half thorns, half joy

two years ago.

In the cool night, Tang Xuan walked towards the girls' dormitory with heavy steps.She had just returned from tutoring, and the little boy who was tutoring was mischievous and had no intention of studying at all. In just two hours, half of her life was exhausted.

"Xuanxuan, you're back. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Tang Xuan's roommate Huang Tingting yelled loudly as soon as she entered the dormitory door.

Tang Xuan pulled the corner of her mouth and gave a weary smile, "What's wrong?"

Huang Tingting held a stack of papers in front of Tang Xuan, and smiled as she twirled the pen in her hand, "The venue of our city's tennis league match is set at our school, you should know about it."

"Yeah. I know."

"Then we were selected to be the audience for three days, do you know?"

Hearing these words, Tang Xuan's originally calm face finally showed a hint of surprise. She looked at Huang Tingting and frowned.

Huang Tingting shrugged, "I knew you had this reaction. I asked the head teacher for you. She said that you can't ask for leave this time. You must go to the whole department. Then you will have to roll your name."

"..." Tang Xuan sighed, her face wrinkled like a bitter melon.

Universities often do this. When large-scale events are held, students are required to participate in case the students are lazy and not motivated, and there is no cheering and cheering in the stands.But college students are not as well-behaved and obedient as high school students. Most of them have their own things to do, so any class that is drawn to participate is full of complaints.

This news is especially bad news for Tang Xuan who devotes all her time to working part-time besides studying.She doesn't have time to care about the school's competition at all, and she needs to earn living expenses and tuition fees in her free time.

Huang Tingting saw Tang Xuan's distress, and joked with a smile: "If you ask me, this is not necessarily a bad thing. You are busy every day and don't have time to enjoy college life. Why don't you take this opportunity to relax yourself?" ?”

"I also want to relax..." Tang Xuan stretched her waist, and walked into the bathroom with a change of clothes. "I'm so tired. I'll take a shower first."

"Did you go to teach that devil again today? If you want me to say, you might as well quit and look for it again. You have so many scholarships and bursaries, and you are not short of this money. If you can't do it, find a boyfriend Well, there are so many people who like you, you can talk about any of them without worrying about daily expenses..."

Outside the bathroom door, Huang Tingting was still chattering.Tang Xuan smiled wryly and shook her head, turned on the shower head, and rushed into the shower.

Huang Tingting would not understand her situation and plans.

Both of his parents died when he was young, and his cousin who helped him in high school also died.Over the years, she has come step by step by relying on her own efforts.In order to earn tuition fees and living expenses, she worked as a waiter, set up a street stall, and sold couplet fireworks while standing in the snow in the cold winter months.

If she was the kind of person who was willing to live on others' charity and pity, she wouldn't suffer so much.And there is a very important reason why she is working so hard and making progress, and that is her deceased cousin Qianqian.

Qianqian has sponsored her for several years and is the person she respects the most.Unexpectedly, Qianqian committed suicide suddenly, and was even rumored to be indiscreet, dating many men, and she was an unclean woman.

Tang Xuan didn't believe that her cousin who always loved her would be such a person. She studied hard and got admitted to the university in the city where her cousin worked.The purpose is to find the clues left by my cousin during her lifetime, and to restore my cousin's innocence.

Therefore, no matter how hard life is, she will not find a rich boyfriend to support herself as Huang Tingting said.

But the death of the cousin was several years ago. She came here to investigate and search for more than three years, but she only found the tomb of the cousin and found out the place where the cousin worked before her death.

As for the real cause of death of the cousin, there is no way of knowing.

Thinking of this, Tang Xuan heaved a long sigh. She was just an ordinary female student, and it would be as difficult as skyrocketing to find out the old cases.

……

On the day of the tennis tournament, Tang Xuan and Huang Tingting walked to the gymnasium together.The two were talking and laughing. Tang Xuan looked up and saw Zheng Yifan standing at the entrance of the gymnasium.

"I see that your class has also been selected, so I guess I should see you." Zheng Yifan also saw Tang Xuan, jumped down the steps and walked in front of Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan smiled, "Why, your class is so unlucky to be selected?"

"Yes, we are in the same boat." Zheng Yifan said, and handed the drink in his hand to Tang Xuan, "Here you are, warm."

"Thank you, then let's go in and sit down first." Tang Xuan took the drink naturally and bid farewell to Zheng Yifan.

Zheng Yifan is Tang Xuan's high school and college classmate. The two have known each other for a long time, so there is no feeling of embarrassment or estrangement. Tang Xuan rarely accepts gifts from boys, but Zheng Yifan is an old classmate, and she does not see outsiders.

Walking into the gymnasium, Huang Tingting bumped Tang Xuan's elbow, and said sarcastically, "Are you blind or not? Zheng Yifan's thoughts on you made me blush. Why are you acting like a wooden man?"

Tang Xuan gave Huang Tingting a helpless look, and explained for the nth time, "Zheng Yifan and I are just friends. He is an old classmate. He knows that I have had a hard time these years, so just treat me better. We are not what you think."

"Cut, I don't believe it." Huang Tingting pouted, "You're just focusing on your studies and part-time jobs, and you don't want to waste time on dating. Don't throw the blame away."

Tang Xuan didn't refute anymore, because Huang Tingting was right, she really didn't have any intention of falling in love.

Half an hour later, the game started.

Tennis is a very pleasing sport. Although everyone is required to come here, when they see the handsome and tall boys sweating profusely and hitting all kinds of beautiful balls, everyone is excited and cheers The sound was so loud that it almost toppled the roof of the gymnasium.

Even Tang Xuan, who was always as calm as water, was infected by this youthful and energetic mood, and followed Huang Tingting to cheer for the athletes in her school.

But she found that every time a boy from the next school came on stage, the girls present were more excited and enthusiastic.That boy lived up to expectations, his movements were beautiful and his style of play was fierce, and he didn't lose a game.

"I really envy the girls in their school. Why doesn't our school have such legendary figures?" Tang Xuan was staring at the boys in a daze when she suddenly heard Huang Tingting's complaint.

"what?"

"He." Huang Tingting pursed her lips, and she was heading in the direction of the boy who surprised Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan was curious, "You know him?"

"If I could know him, I would be able to laugh in my dreams." Huang Tingting opened the brochure in her hand and tapped her fingertips, "Here is the writing, Xiao Zihan, a junior student in the Department of Finance. Look, just the photos on the brochure, So noble and handsome, I thought the photo was of P before I saw the real person."

"Oh." Tang Xuan wasn't very interested in boys' appearance. "If you're handsome, you can't be considered a legend."

When Huang Tingting heard Tang Xuan's tone of disdain, she immediately put on a straight face and said seriously, "Of course it's not just about this, the main thing is that she is handsome, rich, good at studies, good at sports, and she doesn't mess around with girlfriends! How rare is that?" !"

Seeing Huang Tingting's appearance as a fan girl, Tang Xuan couldn't help laughing, "Yes, yes, it's commendable. It's really commendable."

"I'm really not bragging about it with my eyes closed. His family is really rich. Didn't you inquire about the Xingda Hotel before, it was opened by his family."

Tang Xuan was taken aback for a few seconds before she looked at Huang Tingting suspiciously, "You mean, he is the owner of Xingda Hotel, the son of Xiao Mingyuan?"

"That's right, the only son, isn't he fierce?"

Tang Xuan's mind exploded with a buzzing sound. She looked at the sports field again with complicated eyes.

The place where my cousin worked before her death was the Xingda Hotel. When she committed suicide by jumping off the building, she also jumped from the upstairs of the Xingda Hotel.

She has been looking for opportunities to get close to that hotel, to find out what happened that year...