The evening self of Shulin Middle School was silent, and everyone was very consciously immersed in their studies, in order to be able to squeeze on the single-plank bridge and strengthen themselves.

Outside the office, Du Ruo knocked on the door, breaking the silence, and there seemed to be a response in the distance, and a few insects hummed softly.

"Teacher, I'm here." Du Ruo naturally moved a chair from the side, sat next to Teacher Chen, and put a notebook on the table.

"This is a short story I wrote some time ago, why does the teacher want to read this?" Du Ruo asked.

Mr. Chen picked up the notebook and flipped through the pages page by page, not a lot, and soon finished reading it.

"Well, what do you want to do in the future?" Teacher Chen put down his notebook and sighed.

"Writer." Du Ruo replied without thinking that it was indeed what he wanted to do.

"Sure enough." Teacher Chen smiled, but his face was still not good.

"Teacher? What's wrong with you? It looks like he's unhappy. Du Ruo asked.

"Actually, I was also doing literary creation in my spare time." Mr. Chen said, "A week ago, I finally completed my work, and I also gained a lot. But ah, yesterday I saw my work on a website and in a library. ”

"Piracy?" Du Ruo frowned.

"Hmm." Teacher Chen shook his head helplessly, "And it's really difficult to defend rights, a little person like us." ”

"It's really annoying, I work hard every day to type, keep revising, proofread repeatedly, and the result is that people can scan it overnight, and then put it on some website to show people for free. So I actually have a very real question for you here. ”

"Do your family conditions allow you to do such a public welfare act?"

"Public interest acts? I don't have that much money to spare. Du Ruo touched his nose, a little puzzled.

"Well, if you really want to be a writer. Actually, I just read your work, after all, you are not the kind of real literary genius, if the family conditions are not very good, it is still difficult to go down this road, those well-known writers who can make a fortune from words are still a few after all, but they are rare. You've probably read a lot of online literature, right? ”

"I've seen quite a bit."

"Have you read the classics?"

"Well, I've seen some of them too."

"Then you should be able to find that those literary works have rarely been able to repeatedly consider and polish the text as they used to. So, in fact, after thinking about it, I have given up on this path, and I don't want to end up writing impetuous works. Teacher Chen propped his chin with one hand, "Actually, I don't want to see you become like that, in fact, almost no matter what work you do, you will earn more money than ordinary writers in the same amount of time." So, do you still want to be a writer? ”

Du Ruo thought seriously for a while: "Teacher, I'm just a fledgling high school student, how can I tell me such a realistic thing." In fact, I also thought about it, and my parents also told me that being a writer can't even support myself. ”

"But." Du Ruo smiled, "I still want to give it a try." ”

Teacher Chen nodded, she knew that young people of this age would always have enthusiasm and ambition.

"You." Mr. Chen smiled helplessly, "There are fewer and fewer real writers in China." ”

Du Ruo blinked: "Teacher, I don't have to be a real writer, to be a person like Lu Xun." ”

"I just wish I could be happy in writing words, as for the real writer...... Just like the teacher said, be realistic, and I won't think about it until I can eat enough. ”

Teacher Chen nodded with a smile, and then said, "Then there is one more thing, you should know that our Zhejiang Province is implementing the new college entrance examination, right?" ”

"I've heard of it." Du Ruo nodded.

"When you get to your sophomore year of high school, you'll be faced with a choice." Teacher Chen took out a copy of the material, "Language, Mathematics and English are your compulsory subjects, and then choose three of the seven courses of physics, mathematics, chemistry, geography, history, politics, and technology as your college entrance examination subjects." ”

"Choose three...... College entrance examination. Du Ruo looked at this information, and what was shown above was the proportion of university majors that could be found in the right place when choosing subjects, and it was not surprising that science had an absolute advantage.

"Teacher, you asked me to watch this, did you want me to choose a science subject in my course selection?" Du Ruo pondered.

"Well, that's right."

"This seems to be a bit difficult to choose......" Du Ruo looked at it and felt completely uncertain.

"This is not very urgent, I told you in advance, I want you to make a good choice as soon as possible." Teacher Chen thought for a while, "By the way, come with me to the city again on Saturday, and the results of the last essay contest will come out." ”

……

"Do you still want to be a writer?" Teacher Chen's questions of helplessness and disappointment kept ringing in Du Ruo's mind, and he was constantly questioning his ideals in his heart.

"Twinkle and twinkle, Du Ruo is my little star~ Huh? Du Ruo, why have you been listless all the time? What's wrong? Xiang Qingmin was still as lively as ever, but he also found Du Ruo's serious expression.

Du Ruo briefly repeated what the head teacher had said to him, and finally stopped, raised his head, and looked at the three stars that he hadn't looked at for a long time.

"Do you know why I like you?" Xiang Qingmin asked with a smile.

"I want to hear about it." Du Ruo and Xiang Qingmin looked at each other.

"First of all, because Du Ruo is good-looking! On the day of the literary club meeting, I thought you were good-looking! This superficial reason made Du Ruo couldn't help but smile proudly, and Xiang Qingmin continued, "Also, you can do what others want to do but dare not do." ”

"Huh? What's up? ”

"Hmph, don't think I don't know, in fact, I saw you before the meeting of the Literary Society!" Xiang Qingmin hugged Du Ruo's arm and said with a smile, "Do you remember? That day, you went to find Lin Youlan, and you were rejected! ”

"Ahem, you...... You were on a shift that day? How do you know Lin Youlan......" Du Ruo touched his nose in embarrassment, he didn't expect Xiang Qingmin to see such an embarrassing scene.

"I know more than you think!" Xiang Qingmin puffed up his little nose proudly, "After you left that day, an old man said to Lin Youlan, you are the first in the city to be admitted to Shulin Middle School!" ”

"Old man?" Du Ruo smiled, "It should be the leader of the school, I asked Gu Peng's father to keep the relationship secret, and there shouldn't be many people who know about it." ”

"Hehe, that Lin Youlan's expression at that time was so resentful!" Xiang Qingmin gloated a little and said, "But that's what I like about you!" You studied so well but didn't take the exam, and you took the first place in the city in the high school entrance examination and didn't want others to know, I thought you were a very low-key person! But then, you went to the essay contest of the city's middle schools again, and you still wanted to win the first place, I don't know what you think. ”

"But I really like you like this!" Xiang Qingmin tilted his head, wrapped his hands around Du Ruo's waist, and leaned on Du Ruo's arms.

"Yes, Boss!" The little fat man came out from behind again, so frightened that Xiang Qingmin hurriedly let go with a red face and snorted lightly.

"Hey, hey." The little fat man smiled apologetically, "Boss, you are also like that in my heart, no matter what you do, you can do whatever you want in your heart, unrestrained, boss, if you are afraid because of such a trivial matter, then you are not my boss!" ”

"Go, get back on the run!" Du Ruo smiled and drove the little fat man home.

"Boss, you can do what you want, I'll support you in the future!" The little fat man shouted and ran upstairs.

"This little fat man doesn't study hard, and he still wants to support others." Du Ruo chuckled, his heart was warm, but he still had to scold the little fat man a few words.

"So, what do you think?" Xiang Qingmin took Du Ruo's hand.

Du Ruo shook his head with a smile, didn't say a word, and led Xiang Qingmin to the intersection.

"Be careful on the road." Du Ruo waved his hand and watched Xiang Qingmin go home.

"You too!" Xiang Qingmin smiled and blinked, turned around and went home.

……

Du Ruo opened the diary and flipped it forward, he knew that he had written a lot of bold words in the diary.

With a sigh, he turned back to the blank page and wrote down today's diary.

"Even though they all say that, it's still hard for me to decide."

"Because of my concern, and the people I want to protect, I can no longer follow my heart."

Du Ruo recalled Xiang Qingmin's sweet smile and never wrote for a long time.

"Anyway, I have another ideal...... I'm going to take her to that island to enjoy the cherry blossoms. ”