Cao Shujun suppressed the fight between Jiang Tu and Zhang Sheng. The college entrance examination was coming up soon, and Jiang Tu was also preparing for the provincial champion. He couldn't be punished at this time. But Zhang Sheng's family refused to give up, saying that since their son was beaten like this, they had to teach the attacker a lesson.
In the office of the Political and Educational Department, the principal, Director Liu, and Cao Shujun were all there. In front of them stood Zhang Sheng and his parents. Jiang Tu stood alone with an expressionless face beside them, forming a triangle.
Father Zhang was very angry: "He was the first to attack, right?"
Director Liu said, "Calm down. Jiang Tu is a man of excellent character and learning. He would not hit anyone for no reason."
"Does the one who hits someone first have the right?" Zhang's mother asked back.
Jiang Tu looked at them coldly: "Then ask yourself, what did Zhang Sheng do?"
The wound on Zhang Sheng's face hadn't healed at all. His face turned red, which made him look even uglier. He said, "Do you have any evidence? It's so dark, how do you know it was me?"
Jiang Tu suddenly smiled, his smile was very ironic: "Then do you have evidence to prove that it wasn't you?"
Zhang's father pointed at Jiang Tu angrily and said to the principal, "Look, this is his attitude? He must not be punished with a serious disciplinary action! He must also compensate for the mental damage and medical expenses."
"That Zhang Sheng is disgusting to me. Is he going to be expelled from school?"
Zhu Xingyao said coldly while standing at the door of the office, with Zhu Yunping standing beside her.
Jiang Tu looked up at her and frowned.
The two walked into the office, and Zhu Yunping looked at Zhang's father and said, "I heard that my daughter was molested in the classroom. This person is your son. We can't just let this go. You don't want me to call the police, do you?"
Zhu Yunping looked at Zhang Sheng. After all, Zhang Sheng was only eighteen years old. When he heard about calling the police, his psychological defenses collapsed. After being stared at by him for a while, he lowered his head.
Zhang's father and mother came back to their senses and looked at each other. Zhang's father asked Zhang Sheng: "Obscene? What does that mean?"
Zhang Sheng didn't tell the truth, he only said it was because of a fight between girls, and he didn't say the girl was Zhu Xingyao. People always bully the weak and fear the strong, Zhang Sheng can buy sneakers worth thousands of dollars, Zhu Xingyao can customize a cello worth millions, the Zhu family is better off than theirs, if it is really like what Zhu Xingyao said, then they have no chance of winning.
Zhang Sheng lowered his head and said nothing.
Cao Shujun sighed: "My idea is to reconcile. After all, they will all take the college entrance examination soon. Don't let it affect their mental state and delay the exam."
Zhang's father still wanted Jiang Tu to be punished, but Zhu Yunping said coldly: "In that case, let's call the police." It didn't make sense for Jiang Tu to stand up for his daughter, and it didn't make sense for him to protect the boy. Zhang Sheng's behavior was really too much, and he deserved to be beaten.
In the end, the matter was resolved by reconciliation.
After leaving the office, Jiang Tu said to Zhu Yunping: "Thank you, uncle."
Zhu Yunping looked at the boy who was a little taller than him. He had a deep impression of him the last time in the hospital. He patted his shoulder and said, "I should thank you for this. That boy should be beaten up, but we parents can't do it..."
Zhu Xingyao hurriedly shouted: "Dad!"
Jiang Tu was almost punished, but he was still joking.
"Okay, go to class. If there is any problem in the future, ask your parents to handle it, okay?" Zhu Yunping felt something was wrong after he said that. Jiang Tu looked like a precocious child. What kind of parents could owe loan sharks and gambling debts? Jiang Tu didn't seem to feel anything and left with Zhu Xingyao.
Zhu Yunping walked while talking on the phone to Ding Yu: "It's okay, but I'm worried because my daughter is too beautiful. There are always boys who are interested in her. I'm afraid she will meet someone like Zhang Sheng..." He suddenly thought of Jiang Tu. He always wondered if that boy liked his daughter. He sighed, "We have a beautiful woman who brings disaster."
Jiang Tu and Zhu Xingyao didn't talk the whole way. Zhu Xingyao felt a little embarrassed when she thought of the unexpected kiss last night. When she passed the medical room, she turned around and asked, "You didn't get a tetanus shot this morning, did you?"
"No." He said, "I'll go get it at noon, don't worry."
Zhu Xingyao said, "Then I'll go with you."
Jiang Tu paused and said, "Okay."
At noon, Zhu Xingyao did not accompany Cheng because Zhang Sheng was beaten in the toilet by Lu Ji. As soon as school was over at noon, she was mysteriously dragged by Li Xixi to a secret base, the rooftop of the laboratory building.
There are very few people here when there are no classes. In the past, Lu Ji and Xu Xiangyang, the contestants, often stayed here. Zhu Xingyao stood at the entrance of the rooftop and said, "So, do you and Xu Xiangyang usually come here for dates?"
Li Xixi blushed: "No, just come once in a while, okay?"
Zhu Xingyao asked: "Then why did you bring me here?"
"I asked her to bring you here."
Lu Ji, who had been leaning against the wall, came out and looked at her with his hands in his trouser pockets.
Zhu Xingyao looked at him in surprise, and Li Xixi whispered, "I'll wait for you downstairs."
The wind on the rooftop was a bit strong, blowing their hair. Zhu Xingyao's school uniform bulged up. She walked out, stood against the wall, looked up at him, and whispered, "Why did you hit Zhang Sheng? What if the teacher catches you?"
Lu Ji stood beside her, tilted his head and looked at her with a smile: "I can't just sit there and do nothing when I see you being bullied, right?"
He also wanted to say, you are my girlfriend, of course I have to protect you.
However, Zhu Xingyao seemed to think that being isolated by Director Liu meant they were forced to break up, but they never talked about breaking up.
Zhu Xingyao suddenly didn't know what to say. Lu Ji grabbed her wrist and dragged her forward a few steps. She looked around panicked, "What are you doing?" What if she was caught by Director Liu
The two of them walked around to the other side wall, where there was a small table with several disposable lunch boxes on it. It was the same restaurant where he had celebrated his birthday last time.
Lu Ji let go of her hand, opened the lunch box, and looked up at her: "It's been a while since we've had dinner together. Let's eat before we leave?" He added, "I didn't have classes in the morning, so I went to the city to buy it."
Zhu Xingyao sat down and sent a text message to Jiang Tu: "Brother Tu, can you get a tetanus shot yourself?"
After a while.
Jiang Tu replied: "Okay."
Twenty minutes later, Zhu Xingyao went downstairs first. Li Xixi ran out of the laboratory and held her arm. When the two of them walked to the classroom, Li Xixi put their index fingers together and asked with a smile, "Did you kiss upstairs?"
Zhu Xingyao was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
She and Lu Ji only kissed once in the hospital, and he did it secretly.
Li Xixi's eyes widened: "You haven't kissed before?"
Zhu Xingyao shook her head again and whispered, "I kissed her."
Li Xixi said: "That's what I said, how could there be no such thing!"
Zhu Xingyao opened her mouth, not knowing how to express the strange feeling in her heart. She felt it was hard to put into words. Because she remembered the unexpected touch last night, she suddenly felt that she was a bit bad. She kissed two boys, which shouldn't be like this.
Zhang Sheng was in a bad mental state because of this incident and went home to rest for a while. No one sympathized with him. After all, among teachers in the school, being beaten up was the lightest punishment for taking advantage of girls.
The date on the corner of the blackboard changed from more than 20 days to more than 10 days. Sometimes everyone would discuss which school to apply to and what major to study. Lu Ji and Xu Xiangyang studied computer science at Tsinghua University. Li Xixi made great progress in her studies. She was fantasizing about doing exceptionally well in the college entrance examination and getting into Peking University or Tsinghua University. Lin Jiayu said she wanted to apply to Beijing Normal University and might become a teacher in the future. Zhou Yuan had not made up his mind yet. Ding Xiang wanted to apply to the police academy.
It seems like everyone is growing up overnight, and choosing a major can determine their own destiny.
Zhu Xingyao asked Jiang Tu: "What about you?"
Jiang Tu said: "I haven't decided yet, maybe something related to research."
Zhu Xingyao blinked. Research? Scientist
Seven days before the college entrance examination, schools prepare the examination rooms and candidates have a holiday.
Jiang Tu helped Lin Jiayu move her books home. Lin's parents were not at home. Lin Jiayu followed him and said, "Jiang Tu, you will definitely be admitted to Tsinghua University. If you are admitted, do you really not plan to confess your love to Zhu Xingyao? You see, we are about to become demolished households. My parents have gone to look at houses and are preparing to buy a new one. Your mother said that after paying off the debt, we can buy a small house..."
Lin Jiayu's family has no debt, and the money she gets can be used to buy a nice house in a good neighborhood.
Jiang Tu put the pile of books on the coffee table and turned to look at her: "And then?"
Lin Jiayu said confidently: "You have no debts. Even if your family conditions are not very good, at least you don't have any burden. You are handsome and well-educated, and you have a bright future. If Zhu Xingyao likes you, she won't care."
Jiang Tu was silent for a moment. He admitted that Lin Jiayu’s words touched his heart. It would be great if he could really be free of the burden.
"Let's talk about it after the college entrance examination."
Wait until the demolition payment comes and everything is settled.
Jiang Tu turned and left. Lin Jiayu thought about his words and muttered, "Are you planning to do it or not?"
In the evening, the two families had dinner together, of course not including Jiang Jinhui. Lin's father sighed: "In a while, the place where we have lived for most of our lives will be demolished."
Jiang Lu is now in the first grade of junior high school and has grown taller. He bit a chicken leg and said, "It's better to demolish it. I don't want to live here for a long time. It's cold and damp in winter, which affects my growth."
"Once you move, there will be no black Internet cafes to take you in." Lin Jiayu told the cruel reality.
"Ah?" Jiang Lu was stunned. "Then, then what should we do?"
Jiang Tu said coldly: "That's perfect."
Jiang Lu was filled with sorrow. He turned around and snorted, "Anyway, after the college entrance exam, you will go to Beijing to study at Tsinghua University. You will have no right to control where I go to surf the Internet or what time I stay online."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Tu patted him on the back of his head.
For the college entrance examination, Zhu Xingyao, Lin Jiayu and Ding Xiang were assigned to the same examination room, while Jiang Tu was alone in another teaching building.
Many parents and students pin their fate on the college entrance examination. In fact, Jiang Tu did the same. On the first day of the college entrance examination and even after the exam on the morning of the second day, he felt that he had taken several steps forward and was closer to the stars.
But fate always likes to play jokes on you.
The June sun was so strong that the red brick walls of Hexi Lane looked so bright red that they seemed to be cracking.
A tall, thin boy in school uniform rushed out of the narrow alley. He had wounds on his face, neck, and hands, and his clothes were dirty, but he didn't care about that. He rushed to a police car and stopped. He leaned against the door, staring at the police with bloodshot eyes, his voice so hoarse that it was almost inaudible: "Please, take me to the exam room..."
The police car sped along the road, honking its horn constantly and asking the vehicles ahead to give way.
As soon as the car arrived at the school gate, Jiang Tu jumped out and ran, rushing into the school gate as fast as he could. The whole campus was quiet, no one was there, and everyone was taking the exam. The teacher guarding the gate turned around and shouted, "Run faster! If you are late for more than 15 minutes, you will not be allowed to enter the examination room!"
Jiang Tu always seems to be racing against time and fate.
The first time was when I missed Zhu Xingyao’s performance at the welcome party.
This time he didn't know what he missed, and he didn't dare to think about it.
He ran to the examination classroom, holding on to the door and gasping for breath. Sweat was pouring down his body, and drops of sweat seemed to hit the floor, making a ticking sound.
The English listening test was almost over. Everyone looked up at him distractedly. The invigilator was stunned for a moment, and was even more shocked when he saw Jiang Tu's appearance. He checked the time. It was 15:14 in the afternoon. There were only a few seconds left until 15 minutes. He hurried over, checked his admission ticket, and said in a low voice: "Come in quickly!"
How did it become like this? Was it a car accident or a robbery
Jiang Tu's Adam's apple rolled and he tried hard to swallow all his emotions. He walked towards his seat with stiff steps.
Jiang Tu's seat was in the last row of the fourth group. He sat down, his whole body tense to the extreme. He raised his hand to press the test paper, his fingers shaking a little. The invigilator saw him like that and was afraid that something might happen, so he came to ask him about it.
Jiang Tu lowered his eyes, his throat felt dry as if it had been burned by fire, and he said, "It's okay."
I don’t know if it was the invigilator’s illusion, but he felt that the candidate’s eyes were wet.
Jiang Tu picked up the pen, and the music for the end of the English listening lesson started playing.
All sounds stopped, with only the rustling sound of the candidates doing their test papers.
His test paper was blank, and his mind was a little blank, too.
Jiang Tu turned his head to look out the window, staring at a certain spot in a trance, with the words "as long as you sign the mortgage, he can take the exam" still echoing in his mind. He lowered his eyes, took a deep breath, picked up the pen and began to answer the questions.
I have tasted the bitterness and suffering of the world.
It’s better if you don’t come to this world.
The author has something to say: After finishing high school, there is only one chapter about college, and then I enter the urban volume.
Urban volume is so sweet. After loving for so many years, the bed may collapse when you get it.
Many readers may think it is better to write it as flashbacks, but I think without this long foreshadowing, the urban part of this article will have no feeling, and Jiang Tu's character will not be established. The process was very bumpy, and there are still many places that are not written well. I will try to revise it after the full text is finished. Thank you to the fairies who followed here, and send red envelopes to everyone. See you tomorrow night!