The last week...is it?
Walking on the way home, Lin Tian repeatedly recalled what He Zhichen had said.
Even though he was mentally prepared, when the Dragon Violin Cup was truly imminent, Lin Tian still felt unreal.
Suddenly, a feeling of: Ah? Is it coming?...arose.
—Not even a moment to breathe after the college entrance exams ended, and immediately, it’s the national competition.
Just finished the college entrance exams, not even mentally prepared yet, and immediately have to plunge into the next big thing.
No strong person can withstand this kind of thing!
He Zhichen told the two of them.
This journey to the Dragon Violin Cup might span a very long time.
Next week, depart for Baijing, prepare for the competition which starts in mid-July and goes until the end of September.
A full two months, totaling three stages.
After all, it is the Dragon Violin Cup.
The intensity then will definitely be incomparable to any competition participated in before.
During these two months, without any surprises, Lin Tian and Gan Yanyu will have to stay in Baijing, where all the training, eating, and living will be done.
Of course, the intervals between each stage are actually quite long.
Halfway, if they want to return to Qingzhou, they actually can.
But, if the training intensity is high by then, they probably won’t have the energy to go back and forth.
Just thinking about it, the pressure mounts.
Lin Tian feels that the main reason is the fear of the unknown.
After all, he is also human, needs to think, and gets tired sometimes.
After the college entrance exams ended.
The uncertainty of an unknown city, unknown opponents, and unknown competitions made Lin Tian feel both fatigued and nervous.
Lin Tian looked at Gan Yanyu.
The worry on the girl’s face proved her thoughts were just like Lin Tian’s.
Gan Yanyu never had strong stress resistance.
Finishing the college entrance exams probably already burned her out.
And now, to suddenly tell her this.
It seems, at this moment, the only thought left in the girl’s mind is:
—Gan doesn’t know, Gan wants to sleep.
"I want to go back to sleep..."
At the bottom of the apartment building, Gan Yanyu softly said to Lin Tian.
"Mm, have a good rest."
The college entrance exam review period made Gan Yanyu develop a habit of taking afternoon naps.
As soon as it’s time, she immediately feels sleepy, and if she doesn’t nap, she’ll have no energy the whole afternoon.
However, today, all morning, the two didn’t do much, just had a meal with He Zhichen. Gan’s drowsiness now is more likely due to the news of the upcoming Dragon Violin Cup.
To be honest, Lin Tian also felt sleepy.
The human body’s mechanism is just so amazing.
If you do nothing all day, focusing on playing games and scrolling through the phone, there’s actually no sleepiness.
But if suddenly there’s an "unfinished" task in the mind, thinking about doing some work or assignments later, one becomes extremely sleepy, without a nap there’s no motivation.
"I’ll go out for a meal this afternoon, you rest well, and we’ll visit Grandpa at the hospital tonight."
This was also what He Zhichen told them.
Because this trip will last two and a half months, and if their college entrance exam results go smoothly, by the time the competition is over, the university would probably be about to start, and they’d have to leave after coming back to pack just a bit.
So, He Zhichen advised them to spend time with family during this period if they should...just as soon as he said "family," He Zhichen realized he misspoke and corrected it to "friends"...
Anyway, before leaving, they definitely have to visit the uncle again.
Gan Yanyu yawned, nodding at Lin Tian’s words, waved her hand, and staggered toward the apartment building.
In such a state—climbing the sixth floor?
Lin Tian was somewhat alarmed, seeing how tired she was. Clearly, the pressure was immense.
However, at this time, Lin Tian didn’t have the mind to worry about Gan Yanyu.
After returning home, resting briefly, Lin Tian changed clothes and went out again.
Before heading to Baijing, he also had someone he wanted to gather with.
"Why choose this restaurant?"
Xu Yong looked around, watching the servers coming and going, feeling uneasy all over.
This was nowhere else but just outside the road where Qingzhou Seventh Middle School is, at a restaurant called "SWING".
Which was where Lin Tian and Xu Yong used to work part-time.
"Worked here for so long and never tried the food here."
Lin Tian chuckled, handing the menu to Xu Yong,
"You order, it’s on me today."
"Wow, how generous, Tian!"
Hearing this, Xu Yong immediately perked up,
"Is this the person who’s about to become a Baijing gentleman? Then I must treat you well!"
This was Lin Tian and Xu Yong’s first meeting after the college entrance exams.
How to say... when you shed the identity of a high school student and meet again, it feels different all of a sudden.
Still full of crude words, yet it sounded so endearing.
In this world, only Xu Yong could still exchange trash talk with Lin Tian .
It must be admitted that.
Xu Yong now, is no longer in the same world as Lin Tian.
Despite being deskmates for three years in high school and sharing deep friendship, these things will lose their meaning once they part ways after graduation.
Towards this deskmate, Lin Tian still holds feelings.