There are many self-built houses in the old city from the 1980s. The walls have fallen a little bit off, revealing large pieces of mottled red bricks. The red bricks contrast with the moss in the corners, which further highlights its disrepair.

Such a place is also Jiang Zhenghan’s home.

Xia Linxi was quiet for a moment, squatted down and pinched the wheels, and then praised: "You are very skilled."

She said: "My mother told me that you should have a skill in life, and I think you already have it."

Before he finished speaking, the curtain in the yard was lifted open and Jiang Zhenghan's mother walked out.

She was wearing a gray shirt, an apron around her waist, and her hair was tied up with a clip. She was dressed very neatly and cleanly. Even if she met Jiang Zhenghan and Xia Linxi, there was no expression of surprise on her face.

On the contrary, Xia Linxi's heart beat faster and felt a little nervous.

Jiang Zhenghan's mother wiped her hands with her apron and asked with a smile: "Is it A Zheng's classmate?"

Xia Linxi quickly replied: "Yes."

She smiled embarrassedly and then greeted her: "Hello Auntie."

Seeing that she was beautiful and well-behaved, Jiang Zhenghan's mother spoke up and invited her warmly: "It's almost 7:30, where is your family living? Why not just stay and have dinner with us."

"I..." Xia Linxi paused and replied, "I still have someone in my family, thank you aunt."

She realized that Jiang's mother had prepared the meal and was waiting for her son to have dinner, so she added: "It's getting late, I'll go home first."

"It's dark," said Jiang Zhenghan's mother, "A Zheng, you give her a gift."

Xia Linxi replied: "No, it doesn't matter, I can go back by myself."

"How can that be? You are a little girl's house," Jiang Zhenghan's mother took off her apron and hung it on the clothesline at the door. "Let A Zheng take you to the door, it's not easy to walk at night here."

Xia Linxi raised his head and looked at Jiang Zhenghan and said, "You can have dinner first, I know Lu too."

Jiang Zhenghan picked up two bicycles and walked outside the door to wait for her.

The night is soaking in the sky, as thick as an inkstone that cannot be melted. The street lights in the old city are dim and do not illuminate the winding alleys. There are several bumpy slopes on the streets of the entire area. The bicycle cannot relax quickly and can only push it from above.

So just like when he came, Xia Linxi pushed a bicycle and followed Jiang Zhenghan.

"Have you lived here all the time?" Xia Linxi asked.

As soon as she said that, she felt a little offended, so she continued to herself: "Before the third grade of elementary school, my family lived in the suburbs. Later, I moved and moved to another place."

"I have moved, too," Jiang Zhenghan replied, "I was still young at that time and didn't have a tall chair."

His voice was low, but it sounded nice.

Xia Linxi wanted to ask how tall the chair was, after all, he is now 1.8 meters tall.

Xia Linxi continued: "I used to have a dog at home, but later I lived in a building. There was no yard at home and I couldn't raise a large dog, so the dog was given away."

Jiang Zhenghan asked: "What kind of large dog is it?"

"A very common wolf dog," said Xia Linxi, "and stand up very tall, with a curled tail, a bit like a wolf, and is very gentle to the family."

Jiang Zhenghan continued: "If you have the chance in the future, you can raise another one."

"Hold a couple and you can have puppies." Xia Linxi said.

She asked as she walked, "Where did your family live in? Are you close to the suburbs?"

This question is quite roundabout. Xia Linxi actually wants to ask, is the place where your family used to live close to my family?

If they had lived in the same area, then they had another common topic.

As a result, Jiang Zhenghan said: "It's not in the suburbs, it's also an old place."

Xia Linxi nodded to express his understanding.

Jiang Zhenghan took the initiative to tell her: "I moved for the first time. There is an Internet cafe next door, and there are often fights at night."

Xia Linxi responded, "So I moved for the second time."

"Move here." Jiang Zhenghan said.

There was a noisy sound on the street, and a newlywed couple was quarreling. A door sign was set up in the small shop next to it, which read "Smoking is harmful to health", while two young men leaned against the door to smoke.

The smell of smoke spread and then spread all the way.

Jiang Zhenghan stopped and waited until Xia Linxi followed. He and her walked forward side by side. The crowded bungalow disappeared behind, his vision gradually widened, and the block suddenly shone.

They came to Sanchakou again.

"I'm very familiar with this section of the road," said Xia Linxi. "You don't have to send it, we'll see you tomorrow."

Jiang Zhenghan cooperated very well, and he replied: "Okay, see you tomorrow."

"By the way, thank you for helping me repair the car." Xia Linxi said.

Jiang Zhenghan smiled and continued, "You're welcome, it's a simple task."

Xia Linxi said goodbye again, thinking that this was just a farewell.

She thought to herself that it was already so late today, so she must go home earlier, at least before her father came home.

Along the way, she rode very fast, and her hairband was blown up by the wind. The gust of wind passed by her ears, and it was finally much cooler than during the day.

At nearly eight o'clock, Xia Linxi arrived in front of the community gate. She took out the access card and swiped it. From the corner of her eyes, she saw someone not far away, but when she looked over again, she was just a bright street light.

She thought for a moment and didn't take it seriously.

When Xia Linxi stepped into the house, she realized that her father had returned.

The lamps at home were all turned on, as bright as daylight. Aunt Peng was holding a mop and mopping the floor. She was doing her work silently, occasionally wiping the sweat on her forehead.

"Where have you been?" Xia Linxi's father sat on the sofa and asked, "I don't answer the phone, and there is no one in the school. If it's a little later, my father will call the police."

While changing shoes, Xia Linxi replied: "The bicycle is broken, I found a repair shop."

"Then why don't you say something to your parents?"

"The phone is out of battery," Xia Linxi said, "I won't use Apple phones in the future, and I can't change the battery."

Her father stood up from the sofa and said according to her words: "Okay, you should use Nokia in the future. The phone has also fallen, unlike your apple, if you fall, the screen will break if it breaks."

Xia Linxi continued, "What did you say at the parent meeting today?"

"Nothing big," Dad replied, "Those words are just over and over again, so that we can keep our families harmonious and not burden the students... and you will have a three-school joint examination next Monday, so you will be prepared and not nervous."

The topic was brought to the parent-teacher meeting. Xia Linxi chatted with her father for a few words, then carried her schoolbag and stepped into the door.

After a while, Aunt Peng knocked on her room and held the tray and asked, "You haven't had dinner yet?"

There was a bowl of soup, a bowl of rice, and three small plates of dishes on the tray. The dishes were all full of color, aroma and flavor, and they were all hot.

Xia Linxi leaned against the door, with ballpoint pen in her fingers. She took the tray with both hands and subconsciously thanked her, but heard Aunt Peng answer: "Don't be so polite, my daughter is also in her third year of high school, as old as you."

She smiled at Xia Linxi, raised her hand and closed the hair in her ears: "The grades are not as good as you. I go to school in an ordinary high school and will take the college entrance examination next year. Time is tight, so I always urge her, and she also thinks I am too naughty."

Xia Linxi's father happened to pass by and then replied: "No need to say more about this kind of thing, just rely on the child's awareness."

Xia Linxi was busy doing the exams, and after completing the tray, he closed the door.

There will be a joint examination of three schools next Monday. The teachers did not emphasize it, and the class teacher only mentioned a few words, so that everyone should not be nervous and perform normally, and treat it as an ordinary homework.

However, the three schools participating in the joint examination are all key provincial high schools in Jiangming City. The three schools are in line with each other and are snatching the source of middle school entrance examinations every year.

After this joint examination, the scores of students in the three schools will be mixed together and ranked comprehensively. At that time, the first grade was not only the first grade in a high school, but the first grade in the joint examination of the three schools.

Perhaps it was because of the exam that Xia Linxi learned late at night without realizing it.

At seven o'clock the next morning, the sun was as bright as ever, and it was another sunny day, with the temperature still high.

As soon as Xia Linxi entered the classroom, he felt something was wrong.

The morning reading class has just begun, and everyone in the class has arrived. Logically, there should be a sound of morning reading in the classroom, rather than a mysterious silence.

Her deskmate Gu Xiaoman blushed and sat in her original position without saying a word.

Xia Linxi came late and didn't know what happened. After looking around, she didn't see the head teacher.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

No one responded.

Jiang Zhenghan and Zhang Huaiwu were both working on duty outside, one mopping the floor and the other cleaning the windowsill. Perhaps they didn't know the situation in the classroom.

It was not until Xia Linxi sat in her seat that Gu Xiaoman suddenly said, "I confessed."

I confessed.

This sentence came suddenly, and Xia Linxi was also very surprised.

She held her schoolbag in her hands, and spread out her English notes in front of her. The whole notes were all focused, waiting for her to review this morning.

The electric fan was right above their heads, and the flowing wind kept blowing out. Gu Xiaoman was sitting in such a place, her cheeks were still red - obviously, she was not hot.

Gu Xiaoman held his hands and placed them on the desk. He felt like boiling water was rolling in his heart, and he was still pretending to be fine: "Jin Yichuan came to collect his homework just now. I didn't wake up in the morning. I thought I was dreaming and said something I shouldn't have said."

Upon hearing this, Xia Linxi looked up at Chen Yichuan, the male protagonist of the confession incident.

The male protagonist is whispering to someone, occasionally picking up the book and laughing twice. He is much more relaxed and happy than Gu Xiaoman who is sitting in a pin and needle.

Maybe it's...I don't care.
Chapter completed!