Chapter 562 This Star is for You (No Daily Cow)

This was the first time Bai Mingze had achieved such an exaggerated score.

But he wasn't getting cocky.

He had heard that Chen Yuan had scored 728 before, and unlike him, it wasn't at home, but in a legitimate exam.

This time, it was at home, with an extremely ordinary set of papers, some of the subjective questions modified by himself, perhaps with subtle differences.

Of course, he himself had also improved.

Because he was different from everyone else.

He would complete a set of test papers every day, never forgetting to frantically practice, even during exams.

For him, as long as he finished all the questions in the world, he would be invincible.

Am I invincible?

"It seems that it still depends on Chinese."

Bai Mingze had long discovered that the upper limit depended on the combined science and math, while the limit depended on Chinese.

The reason he was able to reach this score this time was entirely because he only lost two points in the Chinese portion, excluding the composition.

If he could maintain this level during the *gaokao*...

Then it should be stable, right?

No, saying it's stable is a bit too early.

Now Chen Yuan has also broken 720, and Shi Yi has stabilized at his ceiling score. So, what he needs to do at this stage is to temporarily surpass Shi Yi first.

*Hu...*

After letting out a breath, he picked up a photo album on his desk, looked at the perfect Senior Su Yu inside, and felt even more motivated.

Although Senior Su Yu had told him not to look for her, after seeing such a girl, her image lingered in his mind.

Perhaps I can't see her.

But I want her to see me.

"Let's go to the living room and have something to eat."

With that, Bai Mingze stood up and left his room.

However, when he opened the door, he was stunned.

All the relatives were sitting in the living room.

In an instant, his head felt a little heavy.

"What are you standing there for? Wish everyone a Happy New Year!" his mother urged directly.

"Happy New Year, everyone..."

After Bai Mingze finished speaking, he wanted to run back to his room.

"Oh, Mingze is worthy of being a top student in our family, still doing test papers during the New Year."

"I heard his grades are very good, he can even get first place in Hai Zhong."

"Then wouldn't it be easy for him to get into Hai Dong University?"

"What are you talking about? There might be four hundred people from Hai Zhong who can get into Hai Dong University. He's first in Hai Zhong, so it must be those two universities."

"But I still think our Hai Dong University is good, haha."

"That's because your Tian Tian went to Hai Dong University, right?"

When Tian Tian was mentioned, a girl who was also forced to sit in the living room smiled awkwardly: "I certainly can't compare to cousin Mingze."

Bai Mingze had met this somewhat reserved 'Tian Tian' cousin a few times, but he remembered that she didn't seem to be like this before.

Was she... this pretty back then?

Bai Mingze's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Speaking of Hai Dong University, didn't you go to that school with your friend before? And there was a college student who received you? Tell everyone about it," his mother forced Bai Mingze to join the aunts' conversation again.

"I did go once, during training before..."

"Which college student received you?" Tian Tian's mother asked, "Maybe our Tian Tian knows."

"There are so many people at Hai Dong University, I can't possibly know them all," Tian Tian explained awkwardly.

"The senior's name is Su Yu."

"Su Yu?" Hearing this, her eyes lit up, "Is that the really pretty Su Yu?"

"Yeah," Bai Mingze nodded blankly.

"You know Senior Su Yu? She's always been my goddess, I really like her." Hearing this, Tian Tian was like a fan chasing a star, her eyes full of desire.

"Young people can still chat together, haha."

"That's right, communicate more with your cousin, he's a real scholar, very awesome."

"Mingze, do you have Su Yu's QQ?"

"Ah, and WeChat," Bai Mingze said.

"That's great, can you introduce me to her?"

Saying this, Tian Tian happily moved closer to Bai Mingze, curiously learning about Su Yu's affairs, and suddenly there was no distance at all.

And Bai Mingze also smelled, on Tian Tian's body, that sweet scent...

Ah no, this is betrayal of Senior!

But Senior, seems to be helping me invisibly again?

***

"Bring the child a little more, and this, and this."

"We're living in a dormitory, we can't eat much," Chen Yuan said, seeing his mother stubbornly stuffing things into the trunk.

"It's rare to come back once, bring more food, even for your roommates."

"My roommates don't like to eat it."

"Then let Xinyu eat it, look at her, how thin she is."

"Alright."

After only a brief back-and-forth, Chen Yuan didn't bother being polite and directly agreed to Mrs. Yang Junlian's 'unloading'.

Don't really want it?

That's not the case. If he had a four-dimensional pocket, Chen Yuan would have emptied the house.

Eating from home, using things from home, and getting some living expenses from home, life would be extremely comfortable.

Thus, Chen Yuan and Xinyu got into the car driven by Old Chen.

Before the New Year was even over, they drove back to Xia Hai.

And because Old Chen wasn't a senior high school student, he still had human rights, so after dropping them off, he went back to He Xiang to celebrate his New Year.

"In the new year, we must also symbolically dust."

After returning home, Xia Xinyu handed Chen Yuan a broom and said with a smile.

"Alright."

Since he spent the New Year away from home this year, he naturally had to comply with the New Year atmosphere. So, he went through the motions and gently brushed dust in every corner of the house with a broom.

"Then let's put up the couplets too."

Because she would be spending a small part of the New Year in Xia Hai this year, Xia Xinyu had prepared the couplets in advance. After Chen Yuan finished dusting, she handed Chen Yuan the horizontal scroll 'Eternal Peace in All Seasons' that required a tall person to paste.

"Not bad, a good 'Heaven rewards hard work'."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"Although you can't read, at least you know numbers."

After Xia Xinyu covered her mouth and smiled, the two of them pasted a festive red couplet on the door of the rented house.

And the Want Want gift bag sticker was used as a 'Fortune Upside Down'.

In this way, the most basic decoration in this small home was okay.

The two sat on the sofa in the living room, preparing to watch a rerun of the Spring Festival Gala.

Just then, Chen Yuan's phone rang. So, he took out his phone and glanced at it, then showed an extremely dissatisfied expression: "Damn it, our place of promise!"

"Ah?" Xia Xinyu looked at him with some confusion, "What's wrong?"

"I saw it in the tenant group, the place where the two of us used to splash in the water, now many people are there for the New Year, releasing Kongming lanterns, playing sparklers, and even some people have set up stalls..."

Seeing this, Chen Yuan became increasingly annoyed.

This is the holy land of the Earth's president, how can it be exposed!

"Ah? So fun?" Xia Xinyu leaned over with interest.

"The place where our love blossomed has been developed, it no longer belongs to the place in our memory, you don't care at all, do you even love me?" Seeing this, Chen Yuan directly questioned her soul.

"Ah? I, I didn't mean that..."

Xia Xinyu, who was questioned, was a little stunned, she didn't expect Chen Yuan to be so unreasonable, for a moment she felt helpless like a boy.

"Hey, I hoped that place would never be discovered, only belonging to the two of us," Chen Yuan sighed.

"That place is already in our memories, it's our place," Xia Xinyu leaned on Chen Yuan, then hugged his waist, looked at him with a smile and said, "Now everyone knows, everyone goes to play, there's nothing wrong with that. At least that way, it won't be completely barren in the future."

"That's what you say..."

"On the contrary, I prefer it to be livelier," Xia Xinyu suggested, "How about we go play too? Relive the old times once."

"And then rekindle our old feelings?"

"I'll bite you again for misusing words."

"Alright, then let's take a walk over there."

"Yeah."

The two had beautiful memories in that place.

Xia Xinyu could always remember the river beach where Chen Yuan gave her the star.

From time to time, she would dream that dream.

In the dream, Chen Yuan opened his palm and released a real star to give to her.

If it weren't a bit far away, and she had been very busy, she really wanted to go there again.

It's definitely a wonderful experience to revisit some places with the person you love.

"Okay, then let's rent a scooter, and without helmets, go splash in the water there again," Chen Yuan decided.

"Yeah, let's ride a scooter without helmets again," Xia Xinyu happily agreed, and then added, "But there's no need to splash in the water, right?"

Winter, water in boots, socks soaked.

These words together are already very despairing.

"Alright, let's go then."

The two of them tidied up a bit, put on couple's down jackets, wore couple's scarves, Xia Xinyu also brought some snacks and drinks, and packed them in a canvas bag.

Then, they went downstairs and scanned a shared scooter that no one had sponsored even though the high school chapter was almost over.

Still no helmets.

Li Tong would probably be anxious to death if he saw it.

(Novel effect, kids don't learn, you can't carry people or not wear helmets when riding a shared electric scooter)

The place they were in was already a relatively backward old city. And that river beach was even more of a suburb within a suburb, almost reaching the agricultural area.

So, there weren't many vehicles on the road.

The two of them slowly drove over.

Xia Xinyu hugged Chen Yuan's waist from behind, slightly shrinking her chin into her scarf, because it was still a bit cold to ride in winter.

After ten minutes, they were finally about to arrive.

At the last traffic light intersection, Chen Yuan stopped.

Even though there were no cars, he didn't run the light.

One thing is one thing, he would never run a red light.

Such a good life, he stumbled into by sheer luck.

At this moment, a Mercedes-Benz E-Class convertible with a soft top stopped next to Chen Yuan's shared bicycle.

Although it was winter, he had already put the soft top down sometime.

While waiting for the red light, he looked at Xia Xinyu, whom he had noticed just now.

This girl wearing a red scarf is really super pretty...

And, she looks quite cold.

Because he stared for too long, the other party glanced at him.

At this time, the owner with the perm smiled. Then, he brought up the QR code for adding WeChat friends on his phone, specially unfastened his seat belt, and stretched out his hand towards the back...

Seeing this, Xia Xinyu was stunned for a moment.

Looking up at this somewhat greasy man, she felt an instinctive physiological disgust, so she turned her head slightly, wanting to wait for the green light to come on and just pass by.

However, at this time, Chen Yuan also naturally turned his head.

Thus, he captured this scene.

But the other party wasn't afraid at all, as if he didn't care if he was discovered, he was just casually preparing to put his phone away.

He probably thought he was just an ordinary poor college student, and that he could only blame himself for being too poor to approach a beauty.

Although the pick-up just now failed, the gap and inferiority had already taken root in this beauty's heart.

He was very certain of this.

Materialistic girls are definitely the majority.

This little bastard, wants to steal the Chairman's wife?

Chen Yuan found it a bit funny.

Time stopped.

In this way, he activated time stop.

Then, he slightly got up, put the man's gear in drive instead of park, and then pried his fingers apart a little.

Five seconds were almost up, so Chen Yuan released time stop.

"Eh?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then in the next moment, the phone in his hand slipped to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the car somehow shifted into gear and started moving forward.

Then, the phone went under the tires, and with a *crack* sound, it turned into a shattered phone pancake...

Damn it, my holy sword! My holy sword!

Their, my phone!

"2B, laughing to death."

At this time, he also heard the rather ruthless mockery of the boy next to him.

But the red light wasn't over yet, and he had already shifted into gear and drove out. And because he was a little nervous, he stepped on the accelerator a bit, rushing past the crosswalk...

Three violation photos of running a red light were taken, *ka ka ka*.

In an instant, he completed the maximization of losses!

So, he could only hurry to step on the brake, pull the car to the side, and get out of the car in a panic to pick up his already shattered phone.

At this time, Chen Yuan, with an extremely beautiful woman riding on his scooter, slowly passed by him.

The two of them had very happy smiles on their faces.

One was to say that they were very loving, and the other was to laugh at him for being very stupid!

I'm super!

My holy sword!

"Hey, that's the real shrimp head man," Xia Xinyu couldn't help but sigh.

"Yeah, he thought too simply of our Xinyu."

"No matter who it is, if they want to do something like that, I'll only give them a super disdainful glare," Xia Xinyu said with certainty.

"Don't give glares randomly, I'm afraid it'll please some masochists."

"...You're joking again," Xia Xinyu mumbled softly, "You were clearly saying something very touching, how annoying."

"Thank you, Xinyu, you moved me,"

"That's because I love you."

Xia Xinyu directly gave Chen Yuan a big hug, hugging him tightly.

"Hehe, feels good."

Bad news, no daily cow today.

Good news, all Xinyu today.

After a while, they finally rode to that place.

Sure enough, it was as crowded as the group had said, really many people.

There were also many stall-setting uncles and aunts.

Although the overall age was older, there were also some young people.

Moreover, there was also a policeman on duty here.

Probably considering the security, they were temporarily dispatched here.

So, the moment they saw him, Chen Yuan and Xinyu quickly got off the scooter and parked it to the side.

Although he wasn't a traffic policeman, it wouldn't be good to be lectured if they were caught.

"So many people," Xia Xinyu said, feeling a sense of wonder seeing so many people playing on the river beach.

Before, this was a place so remote that people would come to commit suicide.

"Let's buy some small fireworks too."

Chen Yuan took Xia Xinyu's hand and bought some sparklers from a stall. And, a lighter.

Fireworks are strictly prohibited in Xia Hai.

But these borderline little things can still be played, they aren't completely preventing the people from having fun.

"I'm afraid I'll burn my clothes..." Xia Xinyu thought that her mother bought these clothes, and they were so expensive, so she was a little afraid to start.

"It's okay, just roll up your sleeves and play."

"...Alright then, but you can't flick them at me," Xia Xinyu said warily.

"Alright, then we'll play civilized."

Just like that, the two squatted on the riverbank, rolled up their sleeves, lit the sparklers with a lighter, and drew small circles in the air with them in their hands.

The flickering light, with some overflowing sparks, added some New Year's atmosphere to the dull Spring Festival in this lively night...

"This star is for you."

And when it was about to burn out, with only a flickering spark left, Xia Xinyu, like presenting a rose, handed it to Chen Yuan in front of her.

"Such a romantic flirting technique, where did you learn it?"

Chen Yuan asked in surprise after taking it.

"Yi, so you admit that you wanted to flirt with me back then?" Xia Xinyu directly discovered the key point and arrested Chen Yuan fiercely.

"..." Chen Yuan turned his head to the side and said stubbornly, "No matter what, you were the one who chased me."

"Alright, alright, I chased you. I walked forward crying, and someone was still standing behind me blankly and not following, so aloof," Xia Xinyu brought up old things.

"...You have to give me time to grow," Chen Yuan still felt a little embarrassed when he recalled all the silly things he did back then.

He actually didn't follow her back then.

And he still managed to get Xinyu.

It can only be said that she was persistent in chasing him.

"Yi, there are so many stars in the sky."

Because some dots of starlight were reflected in the river, Xia Xinyu slowly raised her head. Then, she saw those stars hidden by the smog in the Kongming lanterns slowly rising in the night sky, all came out today.

"Yeah."

Chen Yuan slowly stood up, took Xia Xinyu's hand, and together raised their heads. Looking at those stars, he murmured with a light smile: "Mom and Dad, Happy New Year."

"..."

Hearing this, Xia Xinyu was stunned for a moment. Then, she also smiled.

Then, holding Chen Yuan's arm, she leaned her head on his shoulder and said softly, "Mom and Dad, Happy New Year."

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Went to see a movie today, just this chapter, respect.