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"Preparing gifts?" Lu Rangwan removed the packaging box of the newly purchased Xiangxiangjia CF, wrapped it in a dust bag, and placed it in an ordinary handbag.

"This is for Teacher Xia, I hope she likes it."

"It looks very suitable for Teacher Xia. She will like it."

"Let's go there first tomorrow, the day after tomorrow is the school celebration." Tao Zeru changed his clothes and collapsed on the sofa. The busy days were finally over.

"Hmm. I see your new video has a lot of views!"

"Thank you for your love! Netizens' detective skills are so strong that they have already guessed which community we live in. I don't dare to take random outdoor shots later."

"Nowadays, everyone loves to record their lives. As a bystander, I really like videos like yours that record life truthfully. I really like the moments you record when we read together every night. It feels like the time has passed. Feel."

"Everyone said that I was being taken care of by you. He said that he also wanted to start an e-commerce business and find a bitch like me to surround him!"

"I saw that one too! Hahahaha, that's so interesting, naughty dog! What would happen if they knew your true identity?"

"I just want to be that puppy that surrounds you. I don't want everyone to know what I do. I feel so comfortable being taken care of by you."

"Well, then I'll work hard."

"The most common question people ask is the link to your clothes, or the nail polish color number. I don't know how to answer..."

"This way, next time you edit a video, add this information. But some of the clothes are customized by you..."

"Good idea. Try it next time."

-

Hecheng, Xingxing No.1 Middle School

They arrived a day early and found a hotel to stay. Tao Zeru held her hand and walked around the school. Maybe it’s been so long since I’ve been back that everything feels so strange.

"This used to be here. You helped me go to the clinic. Now the clinic has been replaced by a stationery store." Tao Zeru pointed to these places. He had returned here before and imagined that he could find her here.

"Now I am right next to you, blocking the sun for me. You have been blocking the sun for me this summer, just like this moment."

"Let's go, let's go meet my parents after the school anniversary, okay?" Tao Zeru knew about Tu Feiyu's proposal, and he also wanted to speed up the process.

She didn't know that he was bringing up this topic again, so she could only use a delaying tactic, "We'll talk about it after the school anniversary. Come on, let's go try those snacks."

She pulled him to eat a bunch of snacks until her belly was round. "I used to live on campus. I would eat pot stickers and dumplings on weekend mornings, and go out to drink vermicelli and mutton soup in the evening. At that time, I could drink a bowl of mutton soup a week. I’m just so happy to die.”

"But sometimes we sit in the same room and drink mutton soup, and you can't see me..." When Tao Zeru remembered that he had never been in her eyes, his heart couldn't help but tighten and feel uncomfortable.

"Well... I always liked to memorize words while eating. Anyway, I rarely... except for the teacher. At that time, I only had eyes for those questions... It seemed that I had always been withdrawn and very boring."

"Other people have loved and played with each other vigorously in their youth, but I have nothing." She took a sip of the mutton soup, and the old electric fan in the restaurant was spinning hard.

September was still hot, and she was sweating heavily on her forehead. Maybe this season was not suitable for drinking mutton soup.

She smiled, picked up a refreshing pickled radish and put it in her mouth.

Despite all the hard work, there was nothing in the end. She regretted not finishing college more than once. She loved mathematics so much and wanted to study the stars and the sea, but in the end she fell behind halfway.

She then thought that if she finished college, maybe she would take another path. She and Tao Zeru couldn't be where they are today. She wouldn't fall in love with him, she was sure of that.

She knew that his appearance only made sense when she fell into the trivialities of reality and was unable to struggle.

"Rang Wan, I rented a bicycle and took you for a ride."

The moon was very bright that night, but there was no moonlight like before in this world.

She leaned against his back, and neither of them spoke.

When he returned to the hotel, Lu Rangwan lay weakly on the bed, "What's wrong?"

"People say it's a pity to go to high school without struggling. For a stubborn person like me who only knows how to study, it's still a pity."

"Sorry?"

"I regret that I stayed awake so many nights, and finally..."

"That's all. Everything is the best arrangement..." She wanted to reconcile with herself.

Tao Zeru hugged her and didn't know how to comfort her. He knew the kind of despair you feel when you make all your efforts and end up being pinned to the ground unable to move.

"Let Wan..."

Tao Zeru's regret must be that he couldn't find her and couldn't find her in those years.

But Lu Rangwan's regret was much greater than his, and he could no longer make up for it.

She misses her mother and her former self.

She wanted to say that she had no regrets, but her heart ached and her eyes were full of tears, and she didn't dare to blink.

She seemed to see the girl who heard the score in the summer when she was 19 years old, hugging her mother in excitement and crying. How should I give an explanation to myself?

How can I forgive myself for not knowing anything about my mother's illness?

Her back was turned to Tao Zeru, and the top of her throat was sore. She really wanted to cry, but how could her tears pay tribute to her once shining heroism?

She huddled there, calming down the tears that were about to burst out. She doesn't like to cry, she has become indifferent and has no tears.

-

The school was very lively, and Tao Zeru, as a representative of outstanding students, was with the teachers in the background. Lu Rangwan was sitting there and suddenly saw a familiar figure from behind: "Teacher Xia!"

Lu Rangwan walked through the crowd and came to Teacher Xia. Teacher Xia cut her hair short, and held Lu Rangwan tightly with her thin fingers.

"Rang Wan, it's time to see you. Come, sit here!" She pulled Rang Wan to sit next to her.

"Where is Mao Youan?"

Lu Rangwan was just about to say that he didn't know, when he heard a familiar male voice, "Hello, Teacher Xia."

"You'an, when did you arrive? It's been too long since I've seen you."

"Just got off the plane." He looked at Lu Rangwan and nodded in greeting.

"You didn't get together in the end?" Teacher Xia finally understood.

"..." Lu Rangwan glanced at Teacher Xia. He wanted to explain but couldn't. They had never been together.

Mao You'an smiled nervously, "Teacher Xia, I haven't seen her in the past few years, but she is still so good-looking. Teacher Xia gave me advice at that time, but she still didn't live up to expectations."

"You did a great job! You guarded the border and made third-class meritorious service. At that time, the good news came to the school, and your current employer is also good. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be admitted to university to be the best."

Lu Rangwan didn't know about his meritorious service. At that time, she thought she said goodbye to everything.

Lu Rangwan was about to go to the student area in the back row, but Teacher Xia grabbed her hand and refused to let her go.

The three of them sat together and occasionally chatted about interesting things from the past.

"Later on, I never taught another class of high school seniors. I was afraid of separation and afraid of participating in your youth. In the end, I was alone on this empty campus." Teacher Xia was a little sad. "You are the most successful class I have ever taught." , there are many people who shine in different fields, and they come back to see me occasionally, but you two cruel kids are the only ones who never come back again."

"Later, when I taught students, I used you two as examples. Every time I talked about you, I was really angry and thought about you." She always talked about Lu Rangwan's studiousness and Mao You'an's guarding the border.

Teacher Xia knew that Mao Youan liked Lu Rangwan and understood their miss.

She was young too. Young love is doomed to be fruitless.