Chapter 289 Hug, we are still good friends

Starting from April 4th and lasting for three days, the No. 27 Affiliated Middle School entered the midterm examination state.

For students in the first and second year of high school, this is just a simple midterm exam.

But for senior high school students, this is not only a midterm exam, but also the second province-wide joint mock exam, commonly known as the second mock exam.

Generally speaking, the second mock exam is the most difficult of the three mock exams and it tests the students' true level.

There are still many first-year high school students immersed in the joy of the three major ball games, and even many are looking forward to the three major finals on the afternoon of the 30th while taking exams.

But the atmosphere in the senior year is completely different.

However, the three grades are located in three different teaching buildings, so it is difficult for the atmosphere to influence each other.

As a top student in the parallel class who ranked 23rd in the school's opening exam, Li Luo still had to go upstairs to Class for this exam.

In the evening of the 29th.

Sitting in the second to last seat in the third row in the middle of the first examination room, Li Luo finished his geography test paper. After checking it, he looked at the back of Ying Chanxi who was sitting in seat No. 1 by the window.

At this time, Ying Chanxi had already finished the test paper, but he was still checking and correcting it carefully.

According to Ying Chanxi, after completing the test paper, she will conduct three rounds of error correction.

The first time was to focus on the difficult points of the questions she thought were difficult, to check whether there were any mistakes or omissions and whether she fell into the traps set by the teacher.

The second time, you should pay special attention to the questions that you can solve directly based on some quick formulas or some tips for solving problems, and then do them again using the normal and formal method to make sure there are no problems.

The last time is to check the entire volume, browse it from beginning to end, and make a final check to fill in the gaps.

How should I put it... She has her reasons for being number one in the grade.

Anyway, Li Luo was too lazy to be so careful. After finishing the test paper, he glanced at Ying Chanxi, and then was stared at by Teacher Sun who was invigilating on the podium.

Most students would probably lower their heads at this moment.

But Li Luo still smiled at Teacher Sun, which made Teacher Sun speechless.

Teacher Sun didn't think Li Luo was cheating. After all, during the exam, the 40 desks and chairs in the classroom were arranged in five rows, with wide gaps in between, so you couldn't see anything even if you wanted to.

But every time before each exam, this kid likes to look at Ying Chanxi. Teacher Sun has noticed it, and he feels uncomfortable when he thinks that they still live under the same roof every day.

I'm always worried that these two kids will create some sparks.

Fortunately, Ying Chanxi is well-behaved and sensible, and his learning talent and hard work are both top-notch, so Teacher Sun doesn't have to worry about anything.

What bothered him was that in recent days he had privately talked to Ying Chanxi about the new college entrance examination and mathematics competitions, and also planned with her various plans for his future efforts to enter Tsinghua University and Peking University.

In the end, Ying Chanxi told him that she only wanted to apply to Qianjiang University...

At that moment, Teacher Sun felt dizzy and almost passed out.

You are the top student in the grade, a sure winner of the provincial first prize in mathematics competition, and a strong contender for the national first place. And you tell me you want to apply to Qianjiang University?
If the school leaders knew about this, they would scold him to death.

Teacher Sun thought about it for a long time but couldn't understand Ying Chanxi's train of thought, but he was too embarrassed to ask Ying Chanxi why he made that choice.

Because he probably guessed a little bit...

It’s all because of this kid Li Luo.

Li Luo is now ranked among the top 10 or 20 in the whole school. Among the parallel classes, this is already very impressive, and Teacher Sun has nothing to say.

But to be honest, although this result has hope for admission to Tsinghua University and Peking University, it is not stable.

At least you have to be consistently in the top five in the school to be considered a stable candidate for Tsinghua or Peking University. For the rest, it can only be said that there are variables.

After all, No. 1 Affiliated High School is not one of the top high schools in the province, and its strength level is not that top-notch.

Just because it is backed by Qianjiang University, if you just want to take the entrance exam for Qianjiang University, there will be some preferential treatment.

For example, policies like the Trinity Admissions are generally most easily enjoyed by students from the No. 1 Affiliated High School.

This indirectly reduces the difficulty for students from the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School to enter Qianjiang University.

But this obviously has no effect on Tsinghua University and Peking University, and they can only rely on their own hard power to do it.

Therefore, although nearly a hundred students from the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School are admitted to Qianjiang University every year, the number of students admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University is basically only five or six.

When it’s better, it’s over ten.

No more.

It is far inferior to the top schools in the city.

So it is obvious that although Ying Chanxi was fully capable of being admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, he still chose to apply to Qianjiang University, obviously just to be in the same school as Li Luo.

So when he saw Li Luo smile at him after he finished writing, Teacher Sun immediately looked unhappy. He snorted silently, turned his head away, and was too lazy to look at him.

Li Luo didn't understand either. He felt that Lao Sun seemed to be a little dissatisfied with him in recent days, but he didn't take it too seriously.

Anyway, he is not his class teacher.

So after laughing, Li Luo closed his eyes and began to think about his childhood. He read "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit" in his memory palace.

Soon, with the sound of a bell, the midterm exam ended successfully.

The next morning, the head teachers of each class came to their respective classes with a thick stack of documents in their hands.

The detailed plan for the new college entrance examination reform in Qianjiang Province has been issued.

Kong Junxiang wrote down a few key words on the blackboard, and then asked everyone to read through the specific terms and conditions first.

After everyone had a general understanding of the content, I gave a detailed explanation and answered some of the students' questions.

Kong Junxiang kept talking until almost ten o'clock in the morning. His mouth was dry. He drank a sip of tea and let out a long sigh: "Anyway, this is the general situation."

"During the May Day holiday, when you go home, you'd better take this document and show it to your parents first so that they can have a general understanding of the reform."

"This way, we can talk more smoothly during the parents' meeting next month. Do you understand?"

After receiving responses from the students in Class Eight, Kong Junxiang nodded, told them to study on their own, and then called out the names of a few people.

"Li Luo, Lu Jiahao, Shi Yanran, Zhu Yufei, Zhang Guohuang, Ren Zheng."

"You six, come out for a moment."

When Li Luo heard his name, he thought about the other people who were called and immediately guessed why Kong Junxiang asked them to go out.

Six people filed out and followed Kong Junxiang all the way to the office on the fifth floor.

Kong Junxiang was holding a teacup in his hand. As soon as he sat down, he found that the water in it was all gone.

Seeing this, Li Luo stretched out his hand: "Teacher Kong, I'll get you some water."

"Row."

After pouring Kong Junxiang's cup of tea, Li Luo returned to his desk.

Kong Junxiang took a sip of the warm water in his teacup and then said, "I called you out because it's related to the college entrance examination reform."

"I also said that in the classroom just now."

"This time, not only do you have to choose three out of seven, but you can also take the three secondary subjects as early as your second year of high school, and use them as your actual scores for the college entrance examination."

"So the school has done some preliminary research and considering that some of our students are quite good at their secondary subjects, we have decided to try and suggest that you sign up for the first selection exam next semester."

"And in order to get a good score in this selection test, you need to go home and communicate with your parents."

"If possible, determine in advance which three secondary subjects you want to choose after the parent-teacher conference."

"Then starting from mid-May, the school will arrange additional sprint classes, including the summer vacation, which will last until the first selection exam next year."

Having said that, Kong Junxiang took another sip of tea to moisten his throat and glanced at a few students who seemed to be thinking about something.

Then he added: "This sprint class is specifically for those in the key classes, but your regular grades are also within the top 160 in the school, so you are also within the registration range."

"Of course, the specific choice is in your hands, so you still have to think carefully before making a decision."

"After all, you actually learn a lot slower than the key classes. If you really enter the sprint class, you will be very tired. You have to make up for the remaining courses of the secondary subjects as much as possible within a few months."

"My suggestion is that we can just choose one minor subject and join the sprint class."

"If the learning effect is good, then I will apply for the first selection test and try to get a high score. This way, I will have one less course to take care of in the next two years and can relax a little."

"During this holiday, go home and explain to your parents what the specific problem is. We can discuss it in detail at the parent-teacher meeting."

Seeing the six people nod, Kong Junxiang said, "Okay, Li Luo and Lu Jiahao stay, and the others can go back to study first."

"Teacher Kong, is there anything else?" Li Luo watched Zhu Yufei and the other four leave, and then asked curiously.

"What I just said, asking them to choose only one secondary subject, is mainly aimed at them, not at you two."

Kong Junxiang said, "Especially you, Li Luo, it would be best if you can pass the three secondary subjects in one go."

"Yeah." Li Luo nodded, "I think so too, but..."

"But what?"

"Teacher Kong, can we forget about the sprint class?" Li Luo said with a smile, "Actually, I have already studied all the high school content with Ying Chanxi privately. I usually review with her and so on. I don't think there is a need for a sprint class."

Kong Junxiang frowned when he heard what he said: "Is it true?"

"There's no need for me to lie to you, Mr. Kong."

"Wait a minute." Kong Junxiang stood up and walked to the bookcase in the office. He looked up and down, then took out a stack of test papers and thought for a while.

After taking the test paper and putting it back, Kong Junxiang pondered for a few seconds and smiled helplessly: "You are really giving me a difficult question, do you just not want to attend the sprint class?"

"Not really, it's just that this high-pressure learning method is not suitable for me." Li Luo coughed twice, "I prefer to study on my own in private, the effect is much better than learning with a class."

"Then let's do this." Kong Junxiang pondered for a moment, then said with a smile, "When the sprint class is established, we will conduct internal tests on various subjects, and the content will be the entire high school knowledge framework."

"I'll sign you up first. If you can rank in the top 20 in the three secondary subjects in the test, I won't require you to join the sprint class."

There are 160 students registered for the key class this time, plus some top students have signed up for the parallel classes. The total number is estimated to be around two hundred.

Divided into seven minor subjects, the average number of people in each minor subject is about 100.

It is actually quite difficult to get into the top 20.

After all, just because he occasionally ranks in the top 20 in the school doesn’t mean he is in the top 20 in every subject. There is still a big difference.

However, Li Luo still nodded and agreed.

After all, with Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu at home, who would go to school to attend a cram school instead of going far away?
If you want to learn about liberal arts, ask senior students; if you want to learn about science, ask Xixi.

Much more reliable than the sprint class.

After coming out of Kong Junxiang's office and finishing the self-study, Li Luo went to the cafeteria to eat with Yan Zhusheng and others.

While eating, Ying Chanxi quietly asked Li Luo: "Did your class teacher tell you?"

"Sprint class?"

"Ah."

"Those of you in the key class also need to participate, right?" Li Luo asked curiously.

"Yes, but I won't participate." Ying Chanxi shook his head and said, "I have learned all the knowledge points in high school, and I am also taking competition classes in the summer vacation." "Fortunately, I don't plan to participate either."

"Eh?" Ying Chanxi was stunned for a moment, "You, you're not going to participate?"

"Yeah, if you don't participate, why should I participate?"

"But..." Ying Chanxi blinked and thought that even if she didn't take part in the sprint class, she would have to come to school to attend the competition class during the summer vacation. If Li Luo could attend the sprint class, the two of them could still go to and from school together.

After all, Xu Youyu is in his second year of high school and he definitely won’t come to school during the summer vacation.

Yan Zhusheng's grades were not good enough to get into a sprint class.

In this way, she could go to and from school with Li Luo alone.

result……

"Why don't you come up?"

"I have you." Li Luo said, "If I have any problem, I can go to you directly to solve it. It's much more reliable than taking a sprint class."

"But, but..." Ying Chanxi couldn't say anything for a moment. After hearing what Li Luo said, he felt that it seemed okay.

"Don't worry about it." Li Luo waved his hand and said, "This college entrance examination reform looks complicated, but it's actually just one thing now."

"Prepare for the first selection test. Try to get as high a score as possible in the three secondary subjects. Try to get 100 points in all three subjects. That's it."

"There's a football game this afternoon, don't think too much about it."

Matters concerning course selection and exam selection were put aside for the time being.

After lunch, Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng took a short rest in the classroom and then set off early, all the way to the rock club activity room on the second floor of the gymnasium.

At this time, Niu Qingling and the others had already arrived, and the student union members also came here to help them move the equipment to the first-floor playground and adjust the equipment sound.

In the order of the afternoon games, first comes table tennis, then badminton, and finally the basketball final.

So now, in addition to the rock club's equipment, a ping-pong table has been set up in the middle of the field.

Zhao Rongjun came here early to warm up, and he looked a little nervous.

After Li Luo followed the members of the student union down, he came up behind him and patted his shoulder with a smile: "Brother Jun, I'll cheer you on later. Play well. After the game, we'll celebrate the championship together in the evening."

"It's not certain whether we can win." Zhao Rongjun rubbed the racket nervously, not as confident as Li Luo.

Xie Shuchen on the side also came over and said to Li Luo: "It doesn't matter about table tennis, but you guys in Class 8 may not be able to beat us in basketball, so don't jump to conclusions."

Li Luo smiled and said, "We'll see when the time comes."

Although the basketball finals were coming up soon, there was no tension between the two of them.

It has to be said that Xie Shuchen and Liu Shaowen's personalities are not that difficult to get along with. It's just that because they want to pursue Ying Chanxi, some of their thoughts and behaviors make Li Luo a little uncomfortable occasionally.

When Ying Chanxi is not involved, these two people are quite normal and there is no problem getting along as friends.

The atmosphere in this match between Class 1 and Class 8 was not as bad as the last time they played against Class 7.

As the time goes.

Soon it was one o'clock in the afternoon.

The bell for assembly and exercise rang from the teaching building.

Perhaps they hope that the senior high school students can relax after the second mock exam, so for this game, not only the freshmen and sophomores, but also the senior high school students can line up to watch.

After about half an hour, all the seats in the gymnasium were occupied.

Li Luo went to the bathroom on the second floor to use the toilet before the show started.

As a result, as soon as I finished washing my hands, I ran into Xu Youyu at the corner.

"Huh?" Xu Youyu saw Li Luo, looked around, then smiled slyly, pulled Li Luo directly into a secluded corridor, and pressed him against the wall, "Little brother, the basketball finals will start soon, right?"

"Senior...what's up?" Li Luo looked at her with a headache and said helplessly, "The performance is about to start, and I have to go downstairs to prepare."

"Heh..." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Good luck in the finals. If you win... let me think about it~ What reward do you want this time?"

"Reward me with a more normal senior?"

"Are you saying I'm abnormal now?"

"How can you bully your junior like this?"

"Haha~" Xu Youyu couldn't help but be amused by him, his chest trembling under the wrapping of the school uniform, "How is this bullying? It's obviously just caring about you, and taking the opportunity to collect materials."

"The hero and heroine in your book are like that, do you still need this level of material?"

"Why not? Or do you mean..." Xu Youyu raised his eyebrows, and then pushed his knees into the gap between his legs. He narrowed his eyes and looked at him ambiguously, "You don't want to have that kind of material with Senior Sister, do you?"

“…I didn’t say that.”

"I hesitated for 2.5 seconds." Xu Youyu laughed, "Are all boys like this?"

"I'm afraid Uncle Xu will hack me to death." Li Luo rolled his eyes at her.

"How could that be?" Xu Youyu waved his hand. "Didn't you see the last time my dad broke into your hotel room? He is much more rational now. He won't really do anything to you."

"But..."

"From what you said, do you really want to do something to me if my dad agrees?"

"Ah~ I didn't expect you to be such a junior."

Li Luo was speechless: "...It was obviously you who said it first."

"I'm just collecting materials, what about you?"

"Do you think I will write about your recent behavior in the book?" Li Luo said with narrowed eyes, "By the way, next time Uncle Xu comes to dinner on the day of the parents' meeting, I will discuss with him about the real-life materials for online writing and tell him where the inspiration for some of the plots came from."

"You dare!" Xu Youyu glared at him, a little anxious.

But Li Luo chuckled: "So senior sister, you should be honest. Otherwise, it's not just this. Maybe one day when I'm in a good mood, I'll share with Uncle Xu who the author of "Literary Age" is."

"Don't..." Upon seeing this, Xu Youyu immediately revealed a pitiful expression, and actually pulled Li Luo back, directly against the other wall of the corridor, so that Li Luo was in the position of wall-donging her.

Then she bit her lips lightly and begged bitterly, "Junior brother, as long as you don't tell my father about this, I can agree to anything you want, even if it's that kind of thing... it's okay... please."

Li Luo was so overwhelmed by the senior's superb acting skills that he almost got into the role.

Fortunately, the sound of footsteps was faintly heard at the corner of the corridor, which woke Li Luo up. He quickly took two steps back, walked away from Xu Youyu, and increased the distance between them.

Soon, the footsteps in the corridor gradually approached and finally appeared at the corner.

Yan Zhusheng appeared here, turned his head to look at Li Luo and Xu Youyu, and immediately asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Didn't you come up to the bathroom? Why are you here?"

"Ahem..." Li Luo adjusted his pants vaguely, turned around and walked towards Yan Zhusheng, "Nothing, I just met you and chatted with you for a while, Senior sister, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Go ahead." Xu Youyu waved at him with a smile, "Good luck in the Zhusheng finals as well."

"Well, thank you, senior." Yan Zhusheng nodded, then followed Li Luo downstairs.

Just as they were passing by the door of the rock club's activity room, Yan Zhusheng suddenly grabbed Li Luo's sleeve and pulled him into the now empty activity room.

"what happened?"

"Nothing." Yan Zhusheng shook his head, then looked up at Li Luo and opened his arms, "Hug me."

"Why do you want to hug me again?"

"This is encouragement before the finals." Yan Zhusheng said seriously, "Good luck in the basketball finals."

Having said that, Yan Zhusheng couldn't wait to hug her.

Li Luo was hugged by her soft body, and now he had gradually gotten used to it. He held her in his arms with his backhand and, following the rule of mutual encouragement between good friends, he whispered in her ear: "Good luck in the badminton finals."

The activity rooms on the second floor of the gymnasium are mainly located around the roof of the gymnasium, roughly forming an enclosed corridor and room.

So looking down from the window of the activity room, you can clearly see the basketball court below and the surrounding audience seats.

If you look down from the window of the rock club's activity room, you can directly see the position occupied by Class 1 of Grade 1 at that time.

Ying Chanxi was sitting in a seat in Class 1, holding the drinks and snacks he bought at the canteen at noon, chatting and laughing with Qiao Xinyan next to him.

If she looked up and looked carefully toward the window of the rock club's activity room at this moment, she would probably be able to see two blurry yet somewhat familiar figures hugging each other tightly.

"It's time to end the encouragement from good friends." In the activity room on the second floor, Li Luo saw Yan Zhusheng was reluctant to let go, and immediately reminded him, "The president and the others are still waiting."

"Yeah." Yan Zhusheng was a little reluctant, but still let go of Li Luo obediently. With her ponytail swaying in the air, she followed Li Luo downstairs.

A few minutes later.

As the host finished his opening remarks, the principal who came to watch the game enthusiastically announced the official start of the competition.

Li Luo and others immediately went on stage.

Led by Niu Qingling's drum set, passionate music sounded.

Yan Zhusheng stood in front of the microphone, opened his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"I want to fly up to the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun~ The world is waiting for me to change~"

"I am never afraid of others seeing my dreams. I can realize them all here."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Yan Zhusheng easily attracted the attention of everyone in the audience and became the only focus in the stadium.

The boys and girls in the audience all focused their eyes on this tall girl who was singing with her loud voice.

But probably no one could have imagined it.

Just a few minutes ago, this girl with such inspiring singing voice was in the activity room on the second floor, asking Li Luo for a hug.

But just as Li Luo was looking at Yan Zhusheng's radiant back in front of him, Yan Zhusheng turned around after singing the climax of the first half of the chorus, handed the microphone to him, and snatched his guitar.

Li Luo: “?”

"You sing too." Yan Zhusheng leaned close to his ear and whispered to him.

Li Luo smiled helplessly and turned to look at Niu Qingling and the others.

Niu Qingling also smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

Xie Shuchen and Shao Youpeng also laughed and winked at him encouragingly.

So Li Luo walked to the center of the stage with the microphone, listened to the music, and took a deep breath.

"I believe that I am who I am~ I believe in tomorrow! I believe that youth has no horizon~"

Li Luo's singing quickly conquered the audience as he perfectly followed up Yan Zhusheng's first half.

Ying Chanxi was the only one sitting in the audience. The scene of Yan Zhusheng whispering in Li Luo's ear just now kept flashing through his mind, and he couldn't help biting his lip.

But when she saw Li Luo shining on the stage, she couldn't help but see a little sparkle in her eyes.

So handsome.

(End of this chapter)