Chasing Summer - Chapter 45

After getting off the car, Lin Zhexia clung to “pull black” in order to avoid the topic.

“Not only do I not send you messages for a few days, I don’t want to send you messages for a month.”

She walked ahead with her schoolbag on her back: “Anyway, you want to block me.”

She knows too well how to argue with Chi Yao in normal times, and the more she speaks, the smoother she is.

“You don’t want to talk to me at all.”

“Chi Yao, you are so heartless.”

“When I go back later, I will weep silently by myself to commemorate our friendship.”

“…”

While talking, the two walked to the entrance of the building.

Chi Yao, who had been following her silently, reached out and grabbed her schoolbag before she swiped the access control card to enter the door, forcing her to turn around and face him.

It was already evening, and the entrance of the building was very quiet.

Chi Yao looked at her, but his light-colored pupils were darker than usual. After a long while, he said, “When did I block you?”

“If you really don’t want to chat with you,” he said again, “…you would have been blacklisted long ago.”

Chi Yao seldom said such blunt words.

Lin Zhexia was stunned, before he could react, he had already let go of his hand and took a step back: “Go in.”

After Lin Zhexia went back, her unbalanced heartbeat could not be suppressed for a long time.

She lingered at the door of the house for a while, and after confirming that Lin He didn’t notice anything unusual after returning home, she opened the door and went in: “Mom, I’m back.”

Lin He glanced at her: “Hurry up and eat.”

Lin Zhexia put down her schoolbag: “Oh.”

“Where’s Uncle Wei?”

“He had dinner with his colleagues,” Lin He said, “don’t wait for him.”

The dinner table was very peaceful, Lin Zhexia chatted about what happened in school, and talked about the school celebration next month, talking about Lao Xu’s “Stupid Bird First Fly Plan”.

Lin He also chatted with her about her work and the community: “Be careful when you go out recently. I heard that there are some inexplicable people wandering around our community. The aunt next door has seen them several times, and I don’t know if they are What are you doing?”

Lin Zhexia said “ah”: “Is it the same as the group of vocational high schools that were swaying around when I was young?”

Lin He: “I didn’t see it either. It’s probably about the same. It might be some vagrants.”

As Lin He was talking, he discovered another detail that was different from the past. When picking up the dishes, he asked casually, “Why haven’t you mentioned Chi Yao recently? Don’t you usually talk about Chi Yao?”

Lin Zhexia paused for a while while chopping the rice: “…”

Finally, she said, “I think he’s too annoying recently, so I don’t want to mention it” and put down her chopsticks and went back to the room.

After returning to the room, Lin Zhexia just took out the homework to be written from her schoolbag.

Before writing a few words, I heard a voice coming from the living room.

“Chi Yao is here,” Lin He said in the living room, “Xia Xia is in the room, you ask her to do homework together? Just right, I’m worried that she will be in her third year of high school soon, and she won’t be able to keep up.”

“Next time, come directly to eat together, don’t see Auntie.”

“…”

Lin Zhexia’s pen tip rested on the paper, blurring a piece of ink.

After Chi Yao came in, she moved the chair to make room for him: “Why are you here?”

Chi Yao put down his homework.

What he brought was very simple, a black fountain pen, and a set of questions specially chosen by Lao Liu for him.

“Do your homework,” he said.

“Of course I know.” Lin Zhexia was a little uncomfortable, “The question is, why did you come to my house to write?”

Lin Zhexia just wanted to say, “Is there no table in your house?”

But Chi Yao seemed to be able to guess what she wanted to say, he leaned back slightly, with a pen in his hand and said: “My table has collapsed.”

“…”

Although Chi Yao came suddenly, and she didn’t really want to face him now.

But after all, the two of them had done homework together so many times that they couldn’t count, and she was used to it.

After getting over the initial embarrassment, Lin Zhexia continued to write the topic.

She wanted to focus on her homework, but she was still distracted.

After a long time of calculation on the function problem that I am not good at, I still can’t get the answer.

She was about to ignore this question and go to the next question first, when she heard the sound of finger knuckles hitting the table.

She raised her head and found that there was an extra piece of draft paper in front of her at some point.

There are three or two lines of function steps on the draft paper, which are concise and clear, and there are notes on the side, pointing out where she made mistakes when she was doing this question just now.

—and pressed on this paper, there is a candy wrapped in colored cellophane.

“…” Lin Zhexia looked at the person sitting next to him, “Where did you get the candy?”

Chi Yao said: “He Yang attended the wedding banquet two days ago, took a bunch of them, and put them all in my place.”

“Coincidentally,” he finished writing a question, pinched his phalanx, “I can’t find a place to throw it.”

Lin Zhexia: “Oh.”

She was a little dizzy, and wanted to ask “How do you know that I can’t do this question”, but after thinking about it, he was sitting on the side, probably by accident.

Lin Zhexia pushed aside the candy wrapper, and while the sweet smell was spreading, she suddenly realized something.

Chi Yao came over because she said in the car just now that she has been under a lot of pressure recently.

In the busy and boring study, the school celebration performance is still an interesting event for all the students of No. 2 Middle School.

All classes are preparing intensively.

On this day, Lin Zhexia was called to the office by Lao Liu again.

“Old Liu,” Lin Zhexia has become more and more familiar with Lao Liu after knowing him for almost two years, “What’s your order?”

Seeing her coming, Lao Liu put down the homework he was correcting: “Xiao Lin, I do have something to tell you.”

Lin Zhexia: “Tell me.”

Old Liu: “Isn’t it? Our class has a stupid plan to fly first. Poetry recitation is the least time-consuming preparation. What do you think?”

Lin Zhexia said: “I think this strategy is very good, and it fully reflects the resourcefulness of the planners.”

Old Liu: “Then here comes the problem. Now the poetry recitation group needs a leader. I want to entrust this important task to you. The reason why I chose you is because…”

Lin Zhexia took the words naturally: “Because I am the first in the speech contest?”

Old Liu nodded: “Yes.”

It was different from the last time when I was embarrassed in Lao Liu’s office and felt hit by bad luck.

Lin Zhexia was very calm this time, and did not shirk: “I see, then I will go back and prepare.”

This answer surprised Lao Liu. He looked at the girl standing in the office. In the past two years, everyone had quietly changed. A lot has changed.

He still remembered the way Lin Zhexia frantically refused to say that she couldn’t do it in the office.

“Okay,” Lao Liu said with relief, “Teacher trusts you, prepare well.”

Lin Zhexia selected a few poems, borrowed the printer in the office to print them out, and carried a stack of papers to go upstairs to the class.

She walked all the way thinking that this job is actually not difficult.

It doesn’t even cost anything, just choose a good person, and take the time between classes to arrange it twice.

Just as she was thinking, she was stopped by Xu Ting when she was passing by Class 1.

Xu Ting stood in the corridor, with his hands spread out, blocking the entire corridor tightly, his posture was very rushing, and his voice was extremely enthusiastic: “—Master Lin!”

“…”

Lin Zhexia stopped, trying to avoid him: “Can I pretend that I don’t know you?”

Xu Ting: “No, you are Lin Zhexia from the seventh class, my good brother’s good brother, rounding up to five is my good brother.”

Lin Zhexia: “In this case.”

Xu Ting: “?”

Lin Zhexia walked around him and said, “Then I can only start from the root cause and break off friendship with Chi Yao.”

Xu Ting followed: “Don’t, I have something to look for you.”

There are many people coming and going in the corridor.

Lin Zhexia uncontrollably looked towards a group of windows, and saw that the familiar seat was empty.

So she stopped: “I’m busy with my studies, so I can only give you two minutes. If you have anything to say, just say it.”

The purpose of Xu Ting looking for her is actually very simple: “Isn’t this the school celebration?”

Lin Zhexia signaled him to continue.

Xu Ting: “A charismatic person like me must shine on the school celebration stage, right?”

Lin Zhexia wanted to roll her eyes.

Xu Ting: “So I told the class teacher that I will be in charge of the school celebration program of Class One.”

Lin Zhexia heard this, and guessed: “I am in charge of the seventh class. So you are too eager to win, stop me in advance and declare war?”

“…”

“Who is going to declare war on you? The whole grade of the “Rookie First Flight Project” in your seventh class knows about it. Is there still a need to declare war?”

“It’s a stupid bird, not a rookie.” Lin Zhexia couldn’t help correcting him.

But after correcting it, she was silent again.

It seems that there is not much difference between the two words.

“Forget it,” Lin Zhexia said again, “It’s not important, you focus on it.”

Xu Ting: “The point is that our class teacher requires at least two people on the show, and I won’t be allowed to go on stage alone, so I want to find Chi Yao to be with me. I thought that Chi Yao is very popular, so it must be suitable for me to go on stage. The show will definitely be a blockbuster.”

Lin Zhexia’s first reaction was: “Why do you have such dangerous thoughts, isn’t it good to live?”

“…”

Xu Ting: “You don’t have to hurt me a second time, I was ruthlessly rejected just now.”

“But I don’t want to give up,” Xu Ting changed the subject, “Do me a favor and persuade him.”

Lin Zhexia: “He doesn’t like going on stage very much.”

She thought for a while and then said, “And why do you think I can persuade you?”

Without thinking about it, Xu Ting said, “Because you have a good relationship.”

Lin Zhexia didn’t want to take care of this at first, but Xu Ting begged hard, and even raised her mind, saying to her, “I don’t want to leave regrets about my youth that is only once in my life”, and finally she agreed to Xu Ting’s help to try.

“But he might not listen to me,” Lin Zhexia said before leaving, “I can’t guarantee that he will agree.”

Since you promised to help, you must keep your word.

Lin Zhexia has been thinking about how to talk to Chi Yao.

She thought about it all the way, and hesitated to speak several times after school at night.

Chi Yao stopped at the door of the house: “Say.”

Lin Zhexia’s words circled around his mouth, and finally found a very stupid excuse: “I’m thirsty, can I go to your house for a drink.”

“…”

“I am,” Lin Zhexia said softly, “It’s been a long time since I drank water from your house, and I miss it.”

After she finished speaking, she wanted to bite off her tongue in Chi Yao’s foolish eyes.

Five minutes later, she held a glass and sat on the sofa at Chi Yao’s house drinking water.

After drinking a glass, she didn’t think about what to say, and asked, “Can I have a refill?”

Chi Yao looked at her leisurely: “What do you think I am, a coffee shop with unlimited refills?”

Even though he said that, he poured her a glass of water again.

Lin Zhexia felt that if he drank any more, he would be exhausted, so he said, “The school celebration is coming soon, our class is preparing a program, how is your class doing?”

Chi Yao tilted his head and said, “Not as creative as those in your class.”

“…”

Old Xu’s plan is really spreading.

“I heard that Xu Ting wanted you to take the stage,” Lin Zhexia finally got to the point, “Did you reject him?”

Chi Yao said “hmm” and said, “I’ll let him shake the water out of his mind before talking.”

Lin Zhexia: “Actually, Xu Ting came to me today and wanted me to help persuade you.”

Chi Yao also took a bottle of water. He unscrewed the bottle cap and walked towards her. After hearing this, he was surprised that he didn’t refuse immediately. Instead, he approached her and asked, “How do you plan to persuade her?”

Lin Zhexia opened his mouth and said, “A handsome guy like you should stand on the stage and be admired by everyone.”

“This school celebration stage, without you, is the loss of this stage.”

“If you are on stage, you will be a warm sun in winter and a clear spring in summer among the audience.”

When Lin Zhexia said this, he stopped: “I’m a little short of words, give me a few minutes, and I’ll think about it.”

In fact, she would agree to Xu Ting, and she was a little selfish.

Xu Ting’s phrase “only this time of youth” moved her.

She thought of the seventeen-year-old Chi Yao would never have again.

If he could perform on the same stage with his good friends in high school, for him, high school life should have more memories.

Thinking of this, she put aside those fancy words, and rarely said sincerely: “Besides, I really hope you can come on stage.”

Chi Yao didn’t say whether to answer or not.

He just held the water, lowered his eyes, and closed his eyes. When he raised his eyes again, he had returned to normal, and his throat moved slightly: “…Do you want to see?”

Lin Zhexia had an illusion, his tone of voice at the moment seemed as if as long as she said “yes”, he would agree.

In the next second, Chi Yao exposed his dog nature.

He turned his eyes away and said, “Then you just think about it.”

“…”

It was within Lin Zhexia’s expectation that the persuasion was unsuccessful.

She was not very discouraged. After returning home, she found Xu Ting’s contact information and sent him a message: Sorry, I didn’t persuade him, why don’t you change someone.

Xu Ting replied to the message very quickly, and it was actually two words plus an exclamation point: Haha!

Lin Zhexia: …Are you crazy?

Xu Ting: Haha! Don’t pretend, I’ve seen through your tricks.

Xu Ting: If you want to make progress, you should suppress it first. Tell me that you failed, and then turn around and give me a surprise.

Lin Zhexia typed slowly: No, you think too much, I am not joking with you.

Before the words were sent, Xu Ting first sent a screenshot of the chat.

And a postscript: Didn’t expect it! Chi Yao has already told me that he agreed, you can’t play with me!

Lin Zhexia: …

Lin Zhexia clicked on the screenshot.

Most of the screenshots are Xu Ting talking to himself, accompanied by intermittent madness: Please, just go on stage with others, okay, okay.

In Xu Ting’s madness in the blockbuster, the familiar Mao Maotou came back with a sentence ten minutes ago.

Maomaotou: report it

Xu Ting couldn’t react for a while:? ? ? what to report

Mao Maotou: name.