"No, no, Tulong didn't say anything. By the way, tomorrow the class cadre election of our class, are you going to participate? In order to avoid unnecessary embarrassment, Nishino diverted the topic.

"I'm not going, my grades aren't good, and I'm not interested, that's what activists do." He Yan shook his head.

"I don't want to go either, and my grades are not good. Mr. Geng doesn't like me, he seems to look down on us students of specialist materials. As soon as Teacher Geng was mentioned, Xiye felt a little unhappy.

Then he repeated to He Yan in a sullen manner the unpleasantness that happened when he and Tulong were carrying the materials in the morning.

"It's normal, who told you that your grades are not as good as others. We come here to tutor for ourselves and our families. You don't have to care too much about what others think, the important thing is to look up to yourself. As long as your score is raised and you improve, Mr. Geng will pay attention to you. Unexpectedly, He Yan didn't take the so-called "unpleasantness" that Nishino said to heart at all.

"That's right, Shibei three days, when you are impressed, I want to be Wuxia Ameng!" Nishino regained his confidence and raised his left hand and said.

"Ambitious! Trust you, we work together! He Yan's voice was not high, his fiery eyes were full of firmness and confidence, and his plump lips were full of expectation, "Be yourself first, and then be someone else, and a miracle will appear in you." ”

"Hemingway said very well in "The Old Man and the Sea": Man is not made to fail, a man can be destroyed, but not defeated."

"Who was Hemingway? Chinese? I don't know, you tell me about him. "The first time He Yan heard about Hemingway, he was in the clouds.

"No, China's Nobel Prize-winning writers haven't been born yet? Didn't your Chinese teacher tell you about Hemingway? As soon as Nishino talked about the "tough guy" Hemingway, he became energetic.

"Yes, if the teacher said it, why would he ask you to do it? Don't beat around the bush and whet my appetite, okay? He Yan's clear eyes like a pool of autumn water looked directly at Xiye, and he was a little uncomfortable, because this was the first time in his life that he looked at the girl he liked hotly.

"Ernest Miller Hemingway, American writer and journalist, one of the most famous novelists of the 20th century, is a spiritual monument to the American nation. His creative style is unique, and he has always been known as a tough guy in the literary world, and occupies an important position in the history of American literature and world literature......"

"Wow, that's amazing. Can you be more detailed? He Yan is also a lover of literature, and often won the first place in the school district's essay competition when he was in elementary school.

"Hemingway won many awards in his lifetime. During the First World War, he fought for the Red Cross ambulances. Awarded the Silver Medal for Bravery. In 1953, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book The Old Man and the Sea, and in 1954, The Old Man and the Sea won Hemingway the Nobel Prize in Literature. There are also "Farewell, Weapons" and "The Sun Also Rises". ”

Born in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, Hemingway is a representative of America's lost generation of writers. Throughout his life, he was married four times before committing suicide in his later years at his home in Kechester, Idaho. I don't know when, the guy from Tulong also stood behind him, startling Nishino.

"How do you know? I can't see it. He Yan asked Tulong in surprise.

Hemingway wandered into the casino while staying in Lianchun Building, glasses of absinthe stained his face, and when the thick cigar fog surrounded him, he knew that he had experienced enough debauchery and heroism, and enough sorrow. Did Professor Nishino say it once in the dormitory, and I secretly remembered it. Tulong grimaced at Nishino.

"Oh, I can't imagine that the Tulong hero Wen Taowu is strategic, and he will never forget it, and he will be disrespectful and disrespectful." Nishino clenched his fists and laughed.

"Where, where? I didn't steal it from you, I'm ashamed. Tulong also clenched his fists in return to Nishino.

"You two, don't you read too many martial arts novels, and you are a hero at every turn, I think the prawns are about the same."

"We are not shrimp, we are the twin heroes of Dingyun Mountain!" Tulong came with a white crane with bright wings, and it was really like that.

'Come on, Tulon. Thin and thin, the hero is empty of force, muscular man! Nishino clenched his fists and took the opportunity to show off the muscles in his arms.

"I have it too!" Tulong rolled up his sleeves, showing no weakness, and wanted to show his muscles.

"The loose arms and burning sticks are thicker than yours, don't be embarrassed there. Hahaha......" He Yan had a big mouthful of water in his mouth, laughed so much that he almost choked.

Tulong was so angry that the green tendons on his forehead bloomed one by one: "Hemingway is short-sighted, he participated in World War I, and he drove a car to the front line." Shells continued to explode beside him, and he risked his life to save an Italian soldier......"

"Oh, so Hemingway is your idol?" He Yan asked.

"Yes, but I can do better than Hemingway on the battlefield......" Tulong replied.

"Don't be ashamed, just like you, you can't carry a gun, and you still go to the battlefield? If you surpass Hemingway, I'll be okay with your surname! Nishino was happy, forgetting that Tulong's small size was caused by malnutrition and missing the stage of development.

"At least I can see more clearly than your four eyes, and I will carry dozens of hundreds of pounds of things to the battlefield, no problem. If you don't believe me, try to carry your girlfriend He Yan to me? "Tulong and Nishino are on the bar.

"Tulong, what do you say? He Yan is not my girlfriend! Nishino yelled.

He Yan couldn't help but be stunned: "It turns out that Xiye doesn't like himself!" I made myself amorous, and I was actually used as a joke by the two of them! I learned something interesting. ”

"Is that still my girlfriend?" Tulong added.

"Stop arguing, do some personal attacks. Ignore you—" He Yan spilled all the water in the bowl on the ground and walked away without looking back.

"I didn't mean to, He Yan." Looking at her gradually disappearing shadow, Xiye regretted: "Tulong, it's all your fault, I talked to He Yan well, what are you doing to join in the fun?" ”

"It's not my fault, it's the moon." Tulong put his hand on Nishino's shoulder, "Brother, this girl has a personality, and you will have to bear it in the future." ”

Nishino shook off Tulong's hand: "It's my business whether it's good or not, you'd better get involved less in the future." ”

"Okay, okay, is it necessary to hurt the feelings of a brother for a girl? Those who have achieved great things, do not be deceived by women. ”

"Forget it, I don't care about you. But you have to think and think first when you speak in the future, especially in front of girls, otherwise you won't be able to find a wife for the rest of your life. ”

"Thank you, Professor Nishino, for reminding me." ......

In this way, Nishino and He Yan did not speak for a month. Although the two are at the same table, they are strangers, which makes Nishino lost for a long time. Fortunately, there is still Zong Jian, and he talks to him from time to time to do some happy things after class, and the days go by quite quickly.

In a blink of an eye, the monthly exam was over, and Nishino's results entered the top fifteen. At the monthly exam summary meeting, Mr. Geng greatly praised Nishino in the class, and deliberately changed his position to let him share the table with Liao Xiaoni, a "scholar".

"Xueba" is gentle, beautiful, generous, soft-spoken, and has any problems in mathematics, he smiles and answers them patiently to Nishino one by one, which makes Nishino's heart lamp that is about to be extinguished ignite hope.

In the quiet of the night, Nishino couldn't sleep and tossed and turned, thinking: Could it be that Xiaoni is my goddess?

Nishino thought again: No, she helped me study, she was just a kind person, how could she fall in love with me, a poor boy from the countryside? Impossible, impossible, absolutely impossible.

One Sunday, Nishino was bored and decided to walk around the school, and stumbled upon a secluded place, which made him very happy. That is, there is a small dirt hill in the northernmost part of the school, and there is a three-story meteorological observatory on the top, and there are concrete stairs to sit on, which is rarely visited by people in normal times, and it is an ideal place to study.

There are more than a dozen tall dark green trees around the weather station, which are lush all year round, and the grass under the trees is also very lush, and the grass and trees are a good barrier for the weather station. If you go there to read a book and don't read aloud, no one will know, and you can also climb high and look far away, restore your eyesight, and kill two birds with one stone.

On this day, after dinner after school, Nishino carried an English supplementary book in his arms and pretended to be casual and walked in the direction of Kochiyama. Nishino's English level is not good, he is always hovering on the verge of passing, and he is not good at math, and he has pulled back two classes, and next year will definitely be Waterloo again.

Nishino had just opened the book, and before he had read a few pages, he heard a sound of footsteps around him. Nishino Station is hidden behind the pillars of the platform on the second floor of the weather station, and when you look at it from a distance, you can see two girls walking in front of you and behind you.

The tall, good-looking, short-haired girl in front of him was walking towards him, Nishino's eyesight was not very good, and he was always confused when he saw people, and he couldn't recognize this girl at once. It was He Yan who was behind, because she was too familiar, and Nishino concluded that it was her.

They each held a book in their hands and were smiling. He Yan is wearing a black denim suit today, and the tight-fitting denim clothes make her figure bumpy and slim. With the movement of her steps, the "ponytail" behind her head also jumped in the afterglow of the sunset, and her body was full of youthful vitality that was difficult to hide.

Nishino didn't expect that his former "old neighbor's table" would be so good-looking today, and he couldn't help but see that he was a little fascinated, and he didn't even notice that the tall girl walked to his side.

"What are you looking at? So fascinating? The tall girl shook the book in her hand in front of Nishino's eyes and asked.

Nishino was startled, then he came back to his senses, and hurriedly returned his eyes to the book, his face flushed slightly: "Oh, it's you, Xu Xiaoqiao." No, I didn't see anything, I didn't see the scenery. You see, the scenery over there is so beautiful. ”

Nishino casually pointed forward with his hand: "Look, how beautiful the scenery is over there, there are mountains and trees." ”

Xu Xiaoqiao was puzzled, and looked in the direction of Xiye's finger, only to see a low stone mountain opposite, full of bare stones, only some barren grass and low bushes growing in some crevices, how can there be any scenery?

"Over there? The scenery is beautiful? I didn't see any trees. Xu Xiaoqiao looked at He Yan, who was not very good at the face beside him, and then looked at Xiye, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and laughed out of place: "Scenery? But it is really beautiful, with mountains and trees. Well, I'm afraid that talent is the most beautiful scenery! The girl held her stomach and laughed as she pointed at He Yan and said.

"What are you talking about, Xu Xiaoqiao!" He Yan was embarrassed for a while, raised the book in his hand, and made a gesture to chase Xiao Qiao.

Xiao Qiao hurriedly raised his hands while hiding: "Okay, okay, okay, okay?" Nishino is not looking at you, he is looking at the scenery, the most beautiful scenery in the world! By the way, Nishino is watching the scenery upstairs, and the people watching the scenery are watching him downstairs, okay. ”

"You...... I know how to bully me and ignore you. Little Joe stomped his feet and said.

"Hey, what are you reading? So hard. Xiao Qiao hurriedly changed the topic.

"English." Nishino raised the textbook in his hand and said, "What are you reading?" ”

"I'm reading the novel La Traviata, written by Alexandre Dumas, have you read it?" Little Joe handed the book to Nishino.

"I've seen it. The heroine, La Traviata, is a girl with a distinct personality, clear thoughts, innocent feelings, and a spirit of self-sacrifice. Although fate and life pushed her to another realm and became a dusty woman. However, the essence of her innocence has not changed. For the sake of noble love, she would rather lose everything, and would rather suffer humiliation and misunderstanding. In the end, he paid the price of his life for his true love. Am I right? ”

"yes, yes. I didn't expect you to have seen it, I just watched it recently, and I haven't finished reading it yet. Xu Xiaoqiao asked, she wanted to test whether Xiye had really seen it, "What about the finale?" ”

Marguerite never saw her beloved Armand again. After her death, only a kind neighbor, Milley, buried her. When Armand returned to Paris, she gave her one of Marguerite's diaries. From the diary, Armand learned about her noble heart. “

"Margaret wrote in her diary: In addition to the fact that your insult is proof that you have always loved me, I seem to feel that the more you torture me, the day when you know the truth, the more exalted I will appear in your eyes." As soon as Nishino talks about the novel, he is out of control.

"Nishino, your memory is so good, I always look at the back and forget the front." Xu Xiaoqiao admires Xiye very much.

"Uh, uh-huh. Are you two finished? He Yan, who was left out in the cold, coughed dryly.

"I'll just say La Traviata, I'm sorry. He Yan, what are you reading? Nishino turned his head and asked He Yan.

"Whatever book I read, can I use you? Don't you have a Liao Xiaoni with you? Hypocritical. "He Yan is a stick to Xiye in the head.

"Didn't I apologize to you?"

"What's the use of apologizing? It's worth a few bucks. It's good that you have a new girlfriend and forget about me and avoid me everywhere. ”

"It's not what you think. I, I, I—" Nishino wanted to explain.

"I don't want to hear your explanation, seeing is believing. Little Joe, let's go. He Yan took Xiao Qiao's hand and wanted to leave.

"He Yan, it's not good. Can't you two have a good talk? Xiao Qiao asked He Yan.

"What is there to talk about. Liao Xiaoni, who is beautiful, good at studying, and from the city, I voluntarily quit. Let's talk about you and Nishino! After He Yan finished speaking, he went downstairs angrily.

"He Yan, wait for me - Xiye, then I'll leave too."

"Let's go. I'm fine. Nishino closed his eyes and waved weakly. Xu Xiaoqiao went downstairs to chase He Yan.

Looking blankly at the direction where the two girls disappeared, Xiambi was distraught and had no intention of reading. The English letters on the book, like He Yan's distorted and distorted face, are full of anger. Although the English version of "Napoleon's Letter to Josephine" was memorized by Nishino and intended to be read to He Yan, it seemed that it was no longer necessary. Inadvertently, a hot tear rolled down on the concrete floor, the tear was bitter and a little salty.

The sun was slowly setting, and Nishino was unaware of it. The crimson sunset filled the sky, and the mountains on all sides seemed to be even more vast and lofty. The entire mountain city was shrouded in this bloody remnant sun, as if entering a mysterious and remote world.