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    Loop4(1)

    After school in the afternoon, Bai Tong stayed in the classroom and tried to solve the last small question of the last big question in the math paper.

    The teacher just finished the class at this point. At present, no one in the class can completely solve this problem, not even the whole school.The teacher may not want to waste any more time, so he posts the answer and lets everyone take a look.

    Bai Tong didn’t look at the answer. She wanted to figure it out on her own. The idea was right, but just a little bit off.

    This is a top local school. There are no evening self-study classes and you can bring your mobile phone.

    Bai Tong spent a long time here until the classroom was empty and the corridor became quiet.

    The cell phone rang once, Bai Tong endured it and pretended not to hear it.

    When it rang for the second time, Bai Tong reached out and turned off the sound, leaving the phone still on the table.

    A few minutes passed, and just as Bai Tong continued his thoughts, his desktop phone began to vibrate again.

    Bai Tong looked at the three characters “Bai Jingru” on the caller ID, paused for a few seconds, slowly adjusted his breathing, and then answered, “Hello.”

    Unexpectedly, the other party finally got through but didn’t speak. Bai Tong had no choice but to ask, “Mom, what’s the matter?”

    The other person said, “What time is it?”

    Bai Tong knew what she meant and replied, “You can eat first.”

    The other person said, “We’re waiting for you.” and hung up the phone.

    Bai Tong put down his cell phone, picked up the 145-point math test paper on the table, crumpled it into a ball, walked to the back of the classroom and threw it into the trash can.

    Still couldn’t figure it out, so I could only pack my schoolbag and go home.

    It was always going well, with Bai Jingru attending her class and Bai Tong attending her school.But since Bai Jingru stopped working and returned home a few months ago, everything has become different.

    Bai Tong’s home is a little more than one kilometer away from the school, less than twenty minutes’ walk. It was only after her strong request and hard work that she got the opportunity to walk to and from school. In the past, she didn’t have to think about anything when walking on this road. It was a kind of leisure and relaxation. However, today, because of several phone calls, Bai Tong always felt that walking on this road made her uneasy.

    It would be nice if I could not go home.she thought.

    This road passes through a dimly lit alley, where you can occasionally see a few girls, gathering in groups, smoking, playing with mobile phones, and chatting. There were two of them there today.

    They also saw her, and one of them called her, “Xueba.”

    Then he said, “Can you come over here, Xueba?”

    Normally, Bai Tong would not pay attention to these people, but today was not the usual situation. By some strange coincidence, Bai Tong walked into that alley.

    “You came home so late.” The man who just called her was smiling and gentle, not the same as the “campus bully” Bai Tong imagined.She said, “My name is Sun Daining, and we are in the same class.”

    Bai Tong looked at her face and was not impressed.

    Sun Daining added, “It’s like this. I have something I want to ask you to help me with. Can you do that?”

    “What’s the matter?” Bai Tong thought that they were already here, and judging from the school uniforms they were wearing, they were indeed classmates with him.

    Sun Daining was holding a piece of paper in her hand. Bai Tong had noticed it just now, but when she handed it over, Bai Tong realized that it was a test paper.

    In this dim light and street corner alley, Bai Tong never expected that this would be a test paper.

    Sun Daining said, “Can you teach me how to write the last question?”

    The last question is a derivative question, which is divided into three small questions. The last question that Bai Tong didn’t write down just now is the last question.

    But when she looked at Sun Daining’s test paper, she didn’t write a single question at the end.

    This test paper has three folds, which are folded together. Bai Tong looked at Sun Daining and opened the test paper from left to right. There were basically no major questions written on the back.

    Turn it over to heads again, good guy, 67 points.

    Bai Tong folded the test paper back to its original shape, handed it back to Sun Daining and said, “You don’t have to write that question, and there’s no need to waste time.”

    “Is that so?” Sun Daining sounded a little disappointed.

    Another person standing next to him with his arms folded said, “She has already spoken. You can teach her. It won’t waste much of your time.”

    Bai Tong looked at this person. He had a very heroic face, a bit like a school bully, and replied, “She must learn how to do that.”

    “How are you talking?” She grabbed Bai Tong’s collar and pulled Bai Tong closer.

    Sun Daining was on the side to persuade and pull her away, saying, “Yin Yi, don’t do this.”

    “She is so rude.” Yin Yi said to Sun Daining.

    “Are you being polite by holding me like this?” After Bai Tong said this, Yin Yi let go of her, but with more force, a bit like pushing her.

    Bai Tong took two steps back, lost his footing, and fell to the ground.

    Sun Daining quickly came over to pull Bai Tong and apologized to her, saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

    But Bai Tong herself felt very embarrassed. She ignored Sun Daining’s outstretched hand and climbed up on the ground. She couldn’t fight with anyone, and she couldn’t do anything to these two people, so she turned and walked out of the alley.

    Sun Daining came after him and asked, “Are you okay, Xueba?”

    Bai Tong already hated being called a top student, but now she didn’t want to pay attention to Sun Daining. She limped out of the alley alone without even looking at her.

    After walking some distance outside, my butt didn’t hurt that much anymore. I felt some pain in my hand again. When I lifted it up, I saw that the heel of my palm was bruised.

    Bai Tong suddenly felt a little aggrieved. What she had experienced all day long was nothing good at all, and whether she delayed it for ten minutes or ten hours, she would eventually have to go home and face Bai Jingru.

    Returning to Yilan Garden, the panoramic duplex house is located in a bustling place with lights. The living room has a ceiling height of more than six meters. Anyone who returns to such a home will feel comfortable physically and mentally, with the exception of Bai Tong.

    When I walked through the entrance hall, I saw Bai Jingru. She was nestling on the sofa with a gold gradient layer in her arms.

    “Mom, I’m back.” Bai Tong greeted first.

    Ms. Bai looked at Bai Tong and said “hmm” in response.

    Bai Tong avoided the wound and washed his hands, squeezed some cat strips for Jin Jianlayer and another Bengal cat, then took out the dishes prepared by the visiting aunt from the kitchen thermos cabinet, placed them one by one on the table, and then invited Bai Jingru to come over for dinner.

    When Ms. Bai calls “we are waiting for you”, “we” refers to Ms. Bai herself and the two kittens.

    At the dinner table, Bai Jingru asked, “What are you busy with at school?”

    Bai Tong said, “Do your homework.”

    “You can go home and write.”

    “I know, I don’t want to.”

    The atmosphere froze for a few seconds. Bai Jingru smiled and asked, “What’s wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Or are you dissatisfied with me?”

    Bai Tong was indeed not in a good mood, and her bruised left hand hurt a little. She held the bowl to cover the wound, not wanting Bai Jingru to see it.

    To be honest, her mother’s temper is a bit unpredictable. Since she just wants to stay at home, Bai Tong wants to make her angry now.Bai Tong just didn’t speak.

    Sure enough, Bai Jingru said, “You have to tell me what you think.”

    After Bai Tong still didn’t answer, Bai Jingru grabbed Bai Tong’s hand, the injured one. Bai Jingru said, “I know what you are thinking. You don’t need me. You want me to stay away from you, right?”

    From this angle, Bai Jingru must have seen the wound, but she turned a blind eye. Maybe she was blinded by anger, or maybe she didn’t care at all.

    In the past, Bai Jingru rarely went home. Bai Tong didn’t know how to get along with her. She couldn’t be really angry. Bai Tong was a little scared.She could only rely on her acting skills to pretend to hold back her tears and say, “I didn’t, Mom.”

    Bai Jingru frowned and let go of Bai Tong’s hand. She sat down on the chair next to her and said, “I’ve been waiting for you for two hours, Bai Tong.”

    Bai Tong didn’t feel sorry for Bai Jingru. After all, it wasn’t her who asked Bai Jingru to wait.She just had a little bit of pleasure in pulling off a prank and thought it was fun.

    Bai Jingru sat there for a while and said, “I made an appointment for psychological counseling. You can go with me this weekend.”

    Bai Tong asked, “Did you make an appointment for me? Mom, do you think there’s something wrong with me?”

    Bai Jingru didn’t want to give a positive answer to this question. She said, “I made the appointment myself. Forget it, I’ll go first.”

    It’s strange. Mom’s temper is extremely good today. It’s not like Bai Tong has never seen her get angry before.

    One time Bai Tong ignored her, and she threw her cell phone and smashed a sideboard door. The glass shattered with a bang, several bottles of red wine fell down with a clang, and dark red liquid flowed down the cabinet wall to the floor.

    The scene was spectacular.

    Bai Tong recalled and heard Bai Jingru say, “I am also learning to get along with you, you have to give me some time.”

    Bai Tong looked at her face under the warm light of the restaurant, and suddenly felt that she was so pitiful and that he shouldn’t bully her like this.Maybe.

    Said, “I didn’t finish a question today because I didn’t finish it, so I kept delaying going home until so late.”

    “Really, what topic?”

    “I have already thrown away the test paper.”

    Bai Jingru didn’t ask further questions. She said, “It’s just a question. Don’t be too persistent.”

    “I know, Mom.” Bai Tong replied.

    After the two of them finished eating, they had nothing to talk about, so they went upstairs to their rooms.

    After Bai Tong took a shower and finished his homework, he lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

    I originally planned to sleep, but the third unanswered question began to float before my eyes.

    There will always be girls met in the alley occasionally appearing in the picture.

    Bai Tong thought that when he said, “She must learn how to do it,” he didn’t mean to insult anyone, but just because he didn’t understand it and was a little angry.And when I said it, I didn’t think it was too much. It was only when I saw the other person’s reaction that I thought maybe it was a little too much.

    After thinking about it, Bai Tong simply got up from the bed. She went to the desk to find a piece of manuscript paper and wrote down the topic she had memorized.

    She sat there and studied it carefully until midnight, and finally solved it for her.

    Bai Tong felt a peaceful happiness.In this case, maybe I can teach someone a lesson tomorrow as an apology.

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