One big and one small are practicing love

At six o'clock in the summer, the sun is still very strong, there is a constant flow of cars, the crowds of people are as busy as ants, and everything is noisy and steamy.

Only indoors, it was cool, clean and peaceful. Zuo Kunmin and the school leaders and teachers were eating in a private room of a high-end Western restaurant.

"Dear leaders and teachers, first of all, I want to say sorry to you. Student Liu Xiaochen's attitude today is indeed bad, which offended all the teachers and caused trouble to everyone. Here, I would like to toast you all and apologize to everyone on behalf of Liu Xiaochen." Zuo Kunmin stood, bowed slightly and spoke. After speaking, he raised his head and drank half a glass of red wine.

The others raised their glasses and drank with Zuo Kunmin. After drinking, the dean spoke first and said: "Mr. Zuo, you are a famous entrepreneur. I know that you sponsor many poor college students every year. But I didn't expect that you are busy with your busy schedule." Among them, I personally took care of the matter of a college student’s graduation.”

Zuo Kunmin smiled and said: "Liu Xiaochen is not only a college student I sponsor, but also a tutor for my two children. She has been patiently teaching my two children for three or four years in college. I know her, she is a very polite, A very hard-working and humble good boy. This time I offended the teacher. It may be that I was under too much pressure at work some time ago and my mood was a little out of control. Please forgive me, Teacher Jiang." After saying that, he raised his glass and turned to the examiner, and raised his head and drank half of the glass. Red wine, a sign of apology.

The examiner, Mr. Jiang, hurriedly took a few sips of wine and said with a smile: "I believe what Mr. Zuo said. Recently, our teachers have been busy with student graduations. They are very busy and tired. I am not in a good mood today, and I did say something inappropriate. We cannot blame classmate Liu Xiaochen entirely."

"Hahaha!" The department head laughed twice and said: "It seems that Teacher Jiang has forgiven Liu Xiaochen. Then our department will give her another chance. I will arrange for her to participate in a graduation defense tomorrow. There are no special circumstances. Graduation certificates will be issued as normal.”

Zuo Kunmin smiled happily and said: "Thank you, Director Li. I will talk to classmate Liu Xiaochen and ask her to apologize to Teacher Jiang in person." After saying that, he poured the wine on his own, raised his glass, and said: "Our company There are still several charity donations that have not been implemented this year. I will send someone back to communicate with your school leaders and fund several appropriate projects based on the school's needs." He said, raising his glass in toast.

The dean nodded with a smile and said: "Thank you, Mr. Zuo. Let's all toast to Mr. Zuo." After that, other teachers also raised their glasses to express their thanks.

Going back and forth, they spoke decent words to each other, drank and ate. Until the end, everyone dispersed happily.

I don't know whether it was because he drank too much and too hard, or was jet lag and acclimatized, but at the end of the banquet, Zuo Kunmin felt a dull pain in his stomach. After seeing off all the teachers, Zuo Kunmin wanted to call Liu Xiaochen, but suddenly he felt sour in his stomach and vomited into the trash can on the roadside.

When vomiting, Zuo Kunmin clearly felt his stomach and intestines tightening, painful and uncomfortable, pushing food out. First, he vomited out the food he had just eaten. After calming down for a while, Zuo Kunmin thought he would stop vomiting. When he held his waist and prepared to stand up, his stomach rumbled. Immediately afterwards, I felt a strong sourness, and I bent over and vomited. It was alcohol.

In about three to five minutes, Zuo Kunmin vomited almost all the food and drinks he had eaten tonight. My back also hurt and I sweated a lot. The night wind blew, and my white shirt clung to my back, making it feel wet and wrinkled.

After vomiting, Zuo Kunmin sat down on the concrete steps of the flower bed, his shoulders slumped feebly, and he looked at his watch under the dim street light. It was already 10:[-] pm.

I wanted to call her, but at this time, it was time for her to wash up and go to bed. Moreover, she has to defend her defense tomorrow morning, so she doesn’t want to disturb her emotions any more, so that she can rest peacefully and graduate smoothly. Everything will be discussed after she graduates.

Send her a message.

Xiaoxiao, I know you have been under a lot of pressure during this time and have lost control of your emotions. You just had no intention of contradicting the teacher this morning. Tomorrow I will apologize to the examiner and participate in the defense again. You should work on your graduation first. When you are done, I will contact you.

After sending the message, Zuo Kunmin took a few deep breaths, stood up slowly, walked step by step toward the intersection with heavy traffic, stretched out his arms to stop a taxi, got in, and went home.

Maybe it's because I'm too tired, or maybe the drugs have a hypnotic effect. Zuo Kunmin slept until dawn. As soon as he opened his eyes, he grabbed his mobile phone and looked at it.

It's already past 8 o'clock in the morning, and there are still many unread messages and missed calls on my phone. Zuo Kunmin directly searched for the word "Xiao Xiao". There was no text message reply, but there was a small missed call reminder, the time was 7:13 in the morning.

Zuo Kunmin sat up suddenly and called Liu Xiaochen back.

‘Beep~Beep~Beep~’ When the phone rang for the third time, the call was connected.

"Xiao Xiao, where are you?" Zuo Kunmin asked urgently.

"Hello, Teacher Zuo, I am not Xiaoxiao, I am Sun Xinxin."

Zuo Kunmin frowned and asked, "Where is Xiaoxiao?"

"I don't know where she went. Do you have time? I have a letter and a cardboard box here. Xiaoxiao asked me to deliver it to you."

Hearing these words, Zuo Kunmin's heart suddenly sank, as if there was a lump in his throat, and he didn't speak for a long time.

"Teacher Zuo, are you here? If it's inconvenient, please give me an address and I will send it to you."

"You're at a normal university, right?"

"Ok!"

"You find a quiet place to wait for me. I'll drive there now. When you get there, use a small WeChat to send me your location."

"Okay, Teacher Zuo. I have nothing to do and I have plenty of time. Please be careful on the road."

Two hours later, Zuo Kunmin arrived at a certain normal university and met Sun Xinxin at a cafe in a nearby residential building.

"Hello Teacher Zuo, this is what Xiaoxiao asked me to hand over to you." Sun Xinxin said respectfully, then held a kraft cardboard box in both hands and placed it in front of Zuo Kunmin.

Zuo Kunmin opened the lid of the carton in confusion. He first saw a red envelope, took it out and put it aside. Then I saw a pile of notebooks inside, with different styles, old and new, and then I held a pile in one hand and took it out to look through.

First, there is a 32k math homework book. The date of revelation is written in the margin of the cover, as well as the words 'all expenses this year' in large black pen.

There was a soft sound of "swipe", and Zuo Kunmin opened the first page and saw that the paper inside was thin and yellowed, and the handwriting was neat and beautiful. The first column contains the date, and the next three or four columns contain some shopping expenses.

A piece of rubber, 5 cents

A set of rulers, 2 pieces

A bag of soy sauce, 8 cents

……

Looking at it, Zuo Kunmin couldn't help but frown, and flipped through three or four pages at random, which were all filled with daily expenses. Finally, go straight to the last page and write down the total amount.

After closing the first one, Zuo Kunmin quickly flipped through the second one. It was a yellow cardboard notebook with a red word "award" stamped on the cover. Looking inside, he also recorded various expenses.

The third and fourth books are like this. There are ten different books in total, one for each year. In the last book, there are three hand-drawn tables and a bank card.

At the end of the bill, there is a sentence written in red pen: Teacher Zuo, thank you for helping me over the years. The bank card contains the money I will repay you. I hope that from now on, we will never owe or see each other.

After reading it, Zuo Kunmin had red eyes and tears. He pointed at the book on the table and asked Sun Xinxin in a choked voice: "What does Liu Xiaochen mean?"

"She started keeping accounts from the first day she received help from Teacher Wang. When she was a child, she often told me that when she grows up, she must work hard to make money and pay back all the money she owes."

"She just graduated. Where did she get so much money?"

"On the bill, you can see that she has always been very frugal with her small expenses. Every time you call her, including the salary you gave her when she was in college, she has saved all except for necessary living expenses. During the Chinese New Year last year, she returned to her hometown , entrusted me to help her sell the house. The money from selling the house, plus the internship salary during this period, is just enough to repay the money." As she said this, Sun Xinxin shed tears.

Zuo Kunmin slammed the table suddenly and said sternly: "Who asked you to help her sell the house? What do you think I am? A loan shark or a capitalist who only knows how to exploit people." As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Sun Xinxin was so frightened that she trembled. She lowered her head and did not dare to look directly at Zuo Kunmin, nor did she dare to speak.

There were only two tables of customers sitting in the quiet family cafe. Four or five people all looked at Zuo Kunmin, including the two waiters.

"I'm sorry, Xinxin! I beg you, tell me, where did Xiaoxiao go? I want to ask her face to face, why did she do this?" Zuo Kunmin asked with a cry.

Sun Xinxin raised her eyes and said cautiously: "I'm sorry, Teacher Zuo, I really don't know where Xiaoxiao went. She invited me to her dormitory last night and didn't say anything. She just cried silently and drank beer. Later, I I was so sleepy that I fell asleep. When I woke up, she only left me these things and the letter to me."

"What did she say to you?"

"She asked me to give these things to you and told me that she was leaving Beijing and asked me not to worry about her. She would adjust herself and continue to live a good life."

"Tell me, where could she go?"

Sun Xinxin shook her head and said: "I really don't know, Teacher Zuo. But I know that Xiaoxiao is used to hiding when she is particularly sad. My house is next to hers. When her parents died, Teacher Wang left. , every time I look for her, she locks the door and doesn't respond, let alone go out. She has to think about it on her own and go through that hurdle before she is willing to come out to meet people."

"But she has no money, no home, and no diploma. Where can she go? How can she survive?"

"Teacher Zuo, please take a look at the letter Xiaoxiao gave you. There may be an answer in it."