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She beat me to it.
— Zhang Lurang
One week before the college entrance exam.
Senior students could choose to stay at school or go home to review; the school no longer required them to stay on campus.
Since the examination rooms would be set up in a few days, Su Zaizai decided to take most of her books back home.
Su Zaizai asked her father to come and pick her up.
She piled some unused test papers and workbooks aside, planning to throw them away.
While organizing her notebooks, she suddenly saw a pure white draft notebook.
Su Zaizai paused her fingers, opened it, and flipped through.
Turning to a page, she saw the familiar handwriting.
Clear and neat, exceptionally pleasing to the eye.
She curved her lips, tore out that page, and tucked it into her recent review materials.
...
“So can you explain this question to me?”
“I don’t know.”
...
“Everything you don’t know, I do. I’ll teach you everything.”
...
Su Zaizai laughed out loud.
She couldn’t resist sending him a message.
— Rang Rang.
— What did you feel when I first came to your class to explain a question to you?
Su Zaizai glanced at the time and didn’t expect an immediate reply.
She put her phone in her bag and continued packing.
After throwing away the unnecessary books, Su Zaizai called her father to help carry the books down.
Half an hour later, Su Zaizai finally got in the car.
She leaned her head against the car window, watching the scenery flash by outside.
The car bumped along, making her dizzy.
She suddenly remembered the message she had sent to Zhang Lurang earlier.
Curious, Su Zaizai turned her head, took out her phone from her bag, and checked it.
Zhang Lurang had already replied.
On the phone screen was a very odd sentence.
— There was no air conditioning in the classroom.
Ah?
Su blinked, scratched her head, and recalled the scene.
What did she say?
It seemed like...
— “Uh, it’s so hot, let’s come in and cool off with the air conditioning.”
Su Zaizai: “...”
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After the Chinese language exam of the college entrance exam ended,
Su Zaizai walked to a designated spot previously mentioned by her homeroom teacher.
To prevent students from losing their admission tickets, Su Zaizai’s homeroom teacher required them to hand over their tickets after each exam and then distributed them again before the next one.
Su Zaizai handed over her admission ticket and then went to eat lunch with a girl from her class.
After eating, she returned to the dormitory.
Su Zaizai took out her phone from the cabinet and leaned against the ladder, standing to digest her food.
The dormitory wasn’t quiet; several girls were chatting, discussing other things.
No one mentioned whether today’s questions were difficult, nor did anyone talk about how they performed.
As Su Zaizai listened to their chatter, she searched for Zhang Lurang on WeChat.
Su Zaizai: Hey, Rang Rang.
Zhang Lurang: What’s wrong?
Su Zaizai: Before entering the examination room, we had to take off our shoes for scanning. I wore mismatched socks; it was so embarrassing.
Su Zaizai: Do you have to take off your shoes?
Zhang Lurang: No.
Su Zaizai: Thankfully not.
Su Zaizai: I can’t stand others seeing your feet.
Su Zaizai: Only I can see them!
Zhang Lurang: “...”
After calming down,
Just as she wanted to take a nap to recharge, she suddenly remembered something.
Su Zaizai: By the way, there was a boy in our examination room.
Su Zaizai: He placed his water bottle on the table while drinking and didn’t close it properly.
Su Zaizai: Just before handing in the paper, the water spilled, soaking the test paper.
Su Zaizai: You should be careful. After drinking water, remember to place the bottle on the floor.
Zhang Lurang: Okay.
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After the math exam, returning to the dormitory.
Su Zaizai had just sat on the bed, not even for a few seconds.
She immediately stood up, walked to the cabinet, and took out her phone.
Her first sentence was again: Sigh.
This time, Zhang Lurang felt a bit nervous.
Did she not do well in math...
Su Zaizai: Rang Rang, there was a boy in our class who lost his ID card in the afternoon.
Su Zaizai: Our homeroom teacher was so worried she almost cried.
Su Zaizai: But later, the invigilator found it in that boy’s examination room.
Zhang Lurang instantly didn’t know what to say.
Su Zaizai: Rang Rang, you should also be careful.
Su Zaizai: Remember to keep your ID card and admission ticket safe.
All these random topics made Zhang Lurang feel somewhat uneasy.
After thinking for a moment, he still called her.
Su Zaizai answered cheerfully: “Rang Rang.”
Zhang Lurang scratched his head, puzzled: “What’s wrong?”
“Huh?”
“...”
Su Zaizai walked outside the dormitory, found a spot, squatted down, and started chatting with him.
She sneakily scanned her surroundings and lowered her voice to tell him.
“I think I did super well in math.”
Zhang Lurang sighed in relief.
Su Zaizai didn’t know why he called.
She hesitated for a moment but still assured him.
“Don’t worry, if you don’t do well, I’ll support you.”
“...No need.”
“Then why did you call me?”
“Nothing.”
He was just afraid that she would hide her emotions again.
If he didn’t notice in time and only realized it later,
How painful it would be.
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The day after the college entrance exam ended.
Zhang Lurang had booked his flight ticket long ago to return from City B to City Z.
It was only four o’clock in the afternoon, and Lin Mao hadn’t returned home yet.
Zhang Lurang glanced at Susu.
Frowning, he half-carried, half-dragged it into the bathroom and gave it a bath.
After drying Susu’s fur with a hairdryer,
Zhang Lurang went back to his room, changed into a set of clothes, sat on the edge of the bed, and picked up the phone from the bedside table.
Just then, he saw a WeChat message from his mother.
— Are you going to your uncle’s place again?
Zhang Lurang paused for a moment and replied: I’ll go back when filling out my university preferences.
Soon, his mother called him.
The phone vibrated and trembled in his hand.
Zhang Lurang’s expression showed some resistance, but he still answered.
“Have you checked your answers against the college entrance exam solutions?”
“...”
“Ajing, tell Mom.”
“...”
“Why do you keep going to your uncle’s place? Are you dating someone?”
Zhang Lurang didn’t answer, simply saying: “I’m applying to University Z.”
His mother was silent for a moment on the other end, then quickly softened her tone.
“Why apply so far away? Isn’t it better to study at University B with Ali?”
“...”
“Why aren’t you speaking?”
Zhang Lurang forced a smile and softly said: “No, it’s not good.”
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
The room returned to silence.
Zhang Lurang irritably ran his fingers through his hair.
Perhaps sensing his mood, Susu nearby came over and rested its head on his leg, rubbing against him.
Zhang Lurang managed a faint smile and stroked its fur.
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A few minutes later, Zhang Lurang went downstairs.
He happened to see Lin Mao returning from outside.
Seeing him, Lin Mao raised an eyebrow and smiled: “Can you become the top scorer?”
“No,” Zhang Lurang was quite self-aware.
Lin Mao walked over to the sofa and sat down, casually pouring himself a glass of water.
Seeing Lin Mao didn’t speak further, Zhang Lurang didn’t initiate any conversation either.
He took an apple from the fridge and started munching on it.
Zhang Lurang sat beside Lin Mao, silently thinking in his mind.
After finishing eating, he would go out to find Su Zaizai.
He had just thrown the apple core into the trash can in front of him.
Beside him, Lin Mao suddenly spoke.
“My nephew already has a girlfriend, while I’ve been single for thirty-three years.”
Zhang Lurang: “...”
Lin Mao drained the water in his glass in one gulp and turned his head.
He didn’t take what he just said seriously and gently reminded: “Apply to whatever school you want; don’t listen to your parents.”
“Mm.”
After a while,
Lin Mao thought for a moment and continued: “Before confirming your preferences, remember to check them again at the school’s registrar office.”
“...”
“My sister is a terrifying person.”
“...”
Lin Mao patted his shoulder heavily and said:
“Be careful of everything.”
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Lin Mao’s words made Zhang Lurang more cautious, fearing that any of his actions might hurt his feelings.
As a result, Zhang Lurang changed his original plan of going out to find Su Zaizai right after eating the apple.
After dinner, when Lin Mao went back to his room, he quietly slipped out of the house.
They agreed to meet at a pavilion in the neighborhood.
Su Zaizai sat beside him, cheerfully leaning closer.
“It’s a dark night with no one around here. Do you want to do something to me?”
Zhang Lurang frowned and pushed her away: “No.”
Su Zaizai instantly lost interest and sulkily said: “I thought you’d become more unrestrained after finishing the college entrance exam. Seems like I thought too much.”
Zhang Lurang didn’t say anything, quietly watching her.
Seeing this, Su Zaizai persisted: “Rang Rang, how about trying a French kiss?”
“Impossible,” Zhang Lurang immediately refused.
Su Zaizai didn’t say anything else, sighing deeply.
An awkward silence.
Zhang Lurang took the initiative to speak, helplessly saying: “Talk about something else.”
Su Zaizai rested her cheek on her hand and earnestly said: “There’s nothing I want to talk about.”
On summer nights, the temperature was still hot and oppressive.
The chirping of crickets around made the surroundings less desolate and quiet.
Occasionally, headlights from cars passing by would light up, somewhat dazzling.
Suddenly, Zhang Lurang felt a bit stifled and restless inside.
It seemed like the fault of the temperature, or perhaps something else.
Unable to control himself, he licked his lips, turned his head, and just as he wanted to pull her over,
Beside him, Su Zaizai suddenly turned her head and leaned forward.
Taking him by surprise.
One of her hands was behind his head, pressing down.
Su Zaizai kissed him hard, biting his lower lip insatiably.
She quickly let go, using her tongue to part his teeth, feeling the moist softness before retreating.
At the same time, she lowered her hand.
Noticing Zhang Lurang’s pitch-black, emotionless eyes, she wasn’t afraid at all.
Su Zaizai proudly curved her eyes, full of sparkling brilliance.
Inside were all the smugness and cunning of having tasted something sweet.
“I just want to kiss,” she said.
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