Chapter 8: Phoenix Nirvana: Purgatory Rebirth

Faced with the failure of the college entrance examination, the whole family was at a loss, and Liu He became increasingly thin and silent.

After being depressed for a few days, a middle-aged man suddenly came to the house.

"Hello, is this Liu He's family?" The middle-aged man asked warmly and politely.

The whole family was confused by this middle-aged man who was a complete stranger but knew Liu He's name.

"Let me introduce myself first, I am a teacher at Qingquan County No. 1 Middle School, my name is Du Maoyang, it was a classmate named Wang Meng in your class who recommended me to come to you, I heard him say that you didn't do well in the college entrance examination this year, I don't know if you want to repeat another year?"

Listening to Mr. Du's explanation, Liu He suddenly understood that Qinghuan County is the northernmost remote county in the city, and the college entrance examination rate of Qingquan No. 1 Middle School ranks first in the city for consecutive years, mainly because this school mainly recruits repeat students, but very few people send their children to this school to repeat after their children fall off the list, because Qingquan No. 1 Middle School is known as "purgatory".

Every year, Qingquan No. 1 Middle School will send teachers to search for potential college entrance examination students in the city, and Wang Meng also failed in the college entrance examination, because of his high grades, he has the potential to repeat and was recruited everywhere Teacher Du poached from his homeroom teacher, at the same time Wang Meng recommended Liu He, looking at Liu He's usual results, Teacher Du was full of confidence in Liu He, so he traveled far away, asked around, and finally found Liu He's home.

At this time, Liu He, who had no way out, heard that his good brother Wang Meng was also going, so he agreed without hesitation, but Liu He's parents saw the emaciated Liu He, although they agreed, they were somewhat unbearable in their hearts, after all, the high-intensity militarized management of the Qingquan is worthy of the name of "purgatory".

"Two parents, please rest assured, the outside world rumors that Qingquan No. 1 Middle School is a purgatory, prison, or something is fake, we are a normal high school, just because other schools are competing with us for students, deliberately intimidating parents, and making them retreat. Opportunity is very important, for the sake of the child's future, you can't hesitate. Liu He was the last student of Du Maoyang's trip, how could he let it go easily.

After Lao Du's rhetoric, and seeing that Liu He wanted to go, his parents finally compromised.

Considering that Qingquan County is far away and the stations are far away, Liu He's parents rented a van, and the next morning, Liu He carried the high school textbooks and materials of the past three years, took the bedding and clothes and hurried to Qingquan No. 1 Middle School to report, and after running all the way, the whole family came to the legendary Qingquan No. 1 Middle School.

The old teaching building, the towering acacia trees, the wide campus square and the simple classmates all made Liu He feel a sense of fate, from a poor private high school to the holy land of the college entrance examination, which couldn't help but make Liu He awe-inspired.

Old classmate Wang Meng has come here early, seeing the old tablemate, Liu He's heart is slightly sour, once struggled together, now defeated together, and went to another country together to regain his dream.

There is no discrimination here, and seats are arranged according to height. Lao Du transferred the two of them together, and although they lacked confidence, the two of them were still secretly determined to get up again in this foreign land.

The anticipatory first day of my studies began. Liu He and Wang Meng didn't expect such a pattern at all, exciting and nervous, inspirational and "ecstatic":

The time is measured in minutes. Get up on time at 5 o'clock in the morning, and then gather at 5:01 to the teaching building, from the dormitory to the teaching building there are more than 600 meters, one by one as if to avoid the earthquake from the dormitory quickly rushed downstairs and then rushed to the teaching building, nearly 1,000 senior high school students rushed to the campus at the speed of 100 meters sprint, the scenery is particularly spectacular.

Just arrived downstairs before the air was over, quickly reported the number and lined up, and started running on time at 5:02, and Lao Du led the team, shouting slogans while running, and the feeling of nervousness and urgency also made Liu He's passion quickly ignite.

After running, I went to the classroom at 5:28 a.m. and read until 7:40 a.m. The class is at 8 o'clock, and only 20 minutes are given in the middle to eat. The classroom and the cafeteria are separated by a vast square, and they can only sprint for a few more hundred meters, eating and gobbling up one by one.

Before class, everyone stood up and swore loudly: "I have stepped on the mountain of books, and I have crossed the vast sea of learning." ...... I have no reason to fail! ”

A room full of people who have failed, have dreams, and pain, countless pains have been vented in hoarse oaths, suppressed feelings have been released in a ghost crying wolf howl oath, slowly repairing the self-confidence that has long been exhausted, and healing the heart full of holes.

The day's classes were packed and the time was extremely tight, and by the time the class ended in the afternoon, all the students were exhausted. This high-intensity review mode is completely different from before, but Liu He is immersed in this purgatory-style tempering, which makes him have no time to think about the past, and some are just paralyzing himself in this high level of tension and exhaustion, the more so, the more stable his heart becomes.

In fact, Qingquan No. 1 Middle School has always remained mysterious in the outside world, and high-intensity review is not the real success of its success. As the courses were launched, Liu He began to realize that this was not a formal high school - but an exam training base, and all the students were trained to be invincible exam machines.

Different from the "quality education" that Liu He received before, the teachers here only talk about exam skills, not theoretical knowledge, everything is based on exams, and nothing to do with exams is not taught, and all teachers are carefully selected by the whole school among the elites, who are well versed in the way of exams, and their exam-taking and answering skills are sophisticated and unique, unheard of, and all questions do not need to be understood, just to be able to do.

Since it was the first day of evening self-study, Lao Du planned to spend two hours telling these students the spirit of clearing the circle and the rules of clearing the circle:

First, Qingquan No. 1 Middle School believes in the management model of the United States Military Academy at West Point. A lot can be done in 1 minute, so the time in Circle 1 is calculated by minutes. Wake up at 5 a.m., assemble at 5:01 a.m., run at 5:02 a.m., 19 minutes to eat. At 9:31 p.m., the evening self-study was done, and at 9:59 a.m., the lights were turned off, and the head teacher went into the dormitory to inspect. At the same time, the school is completely closed and open once a month, during which time you are not allowed to step out of the school gate.

The second is that there are no boys and girls in Qingquan No. 1 Middle School, only students. Ask everyone not to wash their faces with soap to save time; Do not wash your hair at night to prevent your hair from drying out and delaying sleep; One day off a month. There is only one day in a month where you can do your own thing.

The third is that the class is not ranked, but those who are lower than the first line in the exam will be punished.

The concise three spooked all the students, especially the girls, and taking a break once a month means taking a shower once a month and washing their hair once a month, so how can they stand it? Moreover, these students are all below the second line of exams, and if they are required to be higher than the first line every time, everyone will face punishment.

Liu He also woke up from the previous failures and all kinds of pain, this year of purgatory really can't tolerate not going all out, strict management, heavy study and exhaustion will not only numb the pain in his heart, but also let Liu He see hope in despair.

Gradually, a few months of study allowed Liu He to adapt to everything here. The girls also cut their hair short, and the boys grew long because they didn't have time to get a haircut. A group of students who are crazy and desperate for the college entrance examination seem to have been slowly mechanized and become examination machines.

Qingquan No. 1 Middle School blurred the boundaries between boys and girls, blurred the boundaries between rich and poor, and even blurred the boundaries of geographical origins.

Soon, Liu He also ushered in another unknown birthday in his purgatory life, eating the "steamed hamburger" specially made in the school cafeteria to save students' meal time, drenching in light rain, running around the campus, the gray sky stirring the depressed heart, making the numbness to the pain become a kind of tenacity, so that unwillingness to turn into endlessness, and let cowardice turn into self-improvement.

Liu He no longer knows what the motivation to support himself is, maybe because it is too much, maybe because it is too vague, sometimes the emotional pain, the blow of the family and the pressure of learning will suddenly make Liu He's whole body sore, wrenching his heart and lungs, but the responsibility is still on his shoulders, the road is still under his feet, his dreams are still far away, raise his head, even if the haze is dense, even if he is tired and tired, he will move forward and cannot stop...

Time flies, with the clouds. Every hard work will be rewarded, and after purgatory, it will be a godslayer if not only the devil.

At the end of the city's mid-term exam, 109 people in the class, 101 people passed the first line demarcated by the city, and 109 people all exceeded the second line, and although Liu He's results were ranked in the middle, they had far exceeded the first line by several points.

However, in this unfamiliar environment, although there are Wang Meng and new classmates, Liu He is extremely lonely in his heart, there is nowhere to put his messy feelings, and his initial dream is also ethereal. A deep sense of helplessness and loneliness struck again.

I just came out of the high pressure of the midterm exam, and the monthly mock exam is about to start again.

One day on the eve of the monthly exam, the sky was gray, the cold wind was blowing, and in the evening, the torrential rain poured down, and the wind was fierce, which instantly blew all the breath of summer. All the students stopped their self-study and looked out the window at the storm, the leaves swaying sharply in the wind, and the wind howling. Liu He ignored the window, but the wind was so loud that he couldn't help but look out the window because of the urgency of the rain, at this moment, looking at the poplar trees outside that seemed to be about to fall in the wind, Liu He suddenly remembered that he was leaving the snow everywhere, which city and which university she was in, and whether she couldn't return to the dormitory because of the rain and wind, whether there was someone around her to accompany her, and whether she was also thinking about him.....

In the blink of an eye, the end of last semester was approaching, Liu He suddenly received a letter, with great curiosity, excited and eager to open the envelope, when he instinctively glanced at the payment, his heart was stunned - the sender turned out to be the former Chinese teacher Jiang Ping!

After reading the letter, Liu He was silent. It turned out that Jiang Ping resigned after Liu He and the others graduated, and returned to his hometown in the county to participate in the recruitment examination for teachers' careers, and had successfully passed the written examination and interview and was admitted to the local teacher. After learning that Liu He was not on the list, it was Jiang Ping who strongly recommended Liu He to Mr. Du Maoyang before resigning, and asked Wang Meng to convey it.

When Liu He hallucinated, Jiang Ping had been paying attention to Liu He, she saw the panic in Liu He's heart, and saw Liu He's timidity in the face of various tangible and invisible pressures, so Jiang Ping replaced Liu He's parents, and used her care to make Liu He feel family affection, at the same time, Jiang Ping also wanted to arouse the most beautiful love in Liu He's heart, creating the illusion that a girl had a crush on him, so that Liu He could feel the recognition of others for him, she believed that in the warmth of emotion, Liu He's heart knot would subside, and Liu He's panic would melt, So she secretly wrote that letter: "I believe in you, you are my other side, I want to be your faith, in the clarity of autumn and the brightness of winter, my heart is with you, no matter where, whenever I will always be!" And it is precisely because Liu He mistakenly regarded this as a confession from the snow that he regained his self-confidence and slowly healed himself.

Jiang Ping has always had a beautiful vision of love in her heart, although it was just for encouragement, but she wrote that confession with her heart and gave her first "confession" to Liu He, since then her heart began to sprout, and meticulous care slowly evolved into an emotional dependence and sustenance. In the end, she apologized to Liu He and wished Liu He a new start and successfully passed the college entrance examination.

For Jiang Ping, just like her past, not every love will be happy with each other, not every blessing can last forever, and not every winter and spring seed can blossom and bear fruit, the wrong time, the wrong place, met the most correct him, only by giving up can there be a sacrifice, and the freeze frame into a memory may be the most beautiful.

Among the new classmates, there are many admirers of Liu He, with a handsome face and a melancholy temperament, it can always make many girls agree, and the two sisters Zhai Jiao and Zhai Yan sitting behind him are no exception, and Zhai Yan is beautiful and fresh, and there is a temperament like snow on her body but it is better.

However, the shadow of failure and the huge pressure of the college entrance examination made Liu He avoid any girl who had a crush on him. Although, Lixue has disappeared into the sea of people, maybe he has fallen in love with Chen Jinyao, maybe he has someone by his side, people and things in the past seem to be far away from him, early love and secret love have become a kind of beast like a flood in Liu He's view, he can no longer take any risks, and he is no longer willing to live up to everything he and his relatives have suffered, Liu He's belief is extremely firm.

The winter vacation is coming soon, everyone is starting to work hard for the end of the semester, and the winter vacation has no expectations for Liu He, only the horror of the approaching college entrance examination. It was at this time that Liu He received the second letter, and to Liu He's surprise, the envelope was impressively printed with the words Fudan University, and the sender was Pan Wenjing!

After the college entrance examination, Liu He did not contact Pan Wenjing again, and when Liu He failed the list, Pan Wenjing was admitted to the Department of Journalism of Fudan University with a high score, and she inquired about Liu He's location from Liu He's parents.

Seeing Pan Wenjing's letter, Liu He's heart was warm and sad, Wen Jing seemed to have gotten rid of the sea of suffering, and Liu He still lived in the nightmare of the huge pressure of the college entrance examination every day, he was sincerely happy for Wen Jing, Liu He was not jealous or ashamed in front of Wen Jing.

Wen Jing told Liu He about her in college and her attention to him. Living in the bustling Shanghai and the envy of thousands of people, far away from Liu He, Wen Jing's heart is plain and lonely, she is very concerned about Liu He, when she knows that Liu He went to purgatory Qingquan No. 1 Middle School, thinking about the thin Liu He, her heart is extremely sore. In addition to a letter in the envelope, there was also 200 yuan that Wen Jing earned from a part-time job, looking at Wen Jing's heartfelt writing, looking at the crumpled 200 yuan, Liu He had mixed tastes.

When he returned home during the winter vacation, Liu He studied in addition to helping his parents, he wanted to see Wen Jing but didn't dare, and the family spent a New Year in the dilapidated and gloomy family home.

Five days later, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Liu He hurriedly set foot on the way back to school. The head teacher, Lao Du, and his wife boiled two buckets of eggs overnight and distributed them to all the students, which can be regarded as New Year's greetings.

As soon as the New Year passed, it meant that the college entrance examination was approaching, and after experiencing a defeat, Liu He's mood became calm. There are no complaints, no extravagant hopes, the hardships at this moment will make the heart more stable, and the tenacious struggle at the moment will make the road ahead more and more clear.

Indeed, if you choose to repeat, you choose to pursue excellence, and you choose not to be willing to be mediocre, only after a bloody college entrance examination can you make life surging again, and let life hit fate again.

As always, the high-pressure study life has not changed, but everyone is always tense their brains when the college entrance examination is approaching, and every time a tired class is over, Liu He will always be stunned for a while, and it is precisely because of Liu He's inadvertent behavior that Liu He faces a new test.

In order to allow students to study in a more comfortable environment, two people with a good relationship are generally transferred together, and at the same time, male and female students are absolutely not allowed to be at the same table, so like Liu He and Wang Meng, Zhai Jiao and Zhai Yan are always at the same table.

After the seat adjustment after the year, Zhai Jiao and Zhai Yan sat in front of Liu He's left, and Zhai Yan, who had always had a crush on Liu He, was embarrassed to look at Liu He silently anymore, but Liu He was involuntarily stunned but was inadvertently staring in the direction of Zhai Yan, and Zhai Yan had already seen it with her spare eyes, so she decided that Liu He liked herself, so she was very happy all day long.

Liu He, who didn't know it, slowly discovered the problem, Zhai Yan always glanced back at Liu He when Liu He was stunned, and smiled, which made Liu He alert.

After leaving the snow, Liu Hedu's emotional world had already collapsed, and all that was left was dreams and numbness, naturally, whether psychologically or behaviorally, Liu He tried his best to reject Zhai Yan.

In order to alleviate the pressure of the college entrance examination, Lao Du encouraged his classmates to write letters to their relatives and classmates, which could not only practice writing, but also release pressure. Liu He also received letters from Pan Wenjing one after another, including the living expenses sent by Chinese Jing, more or less, but his intentions were always immeasurable. Seeing the blessings and encouragement of Xin Chinese, thinking of the same expectations of his parents, and then looking at a group of students in the classroom, regardless of gender, fighting day and night, he also became like steel, like a rock, never forgetting his original intention, and unswerving.

When there are 90 days before the college entrance examination, Lao Du suddenly strode into the classroom, and slammed the test paper in his hand on the desk, it turned out that Wang Lingling and Xu Songtao in the class were in love by Lao Du, in fact, the two of them always hold hands together and go back to the dormitory during self-study at night, hugging and hugging are no longer avoiding, this has long been an open secret, I believe Lao Du should also know, but I don't know why Lao Du suddenly became angry at this time.

When the report card was sent to everyone, Liu He realized that Wang Lingling and Xu Wentao were both at the bottom, and if this was the college entrance examination, it would mean that these two students had failed again. Lao Du's anger and the retreat of Wang Lingling and Xu Wentao's achievements made Liu He feel a faint panic and vigilance in his heart.

Liu He's heart began to be restless, and the familiar and terrible feeling slowly returned, and the dream that had gone through countless hardships and endured countless painstaking efforts could no longer have any risks.

Between classes, Liu He secretly wrote a note to Zhai Yan, and stuffed it into Zhai Yan's hand when he walked out of the classroom, Zhai Yan was overjoyed, and his heart was half cold when he saw the content, but Liu He's mind also made Zhai Yan sober, indeed, the choice of repeating should be based on the college entrance examination as the core, the classroom is full of students who have lost and have nothing left, and they are fighting for their dreams for the second time in their lives, and they should not be distracted. When everything is left with the college entrance examination, the college entrance examination becomes everything, and even if you are young, you can't afford to lose.

Zhai Yan's efforts were restrained, and Liu He's strong resistance was made, thinking that everything would pass peacefully. However, Zhai Yan slowly couldn't control it, whenever she heard Liu He's voice or saw Liu He's figure by chance, it would make her feel waves, the expression of love could be controlled, but the heart of love could not be stopped, Liu He also quickly noticed that Zhai Yan was not calm, seeing that the college entrance examination was approaching, all the pressure almost crushed Liu He's heart, and in front of dreams, everything had to give way! So, he secretly decided: change will work, and change will die.

In a quiet classroom between self-study classes, Liu He suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Get out!" Wang Meng looked dazed, but accidentally touched Liu He with his arm, making Liu He's words crooked, an inconsequential trivial matter is so angry, and then Liu He got up and went to the office to find Lao Du to adjust the seat, saying that there was a conflict with Wang Meng, and the exam was approaching, Lao Du didn't want to make extraneous branches, and he also knew that anxiety before the exam was a common phenomenon, and it was no longer strange, so he quickly agreed.

In this way, Liu He was transferred to the back of the classroom, and at this time, there was still a month before the college entrance examination, Liu He quickly adjusted his state and greeted the college entrance examination calmly.

On June 7 of this year, Liu He's second college entrance examination came as scheduled, and the arrival of the college entrance examination brought everyone's panic and expectation, it was the devil and crushed the expectations of countless people; It is an angel who has fulfilled the dreams of countless people.

Just like last year's college entrance examination, and just like when I left my alma mater, there was a lot of smoke and rain.

When going to the examination room, Lao Du personally sat on the podium, all the students calmly read while eating the eggs boiled by Lao Du's wife overnight, there was still half an hour before the exam, Lao Du got up, all the students immediately stood up, and began to take the last oath under the leadership of the class leader: "I have stepped on the ups and downs of the sea of learning, I have crossed the vast sea of learning." I have no reason to fail..."In the loud chanting, some people could not help but weep, or for the sake of this last oath, to pay tribute to the year of youth in purgatory. It is youth that has passed away, and what has risen is dream. At this moment, Liu He's mind flashed his four years of hard work and struggle, and he saw the stacks of textbooks on the table - yes, I have no reason to fail!

In this era of regarding the college entrance examination as the only way out to change one's fate, there are already a sea of people outside the examination room, and the parents accompanying the examination are looking forward to it one by one, and their expressions are all nervous and worried, and at the same time, police cars, taxis and love buses are also ready, occupying the roads on both sides, and the small merchants and vendors of the past have disappeared, and the entire Qinghuan County seems to be waiting for this day.

Liu He went to the examination room in the group of candidates, he knew that the countless expectant eyes outside the school fence would not have a trace of looking at himself, let alone a trace of expectation for himself, but it was enough for him to have his own determination.

Suddenly, Liu He was no longer timid, no longer low, and he strode towards the examination room.

The first scene was Liu He's proud language, and he played exceptionally well. The victory is a good omen for Liu He.

In the afternoon, followed by the second session, Liu He's shortcoming - mathematics, although he had scruples and fears, Liu He still gave full play to his ability.

After a day's exams, Liu He deliberately put away his umbrella and walked in the light rain, and a long-lost sense of relaxation hit. When passing by the school gate, looking at the parents who poured in, Liu He turned his head, without any expectations and expectations, and walked straight to the dormitory.

"Liu He, Liu He..., here!" Liu He faintly heard a familiar voice from the crowd.

Following the sound, I saw a beautiful girl in white short sleeves waving to me in the distance. Liu He was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became excited, it was actually Pan Wenjing!

The low mood was swept away by this sudden joy, Liu He was overwhelmed with excitement, Pan Wenjing looked at Liu He, who was soaked and emaciated, and felt sad, "You are stupid, why don't you know how to use an umbrella?" Why did you lose weight like this..."Wen Jing said a little choked.

"Hey, hey... Umbrella... I forgot to call, why are you here, aren't you in class today, how did you get here? Liu He looked at the Wen Jing who had changed a lot around him, and couldn't stop smirking, and kept asking this and that.

"Leave me alone, let's go, I'll take you to dinner." Wen Jing looked at Liu He in front of her but was a little unhappy, she didn't know what he had experienced this year, her heart was sour, and her eyes were moist.

The two of them went to a small restaurant outside the school with umbrellas and sat down, in front of Wen Jing, Liu He did not have inferiority, there was nothing to hide, just looked at Wen Jing and smirked, but Wen Jing looked at Liu He in front of him but only felt distressed.

"Why do you want to treat yourself like this, don't you know how to be kind to yourself when you're so old?" I haven't seen him for many years, Wen Jing has already imagined countless scenes and dialogues with Liu He, but when she saw Liu He, she couldn't say anything except distress and complaining.

Knowing that Wen Jing made a special trip back from Shanghai and rushed from the city to Qingquan County by car overnight, Liu He really never thought that although the two childhood playmates had been separated several times, their hearts were always connected, and their feelings for each other had long been deeper than friendship and stronger than family affection.

The two chatted while eating, and Wen Jing also patiently taught Liu He how to adjust his mentality and perform well in the examination room. For this generation, the importance of the college entrance examination is higher than everything else, and perhaps only by passing the college entrance examination can they be more relaxed and truly be themselves.

The extraordinary performance on the first day, coupled with the arrival of Wen Jing, made Liu He extremely happy, and his heart became extremely steady. The next day's exam seemed to have nothing to do with the overall situation, and Liu He couldn't help but chat with Wen Jing a lot.

The next day, the exam ended smoothly, Liu He gave full play to what he had learned in the past four years, walked out of the examination room, like a dream-like feeling, all the burdens seemed to be unloaded at this moment, and the tense nerves began to slowly let go, although the whole body relaxed a lot, but the fatigue instantly occupied the whole body from the brain to the limbs, the result is unknown, Liu He's tightened heartstrings seem to have not been completely let go, although tired although he is still worried about the result, but when he thinks of Wen Jing waiting for him outside the campus, his mood is suddenly very good, Liu He walked quickly to the school gate, When he saw Wen Jing, Liu He was surprised and delighted, her parents were actually with her!

Liu He ran over happily, and when he saw his son so thin, Liu's mother instantly burst into tears, and his father didn't expect his son to become like this: messy hair, long and messy, he hadn't paid attention to it for a long time when he saw it; The already extremely thin body looks thin into "ribs" because of its height; The bushy beard and emaciated cheeks looked extremely haggard.

The father was also saddened by the son in front of him. Parents flocked to the scene, and the school gates were fully opened after a year.

Seeing that it was not early, all parents were helping their children pack their luggage, the campus was full of people, and tricycles were pouring in, just when Liu He was worried about his luggage, his father took out his mobile phone and said to the other end of the phone to let the car drive in, and then an Audi A6 and a Mercedes-Benz business car kept honking the horn in the tricycle, which was particularly eye-catching. Liu He thought that his father had rented a van, but when he saw the driver get out of the car and call his father Mr. Liu, Liu He was stunned and his brain was stunned.

"Dad, how do you rent such a good car, is it necessary?" Liu He questioned his father with complaints.

Hearing this, Wen Jing looked at Liu He blankly, she didn't know why Liu He would say such a thing.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Liu He, whose brain was overworked, was no longer able to think about this, and when everything was packed, the whole family got into the car and started leaving.

Liu He looked at the dining hall and dormitory building outside the car window, just quietly stunned, and he was no longer able to think about anything, after all, he had carried too much and experienced too much, and suddenly, Liu He found that the familiar figure downstairs in the dormitory was Wang Meng.

Wang Meng sat alone on the duffel bag downstairs, Liu He immediately got out of the car and ran to Wang Meng, it turned out that Wang Meng's parents were working in other places, and only the elderly grandparents at home could not come to pick him up, he planned to take the bus home the next morning, but the school was going to be cleared tonight and was not allowed to stay overnight.

In this way, Liu He Wang Meng and Wen Jing embarked on the road home together, from Qinghuan County to home for two and a half hours, plus to send Wang Meng, it was late at night when he arrived home, although the fatigue of the day stayed up until more than eleven o'clock in the evening, Liu He was very sober, because he did not go back to his "home", did not return to the dilapidated family home, but the car drove straight to a high-end villa, Liu He saw everything in front of him, except for his parents, everything was strange, and the home he had been looking forward to for half a year was not like this.

Liu He, who was extremely tired, eagerly asked his parents about the situation, and when he learned the truth, Liu He was completely shocked.

It turned out that the family had never gone bankrupt, but his career was thriving, but since Liu He and Qiu Yanmo indulged themselves in the first year of high school, their parents were afraid that Liu He would become a gentleman, so they deliberately learned the way in the TV series, and deliberately took Liu He back to his previous life, at the end of the first college entrance examination, his mother, who wanted to tell Liu He the truth, was stopped by his father to prevent Liu He from falling off the list, so as to prepare for repeating again, although the college entrance examination results did not come out after repeating, but the parents could not bear to let Liu He repeat and suffer, seeing Liu He so sensible for so many years, his parents regretted it, No more hiding.

After learning the truth, Liu He began to ridicule his parents' childish ideas and practices, because they didn't know how much Liu He had been through. The so-called good intentions of parents are nothing more than not understanding their sons.

Liu He, who is too tired, has no intention of thinking about these anymore, he has experienced ups and downs, and he has experienced too many losses so that he has seen through the ups and downs of life, some of the things he has worked hard to protect will always flow away easily, and some things that he wants to avoid will always never disappear. This is what life looks like, and everything slowly becomes dull in Liu He's eyes.

Liu He didn't ask too much, let alone think too much, just fell asleep.

Although the exam has ended, Liu He has still not been able to get out of the college entrance examination, after all, the results are unknown, Liu He has a nightmare of the college entrance examination overnight, either he is still nervous and busy in Qingquan No. 1 Middle School, or the brain in the examination room is not awake, and he wakes up in the morning and is in a strange situation, so that he is always a little flustered and nervous, and he is used to the repetition life of getting up early and going to bed late, and it is still difficult to adapt mentally.

When I went downstairs, I saw that my mother was making breakfast, and my father set off to talk about business in other places, and the one-year closure made Liu He seem to be a little estranged from his parents, after all, everything in front of him made him feel extremely unsteady.

"He, your father and I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I didn't expect you to be so sensible..." After so many years of concealment of Liu He, I wanted Liu He to work hard and devote himself to studying, but who would have thought that Liu He's sensibility made him suffer a lot of hardships, and in the face of Liu He's timid posture and thin figure, his mother felt guilty, and regretted the decision made by his father at that time.

"In the first year of high school, your homeroom teacher Tian Shengqi said that you and your class had a precocious love at that time, and often skipped class, seeing that you were going to take a detour, your father and I were very anxious to come up with this method." The mother soothed her emotions and began to explain the situation to Liu He.

"Your dad and I directed and acted to tell you that our family went bankrupt and moved to live with the old family, all in order to make you feel good and make you a good student again, your dad and I didn't go to college, but you are our only son, you must have a good job. If you don't go to college, you'll..."

Before his mother finished speaking, Liu He began to lose control of his emotions, he didn't expect that he would live in the same plot as a TV series in the past few years, and his parents deliberately concealed their family property in order to exercise and cultivate their son... Liu He didn't care about his parents' deception, but couldn't stop pouring out those intense pain and regrets in his heart, just because he was considerate of his parents, he had been looked down upon by his classmates for his thrift, and also caused serious malnutrition and rib valgus, because of his understanding of his parents, he was always under great pressure, tense nerves, nightmares, and on the verge of collapse.

From mental to physical, Liu He is taking on beyond the limit, and the pressure of several years in a row has made Liu He withdrawn and not very gregarious, which has made Liu He develop an inferiority complex, timidity and cringe, but he has suffered too much and endured too much at a young age.

After listening to his mother's words, Liu He had no argument and catharsis, and he sighed and returned to the bedroom. He wanted to try to be considerate of his parents, but he couldn't understand why his parents used lies and deception to make him change, and he couldn't understand why he used poverty to lead him to success.

Slowly, Liu He no longer has much communication with his mother, every day Liu He rides a bicycle out in the morning, or goes to the old house of the family home where he once lived to see, where demolition and construction have begun, the excavator is rumbling on the ruins, Liu He saw that the alley where he used to play with Wen Jing and Dongjun was buried in the ruins, Wen Jing's home and his own home also fell down in the steel claw of the excavator, only the old pine and cypress at the head of the alley when he was a child is still standing, and countless memories evoke Liu He's countless thoughts - things are not, people are no more.

After all, he has been busy with work and neglected Liu He in the past few years, and the lack of father's love also made him extremely self-blaming and ashamed, and wanted to make up for his deception and ignorance of Liu He at that time.

It was another short wait for results, and the torment for Liu He was also alleviated a lot. Finally, when it was time to check the results, Liu He confidently and calmly checked the results - 64 points higher than the first line!

Wen Jing also asked about Liu He's grades for the first time, and was sincerely happy for Liu He, not happy that Liu He could go to college, but happy that Liu He could no longer suffer and hardship.

At this moment, Liu He completely unloaded all his worries and depression, and the mental and physical exhaustion poured into his whole body, he was very tired, but he didn't dare to sleep, for fear that waking up it would be a dream.

Immediately afterwards, when Liu He's parents were excitedly discussing whether Liu He should report to Peking University or Tsinghua University, Liu He's mind flashed with the painstaking solitude of three years of high school, and the one-year purgatory nirvana of clearing the circle.

Later, Liu He learned that Wang Meng had fallen off the list, and when it was time to fill in the volunteers, his parents arranged for the driver to send Liu He and Wang Meng to Qingquan No. 1 Middle School. The head teacher, Lao Du, proudly showed off his achievements in the past year: 109 people in the class, 80 people were admitted to a book, 7 of them are expected to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University according to the admission line of previous years, including Liu He, and another 26 people were admitted to the second book, only 3 people fell off the list, one is Wang Meng, and the other two are Wang Lingling and Xu Songtao, who are in early love.

Wang Lingling and Xu Songtao did not feel faceless, but calmly reported to the vocational and technical college of the province, but the two did not report to the same school, it turned out that the two broke up after the college entrance examination, and the breakup was not because of the failure of the college entrance examination, but because the one-year love during the repetition period was just a motivation to support the two to go on under great pressure and another way of catharsis, or the sustenance of each other's tired hearts, but the way they chose was not recognized by this environment this season, which only added additional psychological burden, Causing two people to stress more than the other.

Purgatory has smelted their fighting spirit, and choosing a specialty may also be a kind of "resignation". Because they know that not everyone can or must go to college, and not every effort will necessarily be rewarded.

When choosing a school, Liu He did not follow the advice of his parents and class teacher to choose Peking University and Tsinghua University, nor did he follow Pan Wenjing's advice to choose Fudan, he has always had a faint voice in his heart, not an illusion, but like the arrangement of fate, guiding him to choose that ancient city, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties - Nanjing.

After choosing Nanjing University, Liu He did not hesitate to choose the law major, because his timid heart made him full of fear for the future, and the weakness in front of fate also made him full of fear of the unknown.

Fortunately, the two sisters, Zhai Yan and Zhai Jiao, were admitted to one book.

After Zhai Yan learned that Liu He reported to Nanjing, she took the initiative to go to Liu He, Liu He knew what he meant, although there was no snow away, but Liu He never considered choosing to start a relationship after the college entrance examination.

"Thank you for what you said to me at the time, if you hadn't turned my attention to the exam, I guess I would still be there and not doing my job, hehe." Zhai Yan spoke generously with Liu He, however, this was also the first time that the two of them had spoken officially.

"It's nothing, you're good, you're good." Liu He didn't know what to say, and Zhai Yan's words also surprised Liu He a little, and he thought it would be a confession or a promise.

"You used to want to focus on the college entrance examination, and now that we have all crossed the threshold of the college entrance examination, will you focus on other aspects in the future?"

Liu He suddenly became annoyed, and sure enough, Zhai Yan still wanted his attitude.

"I understand, you are very good, but you reported to Beijing, I reported to Nanjing..."Without the pressure of the college entrance examination, the success of the college entrance examination and the reality of the family also made Liu He change his inferiority complex in the past and become much more confident. He wanted to euphemistically explain the obstacles and difficulties that existed in reality to Zhai Yan, so that Zhai Yan would retreat.

"Then let's have a four-year appointment, if I can be admitted to the school you applied for after four years, then I think we can get to know each other better..."

"Eh, good..., oh, no, no, we..., this..."In the face of Zhai Yan's euphemistic expression, Liu He couldn't reply clearly, for fear that he wouldn't be able to do it when he agreed, and he was afraid that if he didn't agree, he would show that he would take Zhai Yan's words as a confession, which was a bit self-inflicted. In desperation, Liu He hesitated and did not express his position.

"Then it's settled, hee-hee." Zhai Yan agreed with Liu He and left happily.

Liu He wanted to speak and stopped, thinking that it would be long in four years, the world would change, even if he kept his promise, he was afraid that Zhai Yan would forget the jokes of his youth when he met the right person.

After filling in the volunteer form, Liu He couldn't find Wang Meng. Liu He blamed himself very much in his heart, and only cared about chatting and talking with his classmates, but failed to take care of Wang Meng's feelings of being off the list. Yes, Wang Lingling and Xu Songtao left after volunteering, and Wang Meng was a loser in the classroom, and his heart must be extremely low.

Seeing that the classmates were almost gone, Wang Meng was still not seen inside and outside the classroom, just as Liu He was about to go downstairs, he saw Wang Meng coming out of Lao Du's office, and only after asking did he know that Wang Meng had to repeat his studies for another year!

As soon as he heard the news, Liu He was shocked and suddenly felt a great pressure rushing, although he was glad that he had been out of the sea of suffering, but his friends who accompanied him all the way had to go through another year of purgatory Liu He was also extremely sad, the two were silent all the way, and in a daze, the two friends in distress finally came to a fork in the road, one is the road to purgatory, and the other is the road to heaven.

As long as the original intention is still there, we must continue to go on the road with pain and regret, even if we are tired, we must brave the wind and rain, wipe away the tears and sweat, forge ahead, and gallop without stopping...