Neighbors

Shen Yang and Xie Zhiyu have lived next to each other on an old street for seventeen years. The two families are close to each other. They have been working together since childhood, and they have been promoted to the key class of the third year of high school. They are famous in the circle as happy enemies. The two have always been on par with each other in terms of performance. One is firmly ahead in liberal arts, and the other is far ahead in science. They both have strong personalities, and they always have a few words when they meet. In order to learn from each other's strengths, the head teacher arranged for the two to sit at the same table. Now, the "battlefield" between the two moved directly to the desks. They compete in recitation speed during morning reading, compete in answering questions in self-study in the evening, joke and sarcastically comment on each other's rankings after exams, and argue over every little thing in daily life. Shen Yang always disliked Xie Zhiyu's perfunctory endorsement, and his articles were dry and lifeless; Xie Zhiyu always complained about Shen Yang's rigid thinking in answering questions, and he always wasted time on the same question over and over again. Everyone felt that the two of them were not meant to deal with each other and were only suitable for bickering all the time. But where others can't see it, Xie Zhiyu will quietly sort out simple science ideas and quietly put them on the corner of Shen Yang's desk to calm her anxiety before the exam; Shen Yang will also spend time sorting out and reciting formulas to help Xie Zhiyu overcome difficulties in liberal arts. The boring and depressing senior year of high school was filled with test papers. As we spent time together day after day, the awkward dislike slowly turned sour. They don't need to chase each other, they are already on the same level; they don't need to deliberately change themselves, they are used to each other's noisy, and quietly fall into the unique companionship for a long time. The two people who had been quarreling in the neighborhood for more than ten years finally understood the love quietly growing in their hearts.