mtlumby2d Chapter 633 Waiting for Results, Worried About His Two Older Brothers
Chapter 633 Waiting for Results, Worried About His Two Older Brothers
The flour-distribution activity finally came to a successful conclusion under the leadership of Zhang Ziqi, the class monitor. However, Zhan Mengyan and Lu Wenmen, the class's life committee member, seemed to have a grudge against each other. Since boys and girls in the class rarely spoke to each other, after the flour-distribution incident, the two occasionally glared at each other like enemies when they met.
The July sun shone thickly, enveloping the campus. The willow trees in front of the teaching building cast dappled shadows, and the cicadas chirped incessantly, as if playing the prelude to the upcoming summer vacation. After the final exams, a subtle and complex atmosphere permeated the campus—a mixture of relief and anxiety about the unknown results.
Inside the classroom, students gathered in small groups, a mix of emotions filling the air. Some huddled in a circle, enthusiastically discussing the recently concluded exams and debating the solution to the last math problem, their voices brimming with excitement and confidence. Others sat quietly in a corner, their fingers unconsciously tapping the desk, their eyes occasionally drifting to the window, seemingly trying to escape their inner unease. Next to Zhan Mengyan's seat, several classmates were sharing their summer vacation plans. Some excitedly described their anticipation of a beach vacation, each face beaming with excitement for the holiday, but occasional flashes of worry betrayed their anxieties about their grades.
In the corridor, people moved at different paces. Some students walked briskly, as if they had already unloaded their burdens, laughing and playing with their companions. Others, however, were preoccupied, walking hurriedly with their heads down, as if trying to avoid the impending storm of grades. Occasionally, a student would stop in front of the teacher's office, hesitate for a moment, and then turn away, their desire and fear for grades intertwined.
On the edge of the playground, several boys were playing soccer under the shade of a tree. Sweat soaked their jerseys, and laughter and cheers echoed in the heat. Their conversation included jokes about the exam, but they also expressed their worries about their grades. The girls gathered in the pavilion, sharing snacks and trying to dispel their tension with laughter, but the topic always inadvertently swung back to the exam.
In the corner of the classroom, Zhan Mengyan sat alone, her open notebook filled with summer plans. Her gaze was focused and determined, her fingers gliding across the plans, as if using them to alleviate her current anxiety. Outside the window, the cicadas chirped louder, the summer air thick and real, reminding everyone that summer vacation was approaching, but before that, they had to traverse the fog of waiting.
Zhan Mengyan felt like the final exams that had just ended were a dream she hadn't yet woken from. The countdown to the release of the results flickered in her mind, but she couldn't suppress another worry in her heart—her two older brothers—Zhan Zixun and Zhang Xincheng. There were only ten days left until their college entrance exams. What were they doing now? The last time she wanted to borrow a bicycle, she saw piles of scrap paper in front of them, pens scratching away, like they were fighting on the final battlefield. They must be even more nervous now, right? Zhan Mengyan had wanted to visit them again several times, but her courage deflated like a punctured balloon.
In the end, Zhan Mengyan stood on tiptoe behind the door of the second-year classroom. Through the glass window, she saw Zhan Zixun and Zhang Xincheng circling numerous wrong answers on their test papers with red pens, their fingertips stained with ink. Chalk dust drifted from the crack in the door and landed on her eyelashes, making her take a half-step back. "Won't going in now disturb them?" Zhan Mengyan counted the cracks in the corridor tiles until the school bell drowned out her footsteps. As she turned around, she bumped into cleaning tools, the metal bucket crashing to the ground and startling the sparrows dozing on the window frame.
In this summer scene where cicadas sing and waiting intertwine, every corner of the campus tells the same story—about growth, about anticipation, and about the courage to face the unknown in the summer.