Cheng Ran was very experienced in basketball. In his previous life, he had poor grades and was rejected by No. 4 Middle School. After learning from his mistakes, Cheng Ran did not give up, but instead devoted himself to study and catch up. During those difficult days, playing basketball became his comfort in high school. Later, he formed a basketball team and participated in a city middle school basketball game in 1998. In that basketball game, he actually defeated No. 1 Middle School.
Of course, it has been a long time, and I rarely play basketball at work. Although I have this athletic gene in my bones, it still takes some time to regain it. Cheng Ran thought that he would play basketball when he had nothing to do, and also regard it as a kind of exercise.
In high school, you still have to experience everything...
There were two women and one man.
The girl on the left is a bit tall, with some freckles on her face. The other one is not that tall, but is about 1.6 meters tall, very pretty, with a teardrop mole under her eye, very pure, wearing a skirt, and a forest-style outfit. The boy has prominent cheekbones, making his face look sharp and narrow, but fortunately he has good skin, and is the type of handsome, handsome guy.
All three looked familiar, and they seemed to be talking to each other in low voices.
The one who called him was the girl with freckles. She stepped forward and said, "Hey, you are Cheng Ran, right? Your mother works as a cashier at Shanhai Hotel. Her name is Xu Lan..."
Cheng Ran remembered that the two girls were named ** and Tong Tian, both of whom were children of his mother Xu Lan's state-owned Shanhai Hotel compound. When Cheng Ran went to his mother's place to improve his life, he had played with them before.
That boy was my classmate in the No. 1 Primary School. His name seemed to be...
"Do you remember me? I'm Liu Zhijing. I was your class monitor when we were in elementary school."
Cheng Ran suddenly realized that it was quite novel to meet his elementary school classmates and friends he used to play with in his mother's compound again in No. 1 High School after such a long time.
He had a much deeper impression of Tong Tian than the other two. First, this girl was very beautiful, and he remembered her clearly when they were young. Second, when he was at his mother's workplace, he often did some stupid things with Tong Tian, such as taking the girl to look through the abandoned bar counter. At that time, he thought it was an adventure, but the girl got dirty. ** was Tong Tian's good friend, and Cheng Ran didn't have as much contact with her as Tong Tian, but she recognized him.
During this period of time when school started, Cheng Ran saw quite a few familiar faces, most of them were his former classmates, but he just couldn't remember their names. Moreover, there were a large number of people in No. 1 High School, and many of them he had only seen in a few situations. He saw them in a hurry and couldn't recognize them for a while, and in the blink of an eye, they were replaced by a new group.
"Hello, hello," Cheng Ran waved his hand, "What a fate."
Hearing Cheng Ran's words "it's fate", ** secretly nudged Tong Tian with his elbow, mainly because Cheng Ran's eyes were clearly on Tong Tian. This was not surprising, ** had flirted with Cheng Ran back then, and since she was a child, ** had been around Tong Tian and had seen many boys who were interested in her. It was not surprising to see another Cheng Ran.
Tong Tian's response was not as enthusiastic as **'s. He just waved to Cheng Ran, and then, as if he had other things to do, his eyes wandered away, falling on the open-air stadium in the square and some other directions.
When Liu Zhijing heard the teacher calling Cheng Ran, he was still on guard. After all, Cheng Ran was good-looking, at least Liu Zhijing would feel jealous. He didn't see it when they were in elementary school, but now in high school, he didn't expect that this short boy who used to be in the same class in elementary school would actually be taller than him and so good-looking.
Liu Zhijing and Tong Tian were not from the same place, but Liu Zhijing's family was indeed in business. Liu Zhijing's father recently bought shares in a building materials company, and Tong Tian's father Tong Peng also happened to be involved. The two sides met at the business field of the two families. The two families played mahjong and had meals together. As a result, the two families deliberately built a good relationship. In addition, the two were both in a provincial key university, so Liu Zhijing and Tong Tian naturally became close.
Of course, their relationship had not yet developed beyond the level of friends, but Liu Zhijing felt that this was almost a natural thing.
Now Liu Zhijing often goes to find Tong Tian after class or before evening self-study, like a jackal guarding his own rose.
Liu Zhijing saw everyone as a competitor, but when he heard from his friend that Cheng Ran's mother was a subordinate of Tong Tian's father, Liu Zhijing felt relieved. His father and Tong Peng were on an equal footing, while Cheng Ran's family was a subordinate of Tong Tian's father. From the perspective of perception, they were one level lower, and their competitiveness was weaker. Seeing Cheng Ran's attention to Tong Tian, while Tong Tian's mind was not on him, Liu Zhijing no longer regarded Cheng Ran as a competitor of the same level.
He was in a very good mood. "Which class are you in? Oh, Class 9... I know the monitor of your Class 9, his name is Zhang Feng... I am also the monitor of Class 3. It's a pity that you were not assigned to our Class 3, otherwise I would be your monitor again."
"Haha, hello, old squad leader!"
Cheng Ran nodded. It was not that he did not see through Liu Zhijing's mentality, but compared to his novelty of meeting his elementary school classmates, these were nothing. Calling Liu Zhijing "old monitor" was not without his own interesting thoughts.
But Liu Zhijing started to put on airs and nodded with a hum.
Seeing that everyone had nothing to say and no one had any intention to continue the conversation, ** said, "Let's play together when you have time..."
It was not until they parted that Tong Tian waved to Cheng Ran and smiled like an old friend. If he had felt unhappy about being ignored by her before, this smile would probably make up for it.
Seeing Cheng Ran's back as he left, ** said, "He was very famous in the first grade of junior high school. I remember when we were grouped together for military training, someone in their group called out his name after Qi Sheng. That's when I recognized him..."
Liu Zhijing said, "This Cheng Ran was admitted to No. 1 Middle School. When he was in elementary school, his grades were average in the class..."
Tong Tian's eyes were no longer wandering, and he looked at Cheng Ran's back. Liu Zhijing still had the impression of him from primary school. If Liu Zhijing knew that Cheng Ran scored 706 points in the entrance exam for No. 1 Middle School, more than 20 points higher than him, the expression on his pointed face would definitely be very interesting.
Tong Tian actually had an indescribable impression of Cheng Ran. It seemed that this boy would do things that she would never do before. Being with him, she might be criticized, but that feeling was actually like an adventure. This boy had once given her an adventurous feeling. The reason why she couldn't act familiar with him like ** was probably partly because of her reserve, and partly because she vaguely heard his father Tong Peng talking about the possibility of layoffs in Shanhai Hotel in the future.
She didn't know if Cheng Ran's mother would be among them. If her father fired his mother one day, how would she face him
Therefore, renewing the relationship with Cheng Ran as a child might not necessarily be a good thing.
Rather than being awkward with each other later, it’s better to keep a distance now.