The exhilarating winter holidays are here again.

"Lin Ximeng, do you have time during the winter vacation?" When I returned to my hometown, I directly dialed Lin Ximeng's phone.

"I'm afraid not." The voice on the other end of the phone was still as crisp as a lark.

"What's going on?"

"If you want to find an internship unit, many internship positions have been sent out invitations during the winter vacation. And I'm going to have to spend a little more time preparing. ”

"Oh, that's going to have to be prepared." I was a little disappointed, and after half a year of hard waiting, I finally couldn't get a meeting. But she also has a point, and it's really important to find an internship.

"You're looking for an internship too, right?" Lin Ximeng asked rhetorically.

She really stopped me when she asked. As a freshman, I never thought that I would be looking for an internship in my junior year, and I never thought that the job would be so close to us. But I don't want to tell her about my insurance research just yet.

"Well, our school has special arrangements." Another thing that came to mind, which can barely be called an internship, "The following summer, the school connected us with four training locations, and we chose one of them. ”

"Oh? Sounds pretty good. Your school is so good. ”

"Haha, three of them are in Changsha and one is in Shanghai. Our teacher was so amused that he warned the students who went to Shanghai to bring their own bottle of hot sauce. ”

"Why?"

"Those who have been eating spicy food for a long time are afraid that they will not be used to going to Shanghai."

"Haha, then do you choose Shanghai?"

"I really want to spend the summer vacation in Shanghai, but I'm not interested in the training content in Shanghai. I want to choose Android program development. ”

"Oh, that's a novelty."

"Haha, yes." I also wanted to say that it was a pity that I couldn't be in Shanghai, so I could be closer to her, but I was embarrassed to say it. But what if it's in Shanghai? Lin Ximeng is not studying in Shanghai, she stays in school or goes home during the summer vacation, which is actually a different place for Shanghai. I'm in Changsha or I'm in Shanghai, it's the same.

We continued to talk about a lot of things that had happened recently, and Lin Ximeng on the other end of the phone was very happy, and I was also very happy. It's just that I didn't get to see each other, and I'm still a little bit lacking.

According to the usual practice, every time I come back from vacation, I will make an appointment with He Xiaoyu for dinner, and this time is no exception.

"Did you make an appointment with Lin Ximeng during the winter vacation?" He Xiaoyu asked.

"Nope."

"What's going on?"

"She's too busy preparing for her internship to have time."

"It's an excuse, she doesn't really want to see you. If you really want to see it, you can squeeze out a day. ”

"Well, maybe. But I talked to her on the phone and had a good conversation. ”

"That's not interesting, the key is to make an appointment."

Under He Xiaoyu's sharp gaze, I really felt that this winter vacation was a loss. After this half semester of hard work, maybe Lin Ximeng feels like an ordinary friend to me, maybe the excitement that rises in my heart every time is just self-moving.

This kind of self-emotion once again appeared at the beginning of the new semester. That's right, it's my birthday again.

When the mobile phone jumped up again, I picked it up with great anticipation, and sure enough, I once again reaped the simple blessing of Lin Ximeng. She was able to maintain a tacit understanding with me as always, and this alone, even if it was just my ego, I felt full of strength to meet any challenge in this world.

One of these challenges is the most important computer race of the spring.

In the past year, I, Peng Xu, and Tao Yue have experienced the school competition and the provincial competition, and they have all achieved good results. Now, we're about to face an even bigger event – the regional races. It's a national-level competition, and if you can come out on top, you'll be selected for the national team and represent your country in world-class competitions. Even if you don't make it to the national team, getting an ordinary ranking can become the goal of fierce competition among major companies.

We were assigned to a less difficult area - the southwest region. This time, the venue for the southwest region is Chengdu.

As the saying goes: "It is difficult to go to Shu Road, and it is difficult to go to the sky." For the first time, I realized the meaning of this sentence. It took us almost a day to ride the green train before we finally arrived in Chengdu.

Along the way, I felt very uncomfortable, although there was a sleeper, although there was a place to sit, but I still felt that my legs were firmly bound, like a hundred pounds of lead balls tied to my feet, which made my legs sore and swollen.

However, Peng Xu and Tao Yue may be even more uncomfortable than me. They obviously didn't want me to see the relationship between them, and it must have been quite torturous to suppress the love for each other in their hearts. At least I have such an experience, my liking for Yan Jinfeng and Lin Ximeng has been buried in my heart, and it has been at least ten years in total.

It was already evening when I arrived in Chengdu, and I felt a little cold when I got off the train.

Later, the reception staff took us in a van to the campus where the competition was hosted. The location of this school is also quite remote, and at a glance, the surroundings are deserted. I hugged myself tightly, feeling really colder than at the station, so I wanted to hurry to the dormitory and take a hot shower to warm up.

When I woke up the next morning, I felt that something was not right, as if I had been thrown into a Sichuan-style hot pot to soak, and I was hot and limp all over.

Whether it's a cold or a cold, or not adapting to the soil and water, I realize that this is really a disadvantage!

"Friends, I seem to have a high fever." I bent my back, drooped my eyelids, and struggled to keep up with Peng Xu and Tao Yue, and said to them with a dull gaze.

"Not really." Tao Yue said she was surprised.

Peng Xu touched my forehead and was also surprised: "Why is it so hot!" ”

"Yes, and I feel cold and shivering."

"After reporting later, let's go find the infirmary here." Peng Xu said with concern.

I looked at Peng Xu and nodded, this guy usually laughs and laughs, likes to joke with others, and he is still very decent at a critical time, and he can bring warmth to people, maybe this is the reason why he can win Tao Yue's heart.

Later, with the help of the tournament organizers, we found the infirmary and gave us a simple drip, hoping to get better the next day. However, it backfired, and I woke up the next morning with a mess in my head.

"Peng Xu, Tao Yue, it's mainly up to the two of you today." I gasped as I spoke.

"Hey, let's do our best." Peng Xu said.

When we came to the arena, we were instantly blown away by the scene. The whole classroom was about the size of six basketball courts, and the front podium was densely packed with large envelopes containing test questions, and on the wall behind it hung huge electronic boards, like a huge screen showing the scores on the court, which we knew was used to broadcast the live rankings.

There were also several bags of balloons of various colors beside the podium, the ones that had just been opened and the ones that had not yet been blown up. There were also a few balloons of completely different colors that had been blown up and pasted on the wall by the window, and each balloon had a letter affixed to it, which was the inscription number of the balloon of that color.

The rest of the space in the arena was filled with rows of computer desks, and of course, according to the rules of the game, only the middle table had a computer among the three connected tables.

There are already quite a few teams in place. We quickly found our place in the back of the classroom, just in the middle of the room. If this is a movie theater, this location is indeed a good seat with a good movie-going experience. It's basically facing the ranking board, which makes us feel quite stressed.

"There are less than 200 teams, let's try to make it to the top 100, so we can get a medal." I said.

"Looks pretty easy, as long as we take out half of the team." Peng Xu said happily.

"You can't underestimate this competition, let's do it steadily." Tao Yue said with a straight face.

I think there are always a small number of questions that are simple, as long as you do them well and don't make too many mistakes, you should be very sure of getting the rankings. However, when the test questions came down, I was dumbfounded. Over and over again, it seems that there are only two questions that I think are "easy", and the other dozen or so questions are not simple, and even some of them I can't even read.

"Let me do these two relatively simple ones, and you can study the others first." I said with my spirits on my feet.

"Can you still type code?" Peng Xu asked.

"I can't make soy sauce completely. Don't worry, although I'm a little sluggish, this kind of simple topic is still not a problem. ”

However, it may be easy to overlook some details when I am depressed, and I have submitted it several times, but I have not been able to fully pass. A penalty is calculated for each failure, and the final score is ranked according to the total time spent plus the penalty for teams that make the same number of questions, with the team with the shortest time taken at the top of the list.

My operation really dragged the team back a lot, and it was not until Peng Xu and Tao Yue joined in to discuss it that it was successfully passed.

The atmosphere was quite tense, and I made a lot of mistakes, which made me feel even more breathless, and I just felt that my head was getting hotter and heavier, and my whole body was shaky, as if I was going to fall into hell, torn and melted in the boiling molten iron.

In the end, we missed out on the medal by just one place.

Peng Xu and Tao Yue said that it was a pity, and I also looked at the name of our team on the big screen with mixed feelings.

It could have succeeded, but it was just a little bit short! A little bit! If I can be in better shape, if I can be stronger and grit my teeth to break through the layers of mental shackles, I should be able to succeed!

It's just a little bit off! A little bit! Is this the end of me and it?

I looked out at the dark night sky, as if I saw the merciless mockery of fate. Ever since I first met computers in elementary school, I've felt the blow it has brought me countless times, and I've wanted to give up countless times. And yet, what a ridiculous fate! It's what keeps me connected to the computer, but why does it bring me back to the bottom at the most critical moment, and all my efforts to pursue it come to naught?

It's just a little bit off! A little bit! It became my regret in the end!