endless summer

In the afternoon, after the last class.

Xia Yu put the books in her bag, walked out of the classroom with Shu Fang, and went to the bathroom along the corridor.

You Anlang came from the other side of the corridor.

Xia Yu grabbed the strap of her schoolbag tightly and took a step back from Shu Fang.

You Anlang walked up to Shu Fang with a smile, without even looking at him.

"You're here? Let's have dinner together and then go to rehearsal?" Shu Fang's eyes lit up.

"Okay." You Anlang nodded with a smile, and walked to the other side of Shu Fang.

"What rehearsal?" Xia Yu asked Shu Fang.

"Our drama club is rehearsing the play. I asked An Lang to help me play the second male lead," Shu Fang said, "Really, the male lead that was originally agreed upon, but he refused to die as soon as he heard that he wanted to embrace the heroine."

You Anlang blushed a little, lowered his head, and hummed lightly.

"Oh." Xia Yu went down the steps and walked in front of the two of them.

"Let's go to the second canteen for dinner, closer to the square, Xia Yu, will you go with me?" Shu Fang raised his voice behind him and asked.

"No, you guys go. I'll go straight back to the dormitory." Xia Yu waved behind their backs and left first.

You Anlang stopped and looked at Xia Yu's back with no expression on his face.

Shu Fang also stopped and asked him: "Why do I feel that you two are a little weird, are you having a conflict?"

You Anlang looked away, shook his head, "No."

Xia Yu returned to the dormitory, sat down at the desk, and read a book casually.

Suddenly the phone rang, and when he saw the caller ID, his expression changed, and he answered, "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

"Ayu, come to the hospital quickly, quickly..." The voice of the old man on the other end of the phone was choked up, unable to speak.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Xia Yu stood up abruptly, stuffed things like wallets and cups into her schoolbag, picked up her schoolbag, ran out of the dormitory, and ran downstairs quickly.

When I arrived at the school gate, I took a taxi directly to the hospital, and saw my grandfather with gray hair and stooped body at the hospital's billing office.

"I was critically ill three times, and the doctor said that an operation would be performed immediately." Grandpa grabbed the hem of his clothes, his eyes helpless.

Xia Yu nodded and walked along the corridor to the ward. A nurse in white was waiting for him at the door.

late at night.

The lights in the hospital corridors were pale.

Xia Yu sat by the wall with her elbows on her knees and her hands covering her face.

After a while, he took out his mobile phone to make a call, briefly told Shu Fang about the situation, and told him that he would not be going back to the dormitory tonight.

Leaning against the back of the chair, he stared at the ceiling in a daze, holding the phone loosely in one hand, and pinching the empty bank/bank/card in the other.

There was silence.

A short mobile phone notification sounded suddenly.

Xia Yu lowered her head and nodded, stood up abruptly, and stared at the phone screen in amazement——

Alipay: A transfer of 200,000 yuan has been received.

Transfer person: You Anlang.

After standing there for a long time, Xia Yu let out a solemn expression and walked towards the toll booth not far away.

I saw Grandpa sitting on the plastic chair next to him dozing off little by little, with dry tears on his wrinkled face, and drooping eyebrows and eyes in sorrow.

He gripped the phone tightly and quickened his pace.

After half an hour.

Xia Yu returned to the ward and helped grandpa to lie down on the bed.

Grandpa slowly turned onto the bed, half propped up and looked up and down at grandma lying beside him.

Grandma's face was sallow, her eyes were closed tightly, and she was wearing a translucent oxygen mask over her mouth and nose, breathing weakly.

Grandpa wiped the wet corners of his eyes and lay down beside her.

Xia Yu lowered her eyes, walked out of the ward lightly, and sat down on the chair by the wall in a daze.

three days later.

The teaching building, the entrance of a study room.

Xia Yu stood in the corridor, leaning on the railing, looking ahead.

You Anlang stood quietly beside him.

"The money is gone." Xia Yu said softly.

You Anlang took his hand and put a small bank/bank/card on it, "There is no password."

"No need," Xia Yu withdrew her hand and smiled at him, "He's gone."

You Anlang was taken aback, "Don't be too sad."

"I will pay back the money I owe you." Xia Yu's expression became serious, as if she had promised herself.

"Okay, I'll wait for you to return it." You Anlang looked at him quietly and said.

Three months later.

In winter, near the boys' dormitory building.

Xia Yu dragged the suitcase down the stairs and walked along the path.

Behind him, You Anlang asked him eagerly, "Can I go find you?"

Xia Yu turned her head and smiled at him, "Yes."

You Anlang watched his retreating back for a while, and then went to pack his luggage.

Three days later.

You Anlang sat on the bus, opened the window a little, and looked at the scenery outside the window.

The sky is icy blue, the fields are dull yellow, and the distant mountains are green in layers.

A cold wind blows.

He wrapped his windbreaker tightly, crossed his arms, and unconsciously wore a faint smile on his face.

The mountain road to Tashan Town is winding and winding, and the only way to do it is by bus.

After three hours of turbulence, all passengers were exhausted.

Finally, when the car stopped at the stop, the passengers flocked to get off.

You Anlang was in good spirits. After getting off the car, he walked two steps to a clump of wild flowers blooming on the side of the road, and looked around with great interest.

Suddenly his eyes froze.

Not far away, Xia Yu in a blue down jacket walked towards him along the path.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked side by side to a red brick hut.

An old man leaning on a cane stood in the yard looking at them.

Seeing them approaching, they smiled happily, "Come here, come here."

"My grandfather," Xia Yu supported the old man, and introduced, "My classmate You Anlang."

"Hi, grandpa." You Anlang said with a smile.

"Okay, Xiaoyou." Grandpa waved his hand, pointing to the hall with the open door, "It's cold outside, come in quickly."

The three sat down on the sofa in the hall.

Under the kotatsu in front of the sofa is a stove with dry wood burning, and the TV in front of the kotatsu is on, playing a certain singing program.

"Eat oranges." Grandpa pushed a plate of golden oranges on the table to You Anlang.

"Thank you." You Anlang picked up one and peeled it off.

The fire was burning very vigorously, and the old man was still stirring constantly, and the house became hot.

You Anlang took off his windbreaker and only wore a white shirt.

Xia Yu helped him hang the windbreaker on the coat rack next to the sofa.

He glanced at Xia Yu and then turned back, meeting his grandfather's eyes.

"What's wrong?" You Anlang blushed.

"Xiaoyou is so pretty." Grandpa smiled and got up, and walked towards the kitchen, "I'll get you water chestnuts to eat."

You Anlang blushed even more, and was stunned. Seeing Xia Yu sitting back, he asked, "How is grandpa?"

"Okay." Xia Yu took a sip of tea from the porcelain cup.

"Are you in a good mood?" You Anlang put down the orange in his hand, and picked up the porcelain cup to drink tea.

"At the beginning I cried a lot, but now it's much better." Xia Yu bowed her head, "I have fewer part-time jobs now, and I will try to go home to accompany him during the holidays."

"Aren't you tired?" You Anlang put down the porcelain cup and looked at him, "I'm usually busy with studies and public welfare activities, and I have so many jobs at the same time."

"Tired." Xia Yu smiled, "But I have to work harder and earn money to pay you back."

"I'm not in a hurry." You Anlang said.

"Your money is also your parents' money. I feel very sorry." Xia Yu stared at the ink lotus on the porcelain cup in her hand.

"No." You Anlang put his elbows on the table and looked at him, "My parents are both engaged in art. They make a lot of money but they don't know how to manage money. Later I studied finance and helped them buy funds and stocks. Only then did the family’s financial situation stabilize. Although I invested their money at the beginning, the profits earned are considered my labor remuneration, and I can spend whatever I want.”

"I'm willing to give it to you, you don't have to pay it back." You Anlang said.

Xia Yu looked up at him in surprise, and remained silent for a while without speaking.

Grandpa came back from the kitchen, put the tray in his hand on the table, and greeted the two with a smile, "Eat water chestnuts, eat water chestnuts."

In March, the new semester begins.

You Anlang is a sophomore and Xia Yu is a junior.

The two took the same public elective course, Classic Movie Appreciation.

some night.

The two went to class together and sat in the penultimate row.

After the teacher finished speaking, he turned off the lights in the classroom and played an old movie on the curtain——

"Broken Venice".

Most of the students here are born in the 70s, seeing black-and-white movies from the [-]s, and they are all buried in their desks playing with their mobile phones.

Only Xia Yu and You Anlang were startled, looking at the screen in surprise.

The video plays slowly.

After describing the down-and-out composer male protagonist walking alone for a long time, a beautiful Italian boy who seems to have stepped out of a medieval oil painting appeared.

There were exclamations and whispers in the classroom.

A girl in the back row was searching on the mobile webpage, and suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Wow! The most beautiful boy in the world 50 years ago?!"

Someone leaned closer to her to see: "Is that so?! It's really beautiful!"

You Anlang and Xia Yu exchanged glances and said with a smile, "You're pretty too."

Without even thinking about it, Xia Yu turned to look at him and smiled faintly: "You look better."

After speaking, he turned back and continued to look at the screen as if nothing had happened.

You Anlang stared at his side face, stunned.

Someone behind him poked his back with a pen.

Looking back, it was summer.

Shixia raised his eyebrows, and smiled teasingly: "This classmate, Xiu Enai, can you pay attention to the occasion?"

The girl sitting next to Shixia was holding her mobile phone, the white light illuminated her sweet face, covering her mouth and snickering, it was Yu Jiayue.

Xia Yu heard their conversation, but didn't respond, and was still focused on the movie.

You Anlang glanced at him, smiled at Shixia, and then turned back to watch the movie.

The phone vibrates and a new WeChat message is received.

Tokika: Finished?

You Anlang: Just friends.

After class, You Anlang and Xia Yu left the classroom together, and proposed to have supper, Xia Yu did not refuse.

Later, we went to class together, ate together, and had more and more opportunities to get along.

Like good friends.

one afternoon.

You Anlang waited outside the classroom for Xia Yu to finish his get out of class, and didn't see him until everyone was gone.

Seeing another familiar figure, Shu Fang.

You Anlang stepped forward quickly, grabbed Shu Fang, and asked him, "Where's Xia Yu?"

Shu Fang was surprised, "Didn't he tell you? Today is his girlfriend's birthday, and he went to X University to see her."

You Anlang was startled, and quickly took out his phone, and saw an unread message.

Xia Yu: I have something to do today, so I won't have dinner with you.

You Anlang looked at it for ten seconds before raising his head and saying to Shu Fang, "Oh, I just saw it."

Shu Fang nodded, "Shall we have dinner together?"

"Okay." You Anlang stepped forward and walked side by side to the cafeteria.

Shu Fang smiled, "Xia Yu has been saving money recently, and she skipped class yesterday morning to go shopping for gifts."

You Anlang also laughed, "Well, what shall we eat?"

Shu Fang lowered his head and thought about it, "Anything is fine, I like the chicken shredded cold noodles at the last window, it's super delicious, have you tried it?"

There is a small garden in front of the female dormitory of X University.

The plants are lush, the art is hidden, and couples often have trysts there.

In mid-April, the wisteria frame is full of flowers.

There are a bunch of men and women hugging and kissing under the flower stand.

The girl wore a ruffled shirt with a printed high-waisted skirt, revealing a pair of slender and straight legs.

The boy was a head taller than her, wrapped one hand around her waist, and clasped the back of her head with the other, kissing her passionately.

Xia Yu stood beside a banyan tree not far away and watched them.

Suddenly he let go of his hand, and a square gift box tied with a pink ribbon bow fell to the ground.

There was a snap, waking the two of them awake.

The boy let go of the girl, and the two looked over at the same time.

The moment she saw Xia Yu clearly, the girl's expression changed slightly.

The boy looked bewildered, and looked down at the girl before he seemed to realize something.

Xie Su brushed her slightly messy long hair and looked at Xia Yu with an embarrassed expression.

Xia Yu looked at her quietly for a while, then turned and left.

Did not pick up the gift box on the ground.

Xie Su saw it, turned back to Gao Wang and said, "You go first, I'll go find him."

Gao Wang frowned, "Why are you looking for him?"

Xie Su looked at Xia Yu's leaving back, "Tell him clearly."

Gao Wang put his hands on her shoulders, looked down into her eyes, "Okay, then I'll wait for you."

"En." Xie Su nodded and left.

A coffee shop outside the University X campus.

The main decoration is log color and white, and rhythmic and brisk pop music is playing.

Xia Yu was sitting on a chair, holding a cup in both hands and sipping coffee, her eyes fell outside the glass window, watching the people coming and going on the street.

Xie Su on the opposite side was leaning on the back of the chair with his hands on his lap. The hot milk tea in front of him hadn't been drunk yet and it was already cold.

After silently looking at Xia Yu for a long time, Xie Su said, "We are not happy together anymore, it's obvious, isn't it?"

Xia Yu still drank his coffee unhurriedly and looked out the window.

Xie Su put the gift box he picked up on the table, pushed it forward, "I'll give you this back."

After a moment of silence, Xie Su said again: "Other things, I will return them to you after I pack them up."

Xia Yu turned around and put down the coffee cup, "What am I going to do? If you don't want to stay, just throw it away."

"Ayu, you don't actually care about me." Xie Su said, "Yes, you have always been very kind and generous to me, and you never asked me to pay the bills even if your family was in a bad situation. But you know that your attitude means What are you wearing?"

Xia Yu listened quietly.

"As long as you can spend money, you don't want to spend time," Xie Su smiled. "It means that you are just used to having me, not loving me."

Xia Yu looked at her, "You think so?"

"I don't think so," Xie Su looked out the window, "It's the truth."

Xia Yu smiled slightly, "Then he loves you?"

Xie Su lowered his head, "Yes."

After a few minutes.

"I'm leaving, but he's still waiting for me." Xie Su got up from his seat and smiled brightly at Xia Yu, "Goodbye, Ayu, I'll pay this time."

After finishing speaking, she walked towards the cash register.

Xia Yu sat still, watching her walk away, she paid the bill, and she opened the door to leave.

After seeing her no more, Xia Yu said softly, "Susu, happy birthday."