chuan sighed, "On such a happy day, we still talk about auspiciousness."
Several people were happy.
Except for Xu Zhifan, the college entrance examination is probably not a good thing for them.
That is to say, I always feel that there is still a year, as long as I don't think about it, there is no pressure.
Huo Ran glanced at Kou Chen.
Holding a cup, he looked very happy with the wine, as if his cup was filled with a glass of white wine.
It's actually Sprite.
Tonight they drank a little beer, and they have been drinking since then. Lao Yuan knew that they were out for a party. If they drank alcohol and went back and blocked Lao Yuan, they would definitely be punished.
If you change to another teacher, just say it, they don't care too much, but Lao Yuan can't, Lao Yuan really has nothing to say to them, even a person like Kou Chen will try his best to go down the stairs in front of Lao Yuan. The four-level jump was changed to a third-level jump.
But even though they didn't drink much alcohol, a group of people could chat with red faces as if they were catching up with their heads.
Ever since Kou Chen talked to him about the usefulness and uselessness that day, the college entrance examination has always been a little subtle, and he no longer had the sense of self-righteousness when he talked about his grades.
He patted Kou Chen's leg as a sign of comfort.
Kou Chen looked at him, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "What are you doing?"
"There's still a year." Huo Ran said.
"I didn't think about that." Kou Chen clicked his tongue.
There were not many people in the restaurant at nine o'clock. They changed places and found a barbecue stall for another meal.
However, because it was a dish, a drink, and a cake before, the combat effectiveness has dropped a lot, and the barbecue order is still not finished.
When returning to school with a few large bags of barbecue, Kou Chen felt that he was still not comfortable enough.
Approaching the door of the dormitory, a few people put the barbecue into shopping bags for disguise. Lu Huan and Wu Xiaochen received the news and ran out to get it.
Watching Jiang Lei give Lu Huan the barbecue, and the two of them chatting and laughing in a low voice, Kou Chen suddenly realized that he was not comfortable enough.
Huo Ran's birthday, neither of them had a chance to be alone.
Being alone is just chatting, giggling, there is nothing else to do, and I don't know what to do, but I just want to be alone with Huo Ran, at some special time.
He sighed.
Or more than that.
Wei Chaoren and Jiang Lei have been trying hard to pursue girls recently, and they come to him from time to time to give him ideas on what to do and what to say.
Every time he patiently pointed out a little bit, although he didn't know right or wrong, he was always better than the two of them.
If it wasn't for Xu Zhifan who was decisively rejected before he started working hard, there are three people around him who are immersed in a happy and ambiguous period, and when one or two are mentioned, their names will bloom with laughter, and he has to give idea.
Where are you going to reason!
depressed.
If Huo Ran was a girl, he wouldn't have to struggle for so long, and he wouldn't even have to spend much time to determine what was wrong with him.
He didn't have anything he wanted to say or didn't want to say, he just didn't dare to say it at all.
Fear of being rejected, and even more afraid of being treated with tolerance.
I can't accept your liking, but I will still treat you as a friend.
It's more fucking humiliating than outright refusal.
Can't bear it.
After Huo Ran's birthday, they had no chance to have fun for the time being. They could look forward to May 1, but there was a mid-term exam before, and the results of the mid-term exam directly affected the quality of their May 1 holiday.
So in order to have a high-quality vacation, a few people should start from Thursday, four days in advance, and start reviewing.
In contrast, Xu Zhifan was much more relaxed. He was usually not a coward to their level, so he didn't need to make a surprise attack.
Kou Chen was also very relaxed. He slept in get out of class, went to the toilet after class, finished the cafeteria in the cafeteria, and lived a relaxed and comfortable life until the beginning of the senior high school entrance examination, even worse than usual.
Usually, when he is in a good mood, he can make a surprise attack, aiming to pass a few subjects, but this time he is really in no mood at all.
Every day I feel that my mind is full, and I can no longer fit a word into it.
Only Huo Ran could see the unease in his lightheartedness.
"Didn't you say that your dad doesn't care about your mid-term exam results and only pays attention to the end of the term?" Huo Ran asked, "Did he say something this time?"
"I didn't say it," Kou Chen frowned, "I just asked when the exam was. He never asked before. I thought for a while that he didn't know there was still a mid-term exam."
"Then you can read the book. If you don't understand, you can ask Xu Zhifan. He is good at teaching topics." Huo Ran said.
"No." Kou Chen said.
Huo Ran looked at him: "So stubborn?"
"I'm impressed!" Kou Chen glared at him.
Huo Ran sighed and said nothing.
Kou Chen couldn't tell why, but if he read a few books, he could get some marks, or just glanced at other people during the exam, he wouldn't get 40 or 50 points, and after the exam, he could take a few papers. There are only two copies of the six-character lining.
While standing at the school gate and waiting for Kou Xiao to pick him up, Huo Ran stood beside him.
"My hands are cold," Kou Chen said.
Huo Ran didn't speak, grabbed his hand and rubbed the back of his hand again: "How about... How about I go to your house."
"Why?" Kou Chen looked at him, "If my dad is serious, we can't beat him together, at least we need to add another brother Chuan."
"...Who dares to fight with your dad!" Huo Ran was speechless, "I was thinking, if I followed, even if he wanted to scold you and beat you, he wouldn't be too embarrassed to do it, I think his attitude towards me was pretty good. of."
"That's all," Kou Chen patted his schoolbag, "my sister could kill me, let alone him."
"Kou Chen," Huo Ran squeezed his hand, "Do you... have something on your mind?"
Kou Chen glanced at him.
Huo Ran quickly turned his head: "I just ask casually, not that you have it."
"I'll have a chance to tell you later." Kou Chen blurted out.
"Huh?" Huo Ran turned around and seemed a little surprised. After a while, he nodded, "Okay."
"What if I didn't say anything?" Kou Chen raised his eyebrows.
"Sell you to the mountains." Huo Ran also raised his eyebrows.
Kou Chen laughed and didn't do anything with Huo Ran, just chatting casually like this could make him forget a lot of irritable things for a while.
However, these irritable things soon returned with the arrival of Kou Xiao.
"However, get in the car?" Kou Xiao asked, "Sister will see you off."
"I'll just go back by myself. Today I have to go around my mother's unit to get things." Huo Ran smiled.
"Okay," Kou Xiao said, "How was the test?"
"...It's just passing." Huo Ran said.
"Where's Kou Chen?" Kou Xiao asked again.
"You can ask me directly." Kou Chen said.
"I don't dare." Kou Xiao still looked at Huo Ran.
"It's about the same as before, and there are... passers," Huo Ran said.
"Okay, got it," Kou Xiao nodded, "then let's go first, but you should pay attention to safety while riding."
"Okay." Huo Ran glanced at Kou Chen.
Kou Chen leaned against the window of the passenger car, winked his right eye at him, and smiled with the corner of his mouth hooked.
Today, Kou Xiao will specifically ask about his grades, killing the last bit of luck in Kou Chen's heart.
"Is Dad at home?" he asked.
"Well," Kou Xiao frowned, "I said before, he hasn't reached the final line yet, it's not really just how you learn and mix."
Kou Chen clicked his tongue, propped his chin in his hand, and bit his finger.
"Don't argue with him for a while," Kou Xiao said. "My mother and I will block you. You just need to admit your mistake. What he says is what he says, do you hear me?"
"Yeah." Kou Chen nodded.
"Don't argue with him, at least not today," Kou Xiao turned to look at him, "Do you hear me?"
"Well," Kou Chen pointed to the front, "Look at the road."
Back home, Kou Chen felt the tension in the atmosphere as soon as he entered the door.
Even Shuaishuai didn't jump up to meet him, but just stood by the wall and wagged his tail desperately.
"Are you hungry?" Dad sat on the sofa. "Your mother bought a bunch of snacks today. Would you like to try them?"
"Okay." Kou Chen changed his shoes and looked at the table. He took a small cake and ate it, and then took another piece and shook it, "Come on, handsome."
Shuaishuai ran over and opened his mouth.
When Kou Chen threw the cake into his mouth, his father asked, "How is the result of this mid-term exam? Have you improved?"
The cake was thrown on Shuai Shuai's nose and fell to the ground.