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Jiangcheng in June is like a steamer, the lid is tightly covered, and the heat penetrates into the bones.

The central air conditioning in Jade Garden runs 24 hours a day, making the living room as cool as another season.

But Mother Lin still couldn't change her old habit. She opened all the windows early in the morning to ventilate them, but Lin Chuan pushed them back three times.

“Mom, please don’t open the window if you want to turn on the air conditioner.”

"There is no charge for electricity?"

"Ham, our family is not bad at this either."

Mother Lin muttered "Prodigal" and closed the window with her hands.

June 7th.

The first day of the college entrance examination.

Lin Chuan drove his car to the gate of the community and waited there early in the morning.When Lin Xiaoran came out of the unit door, her ponytail was tied high, she was carrying a washed white canvas schoolbag, and her steps were faster than usual.

She opened the car door and got in. Before fastening her seat belt, she lowered her head and flipped through her admission ticket.

"Nervous?"

"It's okay." Lin Xiaoran's voice was steady, but Lin Chuan noticed that her left hand had been rubbing the hem of her school uniform.

“I’ll treat you to hot pot after the exam.”

"Brother, the way you encourage people every time is to treat them to food."

“It just works.”

When the car stopped at the gate of Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School, a large group of parents had already gathered outside the school gate.

Some were holding sunflowers, some were holding banners, and an aunt was holding a big loudspeaker and shouting "Victory!"

Lin Xiaoran opened the car door, took two steps, and then turned back.

"Brother."

"Huh?"

"I will perform exceedingly well."

After saying that, he turned around and ran into the school gate, his ponytail swaying in the sun.

Lin Chuan sat in the car, lit a cigarette, and looked at the noisy crowd at the school gate.

Two days.

After two days of exams, his last worries in Jiangcheng were temporarily put aside.

June 9th, the college entrance examination ends.

When Lin Xiaoran came out of the examination room, her whole body seemed to have been ripped away from the bones. She leaned limply on the car seat, her eyes closed, but the corners of her mouth were curved.

"How do you feel?"

“I haven’t finished the third question of the last big question in mathematics.”

"That means it's stable."

"Why?"

"The last question is originally prepared for people with perfect scores. It is normal for normal people to not be able to finish it."

Lin Xiaoran opened one eye and looked at him: "Brother, what is your score in mathematics in the college entrance examination?"

"Don't mention it."

"It means you haven't finished it yet."

Lin Chuan didn’t answer, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

The hot pot was delivered that night.Four people gathered around a mandarin duck pot. Mother Lin cooked the vegetables faster than anyone else, piling chopstick after chopstick into Lin Xiaoran's bowl.

"Eat more, eat more, why have you lost weight? You didn't eat well during the exam days, did you?"

Lin Xiaoran was so gagged that her mouth bulged, and she muttered "um huh" vaguely.

Lin Jianguo rarely drank two bottles of beer, and his face turned red to the root of his neck. He patted the table and said, "We, the old Lin family, are also going to have a college student!"

The whole private room was filled with heat and laughter.

Halfway through the hot pot cooking, Lin Chuan’s cell phone rang.

The number is unfamiliar, the area code is local to Jiangcheng.

He picked it up, listened for thirty seconds, and then put down his chopsticks.

"What's the matter?" Lin Jianguo saw his expression change.

“Economic Development Zone Demolition Office.” Lin Chuan put his phone back in his pocket and said with a nonchalant smile.

"Inform me to sign the day after tomorrow. The demolition of the factory land has officially started."

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