"Aunt Li, I know, thank you." Lin Zichen thanked him softly.

"You're welcome, you brothers and sisters are relatives when I am relatives, and I also treat you as my own relatives, your fourth brother is going to take the college entrance examination this year, and it's normal for your feelings to be a little wrong, so don't take it too seriously, so as not to add pressure to your fourth brother." Li Xin persuaded.

Lin Zichen nodded: "I understand." Aunt Li, you continue to look at the store, and I'll cook. ”

Lin Zichen got up and went to the kitchen, while Li Xin continued to look at the store. The bookstore is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., but it's just after 6 a.m., and it's still some time before closing. Convenience stores, on the other hand, are open until everyone is ready to go to bed.

In the evening, the convenience store was closed, and Li Ji had not returned. Let Li Xin go to rest first, and Lin Zichen sat alone on the first floor and waited for Li Ji to come back.

There was only one light in the house, and the dim light illuminated the whole shop, adding to the desolation.

It was silent, and all I could hear was the ticking of the clock on the wall.

"Squeak!" The gate of the outer courtyard was opened, and Lin Zichen got up and opened the door of the shop.

Li Ji quietly walked into the front yard and slowly walked into the house. When I looked up and saw the lights in the store, I was shocked to remember that my sister would be back to school today.

With a kind of embarrassment of being caught red-handed, Li Ji lowered his head and entered the house, secretly glanced at Lin Zichen, and called in a low voice, "Xiao Chen." ”

Lin Zichen sighed silently and said softly, "It's not early, hurry up and go to take a bath and sleep." After saying that, he went upstairs without looking back.

Li Ji grabbed his hair in annoyance and went upstairs in a dejected manner.

Li Ji's depressed appearance, Lin Zichen saw it in his eyes, but he didn't know why Li Ji became the way he is for a while, and Lin Zichen had to suppress the doubts in his heart first.

The two of them fell asleep with their own thoughts.

When he woke up the next day, Li Ji was no longer at home.

In the next few days, Li Ji always went to school when Lin Zichen didn't wake up, but returned to the convenience store as soon as school ended.

Li Ji thought that he could hide from Lin Zichen in this way, but he didn't know that his life and rest caused Lin Zichen's suspicions.

"Aunt Li, Aunt Chen, I'm going to school." After saying hello to Li Xin and Aunt Chen, Lin Zichen walked to Pingfu High School with a book in his arms.

After a quiet winter vacation, the quiet campus was finally rejuvenated and full of laughter.

Walking on the smooth stone slab to the first class of high school, listening to the chatter and laughter of the classmates around him, Lin Zichen suddenly felt that his whole heart was also younger.

Stepping into the classroom, it was still noisy, and the students were huddled together in groups to share the New Year's celebrations.

Lin Zichen came to his table and put down the book in his hand.

When a few people at the table saw Lin Zichen coming, they hurriedly stopped talking. Zhou Xiaojing, who was at the same table, hugged Lin Zichen directly, and said excitedly: "Zichen, you are finally here, I want you to die." ”

Lin Zichen picked up Zhou Xiaojing, who was crawling on top of him like an octopus, and said indifferently: "You are still sitting here dignified, which means that you think my Cheng dù has not reached the Cheng dù who wants to die." ”

"Zichen, you don't have any humor at all." When Zhou Xiaojing heard this, she pouted and didn't mind Lin Zichen's words.

"Zichen, how was your winter vacation?" Qin Yun and the others also came over to chat.

"Winter vacation!" Lin Zichen held his cheek with one hand while recalling the interesting things he encountered during the winter vacation, smiled and said, "I had a great time." ”

With such a big treasure as Grandpa Murong, it's no wonder if he can't be happy.

Seeing Lin Zichen's smile very sweetly, everyone asked curiously, "What's the happy thing?" Let's hear about it! ”

Lin Zichen waved his thumb: "This is a secret, I can't say more." But what fun things have you all encountered? ”

Lin Zichen skillfully diverted the topic away from himself.

As soon as Lin Zichen asked, everyone immediately chatted again. This one said that he took a few more red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, and the other said that his relatives at home brought him something fun. The atmosphere was very nice.

Lin Zichen just sat there and listened quietly, occasionally interjecting a few words.

"Students, it's class!" Wang Xincui, the head teacher, walked into the classroom and interrupted the students' happy discussion.

Everyone immediately shut their mouths and obediently sat down in their seats.

Wang Xincui nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Everyone got the transcript of the final exam during the winter vacation, right?" ”

"Got it." The students responded in unison.

"Well, what I'm holding in my hand now is the ranking of the final exam results of each student in our class, and the ranking of the whole class will be posted on the bulletin board in a few days, so you can go and see it then. If you want to know your ranking in the class, you can come to me after class. Okay, let's get to class. ”

After the sound of Suo Suo's flipping book, the students began the first class of the new semester.

"Bell bell bell"

As soon as the bell rang for the end of class, many students rushed to Wang Xincui to check the rankings.

"Zichen, let's go take a look too!" Zhou Xiaojing took Lin Zichen's hand and said.

Lin Zichen looked at the group of people around the podium and shook his head: "You go and see, by the way, you can also take a look for me." ”

"Ahh Zhou Xiaojing looked at the group of people around Wang Xincui in distress, and finally couldn't resist the mood of wanting to know the ranking, so she squeezed to the front.

Looking at the ranking list in my hand, the first thing that catches my eye is the familiar name.

"Zichen, you are number one." Zhou Xiaojing shouted excitedly, ran down the podium, and told Lin Zichen the good news.

Lin Zichen looked indifferent and asked, "What about you?" ”

"Huh? I forgot to look at myself. Zhou Xiaojing patted her head and squeezed to the podium again.

It's just that when I returned to my seat again, there was a touch of sadness on my face.

"What's wrong? Is it at the bottom of the rankings? Lin Zichen asked worriedly.

Zhou Xiaojing nodded, and said with a sad face: "Woo woo, it's ten places behind you." ”

Lin Zichen didn't react yet, but Zhu Meiling, who was a few miles away, shouted in surprise when she heard it: "Ten behind, isn't that also eleven, you guy is deliberately angry with us, right?" ”

"That's it." Some classmates who were lower than Zhou Xiaojing immediately collectively "attacked" Zhou Xiaojing.

Zhou Xiaojing shrunk her neck and hid behind Lin Zichen, she just wanted to be on par with her tablemates, but she didn't expect her words to cause so much "public outrage" in the class.

Lin Zichen couldn't help laughing: "The eleven in the class is already good." ”

Zhou Xiaojing pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice: "You don't know that the second place is more than a hundred points different from you to be so calm." ”

"Huh? What did you say? Lin Zichen didn't hear what Zhou Xiaojing was muttering.

Zhou Xiaojing waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing, I said I want to continue to learn from you." ”

The others around also nodded and looked at Lin Zichen with admiration.

Lin Zichen only looked at herself with such eyes because everyone had won the first place, and she didn't understand the reason until she saw her overall score and the ranking of the whole class.

Lin Zichen was thinking about Li Ji's affairs, and he was in a state of soul wandering during the whole morning's explanation of the test papers. Fortunately, the teacher only thought she was meditating hard, and did not make accusations. If Lin Zichen knew about this, it was estimated that his face would be full of black lines.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of school, Lin Zichen couldn't wait to leave the classroom.

"Why is Zichen in such a hurry?" Zhou Xiaojing looked at Lin Zichen who was speeding away in surprise, shook his head and went to the cafeteria with Qin Yun and the others.

After leaving school, Lin Zichen did not go home directly, but turned around and went to the rented house of Gu Mingze and the two brothers.

"Knock, knock."

"Aze, go open the door." Gu Mingxuan, who was busy in the kitchen, said to his younger brother.

"Got it." Gu Mingze came out of his room and opened the door: "Xiao Chen? How did you get here? Come on in. ”

Lin Zichen entered the house, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Hmm, it's so fragrant!" I'm here to eat. ”

Gu Mingxuan in the kitchen had already heard the movement and brought the last dish to the living room.

"Xiao Chen is here, wash your hands and eat." Gu Mingxuan didn't say a word about Lin Zichen's intention.

Lin Zichen was indeed hungry, and after tasting a delicious lunch, he took the initiative to say what he meant.

"Brother Mingxuan, has something happened to my fourth brother recently? Looking at him these days, I always feel that he is not in the right spirit. ”

Gu Mingxuan was stunned for a moment, and shook his head casually: "Everyone has been busy with various exams recently, and I can't remember that I haven't talked to your fourth brother for a while if you don't ask." ”

"Really?" Lin Zichen looked lost.

Is it really just because of too much pressure to study? No, it's impossible, my fourth brother's temperament has always been cheerful, even if the pressure of studying is great, he will not be as depressed as now, and he will not vent it in his heart.

Gu Mingxuan saw Lin Zichen's worried look, and knew in his heart that Li Ji estimated that something had really happened.

"Xiao Chen, don't worry, I'll go to your fourth brother's class in the afternoon to find out the news, don't be in a hurry to ask your fourth brother, maybe he's just a little more stressed to be so abnormal."

"I hope so." Lin Zichen nodded.

Sending away Lin Zichen, who was preoccupied, Gu Mingxuan said to Gu Mingze: "Aze, you clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and I'll go back to school first." ”

"Okay, you can go quickly." Gu Mingze waved his hand, indicating that he would handle the one in the rented room.

Gu Mingxuan hurriedly returned to the school and went to Li Jiban to inquire about the news.

It was really lunch break, and there were only a few people in the classroom.

Gu Mingxuan privately found a few classmates who were good friends with Li Ji, and finally figured out the truth of the matter.

As soon as school was out in the afternoon, Gu Mingxuan was waiting for Lin Zichen in the convenience store.

Lin Zichen returned to the convenience store and saw Gu Mingxuan at a glance: "Brother Mingxuan, why are you here?" ”

"Xiao Chen, let's go upstairs and talk." Gu Mingxuan said with a stern expression.

It was the first time for Lin Zichen to see Gu Mingxuan's expression so strictly, so he nodded and took Gu Mingxuan upstairs.

Gu Mingxuan got straight to the point: "Xiao Chen, your fourth brother is probably really in trouble." ”

"Brother Mingxuan, you say be careful."

Gu Mingxuan nodded, and told Lin Zichen everything he heard from classmate Li Ji at noon.

After hearing this, Lin Zichen frowned, and he was so angry in his heart that he wanted to beat Li Ji directly. R1152