At the end of December, the general review of the third year of high school entered the middle stage, and the whole third year of high school seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, even if the heating was sufficient, the atmosphere was stagnant and frozen.

There are several stacks of books and papers on everyone's desk, and they can't see their heads at all, except for going to the toilet, basically no one comes out of the classroom, and even the recess exercise team is sparse.

The school leaders turned a blind eye, the old tradition of Anseong No. 9 Middle School, compared with the college entrance examination, recess exercises are nothing.

In the third year of high school, only one classroom is empty, and it is Ren Xun's art class.

December is the time period for the art examination to recruit students, which lasts until February of the following year, which is the hardest months for art students. For example, Ren Xun must first take the provincial examination in this province, and then go to all parts of the country to participate in the school examination organized by each university.

Getting the certificate is equivalent to one foot has entered the university, and after that, as long as the college entrance examination score is passed, everything will be fine.

Many parents will accompany their children to take the exam together, for the future of their children, the family is on the road, but it is not suitable for Ren Xun, Ren Xun and Ren Xun have their own things to be busy, Ren Xun also wants to experience a long trip by himself.

During the whole art examination period, he was out alone, updating a new position every few days, he was still in Nancheng last week, and he was in Sichuan City this week, as if there was no pressure of the exam, but like an eighteen-year-old trip, full of ritual.

When Ren Yu finished the final exam at school, Ren Xun had just landed in Lingshi and was preparing to take the school examination of the Academy of Fine Arts.

This is his ideal school, and it is also the most competitive, with tens of thousands of art students using the pen as a knife and the drawing board as a shield to overcome obstacles.

It was early 2012, and Ren's mother saw on the news that the number of candidates for the Academy of Fine Arts had reached a record high.

Ren's father and mother booked a ticket to Lingshi without Ren Xun, and Ren Yu naturally went along, in addition, Ren's mother also invited Jiang Limei.

"It's winter vacation, let the children go with us, Meimei will also take the art exam next year, so she should explore the road in advance." Ren's mother said to Cao Qiong: "Meimei also wants to be admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, right?" ”

Jiang Limei is very happy, she can see what the Academy of Fine Arts is like in advance, and more importantly, she hasn't seen Ren Xun for two months, and she misses him a little.

Ling City is very large and prosperous, the road is so wide than Ancheng, there is her favorite night scene, the traffic is like a slow-flowing gold pulp, and the lights are as panicked as day.

She stood at the gate of the Academy of Fine Arts with Ren's father and mother, fantasizing about her future, which should be to study, start a career, and settle down in this city with Ren Xun, everything is in order, and it is a matter of course.

Everything is worth looking forward to.

The candidates who finished the exam hurriedly walked out of the examination room, and Ren Xun was mixed in, but the tall man was still eye-catching.

She saw it at a glance, flew over, and was almost knocked down by the hedged crowd, and pulled her by one hand.

After Jiang Limei stood firm, Ren Yu quickly took his hand back:

"Be careful."

"Thank you"

Jiang Limei smiled at Ren Yu absentmindedly, and when she turned around, Ren Xun was already standing in front of her.

He was much taller than her, and as soon as he raised his hand, he naturally patted her on the top of the head: "I knew you would come." ”

The kind of look at each other, the tacit smile fell in the eyes of different people and had different reactions, Ren's father and mother and other crowds almost dispersed before they stepped forward, and Ren's father pushed Ren Yu's back:

"How to be in a daze? Go see your brother. ”

Ren Yu quickly came back to his senses and shook his head: "It's okay." ”

They were so suitable, standing together as if they were matching a very high degree of color, and everyone and Jing became a foil, and he couldn't bear to step forward, because he felt like a thorn in the painting.

Abrupt, glaring, unsociable.

Ren Yu followed behind Ren's father and mother, and when she looked over, she could see Jiang Limei's cheerful footsteps, she was wearing a white bread suit, tied with the red knitted scarf, and chattered beside Ren Xun, as if she had endless words.

He had no intention of eavesdropping, but the conversation fell into his ears, and he heard Jiang Limei's pretended angry question: "Why don't you send me a photo?" ”

How Ren Xun answered, Ren Yu didn't know, but no matter what he answered, Jiang Limei was very happy, she even took out the Polaroid from her bag and asked Ren's father and mother to take a photo for them.

Right at the north gate of the school, they stood close and laughed happily.

According to Ren's father and mother's plan, they will stay in Ling City for three days, accompany Ren Xun and Jiang Limei to visit the Academy of Fine Arts, and accompany Ren Yu to visit P University.

"Meimei didn't know that Ren Yu's dream since childhood was to be a doctor." Ren's mother smiled and talked to Jiang Limei.

"Wow, that's amazing, Dr. Ren?"

The laughter passed, and only Ren Yu was blushed.

Ren Yu never thought that he would remember this crisp sentence from her mouth for many years.

At that time, the wind swept through the dead branches, and the clouds moved slowly, and he remembered that the weather that day was very good, and it was a rare good weather without haze in Lingshi.

Looking up, the sky was as blue as a wash.

They sat on the lawn of P University to rest, Ren Mu went to buy water, and Ren Xun and Jiang Limei took pictures on the withered yellow lawn.

It was Jiang Limei's idea, saying that even if she couldn't get into P University in this life, she would have no regrets about coming here.

Ren's father sat beside Ren Yu, hugged Ren Yu's shoulder, and said in a light tone:

"Xiaoyu, you must know that your life has just begun, and no one can predict what will happen in the future.

Ren Yu looked at Ren's father.

"Dad believes in you, your future will be very exciting, you will meet a lot of interesting people and things, and of course, you will meet more excellent girls."

Ren Yu was stunned for a moment, only to feel that the lawn was cold and the soil was frozen. He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, only anxiety and inexplicable embarrassment.

Ren's father patted him on the back.

The setting sun was coming in front of him, scorching his face, and he tugged at his trouser leg and remained speechless for a long time.

Jiang Limei didn't know what to talk about with Ren Xun, the two of them stood in the sun and laughed happily, where she was standing, it seemed that the ground was soft, and grass sprouts were brewing.

Ren Yu choked in his throat, and said in a very low voice:

"Got it."

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The spring is fine, and when the magnolia flowers bloom again under the corridor, the art examination results are released.

In the art class of the third year of high school, more than half of the candidates majoring in fine arts, only two people have obtained the certificate of the Academy of Fine Arts, and Ren Xun is the one with the higher ranking, ranking thirteenth in the country.

At this time, there are only two months before the college entrance examination.

At the end of the second model, the plot is exactly the same, Ren Yu, who has always been firmly in the first place in the school year, suddenly encountered twists and turns, and ranked outside the top ten in the school year for two mock exams in a row.

Fifteen at a time, sixteen at a time.

If the college entrance examination is also this ranking, there is no doubt about the famous school, but there is no hope for Qingbei.

The head teacher, Mr. Shang, was in a hurry, why did the good champion Miao suddenly wilt? Together with the head of the grade, I called Ren's mother several times to communicate about Ren's learning and psychological state.

In the eyes of all teachers, Ren Yu is still Ren Yu, humble and polite, serious and hard-working, but I don't know what's wrong, and the two mock exams are unstable, Teacher Shang is serious:

"The college entrance examination is the first big challenge encountered in a child's life, and it is normal to be psychologically under pressure, so parents must guide them more."

Ren's mother stood at the door of Ren Yu's room, but her hand knocking on the door couldn't fall.

Everything is normal in Ren Yu, there doesn't seem anything strange about him, what can he say?

The college entrance examination is a tough battle, but there is no need to force children to fight on the battlefield, just do your best, this is the consistent way for any family to educate their children.

Everyone didn't know what happened to Ren Cheng, except for Zuo Jing.

Zuo Jing, as a supernumerary member of the college entrance examination, insisted on coming to school every day, and said that there is only one senior year in a person's life, and he must fully experience it.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the class, he leaned on Ren Yu's desk and whispered: "Ren Yu, others don't know, I know you." ”

He snatched Ren Yu's pen and turned it in his hand: "Ren Yu, you are controlling the score." ”

The top students who can control the score are really terrible.

Zuo Jing secretly looked at Ren Yu's answer sheet, and it was two times in a row, and the multiple-choice questions of the comprehensive theory were only wrong in the penultimate question, and the second question of the last question in mathematics only took the process score, and the calculation result was inexplicably wrong.

As for English, the cloze about prepositions is all wrong, which makes the English teacher have a headache, and asks Ren Yu, is it that the prepositions have not been learned?

Ren Yu looked at Zuo Jing quietly and spread out his hand: "Pen, return me." ”

"Ren Yu, what is the plot? Lie down and taste the guts, or pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger? Zuo Jing thought it was interesting, but he couldn't understand Ren Yu's intentions: "Do you just think it's fun?" Or is there something hidden in the hell? ”

Ren Yu snatched the pen back and continued to write on scratch paper.

He is practicing the font of English composition, machine grading, good-looking English font will add impression points, and the English teacher sent them a word note in advance, which is a very hot Hengshui body, and they are required to practice according to it.

He didn't want to tell Zuo Jing that he deliberately failed well in the mock exam, but in fact, he didn't want to speak on stage anymore.

A week before the college entrance examination, the third year of high school will hold a send-off meeting, and the unwritten rule is that the first student in the academic year of several mock exams will give a speech as a student representative.

After returning from Ling City during the winter vacation, Ren Yu inexplicably didn't want to show off in front of everyone, especially Jiang Limei would also be offstage.

Learning to let go is a difficult subject, and Ren Yu doesn't know how to overcome it, and he can't go step by step, so he can only force himself to break it off one at a time, like quitting smoking, or quitting some addiction for many years.

He never went to the window of the corridor to memorize words again, and occasionally passed by, but he was also in a hurry, and he never stopped.

Jiang Limei may still be sitting in the gazebo under the corridor, maybe chatting, listening to songs, and making jokes.

But it has nothing to do with him.

Ren Yu unilaterally made a decision, about this crush that ended in nothing.

Magnolia flowers bloomed, leaning into the window on the second floor, handing over a puff of fragrance. He took the aroma to heart, but never mentioned it again.

The innermost layer of the bookcase in the bedroom hides his last bit of cherished memory about Jiang Limei, he was reluctant, but he still took it out the night before the college entrance examination.

Two cans of Wangzai milk, he carefully drank it slowly, then helped the cans clean, looked at them for a while, and put the empty cans back in the bookcase.

In the 2012 college entrance examination, Ren Yu won the city's top science award, the second in the province, and the full score of science comprehensive, and the photo was hung on the honor list for a whole year.

It was also the first time that Ren's father and mother knew that they didn't have to wait for the announcement of the results to apply for the college entrance examination, and there were a steady stream of phone calls a week in advance, and people from the admissions teams of various colleges and universities had to visit their homes.

Ren's mother has never experienced such a posture, she is nervous and proud, but Ren Yu is very calm.

He told Ren's mother that if there was another call, he would say that he was going to apply for a medical major, and there was no need to say anything else.

At the hottest time of midsummer, Ren Xun's good news also came, the admission letter of the Academy of Fine Arts was mailed home, and the two brothers were about to go to Lingshi together to start a new chapter in their lives.

The Ren family held a decent banquet for family and friends, including Sheng Lin Cao Qiong and his wife, and of course Jiang Limei.

At the wine table, Ren Yu and Ren Xun were coaxed by relatives, and they drank a small glass of white wine, and the spicy liquor went down, and their faces immediately turned red. Some relatives joked that Ren Yu had a bright future in the future, saving lives and helping the wounded.

Ren Yu smiled shyly, and the chest cavity crossed by the white wine seemed to be burned, but he saw Jiang Limei quietly handing Ren Xun a small plate of fruit cuts to let him relieve his hangover, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Ren Yu's smile froze on his face and he hurriedly turned his head.

A younger brother and sister found Ren Yu and offered to buy his notes at a high price, and the price was not low. Ren Yu was not short of money, and he didn't want to make this money, so he packed all his notes into a cardboard box and gave them to the head teacher, Mr. Shang, who was at his disposal.

Teacher Shang patted Ren Yu on the shoulder, his eyebrows and eyes were proud, and he gave his proud protégé a final entrustment:

"Ren Yu, the teacher has always been very optimistic about you, but there is one sentence you have to remember, you must hold your head high in the future, you are very good, you can't be inferior, you can't be arrogant, life is a long road, the teacher wishes you a smooth journey."

Ren Yu stood upright, straightened his shoulders, and nodded earnestly.

The freshmen of P University entered the school ten days earlier than the Academy of Fine Arts, and Ren Yu set off first and flew to Lingshi. The night before he left, he knocked on his brother's room door and handed him a paper bag.

Inside is heavy are three notebooks, covering three knowledge points other than language. The math book was exceptionally thick, Ren Xun flipped through it casually, stunned.

The above are all knowledge points of liberal arts and mathematics, according to the progress of the total review in the third year of high school, the thinking is fluent and the handwriting is neat.

He looked at Ren Yu in puzzlement, but saw that his brother's face was as usual, as always, and his silent figure was bathed in the warm yellow light.

"I lost the game before, and I promised to give Jiang Limei a note."

Ren Xun checked the big book in his hand: "Didn't you give it?" ”

"The previous one was too rough, you give these to her, the senior can help." Ren Yu handed over the paper bag, and his tone was light, as if he was just explaining something inconsequential: "Just give it to her, don't say anything else." ”

Ren Xun stared at Ren Yu's eyes for a while, and smiled suddenly: "Okay, then should I tell her that you gave the note?" ”

"No need," Ren Yu lowered his gaze: "It's not important." ”

Ren Xun snapped his fingers: "Okay, listen to you." ”

It was 2012.

At the age of eighteen, he witnessed the blooming of magnolia flowers under the corridor, and he could never forget it. Before the college entrance examination, taking advantage of a cold rain in late spring, he picked up the magnolia petals that were knocked down by the rain, dried them, and finally cherished them in his math notes.

Whether the petals have been found or not, Ren Yu has never had an answer. But it doesn't seem to matter.

Jiang Limei doesn't need to know what kind of flower it is, she doesn't need to know the origin of those notes, and she doesn't need to know that he spent the whole summer vacation, when others were wanton and indulgent, buried her head for two months, and rearranged all the knowledge points of liberal arts and mathematics for her.

She doesn't need to understand what the weight of farewell is.

Ren Yu stuffed the empty cans of Wangzai's milk into the innermost part of the suitcase and took them away, and in addition, all the careful thoughts that were not seen were left in Ancheng.

As the plane climbed, there was a slight tinnitus, and he wished himself a smooth journey.

If he could, he would never think of Jiang Limei again in the future.