Chapter 11: The Charm of Phantom City
Li Qing caught a cold.
There was some light rain in the playground that night, and although he only wet his coat, his physique was too weak. I simply didn't go to school for the next few days, but it didn't affect me anyway.
Lu Yiyi and Chu Han haven't seen Li Qing for a few days, but they are not used to it, Li Qing used to have no sense of existence, but now that he has become a musical talent, he began to miss him.
The news that he failed in the preliminary round of the New Year's Day party has spread in the class, but everyone does not think that he is in vain, after all, there are not many people like Liang Feng who have no brains.
Of course, the main reason is that the video of the piano fight has become popular on a small scale on the Internet, and there have been no well-known figures in Xiaofan Town School, Li Qing can be in the limelight, and everyone is still honored.
Tuesday, December 28th.
Chu Han's tablemate was a girl with eyes and a mediocre appearance, her name was Liu Min.
Liu Min likes to read very much, but his learning is not very good, except for Chinese, other subjects are miserable.
The reason for this is talent on the one hand, but the more important reason is that most of the books she reads are extracurricular readings, magazines, novels, and comics. Not only at home, but also at school, not only after class, but also in class.
In the eyes of her classmates, her eyes never left the books, and they didn't know how hard and diligent she was studying.
In the first class in the afternoon, when the teacher turned around to write on the blackboard, Liu Min couldn't hold back the vigorous "study" heart in his heart, and secretly took out a magazine from the drawer.
The name of this magazine is "Breaking the Waves".
This is a magazine she recently discovered. Her family runs a grocery store, and the business is very hot, and her father has to drive to the city every day to return and buy goods, and buy some books for her by the way.
So Liu Min has books to read every day, and her father's original intention was to let her read more books to increase her knowledge, but he didn't expect it too much.
Actually, "Breaking the Waves" was released in the morning, but Liu Min didn't get the book until she went home at noon, so she only started reading it now.
The cover of this issue is very strange, there is only a snow-covered castle on it, and the two big words "Phantom City" are written next to it, and those who don't know think that this magazine has changed its name.
Liu Min was taken aback, is Phantom City a novel, and who wrote it, it is worthy of such a sparing recommendation of "Breaking the Waves".
She hurriedly opened the magazine, and sure enough, she found the article "Phantom City" in the catalog, and the pen name behind it was ...... Flowers are all over the building.
I haven't heard of it, but it deserves such a grand recommendation from the magazine, and it must be outstanding.
She immediately turned to the page of "Phantom City".
"Many years later, I stood on the shore where a stone of refining was erected, facing the sea, facing my kingdom, facing my people, facing the undulating noise of the world, facing the scattered birds of the sky, and tears flowed down my face."
In the first paragraph alone, Liu Min was shocked by the king's aura that rushed to her face, and she couldn't help but sketch a lonely and domineering figure in her mind, and this king's face was hidden behind the shadows.
She couldn't wait to look down, and then she was captivated by the story, completely immersed in it, and couldn't help herself.
She didn't notice until the teacher appeared in front of her.
Chu Han couldn't help but touch her with his elbow.
Still no response.
Chu Han turned his head and gave her up.
Bang!
The teacher slapped her on the table and asked, "Is it pretty?" ”
Liu Min's body shook and was startled. Hearing the teacher's question, she didn't dare to look at the teacher.
"Is it pretty?" The teacher asked again.
Liu Min still didn't dare to speak, and her heart almost stopped beating.
The teacher just kept staring at her, and the air seemed to freeze at this moment.
After a long time, the teacher tore the book she was reading, tore it up, threw it into the trash, and did it in one go.
"Okay, let's take a look at the problem, this is ......" The teacher returned to the podium, picked up the chalk, and continued to explain the topic, as if the person who was angry just now was not him.
Liu Min was shocked, and finally became honest, his eyes were on the blackboard, and he looked very serious.
In fact, she was not listening to the class, her mind was not in the class at all, and she was still immersed in the dreamy world of "Phantom City".
It's such a magical piece of work, no wonder it was on the cover. She thought so.
"What did you just do?" Chu Han asked in a low voice, "I didn't know that the teacher was here, I touched you, and you didn't react." Haven't you always been eye-catching? ”
"Chu Han." Liu Min replied, "I like someone." ”
"Huh?" Chu Han's voice raised slightly, but fortunately, the teacher didn't hear it, she glanced at the podium vigilantly, and asked, "Who?" ”
"Flowers are all over the building." Liu Min said a little shyly.
"What?" Chu Han looked confused.
"The author of the Phantom City."
Chu Han still looked confused.
"He's really good, I've read a lot of books, but I've never seen this type of style, it's so beautiful."
Chu Han continued to look confused.
"I highly recommend you to read that novel, it's really good, it's so good."
Chu Han didn't want to listen anymore, she had no interest in reading, but she couldn't hit her tablemate, so she had to nod helplessly: "It must be." ”
A similar scene took place in many schools in Guixi Province.
Li Junlin is a Chinese teacher at a high school, and today a student was reading extracurricular books in class, and he was caught by him.
However, he was not too angry, because he had only just graduated from college this year, and his mind had not yet completely changed from being a student to a teacher. He had done something similar when he was a student, so he was very understanding of the student.
So, he only taught the student a few words, and then confiscated his book without too much pursuit.
After class, Li Junlin returned to the office, where several teachers were chatting.
"That student used to read books in my class, and I stared at him several times, but I didn't catch him, but today I grabbed him."
The one who spoke was a fat man with glasses, and he also taught Chinese, but he taught the third year of high school, while Li Junlin taught the first year of high school. His office is not on this floor, so somehow he has time to come over here.
"Teacher Li is out of class." The fat man greeted him as if he were a master, and continued: "How come I didn't find that kid so funny before, and when I confiscated his books, guess what? He actually told me he was sorry. ”
"I asked him why he said sorry, and he said he knew he was wrong and asked me to give him back the book."
"I said it couldn't be. He said let him watch it for another minute, and it would be a minute......"
Speaking of this, the fat man laughed: "I was puzzled at the time, and asked him what he was doing in a minute, and he said that he was almost ready to finish it." ”
"This is amazing, what kind of book made him read it in such a hurry."
"It's not going to be that kind of book...... right?"
It was actually a female teacher who interjected, quite tough.
"No, no, no." The fat man didn't sell it, and directly announced the answer, "It seems to be a novel." ”
"Like?"
"What novel?"
"Where's the book?"
The three of them asked.
"Uh." The fat man wiped a handful of sweat that didn't exist on his head, "The book was torn by me, the novel seems to be called "Phantom City", uh, this name should be a novel." ”
Everyone sighed, wanting to see what kind of novel could make a student so fascinated.
The fat man was also a little regretful, and at this moment, he suddenly saw a book on Li Junlin's table.
How familiar it looks, isn't this the book he tore off?
"Teacher Li, where did you get this book?" The fat man asked.
"Well, it's confiscated, and I plan to return it in two days."
"I'll see." The fat man reached out and tried to take it, but his hand was too short and froze in mid-air, he kicked his calf, but it was still not enough, Li Junlin couldn't help but smile and handed him the book.
The fat man looked at it a few times and said with certainty: "This is it, the book I said is exactly the same as this one." ”
Everyone hurriedly came over to take a look, and someone pointed to the "Phantom City" on the cover and said, "Look, Phantom City." ”
"Open it and take a look." Someone urged.
Before the fat man found "Phantom City", the class bell rang.
"It's class, let's see it next time." The fat man smiled and threw the book back on Li Junlin's desk, "Teacher Li, don't return this book yet, I'll come back to you." ”
After speaking, the round body stood up in a dashing manner and staggered away.
The other teachers also had classes, gave Li Junlin a few words, and they all left the office, and in a blink of an eye, only Li Junlin was left.
Li Junlin didn't have a class this time, he glanced at the cover of "Breaking the Waves", and finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and picked it up.