Chapter 75

In fact, Xia Zhixu is really a little nervous.

Before queuing up to enter the auditorium, he stepped across the two boys in front of him, patted Xu Qichen on the shoulder, and handed him the deformed book he was holding in his hand.

"Look for me. It's a pen." Xia Zhixu said with a smile, "thank you."

Xu Qichen took the book, nodded slightly and turned around.

The two teams slowly entered the auditorium, and Zhang Zhengxin arranged for them to take their seats.

Xia Zhixu and Xu Qichen were separated by two boys and two girls. He had to lean forward to see each other.

Xia Zhixu attributed his uneasiness to his plain writing, but he ignored that it was just a common speech, how extravagant it could be.

He glanced over there intentionally or unintentionally, watching his notebook placed on Xu Qichen's lap. He held his pen in his right hand, lowered his head and read his manuscript conscientiously. When he is attentive, his lower lip will be slightly tilted subconsciously, pursing his upper lip, and from time to time he will draw in circles on the notebook.

Just seeing that, the boy beside him bumped his arm. Xia Zhixu turned his head and whispered: "what's the matter?"

The boy looked like a good play and handed him a light pink note with a very obvious girl's handwriting on it. "It came from there and said it was for you."

Xia Zhixu took the note and looked at it.

[classmate, may I have your contact information? Mobile number or wechat ^ - ^]

"do you have a pen?"

The boy next to him handed him a pen, Xia Zhixu wrote the answer under the note.

[sorry, my mother confiscated my cell phone. ]

after that, he passed the note back in that direction and turned his head. Xu Qichen still kept that posture to read the manuscript for him. Xia Zhixu felt a special satisfaction.

I thought the note event was over, but the pink note came back soon.

[can I have my cell phone number first? Your mother always wants to give your cell phone back. ]

it's really difficult Xia Zhixu stares at the words on the note and finally writes down Chen Fang's mobile phone number.

This kind of trick he has done since junior high school, which is almost natural.

No one knows that Xia Zhixu, who is always dazzling but full of affinity in the crowd, is actually a person who likes to keep peace by evading. He is warm outside and cold inside and lacks patience. It's just that his obvious advantages always make others ignore a fact, and the dark side always follows behind the light.

What about Xu Qichen?

Xia Zhixu can't help but think, such a person who looks so cold on the outside, will also have an unknown heart like himself.

Curiosity is the driving force of Gemini.

The headmaster on the stage talked for a long time. First, he talked about the great achievements of this middle school as a matter of routine. Last year, the college entrance examination set a new high. Then he invited several excellent graduates to teach them their experience, so that these ignorant freshmen can find their goals and direction faster and better.

Xia Zhixu listens to the speech on the stage, but his right arm is hit again. When he turns around, his notebook is handed back. He happily took the book and leaned forward to smile at Xu Qichen, but the other side didn't look at him at all, just looked down at his hanging arm.

"You are so busy." The boy next to me joked.

Xia Zhixu, who was not paid attention to by the other party, was disappointed and didn't answer the boy's words. He only looked down and opened his notebook. He saw the detailed annotation of the red neutral pen on his speech, and he was in a good mood.

[the phrase "black hair does not know how to study early, but white head regrets how late he studies" here would be more unconventional if it was replaced by "learning from diligence and learning from fireflies". ]

[this paragraph is very well written. I think it's a pity to put it in the middle. You can add more parallelism and move it to the end to enhance your momentum. ]

[the overall theme of your speech is diligence. I think this paragraph may not be very harmonious, so you can choose to delete it. ]

……

Xia Zhixu carefully read all his annotations.

It's really worthy of being able to write a full score composition. Every suggestion has been mentioned to the point, and even some words that don't matter to him have been carefully considered.

Serious and talented.

Xia Zhixu contentedly closed the book, pressed the fold he had made with his palm, and the corner of his mouth rose unconsciously.

The ceremony lasted until 6:00 p.m. when the leaders left. The head teacher and the monitor of each class issued the general training uniform to everyone in turn. At the end of the ceremony, there was no need to lead the team. Sitting outside, Xu Qichen left his seat first. As the crowd walked into the corridor, Xia Zhixu followed him with his military training uniform, and he couldn't go forward. Finally out of the auditorium, was about to run forward, was tied around the neck.

Looking back, it's Chen Fang, "you kid's cheating on me again!" He took out the mobile phone in his pocket quietly, "you left my mobile phone number to others again."Xia Zhi, Xu Hei, laughed twice, "how do I know that you secretly brought your mobile phone? Just think I'll help you save peach blossom." Just then, I suddenly saw two girls who I didn't know were watching him coming towards him. Xia Zhixu patted Chen Fang on the shoulder. "I'm going to the toilet. I'm in a hurry. I'll go first."

A large number of freshmen came out of the auditorium with white shirts all over their eyes. Xia Zhixu looked forward and couldn't find the figure.

Some frustrated, looked at the hands of the grass green military training uniform, the mood is even worse.

After the dissolution, he went home from school. He should not have walked to the school gate now.

Forget it. I wanted to say thank you to him.

After walking a few steps in dismay, I suddenly heard someone calling me behind me. Compared with the noisy environment, my voice was too small and light.

Xia Zhixu thought it was the girl who had been looking for him before. Subconsciously, he wanted to pretend that he couldn't hear him, so he stepped forward.

The arm was suddenly grabbed.

Cool hands.

Slightly frowning back, scared.

It turned out to be Xu Qichen.

His only movable right hand grasped his arm, and the military training suit bag was in his mouth.

Xia Zhixu's expression changed for a moment, and he didn't know what to say.

Xu Qichen couldn't speak. He released his arm and handed the pen to Xia Zhixu.

Leng Leng took his pen, looking at him in his mouth of the packaging bag loose, with his hand to catch, and finally said, "the pen forgot to return you."

"Oh, no, nothing. I forgot." Xia Zhixu grabs his hair in embarrassment, and the atmosphere between them suddenly becomes embarrassed.

The students who came out of the auditorium crowded towards the school gate, and the two standing people became two stones in the counter current. Several rowdy boys passed by Xu Qichen and accidentally bumped him.

"I'm sorry!"

Although he said sorry, he ran away with laughter.

Xia Zhixu saw Xu Qichen's eyebrows wrinkled and knew that the collision was not light. He went around to the back of Xu Qichen and took away his military training uniform. "I'll take it for you."

Xu Qichen didn't have time to refuse. He took the things in his hand. He stood on Xu Qichen's left side, blocking his injured arm for him.

"Let's go home together."

Today's tone seems certain.

Xu Qichen didn't refuse. It's difficult for him to refuse a person's kindness, even though he doesn't seem to be very close to others.

Just like yesterday, Xia Zhixu got into the car early and occupied a seat for him. Today, however, he seems to be more fortunate. He occupied two empty seats side by side and left the window seat to Xu Qichen.

"Military training will start tomorrow. What will you do? Can't you ask for leave? "

Xu Qichen looked out of the window, tone indifferent, "no, I can."

He's quite stubborn.

"Thank you for correcting my manuscript today." Xia Zhixu didn't feel that Xu Qichen's attitude was cold at all. He was still enthusiastic. "You changed it carefully. I'll go back and rewrite it according to what you wrote."

Xu Qichen's eyes are still looking at the window.

"In fact, what you have written is very good. I haven't helped you much."

It's obviously a tone of no emotion, but in Xia Zhixu's eyes, it's like praise, "really? I didn't sleep at noon yesterday, just to write this

The other side began to stop talking.

Xia Zhixu looked at his side face, always feel that this person's head always seems to have a thick layer of cumulonimbus cloud, as if it will rain cats and dogs anytime and anywhere.

"In return, I'll invite you to eat after the military training tomorrow, OK?"

"No more."

The refusal was quick.

"No, it's a treat. I don't like to owe people." Xia Zhixu made a decision without authorization. He didn't know whether it would make Xu Qichen tired, but he just wanted to make him happy.

A person is always unhappy in his low pressure.

Xia Zhixu glanced at his head.

Even if it doesn't clear up, it's good to give him an umbrella.

This is how the week-long military training begins. On the morning of the first day, all the freshmen of senior high school come to the stadium to participate in the mobilization meeting of military training. To put it bluntly, they stand on the playground to listen to the headmaster for a while, then listen to the general instructor of military training for a while, and finally the freshmen's representatives go up to speak.

Xia Zhixu, as a representative team of Freshmen in key classes, was handed over to the end of the class after the chief instructor's speech, and was ready to make a speech from the back to the auditorium.

Zhang Zhengxin, the head teacher of the class, stood at the head of the class at the beginning. After listening to the chief instructor, he went to the end of the team with his hands on his back.

"I'll see what you wrote."

Xia Zhixu hands the folder to Zhang Zhengxin.

"Well Yes, did the representative of Chinese class give you advice? "Xia Zhixu nodded, "he changed a lot for me." Zhang Zhengxin listened and nodded approvingly, "it's good. Don't be nervous after going up. Take out some momentum. You are the face of our class."

With that, the head teacher of the next class also went to the end of the team. The two head teachers got together to chat. Xia Zhixu looked down at his manuscript and looked up at the team in front of him.

Xu Qichen was wearing a military training uniform, and his arm was still hanging.

The two teachers in charge of the class chatted with each other, and the people above also talked with each other. Xia Zhixu couldn't hear a word. The morning sun was shining on him, warm and lazy.

"Ah, how can your class still have arms hanging for military training?"

"Originally, I wanted to give him leave, but the child was unwilling and stubborn." Zhang Zhengxin's voice suddenly drags Xia Zhixu's lazy consciousness.

They are talking about Xu Qichen.

"That's good. I can bear hardships so much that other children have to undergo military training." The teacher in charge of the next class praised, "but how did it happen? I think my face and neck were hurt too. I had a fight with someone?"

Zhang Zhengxin sighed, "Alas, this child is very poor, and his grades are very good. It's said that after the high school entrance examination, my family was very happy. Three members of my family went out for a self driving tour, but there was a car accident, "his voice suddenly lowered." his parents have gone, and he's the only one left. "

"Then he Where do you live now? "

"The day before the beginning of school, a girl in her twenties came with him. She said it was his aunt who had just graduated from university."

"No more relatives?" The teacher in the next class shook his head. "In his twenties, I'm still a child."

"Grandparents are in other provinces, and they are not in good health. They left very early, and other relatives are hiding. This little aunt said that if she wanted to support him for her sister, she had to bring him to adulthood." Zhang Zhengxin sighed again, "this child is a good student of literature. I look at him with heartache. Two days ago, I went to the school to grant him a scholarship, and he was free of tuition."

"It's a big blow to lose my parents all of a sudden."

Zhang Zhengxin's voice was even lower. "I heard that after being hospitalized for more than a month, she didn't say a word, didn't cry, didn't make a scene, and was in a daze all day. Her aunt was afraid of an accident, so she quit her job and guarded him in the hospital every day. Two days ago, school was about to start. My aunt took him back to the place where she lived, and she finally began to talk. Then she found a new job. "

Xia Zhixu's palms were sweating.

Every time he looked at Xu Qichen's injury, he did not dare to ask. But he never thought that it was such a reason.

When I wake up, I'm alone. How do you feel.

He couldn't even think about it.

The sight hesitated and floated to the person's back, still standing upright. His heart seemed to be pulled by someone. Xia Zhixu felt very strange. This was the first time in his life that he felt pain because of others.

But he also felt one thousandth of Xu Qichen's.

Feel someone patted his shoulder, Xia Zhixu fiercely back.

"What a fool." Zhang Zhengxin pointed to the viewing platform, "all the people in class 10 have gone up. You can go too."

"Oh Good Xia Zhixu took the folder, from the back of the class queue around to the steps of the viewing platform.

Before he really stepped onto the viewing platform that gathered all people's eyes, standing on the steps covered by shadows, the boy had already attracted the attention of the girls in the front row. But he himself was still immersed in the conversation of the class teachers just now, and his mood was complicated.

“…… At the turning point of life, with hard work and sweat, compose a wonderful movement! Thank you

Hearing the applause, Xia Zhixu took a deep breath and stepped up the steps step by step.

At the moment of turning around, he showed a habitual and symbolic smile, walked to the microphone, and saluted everyone under the stage.

"Dear leaders, teachers and students, good morning..."

The applause below is much more enthusiastic than the representative of class 10 before. Although Xia Zhixu always ridicules himself for his weak language skills, for a Gemini, being good at debating is a talent.

He finished the opening according to his manuscript.

The following line is written by Xu Qichen.

[learning from diligence, you can get thousands of books. ]

Xia Zhixu takes a look under the stage. It seems that he is making eye contact with everyone, but in fact he is just looking for the amber pupil.

After his eyes met, he closed the folder with a smile.

"Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet, once wrote such a poem. He was brave and brave, but he was strong in the end."

"As the former student representative said, as a senior high school student standing at a turning point in life, we bid farewell to the past, and now stand in front of each of us, is a new self."

"In addition to the persistent persistence and inquisitive attitude, we should have the courage to draw an end to the past tribulations and challenge the unknown road ahead. We must firmly believe that adversity and pain, frustration and embarrassment are all other gifts of fate! "Xia Zhixu's voice is more and more sonorous, different from the new representative who took the form before. His every sentence is sonorous and forceful, and every word has its own voice.

The students who were still laughing and talking were also driven by his natural appeal and aura. They raised their heads and listened to his speech seriously.

"Finally, I'd like to end my speech with a lyric that I really like."

"Everything that kills me makes me feel alive."

"thank you." Xia Zhixu went to the microphone, bowed deeply, walked down the viewing platform in the thunderous applause, and went back to the end of his class.

Zhang Zhengxin took the folder from him and looked at it carefully. "No, why didn't you follow your own manuscript?"

Xia Zhixu revealed a pair of small tiger teeth, "teacher, freshmen talk about how boring learning is, so I suddenly have a flash of inspiration and play freely, OK?"

Zhang Zhengxin reluctantly patted him on the shoulder with the folder, "it's not humiliating to our class. Next time, we can't do this nonsense."

"Well!" Xia Zhixu takes the folder and turns to face the viewing platform. He happens to see Xu Qichen turn his head and look at him. Before Xia Zhixu smiles at him, he turns back.

Looking at his back, Xia Zhixu had a little satisfaction in his heart.

Just a little bit.

As soon as the mobilization meeting was over, each class was taken to the designated military training site by the assigned instructors for training. At the beginning, it was just standing in a military posture, but it was only half an hour at the beginning, which was really a torment for the 15-year-old children.

Xia Zhixu felt nothing. He was tall and was arranged in the last row. He looked at Xu Qichen standing just in front of him. His left arm was hanging, and his right hand was sticking to the middle of his pants, motionless.

It's persistence.

"OK, stay where you are."

Under the instructor's command, the students relaxed a little and went to the place where they put water in a unified way one by one.

Chen Fang unscrewed a bottle of sports drink and went to Xia Zhixu, "you boy, you've just been in the limelight again. Now all the girls in the grade know you."

Xia Zhixu frowned slightly, "there is no exaggeration."

"Well, I've been with your classmates in junior high school for nine years, and you've participated in at least 20 activities. It's the first time I've seen you feel so true." Chen Fang twisted the lid back. "You don't know. Our girls are so proud at the bottom, just like you are their son."

…… Son?

Xia Zhixu shook his head. "You really inherited your mother's gift of expression perfectly."

He took the drink from Chen Fang's hand. Just as he wanted to open it, he suddenly looked at his hands.

"Why, Mr. Ban Cao is so moved by my drink that he can't open it. Come on, I'll help you."

He put the drink bottle in his hand on Chen Fang's hand, turned his head and looked around, and found Xu Qichen standing on one side with his back to him.

"Well, I've unscrewed it for you. Where are you going?"

Xu Qichen, holding the thermos cup he brought from home in his right hand, looked at it and sighed silently. As soon as he was ready to put it down, he suddenly stretched out a hand beside him.

Side head, is that brilliant smiling face again, still have that pair of tiger teeth that shake eyes.

He took the thermos cup from his own hands and held it in both hands. He wanted to open it all at once, but he didn't think that the cup mouth and lid were still.

It's a little embarrassing.

He put the cup in his stomach. The cat twisted it and said, "your cup is quite tight."

It's finally unscrewed.

"Here you are." Xia Zhixu handed the cup to Xu Qichen, "take it, aren't you thirsty?"

Xu Qichen Lengleng took the thermos cup, looked at the warm-hearted students red palm.

He did not drink water, slightly pulled the corners of his mouth, issued a very light but no emotional voice.

"Are you pitying me?"

Xia Zhixu thinks that he heard it wrong. He looks at Xu Qichen suspiciously.

The other side looked him straight in the eye.

"Are you doing this because you sympathize with me?"

He stood still.

In fact, he didn't think about the reason at all.

Xia Zhixu opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he was interrupted by the instructor, "the rest time is over, assemble!"

After the military posture training is kicks the positive step.

The space allocated for each class is not large. During the training, students can only walk back and forth row by row, while training for turning.

Xu Qichen's arm was fixed and could not swing normally like other students. The instructor came to him and said, "if it's inconvenient, you don't need to participate in forward training."

Xu Qichen shook his head, "convenient, instructor Yang."

Xia Zhixu looked at him seriously forward, legs straight straight, heart is not taste.Just now his questions echoed in his ears repeatedly.

[are you pitying me? ]

- one two one, one two one, one two one Stand up!

The coach's voice was sonorous and powerful.

The boys in the front row came to the top.

Turn back!

One two one, one two one, one two one

Xu Qichen, who was seriously carrying forward his steps, walked towards him step by step.

It's getting closer.

It's one step away.

Stand still!

[are you doing this because you sympathize with me? ]

stand in front of yourself.

"No Xia Zhixu suddenly spoke in a low voice, but Xu Qichen heard it very clearly.

"Because you are good, you are excellent, that's why I want to be friends with you."

Turn back!

Xu Qichen suddenly did not return to consciousness, when turning back, his foot almost sprained, and he was helped by the boy behind him.

"I'm serious."

His voice is very clear, with a little childish.

It has natural bewitching power.