During the days of preparing for the entrance exam, Yu Ran didn't go out many times, and he didn't realize that the weather outside was getting colder and colder. It was only when he saw Chu Mian wearing a thick coat one morning that he realized that Ronggang had already entered winter.
In order to prevent Chu Mian from queuing up to buy breakfast in the cold wind, Yu Ran got up half an hour earlier than him every day, went to the kitchen to try to boil eggs and fried sausages, and spread peanut butter evenly on each piece of bread. After Chu Mian washes up, she can eat a hot breakfast directly, and go to school with more energy.
Chu Heng often feels it's amazing that Yu Ran looks clumsy, but he doesn't panic at all in the kitchen. Although the food he can cook is simple, it has all the colors, aromas, and flavors. The same is true for his painting. He is unconstrained when he expresses his ideas, and there are many fresh ideas in his spare time graffiti, but when it comes to exam practice, he turns into a simple and unpretentious style, which makes Chu Heng very relieved.
"No matter which province or city you take the joint entrance exam, you have to pursue steady and steady progress. Don't deliberately attract the attention of the reviewers. It may be counterproductive." Before the joint entrance examination, Chu Heng patiently explained various precautions to Yu Ran, "I will use it tomorrow Prepare all your belongings, and put your ID into the document bag. You are not allowed to bring stools in the Ronggang UEC, so if there is any damage to the seat you are sitting on, you must tell the teacher in advance.”
Yu Ran listened carefully, arranged the items and put them on the table.
The past years of Ronggang Art Joint Examination questions are not difficult, as long as the foundation is solid, the results can be in the middle and upper reaches. What made Yu Ran more nervous was the school exams that started in January. Recently, many colleges and universities have released their admission guidelines for 2015. The admission requirements are much stricter than those of previous years, including higher requirements for cultural achievements.
After dinner in the evening, Yu Ran scribbled and drew with paper, while Chu Mian lay on the bed and played mobile games. The two of them haven't relaxed and entertained for a long time, and they just have an exam tomorrow, so they should take a proper rest today.
Yu Ran proposed to go to the movies on Christmas afternoon, and Chu Mian nodded in agreement. Yu Ran browsed the Maoyan website, and asked: ""Taiping Wheel", "One Step Away", "The Year in a Hurry"... are all popular, which one do you want to watch?" Chu Mian came over to look at the credit lists of each movie, and decided to choose "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Wisdom" has not yet been released, but he feels that this is the most exciting film at the end of the year.
"Hey, do you have a pencil sharpener? The one Sister Heng gave me doesn't work well, and it broke with a little force."
Chu Mian was very focused on playing the game, and lazily said, "Go to the bedside table to find it."
Yu Ran squatted down and rummaged through the layers. There were a lot of sundries, and they were all packed in boxes. Tired of turning over, he took a cube of about the same size on the bottom floor and shook it at Chu Mian, "This is it, '0.01'... oh! It can be cut so thin!"
Yu Ran put the small silver box into his bosom in surprise, he couldn't read the Japanese on it, and only through the numbers, he decided that this thing was the pen turning tool he needed.
After Chu Mian's round of "Flappy Bird" ended, she casually glanced at Yu Ran, and suddenly her heart sank.
He was short of breath, and quickly got up and snatched the box.
"This is not a pencil sharpener." Chu Mian said vaguely, throwing the Okabook that her aunt bought for him back into the drawer.
"What is that?" Yu Ran asked without thinking. Chu Mian turned a deaf ear to it, and deliberately turned up the volume of the game to cover up Yu Ran's problem.
However, Yu Ran's thirst for knowledge is always particularly vigorous in strange places. Taking advantage of Chu Mian's inattention, he glanced at the words on the packaging box, and immediately searched the truth on the Internet on his mobile phone.
Chu Mian concentrated on staring at the pixel bird on the screen, and suddenly heard Yu Ran beside him suddenly realized: "Oh! So it's a set of birds!"
Chu Mian's fingertips trembled, and the bird in the game fell instantly to death.
Yu Ran threw himself on the bed, moved his body into Chu Mian's arms, raised his face and asked, "Why did you buy it, contraception?"
As he spoke, he patted Chu Mian's lower abdomen lightly twice.
Chu Mian couldn't betray her aunt either, so she had to say, "It's just a gift from the previous purchase, it's a waste to throw away."
"I heard this can blow up balloons, have you ever blown up?"
"No." Chu Mian frowned, "Don't think about taking it out, there is lubricating fluid on it, be careful to put it in your mouth and get poisoned."
Yu Ran froze for a moment, laid his head on Chu Mian's chest, and said with admiration, "You know so much! I thought Fang Zhao was the most sleazy in the class, so you've been hiding it too... you're worthy of it." !"
Chu Mian's brows deepened, and she lowered her head to stare at him, "I'm talking about common sense, there's nothing you don't understand. Also, don't praise others from inexplicable angles."
"Okay, okay." Yu Ran raised his hand to touch his cheek, rubbed it for a while, and asked, "Why does it seem to be getting hotter?"
Chu Mian took out a wet towel to cover her face, and pushed him away, "Continue to look for your pencil sharpener."
Yu Ran carefully packed his things all night, checked the list twice, and finally went to sleep with peace of mind. He was confident about the Ronggang joint exam, so he had the time to encourage Chu Mian: "It's just a regional exam, aren't you stable in the top ten in Jiangdong District now? Don't worry, the more difficult the questions, the greater your advantage."
"I'm not nervous." Chu Mian said, "I just... don't know what level I am in the city, so I feel at a loss every time I finish the exam. Even if I am number one in the district, it doesn't have much reference value."
Yu Ran groped for Chu Mian's hand in the dark, and told him calmly: "Because 'level' is not that important to you, no matter you are the first or the last in Ronggang, you will You will go all out to improve your grades, and comparing yourself with others will not affect your results at all, right?"
"Ok."
"Then sleep at ease." Yu Ran gently kissed Chu Mian's fingertips, "What do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll make you coffee to refresh yourself?"
"it is good."
Chu Mian felt relieved. He always had the idea that "Yu Ran is becoming more and more obedient and sensible", and while he was relieved, he also felt strange—he was only less than a year older than him, but he felt like watching a child grow up, and he hoped Yu Ran has been exposed to the world more, but resists him from losing pure innocence and happiness.
In the final analysis, his feelings for Ran have gone beyond the category of "baa baa like everything".
He not only "likes Yu Ran", but also wants Yu Ran to be above that "everything".
The cold wind is bleak, and the city in the morning is like yarn.
Chu Heng drove Yu Ran to the test site, and took Chu Mian along for a ride. Before parting, the two boys cheered each other on and agreed to perform well.
When Yu Ran arrived at Hong Kong Normal University, he saw all the art students carrying tools. He found his classroom according to the signs, took his seat and packed his tools.
The atmosphere in the examination room was not as serious as he had imagined. The distribution of candidates in a classroom was a bit crowded, and the students nearby still wanted to chat. But when the exam officially started, everyone shut their mouths and concentrated on it. The only sound in the air was the sound of pencils rubbing against the drawing paper.
In the morning, I took the sketching and sketching exams. After several months of special training, Yu Ran felt that the questions were too simple, and he had enough time to finish the overall drawing and modify the details. He quickly scanned the drawing papers of the candidates around him. Some of them had obvious basic mistakes, and they were obviously the type who just wanted to get a pass certificate; Can enter the eyes of the reviewing teacher.
Yu Ran was relaxed throughout the process, performed normally, and handed in the test with confidence.
Leaving the examination room at noon, he saw that it was still early, so he hailed a taxi and went back to Chengjun.
Whenever Christmas is approaching, there are many small vendors on the iron railings outside the teaching building selling "Ping Anguo", "Lucky Bells" and "Mini Christmas Trees". Excitedly choose products with extremely low cost performance.
Senior high school students will hardly waste time on festivals anymore, so Yu Ran can only call Chu Mian, hoping that he can hear.
Chu Mian had expected that Yu Ran would contact her after the exam in the morning, so she turned her phone to vibrate before lunch and received the call in time.
"You're downstairs?" Chu Mian stopped in confusion, looked out the window, and found Yu Ran was outside the railing, "Wait, I'll go down to find you."
Seeing Chu Mian approaching, Yu Ran joyfully took off his mask, stretched his arms over the iron railing, and shook him a few times, "Baaaaa, my baaaaaa."
Chu Mian grabbed his hand, approached him and whispered, "Stop yelling like that outside."
"It's okay to call it 'baby'." Yu Ran smiled, pressing his forehead against the cold railing, "The exam questions are too simple, I have drawn similar ones at home before. How did you do in the exam today? Do you know it? "
"Yes, don't worry." Chu Mian lowered her head, bringing their heads closer together, "Have you eaten yet?"
Yu Ran nodded resolutely, but his forehead hit the iron railing hard with a "bang". Chu Mian gently blew to him, and couldn't help complaining: "You only have an hour and a half to rest at noon, and you still toss about it?"
"It's okay, it only takes ten minutes to take a taxi. Don't I think I'm lucky, I want to come here to make you happy, and you can answer all the exam questions correctly in the afternoon."
Chu Mian's lips curled up, and there was a soft light in her eyes, "Don't forget your things in the car."
The tips of their noses are close at hand, and they can touch each other a little forward. Yu Ran has been holding onto the railing with both hands for a while, and he can no longer feel its coldness. He stared at Chu Mian intently, without saying anything, but all the emotion flowed from his eyes.
Chu Mian saw the eagerness on his face, so she stretched out her arms and pressed the back of Ran's head, making his face move forward.
They were separated by a cold protective fence, but they smoothly sought each other's warm and moist kiss from the narrow gap. There were many juniors and juniors nearby, and when they saw them making out, they all avoided their eyes.
The guardrails have created a considerable obstacle for them, and they can barely even kiss, let alone hug. But this instead makes them cherish every second of contact, no longer pay attention to giving each other tenderness, but honestly want to immerse themselves in a more lingering atmosphere.
Yu Ran couldn't stop panting, and suddenly there was a coolness on the corner of his lips.
He subconsciously opened his eyes.
It's snowing, the first snow of 2014.
The two retracted their tongues and ended the long kiss. With her mouth closed, Chu Mian continued to rub Yu Ran's lips lightly, melting the scattered snowflakes from the corners of his mouth, and said softly, "Hurry up and take a taxi back to the examination room to prepare, don't waste time."
"Well, take the test hard and don't fall asleep." Yu Ran held onto the railing reluctantly, "It's like I'm visiting a prison... I'll see you next month!"
He let go of his hand, said goodbye to Chu Mian, and walked quickly to the opposite street to hail a taxi.
In order not to look like a prisoner, Chu Mian didn't stand by the railing. He went back to the corridor and watched Yu Ran leave in the car from the window.
Joint entrance examination, school examination; mid-term, end-of-term... Then next year's first model, second model, and college entrance examination. They embrace each other to keep warm in winter, and they will go to the same destination in summer.
Chu Mian imagined a life in which dreams come true countless times, but only at this moment did she realize that dreams have no shape at all, and talents are invisible and intangible. Only by working hard can I get closer to the future.
—A little closer to his and Yu Ran's future.