Recap
“No matter which score range you are in, you still have time and opportunity to work hard – even if it is April now, you will still have two full months to review.”
Lao He knocked on the blackboard with a smile, and finally concluded his speech: “If you don’t try, how will you know that you can’t do it?”
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Excluding the scores of Yu Sheng and Yang Fan, the average English score of Class 7 is still slightly behind Class 1’s.
The number of students in No. 3 High School is average, and there are not many top students in the top class. In addition, the previous English teacher was really disliked, so Class 1’s English subject is the weakest.
But the teachers were surprised that the class that had always been at the bottom could catch up so much, and they all agreed that Class 7 had won this unwritten battle.
The students in Class 7 were unwilling to give in. Under the leadership of Teacher Jin who came to pick up Sheng-ge, they collected the papers and reviewed them. Finally, they found two questions on one paper that the teacher had made a mistake on, and the extra points that were deducted, were added.
After correcting the scores, the students in Class 7 held the lollipops given by the class teacher and walked back and forth at the door of Class 1 more than ten times in high spirits.
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Finally, they were chased back to class by the director of the Education Department who held up an electric car battery*.
*(最后终于被教育处主任举着电动车电瓶挨个轰回了班。)
When Yu Sheng and Jin Linkun went out, the class became quiet.
A group of people who still want to know how good they can be are immersed in studying. Yao Qiang was scratching his head desperately, while the sports committee grabbed the pen, his eyes widened, and he looked like he could eat the set of papers in front of him.
“It truly is a very meaningful day.”
Jin Linkun was bored waiting at the entrance, but when he came up to take a look, he didn’t expect to be involved in such an exciting and historic moment: “So, is my tutoring pretty good?”
This man began to swell after hearing about the English scores of Class 7. Yu Sheng glanced at him and decided to cooperate with him first: “Not bad.”
Jin Linkun is very happy. Seeing that there was no one in the corridor, he couldn’t help but want to go over and hold his boyfriend’s hand.
The movement is so obvious but Yu Sheng didn’t dodge it and just let him hold his hand: “Have you bought all the vegetables?”
“Yup.”
Jin Linkun is easily satisfied, holding his hand and walking forward together: “Does your class need make-up lessons for other subjects? Such as Chinese——”
Before he could finish speaking, several boys from Class 7 who went out to get dinner together, turned around the stairs and bumped into them head-on.
Now that everyone in the group saw Yu Sheng, their reaction was highly unified. They quickly stood at attention and took out a portable version of the must-have ancient poems from their pockets: “Don’t you see! The Yellow river’s water comes from Heaven divine! It rushes to the sea and never returns…”
Focused without pausing.
Not a single redundant word.
Jin Linkun touched the tip of his nose and changed his mind: “For example, mathematics…”
Yu Sheng flipped through his phone and showed him a text message sent by Jin Linkun’s teacher.
After discovering that the top humanities student in the school next door could control Jin Linkun, the provincial school teachers also began to send text messages to Yu Sheng in turn.
The two text messages Yu Sheng received recently were both suggestions that classmate Jin was too active in maths subjects and suggested that he try to use methods commonly used by normal people to solve problems.
“…”
Jin Linkun hesitated and coughed softly: “Friend, you may not believe it, but I am actually a little involved in history and geography.”
Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows, remembering that time he heard the group of people in the class chatting: “Even if you dare to teach, they may not dare to learn.”
As for Jin Linkun’s habit of answering questions in occasional leaps, there are still points for getting the steps correct. If he had to answer a humanities question, they still don’t know what he will be like.
—Indicate the future change in salt content in a certain wetland and explain the reasons.
—Change: increase.
— Reason: Obvious.
Yu Sheng felt that the humanities teachers of No. 3 High School should still be given a way to survive.
It seemed that there was really no chance for him to help. Jin Linkun is quite disappointed but calmed down again and moved forward.
Being used to his talkativeness, Yu Sheng pulled him over and patted the chalk dust on the podium twice: “What’s wrong?”
Jin Linkun was pulled by him and had an idea: “Friend, do you think the students in your class need to learn how to complete the Rubik’s Cube?”
“…”
Yu Sheng let go of his hand, raised it and touched his forehead.
Jin Linkun was a little confused: “What’s wrong?”
“It’s okay.” Yu Sheng took his hand back, “Just to see if sudden unemployment has such a big impact on people’s mentality.”
The tutor who suddenly lost his job was sad all the way, and was taken back home by his boyfriend.
Jin Linkun’s parents comes back early in the morning, and the food is not delicious if it was cooked too early.
Yu Sheng marinated the ingredients and made two soups in advance. He felt that Jin Linkun’s room is too messy, so he threw Jin Linkun onto the sofa and went to tidy up the room.
Jin Linkun looked at the overly tidy room and was a little afraid to enter the room: “Isn’t it that it was more homey before?”
“Duan Lei said that 20% of the reasons why he was beaten was because he didn’t clean up his room.”
Yu Sheng flipped through his phone, checking to see if there was anything else he had missed: “Do you usually poke holes in the curtains with the tip of a pen?”
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Jin Linkun decided to go and take a look.
Yu Sheng should have collected answers in his class on the question of “Under what circumstance will your parents beat you up?”, and all the answers given to him by classmates in Class 7 were stored in his phone.
It almost looks like a history of blood and tears for teenagers.
“It doesn’t matter. My parents probably did not beat me up because I fished out our goldfish and fed it to the cat.”
Jin Linkun put his hand on Yu Sheng’s shoulder and looked down one by one: “They probably didn’t give me dinner not because I burned down the kitchen… The kitchen you see was renovated after our house burned down for the fifth time.”
There is a row of smoke alarms installed above, and the kitchen utensils are all fire-proof. Masks and gloves are placed within easy reach, and fresh wet towels are specially prepared all year round.
Yu Sheng held the phone and looked up at him.
Jin Linkun touched his hair and took the opportunity to stuff his mouth with a candy: “What are you thinking about?”
Yu Sheng held the candy in his mouth and said very bluntly: “I’m wondering what mysterious power has protected you from surviving till now.”
Maybe it’s the kind of portable space that Duan Lei and the others talked about, or some mysterious stone talisman that can extend life and increase health.
Otherwise, one life may not be enough for him.
Jin Linkun couldn’t help it, and smiled on his shoulder: “I only burned it three times, and my parents burned it the rest of the time. No one in our family knows how to cook.”
The Jin family is the kind of family that is a bit too relaxed from any angle.
Neither Mr. Jin nor Ms. Li has much experience in cooking, but they are brave enough to take on challenges.
When Jin Linkun was in primary school and junior high school, his family basically relied on a live-in aunty to prepare meals to supplement his nutrition. Later, it was not easy for him to survive until he entered high school. He was almost the same size and body, and even the aunty was shocked.
“So they travel a lot now.”
Jin Linkun explained to his boyfriend: “After all, when they travel, they can eat out directly. They don’t have to go home to cook or do housework and wash dishes.”
The plan was perfect.
Yu Sheng felt that there seemed to be some omissions in this perfect plan: “Then what do you eat?”
“I am their mature son.” Jin Linkun said calmly, “I should eat in the canteen by myself.”
During the winter and summer vacations, when the school cafeteria is closed, he should learn to find a summer camp on his own, or take the initiative to find a place that takes care of meals, such as a youth training camp.
In fact, even when he chose the provincial school, it was because the food in the provincial school’s cafeteria is very delicious. Not only did it have Chinese and Western food, snacks and drinks, but there were also many stalls serving different cuisines nearby.
As long as the Teppanyaki Steakhouse on the second floor of the East Canteen does not close down, Jin Linkun has no plans to transfer to another school just yet.
Yu Sheng still couldn’t comprehend the environment he lives in. He stood for a while holding his phone and frowning.
Jin Linkun hugged him and looked at his child’s extremely serious expression. A corner of his heart ached quietly.
Yu Sheng held the piece of candy in his mouth for a while and was about to prepare the dishes when Jin Linkun suddenly touched the corner of his lips.
“Don’t make trouble.” Yu Sheng smoothly pulled his head away from his shoulders, “Make your sugar-stirred tomatoes. Use a spoon to put the sugar in, don’t pour it directly from the bag-“
Jin Linkun retracted his arms and pressed his lips against his: “No, I want to kiss you.”
This man lowered his voice and was particularly gentle when he spoke. Yu Sheng paused for a moment before taking action.
Jin Linkun hug the person in his arms.
A simple kiss without any other meaning.
The sweetness of the sugar became divided between them, replaced by a very soft breath, a little warmth, from the mouth to the entire chest.
“Don’t leave for a while.” Jin Linkun touched his hair and lowered his head, “Meet my parents?”
It is normal for boys in high school to bring their classmates home. Friends come over to play, when it’s too late to go home, they will spend the night together, without needing any extra explanation.
But because of their relationship, it seems to have a slightly different meaning.
It was like meeting a parent secretly.
Jin Linkun waited for his response. Yu Sheng raised his head and pressed his lips together slightly: “Next time.”
He held Jin Linkun’s clothes, stood up on tiptoes and kissed him back, biting open the remaining half of the candy and passing it over in half: “Let’s talk about it next time.”
Jin Linkun watched his little friend turn around to cook, but did not follow him immediately.
Yu Sheng cooked a few dishes, covered all the dishes with a thermal cover, took the plate of tomatoes mixed with sugar from Jin Linkun, and placed it in the middle.
“Friend.” Jin Linkun looked at his only work, “No joke, I think it is blasphemy to put it in the middle…”
Yu Sheng couldn’t help but give a small smile and patted his shoulder: “There are no garlic sprouts though. I went back to take a look and the rest have turned yellow.”
Their pot of garlic sprouts began to turn yellow for some unknown reason. They tried various methods, including changing the water and garlic, and moving it next to the heater, to no avail.
Jin Linkun thinks it is due to seasonal reasons. Changes in sunlight angle and reduction in sunlight duration have caused the garlic seedlings to not find enough sunlight, which has led to a decrease in the chlorophyll of the garlic seedlings.
Yu Sheng thought he must have been frightened by the pot of salted garlic sprouts.
“It doesn’t matter, I think I can learn to scramble eggs with them sooner or later.”
Jin Linkun is very confident in himself and helped him put the radish and pork ribs soup on the table: “It’s so delicious. Can I try it before my parents come back?”
Yu Sheng conveniently stuffed the remaining half of the white radish into his mouth: “No, there is a glass of cold water and steamed buns on the coffee table outside. Dip them in hot sauce and eat them yourself.”
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He said he couldn’t, but in the end Yu Sheng served him a small bowl of soup. Without affecting the arrangement of the plate, he picked out a small portion of each dish and mixed them into a plate on the coffee table in front of the sofa.
Jin Linkun also has a TV of the same model as Yu Sheng’s in the living room of his house. No one knows how to use it. Its usual task is to cover the wallpaper on the back of it which is different in colour from other places.
Before he successfully became a tutor, Yu Sheng casually made a request: “I want to watch TV to relieve my boredom.”
Jin Linkun tried his best and studied it for a week, and finally mastered the skills of using the TV and set-top box, and skillfully turned on the TV to play background sound.
Both of them stayed up for half the night, it was even more uncomfortable to get up after a short nap. They didn’t lie down at all, and sat on the sofa with a bowl of soup and played with their mobile phones.
At the end of the year, all TV stations are filled with a strong atmosphere of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new. Many news outlets have begun to summarise the development of this year and create new goals to look forward to next year.
Chinese New Year is early this year, and the lunar calendar has already reached the end of the winter month. December will be over in a blink of an eye, and by the time January enters, it will be almost time for the winter vacation.
Jin Linkun changed several channels and finally settled on a news channel. He put down the remote control and flipped through the advertisements for “Happy College Entrance Examination Sprint Class” and “Exclusive Winter Camp for Senior High Winter Vacation” that were flooded on his mobile phone.
When the word “happy” is placed in the middle of the college entrance examination sprint, it has a very strong sense of fraud. Very few people click on it at first glance, and there are only a few comments and clicks.
These kinds of winter camps are all privately organised, and most of them imitate the model of Kong Jiahe’s school, which strictly urges students to limit their relaxation time and sprint with all their heart. It may indeed have an immediate effect on improving scores, but if you really want to participate, you will undoubtedly suffer a lot.
Especially the fact that “lunch time only takes 5 minutes” is a selling point that they are promoting.
Jin Linkun quit the advertisement and touched Yu Sheng’s arm: “What are your plans for the winter vacation?”
The chat group of Class 7 was also talking about this. Yu Sheng took a sip of soup and turned his phone to show him: “Study.”
Lao He’s talk earlier motivated the students to push forward towards a highly unrealistic achievement, but the students in Class 7 didn’t care.
After all, it’s already this year. There are too many things that they have not done before, and many have a shaky foundation. It’s better to learn more than not learn at all.
Their class monitor arranged for everyone to get together during the holidays to check for gaps in their learning and to help each other out. Because everyone may face too many problems, he was asking Yu Sheng in the group if he had time.
Yu Sheng didn’t mind helping with the subjects, so he responded with two messages and agreed to the winter vacation training plan: “What about you?”
Jin Linkun hasn’t decided yet.
Their family usually gets together. At the end of the year, the family reunites and flies to a warmer place to celebrate the New Year. They usually stay until February.
It seems that they can’t go together. Jin Linkun plans to come back early after Chinese New Year, but he still needs a suitable excuse.
These are all things that will happen over time, and there may be changes by then.
Jin Linkun is not in a hurry to tell Yu Sheng. He simply replied a bit and chatted with Class 7 on their questions.
After midnight, tiredness crept up bit by bit.
Yu Sheng calculated the time and felt that Jin Linkun’s parents should be flying to the province at this time. He finished the bowl of soup and put it on the table: “Should I go home and wait for you?”
“It’s okay, we’re not in a rush.”
Jin Linkun picked up his clothes and quickly thought about the plan he had in advance: “Wait for me. I will pick them up and let’s go together.”
Yu Sheng washed the dishes, put on his coat and went to get his schoolbag.
He checked Jin Linkun’s house one last time and confirmed that there should be nothing they forgot. He was about to go out when he turned around and was grabbed by Jin Linkun by the arm: “Wait a minute, I suddenly got a set of mathematics papers with very sophisticated questions. …”
Yu Sheng was dragged by him. He couldn’t stand firm for a few steps and almost hit the door frame.
He felt that Jin Linkun had something to say from the beginning. After looking at this man’s unusually blunt excuse, he stood for a long time and couldn’t help but curl his lips: “Then you should pass it to me and I’ll do it at home.”
Jin Linkun was caught off guard by his reply as he had not thought about it. He touched the tip of his nose and coughed lightly: “It’s a paper version——”
“Okay.” Yu Sheng is very easy to talk to. “You can take a photo of it for me. Remember to send the original photo.”
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According to common sense, the plan will almost fail at this point.
But after all, his child is already so close to the edge of the pit. Jin Linkun is still unwilling to give in. He felt that he could try harder: “It is coated with a special invisible anti-counterfeiting coating. It reflects light and cannot be illuminated clearly.”
“…”
Yu Sheng felt that his respect for this person’s brain circuit had reached its peak.
Calculating that there should still be some time, Yu Sheng wasn’t in a hurry to leave and put down his schoolbag: “Okay, bring it to me for a look.”
Along the way, he took out his mobile phone with a spirit of exploration: “You hold it, I will take a photo to see the effect of this invisible anti-counterfeiting coating.”
Jin Linkun: “…”
It’s rare for his boyfriend to feel so genuinely disappointed. Yu Sheng looked at him for a while, couldn’t help but touch the corner of his lips, and pulled him over: “It’s okay, it’s just for one day, you have a good birthday.”
He knew what Jin Linkun was thinking, but he felt like there was nothing to say.
It will only be a bit uncomfortable in the passing once. In the heavy rain that day, he had already vented everything that needed to be vented, and when he met the problem again, his mood had completely changed.
It seems like he doesn’t care as much as before.
Of course Yu Sheng also wanted to celebrate Jin Linkun’s birthday, and also wanted to meet Jin Linkun’s parents, and wanted to know whether the relaxed and warm family atmosphere he mentioned is true or made up.
But it doesn’t seem that appropriate.
His parents came back specially to celebrate their son’s birthday. This was such a big deal, he couldn’t just come over and disturb them.
Especially since Jin Linkun must have been unhappy on his last birthday.
You only have one eighteenth birthday, and it’s a waste if you waste it. Since I can’t make up for this birthday, I can try my best to live it as happily as possible, is what Yu Sheng thought.
Yu Sheng held his wrist and did not let go immediately. He stood for a while.
He let go of his hand and touched his pocket, ready to give him a gift in advance. The person opposite suddenly said in a muffled voice: “While I am celebrating my birthday at home, my little friend is eating steamed buns and drinking cold water alone at home.”
Yu Sheng: “…”
He bought steamed buns simply because he was too lazy to make rice. There were also several boxes of Haidilao’s portable instant hot pot piled at home, as well as a box of snacks and ham sausages.
But Jin Linkun didn’t. Jin Linkun felt that this matter was worthy of delay: “When I take a bite of the cake, I want you to take a bite of the steamed buns.”
“We met for the first time last year today. We can’t even spend our first anniversary together.”
“You helped me cook a table of dishes, and then went home alone, waiting for me at home.”
“He was the only one in the house, and he only had a pot of garlic sprouts and two tufts of grass. It is dark and silent…”
Yu Sheng felt that the scene he described was a bit too far from reality, so he couldn’t help but interrupt: “Wait a minute, why is it so dark? Can’t I turn on the light and play some music?”
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Jin Linkun became even sadder: “He’s so lonely that he needs the company of music.”
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