After school, Cheng Ran suggested to Zhang Ping that he should not have dinner with them. Zhang Ping was stunned. "No, I was hoping to get to know more girls in the dance team through Qin Qian. Besides, Qin Qian took the initiative to invite you, why didn't you join her? Are you playing hard to get? Or are you in love with her and afraid of getting stuck..."
"You're overthinking it." Cheng Ran's mouth twitched.
"If you don't mean that, that's great. Just think of it as doing it for me!"
In fact, Cheng Ran didn't care about these recent events. Even the rumors about Qin Qian and Guo Yi, he held the attitude that since he came to the legendary Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School, he should experience everything about this school. It would be even better if he could downplay his presence...
But since Zhang Ping said so, if he found an excuse to eat alone, the snack street outside No. 10 Middle School was in the same place, and if Zhang Ping and Qin Qian saw him, it would be awkward. Otherwise, he would have to go far away, but hiding to eat was too weird...
So I could only nod again. Anyway, this kind of dinner together would not last long.
This time they went out to McDonald's on Shaanxi Street. After entering, they found a seat by the window and sat down. Zhang Ping smiled and said, "Didn't you say you hadn't eaten there last time? I'll treat you."
In fact, Zhang Ping's personality is very fond of taking on a lot of responsibilities, and he has the ambition to make friends with heroes all over the world. However, in the past, he could not get in touch with anyone who was slightly famous in the school, and people did not want to play with him. He did not play ball, and he had signed up for many clubs, but some of them were just for show, with no activities for many years. There were many activities and beautiful girls in the badminton club, and Zhang Ping had no talent in the animation club, so he had no way out. Unexpectedly, he could get to know Qin Qian through Cheng Ran.
There were quite a lot of people ordering food, so Zhang Ping asked everyone what they wanted to eat and then lined up. Cheng Ran, Qin Qian and the other two sat down. Qin Qian thought for a moment, unzipped the small bag she was carrying, took out a notebook, and said to Cheng Ran, "I have a question that I can't answer, and I've been stuck on it for days... Can you help me with it?"
Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment, then took it. Yuan Huiqun looked at him from the side, with a somewhat frivolous smile on her face.
Seeing the expectant look in Qin Qian's eyes, he seemed to understand something...
Is this considered a test
"The reaction formula of caryophyllene isomers and the reaction contents..." Cheng Ran raised his head and saw Qin Qian nodded. He put his hands together and raised them to ask for help. His ten fingers were slender and looked very beautiful.
Yuan Huiqun said from the side, "Qin Qian had originally asked the chemistry genius you met about this question, but he didn't know the answer either... You transferred here, and I heard you've taken those weird questions before, so you shouldn't have any problem... Come on, beat Su Yang!" She winked at Qin Qian.
Qin Qian rolled her eyes at her calmly, and then said to Cheng Ran, "I saw this question in my friend's Extended Training that day, so I copied it down. But it didn't match the answer, and there was no solution process. I wanted to ask the teacher, can you help me look at it..."
I was just having lunch, why did you start doing the questions when you didn't agree with me...
"I can only say... give it a try," Cheng Ran took the question. Qin Qian even handed him a pencil directly. It was very thin and had a faint fragrance on it. Cheng Ran took it and felt as if he had unlocked a future achievement that he had seen and mourned countless times - doing homework in McDonald's.
If I had known earlier, I should have firmly refused this meal today.
Yuan Huiqun helped get drinks, Zhang Ping bought a family bucket and a few hamburgers and came over. Seeing Cheng Ran, he couldn't help but "Wow, so serious."
"Why don't you eat first and then go back and do it."
Cheng Ran took a hamburger and ate it while writing. After a while, he finished solving the problem and handed it to Qin Qian. Zhang Ping quickly gave Cheng Ran a few chicken legs.
Qin Qian took the notebook and looked at the steps for solving the problem written by Cheng Ran. As she read, the expectation in her bright eyes, which had originally been full of interest, gradually dimmed as Cheng Ran solved the problem line by line...
Yuan Huiqun was even more anxious than she was. Watching from the side, she couldn't help but ask, "How is it?"
Qin Qian didn't answer her, but looked up at Cheng Ran, "The final result is different from the standard answer, isn't it?"
“Yes, I didn’t figure it out.”
Cheng Ran nodded and took a sip from the straw. "This question is difficult."
Yuan Huiqun was losing interest. She wanted to say, "It turns out you're not that great," but when she said it she felt that it might hurt others, so she didn't say it.
Qin Qian's disappointment flashed across her eyes, and she said "oh" and continued to eat, but it was obvious that her interest had been greatly reduced. Yuan Huiqun had seen Qin Qian in this situation countless times, and she still remembered that at some gatherings that Qin Qian was unwilling to attend but could not refuse, when she arrived at the scene, no matter how many admiring and expectant eyes she faced, she was calm and composed, without much commotion.
There was even one time when they attended a former classmate's birthday party and went to each other's house. At the end of the party, the other party took out a bound photo album, which was full of photos of Qin Qian's performances taken during the three years of junior high school. That classmate was also very popular and good at sports. I often remember him always having a Nikon film camera hanging around his neck at some school activities. Unexpectedly, he actually put so much thought into it.
As a result, when Qin Qian saw the photo album, she was not as moved as everyone expected. She simply said "Oh" and returned the album to the other party. The heartbroken look on the boy's face still left them with lingering fears when they thought about it later.
Qin Qian's two "ohs" sounds are exactly the same now.
Yuan Huiqun knew that the type of boy Qin Qian actually liked was the kind that was ambitious, critical, smart, and quick-witted.
She practiced dancing since she was young. In the provincial song and dance troupe, there were almost only handsome men and beautiful women. She was almost tired of the beauty, so no boy could give her any impact in terms of appearance. Secondly, maybe she was a dancer herself. She didn't really admire people who were good at sports. She had suffered much more than those who just ran laps and played ball...
The only thing is that she has a special affinity for people who are smart and have good grades. So why Su Yang can stand out? His so-called partiality in one subject may even be a special manifestation in Qin Qian's eyes. Qin Qian's appreciation of him may have been influenced by his title of genius since childhood.
Qin Qian rarely spoke during the meal, only asking everyone at the end if they wanted to eat anything else, as she was going to go buy some. Everyone shook their heads and said they couldn't eat anymore, so Qin Qian said, "Let's go back then."
On the way back to school, Yuan Huiqun and Qin Qian walked in front, and Zhang Ping and Cheng Ran walked behind. Zhang Ping had thought about going over to chat, but the two girls were talking about topics he couldn't get into, people and things he didn't know, so he could only buy a bag of melon seeds and lag behind Cheng Ran, eating melon seeds as they walked.
Looking at the figures of Qin Qian and Yuan Huiqun, Zhang Ping was worried. He spat out a piece of melon shell and turned to look at Cheng Ran, "Why do I feel like... it seems that our daylily is about to get cold?"
When they got back to school, it was not yet 1:30 and there was still more than an hour before the afternoon class. They had been able to pass the time by chatting and bragging during the meal, but this meal was finished especially quickly.
Zhang Ping curled his lips and handed a handful of melon seeds to Cheng Ran, "It's a mistake to eat fast food... Never mind, there are always better fish in the sea!"
When they entered the school gate, the two groups were still walking one after the other, and it turned out that a group of people were gathering downstairs of the experimental building in front.
The group of people participating in the provincial science and technology competition met in front of the laboratory building after having lunch. Perhaps the progress was not smooth, and the participating teams were discussing the content of the experiment and had an argument.
Su Yang smiled at Qin Qian and Yuan Huiqun and waved to them. Qin Qian walked over and looked at them. The coldness she had felt along the way seemed to be melting away. She smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"
Su Yang turned around and said, "The project has encountered some troubles... It's okay, we can get through it after a while. We may need to learn more about the relevant knowledge."
Qin Qian smiled, "Come on, I can't help you guys with what you nerds do anyway... I'm waiting for you to win!" She glanced in the direction of Jiang Hongshao again. Su Yang quietly moved his hand in front of him, blocking his view with his back, and waved at her awkwardly, indicating that she should not make any trouble in broad daylight in front of everyone.
Qin Qian laughed in silence, but this smile was somewhat jealous. There are always some people in your life that you can't be jealous of, and there is no doubt that the girl who is surrounded by stars at this moment is one of them.
Jiang Hongshao, who was originally communicating with her about project issues, said, "Let's leave it at that for today," and then walked over, passing Su Yang and Qin Qian who were chatting in front.
Zhang Ping suddenly found that he and Cheng Ran had gone from being just two spectators watching a group of school celebrities gathering together to being the main focus.
Jiang Hongshao looked at Cheng Ran, whose lips were shining after gnawing on a chicken leg, and said in a nonchalant but irresistible voice, "Have you finished your meal? I just happen to have something to do here. Which type of silicon negative electrode material for batteries is more stable? Accompany me to the library and we can discuss it."
Zhang Ping now really wanted to stuff the handful of melon seeds in his hand into his mouth. He looked at Cheng Ran bit by bit with his eyes wide open.
Then he saw Cheng Ran was stunned for a moment, and then he showed a bright smile as warm as the sun, "Okay."
It's already June 2nd, and I'm still immersed in the joy of yesterday's festival. Well, I realized it later, June needs a good start,