Song Qiaoxi's lips only touched Chu Jin's cheek lightly, and she touched it.
On the tip of his nose, there is still the clean and lingering breath of the young man.
plop, plop...
The fast heartbeat makes people panic.
For a moment, Song Qiaoxi felt as if the whole world had stopped, no sound could be heard in her ears, and even time seemed to have completely stopped.
But reason told her that at this time, she always had to do something to divert her attention...
Standing up from the high chair, in the reflection in the glass window, Song Qiaoxi saw that her face was as red as fire.
Forcing herself to look elsewhere, the little girl grabbed her schoolbag and said calmly, "I, I still want to eat a lollipop, what else do you want to eat, I'll go to the counter to buy it for you... "
Chu Jin coughed lightly and shook his head.
The boy didn't seem to have recovered from the "accident" just now. Song Qiaoxi glanced at him secretly from the glass window. Chu Chu's head was lowered very low, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Chu Jin stood up and started to pack the lunch boxes on the table.
what!
He can't be, laughing at himself for being clumsy just now...
But after a second thought, the thought disappeared.
He just smiled.
Laughing, it means that he is in a good mood. Maybe this "seafood" meal worked, making Chu Jin less concerned about the gossip on campus
After confirming that Chu Jin didn't eat anything anymore, Song Qiaoxi ran to the 7-Eleven cashier as if fleeing.
Beside the cashier, there were lollipops of various flavors. She quickly glanced at the colorful packaging, and she took the grape-flavored stick without hesitation.
"Drip, one piece." The clerk brushed the bar code of the lollipop.
Song Qiaoxi took out a coin and handed it to the clerk's little brother.
Then looked up at the high chair by the window, there was no one there.
The table was clean, and Chu Jin was waiting for her at the door of the 7-Eleven store with her schoolbag on her back.
Tear open the package of Zhenzhi, when the sweet and sour grape flavor spreads in her mouth...
Suddenly, I remembered that very strange dream I had during the summer vacation.
With grape-flavored kisses, soft lips, and the mint-flavored breath on Chu's body...
The throbbing of youth emerges in memory like an overwhelming mountain.
The little girl's heart beat faster.
With her cheeks bulging, Song Qiaoxi lightly touched the hard candy with the tip of her tongue, as if she understood something.
She was real, she didn't hope at all, Chu Jin was not happy, just thinking that he might not be happy, she couldn't listen to the class she was worried about.
This kind of intense, uncaring sadness seems to happen to only one person.
Song Qiaoxi has never had such strong emotions for the other partners of the "Little Five Gang"
Today, on their way home, the atmosphere is a little subtle.
Usually, on the subway, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin have iPods in their ears, but both children only have one earphone.
The other earphone hangs there, because Song Qiaoxi always likes to talk to Chu Jin casually.
Over the years, Chu had been worn down by her as soon as possible. In order to hear what the little girl said and to reply to her in time, the teenager was accustomed to wearing headphones in one ear.
It's just that at this moment, the two of them have iPod earphones in their ears, and Song Qiaoxi's Walkman has TOEFL listening, holding a TOEFL word book in his hand, which looks very labor-intensive.
But only Song Qiaoxi herself knew, and she didn't hear a word.
This panicked mood didn't disappear until the two got off the subway and walked side by side for a while.
Song Qiaoxi smelled the familiar smell of roasted cold noodles, pancakes and fruits in the air. She looked around, and found a food stall at the entrance of the alley in front of her...
The slender, white hand that had been in front of her snapped her fingers.
"Ah..." Song Qiaoxi was startled, took off her earphones, looked at the smiling boy beside her, and took off her earphones, "Why?"
"Want to eat cold noodles?" Chu Jin raised his hand with a smile, bent down slightly and rubbed her head, asking her in a tone like coaxing a child.
This familiar tone, as if clearing the clouds and seeing the dawn, blew away the little shyness between the two children.
Perhaps, there is a throbbing between them, but the throbbing, after all, cannot match the tacit understanding that the two have cultivated for many years, and the two children can always find the most comfortable way to get along.
"I want to eat it!" Song Qiaoxi ducked skillfully, pushed Chu Jin's schoolbag and said with a smile, "Don't mess with my hair, you've messed it up! Go and buy it for me, don't want green onions, just add a lot of coriander , an egg, more spicy, and two ham sausages!"
"One." Chu Jin said helplessly.
"Two!" Song Qiaoxi insisted.
"One, you won't be able to eat dinner in a while." Chu Jin refused to give in. "Or don't eat it and go home."
"Okay, just one piece..." Song Qiaoxi compromised.
"Wait, don't run around here," Chu Jin twisted around and pulled the little girl by her collar to the flower bed beside the road, "I'll be right back."
There is no sidewalk on this road, and the traffic flow is not small. Chu Jin will not let Song Qiaoxi follow him every time.
She was always so-so, and she didn't pay attention to the front, back, left and right when crossing the road. The teenager was always worried.
"Pfft hahaha," Song Qiaoxi was amused by his serious tone, inexplicably remembered a piece of "Back View" by Zhu Ziqing that he had learned, stuck out his tongue, and replied to him hilariously, "Okay, Dad, let's go."
Chu Jin was confused by her, shook his head, observed the traffic passing by the road, and went to buy cold noodles for Song Qiaoxi.
The little girl stood by the flower bed, looked at his back, and laughed even more.
Laughing and smiling, Song Qiaoxi remembered the "kiss" at 7-Eleven just now. At this moment, she didn't bother at all.
Damn, isn't it just a touch, that's not a kiss!
When she was a child, she often threw herself on Chu Jin's back, dangling from his neck and turned in circles, sometimes with her face close to her face. When she was six or seven years old, she would sometimes sleep on the same bed for naps.
The reason why I was so shy just now must be because of that weird dream I had during the summer vacation!
Yes, it's all Ding Yi's fault, who made Ding post those strange links in the group every day!
Ding Yi, who was hundreds of kilometers away, was holding a rose and just wanted to confess to the girl he liked.
"I like Hua... Ah Chi, Ah Chi, Ah Chi!" Ding Yi suddenly sneezed a series of sneezes.
The little girl standing in front of Ding Yi was frightened by the sudden sneeze, and she took a step back with a pale face.
Ding Yi: Dangerous!
--
As Chu knew, Song Qiaoxi would definitely not be able to finish a whole serving of roasted cold noodles. He even ate Oden an hour ago.
Sure enough, she took a small bamboo stick and inserted three or four pieces, but she couldn't eat it.
Song Qiaoxi looked at Chu Jin pitifully, and said flatly, "Don't just watch me eat it, you can eat it too, it's delicious."
"Bring it here." Chu Jin took the small paper box from her hand, and ate the remaining cold noodles.
"I'll just say it's delicious. Look, two bites are finished." Song Qiaoxi got a cheap deal and behaved well. She smiled and took out a tissue from her pocket and handed it to Chu Jin.
Seeing that he was still looking for trash cans everywhere, he wanted to throw away the paper box in his hand, but he didn't have any extra tissue to hold, so he simply stood on tiptoe and wiped the corner of his mouth for him, and he didn't forget to mutter, "Little boy, you leaked your mouth when you were eating. "
"Children, every time you have big eyes and small belly, it's not always you." Chu Jin chuckled and didn't refuse, just let Song Qiaoxi wipe it there.
Song Qiaoxi suddenly remembered what Zhou Jie said to her at the same table.
Zhou Jie once asked her if she was so familiar with Chu Jin and had been together since childhood, almost every day, wouldn't she feel tired
Under normal circumstances, if it is a brother-sister relationship, there will be a big fight for three days, a small fight for two days, and a fight.
There are also other classmates, brothers and sisters in the family, all of them agree.
The classmates all said that they and their siblings would quarrel or even fight, and sometimes they were inexplicably annoyed when they saw each other.
This made Song Qiaoxi more determined. The way she and Chu Jin get along is definitely not the way of brother and sister.
For more than nine years, I am happy to see Chu Jin every day.
When I see him, I want to laugh.
The two of them have never quarreled once, never quarreled, not to mention tired of seeing each other.
Even if it is a normal school and dismissal, even if two people don't talk together, they just accompany each other, they are still comfortable.
With a "beep", after swiping the access card, Song Qiaoxi and Chu Jin entered the community.
"By the way, Teacher Zhang, the dean, ask me to send an invitation to Grandpa Chu for this year's school art performance. Will you go up with me?" The hostess stopped and took out an envelope with the school's name from her schoolbag. The eyes swayed.
"Yeah." Chu Jin nodded.
The two walked to Building 8. Song Qiaoxi took out a small electronic card from her schoolbag and swiped it in front of the elevator door.
Mr. Chu gave each of them a copy of the elevator key of Chu's house, so that the two children could come to the house at any time.
The person who opened the door was not Uncle Mingzhe, but Aunt Fang, the housekeeper of the Chu house.
"Oh, it's Young Master Sun and Xixi, come in quickly." Aunt Fang greeted them warmly with a smile on her face. These two children are good-looking, and Aunt Fang likes them.
Song Qiaoxi quickly waved her hand and handed the envelope in her hand, "Aunt Fang, the director of our school's teaching department, Mr. Zhang, asked me to bring this invitation to Grandpa Chu, hoping he can participate in our New Year's theatrical performance."
"Ah, the old man is not at home now. I have a routine checkup today and I'm going to the hospital." Aunt Fang took the envelope, frowned and glanced at it, then took the envelope a little further away, squinting at the words on it, "Okay, okay, I'll help you transfer it to the old man, don't worry."
"Then let's go back first. Goodbye Aunt Fang!" Song Qiaoxi waved and turned to go home.
"Hey, Aunt Fang, one more question, do you two have a show at the art show?" Aunt Fang smiled kindly and stopped them both.
"I don't have a show this year, but..." Song Qiaoxi thought for a while, then pointed to Chu Jin and said, "Although Chu Jin doesn't have a show, he will be on stage. Every year after the New Year's theatrical performance, there will be a competition and commendation conference. . Chu Jin won the first prize in this mathematics competition, and he will definitely come to the stage to receive the award."
"Okay, then I know." Aunt Fang showed a proud smile and looked at Chu Jin with admiration. She clapped her hands, as if thinking of something, "Children, wait a moment, the cook at home has cooked. Cheese and blueberry tart and Hokkaido milk toast bread are all packaged separately. I originally wanted to send someone to deliver it to your home at night. When Xixi came to dinner last time, I said it was delicious, so the old man wrote it down, and I will continue it today. I ordered someone to bake."
"Cheese blueberry tart? Great, thank you Aunt Fang!" Song Qiaoxi smiled sweetly and said obediently.
"Thank you." Chu Jin nodded politely.
Carrying the fragrant egg tarts and toast in her hand, Song Qiaoxi should not be too happy along the way, but kept her nose in the bag and smelled it.
The taste of butter and cheese mixed together, mixed with a hint of blueberry sour taste, so fragrant and good smell!
I don't know if it was because of the taste of baking, or because Chu Jin was around, making her feel at ease and at ease.
At this moment, Song Qiaoxi is happy and happy again!
--
In less than a week, the school finally found out the rumors about Chu Jin, which first came from several popular posts on the school's post bar.
Director Zhang also asked about the three little girls who had been caught by Song Qiaoxi, and they were all of the same caliber.
However, the next step is a bit more difficult.
Posts in the school's post bar are anonymous, and it is difficult to find evidence of which student did it just through an IP address.
In the end, the school leaders decided to ask each class teacher to tell the students in the higher level department about "do not spread rumors, do not spread rumors" at the class meeting, and warned the students not to do this, which is also a solution. .
This result shows that some people are very dissatisfied.
Song Qiaoxi, a junior in the regular class of the first grade, went to the teaching office to find Director Zhang every so often, and asked Director Zhang to find out who was spreading rumors.
At first, Director Zhang was able to explain to the little girl patiently and let her wait a few more days.
But no one could stand Song Qiaoxi coming five days a week, jammed in Director Zhang's office every day between big classes, looking forward to asking for an explanation.
Director Zhang was also afraid in the end. He had never seen such a stubborn student before, and he was about to catch up with Qiu Ju in "The Case of Qiu Ju".
In the end, she had no choice but to tell Song Qiaoxi the truth.
Director Zhang held the check clip in his hand, and explained patiently: "Song Qiaoxi, the anonymous post in the post bar, the school really can't find out who posted the post, and the school is not the public security bureau, right? I understand. And at this week's class meeting, each class teacher has issued a notice, and students are not allowed to spread rumors."
"However, can't the school investigate the specific location of the IP address? Then based on the classmates' home addresses, we can narrow down the suspects." Song Qiaoxi has thought about what to do, and it depends on the school's ability or willingness to cooperate. .
In the end, Director Zhang still refused her request.
This was also expected by Song Qiaoxi. After all, the school leaders would definitely hope that this kind of thing would become a big thing and a small thing.
But Song Qiaoxi is different. She looks down on this kind of "keyboard warrior" behavior hidden behind her.
Could it be that, as long as you put on the skin of the Internet, you can spread rumors as you like? Don't these people need to take responsibility for what they say
It doesn't matter if the school doesn't provide help, the little girl has her own judgment, and she wants to find out the culprit behind the rumors.
In fact, in her opinion, there is nothing to analyze about this matter. The person who spread the rumor must be Cheng Lili, or a few girls who had a good time with Cheng Lili.
This matter, from the beginning to the end, does not involve a third party, it is the "grievance" between Chu Jin and Cheng Lili.
But everything requires a piece of evidence.
Before there is conclusive evidence that Cheng Lili spread the rumors, Song Qiaoxi would never do anything that spreads rumors about Cheng Lili all over the world.
Using "rumoring" to fight "rumoring" is like using "crime" to punish "criminal". The little girl who will be celebrating her sixteenth birthday in a few months knows that this method is wrong.
Although during this time, Cheng Lili no longer "couldn't be courteous" to Chu, and prepared a loving breakfast.
But the rumors about Chu Jin never stopped.
Even if the head teachers issued notices, the rumors were still like a snowball.
The most interesting topics for boys and girls in high school are who is with whom, who likes whom, who is chasing, who cannot catch up with...
In the rumors, about Chu Jin's identity as a poor orphan, his background, coupled with the labels of "violent tendencies" and "indifferent academic masters", it is easy for this group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old half-old children to make up their minds. over.
Song Qiaoxi thought about it for a long time, knowing that Cheng Lili would never come forward to explain these rumors without proof.
Since Cheng Lili didn't explain, she maintained an innocent look in front of her classmates...
That Song Qiaoxi also made up her mind to do what she thought was right.
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When Zhao Xin was in junior high school, he begged his mother for a long time, and finally successfully stayed in Qizhou Foreign Language.
But in high school, I still failed to withstand the pressure of my parents and enrolled in the International Department of the High School Affiliated to R University.
Although they are both in the high school attached to R University, the students of the International Department are usually not in the same building as the students of this school, and even the canteen and dormitory are separated.
Zhao Xin, Song Qiaoxi, and Chu Jin are all in the same school, but due to different curriculum arrangements, lack of time, etc., the school has started for several months. The three old classmates who came to R University High School from Qizhou Foreign Language There was no chance for a face to face.
On this day, Zhao Xin was eating in the cafeteria of the International Department at noon. He was a loner. He sat at a table by himself. As soon as he picked up his chopsticks, he heard the chatter of several girls at the next table.
"Cheng Lili is the class flower of the experimental class. People want good looks and good grades. They care about Chu Jin with kindness and give him breakfast. How can someone be so ignorant of praise?"
"That's right, I don't think Cheng Lili would like Chu Jin at all. I also heard another version, saying that Chu Jin has always had a crush on Cheng Lili. Cheng Lili is just too kind, and I feel bad for Chu Jin's family background. Only caring about him kindly, but Chu Jingou bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the good heart."
"I also think that Cheng Lili and Chu Jin, no matter how you look at them, feel that they are not in the right households. What are the conditions of Cheng Lili's family?"
…
Zhao Xin is an introverted and shy person. He has never taken the initiative to speak to a girl in his life, and he tends to stutter when he talks to a strange girl.
The only girl who can make him feel at ease, who doesn't stutter when she talks, is only one person, and he doesn't want to come to Beijing from Qizhou because of that person.
Hearing these female classmates in the international class say this, Zhao Xin, who is so good-tempered, can't bear it anymore. He put down his chopsticks heavily, stood up trembling, and walked to the next table.
"You...you, you don't, you can't say that Chu Jin..." But when he opened his mouth, Zhao Xin started to stammer, he really couldn't control the nervousness in his heart, "Chu, Chu Jin, No, not the kind of person you're talking about!"
Several girls in the same class glanced at Zhao Xin and ignored him.
"are you crazy... "
"Chu Jin, who are you? You protect him like this."
"Hurry up and go, ignore him."
The few female classmates who were chatting hotly lost interest at this moment, shook their heads, and went to eat at a table farther away from Zhao Xin with their plates.
Zhao Xin returned to his seat in frustration, unable to eat the rest of the meal.
Just as he was about to clean up the dishes, he looked up and saw Song Qiaoxi standing with a tall girl with short hair, poking his head at the door of the restaurant of the International Department.
Song Qiaoxi also saw Zhao Xin at a glance, and dragged Zhou Jie all the way to trot over and greeted him warmly, "Zhao Xin! Long time no see, you are in the international department, I have never met you, this is my tablemate, called Zhou Jie."
After introducing Zhou Jie, Song Qiaoxi introduced Zhao Xin to his little classmate, "His name is Zhao Xin, and he is my classmate from elementary and junior high school in Qizhou. In junior high school, I also worked at the same table with him for a year."
Zhao Xin blushed and asked in a low voice, "Xixi, you, why did you come to our cafeteria?"
"I heard Zhou Jie say that the restaurant in your international department is different from ours. There are fried pork cutlet rice and Japanese-style ramen. We want to try it." Song Qiaoxi stuck out her tongue a little embarrassed, and she had nothing to hide in front of her old classmates. Yes, no matter if she was in the elementary school attached to the normal school or in the foreign language, all the classmates in the class knew that she liked food very much.
"Oh, then, then I'll give you my meal card. Only the meal card of the International Department can be used here." Zhao Xin took out a small card from his school uniform pocket and handed it to Song Qiaoxi.
"Brother is really reliable!" Song Qiaoxi took the card, waved to Zhou Jie, turned her head and said to Zhao Xin, "Let's just buy a tonkatsu rice, a Japanese-style ramen, and I'll give you the money directly. "
"No, not much money, please, please eat." Zhao Xin shook his head, then hesitated for a moment, but told Song Qiaoxi all the dazzling things he had just heard about Chu Jin.
"It's all passed on to your international department?" Song Qiaoxi sighed and shook her head helplessly, but she was still full of emotions, not depressed at all, "It doesn't matter, you tell me who is talking, and I'll explain it to them. .. ”
During this time, Song Qiaoxi has been doing one thing.
As long as she was in school, whenever she heard someone misunderstanding Chu Jin or saying bad things about Chu Jin, she would calmly explain it to her classmates one by one. If others didn't want to hear it, the little girl would chase after them and keep talking.
After explaining it many times, Song Qiaoxi's deskmate Zhou Jie, and most of her classmates, also joined Song Qiaoxi's "team".
Zhao Xin was actually very touched when he heard Song Qiaoxi's approach.
He really admired the curly-haired little girl in front of him. He heard Ding Miao say that Song Qiaoxi is a very brave little girl. Sometimes she will make some unexpected actions, but she will always give 100% to her friends. Two hundred sincerity.
"Okay, I, I will also join in. If someone in the International Department speaks ill of Chu Jin, I will explain to them." Zhao Xin nodded heavily.
"Thank you, Zhao Xin." Song Qiaoxi smiled brightly, her almond eyes flashing.
"Gossip" and "rumours" on campus come and go quickly.
Slowly, with the efforts of Song Qiaoxi and her classmates, there were fewer and fewer "rumours" about Chu Jin in the school.
By the end of the semester, everyone almost forgot about it.
However, this "rumor" was really shattered, and the incident that completely broke Cheng Lili's character in the hearts of her classmates happened in 2006, at the New Year's theatrical performance at the High School Affiliated to R University.
This year's New Year's theatrical performance is very special. The finale is a chorus.
The singers are a group of elementary school students from the western mountains.
These lovely children are children from the western mountainous areas who came to Beijing to participate in the winter camp of a famous school.
Most of the children are little girls. They are the outstanding student representatives who are among the best in the exams of each school. Their faces are red and they are as cute as little apples.
The children sang "Where Is Spring" accompanied by the accordion.
"Where is spring, where is spring? In the verdant mountain forest in spring, there are red flowers, green grass, and the little oriole that can sing... "
The children's tender and simple singing moved all the teachers and students present.
These children are also the assistance objects of R University Affiliated Middle School in the western mountainous area. The R University Affiliated Middle School provides teacher training for schools in the western mountainous area every year, and also assists the school with teaching supplies, organizes students to donate materials and books, and let the children in the mountainous area. They can also receive an education more similar to that of urban children.
In 2005, Mr. Chu, through the high school attached to R University, anonymously, sponsored the information classrooms and libraries of more than 30 elementary and junior high schools in the western mountainous areas, and sponsored the outstanding students in the western regions to participate in the winter camps of famous schools in Beijing.
At the same time, Mr. Chu also renovated the student dormitory for the High School Affiliated to R University, reinstalled the air conditioner for the dormitory, built a planetarium equipped with the latest observation equipment for the High School Affiliated to R University, and updated the computer room with the latest computer equipment.
Mr. Chu repeatedly communicated with the school to ask the school not to hype and report, he just wanted to do his part for the children.
The school leaders invited Mr. Chu this time to thank him for his selfless support for the education cause.
The more humble Mr. Chu was, the more guilty the school leaders felt.
Therefore, taking advantage of this New Year's theatrical performance, the school leaders asked Director Zhang to invite Chu Lao to participate, at least to let Chu see these lovely children from the western mountainous areas.
Three weeks ago, Chu Youhe came back from the hospital and received an invitation from Butler Fang.
In fact, if this invitation was received before going to the hospital, Mr. Chu would definitely not choose to go. He knew that Chu Jin would never want to see him.
Going, is nothing more than adding a block to the grandson out of thin air.
But in this physical examination, Mr. Chu had several indicators that were not very good, and the doctor helped him make an appointment for further examination.
Chu Youhe is already so old. After his wife's death, he has long looked down on life and death.
But when he knew the doctor's advice, he couldn't calm down for a long time, causing countless ripples.
He hasn't seen Chu Jin get admitted to Qing University, he hasn't seen Chu Jin put on the bachelor's uniform of Qing University, put on his bachelor's hat, he hasn't seen Chu Jin marry a wife and have children, start a family and start a business...
Chu Youhe missed Chu Jin's childhood and childhood, and did not want to miss Chu Jin's youth and adulthood again.
At the moment, he decided to come to participate in the New Year's theatrical performance at the High School Affiliated to R University.
After the chorus performance of "Where Is Spring", there was thunderous applause in the auditorium.
After that, as usual, it is the annual competition commendation meeting.
Song Qiaoxi was sitting with her classmates. She saw several classmates standing in a row in school uniforms beside the stage, and was guided to the stage by the teacher.
Among them, the tallest and most eye-catching is Chu Jin.
"Are you here?" Zhou Jie forgot to wear her glasses today, she looked at the stage with eyes on the stage, pulling Song Qiao Xi's arm, "Is your brother on stage?"
"Come on, Chu Jin is the first prize of the math competition again." Song Qiaoxi said proudly, and a few good friends around cheered and applauded for Chu Jin.
Director Zhang of the Teaching Office took the stage, picked up the microphone, and said with a smile: "Today, we have invited a special guest of honor for the students, let us invite the founder of the Western Mountain Area Assistance Program, a well-known entrepreneur, Chu Bless Mr. He Chu."
"Old Chu?" Zhou Jie clapped along with everyone and said in Song Qiaoxi's ear, "Why are they all surnamed Chuwa?"
"Oh, he is Chu Jin's grandfather." Song Qiaoxi also applauded and answered Zhou Jie casually.
"What? My grandfather?" Zhou Jie was stunned.
The classmates under the stage were chatting and discussing.
"Who is Chu Youhe? It sounds familiar to me? Alas, it's that old grandfather? He has such a good temperament, he must have been handsome when he was young."
"Dude, you are too illiterate. You don't know anything about current affairs news. Chu Youhe is the boss of the Chu Group, and the old man who is said to have mastered the lifeline of the real estate in the capital."
"Hey, I think, Mr. Chu is like a big guy who came out of a movie of the Republic of China, just like he has crossed..."
…
Old Man Chu slowly stood up from his seat and took the crutches that Zheming handed over.
His mood at this time was extremely excited.
When receiving the action arranged by the school, Mr. Chu refused the position of the rostrum, and he sat in a corner where he could see all of Chu.
During the entire cultural performance, he was silently observing his grandson. As long as he saw Chu Jin, Mr. Chu couldn't help smiling. He really liked this child so much.
Originally, Mr. Chu just wanted to watch his grandson receive the award quietly, but he didn't expect that in the end, the school leader gave him a "surprise" and made him the guest of honor.
The old man has been in shopping malls for a long time. He has never seen any big storms. Since he was invited, he can't lose face to his grandson, right
He adjusted his condition calmly, calmly, and walked to the stage with a cane.
Under the guidance of Director Zhang, Mr. Chu accepted the red scarf presented to him by the representative of the children in the western mountainous areas.
He encouraged the children to study hard, get into the best school in Beijing, learn the most advanced knowledge, and go back to build their hometown after graduation.
The Affiliated High School of R University is not so sloppy. After a very simple ceremony, the old man took the medals and certificates handed over by the female classmates who did the etiquette, and presented them to the students standing on the stage one by one.
When Chu Youhe walked in front of Chu Jin, the old man looked at the tall and handsome Chu Jin, and his eyes were sore.
Xu is getting older and is particularly easily touched by children.
The group of eight or nine-year-old children just now reminded him of Chu Jin's childhood, and the years when Chu Youhe did not accompany Chu Jin, now he can only look like his grandson's lovely childhood in the photos.
Wish I could turn back time.
What Chu You thought, if he could wake up sooner, he might have a happy old age with his children and grandchildren like his old buddies.
The old man Chu hung the medal around Chu Jin's neck, and handed the certificate to the boy's hands tremblingly, feeling a little excited.
He didn't pat his arms and shake hands like the other classmates, but couldn't help but gently hug Chu Jin.
Chu Jin's body froze. On the stage, even if he didn't get used to it, he didn't want the award ceremony to go on, so he could only endure it.
"Everything, Grandpa is really proud of you, you are the best." Old Man Chu said softly.
The classmates standing beside Chu Jin were stunned on the spot when they heard this.
Regardless of whether it was a recognition ceremony or not, several classmates started chatting.
"Am I right, Grandpa?"
"Come on, old Chu is called Chu Jin's nickname? Who said that Chu Jin was born in a poor family, if he was born in a poor family, he wouldn't give people a way to live..."
"They are grandfathers and grandsons, look how similar they look! They are all tall and tall, with the same height on the bridge of the nose and similar face shapes."
"What the hell is written in the post bar, and they say that Chu Jin is posting Cheng Lili? He is the grandson of the Chu family, how can he post the upstart from Cheng Lili's family... "
"Yeah, the Chu family is old money, I think Chu Jin has a different temperament, and some people say that he came from the countryside, do you have any brains! I don't think about it, how can you come to our school without a Beijing hukou?"
…
After the award ceremony, the students who received the award were scattered into their respective classes, and the previous rumors about Chu Jin were so self-defeating.
There were even students in the experimental class who took the initiative to talk to the students who held objections about the situation that day.
"Chu Jin was clearly three feet away from Cheng Lili that day. When we entered, Chu Jin put one hand down and covered his mouth with the other and stepped back. He didn't drop the lunch box at all."
"Then why is Cheng Lili's statement not like this? No way, I'm very scared after thinking about it, so Cheng Lili did it on purpose?"
"We won't all be deceived by her. There is no truth from the beginning to the end."
"I'm really blinded by a beautiful skin. It turns out that my heart is so vicious, and I don't know what Cheng Lilian's heart is. Chu Jintian has never provoked anyone except for school competitions and classes, so he will be detained as a pervert. And the hat of violent strength?"
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Cheng Lili was embarrassed listening to the discussions of her classmates.
The image she had worked so hard for over the years was ruined just like that. She never dreamed that Chu Jin was actually the head of the Chu Group, the grandson of Chu Youhe.
Their Cheng family started out by demolition, and there is no comparison with the Chu Group at all.
Cheng Lili was about to explode with anger, and she felt embarrassed to the extreme. She hated those girlfriends to death, and when she asked them to help investigate Chu Jin, Chu Jin's parents died. The information was an orphan who was adopted by someone else. Provided, and also swore and assured her that the information must be true and reliable.
At that time, Cheng Lili thought, a person who doesn't even have parents and grows up under someone else's fence will definitely be mentally unhealthy and easily perverted...
The "stereotype" and "vanity" of a 16-year-old girl eventually harmed herself.
Now Cheng Lili can't even lift her head up in front of her classmates.
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However, all this is not the end.
On the second day after the cultural performance, the school was in normal classes.
Song Qiaoxi is the representative of the English class. The math teacher told her that the English teacher told her to use the large class break to go to the office. The English magazines subscribed by the classmates in the foreman were used as supplementary reading in the English class in the afternoon.
The English teacher's office is very close to the experimental class. Song Qiaoxi climbed two floors and walked through the long corridor to the teacher's office.
It's the big break now, everyone is out for the gym, Song Qiaoxi and the English teacher chat a few words, get the magazine, and prepare to go back to the classroom.
The hallway was empty and no one was there.
Suddenly, Song Qiaoxi stopped in front of a small classroom.
The door of the small classroom was left open, and she heard someone mention Chu Jin's name.
The classroom sign reads Biology Classroom.
Song Qiaoxi remembered that Zhou Jie had told her that Cheng Lili was studying for a biology competition. She gently placed the magazine in her hand on the ground and pressed her body tightly against the wall.
After listening to the conversation of the people inside for about a minute or two, Song Qiaoxi touched her trouser pocket and then her phone.
When I went out today, I forgot to put my phone back in my school bag. Fortunately, it was always in silent mode.
She looked up at the direction of the corridor, confirmed the location of the school corridor monitoring, turned on the camera function of the mobile phone, turned off the flash, took a few pictures at the door of the classroom, and then turned on the recording function of the mobile phone...
"How do I know that Chu Jin is a son of an aristocratic family? How did you guys investigate, making me embarrassed!" Cheng Lili's angry voice came from the classroom.
"Cheng Lili, you are unreasonable. You said you were going to bet. We just asked someone to ask Chu Jin's classmates from the previous school, and we didn't tell you that the information must be accurate." The female voice said slowly.
"That's right, at that time, you were so excited to say that Chu Jin was so handsome and handsome, and you wanted Chu Jin to chase you. You also asked someone to post the post, and now it's too much to blame us..."
"I made the post, but you all came up with the idea! You guys... Why don't you say this when you eat and drink at my uncle's western restaurant? I bought it for you from Hong Kong. Lipstick and mascara are very happy, and you don't say thank you when you rub my car to go to school after school... "
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Confirming that enough evidence had been collected, Song Qiaoxi turned off the recording, picked up the magazine on the ground and returned to the classroom.
After returning to the classroom to put down the impurities, she went straight to the office of Teacher Zhang, the dean of education, and made a copy of the recording for Teacher Zhang.
At the same time, explain clearly the time, place and person.
Song Qiaoxi said, "Mr. Zhang, the door of the biology classroom faces the stairs. I saw a surveillance camera there, so the school can use that camera to confirm whether Cheng Lili and the others are in the classroom."
"..." Director Zhang really has seen him for a long time. He has been the director of the teaching department all his life, and this is the first time he has encountered such a stubborn student.
"Mr. Zhang, I don't have any other requests, just one, Cheng Lili and her friends, to publicly apologize to Chu Jin, isn't this request too much? If you do something wrong, you must be responsible for your own behavior." His voice was soft and sweet, but very firm and stubborn.
Teacher Zhang thought about it for a while. The impact of this incident was indeed very bad. If Song Qiaoxi hadn't discovered the evidence, it would have ruined a classmate's reputation in vain.
Adolescent children are particularly sensitive. They are usually very introverted and silent, and may have been under a lot of pressure silently.
What's more, Chu Jin is still the grandson of Chu Lao...
Director Zhang said: "Okay, the teacher also supports the solution of public apology, but we have to discuss it with the school leaders, and then adjust the monitoring to see the evidence. If everything is true, the school will definitely criticize and educate Cheng Lili, and ask her to give Chu Jin apologizes."
"Okay, thank you Teacher Zhang, thank you for your hard work." Song Qiaoxi nodded politely, a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, "Then I will go back to class first, and I will trouble you during this time."
Just as she turned around and wanted to leave, Song Qiaoxi's back froze, and she vaguely felt a bad premonition.
"Song Qiaoxi, is Chu Jin your cousin or cousin? You are really kind to your brother." Teacher Zhang said with a smile, standing up and patting her shoulder, "It's rare to see a child your age with such a harmonious relationship between siblings. ."
Although Director Zhang did not know the specific relationship between the two children, Song Qiaoxi's mother said that Chu Jin was a child of a friend's family.
But in this day and age, who would raise a child for such a long time in vain
It is certain that they are distant relatives or cousins. It is estimated that there is any difficulty, and it is inconvenient for parents to tell them.
"Ah..." Song Qiaoxi's heart skipped a beat, and she glanced at Teacher Zhang in embarrassment, but said nothing.
"Could it be that Chu Jin is not your blood-related brother?" Director Zhang looked at the little girl in front of him with a flushed face. She had just been eloquent. Now, when she mentions Chu Jin, she not only blushes, why is she dumb
"He, he's not my brother, we grew up together... good friends." Song Qiaoxi thought about her words and scratched her head.
"Cough, then pay attention, you are not allowed to have puppy love." Director Zhang was very sensitive, and he beat Song Qiaoxi, "Okay, let's go back, the morning exercise between classes is about to end, remember the teacher's words, if you I was caught one day in love with Chu Zaizai, and we have to write inspections and receive criticism and education, as well as invite parents."
Outside the window was the sound of "The Time is Calling", Song Qiaoxi didn't know why, she was so shy, she nodded in embarrassment, she didn't want to stay in Director Zhang's office for one more second.
Walking through the long corridor, Song Qiaoxi thought to herself.
Does she really take everything and be a good friend
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The school is very efficient, and the cause and effect of the incident were found out within a few days.
Considering the seriousness of this matter, the vice-principal stepped forward and severely criticized Cheng Lili and several classmates who encouraged rumors.
On the same day, several versions of Cheng Lili's apology came out from the experimental class.
Some people say that Cheng Lili's family made Cheng Lili apologize because of Chu's status in the Beijing circle.
It was also said that Chu, the founder of the Chu family, put pressure on the school.
Only this time, most of the classmates are on Chu Jin's side. He is the victim of the rumor, and the classmates are also ashamed of their prejudice.
Most of them only saw a static scene and heard what Cheng Lili said, so they misinterpreted Chu Jin's behavior.
This is also a lesson for 15- and 16-year-olds.
What the eyes see and what the ears hear may not necessarily be true.
By the start of the second semester of high school, the heat of the rumors has dropped to bits and pieces.
By the end of the final exam of the senior year, and the summer vacation of 2006 is coming, no one will discuss Chu Jin's "gossip".
In June 2006, Song Qiaoxi celebrated her sixteenth birthday.
In the first year of high school and the second year of high school, she chose liberal arts.
In the experimental class of the higher-level department, almost all members were promoted to the experimental class of science. Chu Jin was not surprised and chose science.
There are nearly two months of summer vacation for the first and second year of high school.
Song Qiaoxi's summer vacation has been clearly arranged by her parents. In July, she will go to New Oriental to take SAT and TOEFL remedial classes.
Although she spent the whole year of high school and her spare time, Chu Jin accompanied Song Qiaoxi to study the SAT and TOEFL, helping her find weaknesses and summarize and review wrong questions.
But Qiao Qin still feels that the summer vacation is so long, for fear that her daughter will relax because she doesn't go to school and has no learning atmosphere.
These two children, in terms of learning, are still the daughters who make her uneasy.
Chu Jin doesn't make people worry about his studies at all, and Qiao Qin is still thinking about how to let Chu Jin rest more every day. This child, who has lived for seventeen years, has no idea what it's like to be second.
Song Jianguo and Qiao Qin also discussed it. After Song Qiaoxi's remedial class is over, Qiao Qin will take the children back to Qizhou for the remaining month.
The winter vacation in 2006 was short, only three weeks.
The Song family of three and Chu Jin returned to Qizhou, spent a year with Mr. Song, and then went to Taicheng together to see Song Qiaoxi's grandmother and grandfather. They stayed with the old couple for a few days, and the winter vacation was all that was left. Not much more.
The middle school attached to R University had a heavy homework burden during the winter vacation. Qiao Qin and Song Jianguo felt sorry for their two children. Five days before the start of school, he took them back to Beijing to let them do their homework and study with peace of mind.
For a family with high school students, even if the sky falls, it cannot affect the children's studies.
As soon as the SAT and TOEFL remedial classes in July of the summer vacation were over, Song Qiaoxi hummed excitedly and packed her luggage, like a cheerful little bird.
She was really looking forward to returning to Qizhou.
Song Qiaoxi misses her friends in the courtyard, misses Uncle Ding's barbecue, dumplings, and seafood nugget soup, misses sister Qiu Meng, misses Grandpa Sun, and misses every uncle and aunt who greeted her with a smile in the courtyard.
Although the Beijing family's community looks much more upscale than the Qizhou compound, after living here for so long, Song Qiaoxi doesn't even know the name of the neighbor next door. Everyone in the community looks cold and a little warm. nothing.
She still likes the somewhat cluttered environment of the compound, and likes to listen to the sound of bicycle bells. When it is time for dinner, the aroma of cooking and cooking pots wafts from the balcony of every household, which is full of the smell of fireworks.
This summer vacation, what Song Qiaoxi is looking forward to is that their "Little Gang of Five" will do a big thing.
After obtaining the consent of the parents, several children made an appointment to go to Taicheng to climb Mount Tai in August.
It just so happened that Wang Junyang also returned to Qizhou from Shanghai to spend the summer vacation in August.
This is the first time that several sixteen or seventeen-year-old children have left their parents' "control" and traveled alone.
There is nothing that excites teenagers more than freedom.
Because Taicheng is the hometown of Song Qiaoxi, Ding Yi, and Ding Miao, the Song Ding family has many relatives in Taicheng, so parents can rest assured.
The children were arranged to live in Song Qiaoxi's grandmother's house. The old lady and the old man had long since retired. She built a two-story building with a small courtyard at the foot of Mount Tai, raised big white geese and chickens, and brought mountain spring water to the house. I grow my own vegetables in the yard, and I have a beautiful life.
There are several vacant rooms in the small building. Usually, the old couple has nothing to do. They want the children to come over, and the old people like to be lively.
A few children came back after three or four days of playing. Both the Ding family and the Wang family were embarrassed to disturb the Qiao family for too long. They urged their children not to cause trouble to the old man.
The plan of the "Little Gang of Five" is not to take the cable car, to spend a whole day climbing Mount Tai, to watch the sunrise at the top of the mountain, to stay at the folk custom on the top of the mountain for one night, and then to go down the mountain the next day.
After going down the mountain, I went back to Song Qiaoxi's grandmother and grandpa's house to rest for a day, and then returned to Qizhou.
On the day of departure, the "Little Gang of Five" took the K51 bus together to the bus terminal opposite Qizhou Railway Station, and from there took the bus to Taicheng.
Taicheng is very close to Qizhou, and the direct bus takes about an hour and a half.
On the bus, Song Qiaoxi discovered that something was wrong with Ding Yi and Ding Miao. They looked flustered, and they would bite their ears from time to time.
Song Qiaoxi turned her head, and poked Wang Junyang's arm with her hand and asked him, "What's wrong with their sister and brother? I think Ding Yi is like that, so what's the bad trick?"
Wang Junyang stretched his waist. This car was an air-conditioned car, and the cool air made him very comfortable. He said lazily, "I don't know either, but I heard that Ding Yi is talking about someone."
"What? Ding Yi is in love!!!" Song Qiaoxi's eyes were like copper bells, and she was too shocked to speak.
No wonder Ding Yi didn't talk much in the koukou group this semester.
"Yeah, it's also an art student from their affiliated high school, looking at the photos..." Wang Junyang shrugged, shook his head and continued, "Looking at the photos, I don't know what kind of shit happened to Ding Yi, but that girl didn't You look good. No, Xixi, you don't know?"
"No one of you told me wow!" Song Qiaoxi was a little sullen, she suddenly felt that she and a few good friends had stopped kissing, and Chu Jin was sitting next to her, and her elbow lightly nudged Chu Jin, " You also know that Ding Yi is in love?"
Chu Jin made a "hmm" sound.
Song Qiaoxi was even more depressed, and became angry with herself like a puffer fish...
When the car arrived, Song Qiaoxi brought a pink duffel bag for changing clothes and toiletries, and a small school bag with money, documents, and valuables such as cameras. Take the pink duffel bag.
After getting off the car, the group came to the ticket hall.
Song Qiaoxi saw a familiar and tall figure across the distance.
A handsome big boy waved to them and smiled shyly.
"Zhao Xin?!" Song Qiaoxi received the second "crit" today, she grabbed Ding Miao's arm and shook wildly, "Miaomiao, you, you and Zhao Xin? ?!"
"What's better, there's nothing!" Ding Miao waved to Zhao Xin with the other hand, her face puffy, and whispered to Song Qiaoxi, "Zhao Xin is also our friend, we all know him, he told me Haven't climbed Mount Tarzan, want to go with us..."
"Then, where does he live? You bring a boy there, but my grandma and grandpa will tell your parents, old men and old ladies are big mouths, and everyone in the courtyard will know about it by then!" Song Qiaoxi was shocked for half a year. No, Ding Miao's big order behavior.
Since when did Sister Miao, who has always been calm and composed, become so impulsive
"He doesn't live at your grandma and grandpa's house, Zhao Xin booked a hotel..." Ding Miao said with an unnatural look.
"Oh, that's fine." Song Qiaoxi thought for a while, then slowly accepted this reality and regained her calm.
Anyway, Zhao Xin is also a familiar friend and an old classmate. He is still in the middle school attached to R University with them, so he shouldn't be so careful.
Song Qiaoxi stepped forward and greeted Zhao Xin with a fist bump.
"We're going to buy tickets soon." Song Qiaoxi said, and began to count the number of people, "If there is one more Zhao Xin, then we have to buy one, two, three, four... Six tickets? It happens that we are two girls. Sit together, you four boys sit together."
"I want to buy seven tickets." Ding Yi's voice sounded behind Song Qiaoxi.
She turned her head and saw that Ding Yi was leading a pretty and cute girl with neat bangs, black, long and straight, and a small stature to the crowd.
"My girlfriend, Liang Shanshan." Ding embraced the little girl's shoulders and generously introduced her friends to the "Little Five Gang".
"No, you two brothers and sisters can wow! Silent, really..." Song Qiaoxi was speechless, turned her head to stare at Ding Yi, and asked incredulously, "How did you treat someone so innocent and innocent? The girl was deceived!"
Ding Yi, who had grown to 1.78 meters, hid behind Liang Shanshan, who was less than 1.6 meters tall. There are plenty of adults, there are plenty of adults, in front of my girlfriend, give me some face... "
"Buy seven tickets, I'll go." Chu Jin has been very calm, he took out the wallet from his schoolbag, put the duffle bag at the feet of the female lead, and instructed, "You guys wait for me here."
"Damn, then how do we sit?" Wang Junyang leaned over, put one hand on Chu Jin's shoulder and the other on Song Qiaoxi's shoulder, squeezed in between them and sighed, "There are seven people in total, and the four of them are two pairs. Son, the three of us are single dogs."
What Wang Junyang didn't expect was that he said these words.
Ding Miao and Zhao Xin, Ding Yi and Liang Shanshan, who were standing opposite, all looked at him with very complicated eyes, looking strange, as if they were watching...
Like looking at a fool? !