The monthly examination results of each subject are issued one by one. Since the previous National Day holiday and military training took up half a month, there is no parent meeting for this examination, and only the transcripts need to be taken home for the parents to sign.
Yu Ran was the bottom five in the class, and was scolded by Li Guirong without any surprise.
"Mom, what's the matter today, did you quarrel with your boyfriend?" Yu Ran finished his mother's punching bag, and went back to the room to do homework with Yu Jin.
"I've just been invited as a parent..." Yu Jin replied timidly.
"Why? You didn't pass the monthly exam?"
"No." Yu Jin shook his head, "The teacher found out that I was having sex."
The pen in Yu Ran's hand stopped suddenly, and he turned his head to look at his younger brother in surprise: "Is there any fucking woman who likes you?"
Yu Jin opened his eyes wide and tried to argue for himself: "I have inherited the greatest advantages of my parents' facial features, and there is no one in the whole grade who is more handsome than me! The girls go crazy when they see me, and people chase me every day!"
"Is it chasing after you?" Yu Ran was incredulous, and raised his hand to pinch Yu Jin's soft cheek, "It's only natural to pay back the debt."
"Don't touch my face!" Yu Jin slapped him, "Single dog!"
Yu Ran let go of his hand with a smile, he has no interest in his younger brother's romantic deeds, he is just a kid who has just entered the first year of junior high school, how does he know what "fucking a partner" is? boring. However, Yu Jin boasted that he was handsome, and Yu Ran would not refute this. Attacking his younger brother's appearance is equivalent to scolding himself. The facial features of the two of them are almost alike, but the elder brother's eyebrows are clearer and sharper, and he appears to be extroverted.
Yu Ran lost patience after writing the beginning of his homework, so he put down his pen and lay down on the bed to draw.
Yu Jin watched quietly for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Brother, is it really useful for you to draw sketches every day? You should tell Mom to enroll in a class."
Yu Ran acted nonchalantly: "Whatever you tell her, maybe she will get divorced one day, and she will be even more stressed by then."
"Then your self-study must be different from other people's serious learning. Didn't your master stop contacting you and forget you?"
Yu Ran rolled his eyes at him, "Don't talk nonsense, he's busy out of town, I'll look for him when he returns to Ronggang."
The master who taught me how to draw is a decoration designer, and he always flies around the country in a mysterious way. Yu Ran only sees him every few months, and it is not easy to contact him usually.
The sphere on the drawing paper is gradually showing shadows under the outline of the pencil. Yu Ran has very little painting skills, and only relying on instinct and experience accumulation has slowly improved to a level similar to that of ordinary art students. "Continue to paint and you will definitely get better and better", his master always encouraged him like this, and Yu Ran has no doubt about it.
The next day, it rained heavily.
In order not to get his newly bought sports shoes dirty, Yu Ran put several plastic bags on before going out, and kept his center of gravity steady when walking to avoid slipping. The bus was overcrowded, and he often couldn't get on it, so he waited for the next one.
When he arrived at school, he had completely missed the English morning self-study. Bai Yuzhu took him to the office to ask why he was late.
"I saw an old grandpa who fell down on the road, I'll help—"
"You used this reason before the holiday."
Yu Ran pondered: "Then...then I just had a headache this morning and couldn't walk, but I still insisted on coming to school."
Bai Yuzhu laughed angrily at his serious lying appearance, but she had to warn him not to be late again next time, Yu Ran had an expression on her face that she was going to change her past, and promised her again and again that she would not be an example.
"You take this watch back to the propaganda committee."
Yu Ran took it over and asked her, "Who is the propaganda committee member?"
"How long has it been since school started, and you can't even recognize everyone in the class?" Bai Yuzhu couldn't believe it, "The girl named Yexi has short hair."
"Okay." Yu Ran took the piece of paper and left the office, walked down the corridor and looked down, and found that it was a registration form for theatrical performances. There were several registration categories on it, such as vocal music, dance poetry recitation, Yu Ran was not interested in any of these, so he went back to work to find out the position of the propaganda committee member, and handed it over to her.
Ye Xi was immersed in the excitement of browsing the trailer of the new show, when her vision was suddenly blocked by a blank piece of paper, her shoulders shrank in fright, and she raised her head hastily.
""Anime Weekly"?" Yu Ran tilted his head to recognize the newspaper on her desk, and then smiled at her, "Can you lend me it after reading it?"
Fortunately, it's not a teacher, so Ye Xi reluctantly felt relieved, but she couldn't relax when facing To Ran, and she always felt that this boy was a rebellious and strong image, the kind who would hit someone if he didn't listen to him.
"Here you are." Ye Xi immediately handed him the newspaper respectfully.
"Thank you big sister!"
Ye Xi breathed a sigh of relief, she looked at the form Yu Ran sent, got up and went to the first row, and asked the students in the class one by one if they would like to participate in the art festival.
The response everyone gave her was rejection without exception. At the end of the question, she didn't have any hope, and handed the registration form to others like a formality.
After Fang Zhao asked, "Do you choose your own songs for singing?" Ye Xi regained her spirits: "Well, it's fine to bring your own soundtrack, there is no extra requirement. Well... are you interested in watching stage plays?"
Fang Zhao looked down and saw the names of several fairy tales. He shook his head, only signing up for vocals.
Yexi felt that things were a bit tricky. The fairy tale stage play was the most important item in this art festival, and each grade had to select a work to be performed at the Ronggang Children's Welfare Institute. As the propaganda committee member of the experimental class, if I can't mobilize the students to actively participate, the class teacher will definitely be disappointed with her.
After much hesitation, she still decided to stand on the podium and face the whole class: "Students, listen to me, the stage play at the school art festival..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, she was so nervous that her breath was unsteady. Someone below looked at her curiously, and then focused on her own affairs without concern. Ye Xi endured the embarrassment and continued to read the selection rules for the stage play. At the end of the introduction, no one paid any attention to her.
Yu Ran noticed that the atmosphere in the class was not lively enough, so now he naturally wanted to help the girl who lent him "Anime Weekly".
"Report to the Propaganda Committee! Fang Zhao wants to sign up!" Yu Ran raised his hands and shouted.
"Fuck, I don't want to!" Fang Zhao quickly denied, "Yu Ran thought it himself! You fill in his name!"
As long as someone is willing to respond to him, Ye Xi seems to have grasped at straws, stepped down from the stage, approached them, and handed out the registration form.
Yu Ran pretended to think, then nodded and said: "Well, this is not bad."
Fang Zhao turned his head and saw that Yu Ran had written Chu Mian's name in the "Sleeping Beauty" column.
"Fuck, Yu Ran, you are really not afraid of death." Fang Zhao lowered his voice, and did not forget to make sure that Chu Mian was sleeping, "You provoked him again, did you forget that he stuffed your head into a bookcase last time?" It’s time to pull it out.”
Yu Ran felt that he was making a fuss: "What's the matter, I still want to plant Chu Mian."
Fang Zhao was shocked by his daring idea. He didn't expect that he would not be satisfied after touching Chu Mian's bird, and now he would make more progress.
"How to tree, let's tree him yourself." Fang Zhao pointed out a clear way for him.
Chu Mian knew nothing about the stage play, but found that Yu Ran was very happy today after school.
"Going to shop again today?" Yu Ran followed Chu Mian closely, holding an umbrella.
Chu Mian still did not give up the idea of buying a double-headed snake with Xu Si, and would go to "Tongque Terrace" to find someone from time to time, and Yu Ran was worried that he would have conflicts with them again like the first time, so he went there together.
On the way, Yu Ran saw a few familiar faces, they were also wearing Cheng Jun's school uniform, and they always walked in a lazy posture, for fear that others would not see that they were arrogant and domineering. But Cai Hanchuan and the others didn't find themselves, so Yu Ran deliberately slowed down, not wanting to have any more contact with those people.
To his surprise, Huang Feng was also in that group of people, smoking and laughing, and seemed to have a good relationship with them.
"It's someone you know." Chu Mian noticed.
"Well, I don't know when they got in touch." Yu Ran was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, Ronggang is only so big, it's normal for the gangsters in several schools in Jiangdong District to know each other or be hostile to each other.
It's just that intuitively... Yu Ran thinks it's not a good thing.
He remembered what Huang Feng said to himself during the military training, "Sooner or later you have to pay back when you come out to hang out", probably in Huang Feng's eyes, it was too disgraceful for him to win the fight in the third year of junior high school. And since then, everyone in No. 44 Middle School has believed that Huang Feng is a bully and fears toughness. This "hardness" naturally also includes Yu Ran's stubborn temper that is not afraid of being beaten to death.
Chu Mian walked and asked, "Do you think the two of them will talk about you?"
"Me?" Yu Ran looked at the backs of Huang Feng and Cai Hanchuan in the distance, "Are you saying that the two of them will join forces to deal with me? Whatever, I'm not afraid."
"You can take a beating anyway, can't you?"
"What's the point of beating up, I won't call the police?" Yu Ran said confidently, "Fighting is not allowed in a society ruled by law."
Chu Mian chuckled, and slowed down after him.
But after passing a few street corners, those people in front didn't intend to turn. After that, Yu Ran watched them enter the Tongque Terrace, "Damn, why can they just enter through the main entrance, aren't they also underage? Why are they going in?"
"You call it a 'Yaozi', why do you say they go in there?"
Yu Ran was stunned for a moment, then said suspiciously: "Hey, they are too hasty..."
Chu Mian couldn't help but turn her face to look at Yu Ran, she really couldn't tell whether he was abusing idioms or making pornographic accents on purpose.
"Let's go, go back." Chu Mian turned around.
"Then we're not going in to find someone?"
"You probably don't want to meet Cai Hanchuan and the others." Chu Mian raised her arm and lightly hooked the back of Yu Ran's neck, dragging him towards the station.
It's normal for boys with good relationship to hook up, but the reason why Chu Mian hugged Yu Ran was just to prevent him from touching her.
Suddenly running from behind and jumping on his back is considered safe for Yu Ran. Sometimes when Chu Mian passes by a telegraph pole, Yu Ran will quickly lean over and hug his thigh, trying to perform a "tree man movement" on him by himself. . Of course, in terms of strength, Yu Ran is not his opponent at all, Chu Mian can always kick him away without expression.
The skin on Yu Ran's neck is very thin, and the blue blood vessels are faintly visible. When Chu Mian puts the skin on the inner side of his arm, he can feel the pulse of his carotid artery.
—Suddenly there was an urge to tighten his neck.
It's not because I hate Yu Ran or violent tendencies, it's just that I can't help but have a destructive desire at the moment. Just like many people like to pinch the bubble wrap to decompress, when Chu Mian felt the temperature of Yu Ran's skin and the beating of blood vessels, he instinctively wanted to tighten his arms to strangle him.
Even a strange expression of suffocation appeared in his mind.
Chu Mian was startled, and immediately let go of her arms calmly.
However, on the second day after that, he really tightened Yu Ran's neck, and he barely "got his wish"—
"Look, there is really no one in our class other than you who is more suitable for that role. Why can't you make a contribution to the honor of the class?" His arms are plausible.
Chu Mian sneered: "I play 'Sleeping Beauty'?"
"Yeah." Yu Ran smiled knowingly, raised his hand and patted Chu Mian's handsome face, "How suitable."
Although Yu Ran doesn't know the specific content of "Sleeping Beauty", but judging from the name alone, he thinks it is completely describing Chu Mian.
Chu Mian raised her eyebrows and asked, "What about you?"
"I'll cheer you on."
Ye Xi, who was always watching the two people making noise, finally blushed uncontrollably.
Because Chu Mian hugged Yu Ran's neck tightly, their faces would be very close when they talked. Every time the distance between them shortened by one centimeter, Yexi's heartbeat would speed up a little bit more. While she sighed in her heart, "BL comics have become a reality", she supported the corner of the table to stabilize her body, otherwise she might be caught The pink bubbles that popped up around the two teenagers shone faintly.
No, you can't pay attention to other people's love like this... Ye Xi sat down with trembling fingertips, and quietly scanned them from the corner of her eye.
-what! About to hug!
"Yu Ran, don't try to be alone." Chu Mian pulled Too Ran and walked up to Ye Xi, "Please arrange a role for him too."
"I don't! I..." Before Yu Ran finished speaking, Chu Mian tightly covered his mouth.
With a "buzz" in Ye Xi's brain, she clenched her fists secretly.
-what! About to kiss him!
She turned her face away in a hurry, embarrassed to look directly at the two of them. After her heartbeat stabilized, she picked up a pen and followed Chu Mian's instructions to sign up for a role for Yu Ran.
"Then, that's how the starring roles are decided." She lowered her head and told them, "Sleeping Beauty and the Prince..."
"Who? Prince? Me?" Yu Ran felt complacent when he heard that he had such an honorable status, "What am I in charge of?"
Ye Xi carefully pointed a finger at Chu Mian, and told Yu Ran, "Kiss him to wake him up."
Yu Ran froze his smile for an instant.