Absinthe

"What did you just say? I didn't catch it."

"The Onion" had already finished playing, and the prelude to the next song began to sound on the radio, which was quite a cheerful melody.

"It's nothing, forget it." Zhong Xiu shook his head.

"What are you two talking about?" Lu Fayan interjected at the right time.

"I didn't say anything." Hao Ai bent his back and lay down on the table.

Seeing that Zhong Xiu had turned to do his homework, Lu Fayan asked in a low voice, "Oh, it's been a few days, why are you still not getting along?"

Hao Ai turned his face sideways, turned his back to Lu Fayan, and said mournfully, "Maybe we won't get back together."

Lu Fayan looked disbelieving: "That can't be it?"

"Hard to say."

"He has always wanted to reconcile with you, and he has been asking for peace these days. If you don't tell me what's wrong with you, it's not convenient for me to call him as an assistant."

"Why are you more gossip than girls?" Hao Ai complained.

"Stereotype! Who stipulated that boys can't gossip?" Lu Fayan said in disapproval.

Hao Ai was helpless: "All right, all right, as long as you are happy."

Evening self-study, head teacher Zhang Zhiyuan walked into the classroom with his hands behind his back, "Students, I will take a little time to talk about a few things." He was still chaotic under the stands, so he motioned for everyone to be quiet, "Everyone, be quiet, the final exam is coming soon , everyone must stabilize their mentality these few days, review hard, and don't relax, the college entrance examination is getting closer..."

Immediately, someone in the audience whispered: "There is still a year and a half."

Zhang Zhiyuan heard it, and said seriously: "Don't think that a year and a half is so long, but it can be fast, I tell you, it will pass in a blink of an eye. You must grasp every minute and every second of the present moment, and cherish time..."

He went on to talk about some commonplace things, such as discipline issues, learning self-consciousness issues, and encouraged the students to study hard, leaving time for everyone to study.

"The examination room distribution table has come down. I will post it on the front. After class, everyone can go to the front to see it."

After class, Hao Ai went to look at the distribution list of the examination room pasted on the wall in front of the classroom. Lu Fayan didn't bother to go, so he called him: "Ai Ai, take a look for me!"

"understood."

Hao Ai first glanced at Zhong Xiu's examination room nonchalantly, and sure enough, he was still the No. [-] contestant in the first examination room.

He looked at his examination room again, the last time his ranking had improved a lot, this time he was on the same floor as Zhong Xiu, which was pretty good.

good what good?Can you have a little something to do?Looking at the examination room and thinking about him!You are really going to (turn) over!Hao Ai said with disgust in his heart.

By the way, there is also Lu Fayan.Hao Ai was about to go back to his seat before he remembered. He searched the watch for a long time before he found Lu Fayan's name. His examination room was upstairs.

The first exam at the end of term is on Tuesday morning.On Monday night, Hao Ai went to the hospital to pick up his grandmother as usual. He packed up the things on the table in advance and said to Lu Fayan, "I still have a few books on the table. Remember to take them back to the dormitory for me then."

Lu Fayan readily agreed: "Okay, leave it to me."

"Thanks, I'm leaving then."

"Okay, bye, be careful on the road."

When Hao Ai passed by Zhong Xiu's seat, he stopped and said, "I'm sure I won't come back tonight." He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "You...don't wait for me."

"Okay, pay attention to safety on the road." Zhong Xiu's face was flat and expressionless.

"Yeah." Hao Ai quickly walked out of the classroom as if avoiding him.

On the morning of the first day of the final exam, Zhong Xiu met Ning Yue at the school gate. Like him, Ning Yue was also in the first exam room.

Ning Yue pushed an electric motorcycle and greeted Zhong Xiu.For the safety of students, cycling is not allowed on campus, and riders must get off and push in.

Zhong Xiu was a little surprised: "New car?"

This is a modified electric motorcycle with a silver shell, which is shiny and very cool.Zhong Xiu suddenly remembered Hao Ai's red and black motorcycle, which was also very cool, but he hadn't seen him ride it recently.Hao Ai's motorcycle is not so new, it has scratch marks on it, it looks like it has been ridden for a long time.

Many day students in the school come by bicycle by themselves. It is forbidden to ride the roaring fuel motorcycles on these roads near the school, which will disturb the order of the urban area and affect students' study.

Various mountain bikes and small batteries are parked in the school’s carport, and there are also modified electric motorcycles like this one that look very cool and make less noise.

Ning Yue couldn't help showing off, "Isn't it pretty?"

"Looks good, I didn't expect you to ride such a car."

This electric motorcycle looks too ostentatious, and it doesn't match Ning Yue's usual temperament.

"My family's driver used to send me here. I did well in the last exam, so my dad bought me an electric motorcycle, so I can ride to school by myself in the future."

"Good."

Ning Yue asked pointedly: "Did you say so?"

"Well," Zhong Xiu understood, nodded his head and said, "You can already see that."

"It's also very obvious. He used to pester you for everything, but now he doesn't stay with you anymore, as if he is deliberately avoiding you." Ning Yue looked at Zhong Xiu's face and found nothing unusual, then continued: "So you..."

Zhong Xiu smiled wryly: "That's what you see."

"Ah," Ning Yue sighed, and said, "It's not a good end for liking straight men."

The two walked and chatted to the parking shed.

Ning Yue stopped the motorcycle, then raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and said, "There is about 1 minute left."

"what?"

"Shen Yilang will come here to park the car. He invigilates our examination room today."

The invigilator is randomly assigned, and the students will not know in advance. It seems that Ning Yue is quite clear about his inquiries.

Sure enough, while talking, Shen Yilang came, and he was also pushing a motorcycle.

Zhong Xiu laughed, and said in a volume that only Ning Yue could hear: "Couple style."

If you take a closer look, you can see that the two people have the same car model, but Shen Yilang's is relatively low-key, not as ostentatious as Ning Yue's.

"En!" Ning Yue nodded happily.

Shen Yilang was wearing a simple work shirt and trousers, walking towards them with a file bag in his hand.Seeing him approaching, Ning Yue hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Shen, good morning!"

"Morning." Shen Yilang frowned and looked at his new car, "Your car?"

"Of course!" Ning Yue said.

"Can you ride? Be careful not to fall."

Ning Yue hurriedly said, "I will!"

Ning Yue's appearance in front of Shen Yilang was a bit different from usual, as if he had suddenly changed from a gentle boy to a cute husky wagging his tail for praise.

Perhaps this is the power of love.Zhong Xiu felt a little sour.

In these few exams, Zhong Xiu handed in the papers ahead of time every time. He was already very fast in doing the questions, and he was not in the mood to stay in the exam room at all, so he handed in the papers as soon as he finished writing without even checking them.

Shen Yilang saw that Zhong Xiu handed in the papers ahead of time, and knew that he was not impatient, and there might be some reason, so he didn't criticize him, but reminded him: "It's okay to hand in the papers early now, the college entrance examination does not allow early handing in the papers."

"Good teacher."

The next day is the day to leave school. After today's exam, you can pack your luggage and go home. It can be regarded as the official winter vacation.

It was snowing outside again during the last English test, Zhong Xiu finished the papers and handed them in ahead of time, and went to Hao Ai's test room to wait for him to come out.

It didn't take long for Hao Ai to come out.

Seeing that he came out so early, Zhong Xiu frowned at him: "You haven't finished your paper yet?"

"I've finished everything I know how to write." Hao Ai avoided his sight.

Zhong Xiu handed in the papers ahead of time because he could do the questions quickly, while Hao Ai was because he couldn't write too many questions.

Hao Ai unscrewed the mineral water in his hand, raised his head and took a sip, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Zhong Xiu looked natural and said: "Chasing you."

"Cough, cough...cough..." Hao Ai almost choked on a sip of water, his face flushed red.

"Just kidding." Zhong Xiu patted him on the back.

Hao Ai dodged uncomfortably, "Don't be so nice to me."

"That's fine? The standard of being nice to you is too low," Zhong Xiu said with a little confusion in his tone, "Is it hard to understand why I want to be nice to you because I like you?"

Hao Ai couldn't answer, and he didn't want to say anything more forceful, and only said over and over again: "Don't be like this."

Zhong Xiu looked into his eyes: "It's my pleasure to treat you well. You don't need to be burdened. I don't need anything in return from you."

I want the same love from you, but if it makes you unhappy, it's okay not to.

"I don't quite know how I feel about you..." Hao Ai said weakly.

In fact, Hao Ai has never understood, what does Chen Rao like about him?What does Qi Xueran like about him?

And Zhong Xiu, Zhong Xiu is different from them after all, but what does he like about himself?

"What do you think," Hao Ai asked hesitantly, "what does it mean to like it?"

The author says:

I quite like this kind of sour and sweet plot, do you like it? (There are still about one or two chapters before these two children can start a sweet love~) Can you feed me a little starfish, a little is enough? (???????)?grateful!If you don’t feed it, I won’t feed it, when will the wormwood come out!