nostalgia

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is coming, and the atmosphere of Christmas is still pervasive. There are unremoved Christmas trees and the peaceful old man with the gray beard everywhere.

This year's winter seemed to be colder than usual. Once the snow fell, it would be endless. It would accumulate deep on the ground and then melt again. It was so dry and cold because there was no sun in between.

The moment the New Year's bell rang, Li Suran picked up his mobile phone and looked for Zhong Jinxi's number. Zhong Jinxi changed the number frequently, so Li Suran simply stopped memorizing it.It was already [-]:[-] when I dialed, and the line on the other end of the phone showed that the line was busy, and when I called again, the line was still busy.

So I dialed it over and over again, and when I finally gave up, the time showed 00:21.

Suddenly remembered something, got up like a thief and crossed to the door of Lin Xu's bedroom lightly.The hesitation was finally defeated by curiosity, Li Suran slowly put his ear close to the door, there was a booming buzzing sound inside, each syllable was a heavy bass sounded through the wooden board, and the characters were vague and distant one by one.

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He straightened up abruptly, and finally blocked the noisy sounds, but his ears kept playing like a repeater.

It turned out that he was talking on the phone with Lin Xu, maybe when Li Suran was looking for the phone number.Li Suran couldn't recite Zhong Jinxi's number, but Lin Xu could, so he could only watch helplessly as others snatched it away.

Over the past month, Li Suran and Zhong Jinxi seem to have quietly returned to their previous appearance.Regarding the previous misunderstanding, whenever Li Suran wanted to have a chance to chat with him and apologize, Zhong Jinxi always interrupted Li Suran to talk about other things. After a long time, they didn't mention a word, and lived as usual every day. , eat together and go to bed together, but they no longer hold hands and hug, and they don't talk affectionately, Zhong Jinxi no longer goes to their dormitory just to find Li Suran.

It's like setting the clock back several months, and then pulling out the pointer, so everything has come to a standstill, and this year has passed by.

When Zhong Jinxi knew it was his mother calling, he had a childlike smile on his face, "Mom."

His ears accepted the message without any precautions. He thought it would be great if he had earplugs or something, so he could not hear anything now.

The smile froze on his face like that, and continued to freeze, appearing a little distorted.

His hands trembled uncontrollably, and the phone fell to the ground. The back cover and the battery board separated with a crash. Zhong Jinxi knelt on the ground with some unsteadiness, picked up the parts, and put them back together little by little trembling.

Fortunately, it can be turned on.The number I used to be so familiar with today I pressed several times, but in the end I still couldn’t get through, either because the user was busy or not in the service area, so anxious Zhong Jinxi yelled: “Hurry up and answer the phone, Li Suran!”

Finally gave up and ran to the dormitory in a hurry.

Just after turning on the phone just now, Zhong Jinxi suddenly realized that he couldn't be indifferent to him at all, no matter how much he tried to persuade himself not to care, even if he pretended, at this second, all the illusions he created collapsed instantly.

Because, when something happened, Li Suran was the first thing that came to mind, when he needed comfort, strength, and support, he was the first thing that came to mind.

Back in the dormitory, I sorted out a few changes of clothes and stuffed them into the small bag.When leaving, he knocked on Li Suran's door without giving up.

When Lin Xu saw Zhong Jinxi outside the door, his eyes became clear, but Zhong Jinxi's eyes passed through Lin Xu, searching the room.Lin Xu smiled bitterly: "Li Suran is not in the dormitory."

"Not here..." There was obvious disappointment in the voice, "Did he tell you where he went? When will he return? Do you know?"

By the end, the voice was a little choked up.

"He didn't tell me. What's wrong with you, Zhong Jinxi, is something wrong? Tell me if you have something to do, maybe I can help you too."

Finally, even breathing became unbalanced, the strings that had been stretched for too long finally became soft because of others' worries, and the tone of voice finally turned into weakness.

"...My dad, something happened."

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Li Suran still thought about it, but finally shook his head.

Shen Yao patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't answer me so hastily, you can go home and think about it, discuss it with your parents."

"Mr. Shen, I've thought about it. Although it's really good to continue my studies, I just want to focus on the internship now. I want to step into the society as soon as possible."

"Did you know that when I go to Japan to study for graduate school this time, there are only 4 places in the whole college, and the school pays the full cost of study. When I return from graduate school, I can come to the school to teach directly. This is a rare opportunity. If you miss it, It's gone."

After all, Li Suran was just a mortal, and he was still a little shaken by what Shen Yao said, and he asked, "How long will it be?"

"Only two years."

"It's been so long..." Li Suran was thoughtful.

"Are you reluctant? Use two years in exchange for your future, and use this time to reposition your relationship."

As expected of Shen Yao, he stopped talking, but let you know that he has seen through your mind, Li Suran patted Shen Yao's shoulder with a haha, "How can that be, I think you are really kind, helped me to win Such a good deal."

When leaving, I added: "I will think about it carefully."

And 10 minutes later, the door was opened again, and it was still the same person who left with a smile a few minutes ago, and his face was no longer as relaxed as before.

Li Suran walked in front of Shen Yao, and said sullenly, "Mr. Shen, I started thinking as soon as I went out. I thought as I walked. My future is in my own hands. You can say that I am too naive to understand the current society." It is true that I just came out of the ivory tower, but I am just a newborn calf. I believe that as long as I work hard in the future, I will have a good job, but——Zhong Jinxi only has one... I don’t want to lose him, Now he still has Lin Xu by his side, and I'm afraid that after three years, my advantage over him will disappear...so, I still won't go. "