growing up

One week before the mid-term exam, No. [-] Middle School suddenly strengthened the disciplinary control on students. Those who were late and skipped class, the management of sleeping in class was stricter than before.In the past few days, the smoking phenomenon, which was only a verbal warning, was directly taken up by Director Xie himself to stop it. Several students with low ideas have been invited by their parents and punished.

Gu Yuan was born with a calm and cool feeling.After being together with Ling Chao for the past six months, his temper has become a little hotter, but he doesn't get very close to everyone.

The classmates in the class are used to his personality. He looks cold, but in fact he is warm-hearted.Anyone who has a problem that he doesn't understand in his studies will ask him for help, and he will give it a try. If he can solve it, he will never keep it and tell his classmates.

Because he is younger than the classmates in the class, the classmates in the first class are more protective of him.

He was the only one in the class who smoked. During the school's unannounced inspections in the past few days, if he went to smoke, someone would always help to watch.

On this day, I don't know whether it's because I'm too tired recently or what, but Gu Yuan, who never sleeps during class, is about to close his eyes.

"Gu Yuan," Ling Chao fixed his eyes on Lao Chen, the biology teacher on the podium, touched the person next to him under the table, and whispered without moving his mouth, "What's the matter? Did you not sleep last night? "

Touched by Ling Chao, Gu Yuan, who had been dozed off for the most part, closed his eyes and then opened them again. He straightened his body that was about to drop to the table, and said, "I'm a little sleepy. How long until get out of class is over?"

Ling Chao stretched out the hand wearing the watch to show him, and said, "It's only a few minutes, hold on."

"Yeah." Gu Yuan grabbed his hair and pulled himself together. He held Ling Chao's fingers from under the desk, squeezed them, looked at him and smiled.

As soon as the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Gu Yuan took out the cigarette case from his bag, put it in his school uniform pocket, and said to Ling Chao, "I'll go down for a while."

"Didn't you go to last class?" Ling Chao asked after seeing his actions just now.

He never cared about Gu Yuan smoking, and Gu Yuan never cared whether others knew about it.It’s just that it’s different at school, he usually only smokes once in the morning after the second class, and doesn’t smoke in the afternoon, basically only once a day.

I had already smoked today, so Ling Chao asked.

"Too sleepy, refresh yourself." Gu Yuan explained.

"Okay," Ling Chao stood up, "I'll go with you. I heard that Director Xie has been very strict recently, and several people have been arrested."

There are not as many people on the playground between small classes as in the last class.They went to the toilet, just the two of them, Ling Chao signaled Gu Yuan to enter the cubicle, he was outside, and he gave him a signal if there was a situation.

Just at this time, two boys from Class [-] also came in, Gu Yuan was walking towards the cubicle, when they saw Ling Chao there, they greeted him with a smile.

Gu Yuan went into the cubicle to light a cigarette, and the sound of the lighter was very obvious in the restroom of the few of them.

No one cared, they went out first after finishing the two boys.

Ling Chao was leaning against the sink at the entrance, and if a teacher approached, he would be able to see it as soon as he turned the corner.

Just after a while, one of the classmates who had just left ran back.

"Ling Chao, tell Gu Yuan, Lao Xie will be here soon." The male student made a gesture when he saw Ling Chao, and then ran to Ling Chao and said in a low voice.

Ling Chao understood, and called out: "Gu Yuan."

Gu Yuan immediately threw the cigarette into the urinal, quickly pressed the flush button, and the person came out within a few seconds.

The three of them washed their hands by the sink side by side, and Director Xie came in.The bathroom compartment is only semi-enclosed, with an open top.The air that has just been smoked has not yet dispersed, and you can smell it clearly when you come in.

When Ling Chao and the others saw him, they all shouted, "Hello, Director."

Director Xie saw that they were the top two students in the second year of high school, and the other was also in class one. He straightened his frown just now and revealed a kind smile.

Seeing that the director didn't suspect them, Ling Chao communicated with the people next to him with his eyes, pretending to be calm and ready to dodge first as usual.

Director Xie here, of course, smelled cigarettes as soon as he came in, but he didn't catch him in the toilet.Although there were three students inside, they were all top students in the top class.

While muttering, he scanned the entire toilet. As soon as Ling Chao and the others walked through the door, Director Xie stopped him: "Hey, Ling Chao, wait a minute."

This shout greatly shocked Ling Chao, who was always calm and composed when he was in trouble.Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough. He waved his hand in front of the two people who had stopped, letting them go first.After all, the smell of cigarettes on Gu Yuan's body was stronger than that of them all.

Then he adjusted his facial expression and turned around with a smile like a good student: "What's wrong? Director."

"Just wanted to ask, did you see someone smoking in the toilet just now?" Director Xie asked.

Ling Chao pretended to recall for a while before replying, "It seems not."

"Really?" Director Xie said to himself, and took a deep breath. This time, there was nothing else except the lingering NH3 smell in the toilet.

"Director, is there anything else?" Ling Chao blinked innocently, "Class is about to start, if there is nothing else, I'll go back to the classroom first."

"Hey, okay, it's okay, it's okay." Director Xie came back to his senses, still showing the smiling face that he thought he was amiable, "The midterm exam will be in a few days, come on!"

Ling Chao thanked the director, turned around calmly, exhaled silently, and left at his usual pace.

Gu Yuan was waiting there at the corner, and when he saw Ling Chao approaching, he hurried forward a few steps: "Are you all right?"

"What's the matter?" Ling Chao smiled, "Let's go."

"Are you awake now?" Seeing that Gu Yuan was silent, Ling Chao asked.

"Well," Gu Yuan nodded, "I've been a little overwhelmed recently, go back to sleep early at noon, and I'll be fine in the afternoon."

"You, you," Ling Chao shook his head helplessly, "I really don't know what to say about you. Recently, Lao Xie is very good at arresting people, so you can hold back as long as you are imitating. Although Aunt Zhang also knows you Smoking, but on that day you were caught inviting your parents, you should be the first student in the rocket class in the history of No. [-] Middle School to invite your parents because of violation of discipline."

Gu Yuan smiled, looked at Ling Chao, and asked, "Brother Chao, why do you never object to my smoking?"

"This..." Ling Chao paused, "This is your freedom. I can understand that it is harmful to your health, and you can understand it too. As for how you treat it, it is up to you to control it. I personally don't care whether I smoke or not, maybe I don’t smoke now, but I will smoke in the future.”

They have already reached the steps of the teaching building, and there are not many students going up and down, and the students passing by them will unconsciously take a look.Most people know them, but no one dares to approach them.

Ling Chao stopped Gu Yuan on the right, and walked up the escalator on the right.He spoke in a low voice, just enough for Gu Yuan beside him to hear.

Gu Yuan walked up thoughtfully, and didn't make a sound until he returned to the classroom.

He has a long history of smoking, and he never cared about it.When he was in junior high school, there was an abandoned two-story building in the school, and he always went there alone to rest and smoke.I don't know if it's luck or it's really hidden, and it has never been discovered.At that time, he smoked more frequently than now, especially when his father just left, he was always very gloomy.Later, when his younger sister was seriously ill and was hospitalized, he had to take care of her while staying up late to work, and it was at that time that he became addicted to smoking.

After entering high school and meeting Ling Chao, Gu Yuan's mood changed a lot.The management of No. [-] Middle School is also much stricter, so he is not so presumptuous in school.

Ling Chao's words did not directly dissuade him, but Gu Yuan understood that smoking is not a habit he should have at his current age.

Perhaps, he should consider quitting smoking.

The mid-term exam in the second semester of the second year of high school came as scheduled, and the May Day holiday after the exam was only a short two days.

The temperature has warmed up a lot, and the weather on May [-]st is exceptionally sunny. Chen Yu and the others have made an appointment to ride to the countryside together today. In addition to the boys who usually hang out with them, Wang Xiaoxiao also participated, and by the way called Two or three girls came.

After May [-]st, Class [-] will shorten their rest time again, and the noon will be changed from two hours to one hour. Classes will be taught all day on Saturday, and half a day will be added to Sunday. Only two days will be given after the unified examination at the end of each month. Holidays allow students who live on campus to go home.

And before the end of May, their class's original plan was to finish all high school courses.The time after that until the college entrance examination is their review time.

Maybe there will be no chance to come out and have fun together in the next year or so. When Chen Yu made this suggestion, he naturally got the support of these friends.

There is a reservoir on the outskirts of D city, surrounded by mountains, the scenery is very beautiful.Coupled with such good weather, it can be regarded as a good place for an outing.

There were 12 of them in a group, and they were scheduled to gather at the school at nine o'clock in the morning on the first day, and then set off to borrow a car.

The bicycle was borrowed from a cycling club. The owner of this club is a relative of Chen Yu's family. The students who originally wanted to borrow it for free were insisted on paying for it, and finally gave a super low discount.

They were going to have a picnic at the reservoir at noon, so they had to bring pots and pans.Everyone has a detailed division of labor, but not everyone will memorize too many things.

Ling Chao is in charge of preparing drinks, and Gu Yuan is in charge of bringing disposable tableware.I don't have these things at home, so I have to buy them now.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Gu Yuan came to look for Ling Chao.The supermarket opened at 07:30, and they agreed to go shopping this morning.

"Why are you here? Just make a call and I'll..." Ling Chao opened the door and saw Gu Yuan first. Before he could finish his sentence, Gu Qingqing on the other side also appeared.

Ling Chao didn't expect Gu Qingqing to come with him.He looked at Qingqing, then at Gu Yuan, wondering if Qingqing could go with him?

"Brother Ling Chao, don't worry, I won't go to play with you, I will accompany you to the supermarket, and I'll be home in a while." Gu Qingqing understood Ling Chao's eyes and broke the silence first.

Her words sounded natural, but the fingers tangled behind her back revealed her yearning little emotions.

Ling Chao came back to his senses, regretted his reaction just now, and quickly said: "No, brother is worried about your body."

"I've been doing well recently. I seldom ask for leave this semester, and I can basically go to class." Gu Qingqing said.

"That's good," Ling Chao had already finished packing, and was originally waiting for Gu Yuan to call him, "Wait for me, I'll take the bag and leave." Then he ran into the house.

"Slow down, it's still early." Gu Yuan couldn't help saying out loud.

It took Ling Chao less than ten seconds to return to the door. He changed his shoes, went out and closed the door, and stood next to Gu Qingqing with Gu Yuan on the left and right to the elevator.