“…… Oh, you please. Su Mo lowered his head and smiled, not knowing what kind of chicken soup Mr. Qiu was going to pour him.

"When I first entered the school in my first year of high school, I met a girl. Although I have forgotten what she looked like today, I remember that she was very beautiful, with long hair and eyes like Zhao Wei. ”

Mr. Qiu squinted his eyes and looked up at the golden lights in the store, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of nostalgia.

"That's ......"

"Yes, I was still a hairy boy at the time, and I fell in love with her at first sight." The corners of Teacher Qiu's mouth subconsciously raised a smile, "It's quite embarrassing to say, at the first time I saw her, I even thought about the name of the future child." ”

"Hahaha...... It's normal. ”

"I'm in the same class as her, but I've never been afraid to let people know that I like her. At that time, I had low self-esteem, my family was not very good, and my grades were poor. Before the results of the high school entrance examination came out, I didn't expect that I would be admitted to high school, even if it was a third-rate high school...... You shouldn't have this experience and be a small and inconspicuous role in the class. ”

"Hah...... I can understand a little. ”

"Before I met her, I had always been in a state of confusion, and like most middle school students, I never thought about what the future should be, only the present, and spent each day carelessly. But after meeting her, my mind was all about her, and I was all thinking about how to be worthy of her. ”

Su Mo smiled: "I can't see it, you are still such an infatuated person." ”

Teacher Qiu's face flushed slightly: "Who hasn't been young, there are two main kinds of people in the school at that time, one is a school bully, just like you, and the other is a school bully, that is, a gangster." I think if you want to be worthy of that girl, you have to be at least one of the two. ”

Su Mo chuckled softly: "Did you choose to become a top student?" ”

Teacher Qiu nodded: "That's right, who said that love can't urge people to forge ahead, so I've always been very open-minded......"

"But you're unrequited love, not love." Su Mo couldn't help but correct.

"It's almost ......," the corners of Mr. Qiu's eyes twitched slightly, "Actually, I thought about it all night, whether I should mix or study, and finally I chose to study." Because I was taken a pen by a thug in the class before, which made me a little resistant to them, and at that time. ”

"Thankfully, you made the right choice." Su Mo said.

"It doesn't really matter if it's right or wrong...... After I made my decision, I had been studying hard for a while, getting up at four o'clock in the morning to memorize words frantically, pestering the teacher to ask questions during class, and doing questions late at night, my parents said that I was crazy and urged me to sleep every day. I had only one thought, I had to do my best, I had to be in the top 50 of my grade! ”

"And then you did?"

"Yes, I still remember that I was ranked 23rd in my grade."

Su Mo said cautiously: "Then, that girl...... Are you dating her? ”

Teacher Qiu laughed, but there was helplessness and self-deprecation in the laughter: "No, she has a boyfriend, and she is a gangster in the next class." ”

"Ah......h

This was expected by Su Mo, but it was beyond Su Mo's expectations. At first, I thought that Mr. Qiu was going to tell him about chicken soup, but I didn't expect it to be so poisonous.

"Her grandmother's! I knew I was going to be a gangster! The scene was silent for a moment, and Mr. Qiu suddenly slapped his thigh, with a distressed look on his face, "Lao Tzu has worked hard for so long, she only thinks of me when she wants to copy her homework!" Do you think it's fair? Why am I so desperate, but the girl I like is snatched away by a gangster who is idle all day! Do you think that's fair? ”

Su Mo blinked, it was the first time he had heard the old-fashioned and slow political teacher burst into foul language.

Su Mo was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "It's not fair...... Are you trying to say that I'm working in the wrong direction? ”

"I really hated it, why? Is this goddamn kidding me? Teacher Qiu didn't answer, his tone became flat, "This is a reading comprehension article, please answer, what is the reason for my failure?" ”

"Didn't go to be a gangster?" Su Mo replied without thinking.

"Hahaha...... I knew you would say that! Teacher Qiu laughed, with a hint of pride in his eyes, "Wrong, wrong, Su Mo, you also have mistakes!" ”

Su Mo was puzzled: "What's the reason for that?" ”

"The reason I failed was not because I didn't become a gangster, but because I didn't act at all." Teacher Qiu let out a long sigh.

"Huh?"

"Of course I made a lot of efforts, but what does my hard study have to do with that girl? Even if I become the first in the grade, what will that girl get? I study hard, why do I have to make her like me? ”

Su Mo was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"I never told her I liked her, I never told her that I was going to be in the top 50 for her. I fantasize every day about the days I will be with her after becoming a top student, but this is nothing more than self-righteousness. It's just trying to move yourself. Whether I become a top student or not, what does it have to do with her? ”

Su Mo's eyes flickered for a long time before he nodded slowly: "...... I seem to understand a little bit what you're trying to say? ”

"You're right, I'm working in the wrong direction. I was self-righteously carrying a lot of things, but I was getting farther and farther away from the results I wanted. Teacher Qiu shook his head lightly, "Didn't I work hard?" I did my best. But if I hadn't tried hard to study, but had tried hard to pursue her, wouldn't the result have been different? ”

Su Mo was still silent, his eyes were full of all kinds of complicated looks, and there was even a hint of confusion.

"I'm not telling this story to blame you, because I don't know what's going on with you." Teacher Qiu stretched out his big hand and patted Su Mo lightly on the shoulder, "I'm just sharing my lessons with you." Did this person try, or did he think he had tried? Is the effort in the right direction? Have you ever suspected that you might be on the wrong track? ”

"Especially a genius like you, who can get the first place in the grade without attending classes, it's easier to believe that you are always right. Although this is true in most cases, except for the immortals, no one dares to say that they will not make mistakes. ”

"I ......" Su Mo licked his lips, silent, silent, and didn't say anything in the end.

But the tiredness and heaviness in his eyes slowly dissipated.

(There's another chapter, a little look.) ）