growing up

Gu Yuan and Ling Chao went back to the urban area, collected some change of clothes, books and computers from home, and lived directly in Ling Chao's place.

Ling Chao was naturally happy with Gu Yuan's decision.

Judging from Gu Yuan's performance, he seems to be turning over the matter of Qingqing's departure.Whether he pretended it never happened or "selective amnesia", on the surface, he has returned to normal.

The only difference is that Gu Yuan became much more silent.

Also hardly laughing.

But at least compared to what Ling Chao saw when he went to the countryside that day, this is pretty good.

The make-up classes for the third year of senior high school officially started, and the entrance exams were held on the first day of the make-up classes.

This time, Ling Chao scored eleven points higher than Gu Yuan!This was not such a big difference in points between the two of their classmates in this year, and Gu Yuan was only 3 points higher than the No.0.5 Chen Yu.

Ling Chao lay on the table, but he didn't get the joy of No.1.He frowned and looked at Gu Yuan who was correcting the English test paper, feeling an unspeakable discomfort in his heart.

In the past few days, Gu Yuan went to and from school with him every day, and after evening self-study, Gu Yuan would come to the school gate to pick him up and go home with him.When they were in school, both of them studied very seriously, and they would be intimate and tender from time to time when they returned home.

But there was such an invisible feeling in Ling Chao's heart. He couldn't tell what kind of mood Gu Yuan was in, and he couldn't tell that he was still sad about Qingqing, but he seemed to be a different person. It still looks like Gu Yuan, but there is a sense of strangeness in the familiarity.

The final exam papers for comprehensive science were handed out, and the one who usually helped Gu Yuan get points in this subject was one point less than Ling Chao this time.

Chemistry teacher Lao Wang explained the test paper on the podium, and the students below were all listening carefully.Ling Chao got a perfect score in this subject. He glanced at Gu Yuan and made a mistake in a multiple-choice question. It was a very simple question.

He tapped on Gu Yuan's leg, Gu Yuan lowered his left hand and grabbed him, staring at the blackboard, writing on the straw paper with his right hand, ignoring Ling Chao's intentions.

Ling Chao withdrew his thoughts helplessly, raised his head to look at the blackboard, and stopped bothering him.

After school in the afternoon, the two of them went back to eat, and after leaving the school, Gu Yuan tapped his phone a few times, and Ling Chao received a message.He opened it and saw that Alipay had received a transfer from Gu Yuan, which was 1 yuan.

"Are you serious?" Ling Chao looked at the transfer information and asked a little funny.

"Yeah." Gu Yuan locked the phone after operating, and walked slowly in his pocket.

"It can't be." Ling Chao was about to go back the same way when Gu Yuan pressed the screen.

He said: "Okay, keep the promise."

"You..." Ling Chao looked at him helplessly, "I'm a little embarrassed to be like this, I always feel like I'm bullying you."

Gu Yuan lowered his head to look at the road, then raised his head to look at Ling Chao and said, "It's quite a test this year, maybe I will surpass you at some point."

When Gu Yuan said this, his expression was very serious, so serious that Ling Chao could not say another word that was not serious.

It is true that Ling Chao is not the first in their sophomore year of high school, but after calculation, Ling Chao has more times than Gu Yuan.Not counting the daily quizzes in class, only the entrance exams, monthly exams, mid-term, and end-of-term exams, Ling Chao's proportion is also higher than him.

Gu Yuan's mother came back with her grandma a week later, but Gu Yuan didn't pack up and go back to live.He only goes back during lunch and afternoon meals every day, and still lives at Ling Chao's house at night.

Zhang Yun also felt the change in Gu Yuan, and after chatting with Ling Chao once, he stopped meddling.

And the school season in September is also coming in such a day.

Last year's senior freshmen moved into the third and fourth floors of the senior second classrooms, and the senior senior students also moved to the top two floors during make-up classes. The new senior freshmen from military training have not yet returned, and the whole No. [-] middle school seems to be no different from this time last year.

The last job that Gu Yuan promised to do was a big job, Party A gave him two months.For him, according to the previous speed, it can be completed in 20 days at most.

He discussed it with He Nuo and the others. Since Party A didn't need to hand in early, he didn't need to finish it in advance.He Nuo also found out about Gu Qingqing's affairs later on, and originally wanted to help him rework, but Gu Yuan didn't agree, it must have been a contract he had already made, so he couldn't break his promise.

When school was over on the afternoon of the [-]st, Gu Yuan said to Ling Chao: "Brother Chao, I will follow you to study by myself starting today."

"Then what do you do with the matter in your hand?" Ling Chao couldn't help asking.

"There's a lot of time, so come in a hurry." Gu Yuan said.

Ling Chao doesn't care much about these things, in his heart, Gu Yuan is willing to do it, and he supports it, whether it's for making money or for practicing.Gu Yuan didn't want to do it, and he agreed, anyway, for them now, the money is enough.

"You can figure it out," Ling Chao rubbed his hair, this habit has never been changed, "Just don't tire yourself too much."

"En." Gu Yuan nodded obediently.

Some people say that the third year of high school is black, because the cruelty of the domestic college entrance examination system has always affected this generation of people, and reading is still a springboard for most families.The students had no choice, either to give up early, or to struggle desperately.

As for a key high school like No. [-] Middle School, the most important class is the group of people who are desperately struggling.

Countless test papers, exercise books, and information books began to pile up on the table every day.From the morning self-study to the end of the evening self-study, the time spent in school alone has exceeded [-] hours, not to mention that almost all of them will burn the lights and fight at night for several hours.

The dark circles under the eyes of the young juveniles were prematurely pasted under the eyelids. It was supposed to be the rainy season, and their minds were full of all kinds of review materials.

In this kind of day-to-day learning, the days fly by.In a blink of an eye, it was the end of September.

The pair of earrings that Ling Chao had ordered before arrived, and when school was over in the afternoon, he took them home from the guard room, and sat on the sofa by himself for ten minutes in a daze.

There are only twenty days to Gu Yuan's birthday, but Ling Chao hesitated.

Gu Yuan's birthday also represents Gu Qingqing's. The necklace he brought back from Kunming is still locked in his suitcase and has not been taken out.

He didn't know if Gu Yuan would still like to celebrate his birthday this year.

For more than a month, no one of them has mentioned Qingqing's name, which seems to have become a taboo between them. If you don't touch it, it seems that it won't hurt.

Ling Chao finally got up and went to the bedroom, and locked the black velvet box into the suitcase, staying with the silver collar.

In the second big exam, Ling Chao still took the lead, but Gu Yuan reduced the difference to four points. It seemed that he was really studying in the past month, not pretending.

The second 1 yuan went to Ling Chao, who took Gu Yuan and the two ladies in his family to a popular Cantonese restaurant in Xincheng for lunch on the only one-day holiday on November [-]st.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yun had an appointment with his friends, and grandma handed it over to them to send it back.

After a long vacation, Ling Chao and Gu Yuan didn't have any plans, they planned to go to the boxing gym to play with He Nuo and Wang Zibo after seeing off their grandma.

But when they got home, grandma left them behind: "Xiao Yuan and Ling Chao, sit down for a while, grandma has something to say."

The two sat down as promised, thinking that grandma wanted to chat with them.After all, Gu Yuan doesn't go home to stay at night, and Ling Chao hasn't been here for a month.

Grandma waited for them to sit down, then turned around and entered the room where Gu Qingqing lived before, and she lived there after she came.

When she came out, she was holding a small calico bag in her hand, and she couldn't tell what was in it.

"Originally, I didn't want to talk about this matter now." Grandma sat down and put the bag in her hand, "But today I am in a very good mood, and I feel that I have to talk about it sooner or later, so it is better to choose another day." It's day."

Ling Chao and Gu Yuan glanced at each other, not understanding what grandma was going to say.

"I, old man, these years, I sent away Xiaoyuan's grandfather first, then his father, and now Qingqing is gone too," grandma nodded unconsciously, and said calmly, "The relatives around me are getting more and more At least, the closest relatives are only a daughter-in-law and a grandson."

The two juniors sat upright and listened carefully, waiting for the old man to speak slowly.

"I don't have any wishes. I don't ask you to be rich and powerful, nor do you want your achievements to be high. The only thing I want is that your life will be safe and smooth."

"Ling Chao," Grandma suddenly looked at him and shouted, Ling Chao quickly responded, and heard her say, "I know, you and Xiao Yuan are a couple. This is something that I have experienced in the years I have lived. It's shorter, I haven't met it before. But I can see that you are really kind to us, Xiaoyuan."

From the moment grandma said "You and Xiao Yuan are a couple", the two people on the opposite side broke into a cold sweat, but the following words did not seem to develop in a bad direction.

"As for me, I don't really understand the feelings of you young people, but Qingqing told me before that in this world, love has no gender distinction. She didn't say it clearly at that time, but now that I think about it, she should be doing it for you The two vaccinated me in advance."

Ling Chao clearly felt Gu Yuan's tense breath when he heard Qingqing's name, he turned his head and looked at it, and felt relieved after making sure that Gu Yuan had no abnormal emotions.

"Although I am an old woman, my thinking is not pedantic and I can accept new things. I suddenly asked you two to say these things today, just to tell you that grandma supports you. As long as you are happy and happy, grandma will feel at ease .”

Gu Yuan didn't expect that grandma would ask them to say such things specially, and he couldn't bear it all of a sudden.He and Qingqing were brought up by their grandma since they were young, and this relationship can even be said to be closer than that with their mother.He never thought of hiding his relationship with Ling Chao from his grandma, but he didn't specifically explain it, perhaps because he was afraid that the old man would not accept it to a certain extent.Now hearing grandma take the initiative to mention it, he blames himself and is moved in his heart.

"I saw a jade plaque hanging around Xiao Yuan's neck, and I just noticed that Ling Chao also had one on today. After asking Xiao Yuan's mother, I found out that it was given to you two by Ling Chao's family. Actually, regarding the relationship between you two, I and Xiao Yuan's mother has verified it, and she knew it early in the morning."

"Our old Gu's family is not a big family, and there are no family heirlooms." Grandma reached into the cloth bag, took out a small kit-like bag from it, and slowly untied the knots at both ends, and took out a bunch of Ling Chao was wearing similar sandalwood beads, "This bracelet was left by Grandpa Xiao Yuan. I can't tell where it came from, but it's surprisingly similar to the string his father brought back. His father I left that string to Qingqing, I know that Qingqing gave it to Ling Chao, so I will leave this string to Xiao Yuan, and I will treat it as a match for you."

Grandma folded her hands on the brocade bag, handed them to Gu Yuan together, smiled and said: "Ling Chao has no objection, right? Logically speaking, I should give it to Ling Chao." "

Gu Yuan was still in a daze, Ling Chao took it for him, and said, "Of course I don't mind. Originally, I shouldn't accept Qingqing's string, it was left to her by her father."

Grandma Gu waved her hand and said: "We don't pay attention to these things. The reason why I took this out is to make a sudden statement to you today. The most important task for you two is to go to school, but I heard that your grades It’s all very good, but don’t be arrogant or impetuous, continue to work hard, and you will be even happier if you can pass the college entrance examination next year.”

Ling Chao was very moved. For him, meeting Gu Yuan was his luck, and being recognized by his family was even more fortunate.

"Okay, I've finished my words. What should you two do? Going to school is tiring enough. Let's go out and play and relax." Grandma finished speaking, stood up slowly, and was about to go back. Room lunch break.

Gu Yuan followed and stood up, walked up to grandma, and gently hugged her.The old man's thin body only reached his shoulders, he half bent over, and whispered in grandma's ear with a trembling voice: "Thank you, grandma."

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, it's really coming to an end

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