Soon after school started, it was my birthday, and I wondered if Lin Ximeng would take the initiative to send a text message.

Sure enough, at noon, accompanied by a crisp mobile phone prompt sound, Lin Ximeng's blessing came as promised.

I excitedly turned on the screen and read word by word. Through each word, I seemed to see Lin Ximeng's smile, as if I saw Lin Ximeng reading this passage, as if I saw Lin Ximeng's gently upturned corners of his mouth, and a crisp voice came, like a breeze blowing through a silver bell, straight into my heart.

I have also doubted what He Xiaoyu said, and I have doubted the process of ordinary communication. I once had an idea, if two people have a tacit understanding, can they not be together often, can they not always be on the phone, as long as they can think of each other in every silent night, as long as they can send their hearts to each other on every important day, okay?

I held my phone tightly and repeatedly recited Lin Ximeng's blessings. Just like this, we send each other deep blessings on each other's birthdays, telling each other: I haven't forgotten you, and I will tell you on this important day - I still remember you.

There are many important days, Spring Festival, Valentine's Day, Christmas, but only the birthday of two people is an exclusive festival that belongs to only two people, remembering a person's birthday is to remember a person, and sending birthday wishes to each other is the best gift to each other.

A year's waiting is for this day, and the most longed-for thing in the year is this day, the deepest love of the year, is on this day.

Maybe I should rekindle my desire for love, my desire for Lin Xi's dream!

In April, the warm sunshine finally drove away the heavy rain and the humid air gradually became pleasant. I went to the computer room of the school, sat down in front of the computer again, and looked at the algorithm problems one after another. This is how the 4th Computer Programming Contest of Zuoyang University began.

Some of the questions are so simple that I've done them I don't know how many times. Now that I see these topics again, I feel a strong sense of intimacy. It's like an old friend who hasn't seen me for many years, who has gone through a thousand ups and downs, and reunited in a chance opportunity, and the straight teacher was moved to tears, no less than the excitement and relief that ignited in my heart when I saw Lin Ximeng's text message.

However, this time it was different from a few years ago, I still have two teammates by my side, and we need to work together to solve these problems through a reasonable division of labor. For each successful completion of a question, the organizer will place a balloon in our seats that corresponds to the color of the question.

After dozens of days of self-study and training, my two teammates have been able to solve some simple problems proficiently, and I will give them those simple problems with confidence, and then start from relatively complex problems by myself.

Soon, three or four balloons were inserted on our table, which became a beautiful scenery in the computer room and attracted the attention of the invigilation team. The members of the invigilation team were several seniors who were also the questioners of this competition, and they got together to discuss the team that participated in the competition for the first time but achieved good results, and nodded.

In the end, our team won the second prize. After the competition, the seniors of the invigilation team found us.

"Hello, we are the organizers of this school competition. You guys have a good result in this competition, have you participated in a similar competition before? ”

"He attended!" Peng Xu pointed at me very happily.

Faced with this question, I don't know how to answer. If I haven't participated, I did win the first prize in the programming competition very early; If I did, I was far away from the competition when it was at its highest, when I was in high school.

Now, since Peng Xu has impulsively turned over my foundation, I have no choice but to answer stubbornly: "Well, I participated in it a long time ago, and it was called the 'Olympiad in Informatics' back then." ”

“NOI？ Have you ever participated in the NOI? "The senior looked at me in surprise, as if he had found a treasure.

"Yes, but I only participated in elementary and junior high school, not in high school." I'm pretty honest about the situation, lest he really think I'm good.

"Attended so early? Awesome! It seems that the hidden master in the school has been discovered today. ”

"No, no, I'm average." Chen Sifan smiled embarrassedly, afraid that he really thought I was powerful.

"Do you know ACM?"

"I don't know." I really don't know.

"It's an international college student programming competition, you can think of it as the university version of NOI, it's the world's top competition in college student programming. Our school competition is conducted according to the rules of the ACM competition, and it is also to select the best players to join the school team. I came to you to congratulate you on passing the selection of the school team and inviting you to join the big family of our ACM team of Zuo Yong University. If you're interested, we have a training camp during the summer holidays, followed by the provincial races in September, then the regional races around November, and finally the international races in March. ”

"ACM" – the university version of NOI! A sense of intimacy arose, but it also made me ponder.

Taking this step means that I have to take back all my hatred of computers, regain the shattered memories scattered all over the place, and spend more energy piecing them back together. At the same time, it also means that I surrendered to my fate, with tears in my eyes.

Can't escape this curse after all?

Even if I don't have contact, I can't forget the dream of Lin Xi, which I can't help but rekindle hope.

Even if I wanted to escape, I couldn't get rid of the computer, and it seemed that I was able to find myself again in this competition.

Tao Yue thought for a moment and nodded happily.

"You're so interested in computers?" Once again, I was amazed that a girl like her, who was studying medicine, could love computers so much.

"I'd like to give it a try." She said calmly.

"Would you consider giving up medicine and studying computer science in the future?"

"It depends, my family asked me to study medicine, and for a girl, medicine is a good major, and I like it a lot. It's just that after I got into computers in my freshman year, I found that I seemed to be more interested in computers. However, after all, I have studied medical knowledge for two years, and it is not realistic to change disciplines, so it is better to continue to major in medicine and develop small programs in my spare time. A rare smile appeared on her face.

I was lost in thought again.

My hatred for computers comes from the blow of failure on the road to computers, and on the other hand, it is true that I have a hobby that is more interested in computers than computers. This is just like my retreat in front of Lin Ximeng, on the one hand, it comes from the bumps in the road of my pursuit, and on the other hand, maybe I didn't put aside all kinds of worries and put my heart and soul into it.

Computers are to me what medicine is to her, and since she has embarked on this path, she has some foundation, and she should continue to walk. As for hobbies, there may also be an insurmountable gap, which can be daunting.

I was thinking about it, but Peng Xu readily agreed, and then looked at me with a mysterious smile, with an expression that seemed to be indifferent whether he participated or not, but he still wanted to participate and have fun, and seemed to say, "Aren't you very good, why don't you participate?" ”

I sighed, "Okay, I'll participate." ”

Maybe this time I will be able to work hard, devote myself to it, break through the bottleneck in my heart, and finally succeed.

"When is the training camp?" Peng Xu asked.

"The exact time has not yet been decided, but it is usually the first two weeks of the summer vacation."

"Two weeks!" I felt that the summer vacation, which had been going by so fast, had been cut in half at once.

"What's wrong?" The senior wondered.

"Ah, nothing." To be honest, two weeks is not much, but I have been looking forward to going back to meet Lin Ximeng as soon as possible during the summer vacation.

I can't wait to take advantage of this summer vacation. Maybe this time I redouble my efforts and work harder, I will be able to break through the bottleneck in my heart, enhance my relationship with Lin Ximeng, reach unprecedented heights, and finally succeed.

Like a rainbow blooming in the sky after the wind and rain, whether it is for the computer or for Lin Ximeng, I am full of confidence again.

I started to message Lin Ximeng again, chatting about the interesting things that happened every time and caring about how she was doing lately.

Maybe it's because Lin Ximeng is getting more and more used to using her mobile phone, or maybe it's because her feelings for me are getting deeper and deeper, and it's becoming more and more rare to be unable to contact people like her freshman year. Since the beginning of this semester, I have been able to call Lin Ximeng's phone every time, and I have been able to send my care and blessings in a timely manner.

I am very pleased. Maybe my thinking was too extreme, or maybe I was too inferior. Thankfully, I haven't given up on her yet, and I'm still able to get in touch with her, and after a long period of stagnation, I seem to be closer to her than before.

In the dormitory.

"Mao Xiaoer, I see that you are in a good mood recently, has anything good happened?" Geng Qiming asked me.

"The girl I was talking to is getting better again." I said angrily.

"Oh roar! Congratulations! Peng Xu came over with a smile, and then said to Geng Qiming, "Look at the other people's cat Xiaoer, how capable they are; Look at you again, why don't you hurry up and get your family's 'Fangfang' done. ”

"Fatty, you're talking nonsense again!" Geng Qiming slammed at Peng Xu's back, "Let me emphasize again, Fang Cuilan and I are just ordinary friends, I don't mean anything to her, don't give me publicity everywhere!" ”

Peng Xu smirked, obviously not taking what Geng Qiming said to heart.

"Let's get down to business." Geng Qiming calmed down and said seriously: "It's almost time to choose a major, how are you going to choose?" ”

"Tell me about yourself first." Peng Xu said.

"I decided to go for computers."

"Why?"

"As I said before, I think it's easiest to learn computer science, and I will have the highest income in the future."

"Haha, I thought so too." Peng Xu smiled, "Besides, we still have a good baby!" ”

They both looked at me in unison, and I could see that my heart was furious.

"Okay, okay, I've decided to choose a computer." After months of hesitation, I still couldn't accept calculus, I couldn't accept convolution. Eventually, after hearing the computer open its arms and say, "Come on," I fell.

"Let's just say, it's a pity that a talent like you doesn't choose a computer." Geng Qiming said with a smile.

"Haha, we won't lack thighs in the future." Peng Xu's smile always looked ill-intentioned.

That's fine.

In this way, I picked up the computer that had been shattered again, regained the love for Lin Ximeng that had been left behind in the nine skies, patted the dust on my body, greeted the sun, and set off again.