Through The Strait Gates

Chapter 25: Rehabilitation

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Xu Xilin later invited Zheng Shuo to have a meal alone - of course, Zheng Shuo would never let him pay if he didn't slip away - Xu Xilin stated the fact that he did not need a guardian, and then in order to show his "mature and decent", No intention of anger and resentment, he pinched his nose and exchanged contact information with Zheng Shuo.

Then Xu Xilin plunged into the sea of books that he had been wandering for for a long time.

The senior year review of No. 6 Middle School is divided into three rounds. The first round is when the teachers of each subject will talk about all the content from beginning to end. .

But Xu Xilin was busy with his family affairs, and he was decadent for a long time. After coming and going, it was already autumn and winter, and the snow was falling.

Xu Xilin had piled up a large box of one cubic meter of unfinished papers, and he really didn't know where to start.

At the same time, the aftereffects of his immersion in the mess of discs and idle books were also revealed.

Those novels are easy to understand, the amount of information is very small, you can read them at a glance and ten lines. Xu Xilin was also very casual when he read them. He glanced at them and thought they didn't look good, so he immediately threw them away and replaced them. This is actually a very hurtful attention. habit of strength.

When he came back to his senses, he found that it was extremely difficult to sit down for a long time to do things, especially in the science department, when he combined those nagging questions and English reading that he didn't know what he was forcing, Xu Xilin basically read two lines to start. I was irritable, and when I couldn't see the small half, I put it aside and went to the next question... Often, I was flipping through the whole set of test papers, and he didn't even have a complete set of questions.

Not to mention the use of martial arts, one has to reconnect the meridians.

However, "Black Jade Intermittent Cream" is not easy to use.

Xu Xilin was always so annoyed that he would take off while sitting, wishing he could hit every corner of the wall upstairs and downstairs, and realizing his inefficiency would exacerbate this anxiety. cycle.

But no matter how annoying he is, he will not stand up and walk around at will, because there is a Dou Xun sitting next to him who is observant. Once Xu Xilin's movement is loud, even if he just sighs heavily, Dou Xun will look up at him. This always reminded Xu Xilin of how he was waiting for him at the door of the bathroom that day. All the guards of others seemed to remind him of his weakness.

The bear child may be willing to be proud of being a "jerk", but no young man is willing to accept his "weakness".

Gradually, those unbearable times became a rasp, ripping off the impetuousness on his body like scraping the bones to cure poison.

Xu Xilin copied other people's notes, and made up the special training of various subjects.

Every morning, before dawn, he would get up top-heavy. The lights in the whole house were dark, except for a little light in the kitchen downstairs. In the pot was the breakfast that Aunt Du had prepared for them early in the morning.

Once, Xu Xilin had just taken a step, and suddenly felt dizzy and nauseated. He grabbed the handrail of the stairs and felt that the steps that he usually jumped down with three or two jumps were so long that he couldn’t see his head.

Suddenly, someone supported him from behind, and Xu Xilin was touched at the corner of his mouth. He turned his head and saw Dou Xun. Dou Xun hugged him halfway and handed a piece of candy to his mouth.

Dou Xun got too close, his eyes were lower than usual, just avoiding Xu Xilin's line of sight, and fell on his lips, Xu Xilin smelled a cold mint smell on his body, which seemed to be new toothpaste.

No lights were turned on in the stairwell, and only the outlines of the handrails and hanging ornaments were left. Only Dou Xun, who was close at hand, looked like a painting with strong light and shadow. Xu Xilin didn't know if he was too weak, his heart suddenly palpitated, and he asked Dou Xun to put the sugar into his mouth in a daze, but his sleeping taste buds didn't taste it for a long time.

"Is it hypoglycemia?" Dou Xun secretly wiped the sweat from his palms, and when he got so close, he was actually very nervous, "I... I'll help you down."

"..." Xu Xilin paused, took a breath, and covered his chest, "I'm already poisoned, I'm afraid my life won't be long, you must avenge me... revenge..."

Dou Xun thought that this 251:30 would not be dead, so he threw off him with red ears and went downstairs by himself.

Aunt Du went back to make up for her sleep, and the two of them didn't make a big effort to go to the dining table. They stood in the kitchen and settled breakfast quickly.

Xu Xilin was tortured by getting up early and going to bed late, so he couldn't help saying to Dou Xun, "You are so far away from school, otherwise don't run away, come back on weekends when you have free time, and if you want something to eat, make a phone call. Come back, I'll send it to you on Sunday."

Dou Xun took a boiled egg in his mouth, bit off half of it in one bite, and half of his cheeks bulged. He had no time to speak, but shook his head involuntarily.

Xu Xilin was full of food and drink, and he revived quickly when he was full of blood. Thinking he was so funny, he suddenly stretched out his hand and poked Dou Xun's bulging face... Over the years, he and Doudougou have been like water and fire, probably because of the dog too cheap, people too owe.

Dou Xun's reaction was also quick, and he held down his mischievous paw.

He covered the palm of his hand in the heated room for a night, it was scorching hot, the egg in his mouth hadn't been swallowed, and he couldn't open his mouth, so he kept holding Xu Xilin's hand in this weird posture.

Xu Xilin: "Hahaha I was wrong."

As he spoke, he was about to withdraw his hand, but Dou Xun didn't know what medicine he had taken, and he held it tightly. Xu Xilin took a couple of strokes and didn't get it back, but the body temperature seemed to be contagious, rushing around in the dimly lit small kitchen. He kept coming towards his face, Xu Xilin couldn't help laughing, aware of this indescribable ambiguity.

Fortunately, Dou Xun quickly recovered and let go of his hand like an electric shock. He didn't dare to look at Xu Xilin's face, grabbed a piece of bread, and ran away without looking back: "I'm driving the car."

Xu Xilin asked behind him, "Don't come back at night, is your accommodation fee a waste?"

Dou Xun didn't say a word, picked up his bag and went out - there was a rare early winter heavy snow that night, and Dou Xun came back without any hindrance.

He is really an axis, looking for things, hit the south wall without looking back.

While Xu Xilin was still rushing to catch up with the progress, the final exam had arrived as scheduled without mercy.

In the middle of the term, Xu Xilin was ranked fourth, and at the end of the term, he fell to the twenty-third grade—not to mention, he was basically thousands of miles away.

For Qilixiang, this result was "expected and beyond reason". She sighed in the office for a long time with her report card in hand, and interviewed the teachers one by one. Xu Jin had a dream and made a good report.

Xu Xilin did not reveal the existence of Zheng Shuo to outsiders. His old grandmother was so old, and Qilixiang could not work her into the school. After thinking about it, the teacher had no choice but to fly back to the class on high heels to meet Xu Xilin. myself.

When the students of No. 6 Middle School reach their third year of high school, they basically have no privacy at all.

After each exam, the grades and rankings of the whole class will be posted on the front as soon as possible, and the honor roll and shame column are clear at a glance. Sometimes the teacher will read it in person for fear that someone will not see it.

Before Lao Cheng could lament that the winter vacation was only thirteen days, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Xu Xilin's ranking.

Suddenly, he was lightly bumped, and when Lao Cheng lowered his head, he saw Luo Bing hurried past him.

Luo Bing ran in front of Xu Xilin in three steps and two steps. She had always been thin-skinned, and it was difficult to talk to other boys. When she saw Xu Xilin looking up, her face turned red.

After Xu Xilin recovered from the half-dead state, he slowly regained his original attitude of being good to everyone. He smiled at her very gently: "Is there something wrong with the squad leader?"

Luo Bing took a peek at him and gathered up her courage secretly, but she just opened her mouth, and before she had time to open her mouth, something unpleasant came.

Qilixiang knocked on the back door window: "Xu Xilin, come with me."

Xu Xilin knew that Qilixiang would not let him go, so he was mentally prepared and nodded to Luo Bing: "I'm on trial, bye, happy holidays."

After he finished speaking, he ran away. Luo Bing was left standing alone, his expression fluctuated for a long time, and he finally walked away with a heavy heart.

She really wanted to find a chance to have a few words with Xu Xilin. Throughout the semester, she secretly cried for him several times and wrote seven or eight letters to Xu Xilin. She was afraid that he would be careless and would not know who wrote it. out his identity, but never received a reply.

It would be fine if he just didn't reply, Luo Bing almost gave up.

But the problem is, every time she finishes writing a letter, a week later, she always receives a small package with only stamps and no postmark in her mailbox. It contains all kinds of small gifts, sometimes a bag of sugar, sometimes a small package. A pen, and even for a while she was too lazy to use scratch paper, and wrote the calculations on the back of the scrap paper, and then she received a whole roll of "B5" white paper that week.

Luo Bing always wanted to know what Xu Xilin meant, but he always came and went in a hurry and never gave her this chance.

She came and went, Cai Jing bowed his head to pack his things from beginning to end, and didn't even say hello, so indifferent.

It wasn't until she had run far away that Cai Jing restrained himself and looked up at Luo Bing's back, which was wrapped like a ball.

The classmates in the class quickly disappeared. Cai Jing took out an envelope from his desk. This time, Luo Bing folded the letter into a heart shape. Inside was the delicate handwriting she was familiar with, and the refill was scented—Cai Jing knew Which pen did she use because he bought it.

A while ago, Xu Xilin had not been in the state, and the test papers and exercise books delivered to his desk were cleaned up for him by the people at the front, back, left and right tables—mainly Cai Jing.

And Luo Bing's letter is also in it.

Xu Xilin didn't see any of those letters, they were all carefully flattened by Cai Jing after they were unfolded, and they were taken back and treasured.

He knew that he was a bit perverted, but since Xu Xilin didn't come to school for a while, Cai Jing secretly hid the first letter, this kind of thing seemed like an addiction and couldn't stop.

Cai Jing didn't dare to reply to Xu Xilin's letter, so he could only choose some cheap and practical things for her every time he received a letter from Luo Bing.

He even thought of a reason for himself - Xu Xilin wouldn't reply anyway, and if something like this happened in his family, he probably didn't want to be disturbed by others.

He used this reason to hypnotize himself once a day, and over time, he actually believed it a little bit, and found a hidden, almost dedicated happiness in it.

He felt like a sage who watched coldly, silently guarding the two of them without asking for anything in return or naming them.