no road

In a blink of an eye, March of another year is coming, the high school entrance examination has long passed, and the college entrance examination is coming instead.Ruohe High School has an atmosphere of studying hard, honing a sword for ten years, only to get ahead in one day.

The spring sun still shines on the earth, under the long white clouds, the willow silk is blowing with the wind.

After school on Saturday afternoon, Le Lijia was still carrying her schoolbag and walking on the road with a few books in her arms. The crowd had gradually dispersed.Because it was Le Lijia's turn to be on duty, she returned home late after sweeping the floor.

As soon as she walked out of the school gate, she heard someone called Le Lijia from behind. She turned around and saw that it was Wang Ye. She glanced indifferently, ignored her, and continued walking forward.

Wang Ye wears a pair of extremely elegant black glasses on weekdays. He is a well-known university bully. With his handsome looks, he can be called a perfect boy.But no girl dared to chase him, and I never saw him chasing others. During a game in the third year of high school, after the classmates knew that the university bully liked Le Lijia, the classmates seemed to automatically put them in a team.

But Le Lijia doesn't like that, whether it's a top student or a handsome guy, it has nothing to do with her.

There were few people on the street, and for most of the day after school, everyone who should have left had almost left.The March breeze blows softly over the wicker in gusts.Under the sunny willows, Le Lijia didn't even intend to talk to the people behind her, she buried her head and walked hurriedly.

Le Lijia, who hadn't walked a few steps, was suddenly pulled by someone with brute force, and entered an alley.Le Lijia resisted, unable to make a move at all, the man who suddenly appeared in front of him was too strong, if he was too big to grab him like this, his arm might be crushed.

A few books in her arms were scattered at the entrance of the alley, and her schoolbag was also pulled off. A man in black with a hat and a black mask pressed her against the wall, then took out a knife, and pointed at her Cut off the right wrist.Le Lijia kicked violently, the man's knife scratched her arm, splashing bright red liquid on the wall.

Suddenly, something slammed on the man's head, and the man in black paused and threw himself backwards.It turned out that Wang Ye followed and ran into the alley.There are quite a few such narrow alleys around the school, and they are already in the middle of the long and thin alley, so shouting is of no avail.

The man swiped his knife at Le Lijia again.Le Lijia struggled desperately but couldn't get away, Wang Ye was thrown to the ground, and his glasses fell aside.

"Police! The police are here..." Wang Ye grabbed his glasses and shouted.

The man swiped and pushed again, pushing Le Lijia away, and ran towards the dark alley.

Le Lijia's right arm was scratched in two cuts, and blood kept gushing out, "tick tick tick..." It melted into the wet soil in the corner, emitting a fishy smell.

Wang Ye has seen the "alley outside the school" in the legends of the past, and it is much scarier than those rumors.In this dark and narrow alley, people can be bullied wantonly, even taking their lives, because there is no way to fight back.

A useless scholar, a useless waste, Wang Ye cursed himself while trembling.

Wang Ye grabbed the bag and the book in a daze, hurriedly picked up the pale-faced Le Lijia and went straight to the hospital.

In the hospital

"Thank you!" Le Lijia said to Wang Ye after bandaging her arms.

"Your right arm is injured, just take care of it for a few days. The pressure of your exam preparation and review seems to be even greater." Wang Ye looked at her arm wrapped in thick white gauze and said.

"But don't give me a chance, Sanmo, I will definitely surpass you. When the teacher asks, you can answer truthfully. I don't know if that person is looking for me." Le Lijia smiled at Wang Ye explain.

"Maybe you were innocently targeted by street gangsters. Let me show you some color. You don't look like the legendary gangster." Wang Ye joked rarely.

"Give me some color..." Le Lijia was lost in thought.

"Do you know why he came to you? If you cause trouble outside, you must be honest as soon as possible. The people's discerning eyes will find out sooner or later." Wang Ye said.

"I'm sure I didn't bother you, do you believe me?" Le Lijia asked.

"Letter." Wang Ye replied with a smile.

On Monday, the homeroom teacher talked to witness Wang Ye and asked about the incident of students being injured outside the campus.Le Lijia went back to school after taking care of her arm for three days.

Three models, Le Lijia No. 1, there is only one point difference between her and Wang Ye.

The head teacher has an explanation for the stone that hangs in his heart. Le Lijia, the king of leave, has often "emergencies at home" for three years. He missed the second model for a series of unknown reasons. Not long ago, something really happened. I was accidentally scratched and recuperated for a few days, and had to ask for leave.However, it is really rare to keep excellent grades in the third mock exam, especially when I am so nervous in the third year of high school.

It can be said that Ruohe High School is going to produce double jades this year, Le Lijia and Wang Ye's champion titles seem to be a foregone conclusion in the end, and everyone is looking forward to it.

The last mock exam at the end of April, and the last period of high school in May, have come quietly.

Another weekend outside Ruohe High School, it was hot and dyed very foreign, a tall and thin girl was talking with Le Lijia not far from the school gate.

"Le Lijia." I don't know when this Wang Ye came over and called.He looked at the girl in front of Le Lijia, it was obvious that she couldn't be a high school student, in that dazzling hair and powdered fair face, a pair of black eyes were fake, they were the effect of colored contact lenses.

"Yo! You brat in Ruozhongli, this nose is quite handsome..." He Yifen joked to Wang Ye who was walking over.

"You mother shut up! Get out." Le Lijia said cursingly.Wang Ye ignored what He Yifen said to him, but when he heard Le Lijia swearing, he pulled Le Lijia's arm and motioned her not to cause trouble at the school gate.

"Shut up? Get out? My mother won't be able to avenge you if she doesn't get on your bad luck." He Yifen raised her left hand, spread it out, and cursed loudly.

The figures coming and going at the school gate gathered one after another, looking at He Yifen curiously.

"Aren't you, Le Lijia, just pretending to be a hero? Aren't you so great in true love? If you left this scar, you have to pay it back!" The brown marks on He Yifen's palm that were burned by cigarette butts were as clear as yesterday.

Seeing that the girl with a strange shape in front of him seemed unwilling to give up on Le Lijia, Wang Ye turned serious. "What do you want to do here?"

"You handsome guy, okay?" He Yifen narrowed her eyes and said with a smile.Under Wang Ye's gentle glasses, he fixed his eyes on He Yifen and remained silent.

"Get out!" Le Lijia pushed He Yifen violently.

"Heh! Actually, I won't do anything to you here. I'm here to tell your family's secret. I didn't expect you, Le Lijia, to change your taste and have a new love. You are a handsome guy." He Yifen Face teased.

"Secret, that's not what you said." Le Lijia stared at her fake eyes and said.

"You..." He Yifen seemed to have something stuck in her throat.

"You pervert, your Yingzi is getting married!" Seeing that Le Lijia didn't seem to want to pay attention to her anymore, He Yifen yelled.

Le Lijia turned to look at He Yifen.

"Why are you unhappy? As a lover, your heart is cut like a knife. Not only is she going to get married, but she is going to sleep in someone else's bed! But this time it has nothing to do with me. You were fucking capable of messing with me last time. This time you Go get that man!" He Yifen roared and laughed, the resentment in her eyes seemed unable to be drained away.

Le Lijia ignored her out-of-control face, but took out a cigarette from her bag with her backhand, lit it neatly on her fingertips, turned her head and left with Wang Ye.

"Hey!!! Have you really changed your taste?" The hatred in He Yifen's eyes was still undiminished, she just wanted to avenge the revenge on the palm of her hand, and let out the anger that was pent up in her heart.But now, she can't imagine that she has nothing to do with Le Lijia's pervert.

Wang Ye and Le Lijia walked on the street without saying a word.

When parting, Wang Ye asked a little worriedly: "Do you want me to send you home?"

"No need." Le Lijia said indifferently, the smoke in front of her face seemed to make the distance between her and Wang Ye very close.

It was the first time Wang Ye saw Le Lijia smoking. In fact, he should have expected it a long time ago, because he had seen the lighter falling out of Le Lijia's schoolbag.

At the end of May, a torrential rain fell on this hot and dry land for a long time.The sound of the rushing rain and the gurgling water washed away too much dust.

Shuo Miying's small courtyard in Dongyuan District, Yanhua Town.

"Aunt Lian? Is Yingzi not here?" Le Lijia asked Aunt Lian, who was tidying up, when she entered the room, but there was no one and no sign of Yingzi.

"It's Xiaojia. Yingzi has gone out. I'll stay with her at grandma's house for a while. I'll come back later." Shuo Miying's mother said to Le Lijia.Her original name was Xue Lian, and sometimes she was also called Aunt Lian.

"Aunt Lian, when will you be back?" Le Lijia asked as she watched Aunt Lian busy packing Shuo Miying's things.

"In a few months, I'll find some work over there, so I can take Yingzi with me so I can take care of her," Aunt Lian said.

Le Lijia saw that she stuffed Yingzi's old rag doll into the bulging garbage bag, and said dryly, "Aunt Lian, leave this doll to me..."

Xue Lian pulled out the rag from the garbage bag and handed it to Le Lijia. "It's so big, still playing this..."

Le Lijia held the soft rags tightly, and her palms were sweating like boiling water.This ball of cloth is the beginning of her and Yingzi, the roadside that is vaguely like yesterday, because of this ball of rag doll, she met her...

No matter how time flows, no matter how the world changes, those things that happened in the past will not disappear, the things that once seemed rare will not change, and the familiar atmosphere will not disappear...

evening

"Yingzi. Do you want to go out to live?" Le Lijia asked Shuo Miying as soon as she came up, her youthful breath was in her ears, and she was inexplicably charming.

"Well, I'm going to stay with my mother at my grandma's house for a few days. She's looking for a job to make money, so I should do something real." Shuo Miying wrapped her arms around Le Lijia's neck and said.

"I don't want you to go." Le Lijia breathed into Shuo Miying's soft hair.

"I was expelled from the vocational school. I have nothing to do for the time being. I want to find something else to do. I will pick you up on the weekend and promise me to study hard for the college entrance examination and get into the best school." Shuo Miying whispered firmly in her ear. Begging.

"I'm afraid you're going away." Le Lijia pouted.

"I won't go far. I can't go to the end of the world or the cape, because I will always be your Yingzi, and I want to be with you forever." Shuo Miying looked at the quiet crescent moon in the distance, and poured out the moonlight She turned her eyes towards Le Lijia and said softly.

Under the crescent moon at night, the two of them sat side by side on the not very high but well-arranged steps. The Dongyuan community was extraordinarily quiet, as if they were the only ones left in the world.

June [-]th, the penultimate night before the college entrance examination.In the quiet small courtyard of Shuo Miying's house in Dongyuan District, a mahjong table changed everything. Under the dim light in the courtyard, several middle-aged women were sitting around, making a lot of noise.

"Hey, now that these children are grown up and have their own ideas, they don't care about their parents."

"Isn't that right? My son moved away shortly after he got married, and left me as an old man to support myself."

"They're all married? How old are you?"

"In my early twenties, I have done everything I need to do. Marry a wife and have children... I didn't cause any trouble. My fifty-year-old mother is thankful."

"Hey, if you want to say such a moth, who are you talking about?"

"By the way, Xue Lian, your daughter is not young anymore, do you have any plans?"

"What are your plans? I'll marry another day."

"Marry? Is this all chosen?"

"I have chosen, we will get engaged tomorrow! After a few months, I will treat you to a wedding wine." Xue Lian yelled in front of the mahjong table.

"Come on... the next one."

Le Lijia originally came to look for Shuo Miying, she thought Aunt Lian was back, and Yingzi was back too.It's just that Yingzi's mother came back to find a clean place to play mahjong.

After Shuo Miying's mother came back, there seemed to be a gap between Le Lijia and Shuo Miying. She couldn't tell... Le Lijia hadn't seen Yingzi for a week, but it seemed that many years had passed. She didn't understand why her recent self Always hesitating, always feeling uneasy, she is afraid of losing Yingzi, afraid of failing to get into a good university, afraid of the future...

Girls who graduated from junior high school together with Le Lijia, but didn't get into high school, some were married early within a few years, as if their lives were suddenly speeded up, getting married early, having children, growing old...

Tears are connected into silk thread, torrential under the moon.

Now that the June exam is coming, Le Lijia is going to find her Yingzi, she wants to see her before the exam, especially now.

Longing can be tolerated, and anxiety can also be tolerated.But she couldn't bear it. She couldn't do anything by herself, but she had to accept the arrangement of others or the so-called fate.

The day before the college entrance examination, Le Lijia hadn't contacted Shuo Miying for a long time, and Aunt Lian answered all the calls.She decides to go to her, she won't allow

"She's engaged tomorrow!!!".

Gu Yue Town is in the other corner of Huangcheng, tens of miles away from Fireworks Town, Le Lijia went to Gu Yue Town to find Shuo Miying.

At noon, in Guyue Town, a barber shop.

Shuo Miying packed her things and was about to go out, but she saw a person standing at the door.She was stunned and went out and asked in surprise, "Xiao Jia, why are you here?"

"I'm not coming, are you going to get engaged to someone else?" Le Lijia stared at Shuo Miying with tears in her eyes.

"What? Xiaojia, I'm going home to accompany you to the exam. You have the exam tomorrow, and you're still running around." Shuo Miying didn't understand Le Lijia's situation.

"Accompany me?"

"Of course, I'll just be with you." Shuo Miying quickly packed her bag and asked, "You just said you were engaged?"

"Your mother said it." Le Lijia replied.

"My mother? I haven't seen her for several days, how could I get engaged? Do you believe it?" Shuo Miying took Le Lijia's hand and asked softly, and walked out.

There was a gentle breeze in the streets, mixed with the smell of soil, giving off a fishy smell.

"I don't believe it." Le Lijia looked at Shuo Miying and replied.

"Let's go back soon, the college entrance examination is still up, my ancestor." Shuo Miying looked at Le Lijia and said.She was very anxious, she was so disobedient after the college entrance examination!

The next day

The heat wave outside Ruohe High School and waves of people beat against the weak guardrail of the school gate, and there was silence under the dense green shade in the school, with occasional bird calls faintly heard.

A rusted guardrail seems to separate two different worlds, one side is the silent battlefield, and the other side is the fierce human world.

The vigorous battlefield of the college entrance examination has already kicked off, and the victory and defeat are all in an instant, or between luck.

No matter how vigorous the two-day college entrance examination was, it ended in this afternoon under the flickering sunlight.

Candidates and parents are crowded at the school gate, and the heat wave spreads.On the other side of the campus, the tall, thin and familiar figure with tight ponytail came out of the examination room last. She dropped her bag and walked forward slowly.

She took a deep breath, as if tasting the afternoon sun for the first time.It's all over, and both good and bad will come.

Le Lijia followed Wang Ye at some point behind him. He picked up the muddy bag and chased after "Bao."

Le Lijia in front didn't seem to hear the voice clearly, and continued to walk slowly.

Wang Ye was not surprised either, Le Lijia gave him a lot, but he was very patient in this matter.

Wang Ye strode up to Le Lijia only to realize that something was wrong...

The person in front of him had tears streaming down his face. On his normally fair and frosty cheeks, the tears were muddy, and the luster of the past had completely disappeared.She was like the old woman who came down from the battlefield behind the gunpowder, her broken hair was fluttering around her ears, it seemed like frost and snow had fallen between her hair, and the tears were condensed into deep gullies on her face.

Wang Ye: "..."

This is the first time for Wang Ye to see a girl cry from the front, and this girl is still Le Lijia.

Wang Ye didn't know what to say for a while, he pointed at the bag in a daze, trying to comfort him, but he couldn't say a word.

"Are you... all right?" Wang Ye asked.

Le Lijia turned her head, "It's okay." She took the bag from Wang Ye's hand, wiped away her tears and walked forward.Looking at the leaving figure, Wang Ye couldn't help thinking about it, he didn't know what it was.

The turbulent crowd outside the school gate seems to have receded, but there are still many students, parents, security guards...

"dad…"

A fat middle-aged man pushed aside the crowd at the door and walked towards Le Lijia.

"Why are your eyes so red?" the man asked.

"Dad, what will happen if I don't go to college?" Le Lijia asked her father with a smile on her face.

"It's nothing, it's just going to school for more than ten years and it's all wasted." The man replied to her.Le Lijia's father is busy with business this time, or is he here to pick up his daughter after the college entrance examination.Because his daughter is the No. [-] scholar this time, and it has been a joyful thing since ancient times for a child to be the No. [-] scholar.

His daughter will have a bright future, and this father and mother did not live in vain.