Spring and Homing Pigeons

The two unbeatable names at the top of the grade list - Shen Yanzhi and Zhou Nuo, are the perfect combination in the eyes of the teacher. Shen Yanzhi is the kind of person who can make girls blush quietly when walking in the corridor. His eyebrows are sharp and his eyes are always a little careless and cold. The zipper of his school uniform is always zipped to the top. He speaks with precious words, but he can always write down the steps to solve problems on the science paper that the teacher will take credit for. Zhou Nuo is like a little sun, his ponytail always swaying with his bouncing footsteps, his eyes turn into crescents when he smiles, his voice is clear when he chases the teacher with his homework book and asks questions, the handwriting on the liberal arts answer sheet is beautiful and neat, and Shen Yan clings to the score tightly and refuses to let go. No one knew that this pair of top students who didn't seem to have much contact would go to the same secluded alley after school - Shen Yanzhi would take out the cereal for the homing pigeons from his schoolbag, while Zhou Nuo would hand over the iced soda he had just bought and his favorite drink with a smile. "In today's last physics question, your auxiliary lines were too convoluted, right?" She poked his arm, and he raised his eyebrows and pulled out a piece of paper from his notebook: "It's better than someone forgetting to add tense marks in their English composition." The parents of the two families are old acquaintances. When they occasionally have dinner together, the adults chat. They would touch their toes under the dining table and exchange small pieces of paper with the target scores for the next mock test written on them. Shen Yanzhi seemed to be impatiently responding to the greetings of his elders, but he kept following Zhou Nuo out of the corner of his eye; Zhou Nuo was chattering about interesting things about school, always with the words "Shen Yanzhi solved another extremely difficult problem today". When Zhou Nuo handed him the collection of wrong questions that he had been saving for a long time, he blushed and said, "I didn't understand what you said last time about this question type." Shen Yanzhi paused with his fingertips when he took it, and turned to the first page. There was a cute candy wrapped in it, which was exactly the same as the one he had secretly put in the hole in her desk yesterday in the notebook with "English Sample Essay" written on it. It turns out that there is carefulness hidden under the cool shell, and care is wrapped in the energetic smile. They are rivals who keep pace with each other on the field, and they are also people who quietly hide their "like" in each other's eyes every time they walk side by side. Intention: Seeing each other's light in a well-matched competition, approaching cautiously, you understand that love is growing side by side, rather than chasing a pair of academic masters unilaterally. This is the most moving appearance in youth. There is both the spirit of competition and the tenderness of companionship. In the end, they become better versions of themselves in each other's eyes.