Ch 35

He panicked and didn’t know what he had said. Following the silence on the other end of the phone, Lou Cheng quickly reacted and hung up the phone without hesitation.

He yelled “Argh” and got into the quilt like an ostrich.

Ding Xuerun heard the “beep” on the other end of the phone and didn’t say anything but just sent a message, “Study hard, go to bed early. Good night.”

Lou Cheng remembered a senior chasing him last year. He didn’t know how she got his phone number, but she sent him the weather forecast every day. On rainy days, she asked him to bring an umbrella. She told him to stay warm when it was cold. The tone was very affectionate. Lou Cheng, on the other hand, had no idea who she was. He simply felt uncomfortable and blocked her.

When it came to Xiaoding, however, his occasional words of concern made Lou Cheng feel inexplicably sweet. It wasn’t because no one cared about him before, but he just liked Ding Xuerun.

He was wrapped in the quilt, his face flushed with panic. After a while, he dashed downstairs and opened the refrigerator. He hadn’t finished the Coke he had bought the last time, and half of it was still in the bottle.

Lou Cheng had never drunk this stuff before because it was bad for his health. As a result, he’s only had it twice in the last few days. The Coke became sugar water after it ran out of soda. Lou Cheng closed his eyes and took two sips of water ​as if cooling himself down.

Ding Xuerun knew what Lou Cheng’s personality was, and didn’t expect him to reply. Lou Cheng would need at least two days to calm down.

However, when he was about to go to bed that night, a message popped out.

Lou Cheng said goodnight to him.

Although it was only two words, Lou Cheng hesitated for a long time, repeatedly deleting and correcting it before sending it out.

Ding Xuerun knew that he was willing to reply to himself after hesitating for a long time,  so without hesitation, Ding Xuerun asked him, “Lou Cheng, is there anything you want to say to me?”

Lou Cheng: “…”

While wailing on the bed, he typed a series of messages, then deleted them. Do you want me to tell you I want to kiss you because you kissed me? This reason seems insufficient, and it further demonstrates that he was deliberate!

Lou Cheng couldn’t think of anything to say, so he pretended to be dead for more than ten minutes. He rarely felt particularly embarrassed, and no matter how he responded, it seemed to be misleading.

Seeing that he didn’t answer, Ding Xuerun said, “I’m going to bed, and I will take a flight for more than ten hours tomorrow.” This year IMO was held in Bremen, Germany because he was a member of the national team, his visa was granted in just one day.

The morning math class was a relatively unique open class that also served as a substitute for Lou Cheng’s favorite PE class. But Lou Cheng didn’t skip class and went to the lecture hall obediently.

The teacher in the class is their headteacher, Old Dou, and the students in the class have four classes in addition to Class 4, for a total of five science classes.

This open class’s content is a math competition, and the topics are advanced and involve calculus. Old Dou said: “In fact, the competition question is not difficult to answer. Many of the students in this class have done it. The difficulty lies not in the depth of knowledge required to answer the question, but in the insight and creativity inherent in the nature of mathematics.”

Lou Cheng grumbled: “Bullshit.” He couldn’t understand it. Isn’t that mean it’s difficult?

And he looked at the top students sitting in the lecture hall, many of them couldn’t understand.

If everyone can understand, then why did only Ding Xuerun entered the national team?

When class was about to end, Old Dou instructed the students to ask any questions they wanted. The majority of students who attend class are most interested in the contest guarantee. They are now in their second year of high school and have registered for the third-year math competition. There is still a chance to pass, but they are also taking a lot of risks.

Old Dou chose one of the students who raised their hands at random.

“Teacher, Ding Xuerun joined the national team. Many universities, including Tsinghua and Peking University, contacted him and invited him to apply to their school. Is this true?”

“It’s true.” Old Dou said concisely.

There was an uproar in the audience: “Really, so awesome…”

Another classmate stood up: “Then he can attend university immediately after being admitted, without having to complete the third year of high school?”

Old Dou smiled and said: “This is theoretically possible. If he is admitted, he will be able to register for classes at the university in September of this year. He is, however, permitted to complete his third year of high school and take the college entrance examination.”

“How about the college entrance examination results?”

“If he has already received the admission notice, then the meaning of the college entrance examination for him is an exercise.” 

The classmates made an enviable voice: “He doesn’t need to go to the third year of high school.”

“This is great… if he’s in the third year of high school, wouldn’t he keep occupying the ranking one in our school? I’m afraid it will be occupied until the college entrance examination!”

“If Ding Xuerun goes to the college entrance examination, then next year’s college entrance examination science champion must be him!”

Lou Cheng sat dazedly in the same position. When everyone had left the classroom, he slowly picked up the math book, stood up, and walked back to the classroom in a bad mood.

Lou Cheng collided with a girl in the hallway. The girl held a love letter in her palm as if about to hand it to him. Lou Cheng was in a bad mood and pretended not to notice it when she passed by. As a result, he overheard the girl shyly ask, “Lou Cheng, could you please give this love letter to your deskmate for me?”

“???” Lou Cheng thought he heard it wrong. He didn’t have time to say no, so the girl put the love letter in his palm and whispered: “You must give it to him, thank you.”

After that, she turned and ran.

“Hey! Classmate, you…” Give it to yourself! I don’t run errands for people!

Lou Cheng almost crushed this love letter.

He returned to the classroom, first placing the love letter in Ding Xuerun’s clean and tidy drawer, and then taking it out secretly after a while.

No, I can’t give it to Xiaoding.

How can Ding Xuerun, who is going to Tsinghua University, fall in love with a girl? It affects his study!

Lou Cheng examined the love letter in his hand. The pink envelope is a style that Lou Cheng often receives. On the back of the envelope is a white and soft cartoon rabbit.

He felt it was inappropriate to open Ding Xuerun’s belongings like this. After entangling for a long time, he was too embarrassed to open them, but he still took the love letter and took it home.

Because of Ding Xuerun’s flight, Lou Cheng estimated the time and sent him a message after early morning: “Have you arrived in Germany?”

“Just arrived.” Ding Xuerun sent him a picture, “I bought a new phone card before I connected to the Internet, and now I’m going to the hotel.” The

The picture is a dusk Bremen sunset taken through the window, and it vaguely reflects Ding Xuerun’s cold face and his fellow math geniuses.

Lou Cheng zoomed in on the picture and stared at Ding Xuerun, who was reflected on the car window glass, to see if he has lost weight because of studying too hard.

Ding Xuerun did not receive a reply from him, and said: “It’s early in the morning, Lou Cheng, why don’t you sleep?”

“I’m not sleepy yet…”

Lou Cheng did not know how to tell him that he had received a love letter that had been specially sent to him today.

He was reluctant to tell Ding Xuerun about this, he was particularly worried and felt uncomfortable.

Ding Xuerun leaned his head against the car window: “Did you have insomnia again?”

“No…” Maybe because he studies very hard these days, he sleeps better.

Lou Cheng found the love letter in his bag and intended to destroy it so that he wouldn’t have to show it to Ding Xuerun. Because Lou Cheng saw it today, the girl who handed over the love letter was quite attractive, she appeared to be a good student, and she was most likely to be the student of the key class.

Maybe Ding Xuerun would like her very much.

Lou Cheng didn’t want him to be nice to other people, and he couldn’t tell the specific reason. In short, he just didn’t want to.

When the car arrived at the hotel, the two professors who were leading the team stepped out, and the driver assisted the students with their luggage.

Ding Xuerun carried a schoolbag on his back and wore a sleeping U pillow around his neck and half of his schoolbag was filled with studying materials.

He looked at the phone and noticed Lou Cheng “typing” for quite some time, but there was no message, so he asked, “Lou Cheng?”

“Runrun, you. Do you want to fall in love? “

Ding Xuerun’s signal was gone as soon as he entered the elevator and the message he sent could not be sent for a long time.

Lou Cheng was nervous, he wished Ding Xuerun had said no. He felt that he had been waiting for a long time before he finally saw Ding Xuerun’s reply: “With you?”