Admit defeat

After the midterm exam for the first grade of elementary school, Duckling's first parent-teacher meeting was ushered in. Luo Yao and Cheng Che were very active, and no one was left behind. They went to the parent-teacher meeting together on weekends.

Since the school does not allow rankings, the teacher sealed each student's report card in an envelope and handed it over to the parents. But when it came to Cheng Che and Luo Yao, the class teacher couldn't help but boast: "Luo Cheng The kid Cheng is always the first in the grade, and all our teachers like him."

This happened to be heard by other parents passing by, and they all rolled their eyes in their hearts. No one knew who Luo Yao was, and the teacher's thigh hug was too obvious.

However, this is obviously judging the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and the head teacher is just saying it out of his heart.

"Guess Cheng Zi, what is the total score of our duckling's three subjects?" Luo Yao asked Cheng Che holding the envelope.

"Three hundred points." Cheng Che said without thinking.

Seeing Cheng Che's determination, Luo Yao opened the envelope suspiciously, and three "100" were listed next to the number of words, and both German and American fonts were A+.

Luo Yao was surprised: "How did you guess so accurately?"

"Huh? Ducky Duck told me as soon as he got home last night." Cheng Che looked at Luo Yao, "Oh, he didn't tell you."

Luo Yao was stabbed in the chest, and was instantly hurt by Cheng Che's suddenly enlightened expression.

Cheng Che patted Luo Yao on the shoulder, and comforted him: "It's okay, the little duck probably forgot to go home and play with you, but it's not difficult to guess, he gets full marks in every quiz, and he didn't do well in homework. How can you worry about it?"

Listening to Cheng Che's comfort, for some reason, Luo Yao felt that it was even more unpleasant, that's all, at present he and Ducky Duck are still in a "competitive relationship", and Ducky Duck probably doesn't like him.

However, the fact is that the little duck didn't forget, he purposely only told his father, because he wanted his father to tell his father, so that his father would not always complain that his father only paid attention to him and ignored him.It's a pity that none of the two fathers understood his good intentions.

Sitting in the conference room, Luo Yao and Cheng Che listened to the teachers, who were both in English and English, praise Luo Chengcheng one by one, and gained a lot of envy and jealousy around them.

Such jealousy is actually meaningless, because high-quality genes and outstanding personal abilities are beyond the envy of others.

……

In late autumn and October, the centennial celebration of HUST was held as scheduled. As an outstanding alumnus and young talent, Cheng Che was invited to give a speech to the students of the School of Materials Science and Technology. Although he is now working in the school, many students are already very familiar with him.

To celebrate his alma mater's birthday, Cheng Che bought three new devices and donated them to the college with the money he earned from the patents of his achievements in the past few years.

Luo Yao was rich and powerful, and directly donated [-] precision instruments imported from abroad to the academy in the name of Cheng Che to bless his daughter-in-law, each of which was worth a million.

Luo Yao didn't inform Cheng Che in advance, and when Cheng Che knew, the instruments had already been transported to the laboratory, and the three he donated were not enough to look at, so they had to be added as gifts.

When Cheng Che was speaking on the podium in the South Auditorium of Cai Yuan, Luo Yao was sitting in the last row.

"Hi students, I'm Cheng Che. There is my profile on the ppt. I took a look and found that many of you here are students I have taught. I should be familiar with you..."

He looked at the thousands of students in the audience, with a smile on his lips, and blurted out every word so naturally.

Once upon a time, he was still a person who would feel nervous and uncomfortable when people looked at him twice, but now, that he seems to have long gone, buried in the dust of time and space.

A few days ago, in the impoverished Liucheng village, the teachers who came to support the education told them that knowledge could lead them out of the quagmire of poverty and make them rich in order to let them study hard.But since his father passed away in prison, he only had one thought in his heart when he was young. He wanted to go out with his grandma through study, that's all, not for himself.

He studied hard, crossed mountains and ridges, and finally came to H City, which made him incompatible.The young man who was originally focused on rushing forward was lost in the hustle and bustle of traffic...

Until Luo Yao appeared.

Luo Yao's intense and dazzling light caught him off guard. Since then, confusion has turned into clarity, courage has gathered, and finally, it has turned into love.

At the beginning, he narrowed the meaning of being rich. In a world of black, white and barren, he thought that being rich was just money. How could he have thought at that time that in his life, there would also be laughter and laughter that belonged to him, and those little things A little color painted by Luo Yao is a priceless treasure, such as love, such as duck eggs.

If there was no Luo Yao, would he still be standing here and talking freely?

He didn't dare to imagine what kind of Cheng Che he would become without Luo Yao in his life.

The speech ended with thunderous applause. Cheng Che looked at Luo Yao from a distance of a thousand people, and Luo Yao was also applauding. Cheng Che could even clearly see the appreciation in Luo Yao's eyes, which was pride and admiration at the same time.

He remembered the scene where he and Luo Yao met Bai Zhen for the first time a long time ago.Bai Zhen won the singing competition championship, and Luo Yao, as an invited guest of the student organization, applauded his singing in the audience.He thought about Luo Yao's expression carefully. It was obvious that he only praised Bai Zhen, without any other meaning. Luo Yao, like all the students who voted for Bai Zhen, only applauded Bai Zhen's singing, and his eyes with love, Luo Yao left him alone from the beginning to the end, but because of his timidity and lack of self-confidence, he forcefully imagined a lot of other things out of it, and gave him a lot of ideas and tricks to take advantage of.

He used to be sad because he didn't have common hobbies, and he was too worried when he thought about it.There are so many people in the world who have the same hobbies as Luo Yao, Luo Yao didn't choose any of them, but he just decided on Cheng Che, who is not interesting.

After thinking about it, he suddenly felt his chest was hot, and an unknown impulse hit him with thousands of emotions that made his heart tremble.

Finally, the noise subsided, and the audience gradually dispersed. In the auditorium, only the two small lights on the stage and the two hugging people in the last row of the auditorium remained.

"Chengzi, what are you thinking?" Luo Yao raised Cheng Che's chin to face him. Cheng Che had just finished being kissed by him, and the next second he was distracted and thought about something else.

"When you were here looking at me, I thought of 13 years ago." Cheng Che leaned against Luo Yao's arms unevenly, raised his head and said, "That day, I was sitting here too, watching you on the stage, the you that day Really handsome."

What Cheng Che was talking about was the freshman's New Year's Eve party. On the day they were together, Luo Yao wore a white dress and played a piano piece called "Clear" as the finale.

"Is it only that day that you are handsome?" Even though the smile spread to his eyes, Luo Yao still found fault on purpose.

"No... every day is handsome, but that day is unforgettable."

Luo Yao was humming the tune, beating the time with his fingers on Cheng Che's palm, his eyes filled with triumph.

"Speaking of which, after so many years, I don't know what happened to Bai Zhen."

"Bai Zhen?" Suddenly mentioning Bai Zhen, Luo Yao, who was still immersed in happiness, frowned, "Why do you mention him?"

"It's nothing, it just occurred to me that this is also the place where we first met Bai Zhen."

Bai Zhen was involved in the place of confession, Luo Yao felt a little displeased, but seeing Cheng Che's open-minded face, he couldn't make it too obvious.

"Actually, Bai Zhen has had a crush on you since that day, do you know that?"

"How would I know... I'm all about you, and I don't have time to pay attention to others." Luo Yao was helpless, he just wanted to end this topic quickly.

Bai Zhen had passed away a long time ago, and another person involved at that time - Luo Yao's brother Luo Xiao, had also been cured of his mental illness long ago, and now he is working with Luo Yao as Mr. Luo Yan's right-hand man, managing the Luo Group.

With such a beautiful thing, it is true that there should be no more bad things to mention.

Cheng Che smiled and wrapped his arms around Luo Yao's waist: "Okay, okay, I'm sorry Luo Yao, I won't be hypocritical anymore."

……

In the evening, both Cheng Che and Luo Yao had reunions in their respective classes, but despite Cheng Che's persuasion, Luo Yao rejected the reunion in his own class to accompany Cheng Che, but before the refusal, Luo Yao put The cost of the entire meal was in his own name.

At the party, everyone was trying their best to show off their wealth, how many properties they owned, what big investment they made, and a luxury car they just bought yesterday... But after showing off, they found that the person who should show off their wealth the most There was no show off, but Cheng Che brought his family member Luo Yao, and it became the biggest show of wealth again, so those old classmates who had looked down on Cheng Che and talked about Cheng Che changed the subject one after another, and started to compliment Cheng Che crazily .

Not all the students in the class came to this class reunion, for example, two of his roommates did not come.Wang Tianci disappeared a few years ago, and Li Shu, who is said to be married to a wealthy businessman, flaunted it in the circle of friends at first, but later the wealthy businessman cheated abroad and wanted to divorce him, so he followed suit and went abroad to seek life and death. Now it has become the laughing stock of other students at the dinner table.

Comparing and showing off, gossiping, flattering, flattering...these are really boring, it is said that it is a warm class group, but apart from Rong He, Cheng Che is actually not very familiar with the others.He didn't want to participate in the first place, but he himself worked in the school, and he had a splendid speech in the afternoon. It was really unreasonable not to show up for a while. The party was halfway through, and it was enough face. Cheng Che and Luo Yao used something as an excuse leave first.

The restaurant is next to the school, so the two walked around and walked to the school. The school has been expanding over the years. In the eyes of other students who have graduated for many years, the school has become very strange after ten years of spring and autumn. , and for Cheng Che, HUST is still the same ivory tower back then.

Only because people are in this mountain, people who are in the process of change, naturally cannot feel the change.

The centennial anniversary is the most important day for the school. There are lights and festoons everywhere, colorful flowers, crowds of people, and the enthusiasm is not like the bleak late autumn.

As night fell and the stars hung down on the earth, Cheng Che and Luo Yao walked hand in hand and walked to the sports field. The basketball hall was brightly lit, and there were members of the basketball team practicing.

"Go in and have a look?" Luo Yao suggested that Cheng Che seemed very interested.

Cheng Che nodded, "Let's have a look."

The two walked in, and quietly sat in the auditorium beside them, watching the group of half-children sweating desperately.

The rows of audience seats here are too close to each other, Luo Yao leaned against the back of the chair with a pair of long legs that had nowhere to rest.

"I really miss the days when you handed me towels, water and shouted cheers every day. Looking at it now, you only do this to ducklings."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Luo Yao, I was also tricked by you back then." The implication is that there is no such good thing.

He couldn't help laughing when he thought of Luo Yao fooling him, a country boy, into being a paid manager of the basketball team when he first started his freshman year.

"Thinking about my former self now, I really feel stupid. You have lied to me for so long with such a clumsy lie."

"Fortunately, you were so easy to deceive back then, otherwise I wouldn't know where to chase you."

Cheng Che smiled, "Thank you, Luo Yao."

"Thank me?"

Cheng Che shook his head and did not speak again.

If Luo Yao had to thank him for every bit of kindness, then he might never be able to thank him forever. Instead of saying useless thanks like this, it is better to dedicate the same love to Luo Yao.

Even though the two of them were sitting very far back and talking quietly, they were still noticed by the boys who were playing.

"Mr. Cheng, why are you here?" Several students who had been taught by him ran over with surprised faces.

"Hello." Cheng Che smiled, "We were walking around and happened to see you playing, so we came to enjoy it.

Cheng Che glanced at the people around him, "Let me introduce you, this is Luo Yao, the old captain of your basketball team."

Not many people don't know Luo Yao's name, whether it's his family background, or the many honors he brought to the basketball team of Caiyuan that have so far been unsurpassed.

After discussing among themselves, the young men challenged Luo Yao.

Luo Yao was wearing formal clothes today, so it was inconvenient for him to exercise. Just when he was about to refuse, he unexpectedly looked at Cheng Che and saw Cheng Che's eyes filled with anticipation.So he changed his mind temporarily, took off his suit and put it in Cheng Che's arms, rolled up the cuffs of his shirt to his arms, and hooked the boys.

They understood and threw the ball into Luo Yao's hands. Luo Yao, who was wearing a shirt and trousers, patted the ball, and ran to the basketball court with a group of flamboyant boys in sportswear.

Luo Yao on the court seemed to have returned to his 20-year-old age again, losing his mature appearance and perfectly overlapping with the figure that Cheng Che envied at first.

Although Luo Yao's movements are somewhat restrained due to his clothes, he still has an unstoppable sense of strength, and every run and jump leaves a large trace of youth.

They temporarily teamed up 5v5, Cheng Che didn't count how many goals Luo Yao scored, his attention was taken away by every detail of Luo Yao.

Luo Yao would look at him every time he scored a goal. Luo Yao still remembered their "sign" back then... He clenched his fists tightly and looked at Luo Yao several times.

How wonderful, the person he once loved deeply fascinates him now.

After a game, Luo Yao lost to the opponent by three points, but all the players were amazed at Luo Yao's level and asked him for advice on training. In fact, since Luo Yao graduated, he rarely I have touched basketball, and my hands are very unfamiliar.

Luo Yao came down from the basketball court and walked towards the auditorium. Cheng Che took a bottle of mineral water from somewhere, and thoughtfully unscrewed it and put it in front of Luo Yao, "Thank you for your hard work, Senior Luo, you played beautifully."

Luo Yao took the water with a sullen expression as he did more than ten years ago, and then gulped down half of the bottle.

After bidding farewell to the members of the basketball team, the two walked out of the school. Cheng Che was still holding Luo Yao's jacket. Luo Yao had just sweated and was extremely hot now.

The two walked out of the school and walked aimlessly along the outer streets. The place was occupied by vendors and gradually became a night market, which was much more lively than before.

It's a pity that after several changes, the dim sum shop has already been replaced by Mala Tang, and the small kitchen that carries the memories of their mooncake fragrance has also been demolished for other purposes.

The two lingered at the entrance of the Malatang shop for a while, and couldn't get back the feeling they had back then in the hot and noisy atmosphere, so they walked to the parking place. Just now, Su Lan had called several times to remind them, saying that the duck eggs Baby misses daddy and daddy.

"Time flies." Cheng Che walked forward, looking back at the college students who were coming in and out of the Mala Tang shop.

Revisiting the old place is unavoidably sentimental. Although Cheng Che's words are a little lamenting that things are not people or people, they are not sentimental, because in the past years, with Luo Yao's company, every minute and every second was not wasted.

"Really?" Luo Yao raised his eyebrows, obviously not as "sentimental" as Cheng Che, "If it's too fast, then let's take it a little longer."

"Why do you go slower?" Cheng Che felt that Luo Yao's words were quite new.

"It is to take every second apart, bit by bit, love you carefully, love you slowly."