Ji Tang returned home and saw his mother cooking in the kitchen. Before she took off her shoes, she heard her mother complain: "How is No. 1 Middle School, is there a lot of homework?" Look at it, I came back so late, I told you that the seventh middle school is good, it's close to home, and you don't listen! ”

Her father sat on the sofa watching the news and hummed: "Don't listen to your mother's nonsense, the admission rate of No. 1 Middle School is much higher than that of No. 7 Middle School." Comrade Xiao Ji was able to take the initiative to go to No. 1 Middle School, which was to strive for progress. Daddy definitely has your back. ”

Ji Tang gave birth to a feeling that he had really returned to his high school days in a trance, put down his schoolbag in a daze, and stared at his parents' faces that were ten years younger in a daze. Mom came out with a big bowl of chicken soup, covered her ears with her hands, and habitually quarreled with her father: "I have long hair and short knowledge? Then you are making chicken soup for your daughter? ”

"Look at your mother stewing chicken soup again. Chicken soup, Ji Tang, this homonym is unlucky. How good it would be to stew a mutton soup next time. ”

Her mother waved her hand, ", you want to drink mutton soup yourself, right?" It's not a good name for you yet. ”

Ji Tang sat down at the dinner table, drank a spoonful of soup, and peeked at her parents' faces.

"What do you do with us, this girl?" Mom took off her apron, her expression suddenly became serious, she sat down next to her, and said to her, "I discussed something with your father today, and you can listen to it too." ”

"What's the matter?" It's so strict.

Dad coughed twice: "Isn't this our family far away?" You have to go to and from school for an hour a day, which is too much of a delay. I talked to your mom and rented you a room next to the school, where you can sleep and go home on the weekend. Usually, your mother and I also cook for you and improve your food. ”

Ji Tang was stunned: "Then can't I live on campus?" ”

"Oh, how old is that campus of No. 1 Middle School? Is the dormitory occupied? The mother said disgustedly, "And the canteen is so unpalatable, how can you be hungry when you are just about to replenish your nutrition?" ”

"And where did you rent it?"

Dad said, "It's the neighborhood next to your school, and I heard that the first place in your school lives there!" Oh, when I went to rent a house, the owner blew it, saying that there was a school leader living next door, and he had a good learning atmosphere, and he was talking nonsense with me about feng shui......"

Ji Tang was dumbfounded, "Wenxin Community? ”

"Yes, yes, that's it."

She was completely dumbfounded, "How many are there?" ”

"One." -

Ji Tang now believes that he and Xu Jing are destined people. It only takes a little communication, and fate will push the two of them together. The lies she casually made up can become prophecies, and it is simply the luck of winning the lottery.

She actually really became Xu Jing's neighbor, before and after the table during the day, and getting up and down at night...... Phew, up and down the stairs. It hurt her to go downstairs and throw away the garbage, not daring to be unkempt, for fear of bumping into Xu Jing. Because the two of them lived closely, they began to go to and from school together consciously or unconsciously.

Sometimes she oversleeps, and Xu Jing will copy a word book, while memorizing it, waiting for her downstairs.

Soon after the start of school, it is the National Day holiday. Her parents had gone on a trip and left her alone at home to do her homework. Stacks of test papers, let alone doing, even a look at it makes me feel like a big head. She pushed the book, put on a movie, and ate ice cream with her feet crossed as she watched.

"Ding-dong—" The doorbell rang.

She lazily got up to open the door, "I'm sorry, I don't have insurance, and I don't ...... anything else"

Xu Jing stood at the door, standing tall and tall, holding a cat in his left hand and a stack of books in his right hand.

"Yes...... You. Ji Tang said half of the words, ate it back with ice cream, and instantly remembered that he hadn't washed his hair for two days, and was still wearing a loose T-shirt and big pants, and suddenly wanted to cry without tears.

She stumbled and asked, "Xu...... Squad leader, what's the matter with you? ”

"Are you watching a movie?" Xu Jing said expressionlessly. Although it is a question sentence, it is a declarative tone no matter how you listen to it.

"Hmm."

"It's too noisy."

Ji Tang looked back at the explosion car scene on TV, and said knowingly: "Then I'll turn off the sound immediately." ”

"Homework written?"

“…… Uh, no. ”

Xu Jing's eyes clearly wrote: I didn't do my homework, you just watched a movie?

Under his gaze of strong condemnation, Ji Tang actually felt a trace of shame. She avoided his gaze and whispered, "It's too hard, I won't." ”

Xu Jing stepped in with the cat in his arms, and asked, "Which question won't be?" ”

As soon as Ji Tang handed him the slippers, he walked to the side of the pile of test papers, glanced at it casually, and changed his words: "It seems that you don't know any questions." He beckoned to her, "Bring another pen." ”

Ji Tang: "......" feels like his glass heart is about to break-

"In the orbit of a celestial body, the orbit of a comet around the star is generally an ellipse, and the star is one of its focal points, and the two focal points of the ellipse, one is perigee and the other is apogee, and the distance from these two points to the star is ......"

I didn't expect her to spend her vacation like this. Xu Jing came to her door at a fixed time every day and dragged her up to make up for the class. He sat sideways on a table with a ballpoint pen pointing and drawing on paper, giving her a variety of topics.

He frowned and said, "Your foundation is so poor that you can't even memorize the basic formula." “

Ji Tang lowered his head weakly. But this can't be completely blamed on her, after a few years of college, and non-stop work to make money, high school things, how can she remember so much?

"You start in your freshman year of high school and only do fill-in-the-blank questions." Xu Jing threw her an exercise book.

She muttered, "My parents didn't care about me like that......"

Xu Jing raised her eyebrows, and before she could speak, she raised her hand in surrender and obediently admitted her mistake: "I was wrong, I must study carefully." A ripple appeared on his lips, as if he wanted to reach out and touch her head, but halfway through it felt that it was not good, and he took it back again.

Ji Tang saw it in his eyes and snickered secretly.

"Xu Jing, why do you like to read?" She held the pen and asked cautiously.

"I don't like it." He couldn't take his eyes off it, and his pen walked away from the dragon and snake.

"Huh?" Ji Tang leaned over his face, "I don't like it, then you still work so hard?" ”

Xu Jing said without raising his head: "Because reading can change fate." ”

This sentence of chicken soup on the bad street made Ji Tang shocked. Because she knew that Xu Jing was not laughing casually, but sincerely working towards the goal. She suddenly thought of the memory that Miao Miao had shown herself—he studied so hard and worked hard, but he was expelled from school and put in a detention center. How desperate and helpless should he have been at that time? She choked in her chest, gasping for breath with grief.

She stared at the mountain of test papers in front of her, and suddenly felt that they all had a heavy weight, weighing on her heart, heavy.

She stopped deserting and tried to force herself to focus on the subject-

After a brief dinner, Xu Jing went downstairs to buy her watermelon. The breeze was blowing, and the two sat side by side on the balcony. Ji Tang was full of wolf bèi on his face, and he handed over a tissue. She wiped her mouth and asked him, "Squad leader, what do you want to do in the future?" ”

"Make money."

"Poof!" Ji Tang squirted out and coughed repeatedly, "This doesn't suit your style." ”

Xu Jing subconsciously patted her back.

"Comrade Xu Jing, your ideal is amazing." Ji Tang said with a smile, "I see your rich face, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money in the future." If I borrow money from you, don't pretend you don't know. ”

"No, it won't." Xu Jing cut another piece of watermelon for her as he spoke, and her slender and white fingers were stained with juice, "You can borrow as much as you want." ”

Ji took a big bite, puffed out his face, and said vaguely: "I want to be a lawyer in the future, like in "Legally Blonde". But in fact, she only got admitted to two universities, and because of her scores, she chose to major in economics. Sure enough, after graduation, I could only run errands and do administration in the grid of a small company.

The night is hazy and the stars are sparse. The moonlight in the young man's eyes was like mist, and he smiled at her.

"Of course you can." -

In the monthly examination after the National Day holiday, Xu Jing lived up to expectations and was the first place again, leaving the second place by a big cut. And although Ji Tang only barely got within 100 in the exam, he still made great progress in general, at least much better than Liang Xiao.

She was enthusiastic about learning, and made a word book of the same style with Xu Jing, put it in her pocket, and took it out to memorize when she had nothing to do.

The two went in and out together, which caused a lot of gossip, but one was indifferent and the other was big-hearted, and no one took it seriously. Even after her parents met Xu Jing, they told her that this boy was good. heard about his life experience, and asked her to bring people to the house for dinner, which was like half a son.

Halfway through autumn, it's time for the annual sports day.

Xu Jing is tall and has long legs, and when she reported a high jump, she wrote a newsletter on sick leave in a so-so manner, and sat under the awning to blow the wind.

"When are you going to play?"

"Half past two in the afternoon."

Ji Tang was so hot that he fanned the wind with his hand and said, "Come on, I've finished writing the manuscript, I'll go over and see you later." ”

Xu Jing unscrewed a bottle of water and handed it to her mouth, Ji Tang took two sips with his hand, and his rabbit-like eyes lit up. She was wearing a white summer school uniform, drenched in sweat, and the shape of her underwear on her chest was unobstructed. Xu Jing leaned sideways, blocked for her, took off his sportswear, and put it on her head.

Ji Tang's eyes darkened, and he took off his coat depressedly, "What are you doing, are you naïve?" ”

"You help me put my coat away." Xu Jing's face turned suspiciously red.

"Then I'll tie it around my waist."

"Nope." Xu Jing said loudly, "You put it on." ”

Ji Tang was speechless: "On such a hot day, are you unreasonable?" ”

"No." He snatched his coat and threw it over her, "You are not allowed to take it off anyway." ”

As soon as Ji Tang stood up, the one-meter-eight-size sportswear dragged down to her knees, like a child stealing adult clothes. Xu Jing nodded with satisfaction and prepared to set off for the high jump venue. Ji Tang tugged at the corner of his clothes, "Hey, leave my water behind." ”

"This is my water." As soon as his hand was raised slightly, she couldn't grab it.

"I've drunk it all." She snorted, "That's mine." ”

Xu Jing unscrewed the lid, took a big sip, wiped his mouth, and smiled at her: "Now I have drunk it too." ”