Xiao Ping and Little 9

My name is Xiao Ping, and I'm also Xiao 9.

Part One: My Name Is Xiao Ping.

Part Two: My Name Is Xiao 9.

An inspiring traditional coming-of-age school novel. Rather than focusing solely on the plot, it aims to portray that period of youthful life.

Prologue:

That day, the world seemed to be ablaze, and everything in my field of vision wavered and blurred.

The results of my high school entrance exam had already become public. Not because I had done especially well, but because I had done terribly.

But everything had gone as I wanted.

I quietly asked her, "What did you get?"

She said, "425."

I said, "You finally scored higher than me. One point higher."

She said, "I didn't actually want to beat you. Why did you do so badly?"

I said, "Maybe it was fate."

It wasn't fate. It was entirely my own doing.

She said, "But now you can't go to the top-ranked high school."

I said, "The provincial key school is pretty good too. Aren't you going there as well?"

She said, "I'm not going to the provincial key school. I'm going to Xingwen High School."

I said, "Xingwen High School is so bad. Why would you go there?"

She said, "My aunt teaches there. She can look after me."

I said, "It's settled?"

She said, "It's settled."

In the end, human will could never overcome fate.

I said, "Good luck!"

She said, "You too!"

She wasn't my girlfriend, but I treated her as my dream.

My dream shattered in a dazzling summer.

That day, the world seemed to be drenched by a torrential rain, and everything in my field of vision wavered and blurred.

She left.

I left too.

She went somewhere else. Would she ever come back?

I went on to a different life. Would I ever come back?

I dug a huge hole in my youth. What could I use to fill it?

Was fate finished?

Human will had not yet run its course.

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