The midterm exam is over. Zhu Xingyao has spent a lot of time and energy learning German, and his grades have dropped from third to fifth in the class.
She was mentally prepared and didn't think it was a big deal.
Li Xixi frowned and whispered, "In this case, what should we do when we arrange seats for the class meeting later? I don't want to change seats."
Zhu Xingyao was suddenly stunned. She had forgotten about this matter. Xu Xiangyang ranked second and he usually didn't change his seat. The third was Xia Jin, the fourth was the student council member, and it was her turn to choose a seat when she was fifth. What if someone else chose this seat
She opened the window a crack, and the damp and cold air after the rain filtered in.
Jiang Tu's low and deep voice of "lch liebe dich" was still echoing in her mind. She was only sixteen or seventeen years old at that time, and the only thing she could think about was that Li Xixi was right when she said Jiang Tu's voice was nice, much better than the recording in the headphones.
Later, she grew up.
I only realized it later, and I can't help but think of the scene at that time. My heart is always throbbing and damp, just like the weather at that time.
In the class meeting, Cao Shujun said with a sad face: "In the midterm exam, although Jiang Tu from our class got the first place in the grade, our class's average score is still second to last among the five classes. You really don't give me face..."
Everyone was silent, with their heads down, listening to the lecture.
Cao Shujun recalled Xie Ya's smug look during the previous class teacher meeting, then looked at his classmates and sighed, "I'm 28 this year, and it's only been seven years since I took the college entrance examination. Don't think that one exam is unimportant and get anxious when you're in the third year of high school. Every exam is cumulative. I always feel that talking too much about the truth seems very long-winded and not free and easy. I don't want to become..." He coughed softly, "A middle-aged person like Director Liu who nags all day long. Even if I reach middle age, I don't want to become long-winded and nagging. Some truths are meaningless if they are repeated day after day. Most of you are seventeen years old. Those who started school later are almost eighteen. You must have thought about what you want and what kind of person you want to be. It depends on whether you have the energy..."
It's a rare occasion that Lao Cao nags.
After finishing his nagging, Cao Shujun said seriously: "Don't let that sentence be spread out."
Xu Xiangyang asked: "Which sentence?"
Cao Shujun knew that this group of people were very smart. He smiled and said, "Don't spread what Director Liu said."
Everyone laughed.
Cao Shujun said with a straight face: "Anjing, there is one more thing. This year's welcome party... Xia Jin and Zhu Xingyao, what do you think?"
The senior year students did not participate in the welcome party and the school sports meet, but the freshmen and sophomores had their own performances, and the focus was still on the freshmen. However, last year, one performed the opening dance and the other played the cello as the finale, and they were both very dazzling. The school still wants them to go on stage.
Xia Jin didn't say anything, as if waiting for Zhu Xingyao to speak first.
Zhu Xingyao looked up and said, "I need to prepare for the exam, so I may not have time to prepare and rehearse."
At the back table, Jiang Tu paused as he was writing German words. Are you not going to participate
Ding Xiang also felt sorry and sighed softly: "Ah, the goddess is not attending, what's the point of the party?" He turned to look at Jiang Tu, feeling a little sad, "Brother Tu, you didn't see it last year, what a pity."
Jiang Tu lowered his eyes for a while, then whispered, "Nothing."
Some things, once missed, may be missed forever.
Cao Shujun: "What about Xia Jin?"
Xia Jin said modestly: "Teacher Mo has mentioned this to me before, and asked me to prepare this year's opening dance." Teacher Mo is the person in charge of the party.
Finally, it’s about changing seats.
Zhu Xingyao asked Li Xixi: "No one should choose this place, right?"
Li Xixi said: "Xu Xiangyang and the student council are usually too lazy to move. Xia Jin will definitely not choose this place. She was abused by Brother Tu last time. Isn't coming here to get abused?"
Zhu Xingyao felt the same way and felt relieved.
Unexpectedly.
When it was Xia Jin's turn to choose a seat, she stood up and looked around, then stopped at their place: "I want to sit in Zhu Xingyao's seat."
The class fell silent and everyone looked at her.
Jiang Tu frowned, and Ding Xiang was also confused: "No way?"
Zhu Xingyao was stunned for a moment, Li Xixi widened her eyes and turned to look at Xia Jin. What did this guy want to do? She was very upset and raised her hand quickly: "Teacher, Xu Xiangyang just said that he doesn't want to sit there anymore. He said he wants to sit here with us."
Zhu Xingyao: “…”
Xu Xiangyang: “…”
When did he say that? Li Xixi turned around and glared at him, with a threatening look in her eyes. The next second, she seemed to realize that she was begging someone, and she quickly put on a smiling face, revealing two cute little canine teeth. Her face-changing was comparable to that of a Peking Opera.
Xu Xiangyang scratched his chin with a headache, was silent for a while, and stood up resignedly: "Well... I thought about it and decided to sit over there and discuss physics competition questions with Jiang Tu. He is good at physics."
Xia Jin: “…”
Cao Shujun looked at him, then at Xia Jin: "Can you guys coordinate it after school?"
Xia Jin was furious. Xu Xiangyang and Li Xixi must have colluded with each other. It would be strange if they could coordinate! She had no choice but to say, "In that case, I won't change."
As soon as school was over, Zhu Xingyao turned to look at Jiang Tu happily: "Brother Tu, I can continue to teach you German."
Jiang Tu was also very happy, but his emotions were never very obvious. Even when he was happy, he only curled his lips. He stood up and looked at her: "Do your best in the next exam. It will feel better to take the initiative back."
Brother Tu taught someone a lesson!
Zhu Xingyao smiled awkwardly: "I'll try my best..."
As soon as Jiang Tu left, Xia Jin walked to their table and asked coldly, "Li Xixi, what do you mean?"
Li Xixi turned to look at her and said righteously: "Then what do you mean? Why do you want to sit here for no reason, and even specifically ask to sit in the star seat." Does she think that sitting here will make her the class beauty
Everyone looked over. Xia Jin said coldly, "What does it have to do with you? I did better than Zhu Xingyao in the exam. I can choose whatever I want."
Zhu Xingyao frowned. She really didn't do well in the exam, and she couldn't blame anyone else for that. But she was really annoyed that Xia Jin always argued with her. She looked at Xia Jin calmly: "The seat has been reserved now. I won't change it no matter what you say. I will pass the exam next time."
Xia Jin left angrily. Li Xixi turned around and asked, "Why do you think Xia Jin wanted to sit in our seat?"
Zhu Xingyao put on her schoolbag and said, "Who knows what she wants to do."
The two walked out of the classroom, and Li Xixi suddenly said, "Fuck! Could it be that Xia Jin has fallen for Brother Tu?"
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Zhu Xingyao was stunned: "No way?"
"Why not? Jiang Tu has all the qualities of a male god except that his family is too poor. He is no worse looking than Lu, right? And his grades are ranked first in the grade, even better than Lu Ji. It's just that his personality is cold and aloof, which lowers his sense of existence. People always think he is just a poor nerd." Li Xixi listed them one by one and gave examples, saying, "You see in romance novels, many rich girls like poor students like Jiang Tu who are cold and arrogant. They have a desire to conquer them."
Zhu Xingyao said: "Then Xia Jin can't be conquered either. Jiang Tu doesn't like her."
Li Xixi blinked: "Who can conquer her, you?"
Zhu Xingyao was shocked and said quickly: "Don't talk nonsense, he doesn't like me."
Besides, she didn't have that kind of morbid desire to conquer Jiang Tu...
After the physical education class on Wednesday afternoon, a group of boys who had just finished playing basketball rushed into the classroom. Xu Xiangyang put two bottles of soy milk on Zhu Xingyao and Li Xixi's desks, "Lu Ji bought these."
Someone looked over with ambiguous eyes.
Zhu Xingyao whispered, "Thank you."
Li Xixi looked at the bottle of soy milk with difficulty. Xu Xiangyang said, "I bought this bottle for you."
Li Xixi got furious instantly and stuffed the soy milk back into his arms: "I don't want to drink it!"
Xu Xiangyang wanted to please her, and wondered, "Why?"
Li Xixi blushed: "Anyway, I don't drink."
Drinking soy milk will cause developmental problems.
Ding Xiang walked in and heard this, and almost died of laughter. He casually hooked his arm around Xu Xiangyang's shoulder and said, "Class monitor, you may not know that the girls in our class 8 didn't really drink soy milk, especially Li Xixi."
Li Xixi was afraid that he would say something nonsense, so in a hurry, she picked up a book and threw it at him, "Shut up!"
Ding Xiang subconsciously hid behind Xu Xiangyang, and even jumped a little, pressing on his shoulder.
Xu Xiangyang bent his waist slightly, and the next second.
Bang-
The thick English dictionary hit Xu Xiangyang's face unexpectedly, and then fell to the ground with a thud. Xu Xiangyang immediately hissed and covered his nose. His eyes ached in pain, and soon his palms felt warm. He raised his eyes to look at Li Xixi and cursed, "Fuck!"
Li Xixi was stunned when she saw the blood between his fingers. Her face turned pale and she asked weakly, "Are you okay?"
Xu Xiangyang glared at her: What do you think
Blood dripped from between his fingers onto the floor. Li Xixi came to his senses, quickly pulled out a few pieces of paper, rushed over and covered his nose.
Xu Xiangyang: “…”
He was about to be suffocated by her, and couldn't help but turn his face away and said in a muffled voice: "I just said a few words to you, and it's been almost a year. Do you really hold a grudge to the point of murdering me?"
Li Xixi pressed it back and whispered, "How could I? I was not careful..."
Jiang Tu glanced at them and reminded them calmly: "Let him raise his head. You can't stop the bleeding like this. Also, don't press hard on the nasal cavity to avoid further bleeding."
Li Xixi quickly let go, pressed Xu Xiangyang down on the chair, and lifted his chin: "Look up."
Xu Xiangyang was too lazy to argue with Li Xixi. He sat on the chair, looked up at Jiang Tu, and muttered, "You have a lot of experience..."
Jiang Tu remained calm: "It's better to apply a cold towel."
The classroom was quiet.
Li Xixi accompanied Xu Xiangyang to the medical room.
Zhu Xingyao was waiting for Li Xixi in the classroom. The two did not come back until after school. Lu Ji and Zhou Yuan also walked into their classroom. Zhou Yuan put his arm around Xu Xiangyang's shoulder and smiled unceremoniously: "How unlucky you are."
Xu Xiangyang slapped his hand away and looked at Li Xixi: "Li Xixi, don't be angry in the future. I have already apologized with blood."
Li Xixi turned to look at him: "That depends on whether you will provoke me again next time."
Lu Ji turned to look at Zhu Xingyao, and seeing the German book on her desk, he asked with a smile, "Is German difficult to learn?"
Zhu Xingyao was stunned. Jiang Tu had asked the same question before. She shook her head and said, "It's okay. It's a little difficult at the beginning, but it will be fine later."
Lu Ji said: "Can you lend it to me to have a look?"
Zhu Xingyao handed him the spoken English book. Lu Ji flipped through it casually and saw a few notes and translations written on it. The handwriting was a little sloppy, but strong and powerful, not like a girl's handwriting. He remembered Zhu Xingyao's handwriting, which was very neat and delicate.
He paused, Zhu Xingyao was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
Lu Ji smiled, closed the book and returned it to her, "It's okay."
After that day, Lu Ji would occasionally ask Xu Xiangyang to bring a bottle of soy milk to Zhu Xingyao during breaks or after physical education class. Rumors about her and Lu Ji seemed to have started to increase from that time.
"Zhu Xingyao doesn't drink the soy milk bought by Zhang Sheng, but she drinks the soy milk bought by Lu Ji."
"Can Lu Ji be the same as Zhang Sheng? Lu Ji is a male god! Is Zhu Xingyao in love with Lu Ji?"
"It seems Zhu Xingyao hasn't agreed yet..."
…
These rumors died down until late January, when Lu Ji and Xu Xiangyang left school to attend winter camp.
The weekend they left was January 19th.
In the evening, Zhu Xingyao came down from the practice room with her cello on her back. She saw Lin Jiayu and Li Xixi handing out flyers from afar. She walked over quickly to help. The three of them quickly finished handing out flyers. Zhu Xingyao asked, "Where's Ding Xiang?"
Li Xixi said: "He went to get the cake."
Today is Jiang Tu’s 18th birthday, which is of great significance, but he has no plans to celebrate his birthday at all. He is still working in a barbecue restaurant today. Zhu Xingyao, Li Xixi, Ding Xiang and Lin Jiayu plan to give him a surprise.
After Lin Jiayu sent the text message, she turned around and said, "I said hello to Brother Liang, and we'll go straight over."
Li Xixi looked up: "The weather forecast said it would snow today, but I didn't see it."
Zhu Xingyao said: "The weather forecast is not always accurate."
Moreover, the city of Jiangcheng is not in the north, and it doesn't snow every year. It didn't snow last year.
Twenty minutes later, in the back kitchen of the barbecue restaurant, Jiang Tu was driven out by Liang Cheng. He clicked his tongue a few times: "It's your 18th birthday today, what are you doing? Get out." As he said that, he directly took off his apron and pushed him out.
As soon as Jiang Tu walked out of the kitchen door, he saw Zhu Xingyao and the others standing neatly by the table, smiling. She was even carrying her beloved cello on her back.
He was stunned for a moment, then walked over and asked, "Why are you here?"
Zhu Xingyao smiled and said, "Of course I'm here to celebrate your birthday."
"The birthday cake has been ordered." Lin Jiayu pointed at the cake on the table and muttered, "I remember you haven't had a birthday cake in several years."
Jiang Tu looked at the eight-inch cake box, was silent for a while, then looked up at them, "Thank you."
Ding Xiang scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "Let's sit down quickly."
Zhu Xingyao took down the cello and held it in her hands. The next second, her hands felt lighter and Jiang Tu took her cello over. "I'll help you put it in Brother Liang's lounge. No one touches it there."
"No need." Zhu Xingyao hurriedly pulled him back, "Just leave it here."
She will need it later.
Jiang Tu lowered his eyes to look at her, no longer insisted, found a chair, put the guitar bag on it, and leaned against the wall.
Liang Cheng left a big table next to the glass door, with all kinds of meat and vegetables prepared, as well as beer! He smiled and said, "Eat as much as you can, today is my treat. Jiang Tu, don't be polite to me, it's your adult birthday today, it's different."
Jiang Tu smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Liang."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lu ran in and said excitedly: "Brother, Sister Jiayu asked me to come here to eat barbecue."
He looked up and saw Zhu Xingyao, and exclaimed: "Goddess sister, you are here too."
Zhu Xingyao smiled: "Yes."
When Li Xixi saw Jiang Lu for the first time, she stared at him and said, "Yeah, you look a lot like Brother Tu."
Jiang Lu said: "Of course, he is my brother after all."
Several people sat down around the table. Zhu Xingyao took off his white down jacket and put it on the empty chair. Jiang Tu put all kinds of meat and vegetables on the grill. Ding Xiang opened the cans and put a can of beer in front of each person, asking, "Can we all drink it?"
Li Xixi picked it up and took a sip: "Of course I can, I can drink more than you!"
Ding Xiang didn't believe it: "Bragging."
Zhu Xingyao was happy. When she looked up, she met Jiang Tu's gaze. She subconsciously said, "I can drink it, too."
Jiang Tu lowered his eyes, looked at the sizzling meat slices, and turned them over with chopsticks, "You drank here, won't your parents scold you when you go back?"
"My dad is on a business trip, so my mom went to see him on the weekends. They are very close to each other." Zhu Xingyao smiled, "And they usually let me drink a little. My dad said that it's good for girls to have a little alcohol tolerance. They won't go out and have one drink and get drunk. It's also a form of self-protection."
Jiang Tu was silent for a moment, "Your father is right."
Lin Jiayu was the only one who couldn't drink. She also felt that what Zhu Xingyao's father said made sense. She thought that the eldest daughters of wealthy families were indeed brought up differently. For example, her father always said that girls shouldn't drink.
Jiang Tu divided the grilled meat into their plates.
Li Xixi took a bite of the barbecue and immediately exclaimed, "It's delicious! Brother Tu's cooking skills are really good. It tastes much better than what I grill myself!"
Zhu Xingyao turned around and smiled: "I told you last time."
Li Xixi: "Woo woo, I'll come again next time."
After a while, several people raised their glasses.
Ding Xiang said: "Brother Tu, I wish you can be admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University next year!"
Li Xixi kicked him and said angrily, "You are so annoying! You stole my words."
Lin Jiayu laughed out loud and gave away the gift she had chosen, a Hero brand pen that cost dozens of dollars!
Only Zhu Xingyao stood up. She walked to the corner and opened her cello bag.
Jiang Tu didn't know what she wanted to do, so he pulled out a chair and walked next to her, lowering his head and asking, "What are you going to do?"
Zhu Xingyao looked up and blinked: "I'm giving you a birthday present. I haven't prepared anything. I..." She raised her fair and pretty face with a bright and moving smile, "I'll give you one, no... two songs."
Jiang Tu was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes, and looked at her steadily: "What did you say?"
The environment of the barbecue restaurant is average, and the tables and chairs are placed too closely together, so there is no suitable place. However, the small platform outside the barbecue restaurant is nice. When the door opens, it is right in front of their table. Ding Xiang has already helped her move the chair over.
Zhu Xingyao picked up the cello, turned around, and looked up at him: "I said I would give you a birthday present."
If the gift is too expensive, he will definitely not accept it, and he will feel pressured.
She thought about it for a long time and felt that if she played the cello for him, he would like this gift, after all, he didn't even go to the last party.
January 19, 2008—
On the small platform in front of Liang Ge's barbecue restaurant, there was no stage, no lights, no beautiful dresses and exquisite makeup. Zhu Xingyao had her long hair scattered on her shoulders, and she was wearing a soft white sweater. She sat on a simple wooden chair holding her baby cello and played a song called "Happy Birthday" first.
There were many customers sitting in the store, and the meat slices in front of everyone were even sizzling with smoke. They were all looking at her with great interest, and many even took out their cell phones to record and take pictures of her.
The city lights flickered behind her.
Passersby were attracted by the sound of the piano and surrounded her.
Suddenly, Li Xixi shouted in surprise: "It's snowing!"
Without warning, white snowflakes fell, causing everyone to cheer in surprise, and everyone stretched out their hands to catch them.
Snowflakes fell on Zhu Xingyao's black hair. She looked up, as if the sudden snow had no effect on her. She was calm and composed. She smiled at Jiang Tu and raised her bow.
Even if there are no lights or stage, as long as she has the cello, she will be the most dazzling wherever she is.
She played the Bach for him.
He had overheard what was happening outside the villa, and had missed it at last year's welcome party.
Tonight, she made up for all her regrets and misses.
Jiang Tu leaned back in his chair, his face seemingly calm, but the emotions in his eyes were surging like a raging tide. His Adam's apple rolled as he stared at the girl intently.
The author has something to say: Tu Ge: My birthday present won.
Lu Nanshen:…
Happy 18th birthday to Tu Ge, you are growing up! Just to remind you: Tu Ge’s birthday is January 19, 1990, and Xing Xing is August 2, 1991 [Virgo], so they are more than a year apart in age.
The last few chapters are quite critical and I wrote them very slowly. Please come and read them in the morning. I will finish them every night. Good night~