Chapter Eighty: Military Training Before School Starts

  Since having a computer, my brother has been obsessed with it. To be honest, it's not that he's obsessed with computers, but rather he thinks they're novel and likes to play games on them.

  As for me, I'm still okay, after all the amount of information online is much less than in 2012. I just listen to music, browse some info, chat on QQ, but it seems like not many people I know have a QQ number anymore.

  At noon, when we were having lunch, Dad brought us a newspaper and said: "Darling, Zhānfēng, the newspaper says that the admission numbers and class assignments for Number One Middle School will be announced tomorrow and posted on the bulletin board at school. Remember to take a look tomorrow, okay?"

  I nodded with my cousin to show that I understood. The junior high school entrance examination is not as good as the college entrance examination and the high school entrance examination, there is no admission notice, but you have to go see for yourself, but it's also good, at least you can know who your classmates are, from an environmental protection perspective, this is a low-carbon life.

  The next day at 8:30, my cousin and I rode our bikes from home to the school. By the time we arrived, it was almost 9 o'clock. There were many people waiting outside the gate, with bicycles and motorcycles everywhere, as well as private cars causing congestion. My cousin and I finally found a place to park our bikes after some effort, and walked to the entrance of the school to ask about the situation. However, there were too many people, all surging forward in a frenzy, it was really chaotic.

  The door suddenly opened, and parents and children all rushed forward. I fell down so elegantly, and my brother was also swept away by the crowd to who-knows-where. Ah, it's true that I didn't check the almanac before going out today, where did so many people come from? If I had known, I would have come later. While thinking about this, I wanted to get up, and suddenly a pair of hands stretched out in front of me. I thought it was someone familiar, so without thinking, I grabbed onto them and stood up. After standing up, I patted myself down. Fortunately, only the palms of my hands were slightly scratched.

  Suddenly, a boy's voice came from beside my ear, "Are you okay? Let's go in together." I raised my head and found that this person was not an acquaintance, but to me, he was more than just an acquaintance. Because, ah, he was the one I had secretly loved since middle school. All the way until high school. Although I was at Second Middle School, I could still know these things, which goes without saying that he was famous. Only I knew him, but he didn't know me. His name was Ji Fengyuan, and he was a legend at First Middle School. His grades were always first. Countless girls adored him, and there were even girls who would wait for him every day outside his classroom just to catch a glimpse of him. Moreover, it wasn't just one or two people, but group after group, and some people even openly asked for his photos. He really had many die-hard fans.

  He was just one of the most insignificant ones, and later after graduating from high school, he didn't hear that he had a girlfriend, only a younger sister. He was really good to his younger sister, many girls were jealous, guessing that she wasn't his younger sister, but his girlfriend. Later, it was heard that she was indeed his younger sister, with a blood relationship. The storm finally subsided. Finally, after the college entrance exam ended, he went to study at the University of Liverpool in England, and this unrequited love came to an end.

  Thinking of this, I feel like my ears are burning, I think my face must be very red. Ah, why did I have to meet him at a bad time? Why did we have to meet now? I remember reading a book called "Meeting Him When I Was Most Embarrassed", and now I'm meeting him when I'm most miserable. If I hadn't met him today, in the future when I get to know him, I would definitely be either elegant and refined or cute and lovely, but now it's all ruined. The more I think about it, the lower my head sinks.

  Jifeng saw that I hadn't spoken for a long time and thought I was uncomfortable, so he asked in a gentle but urgent tone: "Classmate, are you hurt somewhere? If so, I can take you to the nearby Provincial Hospital to have a look."

  I waved my hand repeatedly and said, "No, no, I'm fine now, thank you. I'll go to the bulletin board first, won't bother you, I'll leave first."

  As I was saying, I didn't even look at him and ran off, as if there were wolves chasing me from behind. When I arrived in front of the bulletin board, I saw many parents bringing their children to take a look. I squeezed in through the crowd and started reading from the first sheet, but my name wasn't on it. I heard some parents discussing around me, "Hey, this time No. 1 Middle School didn't divide into fast and slow classes, there's only one class, Class 10, which is an advanced class with only 45 students. If my kid was in that class, I'd be laughing in my sleep!" "Who says it's not? But I heard that No. 1 Middle School has a tradition of dividing classes based on exams, so maybe there will be some changes next time."

  Although I'm not narcissistic, with the title of N city's top female student, I should be in class 10 at least. There weren't many people in front of me on the class assignment list for class 10, so it was easy to spot. Sure enough, I saw my name, but the one sitting in the first row wasn't Nan Xixi, it was Ji Fengyuan. I rubbed my eyes, trying to confirm if I had made a mistake - we were actually in the same class!

  My goodness, just now I was shocked silly. In my previous life, I wasn't in the top class in junior high school, and I barely made it into the top class in high school. At that time, my parents were overjoyed, saying that our ancestors were blessing us. And Season Winds has always been in the top class, by the way. Moreover, didn't Jingya tell me last time that this time there would be two top students, and the other one turned out to be him?

  But why does my name have to be below his? It's just because he has the surname Ji and I have the surname Nan. Okay, I have no choice but to say that when names are tied, ranking by surname is a tradition. I still remember in our high school days, there were two classmates who always took the first and second place in our class. One time they were tied, the boy was surnamed Cai and the girl was surnamed Duan. When the teacher held a parent-teacher conference, he put the boy's name first, and the girl got upset. The teacher joked that the girl shouldn't have been surnamed Duan, but should have been surnamed An, then she would be first. At the time, I thought this kind of thing wouldn't happen often, but it really happened to me in a big way this time.

  I was thinking, and suddenly Ji Fengyuan appeared beside me again, saying: "You're moving fast, I'm a bad guy, I need to see you take off running, how can I say that I helped you? Nan Xiuxiu, hello, my name is Ji Fengyuan, from now on we'll be classmates, let's take care of each other."

  I nodded and said: "Hello, I'm Nan Xiao, nice to meet you."

  Jifeng suddenly burst out laughing and said, "I know you're Nan Xiuxiu. Didn't I just call your name? You've been dazed the whole time and still haven't come back to reality. Just like someone said, you really do love daydreaming."

  "Huh? Seasonal Wind knew who I was long ago? Am I that famous? After preparing myself, I lifted my head, smiled brightly and said: "Oh, sorry about that. I slept a bit late yesterday and got up feeling groggy today, no wonder my brain isn't clear. Nice to meet you, Seasonal Wind."

  "Haha, you're really fun to talk to! Are you going to stay here or head home?"

  "I haven't finished watching yet, I need to find my classmate." "Then I'll go first, see you tomorrow during military training."

  "What? Military training is tomorrow, so soon?"

  "Yes, isn't it written on the last bulletin board? Take your time to look, we'll see each other tomorrow."

  I waved goodbye to Ji Feng and said, "See you tomorrow." I went through the list of Class 10 from top to bottom, but Xuan Yuan Ruo was not on it. I looked again, still no. But I didn't give up, when I looked for the third time, my cousin suddenly appeared and said, "Cousin, how's it going? Are you done yet? Let's go home, it's so hot outside."

  I pulled my brother and said: "Brother, help me take a look, I'm not dizzy, there is no Xuan Yuan Rui, you hurry to help me see."

  The tighter I pulled on my brother's hand, the more he said: "Stop, let go. You didn't see wrong, I've been looking all the way here. Xuan Yuan Ruo is in Class 9, you can see him right there."

  He pointed it out to me, and indeed, Xuan Yuan Chen was the first one in Class 9. I had never thought that Xuan Yuan Ruo would do poorly on the exam, but at least I saw his name on the bulletin board, proving that he must be coming back to school, my heart suddenly felt much lighter, this matter had been weighing on my mind for a long time, and it suddenly disappeared, even the sky seemed bluer, and the water seemed clearer.

  I anxiously asked: "Older brother, which class are you in? And Xiaoxiao, did you see the name of Shuangege?"

  "I'm in Class 3, and it's really miserable. There's no one I know in the class. Well, actually, that's not true - there are two people, but they're even worse than having no one." "Who? Who are you talking about?" "One is Shu Tongtong, and the other is Lin Lilili."

  It turns out that it's these two people, no wonder my brother's expression is so tangled. Speaking of which, Shu Tengteng vs Lin Lilili, they are in the same class, maybe there will be a good show to watch, and I might get a sequel to last time's event. However, it's not my business anymore, but who can predict the future?

  "Although I'm not close to you, but Wang Xiao and Mu Luo are very close to me, which is a comfort. The two of them are in the same class, both in Class 2, it seems they have an unbreakable bond with the number '2'."

  This is great! Xiaoxiao and Shuange are in the same class, who knows when they'll spark something. Anyway, I already feel that Shuange has a different feeling towards Xiaoxiao.

  Now that I know what I wanted to know, there's no need to look further. I smiled and said: "Brother Biao, let's go home. We're starting military training tomorrow, today is our best day."

  "Cousin, who says it's not? I've checked, the military training is for eight days. Fortunately, after the military training ends, there are still five days of rest before school starts. Otherwise, it would be really unbearable. I thought that military training would only start after school begins and just last two or three days as a formality."

  "Cousin, you're so naive! The First Middle School has always had military training before the start of school, you just found out now.................."