gentle fairy tale

September in the north is very autumnal, and the wind has the unique coolness of autumn.

The road in Yongzhou University is straight and open, with tall plane trees planted on both sides.

Yu Mian raised her head and looked at the luxuriant and huge canopy of the ancient tree, which she liked and made her feel familiar.This campus has a long history, is simple and elegant, and has a profound heritage. It makes people feel very comfortable as soon as they walk in.

There is a reception desk for freshmen at the gate of the school. Along the way, senior seniors offered to help with their luggage, intending to strike up a conversation, but Mr. Yu gave him a blank look. Where did you come from? Dare to miss his little cabbage.

Yu Mian also felt the unavoidable nervousness and excitement after coming to a new environment. Her sense of direction is not very good. Looking at the huge campus, she remembers every road she walked in a little confusion.Occasionally, she would see something that surprised her, such as the road downstairs of the dormitory full of ginkgo trees with golden leaves, and she suddenly wanted to show Pei Songxi a photo.

The first day of school was a bit chaotic. Fortunately, Mr. Yu not only brought someone to carry the luggage, but also brought the annoying Zhou Yao from before.He was busy up and down, checking into the dormitory, reporting for duty, medical examination, getting clothes for military training... By four o'clock in the afternoon, these things were finally done.

Yu Mian soon saw her roommates, two from the south, and one student who came from Mingchuan City like her, but they were cold and didn't pay much attention to others.

After finishing all this work, Yu Anqing urged Mr. Yu to go home. He is getting old, so he is not able to run around like this.It's just that the old gentleman seemed uneasy, and drove Yu Mian to have dinner outside the school. Before leaving, he choked up in the night wind: "How can we, Xiao Mian, grow up so big in the blink of an eye?"

Yu Mian was a little at a loss: "...Grandpa, you... what's wrong with you, I'm fine."

Yu Wenqing looked at the slim girl in front of him, and thought of her parents who died in a car accident long ago. He felt that he owed her too much, but she didn't seem to feel that way at all.Her heart seemed to be filled with something, so peaceful and peaceful.

He smiled helplessly and waved his hands: "Forget it, forget it. You are old and sentimental, don't worry about me. Go, go back to school. Grandpa is leaving, you have to be good at school."

Yu Mian was stunned for a moment, then went up to hug him gently, and said with some hesitation: "I know you care about me, I will take good care of myself. Don't worry."

She is not yet fully familiar with her family, so her movements are a little stiff, but she has a gentle and transparent character, and understands what the old man is sad about, so she can only try to appease him.

Yu Wenqing wiped his eyes: "Hey, grandpa knows. Go, we'll take you back."

Standing outside the school gate, Yu Mian watched the black car gradually drive away and disappeared into the boundless night, and suddenly murmured softly: "I'm the only one left..."

The evening wind made the leaves rustle, she walked under the dim street lights and called Pei Songxi.

After a long time, the phone was connected, and an elegant and clean voice came: "Mianmian, are you done with everything?"

Yu Mian hummed lightly, and said a little angrily, "I'm done. You, you didn't call me."

"I... I'm a little busy."

There seemed to be a faint sound of wind at the other end, which was in line with the sound of wind in her ear.

"Well...then I can't seem to do anything to you, you've always been busy."

"Well, where is Mr. Yu?"

"They're back."

"Did you leave so soon?"

"Let's go. I'm on my way back to the dormitory now...Hey, does this count as what you said, walking alone at night?"

Pei Songxi smiled: "It doesn't count, I'm..."

"Ok?"

"...It's nothing. I'm working, so I'll hang up first, okay?"

Yu Mian was a little disappointed: "Is it okay to talk a little longer, after I get to the dormitory. I... I want to talk to you a little longer, I want to hear your voice."

In this way, you will feel at ease in a strange city.

"Okay. How is the dormitory environment? Have you met your roommate?"

She didn't hang up the phone, and Yu Mian felt a little more relaxed: "The environment in the dormitory is pretty good. I also met my roommates, two southern girls, and one is also a student of Mingchuan, but not a student attached to the province, it seems to be a student of No. [-] Middle School No. [-]."

"That's good, maybe we can take a car together in the future."

"She's a little cold, not very talkative."

"Yes, after all, not everyone has such a good personality as you."

"Pretty good..." Yu Mian blushed and smiled, "What are you complimenting me for?"

Pei Songxi laughed too, her voice was mellow and sweet, and it sounded extra warm in the night wind.

Yu Mian walked downstairs to the dormitory, but didn't want to go up.She was reluctant to hang up the phone, and went back and forth a few times on the first floor, staring at the notice board downstairs in the dormitory in a daze, flicking the thumbtacks on it time after time.

Pei Songxi seemed to be able to see what she was doing, and asked her, "Are you here?"

"I...how did you know?"

"Because there is no wind."

"Pfft, well, it's very windy here. Mingchuan doesn't even have such a strong wind, and the wind here hurts my face."

"It's like this in the north. Well, go in quickly, go back and tidy up, and rest early."

Yu Mian couldn't give up anymore, and didn't know what else to say, she lowered her head and stepped on the tiles on the floor to walk in: "Okay, I'm going back. Good night."

A low voice came from over there: "Good night."

The start of school is busy and chaotic.

The young girls in the dormitory chatted after turning off the lights at night. Two southern girls, one named Su Yu and the other named Ran Lin, were lively and lively people, and soon chatted with Yu Mian; the girl from Mingchuan was named Shen Dengqing , cold and introverted personality, rarely speak.

With two extroverts in a college dorm, the whole dorm would be buzzing.Early the next morning, Su Yu and Ran Lin took Yu Mian and Shen Dengqing to eat breakfast at an online celebrity shop outside the school. Everyone was sitting in the breakfast shop with dark circles and yawning. was drawn closer.

On the way back to school, Yu Mian looked back a little uncomfortably, and Su Yu asked her, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay...it just feels like someone is watching me."

Ran Lin laughed loudly: "What are you looking at, I'm looking at the little beauty from which courtyard you are, and I am going to abduct you!"

Yu Mian pursed her lips and smiled: "You're kidding me again, let's go, the opening ceremony in the courtyard is about to begin."

That’s how college life began. The first things that came were military training, English placement tests, the recruiting work organized by the school and departmental students, and the propaganda battles of major clubs... The days passed quietly and without a sound.

The instructors are very strict. They assemble earlier than other phalanxes every morning, and the training is more rigorous. During the training period during the day, there is almost no time to look at the mobile phone.Every night when I go back to the dormitory and lie on the bed, I feel back pain.Yu Mian hadn't looked at her phone for a few minutes before falling asleep unknowingly, and when she woke up it was the next day.

While preparing for the placement test, Yu Mian also signed up for the school debate team and an animation club. It was difficult to find time to call Pei Songxi, so she could only send her a message.

But they seem to never be on the same channel, and it takes a long time to see her reply after the message is sent, and when she goes back during the interval of military training, it often takes a day.

After the turbulent school life passed, and the exams and club interviews were settled, Yu Mian finally found the time and made the first phone call to Pei Songxi.

When that familiar voice came through the airwaves, she almost burst into tears. While secretly disgusted with her disappointment, she spoke in a more cheerful tone: "Long time no see, Pei Xixi!"

Pei Songxi smiled softly: "Long time no see, Mianmian."

Yu Mian heard tiredness from her voice, and asked her hesitantly, "Are you busy recently?"

Pei Songxi hummed: "A little bit. How are you? Are you still used to it?"

Yu Mian lay on the bed, wearing earphones.Her voice gently tapped her eardrums, and again and again, she suddenly felt missing: "I... It's okay, but I want to go home. The military training will end on the 25th, and the National Day will be soon. I……"

我 很想 你.

Pei Songxi said softly, "I'm not at home on National Day."

Yu Mian was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's okay... I was wondering whether I should go home for the National Day. I have only been here for [-] days, and now it seems that the time to go back is too short. And my roommate asked me if I would like to participate in a The competition is open to freshmen in our courtyard, I..."

She said a long, long string in one breath, and suddenly choked up at the end: "Are you busy recently, are you always away?"

Pei Songxi was silent for a moment: "Sorry, Mianmian."

"Don't say sorry, I'm just asking... that's all."

Since when did you always say sorry to me?

The phone call didn't last long, and she hung up quickly, because Yu Mian heard someone talking on her side, still speaking in English, and it seemed that she was busy with work.So she didn't want to take up her time anymore, she just said something to let her go to bed early, and then hung up first.

The military training is over, there are many courses in architecture, and the tasks are heavy. The students only have a day off before they start class.However, as the National Day approached, teachers and students seemed to be a little out of shape. Even Yu Mian, who was sitting in the first row, stared at the sycamore leaves gently moving in the wind in a daze.

Classes from morning to night, when the bell rang for the end of the last class, the students stretched themselves, packed their schoolbags, and went out in twos and threes.

Outside the teaching building, Su Yu and Ran Lin looked at each other, smiled secretly, then patted Shen Dengqing on the shoulder, and winked at her: "You and Yu Mian go back first, we'll be back later."

Shen Deng lightly nodded: "Okay."

Yu Mian didn't notice what her roommate was saying, and it started to rain lightly on the way back to the dormitory from the teaching building.

She was holding an umbrella, and heard the sound of raindrops falling gently on the umbrella, the leaves, and the soil.

She heard herself sigh softly.

Today is her birthday.

Aunt Pei didn't call her.

In fact, birthday...isn't a big deal, but this year's birthday, not only can't eat the cake she bought, she can't make a wish in the candlelight, she can't even hear...a word of blessing, she can't control herself and feel lost.

She always felt like something was missing.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, Shen Deng lightly poked her umbrella with his umbrella: "Yu Mian? Your schoolbag is going to be wet."

Yu Mian regained consciousness and opened the umbrella, it seemed a bit late.When she got to the dormitory, her clothes were also wet.She put down the umbrella, hung it up, went to the bathroom to take a shower, came out to sit and wipe her hair, and heard Shen Deng softly say: "Your phone rang just now."

She froze for two seconds, threw down the towel, picked up the phone, her fingertips were wet with water and couldn't unlock it, she wiped it with a tissue in a little panic, turned on the screen, and there was a missed call.

It's her calling!

So she remembered, she remembered!

Yu Mian put on the earphones, dialed back, while waiting for the connection, she heard the sound of her heart beating wildly, and after a few seconds, the other party answered, with the gentle voice as always: "Mian Mian, happy birthday. "

The previously vacant place was instantly filled.

The corners of her lips curled up slightly, and she stood by the window and called her: "Aunt Pei, are you home, or where are you?"

"Well... at home."

The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, Yu Mian closed the window: "Oh, I heard the sound of heavy rain over there. I just returned to the dormitory, and it rained heavily today, luckily I came back early."

"Don't go out on a rainy day. The gift for you should arrive tomorrow. This time it's estimated to be at the wrong time."

Yu Mian lowered her head and smiled, the window glass was foggy, she moved her fingertips on the glass, subconsciously wrote a few words, which quickly blurred: "It doesn't matter the gift, I don't need anything, Don't buy me things all the time."

Pei Songxi also smiled: "After all, it's your birthday."

Yu Mian paused, then said softly: "I thought you forgot."

"Mianmian..."

Yu Mian bit her lower lip, and couldn't help being coquettish with her: "I don't lack anything. It's just... just, when you are free, can you come and see me?"

For example, today, she really... misses her so much.

Pei Songxi's voice was very soft: "...Sorry, I can't."

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

Soon there was another loud noise. Someone opened the door and came back, and seemed to say happy birthday loudly. It sounded like her roommate, who enthusiastically brought her a birthday cake.

After several seconds, Yu Mian finally recovered her voice: "Okay... I understand, you take good care of yourself. I'll hang up first."

Upstairs, the room by the window is lively and lively, with a faint warm light shining through the glass.There is a pink hairpin on the window sill, which is her room.

Downstairs, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and some pedestrians were standing in the rain with umbrellas.

After a long time, the man under the plane tree left.