The final exams are approaching, and in the blink of an eye, a week has passed.
Thursday night study.
Class 8's classroom was as bright as day. Compared to usual, the class was filled with a unique atmosphere before the holidays, and the students felt much more depressed.
Students know that this class may be the last evening self-study class for everyone in the first year of high school.
I have an exam next Monday and no evening self-study on Sunday.
When they reach the second year of high school, some students will go to liberal arts classes, while others may go to experimental classes.
From now on, we may not be able to study in the same class anymore.
Although there have been countless conflicts within Class 8 in the past year, they are still classmates after all.
Class monitor Huang Zhongfei stepped onto the podium and wanted to say something, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
So, he took out a USB drive and smiled handsomely:
"Don't study today, let's watch a movie!"
Once these words were spoken, the vague melancholy was slightly alleviated. No matter when, being able to watch a movie in the classroom is always a happy thing.
Shen Qing'e was worried: "Didn't you get permission from the head teacher?"
Cui Yu shouted, "Don't be afraid of a bear. When school starts, he may not still be my class teacher!"
Yu Wen was puzzled: "You chose liberal arts?"
Cui Yu: "Who chooses liberal arts? Only stupid people choose liberal arts?"
"Then why are you so arrogant? You will still be in Class 8 next semester. Do you think Dan Qingrong will not give you a thumbs down?" Yu Wen said without hesitation.
Cui Yu glanced at her and said, "Don't I have any other way to go? How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan?"
Yu Wen: "I suggest you look in the mirror. Why are you still going to the experimental class? You might as well lick the floor."
Duan Shigang spoke up for his brother: "Why don't you believe Lao Cui?"
Yu Wen said sarcastically: "What does it have to do with you? What are you saying?"
Duan Shigang: "Do I need to ask you for permission to speak?"
After a few words, the two started arguing in public.
Cui Yu couldn't stand it anymore and acted as a peacemaker: "Hey, hey, hey, stop arguing, let's talk it out nicely."
Duan Shigang slammed the table and said, "The more you talk, the angrier I get!"
Squad leader Huang Zhongfei gave some advice and said, "It's okay. If there's any problem with the movie, I'll take responsibility."
After that, he turned on the multimedia computer.
After Miao Zhe in the back row noticed it, he raised his hand and said, "Zhong Fei, I'll guard the goal."
He stood up and left the classroom, standing in the corridor and looking around.
Wang Longlong: "My brother Miao is a real man."
I still remember that the last time a movie was shown, Miao Zhe was also responsible for guarding the door.
After deciding to show the movie, Yu Wen was worried that the monitor would be punished, but since things had come to this point, she had no excuse to stop it.
Besides, if you love a man, you should support him to do great things.
Yu Wen felt that the squad leader was very handsome now, so handsome that he seemed to be glowing all over. Oh, it turned out that the light from the projector was shining on his face, so it was glowing.
"Which movie do you want to watch?" Huang Zhongfei pointed at the folder.
It is filled with all kinds of movies. Yu Wen thinks she is a good wife and mother. If she truly loves someone, she will not let him take risks.
Yu Wen said, "Let's play a shorter movie."
The shorter the time, the lower the risk of exposure.
Yu Wen not only made her own choice, but also brought in Jiang Yanan's support.
So Huang Zhongfei chose a movie that was only 40 minutes long - The Secret World of Fireflies.
When the movie started, Xue Yuantong immediately turned off his phone screen.
Chen Siyu asked: "You were watching a movie on your phone just now, why didn't you watch it?"
Xue Yuantong: "How can it be compared to watching a movie in class?"
"The cinema has a better atmosphere. You refused to go last time I asked you to." Chen Siyu complained.
Xue Yuantong answered without hesitation: "The cinema charges!"
The lights in the classroom were turned off, and more than 50 students in the class were quietly enjoying the movie. The refreshing and soothing BGM was transmitted through the speakers into the classroom.
Occasionally, a fluorescent light would appear somewhere, which was the light from the students' cell phones.
The movie was quite exciting. During the break, some students from Class 9 slipped out of the door and were shocked to find that Class 8 was watching a movie.
Until the last class started, the movie ended, and the end credits rolled.
In the dark.
Chen Siyu was so moved that she quietly wiped her tears. Bai Yuxia handed her a tissue. The little girl cried, which made me feel sorry for her. She sniffed her little nose:
"Xia Xia, aren't you feeling uncomfortable?"
Bai Yuxia: "It's okay."
She has watched a lot of films and has a high psychological threshold, so there are few movies that can move her.
Chen Siyu looked at Tongtong again and wanted to ask her what she thought of the movie, but found that Tongtong had fallen asleep.
Chen Siyu was embarrassed: "Am I the only one who was moved to tears?"
The next second, the lights in the classroom came on and Pang Jiao burst into tears. She wiped her tears with her sturdy fingers, and her entire face was covered with lipstick and makeup, like the face of a Peking opera actor.
The horrified Duan Shigang shouted again and again: "Turn off the lights, turn off the lights."
Cui Yu laughed and joked: "It's the same even if the lights are turned off, right?"
…
The last evening self-study class, the second half of the class, returned to its usual calm.
Chen Qian took out the test paper and began to review seriously. He vowed that he would be in the top ten in the grade in this final exam.
Compared with Chen Qian's concentration, Yu Wen and Jiang Yanan are far less perseverant.
Ever since they had a meal together at the last small temple fair, Yu Wen was able to chat with Chen Qian.
Summer is here, the weather is hot, and most boys wear short sleeves.
Yu Wen said, "Chen Qian, I noticed that your arms are quite white."
As she spoke, she stretched out her arm and compared it with Jiang Yanan's. The difference in skin color was huge.
Although Jiang Yanan's facial features are not outstanding, her skin is quite white, slightly better than Shen Qing'e.
Yu Wen sighed: "I don't ask to be as white as Yanan, being as white as Chen Qian is enough."
After the comparison, she fell into skin color anxiety.
Chen Qian is not ignorant of the ways of the world. In the past, he had gone out to eat with Dong Qingfeng, Bai Yuxia, Chen Siyu and others. However, after that exam, he lost everything.
Today, after a year of hard work, he is stronger than ever before.
It's time to get back what you lost!
Chen Qian put down half of the test paper and comforted Yu Wen:
"Actually I'm not white, I just look whiter than you. Don't be discouraged, you're fine."
Yu Wen's expression was stiff.
Dong Qingfeng looked at Chen Qian in surprise. His good friend was really good at comforting girls.
…
Bai Yuxia went to Xue Yuantong to explain the problem, and actually understood some of it, which surprised Chen Siyu. Bai Yuxia smiled gently.
On the other side of the river, Shan Kaiquan noticed this scene out of the corner of his eye.
He thought bitterly, 'Didn't we agree not to look at her?'
After the movie ended, Bai Yuxia had no reaction, but Dan Kaiquan couldn't calm down after watching it.
In order to restrain himself, he put his arms on the desk, laid his head on it, and closed his eyes tiredly.
The movie just now tells a story about love, a tragic love story.
The scene reminded Shan Kaiquan of the love that ended hastily before it even began.
The distance between him and Bai Yuxia is like that between the man and the monster in the movie, two parallel lines with a huge gap in between, and the distance will never intersect.
At this moment, Shan Kaiquan felt extremely depressed, as if he was suffocating.
"Distance, huh?" He never believed in fate, but only in changing it.
His consciousness gradually faded, and his eyelids became heavy:
'What exactly is distance?'
Pain, helplessness, regret, and unwillingness flashed vaguely through his mind.
The chaotic scene continued to entangle, and finally transformed into an extremely familiar scene.
He seemed to have returned to his childhood, to that familiar little village.
He was a cowherd boy, and Bai Yuxia was the girl of a landlord at the head of the village. She had been very good-looking since she was young, and many little boys surrounded her.
Every time Bai Yuxia went out, she was always wearing clean clothes, while he was a dusty cowherd boy.
There is distance between them.
So what? Shan Kaiquan believes that with his hard work, one day he will be able to break the gap!
He herded cattle, practiced martial arts and read books.
A few years later, he emerged in the village and became the village's top young talent.
Finally, he got the landlord's promise that he would hold a wedding when the time came a few years later.
Shan Kaiquan shortened the so-called distance through his own efforts.
And on that day, the war came, and the village he cherished was razed to the ground by cavalry.
Shan Kaiquan and Bai Yuxia separated in the turbulent times.
He escaped from the north, going through untold hardships, to the south of the Yangtze River, and became a boatman.
Mist shrouds the cold water and the moon shrouds the sand. I moor at Qinhuai near a tavern for the night.
He met Bai Yuxia again.
The young men of Wuling vied with each other to tie their hair with red silk, and they knew not how many there were for one song.
When they met again, she had become the most famous courtesan in Jiangnan, and a meeting with her cost one hundred taels of gold.
But he was a lowly boatman who took a long time to think before eating a white flour bun.
That night, Shan Kaiquan stood on the shore all night and couldn't sleep.
The distance between him and Bai Yuxia grew even wider.
The next day, he left the boatmen and headed north.
With great ambition, I would eat the flesh of the barbarians when I am hungry, and drink the blood of the Huns when I am thirsty.
Three years later, the country was recovered and he returned as a great general.
But he discovered that Bai Yuxia had already become the Crown Princess of the Han Palace.
All of Shan Kaiquan's glory has lost its meaning.
He thought about it day and night, sleepless nights, and his obsession became a demon in his heart.
Three months later, the emperor passed away and the prince succeeded to the throne.
On this day, he held a Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, climbed up to the Golden Throne Hall, and killed the new emperor.
Everyone in the hall was shocked, and no one dared to speak, because he had already achieved such great success that he frightened the emperor.
He took away the imperial seal, and from then on, he was the emperor.
Finally, Shan Kaiquan walked towards the harem step by step, and he met Bai Yuxia.
She was dressed in red, with dark eyebrows and frowning eyes. She was so beautiful that everything in the world pales in comparison to her.
Shan Kaiquan looked at her, and at that moment, all the distances in the world were broken by him, because he was the Lord of the Heavens.
He looked affectionate and was ready to hold Bai Yuxia's hand.
Suddenly, he was slapped on the head. Shan Kaiquan raised his head from the desk and Guo Kunnan shouted, "Don't sleep here. Let's go out and buy some bread."
When Shan Kaiquan regained consciousness, he saw Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu leaving the classroom together a few meters away.
…
Evening self-study is over.
Ten minutes later, most of the students from other classes had left, but more than half of the students from Experimental Class 1 were still staying in the classroom to study.
There were three people standing in the corridor outside. Li Shi leaned against the balcony and looked at Ding Shuyan who was studying in the classroom. She waited for them to finish their studies and then go home together.
Lin Zida moved a stool, sat in the corridor, and played games leisurely.
Zhuang Jianhui leaned on the balcony, pressed his temples with both hands to relieve his fatigue, and chatted with him casually.
"Do you still remember Yuan Lin? He said a few days ago that he would come to Yuzhou to play." Zhuang Jianhui said.
"Isn't he studying in Shen City? What is he doing in our small place, drinking rice wine?" Lin Zida smiled. Yuzhou's rice wine is indeed very famous.
Zhuang Jianhui looked at the quiet campus from afar without looking back: "He was just talking, you know his character."
Lin Zida played the game: "That's right, he probably thought we were in trouble."
Zhuang Jianhui added: "I'm afraid we won't have many opportunities to meet in the future. His path...is different from ours after all."
Li Shi asked in confusion: "What road?"
Lin Zida grinned and said without hiding anything: "A way to go abroad directly after graduation without taking the junior high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination."
Many of their peers in their circle have taken this path. They have been attending international schools since childhood, where the focus is on cultivating their hobbies and interests. The courses are easy, and they do not receive exam-oriented education, but so-called quality-oriented education.
Li Shi knew something about this, and she quickly understood what they meant:
"Maybe not. If they want to go to a domestic university, maybe they can give it a try."
Zhuang Jianhui disagreed: "Just them?"
If those students who received quality education came to compete for the college entrance examination, they would be beaten by these people who practice questions every day and make them doubt their lives.
…
A day passed, it was Friday, early morning.
Xue Chuchu was studying next door, Jiang Ning was leaning on the sofa, watching a horror movie, and Xue Yuantong went home scared.
This is a good idea. If you feel she is getting in the way in the future, you can use this little trick to get rid of her.
Xue Yuantong rolled around on the bed. She finished the game and felt a little empty. Her mother also fell asleep.
This emptiness can only be filled with food. She remembered the fruit Jiang Ning brought back last time and sent a message:
"Jiang Ning, do you still have the red grapes you brought? I don't want to eat them, so I'm just asking."
Soon, I received a reply, "No more."
Xue Yuantong could not hide his disappointment. How nice it would be if he could eat delicious and juicy grapes in the evening
I slept peacefully all night, but unfortunately, it’s gone.
"Oh, okay." She collapsed on the bed, her calves too weak to swing.
She wants to sleep.
Before going to bed, I received a message from Jiang Ning: "Why don't you ask if I have any other fruits?"
Seeing this message, Xue Yuantong instantly recovered his health. A big watermelon appeared in his mind. The taste of that watermelon was no less than that of red grapes. If he ate a bunch of it in the middle of the night, he would be absolutely happy!
She instantly recovered her strength, changed from lying to sitting, and pouted: "Do you have any other fruits?"
Jiang Ning tapped the screen: "No."
Xue Yuantong's face froze at first, and then all her expectations turned into anger. With her intelligence, she guessed that Jiang Ning was teasing her on purpose.
It’s so abominable that he has turned evil!
She had always been the one to tease Jiang Ning, but tonight she was played by him. Xue Yuantong was extremely dissatisfied.
She grabbed the phone and pressed the screen: "Jiang Ning, you're going too far!"
She began typing in the chat box, ready to lecture him until he apologized.
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Then why don't you ask, was I lying to you when I said there was no fruit?"
Xue Yuantong felt a glimmer of hope in his heart again, "So you actually have fruit, and you were deliberately lying to me just now?"
Jiang Ning: "I didn't lie to you."