Am I working harder, or are you prettier?

We stand with our backs to each other, I live on the shiny A-side, facing the crowd. Cynically demeaning people who live on the B side with their backs to me.

The light comes from behind me, and everyone cheers for me. I mistakenly thought I was bringing my own light, but I didn't know it was someone welcoming the light.

"On the first day of September 2013, I had nothing."

Chen Xi got on the train to the next city, a five-hour journey with no one to accompany her. She gently leaned her head against the window and closed her eyes slightly. The phrase "I'm going to miss you a lot" from Xu Xiaoman was in her ears. In the midst of the irritation, Chen Xi violently grabbed his ears. She thought, "We'd better never see each other again!

Xu Xiaoman was once Chen Xi's friend, but Chen Xi said seriously, that was only once.

Chen Xi is the class bully, the academic year ranking also ranked very high. In the second semester of high school, the teacher placed Xu Xiaoman in the seat next to her. Xu Xiaoman's grades have always been stable in the bottom three of the class, the teacher specifically explained Chen Xi to help Xu Xiaoman to improve their grades. But before that Chen Xi had never said a word to her. The good thing is that Xu Xiaoman is a typical chatterbox, and the two of them get along with each other much less awkwardly.

Chen Xi thinks Xu Xiaoman has all the bad qualities that a poor student should have. "Acting lazy, sleeping in class, never writing her homework, and being late is a daily necessity." But if I had to find one good thing about her, it would be that she was pretty. "Xu Xiaoman is really pretty!" Even the unsmiling female class president said so more than once.

Since Xu Xiaoman and Chen Xi became the same table, Chen Xi every now and then will be a variety of "visit". A school desk drawer is stuffed with all kinds of snacks, she will instantly have a lot more "friends". And these so-called "friends" are just trying to get her to say a few words around Xu Xiaoman.

In the midterm exam, Chen Xi's answer card was accidentally broken. Xu Xiaoman has never seen Chen Xi so anxious. She reached out and handed her brand new answer card to Li Xi, smiling and saying, "Anyway, it's the same whether I take the test or not." At that moment, Li Xi could not tell what it was like to be touched.

From then on, Chen Xi took the initiative to help Xu Xiaoman with her homework. Over time, their friendship has slowly warmed up.

Xu Xiaoman is a natural optimist, no matter what happens she will be happy to laugh. But Chen Xi is not the same, she is highly nervous all day long, always the most hard-working one in the eyes of others. So there are many people say that the two of them are really suitable for the most friends.

The third year of high school, Chen Xi desperately study. After school often mixed in the major cramming classes. Occasionally, when they are free, they will go through their own qq space, and every time she can see Xu Xiaoman's photos of herself playing in various places. She couldn't help but laugh at her "sooner or later, you'll cry"!

Chen Xi worked very hard, and everyone said she was working very hard. But what no one expected was that the college entrance exam did not award the champion to the one who worked the hardest.

Chen Xi failed, her score is only enough to get into an ordinary second. To everyone's surprise, Xu Xiaoman got into a major university in Shanghai as a special art student.

The holiday after the college entrance examination, Chen Xi lived a life worse than death. She and Xu Xiaoman became the topic of conversation among teachers, classmates and parents in the whole school after tea and dinner. And Chen Xi also told everyone that "some people" win may not be bright and cheerful!

The train enters the station, passengers get off, and the train will start again. Chen Xi slowly opened her eyes, she knew she had to start over, and this time, she had nothing to lose.

"I'll admit it, you're the prettier one."

"This one is her senior year of high school, preparing for the art exam. It hasn't had a good rest for months, and her legs are all bruised from practicing."

For a long time, Chen Xi had no contact with Xu Xiaoman. She deleted all of Xu Xiaoman's contact information, and did not attend the class reunion. She wrapped herself up and didn't want anyone to know anything about her.

Once by chance, she ran into Xu Xiaoman's mother while shopping. She subconsciously wanted to run away, but was stopped by Xu Xiaoman's mother just in time. "You're Chen Xi, right? I haven't seen you for a long time, let's sit at auntie's house." Chen Xi wanted to refuse, but her aunt persuaded her a hundred times, and she was really embarrassed.

"When you were in school, you didn't help our Xiaoman much. This child is too stupid." When Chen Xi heard Xu's mother say such a thing, her face suddenly turned ugly. It took a long time before she could say, "She, is she okay lately." "Pretty good."

That was the first time Chen Xi went to Xu Xiaoman's house, and Xu's mother took her to Xiaoman's room. The moment she pushed open the door, she froze. Hanging on the wall was a photo of them in high school, and the two people in the photo were smiling so happily, so sunny. Xu's mother then brought her a photo album, flipping through it as she said. "This is the photo of her ten-year-old dance competition, for this competition she trained every day until ten o'clock at night, training for half a month."

"This is her first year in high school, she couldn't learn to study and often stayed up until the latter part of the night. Once slept on the table all night." ...... Hearing this, Chen Xi's eyes were red. At that moment her heart sour still can't say what it is like.

"This is the end of the college entrance exam, I said she stupid birds fly first ......"

Chen Xi from Xu Xiaoman home at that moment tears unconsciously left down. It turns out that she has been childish and "hard" competition.

Only now does she understand that God treats everyone fairly. People who live on the A-side of the effort will never understand how strong they are on the B-side of the effort.

After a long time, Chen Xi saw Xu Xiaoman. She cut off her favorite long hair, smiling and said it was for the role. Chen Xi looked at her and said, "In high school, everyone thought I was working harder. But only I know that you are the one who greeted the light, the most beautiful is also you."