Chapter 314 The Color of Youth

The next time passed quickly.

For competitive students, high school life is actually not that complete.

This is a destined thing.

High school competition students, especially those who can get certain grades, often have little contact with their classmates, so they do not have much sense of belonging to the class they are in. Luo Bing once told him this, but now it is true. I really feel it. Of course, the other reason is that as a school that only officially divides classes in the second year of high school, the personnel changes a lot. Naturally, you will not have as strong feelings for this class as you do in junior high school.

In my last year, I participated in the mathematics competition with Deng Wenxiao.

Deng Wenxiao is a true academic master, probably still far behind Luo Bing, but for ordinary people, especially girls who are not naturally dominant in logical thinking, the results she can achieve are already very impressive.

This time they all won the provincial first gold medal, and they all regretted not being selected for the provincial team. At this point, the competition ended here.

But what’s even more amazing about Deng Wenxiao is that in addition to the math competition, she also won the gold medal in the chemistry competition.

It’s just a pity that everyone was shocked after this year’s policy for recommending competitive students was released. Originally, the provincial team could directly recommend students to Qingbei for resumption of diplomatic relations. Basically, 985 students in the first grade of the province were selected. However, this year’s policy does not work. They have to take the recommended student examination organized by the school. Only those who pass will be recommended... and the number of places is limited.

Qingbei gave two places to the high school affiliated to Normal University and two to Fudan University.

Although he achieved the first grade in mathematics, the number of places was limited after all, and the best of the best were selected. The final result was... only one person between Deng Wenxiao and him could be admitted to Fudan for the exam.

After this policy came out, Yi Yang had not recovered yet, but Deng Wenxiao found him that afternoon.

Most of the people in the laboratory classroom had left. Yi Yang and Wang Sangning were responsible for packing up the equipment and stayed at the end.

At this time, Deng Wenxiao walked up to him and Wang Sangning and said to Wang Sangning: "Yi Yang, I have something to ask you."

Wang Sangning looked at Deng Wenxiao, then at Yi Yang, then stood up and said, "Then you guys chat for a while, I'm going to use the toilet."

After Wang Sangning left, Yi Yang looked at Deng Wenxiao strangely: "Huh? What's the matter?"

Deng Wenxiao hesitated for a while and then said: "Yi Yang...I want to give up on the recommended qualification examination."

Yi Yang blinked and said nothing.

Deng Wenxiao lowered his head in a panic: "I didn't want to give it to you...I, I just...just..."

The wind blew in through the cracks in the window, and Deng Wenxiao's hair fluttered gently.

Deng Wenxiao suddenly raised his head, his expression already somewhat calm, and said, "Okay... I just want to give it to you."

Yi Yang showed no expression and asked, "Why did you give it to me?"

Deng Wenxiao's face turned red and she bit her lip.

"Because... I want to be nice to you."

After saying this, the wind stopped just in time, Deng Wenxiao's black hair stopped flowing, and the classroom was very quiet.

Yi Yang was silent. He looked into Deng Wenxiao's eyes, but she avoided it.

Yi Yang shook his head and stood up, "Thank you..."

"Um……"

"But, it's not necessary."

"Yeah……"

"Um."

Deng Wenxiao's originally tense limbs suddenly became a little looser, as if all the emotions accumulated in her heart were released at this moment. She breathed out gently and moved her eyes to Yi Yang's face again. , looking at him, "If it's not necessary... that would be a pity. I have worked so hard, but if it is still not needed here... that's fine..."

Yi Yang was silent.

Deng Wenxiao smiled: "But there is no other way... I have already told the teacher..."

"Yeah……"

"Yes."

There was another long silence between the two.

After a while, Deng Wenxiao smiled and asked: "Yi Yang, can you tell me why?"

"Why..." Yi Yang pulled up a chair, sat down, and asked Deng Wenxiao to sit down as well.

"I feel a bit looked down upon. Ha, maybe that's the reason? I'm a chauvinist boy, and I can't stand to be given over to girls."

Deng Wenxiao looked at Yi Yang silently, then shook his head after a moment: "I...that's not what I asked."

Yi Yang saw Deng Wenxiao's serious eyes and the glint in the corners of his eyes. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "The college entrance examination..."

"It can wait."

Yi Yang was silent for a while and then said: "If good intentions have weight, then a long time ago..." Pointing to the position of his heart, he said: "It has been weighed down by a very heavy mountain."

Deng Wenxiao's eyes turned red almost instantly, and he smiled: "For this reason... then... there is really nothing we can do about it."

Yi Yang added: "As for the recommended students, it doesn't matter what you say. The one who really should give up is me, because I don't like Fudan. I have somewhere I want to go, and I can go there with high-level athletes. This quota is for I am a waste, I will tell the teacher, and I believe the teacher will be on my side."

Deng Wenxiao bit her lip hard and smiled sadly: "So... after you give up the stone I gave you, you have to press another mountain here, right?" She also pointed at herself. chest.

Yi Yang was stunned.

At this time, the emotions that had nowhere to release surged up, and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she turned and left.

Tears fell down uncontrollably.

Looking at Deng Wenxiao's leaving figure, Yi Yang could only smile bitterly.

…

Since that day, time and date seemed to have become solid, no longer cold numbers.

In January, there are less than 200 days until the college entrance examination.

Even the High School Affiliated to Normal University, which is known for its open and free atmosphere, still begins to have a depressing atmosphere at this time.

Of course there is freedom, but it is only for individual top students. There is indeed a group of students who have obtained recommended places early, or have been preparing for offers from foreign universities since their first year of high school. When the huge wave of the college entrance examination is about to hit, they sit down. On the empty boat, I feel the power of the waves and the pain of those struggling in the sea of ​​learning.

Among them, Yi Yang was also included.

To be precise, Yi Yang will be included soon.

In December, I applied for the selection of high-level athletes at Tsinghua University. Because there were high-level athletes at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, I wanted to give it a try, but unfortunately I was rejected in the first review.

Although he meets the standards of Tsinghua high-level athletes, there is a rule that if the number of people who meet the registration requirements exceeds the allowable range of the special test conditions, experts will be organized to conduct a preliminary review, and the preliminary review standards will be higher than the registration standards... To put it more bluntly, That is, if there are too many people who sign up, we have to select the best and eliminate some of the people who signed up first.

After all, even if they are all national first-level athletes, the gold content of CHBL is different from that of the National U17, U19, National Youth League and other competitions. There is also a difference between winning this year and winning last year. In short, those who win on paper are more powerful. people squeezed him out.

This is quite expected.

But there is no need to be discouraged. He had no intention of hanging on this tree. Moreover, it was difficult to get into Tsinghua University. He had already been mentally prepared. He was just trying his luck. If he didn't get it, he could just look at other schools.

With the exception of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and Fudan University have no quotas for finance majors in their enrollment plans, and the Central China National Democratic University and Fudan University have no plans to recruit high-level basketball players this year.

It seems that there are only two schools to choose from, Donghai University and Wuhan University.

After hesitating for a long time, Yi Yang chose Tunghai University.

Wuhan University may be stronger than Tunghai University in other aspects, but this may not necessarily be true for the School of Economics and Management.

In fact, the content of all undergraduate professional courses is similar, and for students who can enter such prestigious schools, their learning ability is top-notch. Professional knowledge is often self-study. Teachers are more about broadening their horizons and learning ways of thinking. Under such conditions, resources often widen the gap between financial majors in universities.

Take Peking University Guanghua School of Management, which is more famous than Tsinghua SEM and is recognized as the best business school in China. Just looking at the content of the classes, it may not be better than other 985 economics and management majors, but Guanghua has almost become a major in recent years. It is a place where top picks are concentrated. If a candidate can enter Guanghua, it means that one of the 10 students among your classmates may be the top pick. Otherwise, there are competition bosses like Luo Bing, and your seniors have entered major investment banks early. , consulting companies, Fortune 500 companies, or simply become billionaires, return to school as an outstanding alumni on the school anniversary...

While other college students majoring in finance graduate from their senior year and manage to get into a bank as a teller, you entered an internship at the headquarters of the five major banks as early as your freshman year. In your sophomore year, you went to a top foreign school as an exchange student. I have seen so many outstanding entrepreneurs who can only be seen on TV that I am numb. In your senior year, you have not even planned to find a job, but a senior corporate executive has already come back to school to give a speech, saying that our company has no merits except the starting salary. It is relatively high, about 10 times that of similar domestic companies. Junior students, please send me private messages... After you graduate, your classmates will be in top companies in various industries. Let's help each other...

This is how the gap is widened.

Of course, this does not mean that Tunghai University Business School has so much better resources than Wuhan University, but Tunghai University, as a famous school in a developed city in the east, has access to more things than in the mainland.

In addition to this reason, there is a more important point... Donghai University does not attach as much importance to the basketball team as Wuhan University.

To put it bluntly, when he went to college, high-level athletes were only a way to go. If he had to focus on basketball after entering college, then the gains would outweigh the losses.

Yi Yang inquired and found out that Wuhan University's basketball team is still very solid. The training time is fixed and it is not easy to ask for leave. After all, it often reaches the top four teams in Cuba. This is a bit of a tradition.

Tunghai University is different. First of all, the results have never been among the top eight, and secondly, the management of high-level athletes is more humane. I heard that as long as they can ensure that each subject has a score of 60 points or more, they will not fail the course and complete the courses on time every semester. With the credits, you can easily change your status to an ordinary college student... To put it simply, as long as you can keep up with the cultural classes, Tunghai University doesn't matter, since the team has few players and is recruiting.

Moreover, the training time of the Tunghai University basketball team is not as long as that of Wuhan University.

After comprehensive consideration, I naturally chose Tunghai University and submitted my application.

After registering online, the next process is the preliminary review. It is already January and the results of the preliminary review can be checked. Yiyang passed the qualification review as he wished.

According to the procedure, the next step is a sports-specific test.

Yi Yang took a brief look at the basketball special test. The content was divided into positions. His position was a guard. The test items for the guard were running back and forth across the court, 3-point shooting, vertical jump, and three-on-three, all-court Five on five.

If he passes the test, the school will sign a "High-Level Athlete Recognition Agreement" with him, and he can then come back to prepare for the college entrance examination.

Basketball is a Category A project. Next, the college entrance examination scores only need to reach the second score line, and you will be admitted if you fill in the college entrance examination application.

It is already January, and the testing time for high-level athletes is scheduled for mid-February.

Although I have a Level 1 athlete certificate, my basketball ability cannot have deteriorated much in the golden year of physical development. After all, I haven’t touched basketball for a while, and although I have not interrupted physical training, the intensity is compared to competitive games. It was still a lot lower, and his physical fitness must have dropped a lot. To be on the safe side, Yi Yang decided to spend an extra hour every day practicing basketball.

So in the next period of time, a very strange scene happened in the class.

During the precious morning self-study time, everyone was driving themselves into a lunatic, but Yi Yang went out with a basketball in his arms...

Not understanding the situation at first, everyone thought Yi Yang was really insane. Later, they learned the truth from the class teacher Shen Xiaoding, and everyone looked at Yi Yang with envy.

During this difficult time before the college entrance examination, it is very bad to not keep up with nutrition.

The High School Affiliated to Normal University naturally ensures this point very well. Every self-study session is provided with milk and eggs as a snack. During this period, Yi Yang's appetite has become very large. Several girls in the class often bring him eggs and milk that they cannot eat. Wang Sangning was filled with envy.

Of course, in addition to nutrition at school, there is also nutrition at home.

During this time, Jiang Lili often stewed some nutritious soup for the two of them. They read and studied until late at night, so she stayed with them...

The most enjoyable time for Yi Yang is near the early morning. After completing his study tasks, he relaxes in the living room, drinking a bowl of soup and eating two pieces of fish.

Naturally, this kind of eating habit is not ideal, but when your physiology and psychology are close to the edge, nourishing yourself in this way will not only make you feel better physically, but also make your mood more uplifting.

Jiang Lili didn't sleep either, so she stayed with the two of them. With the lights turned off, the three of them enjoyed a moment of relaxation, chatting, relaxing, and then left one person to clean up the dishes and take a rest.

The lights in Jiang Lili's house are not special in this building. They are faint orange and are quietly extinguished while the city is still noisy... It's just that such lights are still rare in this city and this country. There are many, the silhouettes under the lamp reading at night, confusion, silent crying, silence, headphones, desk lamps, all spliced ​​together into a song that belongs to youth.

…

Time flies, and it's two days before Yi Yang takes part in the high-level athlete test.

Jiang Lili called him outside: "Wear thicker clothes! It's still very cold in Donghai City!"

Yi Yang was a little helpless, but also a little moved...

She insisted on going with him.