"Why?! What's wrong with our show?! ”

A female voice sounding angry came from outside the window, Chen Yuanzhi paused to turn the book, and looked up at the window through the gap in the curtains.

Qi Minrui, who was standing by the wall, was full of anger on his face, and he could see that the person who had just yelled was her.

Sun Luo, Jiang Zhixu, Shu Jinze and others are all there. Except for the three people who had just gone to see the list with their own eyes, everyone else seemed to have just learned the news of the show's defeat from them, and several people stood in a group, no one made a sound, and the air pressure was extremely low for a while.

The closest to Chen Yuanzhi was Zhang Xianzhang, her expression was also very ugly, but unlike the impulsive Qi Minrui, she cared more about her face, "Minrui, you be quiet." ”

Chen Yuanzhi's eyes did not move, and he looked at them quietly.

She noticed that Shu Jinze's expression was very ugly, his lips opened and closed, and his gestures waved, not knowing what he was talking about.

Wei Fengyuan glanced at Jiang Zhifu, but did not speak, nor did he have any expression.

Chen Yuanzhi didn't hear much, I don't know who whispered "Let's change places", "There are too many people here", and a group of people moved with the words and went upstairs.

Chen Yuanzhi watched the figure outside the window walk away, suddenly stood up and left his seat.

She descended the stairs all the way down to the first floor, where the bulletin board was overcrowded, and she stood at a distance until the crowd had dispersed a bit, and then slowly approached.

Dongjiang Middle School's celebration program is a mixed primary selection of the first and second years of high school, and there is no hard quota for each grade, so in previous years, among the programs that passed the primary selection, there will always be fewer in the first year of high school than in the second year of high school.

At this time, the notice posted on the bulletin board prominently wrote the names of the twenty programs, the classes to which they belonged, and the names of the participants.

Chen Yuanzhi glanced around from top to bottom, and it was indeed a program without their class.

Chen Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows, and just wanted to withdraw from the crowd, when he raised his eyes, he saw a familiar name-

Kang Roujia.

Chen Yuanzhi stopped and glanced at the name of the program.

Class 16 of the first year of high school, starred in the show "Lotus Girl".

……

That night, the class was very quiet.

After evening self-study, Chen Yuanzhi waited for Jiang Weaving at the door as usual, and the two walked to the tree-lined path together.

Chen Yuanzhi glanced at Jiang Zhifu, who lowered his head and didn't speak, and took the initiative to ask, "Are you okay?" ”

Jiang Zhixu glanced at Chen Yuanzhi and smiled helplessly, "I'm fine...... It's just that he didn't make the cut. ”

"Maybe the teachers don't like our show."

Jiang Zhixu, "And the ones who have paid the most effort for this show are Sun Luo and Shu Jinze...... If I really want to be sad, it won't be my turn. ”

Chen Yuanzhi, "Do other people think the same way as you?" ”

Jiang Zhixu's skin looked particularly bright in the moonlight, and she said softly, "No." Sun Luo and Zhang Xianzhang said that the failure of our program may also be due to the length of the program. ”

"Sun Luo said that when she went to register at that time, she felt that the duration of our program was not quite right, it was more than half a minute longer than usual, and it was the longest time in that column, so she suspected that the timekeeper was slow to open the watch during the performance."

Sun Luo also told the timekeeper, but the student in charge of timing said that it was nothing, as long as the show was within the specified time, so she didn't pursue it anymore.

"But looking at it now, our show may be because it is too long, longer than other dance shows, so we can't be on it."

Chen Yuanzhi slowly "ah", "Can it still be like this?" ”

Jiang Zhixu nodded and sighed, "...... Then Shu Jinze said that not only the duration, but also the nature of the show. ”

He looked at the program list, and this time all the Korean dances did not pass. Only the one from the hip-hop dance club passed as a guest performance, and the other programs that passed were either national style group dances, classical dance soloists, or particularly serious Spring Festival Gala sketches. ”

"He said that maybe it's because they're dancing Korean dance, so it's useless to dance well, and those teachers will get stuck with them and won't let them pass."

Jiang Zhixu repeated, "Then Sun Luo was very angry and kept scolding, saying, 'Then why didn't you say such things earlier?!' If he had made it clear that Han Wu hadn't given it to us, he wouldn't have danced this at all! I didn't say it before, but when it came to the primary election, he used this as a restricted card program, he was sick! ’ ”

Chen Yuanzhi touched her shoulder, Jiang Zhixu glanced at her, and said in a low voice, "Actually, I'm also a little sad, after all, it's a show that I have carefully prepared with everyone, but I can't get on stage...... It feels like all the previous efforts have been in vain, and I guess everyone feels very uncomfortable because of this thought. ”

Chen Yuanzhi soothed, "It's okay. It's only a freshman in high school, and there will be opportunities in the future. ”

Jiang Zhixu seemed to have passed the most uncomfortable strength, and after Chen Yuanzhi's comfort, she returned to her usual smile, and the two tacitly opened a new topic.

……

The school anniversary comes faster than the midterm exams.

The party was held in the auditorium of Dongjiang Middle School, and each class sat in a certain area, Chen Yuanzhi originally planned to sit in the corner with Jiang Zhixu, but he was once again pulled to Sun Luo's side.

Sun Luo grinned and held Jiang Zhixu's arm, "Come on, here and here!" Sit next to me~"

Chen Yuanzhi looked at the people around him before sitting down.

To her left is her tablemate Li Yulian - she is not in the seat now, because she participated in the drama of the Love Club, so she went directly to the backstage to prepare, and only asked Chen Yuanzhi to leave a seat for her in the class.

In front of her were Zhang Xianzhang, Qi Minrui and Lu Ruye, Sun Luo was Jiang Zhixu and her on one side, and Ruan Shanshan on the other.

Chen Yuanzhi: I was surrounded by Sun Luo's small group again.

"Fate knows!" Chen Yuanzhi turned his head, Sun Luo handed over a bag of opened potato chips through Jiang Weaving, with a smile on his face, all eight teeth were exposed, "Do you eat this?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi doesn't like potato chips.

But she felt that if she refused like this, it might make the other party a little embarrassed.

She raised her hand to take the smallest slice and nodded, "...... Thank you. ”

Sun Luo smiled happily, "It's okay, it's okay!" ”

Just when Chen Yuanzhi just looked away and looked towards the stage, she suddenly felt that someone had kicked the back of her chair.

The strength of this kick was not small, even with the cushion of the cotton pad, it still bounced back to Chen Yuanzhi's back, Chen Yuanzhi's hand against the back of the chair was also shaken, and the potato chips he had just held were not held steadily, so they fell on the floor of the auditorium.

Chen Yuanzhi couldn't help but pause and turned his head to look.

Zhu Huanyin sat directly behind her, with her leg on the other leg, and was playing with her mobile phone with her head down. Next to her sat Xie Jinhua, holding a book in her hand, and was opening the armrest to take out the small table.

As if noticing her gaze, Zhu Huanyin looked up and raised his eyebrows, "Something?" ”

Chen Yuan looked at her fixedly for a few seconds.

She replied slowly, "No...... I'm fine. ”

Chen Yuanzhi turned his head and looked at the stage again.

At the beginning of the construction of Dongjiang Middle School's auditorium, the practicality was fully considered, and the capacity was maximized, but as a result, the stage of this auditorium was slightly different in size compared with the auditorium.

At this time, the aisles on and off the stage were full of students coming and going, girls in costumes and delicate makeup hurried by, there were also student council staff with badges around their necks to maintain order, and teachers using microphones to direct students to move things:

"Classmates over there, come on, move this piano to the back......"

Chen Yuanzhi sat for less than half a minute, then suddenly turned his head to Jiang Zhixu and said, "Xiaoxu, I'll go to the bathroom, if the squad leader comes to count the number of people later, you can talk to him." ”

Jiang Zhixu was originally listening to Sun Luo's words, but when he heard this, he hurriedly turned his head, "Okay, no problem, you can go." ”

Chen Yuanzhi stood up and walked out of the crowded seating area against the flow of people.

The auditorium has three floors, each with a bathroom.

Chen Yuanzhi had seen the interior diagrams of the various buildings of the school before coming here, and she remembered that the command room and studio in the auditorium were on the third floor, and there were fewer people on the third floor.

Chen Yuanzhi didn't hesitate and walked towards the bathroom on the third floor.

As she expected, the third floor was sparsely populated, and the noise was concentrated in the studio at the other end. She walked into the bathroom, but instead of rushing into the cubicle, she stood by the mirror, turned on the faucet and began to wash her hands.

"Chen Yuanzhi."

Chen Yuanzhi, whose name was suddenly called, did not show a startled look.

She stopped what she was doing, looked up at the door, and said with a calm and usual face, "What a coincidence." You're also coming to the third floor to go to the bathroom? ”

Zhu Huanyin looked at her, and her good-looking wild eyebrows slowly furrowed.

Zhu Huanyin didn't turn around the corner, but asked very directly: "Are you preparing to join Sun Luo's small group?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi turned off the faucet, there was a little bit of water on the snow-white mirror, she shook her hand, looked at Zhu Huanyin, and denied it, "I don't have this plan." ”

Zhu Huanyin was dissatisfied, "Why are you still messing around with them without you?" ”

Always?

Chen Yuanzhi does not have much contact with Sun Luo in his impression, which can leave Zhu Huanyin with the impression that she and them are "always together", and most likely Zhu Huanyin saw the reason why she and Sun Luo sat together in the last physical education class.

Chen Yuanzhi didn't make it clear, but just said, "Jiang Zhixu is my good friend, I just want to sit with her." ”

She raised her eyes, and Zhu Huanyin was standing at the door of the bathroom at this time, but her eyes were bright; And Chen Yuanzhi stood in a piece of light, but his eyes were quiet and dark.

Chen Yuanzhi said, "Huan Yin, do you care a lot about whether I will make friends with Sun Luo?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi played a straight ball, which was as good as Zhu Huanyin.

Zhu Huanyin was asked, she sighed and looked away, "I just think you are very similar to Jinhua...... She's a smart person, you can't be stupid. ”

Chen Yuanzhi felt that the way she looked evasive in his eyes was very interesting, so he smiled slightly, "Then now you know." ”

Zhu Huanyin looked at Chen Yuanzhi again, Chen Yuanzhi tilted his head, "Is there anything else you want to ask?" ”

Zhu Huanyin, "...... Without. ”

At the last moment when Zhu Huanyin turned to leave, he said to Chen Yuanzhi, "You'd better stay away from those two women, it's not good for you to be close to them." ”

Chen Yuanzhi, "Those two women? ”

Zhu Huanyin turned around and left, leaving two names:

"—Sun Luo, and Jiang Xinyu."

Jiang Xinyu?

Chen Yuanzhi's impression of Jiang Xinyu is neither deep nor shallow.

The reason why it is not deep is that her circle with Jiang Xinyu does not overlap at all, and since the beginning of school, she has neither spoken to Jiang Xinyu, nor heard of any gossip related to her.

The reason why it is not shallow is that Chen Yuanzhi is very keenly aware of a trace of unusualness from Jiang Xinyu's self-introduction at the beginning of school.

Her instincts have always been strong and accurate.

is different from Sun Luo, I have the impression that Jiang Xinyu is more popular in the class, except for the core members of Sun Luo's circle and Zhu Xie, there is almost no one who does not sell her face.

She and Sun Luo seem to be two extremes, and she never argues with others easily.

Zhu Huanyin left, Chen Yuanzhi naturally had no reason to stay here, she turned around and walked out of the bathroom.

As he passed by the staircase, Chen Yuanzhi saw the crowd at the end of the corridor.

She stopped suddenly.

Xu Linmiao was wearing an ordinary winter school uniform, holding a document and a microphone in his hand, and was standing in the middle of a group of people.

The yellow light poured out from the studio, the light attached to the hem of his clothes and Adam's apple, his eyes drooping, his lips opening and closing, his thin fingers gesturing something on the page.

Chen Yuanzhi looked at Xu Linhao's side face, and she didn't know why, she inexplicably remembered the topic she had discussed with Lian.

In that season of unbearable heat and full of greenery, she and that person exchanged many whimsical thoughts and opinions, from the Big Bang to philosophy and religion, from Lu Xun to Shakespeare, from human nature to the most innocent smile.

Chen Yuanzhi, who finished the high school entrance examination, thought that those two months would be very long at the beginning.

Until she found that every day she chatted with Lian, time seemed to fly by and slipped away in an instant. She often felt that she was still unfinished at the end of the day, even if they hadn't wasted every minute.

At that time, Chen Yuanzhi was not uncurious.

She guessed in her heart what kind of person her other self in this world, he, would be.

It was also during that time that they talked about appearances.

Chen Yuanzhi couldn't help it at that time and asked him a question:

"What do you think of a person's appearance? If someone approaches you because of your looks, will you feel disgusted? ”

This is not just a temptation, but also a question that Chen Yuanzhi has indeed been puzzled for a long time.

After she went to junior high school, there were many boys who ignored her coldness and courted her, making notes for her, buying breakfast and other small things.

But these people, almost without exception, did so only after seeing her photos or herself.

Even many of them didn't know her at all, so they told her they liked her.

This once made Chen Yuanzhi very disgusted.

Lian: "Looks?" Good question. ”

"If it were me, I wouldn't be disgusted."

"People are visual creatures. It's normal and understandable to have a crush on good-looking people. ”

Chen Yuanzhi, "Don't you think they're very utilitarian?" ”

Lian replied with only one word: "Human nature." ”

"In fact, I think that most of the social problems we are confused about can be traced back to psychology."

"Kiyoyuki, let me tell you a story. I have a friend I know, he was in junior high school with acne, he was a little fat, he wasn't very tall, he was the kind of boy who was thrown in the crowd and belonged to the mediocre hanging, maybe not even very good-looking. He was never noticed by the girls at that time, and no one ever said to him that they liked him. ”

"But he later told me that he had a crush on a girl in his class."

I asked him what he liked about her, and he said that her long hair was beautiful, and it was so soft that it almost fell off her shoulders; He said she had very white skin, which reminded people of the chalk dust that fell on the glass when she put the chalkboard eraser on the multimedia table; He said that her voice was beautiful, like his favorite singer who sang "Meet". ”

"I didn't say a word, I just looked at him and asked, 'Is that really the case?' ”

And he was silent. It was a long time before he spoke again and said to me, 'Because she will smile at me.' When she smiled, her face was slightly red. ’ ”

"Later, my friend decided to become a good-looking person, so he went to the playground five times a day, ate raw eggs, went to multiple dermatologists, and even bought skincare products that would be ridiculed by some boys."

In the end, he succeeded. He went to a good high school, and when he first met his classmates there, a girl came up to him and talked to him. ”

"He became very popular, and many of those girls had long silky hair, white skin, and voices like various undebuted singers. It didn't take long for me to hear that he had rejected a girl's confession, even though the girl was described as very beautiful. ”

"I asked him why, and he said that after all this time he had noticed, he still liked the girl who would blush and smile at his ordinary face."

At first, he said, he didn't think he was worthy of her looks. But it wasn't until now that he realized that it wasn't just his appearance that didn't match. ”

Lian stopped typing at this point and didn't send any new messages back. But Chen Yuanzhi understood his unfinished words.

- And the heart.

At that time, she would not judge people by her appearance, not only her appearance was delicate and beautiful, but her heart was really admirable. And the boy in the story may have such a sincere heart at the beginning, but in the end he lost it.

A new message pops up in the dialog box, and it's from Lian.

"I don't care that people are close to me because of my appearance, and I don't resent them for being kind to me because of it," he said. But I know that there are many things that are far more important than a good skin. ”

"I will always cherish those who reach out to me in my storms than those who share my feast in the midst of gold; I will value more people who come to me because they see my worth, rather than people who have been with me from beginning to end and do not know what I am asking for. ”

"I will leave all my special treatment to the one who reads my soul. She may have been fascinated by my appearance, but she must have known more about my existence than anyone else in the world. ”

Chen Yuanzhi slowly broke free from his distant memories.

In that restless summer, she and Lian exchanged the loneliness, fantasy and confusion that they had traveled to each other for more than ten years. Even though they talked freely in the input box, their enthusiasm and enthusiasm turned into poems that fell on their hearts in the dead of night.

Such a person, how can she not yearn for it.