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July 8, 2020.

It's cloudy. The fluttering bunting looked a little dull, as if it had been stripped of its color.

The sky was drizzling, but it wasn't cool, and the world was still shrouded in the sweltering heat of July.

Jiang Lan walked slowly down the steps in the direction of the school gate - he was the first to leave the examination room.

Within seconds, the other candidates also quickly cheered and rushed out of the school building, quickly drowning him in.

Everyone scrambled to the school gate.

Jiang Lan still did not change his rhythm, and walked slowly, like a small stone in the turbulence.

"Classmates! Students, please stay!"

As soon as he walked out of the school gate, Jiang Lan was stopped by a female reporter who had been in ambush for a long time.

"Hello classmates, I think you are the first to walk out of the examination room, how do you feel about this year's exam questions?"

"Uh, it feels fine."

Jiang Lan reluctantly smiled. It seems that this has been targeted for a long time.

"How much do you think you can take?"

The reporter is obviously also a raw melon egg, and he regretted it a little after asking, if he happened to meet someone who didn't do well in the exam, it is estimated that he would break the defense.

"I don't know. After all, you have to know when you score."

The reporter breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this child is okay with his studies.

In that case, let's ask a few more! This is the first candidate to walk out of the examination room, alas!

(Fact: The first one to rush out of school was snatched by other reporters)

"So, which subject do you think is the hardest?"

Jiang Lan replied without hesitation, "Language."

"But I've heard them say that math and English are hard this year?"

Jiang Lan smiled: "Maybe people can't be generalized."

"Then why do you find the language the hardest?"

"Because other subjects will be deducted at most five or six points, I am not sure of the language."

「……」

The reporter fell silent, his mouth slowly opened, and he turned into an O-shape, "I feel like you're a top student!" And so it was!"

Jiang Lan had no choice but to wave his hand modestly: "It's okay......

Suddenly, there was a stiffness.

The young man's slight smile froze, and a layer of frost slowly appeared on his face.

The reporter also curiously followed his gaze and turned around, and saw a middle-aged man with a slightly wide figure walking this way with an umbrella.

"Son, son! Are you done?"

Jiang Junlong smiled and beckoned at him.

Jiang Lan didn't say anything, hummed lukewarmly, didn't deliberately go under his umbrella, and still stood quietly in place.

After Jiang Junlong rushed to his side, he took the initiative to give up some umbrellas, and asked curiously, "Is this an interview with reporters?"

The reporter's eyes lit up: "You are, the father of this child?"

Jiang Junlong sensed: "Yes, yes! This is my son Jiang Lan!"

"Oh~ That's right, I think this classmate seems to be studying very well! As a father, you must have a unique experience in education, right?"

"Well, I'm not sleepy if you want to say this! I do ......."

"I'll wait for you over there."

Before Jiang Junlong could stop it, Jiang Lan had already gone out from under the umbrella.

He had no choice but to smile awkwardly at the reporter, and said, "This child is just good at learning, and his emotional intelligence needs to be improved", and then continued to exchange educational experiences......

(9999 words omitted here)

A slightly remote location in the small square at the school entrance.

Jiang Lan stood alone in the rain, feeling his clothes being wet little by little, but he felt less depressed, more comfortable than under an umbrella.

There was still cheering near the school gate, and everyone was celebrating the misery of getting out of high school.

I've already finished the exam.

In fact, what he just said to reporters was conservative.

Jiang Lan's performance this time is very stable, and the sum of the deductions for science, mathematics, English, and the three subjects should not exceed ten points.

Although there is no bottom in the language, the deduction should be between more than 20 and 30s.

In Shanyou Province, this score is enough to be proud of the vast majority of candidates, and the so-called 10,000 people are just that.

While thinking about it, other candidates passed by.

Some of them barked and made noise, like wild dogs; Some meet to go to the Internet café, and if they are brothers, they will liver until dawn; Some just find the parents in the crowd as usual, and talk about whether the problem is difficult or not, while walking or taking the car home......

Jiang Lan looked at them distractedly, but there was some envy in his eyes.

They may not be better than themselves in the exam, they may not be the top 1 in the mock exam for three consecutive times, and they may not be the first echelon of the top science class of Shandong University.

They may not be "better" than themselves, but they are "happier" than themselves.

Why...... Are you unhappy?

Jiang Lan was absent-mindedly in a daze, questioning himself in his heart.

You have finished the college entrance examination, alas, and from now on you will get out of the sea of high school suffering and go to a brilliant college life!

And you did well in the exam, your performance was very stable, and it was not a big problem to be admitted to the top few in the province! If the language is played well, it is also possible to be a provincial champion!

But why, am I frustrated?

"Jiang Lan? Jiang Lan!"

The voice of the father behind him pulled itself back to reality. Jiang Junlong has finished imparting his educational experience.

"Gone!"

"Got it."

Jiang Lan frowned, so he had no choice but to follow Jiang Junlong towards the Mercedes-Benz that was parked not far away......

Smack!

Suddenly, I was hit by a girl. Jiang Lan was not hurt much, but the girl was bounced back by the reaction force and sat down on the ground.

"Are you alright?"

Jiang Lan subconsciously wanted to help, but the girl had already gotten up on her own in a panic.

The two looked at each other, both stunned for a few tenths of a second.

Girl: This boy is so handsome......

Teenager: This girl is pretty cute......

After being stunned for a few seconds, the girl reacted and her face turned red.

"yes, I'm sorry!"

"Uh, no......"

Jiang Lan still wanted to say that it didn't matter, the girl had already run away. is obviously a fairly tall girl, running alone in the rain with her schoolbag, but it seems that there is only a small lump.

Jiang Lan smiled at the air and was about to leave, but found a small thing with a dark light at his feet-

A round piece of metal with some incomprehensible lines engraved on it. Worn by a very ordinary red rope, it should be a talisman. The red rope has been broken, so it will fall.

It must be that girl's, right?

"Hey—your stuff is off."

Jiang Lan tried to call the girl, but she had already slipped into the crowd and swam away like a small fish in a fish pond.

Not far away, the lights of a Mercedes Benz lit up. His father shook off half of the glass and waved at him in the rain, "What are you doing standing stupidly? Get in the car!"

"Oh."

Jiang Lan put the talisman in his pocket......

Dinner time.

At the end of the college entrance examination today, Peng Ailing specially made a table of good dishes, all of which Jiang Lan loves to eat: stir-fried meat with green peppers, garlic tofu, and scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts.

Jiang Lan, the protagonist of dinner, picked up the rice without saying a word, and the atmosphere seemed a little depressing.

At the dinner table, the rain was stretched long and narrow on the window, like a cage.

"Here! Celebrating Jiang Lan has brought his high school career to a perfect end!"

Jiang Junlong said and raised his wine glass.

"Congratulations son!" Peng Ailing also hurriedly raised her cup.

"Hmm."

Jiang Lan also raised his cup and touched it lukewarmly with his parents.

Drink it all.

It's just juice, but it's as bitter as wine.

"The college entrance examination is over, take a good rest. If you want to learn how to drive or something, I'll sign you up in a few days."

"I don't want to learn."

Jiang Lan replied very simply, even a little categorically.

Jiang Junlong frowned: "You should learn, don't be too rash."

"Then you can just report it to me, why do you still consult with me?"

Jiang Lan sneered, "It's just a dictatorship under the cloak of democracy."

"What mess of democratic dictatorship? We are for your good! How old are you still so ignorant......

"Alas! Today, the child has finished the college entrance examination, don't be angry, be happy."

Seeing that Jiang Junlong was about to get angry again, Peng Ailing hurriedly grabbed him and muttered a few words in a low voice.

Jiang Lan didn't argue with his father about right and wrong, and lowered his head to eat.

Peng Ailing turned her head to pick up vegetables for him: "Your dad is like this! Speak straight. Eat the vegetables, and ignore him!"

"Thank you, Mom, I'm full."

Finally, after finishing the two mouthfuls of rice in the bowl, Jiang Lan put down the bowl and walked to the bedroom.

Peng Ailing had to be a little embarrassed to put the dish that was given to him back into her bowl. Jiang Lan's mood was really not good, and he didn't move a few bites of his favorite shredded green pepper pork.

"You'll understand when you're older."

Jiang Junlong said to the somewhat immature back.

Bang –

The door closes, and darkness fills the room.

Jiang Lan walked to his bed and lay down as if his bones had been removed.

The moonlight flows quietly, like a glowing river.

Thinking of the pendant on the road, Jiang Lan reached into his pocket and fumbled, but was slightly taken aback when he took it out.

It seems that he had just scratched his hand when he was just groping, and the pendant was stained with his blood. The moonlight hit the pendant, and the glittering silver glow seemed to be blood-colored, and there was a little bit of dazzling feeling, which was unexpectedly good-looking.

Jiang Lan looked at the pendant and was distracted. Scenes from the past flashed by like a movie.

"Liberal arts seem to be mediocre...... But you're surprisingly strong in science! There are also math and English ...... You're a typical science person."

- The first monthly exam of the first year of high school, with the head teacher.

"If you want to study sociology, you'll have to go to at least a 985-level school, right? Other schools don't even have 211. And you can't make a lot of money in sociology, so you may not be able to find a job in the future. Actually, I also recommend that you study science, after all, you are so strong in science......

——A month before the division, with the senior sister of the Department of Social Sciences of Peking University.

"No, why are you hesitating when you're so good at science? Definitely choose science! When the time comes, 985 is not just picked? I've thought of the way for you, just learn computers, and go directly to the big factory after coming out! More than 100,000 or 200,000 cattle a month!"

"We don't know much about literature and reason...... But you're good at science, so listen to your dad and choose science, right?"

- On the eve of the division, parents.

"You're going to Shandafu? Wuhu! Takeoff! ~If you go there, you have to study hard!"

——On the last day before going to Shandong University, Wang Jiajing at the same table.

"Brother Shui, take care! Daddy is going to miss you!"

- Yuan someone.

[You'll understand when you grow up.] 】

But...... Is that the price of growing up?

Why don't you go to college and change majors?

It doesn't seem realistic either. Regardless of the difficulty, would his father allow him to deviate from his plans......

It's grassy, what do you want to do with this mess, the exam is over.

Go!

Jiang Lan picked up his mobile phone and opened the APP.

It's also quite funny, he's a big man who likes to read everyday little sweet texts, and no one knows about it for three years of high school.

Life is depressing enough, you have to have some fun in the fantasy space, right?

Daily writing has always been quite niche, but recently there has been a trend of popularity, and many boutiques such as Sister Hua's "Wife, Please Be Quiet" and "Cat King" and "Psychiatrist" have emerged in the corner sauce

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In addition, the little author also has a lot to offer.

For example, Jiang Li Zaijing, who is said to be a high school student, has already written five or six books. Although the results are not good-looking, they are distinctive, and Jiang Lan has been chasing them since the first book.

Especially at the moment, this book has already received 110,000 words and has a great tendency to take off. It can be regarded as hitting the street for many years, and finally coming to fruition.

Alas? Not updating?

Jiang Lan was a little puzzled.

No, this is on the rise, and she shouldn't be lazy. And even if she wants to delay more, she will generally send a leave note, and it is impossible to send nothing......

Just wondering, a message from @ all members of the readership flashed above the phone.

[Jiang Li Zaijing]: Thank you for your continued companionship, for some special reasons, I will stop updating...... Maybe I won't write it again. I'm sorry everyone, I'm sorry.

A group of book friends below are very anxious.

[Golden Rare]: No, this book is very well written, just like that?

[Yusheng Family]: Did something happen to Jingbao?

Jiang Lan also hurriedly typed: [It's okay to rest for a day if you are not in a good state!] No guanxi】

"The group has been disbanded by the group leader."

Jiang Lan was shocked.

What the hell is going on?

The group was disbanded...... Then go straight to her!

Jiang Lan found Jiang Li Zaijing through the QQ number and sent a friend application.

Jiang Li Zaijing did not agree, but replied through the verification message:

[Hello, what's the matter with you? 】

Jiang Lan hurriedly typed.

[Uchiha Water Brother]: I'm your reader, and I'm the water brother in the group!

[Uchiha Water Brother]: It's okay to rest for a few days if you are not in good shape! It's okay! We're all waiting for you!

[Jiang Li Zaijing]: ......

[Jiang Li Zaijing]: Thank you

[Jiang Li Zaijing]: But I'm sorry, I won't write anymore...... Maybe I won't write it anymore

[Uchiha Mizuko]: No, why?

Maybe it was blocking him, or maybe it was simply no reply, in short, there was no news from her on the other side.

In the grave-like silence, Jiang Lan turned off his mobile phone and lay on his back on the bed. He has to scold other authors and eunuchs, at least the book review area will post and complain.

Only Jiang Li Zaijing sealed the pen, and Jiang Lan couldn't scold.

She is obviously a very hard-working little author, and she insisted on finishing more than a dozen street books at the beginning. This book is about to take off, but it ......

Jiang Lan let out a long sigh and looked at the talisman in his hand in a daze.

The feeling of powerlessness is like an invisible net, binding mortals and making people unable to move.

Outside the bedroom, his parents were still discussing how to go after he went to college. On the bookshelf, a 110,000-word seedling has changed from "serialized" to "complete......

Jiang Lan suddenly wanted to see Jiang Li Zaijing's side, and wanted to hug her.

He wanted to say to her, it's okay, it's okay if you're a eunuch, I'll continue to chase you for the next book. Next book, will I be your operating officer? I'll be with you in the face of everything.

It's really self-inflicted.

Jiang Lan smiled bitterly.

In fact, what qualifications does he have to comfort others? He is also a loser who cannot escape the shackles of fate.

Just like before the college entrance examination, parents strictly forbade early love, but now they are outside discussing what criteria they need to meet to find a girlfriend.

The so-called Xueba Yunyun is just a mortal in the end.

He was destined to follow the set course, like the trumpet of his father's generation, to realize for them those unrealized, faded ideas......

However, I am really not reconciled.

I really want to do it all over again and go back to the time when I was divided.

Or, at least, let me go back a year ago.

I don't want to be a good boy or surprise others

Science ......

I just want to be me.

Jiang Lan looked at the small piece of metal in his hand that shimmered with silver brilliance.

The blood had dried up and solidified on the surface, and together with the lines, it formed a dazzling mural.

It's beautiful.

He clenched it slowly, as if he were about to grasp his fate.

Can you hear me?

If you really have magic, can you let me do it all over again?

Change my destiny.

Maybe...... It also changed her fate.

Jiang Lan closed his eyes, and after not knowing how long, he gradually fell asleep.

The night is as silent as water.

The young man's palm suddenly lit up with a faint white light.

- It's a white light, but it's as brilliant as a rainbow. The blood stains on the amulet also disappeared completely as if they had been absorbed.

The white light slowly blooms, intertwines, spreads, and outlines, like ink droplets immersed in pure water, like flowers that bloom rapidly. It slowly turned into tentacle-like silk that climbed up the boy's arms, neck, face, heart, and even his whole body.

There seems to be a ray of light swimming out the window......

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