gentle fairy tale

During the last six months in Yongzhou, Yu Mian was very busy with her study and living arrangements. It was not until the end of June that she had time to look back on her two years in college.

I have passed the English proficiency test, and my grades in all subjects are close to full. The architectural design competition I participated in with my classmates was shortlisted for the national competition. Although I only won the third prize because of my lack of experience, it is already very valuable for undergraduates. .Not to mention the golden and heavy medals she won in major debate competitions filled her drawers.

When Yu Mian was tidying up slowly under the desk lamp, her roommates would always come over to make fun of her, asking her if she wanted to take away all these precious certificates and medals.

She smiled and said no, she put these items that were not necessary to take away in the box, but felt hesitant when she went to the courier point to send the courier, she subconsciously wanted to fill in Mingchuan's address, and finally sent it back to Qingning.

The end of the school year, July, midsummer.

Mr. Yu still drove to pick her up and asked her if she wanted to go back to Mingchuan. After all, soon...I won't see Pei Songxi soon.

The wind made the leaves rustle, she lowered her head in the summer evening wind and smiled: "No need."

She misses her, but doesn't want to see her at the moment.

Yu Wenqing felt that her emotions had settled down. When she came to pick her up a few times before and asked her if she wanted to go back to Mingchuan, the little girl was somewhat hesitant, but now her eyes were calm and firm, as if she knew what she was going to do.

The day before she left, she received a call from Wei Yi, saying that a courier had been sent to her and asked her to go out and sign for it now.

The courier brother was waiting outside, and sent her books and clothes that she had left in Mingchuan before, a bag of fresh and bright sweet oranges, and a separate box that looked like it contained necklaces and other jewelry .

Yu Mian didn't hang up the phone, but wearing earphones, she couldn't help smiling: "Sister Wei Yi, why are you sending me these?"

Wei Yi paused for a moment: "You...you can watch it yourself when you get here. Be good, Xiao Mianmian."

Yu Mian said yes, and patiently listened to her instructions.

Before hanging up the phone, she said softly: "You tell Aunt Pei, and I will find the answer."

The next day, when she left, no one sent her off.

At the airport, she was carrying a schoolbag, a suitcase in one hand, and a canvas bag in the other, which contained two fresh oranges and a bottle of mineral water.

Sitting in the airport lobby, the air conditioner was blowing a bit cold. While waiting to board the plane, she suddenly remembered that the box hadn't been opened last night, and it was in her schoolbag.

She was a little curious about what it was. Pei Songxi had given her many bracelets and other things before, but she seldom wore them and kept them at Mingchuan's home.

It's just that this box doesn't look like the others.

The black velvet shell is very heavy and textured.

She gently opened it, and only took a look, but was shocked...the string of Buddhist beads was inside.

From the first time she met Pei Songxi, she wore the string of rosewood beads on her white wrist.

When she was young, she leaned on her lap to play, and sometimes when Pei Songxi was too busy to take care of her, she always twirled restlessly. Later, Pei Songxi took off the beads and gave her to play with them, and touched her chin by the way. Tell her to be nice.At that time, she was greedy for Pei Songxi's gentle indulgence, and would always turn her head away and secretly laugh.

The only relic left to her by her mother.

It has been worn on her wrist every day for more than ten years, and the pattern of lotus and auspicious clouds has been worn away and it is somewhat unclear.

Yu Mian gently picked it up, her fingertips trembling a little... It has a slightly cool and warm texture, a clear and cold woody fragrance, but it seems to have been contaminated by the owner's temperature, sticking to her wrist, like a soldering iron, scalding her Tears fell.

When the boarding prompt sounded, she slowly put the string of beads on her wrist, put the box back in her bag, and walked forward without looking back.

There were not many people on the plane, she sat by the window and soon fell asleep.

It was just that she was woken up by the stewardess after not sleeping for a long time. The young woman in business attire bent down and asked her, "Miss, are you okay?"

Yu Mian was stunned for a few seconds, felt her face was wet, raised her hand to touch the tears, and then smiled at her with embarrassment: "It's okay."

She looked at the window for a long time, and the magnificent light of the setting sun danced gently across the glass.

She remembered that photo, opened her schoolbag and looked at it, and it was safely placed in the middle of the schoolbag at the moment.

It was the first time that Pei Songxi went to her parents' meeting. She first talked to Xiaoyan outside, but then ran to the window, tiptoed to look at her, and smiled at her, not knowing what to think.When the parent meeting was over, they took that photo under the ginkgo tree.

The winter sun was gentle and bright, and the young woman was cold and gentle, with her head lowered, her green fingers picking up a golden ginkgo leaf from the top of the girl who looked up at her.

Such a great time.

It's been more than ten years... The corners of the photo have turned yellow, and it seems to have been slightly soft-focused.

This was what she secretly took away when she left Mingchuan last time.

There are some old things scattered around the photo, and there are small white jade earrings, which are clear and clean. She once greeted her master under the light... It should have been returned to Pei Songxi, but she still kept it.

Her little selfishness.

Yu Mian took out that photo, kissed it lightly, placed it close to her chest, and fell asleep with it in her arms, even though she was about to arrive in a strange country, her heart was full of courage.

In her junior year, Yu Mian was 20 years old, she was abroad and did not go home.

Living in a new environment requires adaptation, but fortunately, Yongda Architecture Department has a lot of students who have filled in the 22-degree system, so there are more than a dozen undergraduate students in the new class, who were unfamiliar before, but after coming to a strange city , everyone soon became familiar with it.

In the first two years of university, Yu Mian seldom talked to people, but from this year onwards, she became more fond of making friends than before.But most of the time, she still stays alone in the library and draws pictures. She can often draw for a whole day, and only returns to the rented apartment late at night, feeling calm and at ease.

Sometimes boys from other countries would ask her for contact information, even the classmates in the class, but she only smiled at them and politely refused.

In the third month after she came to the new city, Xu Xiaoyan flew over to see her, and brought her current boyfriend, a sunny boy with blond hair and blue eyes, when he looked at her, his eyes were full of doting.

Yu Mian took them around the university campus, walked through the city, and finally sent them to the station.

Before parting, Xu Xiaoyan held her hand and sighed: "You, you are too serious."

Yu Mian couldn't help but smiled: "What about you, keep changing. The boyfriend you mentioned before seems to be a Chinese, why is he now a foreigner?"

Xu Xiaoyan curled her lips in dissatisfaction: "That person is cheating, bye bye bye bye, the next one will be better."

Her attitude towards life is almost a game. When she was young, she didn’t have high requirements for academic performance. She fell in love with a boy in middle school. Later, she fell in love with him for a while. After graduating from high school, she went abroad. Before graduation, she decided to start a family with her boyfriend. flower shop.

Yu Mian used to envy her unrestrained chic, but as she got older, she knew that it would not be her way: "We are different, Xiaoyan, but I like my choice."

Xu Xiaoyan bit her lower lip and couldn't help it: "You...you are just too stubborn. You like your Aunt Pei, right?"

Yu Mian froze for a moment: "How do you know?"

Xu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes: "Of course I know, we all know."

"……yes?"

"Well, yes. I won't lie to you."

Yu Mian raised her hand and rubbed her reddened ear tips: "...so I didn't hide it so well."

It turned out that all the friends around her knew about it, so Aunt Pei should have known about it a long time ago, so she would alienate her, right?

She was annoyed for a moment, but after thinking about it, she just felt relieved.Her nature is such that she treats her feelings warmly and purely without reservation.

She can't lie to her heart.

Seeing her dazed expression, Xu Xiaoyan finally restrained her smile: "Then what are your plans now?"

Yu Mian lowered her head and smiled: "I haven't decided on a specific direction yet, but I know what I want."

Become an excellent and independent adult, meet more and more people, travel around such a wide world... and maybe one day, you can walk back to her.

Xu Xiaoyan also smiled at her, stood up and gave her a big hug, and when they parted, she suddenly asked her: "Tao Rang has also gone abroad, did I tell you?"

Yu Mian was slightly startled: "Have you gone abroad? No. But he told me before that he is trying to get the opportunity to go abroad on a government sponsorship."

Xu Xiaoyan nodded, with a bit more cunning in her eyes: "Yes, I also found out by accident. He is not from the same school as you, but he came earlier than you, and the summer vacation seems to be coming. Here, this is his new connection. Way. You remember to contact him."

Yu Mian didn't understand her gaze, and nodded slowly: "Okay, I know."

When sending Xu Xiaoyan away, Yu Mian stood where she was, staring at her back in a daze.

She remembered before, at the airport, when Pei Songxi sent her away.

It turned out that people who stayed in place and waited would have this... feeling of being left behind?

She seemed to know something.

On the way back to school, she called Tao Rang.

The moment the phone rang, the young man asked who she was with a gentle and clean voice.

Yu Mian burst out laughing: "Tao Rang? You are good or bad, and you don't contact me. I don't even know that you have gone abroad."

Tao Rang also laughed softly: "I'm sorry. I'm too busy."

Yu Mian stepped on the leaves on the side of the road, and heard a clear voice: "What are you doing now?"

Tao Rang introduced to her in an orderly manner: "I am doing three things. The first thing is of course learning. Now that there are such learning resources and atmosphere, we must make use of them; the second thing is to be a community volunteer. , currently organizing a student group that is helping unwed mothers, single parent families, alcoholic homeless people in the community around the school..."

His voice is gentle and clear, as always, the dazed youthfulness of his youth has faded away, and the still water runs deep.Just like his life choice, it is always clear.

He is a pragmatist, a youth leader in the community, and a realistic idealist. Every step he takes, he moves towards his goal.

Yu Mian gained more courage from his narration, and praised him sincerely: "You are excellent, Tao Rang."

Tao Rang belatedly realized that he had been talking for a long time, so he stopped and asked her: "Then you, what is your life choice?"

Yu Mian bent down to pick up a leaf, raised her head in the sun, and saw the exceptionally clear veins of the leaf illuminated by the sun, her voice became firmer: "I have a question that I can't answer for now. But, I will find the answer. "