Because Yu Ran's grades have improved significantly this time, Li Guirong has a lot of confidence in coming to the parent-teacher meeting. She arrived at school early in the evening, stood at the back door of the classroom and saw her son playing on the phone in class, and did not send text messages to reprimand him.
Yu Ran was watching a new episode of this month, and when he heard the name "Attack on Titan", he thought it was similar to Ultraman, but at the end of the first episode, it was so bloody and disgusting that it made him physically uncomfortable, and he patted his chest Turning to Chu Mian and sighing: "Fuck, do you know how the hell this hero died? His mother was... was..."
Because the animation scenes were too powerful, Yu Ran hesitated for a long time and couldn't bear to say the second half of the sentence, and only said "I will become a vegetarian from today". When he turned his face, he was surprised to find that his mother was standing in the corridor, staring at him through the glass of the back door of the classroom.
Yu Ran burst into tears on the spot. As soon as the get out of class bell rang, he rushed out to hug Li Guirong first, "Mom, I miss you so much!"
"Get out of the way, don't ruin my clothes." Li Guirong pushed him away, took out a can of Wangzai milk from her bag and handed it over.
When it was time to leave school, the parents entered the classroom one after another. Li Guirong sat on Yu Ran's seat and turned her head to see a young woman behind her, who obviously didn't look like a mother. Out of politeness, Li Guirong took the initiative to say hello: "Who are you attending the meeting for?"
"Hello." The woman showed a standard and polite smile, "I am Chu Mian's mother's assistant."
"Oh..." Li Guirong took a quick look at the black professional attire on the other person, muttered a few words in her heart, and sat up straight with her mouth curled up, ignoring her.
Chu Mian didn't know who was coming to the parent-teacher meeting today, until she walked out of the school gate and saw a shiny black high-end car parked on the street, she immediately guessed that it was her mother.
Ye Zhihan saw him in the car, quickly opened the door, and smiled brightly.
Yu Ran stuffed the can of Wangzai into Chu Mian's hand, noticing that he was not moving, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
"My mother is here."
Yu Ran followed his gaze and saw the deep-eyed woman at a glance. Her slender and tall body was wrapped in a caramel-colored overcoat. The picture standing beside the car seemed like a page had just been torn from a fashion magazine.
"Wow, your mother is a foreigner!" Yu Ran blurted out in surprise.
"She's of mixed race." Chu Mian was amused by his words, and her resistance to her mother was eased, "I'll go first, and I'll take pictures of my homework when I get home."
"OK Bye Bye."
Chu Mian slowly closed her mouth, walked towards Ye Zhihan, greeted her obediently, and helped her open the car door.
Ye Zhihan sat in with a smile, glanced at the milk in Chu Mian's hand, "It's best to drink less of this kind of drink with a lot of saccharin, aunt should buy you milk powder, right?"
Chu Mian held the can of Wangzai tightly, and changed the subject: "When did you come to Ronggang?"
"It's just arrived at noon. Aren't you a parent meeting today? I asked my assistant to go." Ye Zhihan mentioned the name of the restaurant to the driver, and the car drove forward slowly, "I'm going back to Shanghai tomorrow, and I just want to talk to you tonight." Have a meal and talk, we haven't seen each other for two months."
"What's the matter?" Chu Mian asked. He knew that his mother would not fly over to visit him for no reason. The two of them were not that close. It was normal for them not to see each other for half a year.
Ye Zhihan didn't answer, she pursed her lips slightly, leaned on the soft seat calmly, and looked straight ahead.
Chu Mian didn't ask any further questions, and turned her head to look at the street outside the car window, all the way silent.
The car finally stopped in front of a Chinese-style restaurant. The environment was elegant and beautiful, and the bamboos were arranged in an orderly manner along the path. The waiter led them around the corridor and into the VIP private room.
Chu Mian was used to being in school, so she sat a little slack, resting her chin on her hand and waiting for the appetizer. Ye Zhihan called him and told him to pay attention to his image.
The young man drooped his eyelids, retracted his arms, straightened his back, and asked her: "If you have something to say, hurry up, I have to go back to do my homework."
Ye Zhihan took a sip of his appetizer, put down his glass politely, "How are you getting along with your classmates? I think there is a boy who came out with you just now, he should have a good relationship."
"Yes." Chu Mian nodded, "He takes good care of me."
The exquisite dishes were served quickly, and Ye Zhihan casually chatted with her son: "How old are the students in the class, and they are also only children?"
"Well, but some are not."
Ye Zhihan took the food slowly and gracefully put it into the mouth, swallowed it thoroughly before speaking. The topic basically revolved around Chu Mian, from campus life to physical condition, Ye Zhihan knew everything about it.
Before Chu Mian was full, she became impatient: "Don't beat around the bush, just talk about something."
Ye Zhihan looked at him and put down his chopsticks.
"You have been away from your parents for a long time, and I always miss you. Fortunately, you are almost an adult now, and you can judge some things by yourself." Ye Zhihan smiled gratifiedly, "You are the most important member of the family. , I think it is more appropriate to refer to your opinion on this matter first."
Chu Mian smacked her lips, and finally looked directly into her eyes.
The four eyes met for a moment, and the boy seemed to have caught a hint from the woman's eyes, and combined with some of the topics in the chat just now, he had a reasonable guess.
So he asked blankly, "Do you want to have another one?"
Ye Zhihan still maintained a warm smile, did not look at Chu Mian's face, picked up the wine glass and took two sips.
Chu Mian frowned and said, "You are already thirty-five years old, this is very dangerous."
"Just tell me what you think, don't worry about me for now." Ye Zhihan said lightly, and looked at Chu Mian with those blue eyes.
"I don't understand why you are asking me."
"Because you've become independent-minded—"
"No," Chu Mian interrupted her, "I mean, I don't understand why you have the nerve to ask me."
After finishing speaking, he laughed, his breath cold.
"Mom just wants to give priority to your opinion." Ye Zhihan's smile didn't diminish, but her tone was aggravated.
"Really?" Chu Mian let go of her chopsticks and stared at her closely, "If I say I disagree, will you give up on this idea?"
Ye Zhihan's eyes sank, he hesitated to speak, and the atmosphere between mother and child became rigid. Chu Mian's Adam's apple rolled, and he let out a short sigh. He stopped looking at his mother, lowered his head and said, "You know that I will definitely not object, so you came to ask me in person? It's a good name to put me first, so as to ease your heart. guilt."
His voice was calm, and he could hardly hear any emotional fluctuations. Ye Zhihan couldn't be sure whether his son was disappointed or patient, so he had to observe silently.
The private room was quiet for a while, Chu Mian raised her head and asked, "Why do you always call me at around four o'clock on Sunday afternoon?"
Ye Zhihan was sluggish for two seconds, Chu Mian directly took out her phone and dug out the call records of the two of them.
"Since I entered high school, you have been calling at this time, and I'm used to it." He swiped the screen quickly, "I thought at first that you were too busy and could only take time off on weekend afternoons. But during the New Year's Eve, I I found that you seem to be more relaxed than I thought... "
His thumb was tired, so he turned the phone upside down and said, "Call me at a fixed time every week because the assistant reminds you according to the schedule, right?"
Ripples finally appeared on Ye Zhihan's usually calm face, and she immediately said, "Your study time is already tight, I don't want to disturb you."
Chu Mian almost directly refuted her, "What kind of disturbance is a mother calling her son?", but he calmly held back, unwilling to make the atmosphere more embarrassing.
In fact, I knew in my heart that the reason why my mother didn't bother to call him was that she didn't miss him that much and didn't care that much. He shouldn't take any chances and expect his parents to miss him when they are busy.
"It's time for me to go back and do my homework." Chu Mian stood up with her schoolbag, without looking at Ye Zhihan, "Thank you for inviting me to dinner, Mom."
He walked swiftly, left the restaurant quickly, went out to take a taxi back to Hanning Mansion.
After arriving home, Chu Mian didn't tell Chu Heng about it, because he hadn't fully accepted it yet.
From the day of the onset of sleeping sickness, his grades frequently deteriorated, and all talent courses were suspended. According to the original plan, he should go directly abroad to receive a strict elite education after finishing his studies in Hong Kong, but he has to sleep seventeen hours a day. It is no longer possible to achieve this goal. For the sake of his physical and mental health, his parents dare not make more demands on him, and they also agree that he stay in Ronggang.
As the days got longer and longer, their expectations for Chu Mian also dropped little by little, as if they had hidden a cracked treasure in a box and put it away, but never thought of repairing it.
Chu Mian lay on the bed and listened to the intense music to refresh her mind. She opened the class group and watched everyone talk about tonight's parent meeting.
[Squad leader-Xiang Xuehua]: "Everyone, remember to read the group announcement. The chemistry exam will be on June 11, and the placement exam will be in early August."
[Diu Ge Yi Jing Ling]: "My mother said that the division is only based on the test results in August, is it true or not?"
[Qingdeng Gujiu]: "Yes, that's what my dad said when he came back, because the placement test is very late, and there is still more than a month of review time ahead."
[The wolf hides beside the anti-dog]: "Ah, really!"
Chu Mian turned over and lay down, and looked up the chat records. Half a minute later, Yu Ran called and shouted his name excitedly.
"I saw the group chat." Chu Mian knew what he was going to say, "You are lucky."
"Then do I not have to worry about the midterm and final exams?"
"You don't have to care about the grades, but you still have to learn those contents when you have to take the placement test." Chu Mian couldn't help reminding him, "Everyone's review time is the same this time, so don't take it lightly."
"I know I know! Just wait for me!" Yu Ran was confident.
Chu Mian smiled lightly, her mood recovering well. Anyway, Yu Ran was admitted in the top 40 of the school at the beginning, and his talent is definitely not bad. It depends on whether he can improve faster than others in the future.
Yu Ran browsed the homepage of station b, and told the other side of the phone: "Hey, the second episode of Giants has been updated, so I'll hang up first."
"Didn't you say that watching the first episode was hard this afternoon?"
"Hey, I'm in pain and I'm happy."
"I think you have masochistic tendencies."
"You are the fucking masochist, you sadist!" Yu Ran retorted loudly and hung up the phone.
After hearing this logic, Chu Mian couldn't help laughing out loud.
He remembered one time when Yu Ran and Fang Zhao scolded, the content was very childish, such as "grandma doesn't hurt, uncle doesn't love", "donkey kicks when donkey sees, pig sees pig tramples". In terms of eloquence, Yu Ran was always at a disadvantage, but in the end he thought he had thought of a perfect humiliation sentence, so he immediately yelled two words at Fang Zhao: "Dad!"
Fang Zhao couldn't wait to agree, but Yu Ran was still immersed in his own logic, firmly believing that he turned defeat into victory.
In April, the spring breeze is getting warmer. Few people wear jackets on campus, and the playground is once again occupied by black school uniforms.
The inter-class exercises this semester also include Tai Chi, not only to inherit the traditional Chinese culture, but also to allow students to cultivate their temperament and relieve the pressure of learning.
However, there are always some rebellious factors in teenagers. When "Dancing Youth" should be active and exercise, they are lazy; when Tai Chi should be cultivated, they move like rabbits.
"Turtle, pie, qi, kung fu—heh!" Yu Ran put his wrists together, and punched Zhao Wuli who was next to him across the air.
A few seconds later, Zhao Wuli coughed and covered his chest, showing an expression of disbelief: "You actually... plot against me!"
"Stupid!" Yu Ran rushed over and kicked him, "I'm going to duel with you in a fair manner, don't spread rumors!"
The two were laughing and playing, and the soothing music of Tai Chi stopped abruptly.
The proctor teacher stood on the stage, looked at the two of them, raised the microphone and said, "Those two boys behind Class One and One!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two quickly returned to the team and stood up.
The teacher saw their faces clearly, "It's you again, Yu Ran! Why don't you come on stage and perform what you just did?"
The eyes of all the students in the school focused on him neatly, Yu Ran desperately waved his hands and refused: "No, no, no!"
The playground burst into laughter.
Yu Ran is now quite well-known in Chengjun. Firstly, he is often called out because he does not follow the rules during class exercises; secondly, because of his outstanding appearance, he can make many girls continue to discuss. When he went to the commissary, he would often meet other people to strike up a conversation, and some people would secretly check out for him, which made him baffled.
It was the same today, when he was picking out biscuits, someone poked him twice in the back.
"Who? Who is stabbing the Chinese people's back?" Yu Ran turned around curiously and saw three girls.
They moved in unison, all retracting their hands into the cuffs of their school uniforms, and then covering their mouths with one hand.
"Can I add QQ to make friends?" the girl asked in a low voice.
Yu Ran didn't hear clearly, tilted his head and moved closer, "Huh?"
The girl repeated it louder.
"Ah?" Yu Ran looked up at them inexplicably, "Why are you covering your mouth when you talk, do you want people to hear you?"
Before the girls put their hands down, Yu Ran suddenly felt that their actions seemed familiar, and he suddenly realized: "Oh - I got it! Do you want to disguise yourself as a man, thinking that if you cover your face, others will not be able to tell the gender? Hahaha Ha ha… "
He was proud of his piercing eyes: "What are you thinking, your hair is so long!"
"..." The girls looked at each other speechlessly.
Yu Ran left happily.
But after he returned to the classroom, he gradually discovered that several girls in the class also liked to cover their mouths and talk, as if they had some secrets. He was puzzled, turned around and asked Chu Mian, "Why do so many girls cover their faces when they speak? Afraid of being beaten?"
Chu Mian hadn't noticed it before, and when Yu Ran said it, he was also surprised.
After thinking about it, he came to the conclusion: "They may be shy."
"I see."
But not long after, Yu Ran discovered that girls not only like to cover their mouths and talk, they also like to cover their heads when running, so that they can't swing their arms, so how can they run fast
In physical education class, the girls measured the 800 meters, while the boys watched nearby. Yu Ran watched as Ye Xi and Cui He chased after each other and surpassed each other five or six times, but both failed in the end. Their faces were flushed, and they collapsed on the football field out of breath, with their hands still covering their foreheads.
When their breathing stabilized, Yu Ran walked over, squatted beside them and asked, "Why do you always touch your heads, are you afraid that your IQ will be leaked?"
Cui He didn't want to pay attention to him, lying on the ground and pointing his middle finger.
Ye Xi's voice was hoarse, and she reluctantly said, "Because bangs can be divided..."
"It will be a middle score, so what?" Yu Ran was at a loss.
"It's ugly without hair in the front."
"Oh?" Yu Ran stood up unexpectedly, found Chu Mian and ran over, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to lift the hair on his forehead, revealing a piece of smooth skin.
Chu Mian didn't understand, so she asked, "What are you doing?"
"Ye Xi said that without hair in front, you will be ugly." Yu Ran looked at Chu Mian's face, "No, he is still very handsome."
Chu Mian let out an "oh".
Hearing someone calling him from behind, Yu Ran let go of his hand and dragged Chu Mian along with him.
Registration for the spring sports meeting starts today, and each person can register for at most three events. As the sports committee, Yu Ran will naturally take the lead in participating. He chose the 4x100m relay, the men's 200m sprint, and the high jump.
After filling out the form, he turned to Chu Mian and asked, "You run so fast, why don't you sign up for one?"
"No." Chu Mian resolutely refused, "I have to be responsible for reading the manuscript."
Yu Ran had no choice but to ask others in disappointment.
Chu Mian's results were among the best in every 1,000-meter long-distance race test, and he never fell asleep, but the explosive power required for sprinting would easily overwhelm him. But the reason why he hates participating in the sports meeting is that he doesn't want to be surrounded by people while running, so he will care about whether his running posture is good enough, which is really distracting.
There are three physical education classes before the sports meeting. Students participating in the project can use this time to practice fully. Apart from the athletes, the cheerleading team does not stop, and often rehearses in the empty playground. Most of them are members of the women's basketball school team. Yu Ran has been familiar with them for a long time. When he has nothing to do, he stands by and watches them dance and change formation.
In this rehearsal, the girls finally made no mistakes from the beginning to the end, and perfectly posed the final pose. Just when they were about to cry with joy, Yu Ran's voice suddenly came from behind: "Armor warriors, fit together!"
Then, as no surprise, he was chased and beaten violently by a group of them.
"Chu Mian!" He ran out of the playground, caught the familiar figure, and jumped directly on the opponent's back.
In order to cushion the sudden weight on her body, Chu Mian bent down, which happened to allow Yu Ran to lie on her back more stably. He didn't rush down Yu Ran, and even supported Yu Ran's legs with his backhand.
Yu Ran put his chin on Chu Mian's shoulder and asked, "Where are you going now?"
"Not going anywhere."
"Then let's go play on the parallel bars."
"Yeah." Chu Mian tacitly allowed him to stay on her back, and walked forward.
Yu Ran took out Mentos from his pocket, tore open the package and pinched one out, and fed it into Chu Mian's mouth, it was sweet and refreshing. After a while, he stuffed two more, and his fingertips could touch Chu Mian's lips every time, softer than melted candy.
He hugged Chu Mian's shoulders loosely, and heard Chu Mian sneezed softly, so gentle that he could not be noticed.
Then one after another, Yu Ran couldn't help worrying: "Have you caught a cold?"
"It's okay, that's what happens when I eat cold food in spring." Chu Mian narrowed her eyes, feeling itchy on the bridge of her nose.
Yu Ran immediately got off his back, walked around Chu Mian and walked in front of him.
Due to the continuous sneezing, Chu Mian's eyes were glowing with moisture, and the tip of her nose was also a little red. Yu Ran quickly patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, "Don't cry, don't cry."
"I didn't cry." Chu Mian pushed his hand away, rubbed the bridge of her nose, covered her mouth and nose and breathed lightly.
Yu Ran smiled, "You cover your mouth now, just like a girl shy."
Chu Mian held back her sneezing, stared with red eyes, then let go of her hand, and stared at Yu Ran intently.
Yu Ran was still smiling at the corner of his mouth at first, but being stared at directly by Chu Mian like this, he felt an invisible sense of oppression. Chu Mian is expressionless now, unable to tell whether it is calm or angry, Yu Ran can only stare at each other frankly with his lips pursed.
He has never looked at Chu Mian's facial features so carefully like this time. From the height of the eyebrows to the shape of the corners of the lips, they are all incomparably perfect. After all, he inherited the genes of his mixed-race mother, and the unique heroic spirit is reflected on his face. But it retains the unique beauty of Asians.
Yu Ran looked at it, and only the consciousness of "Chu Mian is so pretty" remained in his mind. Seeing it made him flustered, and his cheeks and neck became hot.
He felt a little overwhelmed, so he covered his face with his hands, feeling happy for no reason.
Then he couldn't bear to look away, so he had to separate his fingers, and peeked at Chu Mian with his eyes through the fingers.
"What are you doing?" Chu Mian frowned.
"I..." Yu Ran blinked, "I'm a man disguised as a woman."
Chu Mian couldn't understand what nonsense he was talking about, but it didn't matter if she didn't understand, just looking at Yu Ran's dazed look, Chu Mian felt her heart throbbing one after another.
The leaves rustled overhead.
got windy.