One day at the end of July, Xu Zhe walked into a café with his schoolbag on his back.

The business in this store is a little deserted, and he has been here more than a dozen times this summer, so the waiters are familiar.

Seeing him come in, a young waitress smiled and said, "Little brother, come to play with the computer again?" ”

Xu Zhe smiled and nodded, not explaining that he was using a computer and not playing a game. Perhaps due to the habits of his previous life, he did not like to prolong conversations with other people, especially to clarify such inconsequential misunderstandings.

But the waiter was obviously interested in talking more to the shy and cute little boy.

She asked again, "That little sister of yours didn't come today?" Hasn't she been playing with you all the time? ”

Xu Zhe: "...... She arrived a little late. ”

At this time, another slightly older waiter came over and patted the junior on the head.

"Go to work!"

The young waiter shrunk his neck, waited for the seniors to leave, and smiled at Xu Zhe and said, "It's still a cappuccino and a latte, both with ice, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Okay, wait a minute."

The young waiter smiled at him, then turned and walked away.

Xu Zhe picked up his phone and glanced at it. He didn't light up the phone screen, but used it as a small black mirror to take a look at himself.

The eyebrows and eyes are marked, immature with a hint of delicateness, not narcissistic and objectively speaking, he should also be a relatively good-looking little boy.

It's been almost a year since that averted crash. It stands to reason that he should have gotten used to it, but when Xu Zhe looks in the mirror, he will still be a little unaccustomed to it, and he will be happy.

"Am I late?"

Shen Lan's crisp voice suddenly sounded.

Xu Zhe raised his head and saw the short-haired girl walking quickly.

Shen Lan is still dressed in short sleeves and shorts, beautiful and neat. However, her hair seems to have grown a little longer than before, and the ends of her hair have dropped below her ears.

"It's okay, it's just two minutes," he said. ”

Shen Lan sat down—not across the table, but beside him, which made it easier to look at the same computer screen.

Xu Zhe took out his laptop from the schoolbag on the side, put it on the table, and opened it.

"Hello, your cappuccino and latte."

The waiter came over with coffee, put two cups of coffee in front of the two of them, and before leaving, she looked at Shen Lan and Xu Zhe, a suspected young couple, smiled narrowly, and secretly made a cheering gesture.

Xu Zhe didn't see it. He turned on the computer, adjusted the programming environment, and began to explain in a low voice.

Shen Lan's introductory language for learning programming is C++. Because considering that it is possible to participate in the Computer Olympiad in high school, and the competition requires C++, I simply started with this language.

When tutoring Tang Lingfei, he would take a break of ten or twenty minutes for half an hour. But studying with Shen Lan, the schedule is completely different.

After studying for more than an hour in one go, it wasn't until Xu Zhe's attention was a little lost that Shen Lan agreed to relax and rest for a while.

Xu Zhe took a sip of the coffee that had already become room temperature, and said, "I have now discovered that in addition to IQ, mental power is also a talent. Whether or not you can maintain high efficiency for a long time is really completely different from people. ”

Shen Lan: "Are you praising me?" ”

Xu Zhe put down the coffee cup and nodded: "You really ...... Very strong. ”

Shen Lan smiled: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Xu Zhe: "I'm honest, you learn really fast. ”

Shen Lan shook her head: "No matter how fast it is, it's not as good as you." You haven't been in the second year of junior high school yet, how many languages have you learned? ”

Xu Zhe couldn't help but scratch his head: "Uh......"

"Do you mean that I can't compare to you? Hmph, you're so confident! ”

Speaking of this, the girl's upturned nose wrinkled, and the corners of her pretty eyes naturally revealed a hint of coquettishness.

Xu Zhe could only take another sip of the cappuccino, trying to erase the topic just now.

But then, Shen Lan's words seemed to be even heavier.

She said, "Can you learn a little more today?" Anyway, you can have dinner here, I want to finish here, learn a little longer, and then go back later. ”

Xu Zhe: "Why are you so anxious? ”

"Because this is the last time," Shen Lan said in a low voice, "Tomorrow, I will go to the provincial capital." The admission procedures over there should be done in advance, and the experimental class of the experimental middle school ......"

Hearing this, Xu Zhe couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.

The girl's beautiful eyes revealed a hint of begging.

Xu Zhe swallowed: "Okay." ”

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In the evening, after the computer study time was over, Xu Zhe sent Shen Lan home.

After all, he felt that he couldn't let the girl walk alone at night.

But when she arrived at her door, Xu Zhe, who was going to leave directly, was invited into the house by her.

"Come in and sit down" - that's what she said. But Xu Zhe didn't expect that the place to sit was not the sofa in the living room, but in the girl's bedroom, and it was also on the windowsill.

The two sat sideways on the windowsill, facing each other.

On one side is the dark bedroom space, and on the other side is the night view of the city outside the window, and the starry sky on the summer night.

The city is not big, and the lights at night are not enough to hide the starlight and moonlight. And tonight's moon has only a crescent moon, and the moonlight is not so bright, so the stars can be seen clearly.

"I sometimes don't like to turn on the lights," Shen Lan said, "I like to sit here and look outside." ”

Xu Zhe: "Look at the stars?" ”

Shen Lan smiled and said, "Yes, the stars are very quiet, but they will twinkle and twinkle, it's pretty beautiful, isn't it?" ”

Xu Zhe nodded: "It's really good-looking." Then again, I don't seem to have been able to take my time to look at the stars very often lately. ”

By "recent" he means nearly a year after his rebirth. The opportunity to be born again was too precious, he didn't want to waste it, and he always felt like he had a lot of things he wanted to do or should do.

However, of course, Shen Lan couldn't fully understand what he meant, so he just asked, "I've been busy making games lately, right?" How's the progress? ”

Xu Zhe: "It's okay, the overall logical framework has been built, followed by some specific modules, and then there are materials such as debugging and waiting for art and sound effects. Before the start of school, you should be able to make a draft version and then find outsourcing to make materials. ”

Shen Lan: "Then when I come back next time, that is, during the winter vacation, I will be able to see the finished product." ”

Xu Zhe nodded: "Yes." ”

Shen Lan sighed: "Then I haven't helped yet, and you've already done it......"

Xu Zhe: "It's not just this one. There's a bunch of projects ahead for you to help with. ”

Shen Lan nodded, but said casually: "Then you should have been very busy in the past few years, and you have no time to socialize with your classmates in the first year of junior high school." ”

Xu Zhe was a little strange: "Is there anything to socialize with?" ”

Shen Lan smiled and said, "You don't need to socialize, but others will need you." ”

Xu Zhe: "Whatever, just don't disturb my business anyway." ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Lan smiled even more happily.

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