just in time

Time always flies by. After the lively Spring Festival, they will be in the second half of the third year of high school. The college entrance examination, which was thought to be out of reach, is finally here.

Yi Chenliang's birthday happened to coincide this time.

After the exam, he went to the evening self-study as usual, and Yun Fang and he went to the back to face the answers and estimate the score this time. Yi Chenliang's estimated score was not very satisfactory.

Points in the early six hundred.

And Yunfang's grades have been very stable, and even steadily rising. This time, the estimated score is about [-].

In the second year of high school, Yunfang won the provincial third in the physics competition. Although it was not as exaggerated as going straight to Qingbei, A was very helpful if he recruited himself, and there was basically no problem going to S University in the province.

But Yi Chenliang's current score is very dangerous.

He sat on the seat and corrected the wrong questions, the pen in his hand was spinning quickly, his brows were tightly frowned, obviously a little anxious.

"It's okay, I have time." Yun Fang was helping him circle the wrong question, and gently advised him, "The more you have to calm down at this time."

Yi Chenliang turned to him and asked, "What if we can't go to the same university?"

He had thought very well that he would go to the same university as Yun Fang, study the same major, be in the same class, and live in the same dormitory.

None of them can live without the other.

But the reality is always so unexpected.

The bright and cold score seemed to silently announce to him that the dream he had taken for granted was about to be shattered.

Yi Chenliang couldn't imagine a future apart from Yunfang.

He has already experienced it once, and he absolutely does not want to experience it a second time.

Those cold times of falling asleep alone in the dark, those longings that drive people crazy when they can't ask for it, the fear of facing a strange environment alone... Just thinking about it makes him feel very irritable.

It was completely dark outside the window, and only a few street lamps could be seen in the distance, as well as the sound of reading or laughter from other classes.

Someone in the class was talking in a low voice, and the disciplinary committee member looked at his test paper listlessly, obviously not wanting to bother.

The countdown to the college entrance examination is written on the blackboard, and now it has changed from three digits to two digits, and this number will continue to decrease until it returns to zero.

Everyone is struggling, whether the goal is clear or vague, but they are always forced to move forward with time.

Yun Fang glanced at the numbers on the blackboard, and said to Yi Chenliang, "Then they won't go to the same university."

Yi Chenliang was stunned.

The noisy voice in his ears went away, and only Yun Fang's words remained in his mind.

Then don't go to the same university.

What does he mean?

He... is it troublesome?

a still think I can't pass the exam?

Am I being too clingy to him recently?

Messy thoughts flooded up, and the originally clear idea of ​​solving the problem was instantly forgotten. He stared at the bright red writing on the test paper, feeling restless except anxiety.

He was about to ask, but he didn't know why he couldn't speak. Yun Fang seemed to be about to speak. At this time, Lao He walked in to start the class meeting, and the class fell silent instantly, so the topic had to be left alone in the end.

Yi Chenliang was extraordinarily silent throughout the night of self-study.

After school in the evening, the two of them walked to the parking shed together, because Yi Chenliang took a while to correct the wrong questions, and now there are not many students on the road, only the dim street lamps illuminating alone.

"Fucking I've had enough! This shitty senior year!" Someone yelled in the dormitory upstairs, with an angry breakdown in his voice, "Keep doing the questions and keep doing the questions! Make you paralyzed!"

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of throwing things and the violent roar of the building manager.

Yunfang went to unlock the electric car, and after pushing out the car, he found Yi Chenliang looking up at the moon.

A round of bright moon hangs high above the black curtain, exuding a cool light.

"Like a moon cake." Yi Chenliang said, "It's fluffy."

"A fluffy mooncake?" Yun Fang raised his head to look at it with him, "The moon looks a little unhappy today."

"So it has grown hair." Yi Chenliang said.

He sat in the back seat.

Yun Fang turned around and put the scarf on him, and squeezed his ears. "Xiao Yi, let's talk when we go home?"

He always seemed to see through his unhappiness easily.

Yi Chenliang put his arms around his waist, buried his face on his back, and said in a muffled voice, "Yes."

Yun Fang drove the small electric car unhurriedly, his warm breath sprayed on his back through the coat and sweater, and there was a warm itchy feeling.

Yi Chenliang put too much pressure on himself, and it even affected his mentality during the exam. According to his prediction, Yi Chenliang should be able to pass around [-] in this exam, but now he is nearly [-] points behind. He had read Yi Chenliang's test paper, and he should not have made many mistakes.

The college entrance examination is about to come, and the mentality is very important when you are at the door. It is possible to perform abnormally, abnormally or normally. Although Yi Chenliang missed a year of class, they have made up for it during this time. Yes, but the problem is that it is impossible for Yi Chen to ignore it in his conscience.

He keeps adding weight to his pressure.

He tried to help Yi Chenliang adjust, but with little success.After all, there are times when people have no way to regulate their emotions and mentality.

Because of Yun Fang's words, Yi Chenliang was a little depressed all night, and he was also a little absent-minded after returning home from school.

Yun Fang was helping him sort out the test papers, and Yi Chenliang sat next to him to correct the wrong questions that he hadn't finished correcting.

Yun Fang tidied up the test papers, while Yi Chenliang next to him was still misreading the questions.

"Xiao Yi, take a break." He stroked Yi Chenliang's hair, feeling a little distressed, "You are too tense."

Yi Chenliang pursed his lips, lowered his eyes to look at the lines on the desk, "I want to work hard to get into the same university as you."

No matter what, he will do his best to try.

"Xiao Yi, don't follow me." Yun Fang rubbed his hair, "You are yourself, you can choose what you like to do."

Yi Chenliang said: "I like being with you."

"You can stay with me all the time." Yun Fang said with a smile, "But I'm not the whole of your life."

"You will meet many people in the future, experience many things by yourself, have your own ideals and goals, and sometimes I will not be by your side." Yun Fang said: "You don't need to follow me, and you don't have to be me."

"Xiao Yi, you have to be yourself."

Ever since he appeared in Xinnan Lane as Yunfang on that sweltering afternoon, Yi Chenliang's fate has deviated from the original track and moved towards an unknown direction.

He is becoming a unique Yi Chenliang.

A Yi Chenliang who is inseparable from and closely related to Yi Chenliang who came back 20 years later, but completely different.

They will always be together, but they also need to grow separately.

Yi Chenliang looked at him blankly, but the irritability and anxiety that had been pent up all night were quietly disappearing.

He remembered the thoughts buried in his heart on the day of separation:

He didn't want to be protected by Yun Fang all the time, and he didn't want to follow Yun Fang all the time.He will work hard to become stronger, become a powerful person, and protect Yunfang.

What he pursued was never the same university and the same major.

What he wanted in the end was to stand by Yun Fang's side and walk side by side with him.

"Today is your birthday." Yun Fang looked at him tenderly.

Like countless nights before, Yi Chenliang was wearing his school uniform, sitting on a chair, with a test paper that had not finished correcting the wrong questions under his hand, and the electronic watch on the table showed that it was 11:59 midnight, and the night outside was dark , the old elm tree with gnarled roots has not yet begun to grow leaves.

Yun Fang pushed a small gift box tied with a delicate ribbon in front of him.

"What is this?" Yi Chenliang asked.

"A gift that should have been given to you a long time ago." Yun Fang touched the ribbon on it, "but probably, now is the time for you to unwrap it."

It was the Saturday when Yi Chenliang left two years ago, he was full of joy and wanted to give Yi Chenliang a gift.

It was not until now that it was finally delivered to the other party.

Yi Chenliang opened the box, and there were two rings quietly inside, simple styles, even so simple that they were a bit ordinary.

Yun Fang had been picking and choosing for a long time, novelty, interesting, expensive, luxurious, all kinds of gifts, and finally chose this one.

If you really fall in love with someone, no matter how indifferent you are, you will inevitably become vulgar.

"I promised you before that until you grow up, I will always be with you." Yun Fang said softly, "Now that you have grown up, when you grow up, it will be you who will accompany me."

"Happy birthday, Yi Chenliang." Yun Fang's voice rang in his ears.

The screen of the electronic watch flickered and it became 12:00.

The pair of rings in the gift box reflected the fine light in the light.

Yi Chenliang greeted him.

And a lingering and tender kiss.

◎The author has something to say:

This time it’s really the countdown to the end [The dog’s head laughs loudly]