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Hao Ai talked badly, and finally succeeded in persuading Li Wei to stay in the school.In fact, he knew in his heart that Li Wei didn't really want to drop out of school to work, but was just angry with her father and at the same time competing with himself.If she really made up her mind not to go to school, it would be useless to persuade her.

On WeChat, he recommended to Li Wei the official accounts of those places where he had worked part-time before, and he was doing jobs such as ticket checking in movie theaters, restaurant waiters, and helpers in milk tea shops.He asked Li Wei to contact the store manager, and then told the personnel manager that she was introduced by Hao Ai, because he was familiar with the store manager and the HR manager who had worked together.

Apart from drawing manuscripts for tattoo studios, Hao Ai has no other part-time jobs now. He can earn hundreds of dollars by designing a set of drawings, which is worth half a month of part-time jobs in other places.Besides, it is already the second semester of the second year of high school, so it is impossible for him to take care of part-time job, study and take care of grandma at the same time.

Li Wei ended up working as a helper in a milk tea shop, instead of working around the clock, he only needed to help out at noon and evening when there were a lot of customers.

The sister of the store manager has a good relationship with Hao Ai, so I asked him specifically, is the girl you introduced is your girlfriend?

Hao Ai quickly denied it, no, no, she is my classmate!I don't have a girlfriend!

Then he said, but he has a boyfriend.

The store manager's sister didn't take it seriously. She usually likes to joke with Hao Ai, but now she only thinks he is joking.

Li Wei went back to school again, but she still looked mournful. After all, the impact of the sudden changes in her family would not fade away in a short while.She has been absent from class for the past few days, either staring out the window in a daze or lying on the table covering her face with a book, and was called by the teacher several times.

Lu Fayan wanted to play the role of a psychological committee member and have a heart-to-heart talk with her. He deliberately chose to go to her at lunchtime when there were few people in the classroom. As a result, as soon as he talked to Li Wei, Li Wei began to cry, which scared him. I quickly apologized repeatedly and dared not say more.

The factory that made the school uniforms was quite efficient, and the school uniforms were delivered in only a week.

There are two sets of new school uniforms, one is an ordinary jacket and trousers, the other is summer clothes, boys' shirts and shorts, girls' shirts and skirts.The new school uniform is red and white, the collar and sleeves are red, and the rest is white.The style is the same as before, but the quality is not as good as before. It may be that the factory has sped up the progress in order to catch up with the work, so the workmanship is very rough.

The students complained about this.

There was a flag-raising ceremony on Monday morning and all students changed into their new school uniforms.

Li Wei was the only one wearing his own clothes, standing out from the crowd of red and white.

In the weekly class evaluation of No. [-] Middle School, there is a rule that school uniforms must be worn in school. Those who do not wear school uniforms will deduct personal quality points. Students who do not wear school uniforms at the flag-raising ceremony on Monday will not only be deducted , Class points will also be deducted, one point will be deducted for one person who does not wear clothes, and so on, until the deduction is exhausted, and all students in the class will be cancelled.

When I was a student, almost every school emphasized collective consciousness, and students usually had a strong sense of collective honor.

Some people are afraid of not being able to integrate into the group, but some people stand on the opposite side of the public and become aliens in the eyes of others.

The more different you are from others, the more you feel that everyone around you is staring at you, and countless curious or surprised eyes are entangled with you as if nothing, and you can't breathe.

Standing in the crowd, Li Wei was very embarrassed, and felt that she had let the class down. She felt that everyone was looking at her strangely. After participating in the flag-raising ceremony, she quickly fled back to the classroom.

After a while, the students returned to class one after another.A few girls who were close to Li Wei stood at her desk to comfort her, but she kept lying on the table, ignoring everyone, shrugging her shoulders as if she was crying.

Hao Ai took off his school uniform jacket when he entered the classroom, and he only wore a black short-sleeved shirt underneath.

"What are you doing undressing? Is it cold?" Zhong Xiu frowned at him.

"Look at Li Wei, how cool it is," Hao Ai said, "I also want to make fireworks with different colors."

"You don't want to wear school uniform for a long time, right?" Zhong Xiu asked.

Hao Ai squeezed the collar of the school uniform in disgust, and said: "With this quality, it is almost as good as the three pieces of clothes that cost 20 yuan in our county market. I don't want to wear them if I get paid for nothing."

Knowing that Hao Ai's words were exaggerated, Zhong Xiu still nodded seriously and said, "Then I won't wear them anymore."

As he spoke, he took off his school uniform jacket.

Lu Fayan watched the two of them take off their clothes, so he didn't want to wear the school uniform anymore. He was afraid that Hao Ai would say that he followed suit, so he explained: "The main reason is that the school uniform is too ugly."

After two classes, several people in the back row took off their school uniform jackets.As a result, at noon, Hao Ai dragged Zhong Xiu back to the dormitory because it was too cold to wear his coat.

In the evening self-study, the student union came to check routinely. Half of the class was not wearing school uniforms. The two people who were responsible for evaluating the class stood at the back door of Class 36 and looked inside. They were stunned for a while. Look at them. I and I look at you, and finally counted the heads and deducted [-] points from the score sheet.

Ji Wen went out as the class monitor and signed her name on the grading form. When she came back, her face was very ugly: "Oh, what's going on, you guys? Our class was deducted more than [-] points."

"The school uniform is too ugly and the quality is poor, I don't want to wear it." Lin Rui said.

Lu Fayan also said, "I don't want to wear this either!"

Hao Ai suggested: "Squad leader, why don't you send a letter to Lao Zhang? Tell him that this year's head teacher's bonus has been wasted, so that he can be mentally prepared."

"Get out! I'm not going! Whoever wants to go!" Ji Wen said as she took off her school uniform jacket and threw it on the table gracefully.

"Cool." Lin Rui praised.

The school-level outstanding students selected by Class [-] last semester were Zhong Xiu and Ning Yue. Now both of them are not wearing school uniforms, making it clear that they don't care about the so-called "excellent student" title, and the others don't care much either.

During the evening self-study in the second quarter, Zhang Zhiyuan walked into the classroom angrily, "You guys are capable."

He stood on the podium and looked down. The first thing he saw was Li Wei with red eyes in the first row, and most of his anger subsided immediately. He didn't tell everyone about Li Wei's situation, for fear that the little girl would feel burdened.

At this time, I don't know who said: "Teacher, we can give you a crowdfunding bonus!"

Everyone under the podium laughed.

Lao Zhang said helplessly: "Just deduct it. Anyway, there is not much money in the first place, so it doesn't matter."

"You guys," Zhang Zhiyuan sighed again, "It's really the most... courageous class I've ever taught."

In the evening of the next day, the song column of the radio station arrived as scheduled.

This time the broadcast was replaced by a magnetic male voice: "There is a female classmate who does not want to be named, order a song "I" and give it to all the students in Class [-], Grade [-]."

"Who ordered the song?" Zhong Xiu asked in surprise.

Lu Fayan said: "Squad monitor, she seems to be from the radio station."

These people are crazy.

Lu Fayan sang along with the male voice on the radio: "I am me, fireworks with different colors. The sky is wide and the sea is wide, I want to be the strongest bubble~"

Hao Ai covered his ears with both hands exaggeratedly: "Don't speak up, your own people."

Li Wei was sharing with Hao Ai how nice the sister of the manager of the milk tea shop is. When the prelude to the song started, her tears started to fall down. Lu Fayan hated girls crying the most, so he tried every means to coax her: " Okay, sister, don't cry, okay? I'll sing you another song."

Li Wei finally burst into laughter, "You better stop singing."

With the beginning of the sixth class, the trend of not wearing school uniforms gradually spread to the surrounding classes.

Everyone started to wear their own clothes, as if agreed.

There is also an art class that is already unique, no matter if it is a boy or a girl, they all take advantage of this gust of wind to dress up more recklessly.

The dean of teaching, Lao Wang, was so angry that he shouted directly on the radio: "Don't take school rules and disciplines seriously, what kind of behavior is this! You don't look like a student at all! Are you here to go to school?"

However it was of no use.

"Ai Ai, I want to draw too, you can draw me one too, I want to draw on the front!" Evening self-study is the best time to catch fish, Lu Fayan took the school uniform jacket and asked Hao Ai to help him draw on the back, On the way back to the classroom this afternoon, he saw a painted anime character on the back of the girl's school uniform walking in front, and felt very moved.

"Okay, what to draw?"

"Draw my wife!"

"Who is your wife? Hatsune Miku?" This is the only Japanese two-dimensional female character that Hao Ai can name.

"Ayanami Rei! You didn't listen to me seriously!"

"Oh," Hao Ai remembered that Lu Fayan told him that he wanted Lianbo Li's figure, but his father couldn't bear his stalking, so he finally gave him a "wife-raising" fund.Unable to stand up to Lu Fayan who worked tirelessly to popularize various Two-dimensional cultures for him, he finally remembered a Hatsune Miku. "Then you send me a few pictures, and I will look at the pictures."

Hao Ai used the unused paint from the poster painting last time to paint on the school uniform, and the final coloring effect was amazing. Lu Fayan took a photo with satisfaction and posted it on Moments to show off. Lin Rui also thought it looked good after seeing it, saying He can start selling paintings.

So Hao Ai started to develop new business in the class: "I have already opened a new business of drawing pictures on school uniforms, one painting is fifty, and children are not deceived."

Ji Wen heard a group of people in the back row yelling, and deliberately came to bargain: "Let's make it cheaper, we are all students, we don't have much money."

"It can't be any cheaper, big sister, I'm a small business, the cost of painting materials, working hours, handwork, and the money for hiring a secretary. The final profit is only a few dollars."

"Fuck you! Who is the eldest sister?" Ji Wen picked up the book on the table and made a gesture to hit him: "Where's the little secretary you hired? Show me how beautiful she is."

Hao Ai pointed to the front with a paintbrush in his hand: "That's him! Xiaomi Zhongxiu."

The bewildered little secretary Zhong Xiu turned his head: "...?"

"I personally selected the little secretary, quickly add some water to my palette."

Zhong Xiu saw that there was just water in the cup, so he poured some into the palette, and cooperated, "Okay, boss."

Ji Wen: "..."

Why did Zhong Xiu fall ill with him?

The uprising of not wearing school uniforms intensified. On the third morning, there was a big-character poster on the school bulletin board, which accused the school of colluding with the factories that made school uniforms and compulsorily buying sky-high prices and low-quality school uniforms. There are only a few hundred words and the writing is exquisite. The irony is strong, and people who saw this big-character poster all took pictures and posted them on their Moments.

After school at noon, I went to the bulletin board and saw that the big-character poster had been taken down by the school security office, but before that, someone had already taken photos and posted them on various social platforms.

Under the pressure of public opinion, the school had to take a step back, and finally issued a notice saying that in the future, school uniforms will only be worn at the flag-raising ceremony every Monday, and Monday will be designated as the school uniform day, and school uniforms will not be mandatory at other times. Negotiate compensation and refunds.

After the notice was issued, Lu Fayan said excitedly that it was a victory for the common people. They dared to fight against feudalism without fear of power, which inspired everyone who was fighting on the road of independence and liberation.

Lu Fayan and Hao Ai talked about the bloody battle between the youth and the evil forces, and finally led everyone to the new world. He talked about the whole evening self-study. He talks and just wants to give him a gag package.

It's almost time to leave school, but Lu Fayan is still rambling: "Ai Ai, may I recommend some Jifan for you? It looks good."

Hao Ai impatiently gave him a "fuck off" look.

Lu Fayan made a "cut" sound, and went to harass Zhong Xiu again: "Zhong Xiu, do you want to see it? It's really beautiful, you believe me! Eat my Amway!"

"……dont see."

The bell for the evening self-study get out of class finally rang.

The weather has gradually warmed up recently. Many people will go to the playground at night to relax, run or shout a few times to relieve stress. Every day at this time outside the playground, the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling inside can be heard. Walking into the playground, the sound is even louder. .

Hao Ai and Zhong Xiu walked slowly around the playground. Hao Ai said briskly: "Li Wei told me that her father has found a new job and is working hard to pay off the debts. He should be able to pay off the debts in two years."

Zhong Xiu was not very happy: "Why does she tell you everything?"

Hao Ai seemed to smell the jealousy blown by a gust of wind in the distance, and hurriedly said: "No! I have one more thing to tell you, and this thing is only for you."

"Well, you said."

Hao Ai said, "She likes Lu Fayan."

Now Zhong Xiu understood, no wonder she started crying as soon as Lu Fayan talked to her, and ran away without saying a few words, no one wants to show a bad side in front of the person they like.

"However, that mentally handicapped person probably won't be able to see that people are interested in him even after graduation." Hao Ai gloated.

"I think so too."

Hao Ai laughed and said, "Just like him, he taught me love experience."

After hearing this, Zhong Xiu felt as if he had overlooked something, and asked, "When did it happen, and what experience have you learned?"

It was only then that Hao Ai realized what he had accidentally said just now, smiled obediently, and said, "...It's really nothing, just pretend you didn't hear what I just said, okay?"

"No, I also want to learn about love experience." Zhong Xiu said solemnly.

"That's right, the day before you went to Nanchuan, Lu Fayan came to play with me. At that time, I just received the message from you saying that you were going to board the plane, and the sentence remembering me. It happened that Lu Fayan I see..." Hao Ai tried to keep his tone normal, looked up at the moon in the sky, and continued: "Then, he asked me why the message you sent me was so gay. I didn't react at that time, because I I think your message is quite normal..."

Hao Ai looked at the moon, the stars, the wind blowing the treetops, and the crowd running in the distance, but he didn't dare to look at Zhong Xiu standing on his left.

"Later, I looked through the chat records between the two of us and found that we had been like this for a long time, but I always thought it was normal."

"I put the conversation with you on Lu Fayan again, and then I was disgusted by myself, but when I put it on you, it feels... normal."

"When I realized that the two of you are different to me, I felt that I was finished. In fact, it was..." Hao Ai finally turned his head to look at Zhong Xiu, and the two eyes met, "I just like it very much."

"In the past, I didn't dare to face it, I was afraid, and I wanted to escape. I was too timid, but I won't do it in the future."

There was a silence after he finished speaking.

Seeing that Zhong Xiu didn't speak for a long time, Hao Ai habitually wanted to ease the atmosphere: "When I sent you that message, did you think that my account was hacked?"

"No." Zhong Xiu replied.

"Why?" Hao Ai frowned, expressing his confusion.

Zhong Xiu's tone was still casual, but a thin layer of sweat broke out from his tightly clenched hands, "I know you will miss me too."

Just like I know, you'll like me too.