As early as 6.3, the first middle school officially closed classes to prepare for the college entrance examination. Because No. 1 Middle School is a fixed place for the annual college entrance examination, there will be more than 20,000 candidates in the city, and 3,000 people will take the exam in No. 1 Middle School, so it is necessary to take a holiday in advance to arrange the examination room.

In fact, as a national demonstration high school, according to national regulations, it cannot make up classes on holidays, nor is it allowed to have cram schools, so it will naturally be much more relaxed than a municipal high school like No. 4 Middle School.

Lin Ming knew that No. 1 Middle School would have an early holiday, but he didn't know that An Ran would wait for him here, and Lin Ming was very happy to see An Ran coming.

He naturally walked under the plane tree and naturally took her hand.

The two of them, a pair of golden boys and girls, walked out of the fourth middle school under the watchful eye of the guard.

"Why are you here, it's so hot." Lin Ming saw a slight sweat on An Ran's white cheeks, and wiped it distressedly, the summer in Cloud City is by no means just a joke, once in June, the temperature remains above 30 degrees all year round, and even occasionally soars to 40 degrees, so hot that people can suffer from heat stroke in just a few minutes.

"Come and buy a notebook."

"Did you buy it?"

"Not yet."

"I'll go with you."

"Okay."

"Do you want water?"

"Hmm."

The sun was hot, the scorching sun was so hot that the cicadas stopped chirping in the past, and the light in the air was distorted by the sunlight. Lin Ming passed by the commissary next to the school gate, and when he bought ice mineral water, he bought a parasol.

This intimate act provoked the girl in the small couple next to her to be jealous, and screwed her object fiercely, making her boyfriend inexplicable and quarrelling.

Lin Ming glanced at them while unscrewing the mineral water for An Ran, and snickered: "Straight male cancer has to be treated." ”

"What is straight male cancer?"

"Uh." Lin Ming didn't know how to explain it, because he didn't know the specific definition of straight male cancer, so he could only give an example: "Look at them, if I was screwed by you, I wouldn't quarrel with you, but would make you happy." But they quarreled, this is straight male cancer. ”

"That's right." An Ran tilted his head to look at him, and his right hand quietly stretched out to Lin Ming's waist ribs. Lin Ming felt a slight pain in his waist, but turned his head and smiled at An Ran, his smile was as bright as a spring breeze.

An Ran was stunned for a moment, scratching his head and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Because every moment I am with you, I feel like a happy smile. Even if I hold your hand and you twist me with your other hand, I feel so happy. Lin Ming kept smiling and looked at her very seriously.

At that moment, An Ran's face turned red, like a small apple. She glared at Lin Ming, and said viciously, "Don't talk flatteringly." ”

But even fools can see that An Ran's heart is happy.

It was at this time.

From a video store on the side of the street, you can hear the climax of the song "Running with the Wind, Freedom is the Direction, Chasing the Power of Thunder and Mountain Electricity" from a distance. An Ran and Lin Ming glanced at each other and smiled. The album "My Sky" has now spread all over the streets and alleys of Cloud City, becoming the hottest pop music of the moment, dominating the major charts.

Not to mention anything else, Guang Linming's well-edited video of the party has been shared more than 300,000 times on major websites and forums in just one week, with more than 2 million clicks, which means that at least hundreds of thousands of netizens have seen it in 02, and the effect is amazing.

Now in No. 4 Middle School, Lin Ming is also a celebrity who is so red and purple, and the students of No. 4 Middle School can not know the name of the principal, but they definitely know his name. Every day, people who came to see him outside Class 506 were in an endless stream, and there was a long queue.

There were even students who took the album "My Sky" to him for autographs, which annoyed him. Fortunately, the school is well secured, otherwise outside media reporters would have flocked in.

But Rao is so, with the successful fermentation of "My Sky", his fame is getting bigger and bigger, and he may be recognized when he walks on the road.

So Lin Ming is now walking on the road, often walking with his head down, very low-key.

He even wondered if to continue the long hair that was the most popular among rebellious teenagers of that era to cover half of his cheeks and not be recognized. With the popularity of Meteor Garden, long hair is becoming more and more sought after by teenagers. has become synonymous with youth, but unfortunately, no matter which school it is, long hair is not allowed to stay, and No. 4 Middle School is naturally no exception.

The two walked along the streets and alleys in the direction of their homes, and in the hot summer, the streets were empty, except for office workers, most of them were willing to lie at home and blow the squeaky electric fan. For a working family of a few hundred dollars a month, air conditioning is a luxury.

Lin Ming held An Ran's hand, he planned to go to the company in the afternoon to deal with some things this afternoon, but since An Ran came over, he wouldn't go.

The two of them just walked, not knowing the end or the direction.

Naturally, they came to the cloud river.

In fact, Yunhe is not far from the city center, from the fourth middle school, it only takes more than 20 minutes to get to Yunhe Middle Road, but the location is definitely not in the downtown bustling area on the side of Xizhong Road, but in the relatively remote intersection of books. In 02, the development here was not so high, and although it prospered because of the nearby location of the First Normal School of Cloud City, it was already close to the southern suburbs. However, it is actually only a few kilometers away from the city center, and today's cloud city is not as good as that of future generations. For example, the South Bus Station and the West Bus Station, two places worth a lot of money in later generations, are now barren places where proper birds don't, and even if there is a bus station, there is still no decent development.

Shujuan Road is not very far from the South Bus Station, straight to the past, about five or six kilometers. Don't look at Yuncheng as a provincial capital, in fact, the downtown area is only seven or eight kilometers around the train station, far from being full of high-rise buildings like in later generations.

"Enron, how are the math and chemistry grades?" The two of them walked along the river, and saw from a distance that there was a riverside café by the river, and they could overlook the entire Yunhe River while sitting in it.

"Okay."

Her so-called okay, Lin Ming also knew, because Enron had never fallen out of the top ten in her grade.

Maintaining the top 50 in Cloud City No. 1 Middle School all year round means that 100% of them can be repaid, and those who enter the top 10 are the top geniuses of the entire province. You must know that the number of students in Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School is about seven or eight hundred students in the college entrance examination every year, and the rate of second students is as high as 99.2%.

"Help me catch up on my homework during the summer vacation, I want to go to No. 1 Middle School."

An Ran tilted his head to look at him, stared at him for a few seconds, and smiled: "Are you for me?" ”

"Of course."

"Okay, I'll make up for you."

Lin Ming was very uncomfortable being tilted by An Ran like this, he knew from a long time ago that An Ran liked this, so he stood still, came to An Ran, held her little head with both hands, and said, "Why do you always like to tilt your head to look at people?" It's not good for the neck. ”

"But me."

An Ran pouted, and his head tilted again: "I just look at you like this." ”

In an instant, Lin Ming's heart was about to be sweetened.

If it weren't for Lin Ming's life experience in later generations, he would almost be moved to cry by Enron's flirtatious skills. Gently patting An Ran's little head, Lin Ming smiled: "At a young age, you can be so flirtatious." ”

"Flirting with what?"

For the Internet terms that will be popular all over the Internet in the future, Enron does not understand.

"Let's go to the café in front and sit down." Lin Ming didn't explain, and pointed to the café by the river and said, "Walking by the river on a hot day, just the two of us, others still think we are sick." ”

An Ran glanced at Lin Ming, but obediently went to the café with him.

There were no buildings on both sides of the Yun River in later generations, but in 02, only the riverside buildings in the city center were demolished. It is still preserved in other areas, and the café is several years old, and the owner is an old man in his sixties and his grandson.

This old man apparently also had a story, and it is said that he returned from Treasure Island to save his relatives after the last words of his deceased parents. After moving his parents' graves to his hometown and returning to his ancestors, he stayed in Yuncheng to enjoy his old age and opened a café. Probably influenced by that side, this café is decorated in a European and simple style, somewhat like an Italian riverside town, with a white wooden roof with a windmill on it, a wall made of green wooden planks, and a few pots of plants on the ground under the windowsill on the left, on which are hung with ivy hanging down and lush. On the right-hand side of the doorway hangs a small English lamp. It looks very cosy and laid-back, like an Italian cottage.

Walk inside, there is no cave.

On the left-hand side of the entrance is the bar, which has an iron staircase that leads up to the second floor, and the bar is located below the second floor. Walking straight from the door leads to the balcony outside, a simple guardrail made of steel bars, and a parasol is set up, which can overlook the scenery of the entire Yunhe River from afar.

The entire café is full of decorations of modern European craftsmanship, and the walls are covered with all kinds of famous books and old-fashioned movie posters. Such a café full of craftsmanship can be seen everywhere in later generations, but in this era, it is absolutely second to none.

Because of this, even in the afternoon, many people come here to enjoy a quiet cup of coffee. There was a handsome sunny guy standing at the bar, and that person was the grandson of the old man. His parents are in business on Treasure Island, and the family is not short of money, but in order to accompany the elderly, they deliberately went to Cloud City to study at university, and when they were resting, they helped in the store.

As for the old man, he was thin and thin, but very handsome, wearing an apron, and was making pasta in the kitchen behind the bar, on the second floor.

Lin Ming looked inside, the second floor was almost full, and although the corridor leading to the balcony on the first floor was good, it was not very good because of the people coming and going. Only the outside balcony as it was too hot and a few seats. Lin Ming said to An Ran: "Just sit outside, what do you want to drink?" ”

"Cappuccino?" An Ran actually rarely goes to the café, as a high school student, she soaks every day in addition to school is home, even if she goes shopping with those girls in the yard, at most go to the pedestrian street at the north gate to see.

Lin Ming smiled: "Cappuccino is very bitter, and you have to put a lot of sugar to neutralize the taste." The owner of this shop has made his own coffee called Miss Belgium, you can try it. ”

The guest was right, cappuccino is a very bitter coffee because it is at least a third of the espresso, and the coffee will have a slightly stronger flavor than milk, and the flavor will be very strong. Miss Belgium uses a small amount of Blue Mountain coffee, with a lot of caramel and milk, which is relatively sweeter. ”

The sunny guy at the bar washed his cup and introduced with a smile in Mandarin: "People who drink cappuccino for the first time will think that this coffee tastes like coal, but in fact, it is just a strong espresso flavor." ”

This handsome sunny guy has been studying in Cloud City for four years, and is now a graduate student at Kaosongnan University, and he speaks Mandarin very standardly, and he doesn't have a treasure island accent at all, which is quite surprising.

However, Lin Ming had been to this store many times in his previous life, so he was not surprised. And Enron didn't know that he was actually from Treasure Island.

"Miss Belgium, then."

Enron listened to Lin Ming's advice.

"My word, a vanilla latte. By the way, the pasta here is delicious, why don't you have one? ”

"Okay."

"Two pasta, one tiramisu."

The two of them ordered something, went to the balcony and sat down first, and Lin Ming waited at the bar to sit down and take it.

The handsome guy in Sunshine asked with a smile while making them coffee, "Your girlfriend?" ”

"Hmm."

Lin Ming nodded, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that there was an album of "My Sky" under the bar, it seems that with the fermentation of things, the New Era Band has indeed become popular, not only are they singing in the streets and alleys, but even in the quiet café, there are people appreciating them.

After a while, the two cups of coffee were ready first. Lin Ming took a cup in one hand and walked to the balcony outside, the balcony space was actually very large, there were five tables and two tables of people sitting, separated from each other. An Ran was at the table on the right railing, looking out at the grass on the west bank of the Yunhe River under the parasol. Next to her sat a boy, tall and handsome. Lin Ming felt a little familiar, and looked at it intently, it was Xu Zihan. He is An Ran's classmate, an outstanding student with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor in No. 1 Middle School, and a grass-level figure in No. 1 Middle School. Lin Ming knew that the reason for him was because he and Zhao Hao had several conflicts in the previous life, and the two sides had fought four or five times.

After An Ran's death, Xu Zihan beat and cursed Zhao Hao in front of the Eight King Kongs, but that time, no one went up to help Zhao Hao even say a word. Others didn't know, but Lin Ming felt that every word Xu Zihan said at that time pierced into his heart like a thorn. Because it was not only Zhao Hao who was scolded, but also Lin Ming.

Xu Zihan's family is very wealthy, he usually likes to play the violin, and it just so happens that the old man in this café is also a master of this way, and after the two met, Xu Zihan often came to sit and sit, exchange experiences with the old man at the same time, and occasionally savor a leisurely time after an afternoon.

Today, Xu Zihan invited a few friends to come to the café together, and suddenly saw An Ran coming, so he came over to say hello and sat beside her in the name of discussing learning.

In the distance, Xu Zihan's group of friends saw that Xu Zihan, who was usually cold, suddenly sat next to a beautiful girl, and they all thought that he wanted to go up and talk, so they coaxed him. There were also a few girls who came with them and watched from a distance, the first year of high school, they didn't know how to hide their emotions, they were talking about it one by one, and they all stared at Xu Zihan and An Ran with a wonderful expression of watching the big revelations. If it was an ordinary girl, Xu Zihan, who was tall and handsome, came over to offer her courtesy, and many people were teasing and clamoring for the relationship between men and women, and she would have blushed a long time ago. But An Ran seemed to ignore these things, just smiled and listened to what he said while looking at Yunhe.

Xu Zihan is talking about some English readings, his English is very good, and the English tape in the Walkman that An Ran brought with him is still recommended by him. As the first level of English in the class, Xu Zihan first used the common topic of English to get in touch with Enron, and then Xu Zihan did what he liked, and often chatted with Enron about some foreign masterpieces.

For example, "Jane Eyre", Enron has been reading the full English version of the book recently, and it is a bit difficult to read, and I often have to look up the dictionary to know the meaning of certain words. Xu Zihan has read many similar English books, so he has issued unique opinions from time to time in front of An Ran to win the praise and recognition of girls.

Although Enron only listened politely most of the time, and occasionally agreed with him, he just smiled and nodded, never expressing his opinion. But this is already a remarkable progress for Xu Zihan. Unlike Zhao Hao, he and An Ran grew up together in the same yard as Zhao Hao, and they knew each other well, and there were almost no obstacles to communication. So being able to maintain such a friend relationship with An Ran has made Xu Zihan very happy. In addition to Zhao Hao, a frequent visitor who wants to confess to An Ran from time to time, sometimes Xu Zihan has also heard rumors that someone wrote a love letter to An Ran, or confessed to her in public on the way home from school, and was rejected. For this kind of gossip that caused the whole school to be full of storms, Xu Zihan has always laughed. Because he knows very well that an excellent girl like An Ran will not enter her eyes at all unless she meets someone who is much better than her. To be honest, Xu Zihan never felt that there was someone else who could match her in Shiyi Middle School other than herself.

Good family, academic performance also maintained in the top 10 of the grade. Even if there are a few who are more proficient in reading, in Xu Zihan's eyes, where do those nerds who can't even speak Mandarin get the confidence to pursue Enron?

As for Zhao Hao?

It's not that Xu Zihan despises him, although Zhao Hao has been the most fierce suitor of Enron since junior high school. But every once in a while, rumors of Zhao Hao's failure to confess again will come out. Dealing with him safely is always the sentence of waiting for college to think about love, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhao Hao has no chance at all.

No matter how strong his perseverance and perseverance are, it can be seen from Enron's attitude towards Zhao Hao, Xu Zihan, who is more mature than his peers, that Enron just regards Zhao Hao as a friend. Though..... He could also feel that An Ran just regarded him as a good friend, and almost put him and Zhao Hao in the same position. But thinking about it from another perspective, it took Zhao Hao fifteen years to get Enron to treat him as a good friend. And it only took Xu Zihan less than a year to appear by Enron's side from time to time, putting him and Zhao Hao in the same position, which is already very powerful. shows that at least Enron recognized him, and did not reject Xu Zihan's performance from the heart.

Xu Zihan is also very satisfied with this, after all, in his opinion, good friends may not be able to go further. Because after Zhao Hao went to high school, he was assigned to a different class from An Ran. And he and An Ran are in the same class.

At least ten hours a day, I don't look up and don't look down, so I can get a little moon near the water.

"Personally, I think the failure of this work is the contradiction between the characters of Jane. Jane said, "If God gives me a little beauty and a lot of money, I will make it hard for you to leave me, just as I cannot leave you now." I do not speak to you by the norms of social life and worldly customs, but my heart speaks to your heart." This sentence expresses Jane's inner desire to have a spiritual and equal communication with Rochester, even though she herself seems to be so poor, lowly, unbeautiful, and small. But she still feels that this world is so wonderful, loves life and is willing to rebel against an unfair fate. But in the end, the author made Jane Eyre inexplicably inherit an inheritance before he felt that he could love Rochester as an equal, and only then did he have the courage to go back to him. In fact, this is contrary to Jane Eyre's own words: "Our spirits are equal, just as you and I will stand before God as we pass through the grave." ””

Xu Zihan said generously: "Even if many people think that this work is a masterpiece of the world, it is a masterpiece from a literary point of view. But I still think that it has a failure, and it is a symbol of freedom and dignity for women, but only after getting money and beauty, can they have the courage to feel that they are equal to their lovers. ”

"Don't say that." When he said this, Lin Ming happened to come over with two cups of coffee, and when he heard Xu Zihan's words, Lin Ming smiled and said: "Some people think that Jane Eyre has such a failure, and some people think that Jane Eyre's ending is too perfect, but in fact, they don't consider the environment at that time." ”

Lin Ming took the coffee to An Ran's right and sat down, gently placed the cup of Miss Belgium in front of her, and said, "Charlotte At that time, women had a low social status and were generally vassals of men. She herself was born into a poor family, and she is the bottom of the bottom of society. Therefore, Charlotte's own character should belong to the kind of contradictory combination of self-esteem and inferiority. In her work, Charlotte has made this contradiction clear. It can even be said that it is precisely because of this contradiction that the literary value of "Jane Eyre" is truly reflected. Because it truly reflects the social environment of the time, as well as the social status and mainstream thinking of women. ”

Seeing Lin Ming suddenly come over and sit down, and talk eloquently, Xu Zihan was stunned for a moment, and looked at An Ran. An Ran picked up the coffee and took a sip, asking as if he hadn't seen him.

There was some silence in the room.

Lin Ming also took a sip of coffee, and when he saw that Xu Zihan didn't speak, he knew what he was thinking, put down the cup and introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, my name is Lin Ming, like Zhao Hao, they are good friends who grew up together in a yard in An Ran." ”

He's talking about good friends, not boyfriends.

Just like the social environment in which Charlotte lived, in this era, in the social environment of China, high school students falling in love is a thing that is regarded as a flood beast. Once discovered, regardless of what parents and teachers will do, even the school has clear regulations. The phenomenon of early love, after the advice is ineffective, is directly expelled and withdrawn.

It seems that every parent and teacher wants their children and students to be good babies who study hard and make progress every day. What is repeated in my ears every day is always the words that early love affects learning, and early love has no results.

This also makes most students still behave very well-behaved and obedient under such brainwashing. Because even a few who dared to fight against fate were basically expelled.

Lin Ming didn't want to cause trouble for An Ran, and he didn't want to cause trouble for himself. So it's better to go underground for the time being in this relationship. After all, the two of them are both influential figures in their respective schools, and once a little rumor spreads, the school and parents will be very difficult to get by.

Hearing Lin Ming's self-introduction, Xu Zihan lowered his guard a little, and reluctantly smiled: "Hello, I am Xu Zihan, An Ran's classmate." ”

He knew that An Ran grew up in the government family home, and he also knew that An Ran had many friends who grew up together in the yard. Not to mention anything else, Zhao Hao and Yuan Wenwen go to and from school with An Ran every day, and often hula a dozen people walk together, even if they don't know it, it is very difficult.

So for Lin Ming's sudden visit, Xu Zihan thought that he was a friend in An Ran's courtyard, and didn't think much about it.

But soon.

His face froze a little.

Because he suddenly remembered that there has always been a rumor in the No. 1 Middle School in the city, although An Ran goes to and from school with the group of friends in the yard every day, it is said that she often gets off the bus at the bus stop on Xiangchun Road in advance, and asks the group of partners to go back first, and then wait for a boy there and go home with that boy.

Once he secretly asked Feng Jie, his best friend in Enron's other courtyard, and the boy seemed to be called Lin Ming. This rumor about Enron has spread widely, and many people have seen her and others at the bus stop on Xiangchun Road. Someone once asked Zhao Hao about this, and Zhao Hao explained that because Lin Ming was studying in another school, and Lin Ming and An Ran had a good relationship, their best friend waited for him to get out of class together every day, and it was not a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship. Although the rumors of An Ran's love were denied by Zhao Hao and the rest of the Eight King Kongs, they have to admit that the first goddess of Guangyi Middle School waits for a boy to come home from school every day, which is enough to make people think about it.