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Chapter 83 Graduation Photo Finally Arrives

Mu Zhengguang's heart trembled: Xu Wanyang's score is not low to begin with, if you add 360 points to her, she will definitely be able to enter Shuimu University. We saw this cousin transform from a contemporary to a modern one, but her elemental attributes are not good, and she cannot compare with Lu Hao's light and color integration and Shang Yu's paper and wood integration. Moreover, the cousin's power is very unstable. If there is any way to replace or upgrade her power in the future, it would be fine. If there is no way, then forget it.

Xu Ying reminded him softly: "Hey, classmate, what are you thinking about?"

Mu Zhengguang shuddered: "I..."

Before he could finish, Xu Ying said with a smile: "My cousin is still young and doesn't have anyone she likes right now. Do you want me to say a few good words for you?"

Xu Ying was not angry with him at all: You are not familiar with my cousin, and there is no interaction between you beyond friendship. What impressed me was that you praised her beauty when you first met her. But there is no problem, because I also think she is beautiful. You have met people who are more beautiful than me before, and you will meet such people in the future. These people are just insignificant passers-by. Who are you? You are the kind of person who feels bad if you look at others for a second longer. You never easily identify a person, but once you identify someone, you will not easily betray them.

"Uh...that's great. When can I see my cousin again?" Mu Zhengguang knew that she was not angry, and when he said this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"On June 6th, are you free in the morning or afternoon?"

"I have an appointment with them in the afternoon."

Xu Ying said, "I will go to see Xiaowan in the evening. You can just bring your family to my house on the afternoon of June 6th."

Mu Zhengguang hasn't heard the name "Xiao Wan" for a year or two.

When he first met Xu Wanyang, he praised her for her beauty. He asked classmate Ying what to call her, and the classmate said "Xiao Wan", so he also called her that, which made Xu Wanyang have a very bad impression of him. After meeting her several times, he took great pains to eliminate the bad impression. It has been five years since this happened.

When we were young, we always quarreled easily, and we were very casual about addressing each other. I would never willingly call her "sister" just because she was one and a half years older than me. I was like this, and so are you.

When we were in elementary school and middle school, we had a very unfriendly idea in our subconscious: to use force to decide the order. Xu Wanyang couldn't beat you, so you didn't call her sister. Moreover, you were taller than her, as if you were the elder. You called her "Xiao Wan" as if it was normal and you blurted it out. It didn't seem like you were deliberately trying to trick me.

Of course, since I entered high school, this behavior has completely become a thing of the past. She is older than me, and there is nothing shameful about calling her sister. Calling others brother or sister does not mean that we are in a disadvantaged position, nor does it mean that we are inferior to them.

"I was just thinking that Xu Wanyang's asymptote is very unstable. I wonder if there is any way to change it."

Xu Ying's heart was agitated: "The first time you mentioned her, although you didn't say her name, I could tell. The second time you mentioned her, that's fine. The third time you mentioned her, well... unfortunately I'm not generous enough to tolerate you mentioning other girls in front of me so many times in a row. I don't want to hear anything about her for the time being."

She changed the subject in a nonchalant tone: "Everyone has their own destiny. Whether the asymptote is stable or not is not up to us. It's easy to help her get into a good university, but it's too difficult to help her change the asymptote. Let's not talk about her for now. How do you distribute your scores?"

"Lu Hao 310. The rest have not been decided yet. There are too many relatives, giving people the illusion that no matter how many points you have, it will not be enough. Your five friends share 200 points. Is it divided equally?"

"No. I'll break it down once I meet them. My scores are given to them for free, but if they don't deserve my help, I can only lower their scores."

The two continued to discuss the issue of scores for a while, and Xu Ying helped him to weigh the closeness of the relationship and repeatedly emphasized, "The scores are yours, you can give them to whoever you want, it has nothing to do with others. Even if you give all the scores to strangers, they should not have any objections to it. You did nothing wrong, they are the ones who are wrong."

After listening to her advice, Mu Zhengguang felt a lot less stressed.

Guang and Ze chatted for a long time. Even if they had "endless things to say" in their ideal, they would have said everything within a specific time period. No one invited them to eat. After they finished talking about important things, they took out their phones to check the map and chose the work address. Then they each did their own thing, very close to each other, but did not disturb each other.

When they returned to school that day, they were surprised to find that it was another graduation day.

Seniors in their third year of high school stood in the square opposite the library building to take graduation photos. Those who were about to leave school wore a variety of clothing that was full of class characteristics.

Mu Zhengguang saw that one class was wearing white T-shirts with a triangle ruler, a measuring cylinder, a magnet, English letters, a double helix, and a period printed on them. On the other side of the T-shirts, there were a few surnames, presumably the surnames of their teachers. After one class lined up and took photos, the crowd dispersed immediately, and the next class took over.

Xu Ying saw Xu Wanyang in the class waiting to take a photo. Her class uniform was a white shirt and a black skirt.

"Time flies by so fast. Will this day come to us too?"

Mu Zhengguang could hear the regret and sadness in her tone: Are you also moved and hesitant about this? I remembered that on New Year's Day, when I was looking through your yearbook, your tone, your words... you were afraid of separation. Actually, I am the same. I was almost isolated from the world during the week I stayed in the base. Although I knew that the college entrance examination was coming soon, I was unaware of it. After all, there was no atmosphere of the college entrance examination and study in the competition venue, and the contestants did not discuss these things. Without that special atmosphere in the school, I seemed to have almost forgotten that there was such a thing as graduation. When you ask me that, I don't know how to answer.

Xu Ying is far from being as strong and rational as Mu Zhengguang imagined. As a member of the common people, she is also an ordinary person who will feel sad and regretful for trivial things.

Moreover, like many people, she also holds many unrealistic wishes, for example, she wants time to become a thread in her hand, fast or slow, still or moving, so that there will be no more separation, no more forgetfulness, no more missing, no more loss...

"My dear student, is this question difficult to answer? We will definitely have this day, probably around this time next year, or one or two days earlier or later."

Mu Zhengguang still didn't speak, and Xu Ying also remained silent.

The two stood in front of the left side of the library building, watching classes passing by one after another on the steps in front of the building.

Everyone lined up in order of height and moved according to their relationships. When it was almost time to take a photo, some people stood on tiptoe, some took off their glasses, and some fixed their hair. In fact, that person's hair was so meticulous that it didn't need any adjustments.

Some people put their hands on other people's shoulders, some made the "yeah" gesture, some people were smiling, some people stared, some people looked at good friends, and some people looked at friends who were closer than good friends.

People's faces, expressions, and postures are engraved in the same picture. They take great pains to show what they think is the best appearance. It seems that as long as the photo does not fade or wear, the people in the photo have never changed.

Mu Zhengguang finally thought of the answer to graduation: "We will always have a youthful look, and it will never change. When others graduate, we graduate too. When others grow up, we grow too. When others age, we don't. When others sink, we don't sink."

Xu Ying felt relieved and nodded: "As you wish. Graduation doesn't seem so scary after all."

"Graduation isn't scary in the first place. What's scary is that we won't be able to see our classmates and friends again. Who knows when we'll see each other for the last time? But it's too early to think about this now, right?"

The more Mu Zhengguang spoke, the quieter his voice became. He also vaguely felt that something was wrong: When would the last meeting come? Was it a year later, or a long time later? Who could tell?

Xu Ying suddenly felt an inexplicable throbbing in her heart: Too early? You said that so easily. There is still one year before graduation, so it is indeed too early. However, no matter when the last meeting comes, I am afraid it cannot be called "too late". But who are you and I? As time goes by, the difficulties that can hinder us in this world will become fewer and fewer.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it." Xu Ying took out her phone and took a picture of the crowd in front of the library. "I have something else to do. I'll leave first. Bye."

"Goodbye."

Xu Ying left school and bought four kittens.

"Although birth, aging, sickness and death are the laws of nature, my power is also the law of nature. While I can still bear the consequences, I want to get an accurate answer. If everything does not develop in the direction I want, I will take back this power. If everything happens to be what I want, I will use the running power more carefully. Running clears, growing."

Two cats were cleared for "growth" and two cats remained as is.

(End of this chapter)