Chapter Thirty-Five Graduated Ended Started
Lin Xiaoyu received her junior high school graduation certificate today and bid farewell to friends who had studied and lived together for three years at school.
Lin Xiaoyu sat at her desk, looking at the graduation photo that had just been handed to her. The photo was filled with four rows of classmates. Although Lin Xiaoyu knew very well that she wouldn't be in this photo, she still carefully searched for herself, searching for the person she thought about every day. How much Lin Xiaoyu wished to see her smiling and standing beside her in this photo.
Some things always go against our will, that's life.
Lin Xiaoyu looked at the photo of herself looking a bit down, and put it down in disappointment. Lin Xiaoyu glanced at her empty desk, which was usually piled high with textbooks during class, but now only had an empty surface. On the surface were a few words carved by Lin Xiaoyu with a small knife when she was bored in class: "BEYOND". This was something Lin Xiaoyu had done when she first became obsessed with "BEYOND". Lin Xiaoyu really liked the word "BEYOND", and "transcend" was a motto she had always set for herself, but Lin Xiaoyu felt that she hadn't lived up to her own expectations.
Life is about constantly striving to transcend, but reality keeps pushing people back. Transcendence requires great strength, and this strength comes from an unwavering determination that never gives up. Lin Xiaoyu does not have such strength, at least not yet.
Lin Xiaoyu's gaze involuntarily swept over the empty desk and chair in front of her, a wave of loneliness surging up in her heart...
Lin Xiaoyu thought of Murong Hui's pretty face that always blushed, and her slightly turned head with soft words, as well as the faint jasmine fragrance on her body...
Watching classmates take photos and bid farewell to each other in twos and threes, Lin Xiaoyu also silently bid farewell to her three years of junior high school in her heart. She also bid farewell to that brief first love of hers.
Lin Xiaoyu slowly scanned the classroom, wanting to remember everything in it, because he wouldn't have many chances to come back to this classroom again. Lin Xiaoyu suddenly felt that the classroom he was looking at now seemed a bit different from before, but the layout of the classroom was still the same as usual, yet Lin Xiaoyu had a feeling that something was different from usual.
The blackboard that had been wiped clean, the square lectern with a few boxes of chalk, a blackboard eraser and a pointer. These places were always overlooked by Lin Xiaoyu during class. Now it seems that these quietly placed things are so familiar.
That silk banner hanging on the wall next to the blackboard was what Lin Xiaoyu and her classmates hung up after they won first place in the school basketball game. Seeing this silk banner, Lin Xiaoyu felt that she heard the voices of her whole class cheering for her at the sidelines during the competition······ All of this seemed like it had just happened, yet also like it had already passed a long time ago······
Those neatly arranged tables and chairs, now eerily silent, were they also bidding a silent farewell to the students who sat on them every day? Did their former owners still remember the words they had carved on those desktops?...
The middle school entrance exam is over. This also means that the entire junior high school has passed. Lin Xiaoyu felt that she performed generally in the middle school entrance exam, and she filled out all the answers to the questions she could do, and for those few questions she couldn't do, Lin Xiaoyu also randomly filled in the answers. As for whether the answers were correct or not, only the teacher who graded the papers would know. After finishing the exam, Lin Xiaoyu didn't care about her scores like her parents did. She thought it didn't matter which high school she went to, because no school would have a girl like Murong Huiyi sitting in front of her.
Lin Xiaoyu took her things and walked out of the classroom. Lin Xiaoyu wanted to take a good look at the school she had lived in for three years before leaving. Because when filling out the application, Lin's parents did not apply for Feicui Fourth Middle School, so this also means that no matter what score Lin Xiaoyu gets, she will never wear the sky blue and white uniform of Feicui Fourth Middle School again.
Walking down the long corridor, slowly descending the stone-cut stairs. The white wall beside the stairs was covered with gray footprints and ball prints. Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help but smile slightly when she saw these somewhat unsightly marks on the wall. Lin Xiaoyu didn't know how many of these ball prints and shoe prints were left by herself, as every time she went upstairs, she liked to bounce the ball against the wall repeatedly. Once, she was caught red-handed by a teacher, and after making a deep self-criticism in front of the teacher, the next day when going upstairs, she still bounced the ball towards the wall.
Behind the teaching building is a garden. Usually, when leaders come to inspect or during holidays, the fresh flowers displayed in front of the school are moved out from here. So every season, this garden is full of blooming flowers. The iron gate of the garden has always been locked tightly, and it's still like that now. The high fence around the garden couldn't stop Lin Xiaoyu from entering, but Lin Xiaoyu didn't have the mood to appreciate the flowers at this time.
Lin Xiaoyu recalled the scene where she would sneak into the garden every night after self-study to pick flowers and give them to Murong Huimin, Murong Huimin's happy face and the gentle kiss on Lin Xiaoyu's face... This made Lin Xiaoyu feel a little melancholy when passing by this garden.
On the left side of the garden, there is a small pool with a miniature artificial hill inside. The pool used to have many fish, but later they all disappeared, leaving only a pool of seemingly lifeless water.
Walking to the football field, this vast empty space now has no one, Lin Xiaoyu thought of himself in the first year of junior high school every day after school on the court in front of the goal made of backpacks kicking the ball, remembered himself resting under the shade of that big banyan tree on the court, drinking those 50 cents a bottle of orange soda, and laughing and scolding with his companions. Although it's only been two years since then, Lin Xiaoyu feels like he hasn't done this for a long, long time.
Lin Xiaoyu hadn't seen a store selling orange soda for a long time, and the icy sweetness of that orange flavor was something she would never forget.
Next to the football field was an experimental building, and on top of that experimental building there was a telescope. However, Lin Xiaoyu had never seen anyone in school use that telescope before, so it also became one of the places in Feicui Middle School that Lin Xiaoyu had never been to. But Lin Xiaoyu wasn't particularly interested in those stars in the sky either, so she didn't have any desire to take a look at that telescope.
Eight basketball courts lay quietly on the right side of the football field.
There is no sound of the ball hitting the ground, no sound of the basketball slamming into the backboard, and no sound of sneakers squeaking against the court. The basketball court is so quiet at this time. Quiet like a sleeping child. The two rows of neatly arranged basketball racks are like the guardrails on the cradle.
Lin Xiaoyu walked to this place where she had been running for the past two years. Lin Xiaoyu didn't know where her own sweat had dripped, didn't know which places her knees had scraped against, and also didn't know which empty space under a basketball hoop she had lain on after finishing a game, gazing up at the vast blue sky...
Lin Xiaoyu really wanted to take another shot at the basketball on this court where he first played, run around on this court again, throw the ball into the hoop again, and hear that crisp "swish" sound once more...
But Lin Xiaoyu couldn't find a basketball that could connect herself with the empty court.
Lin Xiaoyu put down the things in her hands, took a few steps to run up to the low basket, and jumped up. When her body reached its highest point, Lin Xiaoyu grasped the basket with both hands. The 1.78-meter-tall Lin Xiaoyu had tried to grab the basket for the first time three weeks ago.
Lin Xiaoyu was suspended in the air, Lin Xiaoyu closed her eyes and felt as if she were floating in mid-air. This feeling made Lin Xiaoyu reluctant to loosen her tight grip on the basket...
I remember the first time playing basketball, Lin Xiaoyu felt that this high-hanging basket was so far away from herself, and it was hard for her to even touch the ball with force, let alone reach out to touch the iron ring floating high above.
Ling Xiaoyu felt like she had finally grown up for the first time as she hung from the basketball hoop...
Chapter 1 has been uploaded completely. The plain story will also come to an end here. Chapter 2, which ignites the flame of youth, is even more wonderful and absolutely won't disappoint you. Lin Xiaoyu's high school life amidst basketball, rock music, and love will burst forth with many dazzling sparks. As Lin Xiaoyu gradually matures, she will enter a more complex and changeable life. If you like it, please collect it.
