Xu Linmiao's words were deeply buried in Chen Yuanzhi's heart and became the hardest bottom line.

She has never been one of the hardworking students.

She indulges her own cleverness, is easy to desert, is seriously biased, can only be extra focused when learning her favorite subjects, sometimes she knows that she needs to change her disadvantages, but she gradually relieves herself under many difficulties.

But later, in the many ordinary days of the three years of high school, sometimes it was the morning dew that did not wake up, sometimes it was the night when the stars shimmered, and when Chen Yuan knew that he couldn't hold on, he would think of what Xu Linmiao told her that day, his trust and expectations for her.

Then she would feel as if she had drawn strength again.

Even if it is insignificant, she will once again clench the pen in her hand and continue to bow her head to fulfill that unfinished dream.

......

The rest of the winter vacation passed like water, and the short ten-day holiday came to an end at the end of January.

On the evening before the start of school, Chen Yuanzhi and Xu Linmiao studied in the library as usual.

The two tacitly spent the entire winter vacation together, except for the two days of Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year to go home for the holiday, neither of them violated this agreement that was tacitly agreed by both parties.

There was still a minute before the end of the self-study, but Chen Yuanzhi was a little distracted.

She watched the electronic clock in front of her pass by second by second, and the night scene outside the window was quiet, as if to remind her that everything was not a mirror.

She's really held on for so long, it's been a long time since she's found such distraction-free focus in herself.

Every minute she spent with Xu Linmiao seemed to have magic, she was able to put away all her restless ambition and laziness, and she felt as if she could always concentrate like this as long as she sat next to Xu Linhao.

However, school will start tomorrow.

After the start of school, she had to stay in school all day, and she and Xu Linmiao were separated by two floors of class levels, and they were in two different teaching buildings, so I am afraid that they would no longer be able to study together like now.

“......”

"..... Kiyozhi? "

Chen Yuanzhi suddenly came back to his senses, and his eyes fell on the electronic clock in front of him.

I don't know when, it's time to leave.

Xu Linmiao raised his head and looked at her, I don't know how long he had been watching before that. His eyes were clear, "What are you thinking?" ”

- I wonder if we can study together.

Chen Yuanzhi couldn't say this kind of thing categorically, even if the person opposite was Xu Linmiao.

She shook her head with a complacent expression, "It's nothing, I'm thinking about the start of school tomorrow and moving to the dormitory." ”

She's always been good at lying and pretending to be nothing.

Chen Yuan didn't know if Xu Linmiao would see through it, she looked at Xu Linmiao with some surprise, and then followed her words and asked, "Are you planning to transfer to the whole dormitory this semester?" ”

...... I don't seem to see it. Chen Yuanzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her eyelashes drooped, trembled slightly, and she replied thoughtfully, but at this moment, she suddenly remembered Huang Ye.

Chen Yuan knew that she went out early and returned late, although she had already told Huang Ye that she was going to the library for self-study, but Huang Ye didn't seem to believe her.

When she came back from the library one night, she happened to meet Huang Ye, who was not scheduled for the evening shift, sitting on the sofa facing the entrance.

Chen Yuanzhi had no intention of talking to Huang Ye, and wanted to turn his head and go back to the room directly, but was stopped by Huang Ye with a word: "You came back so late?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi glanced at his watch expressionlessly, half past nine, which was earlier than the usual time to go to school late and end of self-study. If it weren't for the fear of missing the last bus train, she and Xu Linmiao would have been able to study for an extra hour.

She turned around, pulling the strap of her schoolbag with one hand, and the other hand hanging down to her leg, her voice a little faint: "Is it late at half past nine?" ”

Huang Ye looked at her, his eyebrows furrowed all the time, "But you left at seven o'clock in the morning, could it be that you have been studying in the library until now?" ”

"When did you work so hard?"

"You haven't been anywhere else but the library......?"

After studying all day, his mind was already clamoring to rest, but at this moment, he was stabbed by Huang Ye's words, Chen Yuanzhi couldn't help it, and a sneer didn't have time to hide it, and it had already overflowed his throat.

"-Since you already have suspicions, why are you still asking me what I am doing?"

"I said no, don't you believe it? Don't you think you're funny? ”

Huang Ye looked at Chen Yuanzhi, who was covered in thorns, and suddenly fell silent.

Chen Yuanzhi watched his mother's straight back slowly bend a little, and realized that he was panting loudly.

Then she saw Huang Ye cover his face and sighed in a low voice, "I didn't doubt you...... I don't know why. ”

"I just wanted to ask if you're tired today."

Chen Yuanzhi felt a sour eye, and an impulse hit her heart, she turned her face away, and hurriedly walked back to the room with a sentence of "whatever you want" in embarrassment.

- She and Huang Ye don't seem to have a good way to talk to each other.

The memories came to an abrupt end. Chen Yuanzhi came back to his senses, "...... Sort of. My house wasn't close to school, and my mom thought my grades had dropped, and she said she'd let me live if my grades didn't improve. ”

- Save yourself the time you should have spent on your studies on the road.

Huang Ye seemed to say so at that time.

Chen Yuanzhi thought silently.

Xu Linmiao touched his chin, "If you live in the whole house, you shouldn't be able to use your mobile phone normally, right?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi, "Well, I plan to bring an old man machine to use to make phone calls." ”

Xu Linmiao took out his mobile phone and naturally answered, "What's your phone number?" I'll take note of it. ”

Chen Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment, and then reported a string of numbers.

....... will he contact her?

Xu Linmiao packed his schoolbag and stood up, and Chen Yuanzhi also stood up. The two walked side by side to the door of the library, Xu Linmiao turned his head and said to Chen Yuanzhi, "See you tomorrow." ”

Chen Yuanzhi was staring at him, but when he heard this, he reflexively said, "Well, I'll see you tomorrow." ”

Chen Yuanzhi watched Xu Linmiao walk away, turned around and walked towards the bus stop, and suddenly stopped.

See you tomorrow?

Although school starts tomorrow, they shouldn't be able to see each other...?

The mobile phone rang suddenly, and Chen Yuanzhi took it out and saw that it was a strange call.

An inexplicable thought grew in the bottom of his heart, Chen Yuanzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and almost at the same moment, his finger had been pressed and he picked up the phone.

The familiar voice was as deep as a hole in water, with a hazy feeling of jade lines coming from the other end of the phone—

"Kiyoyuki."

Chen Yuanzhi squeezed his phone tightly and replied softly: "It's me." What's wrong? ”

Xu Linmao, "Your book seems to be with me." ”

Chen Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment, and then continued there, biting the words clearly, "It is the second compulsory course in history." ”

"Do you have a history class tomorrow morning? If you're not in a hurry, I'll bring it to you at noon. ”

Chen Yuanzhi had already read the class schedule, and her memory had always been very good, and she immediately remembered that the second period in the morning was history class.

Chen Yuanzhi, "....... have. Again, the second verse. ”

There was a rustling sound from Xu Linmiao's side, and his deep moaning voice was fine, with the graininess of electronic sound.

"That's it. But tomorrow morning there's a commendation meeting, and I'm probably busy. ”

Yes, the commendation meeting.

Chen Yuanzhi almost forgot. The commendation meeting for the final exams of last semester has been postponed to the start of this semester, which is tomorrow morning, in the auditorium.

As the first in the class, Xu Linmao must have a speech.

Chen Yuanzhi bit her lip, she didn't want Xu Linmiao to think she was troublesome.

She opened her mouth, and just as she wanted to say, "Forget it, I'll borrow someone else's book", Xu Linmiao's voice came: "You come backstage to find me tomorrow morning." I went with the book. ”

Chen Yuanzhi was stunned: "Is it okay?" ”

Xu Linmiao seemed to smile, "What's not to do?" ”

“…… If you don't want to be seen, then I'll wait for you at the staircase. ”

Chen Yuanzhi tightened the strap of his schoolbag, "..... good." Then when you are free, give me a call. I'm going to look for you. ”

The gas hit the microphone, causing a noise, and in the haze, Chen Yuanzhi heard Xu Linmiao's voice with a smile, "Okay." ”

Chen Yuanzhi looked straight at the scenery outside the window, scattered stars embedded in the sky, so gentle that it seemed to be weeping at night.

She exhaled, held back the awkwardness and unaccustomation in her heart, and whispered to the person on the other end of the phone, "Then, good night." ”

Xu Linmao, "Good night." ”

Chen Yuanzhi hung up the phone, the tense strength on her body was unloaded, she moved her fingers, only to find that she had already pinched out a few shallow pits on the thick schoolbag.

……..

After returning home in the evening, Chen Yuanzhi went to bed early.

But when he woke up the next day, Chen Yuanzhi still felt that he hadn't slept well.

She had a long dream.

She couldn't remember what happened in her dreams, what she met, and what she spent, except that there was a group of people and a boring but prosperous summer.

"Fate knows!"

Chen Yuanzhi raised his eyes when he heard this, and it was Li Yulian, who he hadn't seen during the winter vacation, who was waving at her across a row of seats. Chen Yuanzhi put down the soy milk in his hand and waved at her.

Li Yulian walked straight to the seat next to Chen Yuanzhi, Chen Yuanzhi looked at her and sat down, "Yulian, you're so early." ”

"What's the matter, there were already a lot of people on the road when I came, so it should be too late for our class."

I haven't seen each other for a long time, the two of them chatted for a while, Chen Yuanzhi accidentally raised his eyes to look at the stage, and a classmate was debugging the microphone behind the flowery podium, which happened to be a boy, tall and tall.

This scene was so familiar that Chen Yuanzhi instantly thought of Xu Linmiao.

At that time, she also looked at him from a distance, unable to see his face clearly, but she was intimidated by the moonlight breeze shrouded in white light.

She could never have imagined that she would be close to such a person.

"Fate?"

Chen Yuanzhi suddenly lost her thoughts, she turned her head to look at Li Yulian, and the other party was looking at her strangely, "Why don't you make a sound, don't you think it's very exciting?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi, who was not listening at all: "...... Ah, it's amazing. ”

"No, or are you in a daze?!"

Chen Yuanzhi: "......"

She looked at Li Yulian's expression of "dare to say that I am going to make trouble", and she didn't know whether to admit it or not.

There are still very few people in the auditorium, and if Xu Linmiao wants to find her, now is a good time.

As soon as this idea popped out of his brain, Chen Yuanzhi felt that the old man's machine in the pocket of his skirt vibrate.

It's an amazing feeling. The pocket of the skirt is close to the thigh, and the vibration of the body climbs up the skin, which is a little numb.

There is little need to think about the likelihood of the caller. Chen Yuanzhi picked up the phone and said slowly: "Hey? ”

The sound of electricity mixed with the commotion of background sound crumpled everything into electronic music, and Xu Linmao's voice was a breeze, blowing a unique silence like that, "...... Busy? ”

Chen Yuanzhi subconsciously clenched the fuselage, "No." Are you available right now? ”

Xu Linmiao didn't answer immediately, Chen Yuanzhi listened to the commotion over there and gradually became slighter, someone called "Linhao", as if he said something, Xu Linmiao replied softly, his voice was far away, a little blurred: "... Okay, I got it. ”

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone. Chen Yuanzhi guessed that Xu Linmiao had just gone out and had already walked to a place where there were few people, and the other party's inquiring voice came, "Where are you now?" ”

Chen Yuanzhi, "Auditorium, second floor. ”

Xu Linmiao laughed, "Okay." I'm free right now. Come find me in the stairwell on the third floor. ”

Chen Yuanzhi immediately responded and said "Okay".

Hanging up the phone, Chen Yuanzhi subconsciously turned his head to look at Li Yulian, but found that Wen Wenxin didn't know when he came, Li Yulian was holding her hand and saying something, and didn't seem to notice the content of the call she had just called.

Chen Yuanzhi hurriedly left the seating area.

The view of the corridor is much wider. When Chen Yuanzhi went up the stairs, he looked downstairs through the window a few times, and a large group of people poured into the auditorium, and it seemed that the commendation meeting was finally about to begin.

Chen Yuanzhi was thinking like this, and inadvertently raised his head, and saw Xu Linhao's figure.

On the edge of the fence of the staircase landing not far away, Xu Linhao, who was wearing a formal dress and uniform, was propping her hands on the railing, her thin white slender fingers clasped the red lacquered wood handrails, folding out a lazy arc, and the owner of the fingers was looking at her with a smile.

Chen Yuanzhi took three steps and walked the back stairs in two steps.

When she walked over, Xu Linhao also took his hand off the railing.

He reached out and handed the book he was holding in his other hand to Chen Yuanzhi, "Don't miss another book next time." ”

"Thank you." Chen Yuanzhi took it and couldn't help but reply, "It's really annoying that I'm the first in the grade, so I took time out of my busy schedule to send me books." ”

Xu Linmiao smiled with interest, "Yes, it's really busy." ”

This kind of atmosphere is a harbinger of the panicked elementary school students who are about to start arguing and pecking each other. Chen Yuanzhi glanced at him, and just wanted to continue to say something, but his eyes skimmed over the person's shoulder and saw the figure at the door of the bathroom.

Chen Yuanzhi's hands are faster than his brain. She suddenly grabbed Xu Linmiao's wrist and brought the person into the corner of the blind spot.

There were footsteps on the other side of the corridor, and the voices of two girls talking, if Chen Yuanzhi poked his head out, he could see two girls holding hands and just coming out of the bathroom.

"Have you finished your Chinese winter vacation homework?" "No, I'll copy it when I listen to the conference" "Ah, I'm done, I want to borrow your copy......"

The voices of the girls were closer, and Chen Yuanzhi listened intently to the movement, but the person under his hand suddenly moved his fingers, and the dry and powerful fingers brushed her fingertips.

Chen Yuanzhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that he was still holding Xu Linmiao's hand, and immediately let go, "I'm sorry, I ......"

Before she could finish speaking, the man's hand, which had just been released, reached out and gently grasped her wrist.

Xu Linmiao exerted force, and Chen Yuanzhi took two more steps inside, closer to where he was standing.

The person's body temperature came from the wrist, and the wrist joint was tightly circled, and it was about to burn up as if it was warm.

The thoughts in my mind are like circuits that have been blown off, and after a cluster of sparks, there is no movement. Chen Yuanzhi looked at the school emblem with flat stitches on the left chest of the person in front of him in a daze, and suddenly raised his head to meet Xu Linmiao's eyes, "You ......"

"Come here." Xu Linmiao's eyes were clear, and he lowered his eyes to look at her, "Your shadow will be seen by her." ”

Chen Yuanzhi was in a trance for several seconds before he realized what he was saying, "...... Well. ”

The slender fingers loosely held on his wrist were withdrawn, and Chen Yuanzhi felt a trace of residual warmth remaining on the skin of the tiger's mouth, and his heartbeat and pulse seemed to have shifted there, and the violent beating was difficult to ignore.

A chuckle came from the top of his head, and the man's exhaled breath swept over the roots of his hair, and Chen Yuanzhi once again smelled a trace of the aroma of green wood, which was very faint, maybe it was too close, which made people's cheeks hot.

Chen Yuanzhi heard what Xu Linmiao said, she couldn't see his expression, but she could almost listen to the voice and tone, thinking of his casual smile, "... If you want to hide, then hide better. ”

Chen Yuanzhi is very keen, but sometimes she would rather she is not so keen and does not know Xu Linmiao so well.

So that she would not understand the man's connivance the moment he laughed.

He indulged her tiny self-esteem, accompanied her to hide, and accompanied her to accumulate efforts bit by bit.

With an almost uncanny patience, he waited for her to come to him.