Lei Ruochen and Wu Yueming's frequent interaction made Zhang Tingting, who was sitting in front of Wu Yueming, generously propose to change seats with Lei Ruochen, so that Lei Ruochen sat directly in front of Wu Yueming.

Just when Wu Yueming thought that his relationship with Lei Ruochen would develop steadily upward, there were a little twists and turns. He forgot that there were still Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang. After self-study on the following Monday night, Wu Yueming found that Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang walked out of the school gate together, walking side by side with Lei Ruochen and Xu Tingjuan before they arrived at the Pity Bridge, just like they used to enter and exit Xinhua Bookstore.

"What the hell? Could it be that Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang are also renting a house outside? Tang Xiaogang asked.

"It's not clear yet, we'll find out in a while." Wu Yueming looked at Lei Ruochen's back, and suddenly he felt that he was back in the first year of high school, the moment when he could only look at Lei Ruochen's back forever.

"Yue Ming, are we going to keep up?"

"No, Lei Ruochen will feel embarrassed in this way, does Yu Wei know that Xu Tingjuan is your girlfriend? If he didn't know, Xu Tingjuan would also be embarrassed. ”

"Alright then, it looks like these two guys are not coming well." Tang Xiaogang patted Wu Yueming's shoulder.

Wu Yueming saw Lei Ruochen stop at the gate of the community, and Yu Wei, Guo Zhiqiang and Xu Tingjuan walked to the opposite community together, which is the community where Xu Tingjuan lives.

Wu Yueming ran to Lei Ruochen and walked side by side with her. He saw a hint of weirdness on Lei Ruochen's face. At this time, Lei Ruochen didn't say anything, Wu Yueming didn't ask, and Tang Xiaogang didn't say anything more consciously, and the three of them walked like this.

As soon as he returned to Gangmingju, Tang Xiaogang picked up his mobile phone and went to another room to call Xu Tingjuan. Half an hour later, he sat on the edge of his bed and said to Wu Yueming: "Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang are renting in Xu Tingjuan's community, just last week's incident, what are you going to do?" ”

"Let me think about it" Wu Yueming put his hands in his trouser pockets, stood in front of the window, and looked at Lei Ruochen's study on the third floor.

When he came to school the next day, Lei Ruochen still helped Wu Yueming tutor English during the break after dinner, as usual. Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang did not enter their topic, and they never did. After the evening self-study, I left the school gate. Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang followed Lei Ruochen and Xu Tingjuan, and the four of them walked side by side. Leave Wu Yueming and Tang Xiaogang behind.

"His uncle, Xu Tingjuan is my girlfriend, okay, leave me behind." Tang Xiaogang said indignantly.

"Xiaogang, it's okay, anyway, Xu Tingjuan is your girlfriend, what are you anxious about." Wu Yueming said.

After the evening self-study class that week, when Lei Ruochen and Xu Tingjuan left the school gate, Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang would follow, and the two of them seemed to have already arrived at the school gate.

"Yue Ming, it's been a week, it's not a way to go on like this, I want Xu Tingjuan to tell Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang, Lei Ruochen likes you. Let them retreat. Tang Xiaogang said very annoyingly.

"Don't, Lei Ruochen didn't say she liked me, she has been avoiding this matter, I think she either thinks in her heart that early love should not be, or she promises something to her parents, like she can't fall in love during high school or something. So don't be picky," Wu Yueming said, putting down the brush in his hand.

"What then? The four of you are at a stalemate like this? ”

"Of course not, this is not good for Lei Ruochen and for me, I have to find a way to let Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang quit by themselves, without Lei Ruochen clearly saying which of the three of us she likes."

"Well, it's even more painful than doing a hundred English test papers in a row, and you'll tell me when you figure it out." Tang Xiaogang fell sideways on the bed, picked up his mobile phone and began to chat with Xu Tingjuan on QQ.

"Xiao Gang, this matter still needs the help of you and Xu Tingjuan." Wu Yueming said half an hour later.

"Tell me, what's the help?"

"Let Xu Tingjuan tell Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang that I will ask the two of them to meet at the Houshan basketball court at two o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday."

"That's no problem," Tang Xiaogang rolled over and sat up, "What are you going to say to the two of them?" ”

"I'm going to ask the two of them to agree and let Xu Tingjuan tell Lei Ruochen a story."

"It's as simple as that?"

"Well, it's as simple as that, you'll know the story then."

At two o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, Tang Xiaogang accompanied Wu Yueming to meet Yu Wei and Li Zhiqiang on the basketball court in the back mountain. In the end, Wu Yueming spent half an hour of verbal speech to get the two of them to agree, and asked Xu Tingjuan to tell Lei Ruochen a story.

After self-study class that night, Wu Yueming, Tang Xiaogang, Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang watched Lei Ruochen and Xu Tingjuan walk out of the school gate, and the four of them planned to leave the school gate in ten minutes.

When she arrived at the Pity Bridge, Xu Tingjuan began to tell Lei Ruochen that story.

"Ruochen, can I ask you a question?" Xu Tingjuan said.

"Say it"

"I was recently reading a school novel in which three boys fall in love with a girl at the same time, and let's say the names of the three boys are A, B, and C. The three boys and the girl were classmates in elementary school, and C fell in love with the girl in elementary school, and later in junior high school, C went to another school and separated from the girl, and A and B were in the same school as the girl. In the first year of high school, C went to the school where the girl studied, B went to another high school, and A and the girl were classmates. In the second year of high school, C was fortunate to be in the same class as the girl, A was in the next class, and B was transferred to the girl's school. From elementary school to the second year of high school, the girl has always been friends with A and B, and only C, until the second year of high school, the girl realizes that he is her primary school classmate. Now the three of them are pursuing the girl at the same time. Xu Tingjuan paused, and then said, "Ruochen, do you think that girl will accept the pursuit of A, B, and C." ”

Lei Ruochen looked at Xu Tingjuan with wide eyes, and then looked at the river and said nothing.

"Ruochen, it's just a story. If it were you, who would you ask this girl to choose? Xu Tingjuan had to emphasize it again.

Lei Ruochen still didn't speak, looking at the river in a daze, after a while, maybe a few seconds, maybe a few minutes, Lei Ruochen didn't know how long she had been in a daze, she knew why Xu Tingjuan wanted to tell this story, and she also knew that she had to make a choice, at least she should say something, but she couldn't be silent.

"If I had to choose one, I would let that girl choose C." In the end, Lei Ruochen let out a long breath.

"Why C?" Xu Tingjuan asked.

"I think C is the one who knows the girl best among the three of them." After Lei Ruochen finished speaking, he quickened his pace and walked home, regardless of whether Xu Tingjuan followed or not.

Ten minutes later, when Wu Yueming and his party of four walked up the Pity Bridge, there were only two or three people wandering on the bridge, and Xu Tingjuan was standing by the third carved fence on the left.

"How? Who did Lei Ruochen choose? Tang Xiaogang asked.

Listen to yourselves, my mission is done. Xu Tingjuan opened her schoolbag and took out three mobile phones, which were handed over to Wu Yueming, Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang. All three phones are recording. Xu Tingjuan was also like Lei Ruochen, turned around and walked back to speed up and walk home, however, Tang Xiaogang followed her footsteps, snatched her schoolbag and carried it on his shoulder, holding her hand.

"Tingjuan, tell me now, who Ruochen chose? Is it overlooked? "Tang Xiaogang.

"Just wait for you to ask him" Xu Tingjuan smiled, and Tang Xiaogang also laughed. He already knew the answer.

Wu Yueming, Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang leaned against the carved railing of the sidewalk on the bridge, and at the same time let the recording of their mobile phones start to play. The three of them listened to the story told by Xu Tingjuan and Lei Ruochen on their mobile phones word for word.

"I will abide by our agreement, but Wu Yueming, you remember, as long as your kid does something sorry for Ruochen, I will never let you go." After a long time, Yu Wei released a cruel word.

"I will also keep our agreement, congratulations, Yue Ming, you have been chosen by the angels." Guo Zhiqiang smiled unnaturally.

"Thank you, I'll cherish it." Wu Yueming said.

"Why did it take you so long to come back?" As soon as Wu Yueming's front foot stepped into the Gangming Residence, the mobile phone in his hand was snatched away by Tang Xiaogang, and then clicked on the recording just now to listen.

"Tingjuan, didn't you tell you?" Wu Yueming walked to the window and looked at the azure moire curtains in the study on the third floor of Lei Ruochen's house, which had become a habit before he went to bed.

"No, she asked me to ask you." Tang Xiaogang was used to lying on the bed instead of sitting on a chair. "Tingjuan's story is well told, Lei Ruochen chose you kid." Tang Xiaogang finished listening to the recording on his phone, "Next, what are you going to do?" Is it to increase the firepower? ”

"No, just keep it as it is, and keep it going. If she has a knot in her heart, she can't chase Xu Tingjuan like you in a storm. ”

"It's tiring to listen to, it's okay, I don't like Lei Ruochen, I'll go take a shower first, and you continue to look at your curtains." Tang Xiaogang walked into the bathroom with his slippers.

Wu Yueming knew that Lei Ruochen had a knot, but he didn't know whether her knot was that she shouldn't fall in love in high school, or if she had a promise to her parents not to fall in love in high school, or both.

The next day, during the morning self-study, Lei Ruochen wrote a small note and threw it to Wu Yueming's desk, which read: "It was your idea to let Tingjuan tell me that story last night, right?" Wu Yueming wrote on the note, "Well, it was my idea." Then he handed it to Lei Ruochen, and two minutes later, the note returned to Wu Yueming's hand, which read: "That boy, C, has been waiting for that girl for four years, how long do you think he can wait?" Wu Yueming did not hesitate, and replaced the black water-based pen in his hand with a red pen and wrote, "If necessary, I think that boy can wait for a lifetime." Then he handed it to Lei Ruochen.

Lei Ruochen didn't write another note, but turned around and smiled at Wu Yueming. This smile was instantly engraved into Wu Yueming's heart, and he decided to draw this smile and preserve it forever.

A week later, Yu Wei and Guo Zhiqiang changed their residences and no longer rented a place in Xu Tingjuan's community, and their newly rented room no longer had to cross the pity bridge on the way to and from school, but walked straight along the main road after leaving the school gate, and did not turn until the third intersection. Now Wu Yueming and the four of them have returned to the state they were in a month ago. Wu Yueming and Lei Ruochen walked in front, Tang Xiaogang and Xu Tingjuan walked behind, and the two groups of people were about 200 meters apart. When they arrived at the gate of the community, Lei Ruochen and Wu Yueming would stop and wait for Tang Xiaogang and Xu Tingjuan.

On the afternoon of the last Sunday in December of that year, Wu Yueming, Tang Xiaogang, Lei Ruochen and Xu Tingjuan agreed to go to Xinhua Bookstore, which was Wu Yueming's idea. When he was a freshman in high school, he stood in the bookstore and witnessed Yu Wei and Lei Ruochen walking into Xinhua Bookstore twice, and at that time, he could only stare at them with a book, still afraid of being discovered by them. Now, the person who walked beside Lei Ruochen was finally him. He longed to experience what it was like to walk through a bookstore with Lei Ruochen and pick out books.

On New Year's Day, Wu Yueming completed the oil painting of Lei Ruochen looking back and smiling, and gave it to Lei Ruochen as a reward for helping him tutor English. Under Lei Ruochen's tutoring, Wu Yueming's English score has steadily improved, and his English score in the last monthly exam was 112 points. After each monthly exam, there will be a seat lineup. But until now, Wu Yueming is still firmly sitting behind Lei Ruochen, but from the position of the third row of the tenth column to the third row of the first column. Every time he can choose the back seat of Lei Ruochen, in addition to Wu Yueming's steady improvement in the ranking of the class, which makes him more selective, it is more likely that the classmates in front of him deliberately left him in this position. For a long time, the school has never slackened its crackdown on early love, and early love has always been regarded as a flood beast by teachers. However, as classmates, they are all intentionally or unintentionally helping those classmates who are in love to deceive the teacher.

As soon as the winter vacation was over, Tang Xiaogang went to Guangzhou to be chic, Tang Xiaogang's parents are in Guangzhou, this Spring Festival, Tang Xiaogang will have a very moist time, because he has not only entered the key class but also his grades have been steadily rising. Why has his grades been improving? In Tang Xiaogang's own words, this is the power that love gives him.

During that winter vacation, Wu Yueming only returned home the day before the New Year, and he told his family that he was working during the winter vacation, but in fact he was hiding in Gangmingju to read paintings and philosophical books. He paints figure paintings, and there is only one theme, that is, Lei Ruochen. During this period, they did not deliberately meet, and a week before the winter vacation, Lei Ruochen finally had his own mobile phone. The two used QQ on their mobile phones to contact, and whenever Lei Ruochen wanted to go to the study to read, she would send a message to Wu Yueming. "The azure moire curtain is about to be opened." And Wu Yueming will always be quickly replied to a message, "I am reading in front of the window, and I can be seen when I look at the direction of the school at an angle of 30 degrees." Or, "I'm drawing, and I can be seen at an angle of 30 degrees toward the school." When Lei Ruochen left the study, the message she sent to Wu Yueming was, "Please note that the azure moire curtains are about to be closed." Wu Yueming's reply was, "Okay, I saw it, I've always been there." ”

During that time, Wu Yueming could see Lei Ruochen sitting in the study through the window every day. Lei Ruochen has been volunteering at the deaf and dumb school in the county every winter and summer vacation since the second year of junior high school, so she began to try to communicate with Wu Yueming in sign language in the study, and Wu Yueming was also willing to teach him sign language by Lei Ruochen. In addition to painting and reading philosophy books, Wu Yueming has another thing to do, which is to learn sign language. On the day he went home, Wu Yueming completed his painting, "Ruochen Sitting in the Study", he painted Lei Ruochen sitting in the study reading a book, and he gave the painting to Lei Ruochen.