Before the end of the Chinese class the next day, Teacher Zhang said: "The school decided to hold an essay competition in the first year of high school, with the road as the theme, which can be the road of practice, the road of innovation, the road of Datong, the road of friendship, the road of self-cultivation, the road of culture and the road to success, etc., and everyone will hand it over to me in the Chinese class next Monday." ”

Immediately, a student asked, "Teacher Zhang, is there a bonus?" ”

Teacher Zhang smiled: "We are students, we can't focus on money, but there must be material rewards." ”

So in the next few days, Wu Jiang's mind was almost entirely focused on practicing calligraphy and writing. Wu Jiang knew that practicing calligraphy was not an overnight effort, so he was determined to persevere.

However, the composition was completed very quickly. Wu Jiang took the road of growth as the theme, and wrote it in one go, sprinkled with more than 1,000 words, but he still felt that he was still unfinished, although this was already a super long length in the composition.

Wu Jiang believes that there will inevitably be hardships on the road to growth, but we must not lose ourselves because of this, and only by growing up happily will the other side of success be more exciting.

In addition to being dissatisfied with his words, Wu Jiang is still very sure that he will win the award. During this period, Dong Xiaolai asked Wu Jiang what theme he was going to write, but Wu Jiang didn't want to hide it, and told him very frankly that he had written about the road to growth.

Dong Xiao said: "I am going to write about the road of friendship. ”

Wu Jiang burst out laughing: "The love between men and women? Friendship with classmates? So much sentimentality? ”

The three consecutive questions made Dong Xiao smile awkwardly, and simply avoided the question: "Hehe, you will know when you are superior." ”

Dong Xiao knew that Wu Jiang was the first in Chinese, and after reading Wu Jiang's first essay, he knew that composition was Wu Jiang's strength, this was an essay competition, Wu Jiang would definitely write with his heart, and he would definitely be better than himself, so he deliberately said so.

A week later, the results came out, Dong Xiao won the first prize, Zhou Ji Wu Jiang won the second prize, and five other students won the third prize. Although Wu Jiang didn't win the first prize, seeing that he and Zhou Ji both won the second prize, he thought that Zhou Ji must also have the same award certificate as himself, so he was still happy in his heart.

However, soon there was a piece of news that made Wu Jiang not calm, and the school decided that Dong Xiao and Zhou Ji would participate in the city's essay competition on behalf of Jiang Yi's first grade of high school.

At the end of the night's self-study, Wu Jiang was a little lost and wanted to go back to the dormitory alone, so he sat in the classroom and waited for the classmates to leave when they were almost gone. When passing by the small bridge to the west of the classroom, Dong Xiao somehow appeared beside him.

Wu Jiang reacted quickly, thinking if he was here to demonstrate? But what he said was: "Congratulations, and I wish you another good result." ”

Dong Xiao's face showed surprise: "Thank you." ”

Without waiting for Dong Xiao to say anything, Wu Jiang's tone immediately became serious: "You're not here to demonstrate, are you?" This time you win. ”

Dong Xiao looked surprised: "Huh? Demonstrate? ”

Wu Jiang smiled a little unnaturally: "Isn't there a superiority?" ”

Dong Xiao suddenly laughed: "Haha, it turns out that you are struggling with this?" ”

Then he continued: "How can some people imagine that we are in the belly of a gentleman? I'm here to tell you that you actually won. Today, Teacher Zhang came to me and said that you were the best writer in this essay competition, but she said that your handwriting was too sloppy, so she didn't choose you to participate in the city's essay competition. Your second prize is also for this reason. ”

Wu Jiang, who knew the truth, was a little disappointed, thinking that if it weren't for his indisputable words, he might be able to represent the school with Zhou Ji in the competition. Thinking like this, I suddenly felt a little indignant in my heart, doesn't the essay competition look at the words and not look at the quality of the article? smiled coldly at Dong Xiao: "Is the essay contest a beauty pageant?" Beauty pageants don't just rely on face brushing, they also have to look at the connotation, right? ”

Dong Xiao was not swayed by Wu Jiang's sudden emotions, he actually approached Wu Jiang, stared at Wu Jiang's face, and said seriously: "I solemnly announce, brush your face, Wu Jiang will be the first prize, and Dong Xiao will be the second prize." ”

Looking at Dong Xiao with a sincere face, Wu Jiang thought to himself that if he really wanted to brush his face, this kid would not necessarily lose to himself. The faces of the two were too close, and Wu Jiang ducked back to hide his embarrassment: "I'm not like some people who are so golden, maybe they have a bad stomach." ”

Dong Xiao was overjoyed: "What? Brother's appearance can also beat Jiang Yi No. 1 Middle School by brushing his face, and there is only one opponent stronger than me, right? ”

The word opponent was said by Dong Xiao at this time, but there was no sense of bluntness, but it made Wu Jiang very useful to listen to.

Wu Jiang unconsciously looked at Dong Xiao again, and a handsome face was looking at him with sincerity. I thought in my heart that Dong Xiao, the number one person, can regard himself as an opponent, and it seems that he still values himself very much. Because after a few days of contact, Wu Jiang knew that Dong Xiao was actually an arrogant person in his bones.

So he wanted to make fun of Dong Xiao, and deliberately used a strange tone: "Isn't it just an essay competition?" The opponent has two words out. ”

Dong Xiao smiled: "What I said is very true, we and Wanshou are in a couple shirt, how can we be opponents?" ”

Speaking of the couple shirts, Wu Jiang and Dong Xiao looked at each other at the same time, and immediately looked away, and the atmosphere was suddenly a little awkward.

The two of them walked to the dormitory without saying a word. In order to break the silence, Wu Jiang mentioned what Dong Xiao said to him for the first time at the beginning of the school year, which was a stalk in Wu Jiang's heart: "On the first day of school, when you came to my dormitory, why did you ask me if I was a new teacher?" Am I really that old? ”

Dong Xiao was silent for a while, his face was a little red: "Want to listen to the truth?" ”

Wu Jiang looked at Dong Xiao, smiled, and asked puzzledly: "Is there something unspeakable?" ”

Dong Xiao didn't look at Wu Jiang, and seemed a little embarrassed: "I always thought I was handsome enough, but I didn't expect to see you on the first day of school, and I felt that this person was more handsome than me at first sight." Although he was about the same age as me, he looked a little melancholy and a little gloomy, and I thought it might be a teacher, who wanted to pretend to be deep in front of the students. And I don't want to be my classmate, otherwise they will compare me to me. So, just ask if you're a new teacher. ”

Dong Xiao spoke in a rambling manner, and it was really verbose, Wu Jiang didn't take it seriously, but he still said with a smile: "You are indeed handsome enough, more handsome than me, and smarter than me, so you don't need to be arrogant." ”

Dong Xiao blushed: "Hurt me? ”

Wu Jiang remained silent: "Tell the truth." ”

Dong Xiao smiled: "The two handsome guys praised each other like this, and people heard that they wanted to laugh at us." ”

Wu Jiang also smiled: "I don't gossip, I won't say this to others, just know it." ”

The two of them laughed and arrived at the boys' dormitory area, Wu Jiang habitually glanced at the girls' dormitory area next door, and suddenly thought that this time Zhou Ji and Dong Xiao went to participate in the essay competition, the two of them must be together, and their brains were a little chaotic all of a sudden, and the pace that had been speeding up stopped all of a sudden, and they almost collided with Dong Xiao who was following.

Wu Jiang glanced back at Dong Xiao and startled Dong Xiao. Wu Jiang smiled awkwardly and ran to the dormitory, leaving Dong Xiao, who was unknown, stunned in place.

In fact, Wu Jiang was still a little concerned about this essay competition, perhaps because he knew that Zhou Ji and Dong Xiao were going to the city to compete.

In the next few days, in addition to studying, Wu Jiang basically used the post between classes, although the progress was not fast, but he felt that he had improved. Especially once, Mr. Zhang asked him if he asked his classmates to copy his current composition? Wu Jiang said no, I wrote it myself. Teacher Zhang also sighed softly, saying how the words in the essay contest were completely different from now.

Wu Jiang didn't explain, but he smiled in his heart. It seems that Dong Xiao said that Mr. Zhang said that his composition is the best, which is true, so naturally he got closer to Dong Xiao.

Approaching Dong Xiao, Wu Jiang's heart is actually a little tangled. But because I wanted to know about Dong Xiao and Zhou Ji's participation in the essay contest together, Wu Jiang basically took the initiative to find Dong Xiao recently. For example, when he went to the cafeteria after class in the morning, and at the end of the night self-study, Wu Jiang would call Dong Xiao to go together.

Wu Jiang is introverted, and after coming into contact with Dong Xiao, he admires Dong Xiao's open-mindedness and heartiness, so he still wants to communicate with Dong Xiao more in his heart. However, in general, Dong Xiao was more active, and after class, he would ask Wu Jiang to go to the cafeteria or dormitory together. After a few days, a few people in the dormitory sometimes stopped acting with Wu Jiang.

Wu Jiang also asked about the essay contest very tactfully, and Dong Xiao only said that he had not received a notice every time. Wu Jiang couldn't ask Zhou Ji about the situation clearly, so he could only be in a hurry.

Until one day when class came, the first class was Mr. Yu's math class, and no one shouted to stand up. Teacher Yu said: "Dong Xiao went to the city to participate in the essay contest today, and the deputy class leader shouted to stand up. ”

Wu Jiang was a little unhappy in his heart, he saw Dong Xiao's seat empty in the morning, and thought that he had something wrong, and he was still a little worried, it turned out that he was going to participate in the essay competition, but he didn't tell himself.

After class, I deliberately went to the corridor of Class 1 to go around, but I didn't see Zhou Ji, so I was sure that Dong Xiao and Zhou Ji went to participate in the competition. Wu Jiang's heart was a little empty.

Dong Xiao came back in the afternoon, and immediately surrounded a circle of classmates to ask about the competition. Wu Jiang didn't bother to listen to what everyone said, so he only buried his head in writing his own words.

After the afternoon class, Dong Xiao stood beside Wu Jiang and said, "Let's go, go eat."

Wu Jiang's face was expressionless, he glanced up at Dong Xiao, and smiled reluctantly: "What's the matter?" ”

Dong Xiao was puzzled: "What? ”

Wu Jiang thought that Dong Xiao was pretending to be stupid, and he was a little disdainful in his heart: "Essay competition." ”

Dong Xiao said: "The results have not come out yet. ”

Wu Jiang finally didn't hold back: "What about Zhou Ji, what?" ”

It turned out that the focus of Wu Jiang's concern was Zhou Ji.

Dong Xiao was silent for a while: "I didn't ask, Teacher Zhang also went, they have been together." ”

Wu Jiang suddenly felt relaxed, and deliberately asked mysteriously: "You went to the competition, why were you so sneaky and didn't tell me?" ”

Dong Xiao touched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm afraid you have ideas, don't you mind this competition very much?" ”

This sentence moved Wu Jiang inexplicably, it turned out that Dong Xiao was thinking about his feelings, so he didn't say it, and couldn't help but punch Dong Xiao hard: "Enough buddy."

Seeing Wu Jiang's smile, Dong Xiao immediately had a bright face, and suddenly made a painful expression: "You want to murder your ....." Dong Xiao stopped after kissing the word.

Wu Jiang answered: "Brother."

Dong Xiao was unconvinced: "Why am I a younger brother, or am I bigger than one another?" ”

Dong Xiao's face was ambiguous, which made Wu Jiang a little embarrassed, and took out his ID card casually. Dong Xiao took a look, looked surprised, and only looked at Wu Jiang fixedly.

Wu Jiang didn't know why: "I'm big." ”

Dong Xiao silently took out his ID card and handed it to Wu Jiang. This time it was Wu Jiang's turn to be speechless. The ID numbers of the two, except for the tail number, are actually the same, both of them are birthdays on October 6.

Dong's portrait is self-talking: "Born on the same day, same month, and same year." ”

Wu Jiang fell silent, thinking to himself, Dong Xiao, this buddy, is settled.

In the cafeteria, Wu Jiang saw Zhou Ji, who was still wearing the same clothes as he took his student ID that day, delicate and elegant. Seeing that Zhou Ji was also looking at his side, Wu Jiang unconsciously looked at Dong Xiao, Dong Xiao buried his head in eating, and did not look at Zhou Ji.