Chapter 102: Infinite scenery, farewell (Please subscribe!)

July 3rd.

Because this was the last day of class before the college entrance exam, the school arranged all four classes in the afternoon for the head teachers.

In the 5th and 6th periods, Teacher Wang Qi only taught half a period of history, which was two college entrance exam prediction questions.

Then he put down the textbook, supported the podium with his right hand, coughed twice, and waited until everyone was quiet and looking up at him in unison before saying sacredly: "Students, the three years of high school classes are officially over here.

When I took over you, Jingcheng Lao Wang started your first lesson, and today, Jingcheng Lao Wang will also give you your last lesson. This is what the Daoists call having a beginning and an end, which can be considered as putting a period to everyone's high school career."

At this point, Wang Qi paused and continued: "As for whether this period is perfect, I dare not guarantee.

But one thing, I am very proud of: in the past, under my severe destruction and suppression, you all survived, and you are still alive and kicking, living well. Then I firmly believe that in the future, in university and in society, there will be no obstacles you cannot overcome.

As long as you continue this perseverance and character, I believe you will definitely achieve success in the future, walk to higher and farther places, and become useful people to your families, society, and the country..."

The "Nine-Thousand-Year-Old" spoke a lot, with less of the past seriousness and death stares, and more humor and self-deprecation. Everyone laughed as they listened, and cried as they laughed.

The sentimental ones with good relationships were already hugging each other and crying loudly.

And those who usually had average relationships also nodded at each other with red eyes.

The atmosphere in the classroom at this time was completely different from the usual struggle, hard work, and racing against time to read and brush up on questions. Those boys and girls who were determined to get into good universities and stand out became tearful, finally revealing the way they should look in their youth.

Li Heng, who had lived two lives, felt nothing at first, but as the atmosphere infected him, he suddenly became very sad.

Listening to many people swearing that they would gather once every winter vacation in the future, he couldn't help but sigh. Where would there be a "once a year"?

For many people, this parting was forever.

Mai Sui fashionably got a message book and asked several good friends to leave messages for her, first Song Yu, then Sun Manning and Chen Lijun.

Fourth, she placed the book on Li Heng's desk.

He asked: "What do you want me to write? Or in what aspect?"

Mai Sui smiled tenderly, her ink-black eyes always revealing a trace of charm inadvertently, "Just write from your heart; anything is fine."

Hearing this, Li Heng really wrote from his heart, "Although chocolate is sweet, it is not one-ten-thousandth as sweet as your tender and charming smile. May your life be like chocolate, sweet and honeyed, with an endless aftertaste."

This girl was beautiful, but after three years, the thing that left the deepest impression on him was her natural inner charm and the precious chocolate, so he wrote both of them down in one go.

Seeing Li Heng's message, Chen Lijun said: "It's written really well. If I didn't know you were obsessed with Song Yu, I would have wanted to play matchmaker for you two."

Li Heng: "..."

Sun Manning slapped her forehead: "Oh my! Why didn't I think of buying a message book? No, no, I'll go to the small shop to buy one now. Song Yu, Lijun, are you going?"

Song Yu smiled and took a message book out of her schoolbag, saying: "Mai Sui and I bought it yesterday. I forgot to tell you when I came back."

"Whoa! Whoa! You guys are really not loyal." Saying this, Sun Manning pulled Chen Lijun and ran downstairs.

Holding the unopened message book in her hand, Song Yu looked at Li Heng, then at Mai Sui, pondered for a moment, and finally handed the book to Li Heng first, "You are so talented, help me polish the first page."

Seeing this, Mai Sui was rarely playful, blinked her eyes: "Song Yu, I'm suddenly a bit jealous."

Song Yu smiled beautifully, "You are the second one."

To be honest, he didn't expect Song Yu to hand the message book to him first when there were outsiders present. He was a bit flattered, but more than that, he was happy.

Taking the book, Li Heng also asked: "Can I write whatever I want?"

The two looked at each other. Song Yu, who heard this, seemed to have guessed what he was going to write. After being reserved for a while, she nodded gently.

Mai Sui was intrigued by his words and immediately leaned forward, lying on the book and watching Li Heng's pen tip.

Li Heng glanced at Mai Sui and, regardless, began to wield his fountain pen:

Thinking of you again, these are words from the heart,

Sometimes even I envy myself,

Clearly the heart is mine,

Yet it is filled to the brim with you.

If you had appeared earlier, I would definitely have shown you off openly...

Writing to this point, Li Heng's pen stopped abruptly, and it was a long time before he signed:

July 3, 1987

By December.

He didn't use his real name this time, but his literary pen name.

The reason he did this was because she had said he was a famous person too. A few days ago, he had used Lin Huiyin's famous quote to solve the difficult problem she raised about "why he liked her."

Therefore, using a famous person to describe himself had deep significance.

Song Yu was originally at a loss for the message he wrote, but after seeing the three words "December," she immediately understood his deep meaning and remained silent for a long time.

Mai Sui was confused and asked Li Heng: "Why didn't you use your own name?"

Song Yu took the book and turned to the second page, "Hurry up and leave me a message. After you finish writing, I won't pass it out."

Mai Sui was even more confused, "Not letting Lijun and Manning write anymore?"

Song Yu looked at Li Heng, and Li Heng smiled and said: "You make the decision."

Song Yu pondered for a moment, with a faint smile on her face, and said: "The situation is special. After you finish writing, I'll tell you."

Wandering between the two for a few times, Mai Sui, with a head full of confusion, spent two minutes finishing the message.

Song Yu kept her word, decisively took the message book back into her schoolbag, then glanced at Li Heng, and then took out a *Harvest* magazine from her desk, turning to the page for the novel *To Live*.

Mai Sui lowered her head and browsed carefully, almost seeing the writer "December" at a glance, and suddenly exclaimed: "Ah?"

Subconsciously looking up at Song Yu and Li Heng, she lowered her head and looked at "December" again, followed by another: "Ah?!"

This time Mai Sui stared fixedly at the book page for a full half minute before looking up again, asking Song Yu tremblingly: "It, it wouldn't be the same person, would it?"

"Hmm."

Song Yu gave a light "hmm," closed the *Harvest* magazine, and said calmly: "It's him."

Hearing this confirmation, Mai Sui turned her head with difficulty and looked foolishly at Li Heng.

Li Heng asked: "Surprised?"

Mai Sui shook her head.

Li Heng asked: "Scared?"

Mai Sui nodded.

Li Heng said: "I'm treating you tonight, treating you two to dinner."

Mai Sui nodded, then shook her head.

Now it was Li Heng's turn to be puzzled, "Why? You can even refuse the temptation of going to a restaurant? Or do you want to treat me?"

Mai Sui finally regained a trace of spirit, took a deep breath, and said: "I'll treat you two. I can be considered to have witnessed greatness and love."

Song Yu: "..."

Li Heng said happily: "I love hearing that."

Song Yu looked at him, and later said to Mai Sui: "Accompany me downstairs."

Mai Sui left, following her out of the classroom, but the moment she left the classroom, she didn't forget to look back at Li Heng, her eyes still filled with shock and disbelief.

There were people in the stairwell, so she didn't make a sound until they reached the playground. Mai Sui asked: "Going to the small shop to buy a message book?"

Song Yu said: "Going directly might run into Manning and Lijun. Accompany me for a detour."

Saying this, the two girls walked along the small path on the right side of the teaching building, bypassed the rockery behind, and headed toward the small shop.

Walking into the rockery, seeing no one around, Mai Sui used a voice that only two people could hear to ask: "Is it really him?"

Song Yu said yes.

After a while, Mai Sui asked again: "When did you know?"

Song Yu recalled: "Not long after he finished writing the novel, he told me."

Mai Sui asked: "Are you the first to know?"

Song Yu said: "In the class, it should be."

Mai Sui asked again: "Between you and Chen Zijin, who knew first?"

Song Yu understood the subtext of her friend's words almost instantly and remained quiet.

Mai Sui understood; her best friend was tacitly admitting it was her. Walking forward for about 20 meters, she spoke again: "He is so amazing! No wonder there was news a while ago that a literary editor came to our school to find the writer 'December.'

When Manning told me, I thought it was fake, thought it was a joke. I didn't expect... even Principal Sun didn't expect it to be true, that it would be Li Heng."

Song Yu said: "I heard about it too."

Mai Sui tilted her head: "You really can keep your cool."

Song Yu smiled slightly.

After walking another ten meters, Mai Sui said out of the blue: "Actually, Li Heng may have all kinds of flaws, and may be fickle, but he is absolutely sincere to you."

Song Yu was silent.

Seeing Sun Manning grandiosely asking people in the class to leave messages for her, Class 204 became noisy. They ran to the small shop to buy message books one after another. Although this thing wasn't cheap, it was the last time, after all, so many people gritted their teeth and bought them.

After finishing the messages for Sun Manning, Liu Li, Chen Lijun, and Zou Aiming, class monitor Liu Hui brought two message books over.

Li Heng asked: "You're writing two books?"

Liu Hui glanced at Song Yu with a guilty conscience, hesitated for a long time, and said: "This one is mine, and this one is for a junior in the second year. After she saw your photo on the glory wall, she kept dragging me to find you, wanting to know you, wanting to invite you to dinner.

But I know you have Song Yu in your heart, so I didn't tell you. Now that we are graduating, I can't stall anymore. Just consider it helping me once."

Li Heng tilted his head and asked Song Yu with a smile: "Should I write?"

Song Yu's eyes carried a faint smile; she looked back at him and remained quiet without making a sound.

Li Heng wrote: Study hard and make progress every day.

Liu Hui read it once and burst into laughter: "What kind of ghost thing did you write? It's too, too casual, haha."

Song Yu, Mai Sui, Sun Manning, and Liu Li in the front and back rows all looked curiously, and then, without exception, followed with laughter.

Li Heng said seriously: "How can this be casual? As a student, studying is the primary major event; I dare not be sloppy."

"Fine, fine, fine, you are Master Heng, what you say is reasonable. If the junior complains, I will pass on your original words to her." Liu Hui was still laughing and left with the message book.

Li Heng found the "simple-minded" one, "Where is your message book?"

Zhang Zhiyong was making his final struggle, reciting politics, and waved his hand to signal him to go away, "Don't bother me. What species is a message book? It doesn't fit my temperament."

Li Heng was speechless. He probably understood a bit why the simple-minded one, who loved excitement so much, didn't buy a message book. It was mostly because he sensed that many girls in the class didn't like his foul language, so he didn't go to ask for trouble.

As soon as the bell rang for the 7th period, Teacher Wang Qi entered from the classroom door on time and went up to the podium to distribute the admission tickets.

Li Heng was taking the exam at the first high school.

In the small circle, Mai Sui and Liu Li were also at the first high school.

As for Song Yu, Chen Lijun, Sun Manning, and Zhang Zhiyong, they were all assigned to the second high school.

The second high school was not far from the first high school, but it wasn't particularly close either; walking took about 10 minutes.

Just like in his memory, that annoying idiot Liu Yejiang was in the same exam room as him.

Li Heng's admission ticket number was 2.

Liu Yejiang was 11.

According to the snake-like distribution of the exam room, Li Heng was the 2nd person in the first group, and that guy was the 2nd person in the second group. The two were side by side, separated only by an aisle.

Once the admission tickets were distributed, the class suddenly became lively. Everyone was freshly asking each other where they were taking the exam, asking about this and that. The classroom instantly became a pot of porridge, very lively.

Liu Yejiang was being a jerk again, shouting from a distance: "Li Heng, this is the last chance. This time in the college entrance exam, I will definitely surpass you! Let you live in my shadow."

Hindered by the fact that the head teacher was chatting with him at his seat, Li Heng suppressed the urge to go over and beat him up, only saying two words lightly: "Just you?"

His words were few, but the thick sense of contempt in his tone was no longer hidden. It was really because this idiot had provoked him time and time again, which had already angered him.

Zhang Zhiyong, who had long wanted to beat Liu Yejiang, was different. Anyway, he was a one-track mind, and anyway, it was the last two periods; he wasn't afraid even if the King of Heaven came, so why care about the head teacher's face?

Taking the opportunity, he shouted from the back: "Master Heng, you go block the front, I'll go to the back, let's break this idiot's legs."

Saying it and doing it, the simple-minded one really picked up a stool and rushed over.

This scene stunned the head teacher Wang Qi. The next second, he restrained them with a bad temper:

"Zhang Zhiyong, what are you doing? Stop! I order you to stop!"

Liu Yejiang by the window was scared to the point of peeing. Seeing Li Heng and Zhang Zhiyong really attacking from front and back, and with Liu Li and Zou Aiming helping, he hurriedly pried open a loose steel bar, stuck his head out, and escaped through the window.

The reason Dorm 215 was famous throughout the school and endured for a long time, and the reason Shaodong people were Shaodong people, was that they were tough and never lacked blood.

The four chased to the corridor, chased to the next class, but they had only just surrounded Liu Yejiang and started to use their fists and feet when they were pulled apart by a group of teachers who heard the news.

Even while being pulled by the teachers, Zou Aiming, who was closest, still tried hard to stretch his leg and kick Liu Yejiang.

They say friends who turn into enemies are the fiercest; this was verified in Zou Aiming.

According to his words, Chen Lijun wasn't anyone's? People are single and independent; you can secretly like her, and I can also secretly like her. All boys have the qualification to have a crush.

But Liu Yejiang wouldn't allow others to like the same girl as him, and he kept nagging. This completely angered Zou Aiming, so they had a big fight that night.

As for now, of course, it was settling new and old grudges together.

The head teacher didn't do anything to Li Heng and the four, but said to Liu Yejiang with a livid face:

"You are really asking for a beating. If it weren't for the school, do you think I'd care about you?"

The dean of students who rushed over also said: "Liu Yejiang, you really need to change your mouth. Li Heng beat you once last year, and you still haven't learned your lesson?"

Liu Yejiang lowered his head; he didn't dare to speak at this time. He didn't expect that with the head teacher present, Li Heng, who was chatting with the head teacher, would really dare to leave the head teacher to beat him up.

After all, the college entrance exam was coming soon, and they were all students with good grades, so the school didn't reprimand any party excessively. After mediation, they were allowed to return to the classroom.

In the 8th period, Teacher Wang Qi organized everyone to sing a song, which was the classic famous song "Farewell" that everyone was familiar with:

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the fragrant grass reaches the sky.

The evening breeze brushes the willows, the flute sound is residual, the sunset is beyond the mountains.

At the edge of the sky, at the corner of the earth, old friends are half scattered.

A ladle of turbid wine exhausts the remaining joy, tonight's parting dreams are cold.

This song had lyrics filled by Master Hong Yi in 1915. The melody was winding and lingering, making people shed tears. After singing, Teacher Wang Qi couldn't help but have moist eyes.

Class 204 cried into a piece again, unable to control their emotions, unable to bear to part.

After about ten minutes, when everyone's emotions stabilized slightly, the head teacher stood on the podium and said proudly:

"Students, I wish you all a carp leaping over the dragon gate, success in the exam, and everything going as you wish! Class dismissed!"

Wang Qi officially announced the end of class, and then, unable to bear to watch this scene anymore, he turned and left first, entering the office.

As the saying goes, there is no banquet that doesn't end. Seeing the head teacher leave, some students also showed reluctance and left the classroom one after another with their schoolbags.

Among the few, Chen Lijun, who was usually not showy, was the most sentimental. She left with tears, saying that her second aunt from Shaodong had come to pick her up, she would go to her second aunt's house for dinner tonight, and return to school tomorrow.

Sun Manning, who was usually the most jumpy, was also rarely still crying, saying to the few:

"I wish you all get into Peking University, woo woo, from now on I'll be the only one going to the south."

After saying this, this girl also picked up the last pile of books and went home.

The few looked at each other in silence. After a long while, Mai Sui asked Song Yu: "Are you going home tonight?"

Song Yu thought for a while and said: "I can go back, or I can not go back."

Mai Sui said happily: "Then let's move our things back to the dormitory first, and I'll treat you two to dinner later."

The things that should be moved had already been moved. The two girls only had a few books, and Li Heng was the same. The three agreed to meet at the small rockery around 5 o'clock and then returned to their dormitories.

On the way, Zhang Zhiyong stretched his neck and asked: "Master Heng, are you eating with others tonight, or eating with me and Liu Li?"

Li Heng asked: "What big meal do you two plan to eat?"

Liu Li said listlessly: "This idiot said he wanted to go to the live fish restaurant next to Shaoshui Bridge. It's so expensive, a meal costs more than ten yuan. I've never seen such a wasteful thing."

"You are the 250, your whole family is 250. If you talk about the old man like that again, be careful I'll knock your head off tonight."

Zhang Zhiyong reached out and touched Liu Li's head, asking Li Heng: "Give me a definite answer, are you going or not?"

Li Heng said: "It's too expensive, I can't afford it. I'd better eat with others."

"Damn! I knew you definitely had a date with others. If you don't go, you don't go. We'll call Zou Aiming, the three of us will drink some wine and make someone jealous to death." Zhang Zhiyong said indignantly.

Zou Aiming was particularly loyal today and won everyone's approval, but it was a pity that they were graduating soon, so it might be the last gathering.

Passing by the next teaching building, Li Heng handed the few books in his hand to the simple-minded one. He took a stride and ran to Classroom 206.

The result...

The result was that he didn't see a single hair; it was empty.

Instead, when he came out, he ran into Teacher Luo, the head teacher of Class 206, in the corridor outside.

Seeing him, Teacher Luo asked: "Are you here to find Yang Yingwen and the others?"

Li Heng politely called out Teacher and said yes.

Teacher Luo said: "You're late. I let them go in the 7th period. Why don't you go to the entrance of the girls' dormitory and wait for them?"

Well, he made a wasted trip. Li Heng went downstairs listlessly.

As for waiting at the entrance of the girls' dormitory, forget it. What if Xiao Han and Song Yu ran into each other? Wouldn't that be disgusting?

He wasn't that suicidal. Li Heng extinguished the thought.

Anyway, Xiao Han was from the same town as him, so there would be plenty of opportunities in the future; no need to rush for this moment.

Staying in the dormitory for half an hour and organizing his miscellaneous items, as soon as 5 o'clock arrived, he appeared at the entrance of the rockery on time.

Song Yu and Mai Sui had already arrived. Seeing him come over, they immediately greeted: "You're here, let's go."

Passing by the big playground, Li Heng glanced at the third floor of the teacher's family building and asked: "Should we call Sun Manning?"

Song Yu said: "Manning has guests at home today."

Walking out of the school gate, the three didn't go to the most popular Old Six Restaurant, nor did they go in the direction of Shaoshui Bridge, but took a detour to Shaodong Normal College, went to Hongqi Road, and went to the city center.

Li Heng was surprised, "You guys discussed it?"

Mai Sui took over the conversation, "The restaurants here have the best taste. After eating, we can go to Chengnan Park for a walk."

Coincidentally, passing by a photo studio at this time, Li Heng suddenly had a thought: "Forget about Chengnan Park. With you two's looks, I can't protect you alone late at night. Let's take photos instead, and go back after taking photos."

Hearing this, Mai Sui burst into laughter and said to Song Yu: "Look, I said he would definitely drag you to take photos. Coming here was the right choice."

Song Yu looked at him calmly and walked forward quietly.

Li Heng asked: "Is walking in Chengnan Park a cover?"

Mai Sui said: "Not entirely. My uncle works at the police station next to the park. He usually goes there to cool off after work, so it won't be very dangerous."

Listening to her explanation, he finally understood. Her second uncle was the director of the police station, and the thugs in that area treated him like a Bodhisattva. And Mai Sui had often played in Chengnan Park since she was a child, so she was familiar with it and wouldn't provoke her.

Li Heng glanced at Mai Sui's increasingly mature and charming figure, thinking that it was indeed a familiar territory. If it were any other small place in the country, in this day and age, daring to come out late at night, it really wouldn't necessarily be safe.

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