Exactly the Same Resu1t (2)
According to regulations, congratulatory words like âCongratulations Jiang Xiaoman for placing first on XX City highschool entrance examinationâ were not allowed. Since those words were not allowed, saying something such as âCongratulations Jiang Xiaoman for winning the-thing-that-shall-not-be-namedâ was not allowed either...
But there would always be loophole to any rule. Although the rankings could not be publicized, the schoolâs smart brains still found a way to do it.
The school did everything possible to put up the poster: âCongratulations to Jiang Xiaoman for getting exactly the same resu1t4â.
On the day she returned to school, Jiang Xiaoman looked at the poster on the wall, completely stunned.
She felt that she all the Language lessons she had learnt were in vain, and her reading comprehension instantly reverted to a kindergartenerâs level, because she actually couldnât understand the meaning of the words on the poster.
Jiang Xiaoman looked up for a long time.
Yu Qingshi stood behind her, staring at the swirls on her head, and asked softly, âWhat are you thinking?â
âIâm thinking about this âexactly the same resu1tâ, what exactly is âresu1tâ?â Jiang Xiaoman touched her chin, thinking very seriously, âIs this a mysterious industry benchmark that we donât know about? Does âexactly the same resu1tâ have another meaning? Exactly the same result as who, as what?â
â...â Yu Qingshi paused and asked her, âWhat place were you in the city during the try-outs?â
âFirst place.â When she blurted that out, Jiang Xiaoman suddenly reacted and was stunned.
...exactly same resu1t turned out to be the exact same result as the one she got in the try-out.
Oh, the one who came up with that was really too clever.
Jiang Xiaoman was not convinced. She curled her mouth and muttered in a low voice, âHow could you tell?â
Yu Qingshi glanced at her and pointed to the line under her name: âCongratulations to Yu Qingshi for achieving exactly the same re2ult1.â
Jiang Xiaoman: â...â
Jiang Xiaoman reflected on it for a while. She felt that she was wrong, so she patted his shoulder to comfort him, âIâm sorry, you really donât have a sense of existence.â
Yu Qingshi: â...â
She only looked at the part with her name, and felt guilty to Yu Qingshi.
When she left school, it was around three or four in the afternoon.
Grandma definitely wouldnât go. She said that she couldnât stand moving around too much at her age, and it would take a long time for her to go to the beach. Uncle was too busy to go.
As for her friends, it seemed that they already announced their summer vacation plans, and she had already liked3 each and every one of them yesterday.
It seemed that only the two of them were going.
Jiang Xiaoman nodded, âOkay, just us then.â
Yu Qingshi smiled, pedaling harder, going as fast as the wind.
Aaaahhh!!!
He was going to the beach with Jiang Xiaoman!
Vacation!
Travel!!
This was barely a date, right?
If he rounded it up, it could even be considered a honeymoon!!!
The big boy was so excited that he couldnât sleep all night, and woke up with dark circles under his eyes the next day.
But this still didnât dampen Yu Qingshiâs enthusiasm. He began to prepare the things that he would use very meticulously.
Jiang Xiaoman was forgetful, she would definitely forget a lot of things.
When the time came, he would make up for anything she forgot. If he didnât pack for her, she would definitely end up without anything.
Yu Qingshi made preparations for about a week, and was full of expectations for this trip, even his usually cold face had a little bit more smile.
It was just that, in the end he still didnât get to go.
Footnote:
3. Like as in liking a post in social media
4. The word they choose to describe exactly the same here contains the word for âoneâ. A literal translation would be something along made from one mold, of one same type. But for Yu Qingshiâs portion they just swapped the word for âoneâ with the word for âtwoâ. It was hard to translate the pun into English while keeping the punchline so I went with resu1t and re2ult. It will appear in the title of this chapter and throughout the chapter.