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4. The class reunion is scheduled at a spicy girl restaurant near Huachenghui.

When Zhou Ruxin arrived, Li Xiaobo had just arrived.Li Xiaobo is the class monitor of Zhou Ruxin's high school class, and he has always been enthusiastic, so the students here all agree that he is the person in charge of the classmate association.In order to carry out regular gatherings, everyone established an unwritten rule, that is, each student pays 500 yuan per year as the membership fee for the class reunion, and Li Xiaobo is naturally the custodian of the membership fee.

Seeing Zhou Ruxin go in, Li Xiaobo showed a big smile: "Ru Xin, it's been a long time again!" Zhou Ruxin smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Brother Bo, I just had a bad cold when we got together last time. It’s not because I’m afraid of infecting everyone, that’s why I didn’t come. You see, how actively I responded to your call today.”

Zhou Ruxin has always been much closer to Li Xiaobo than other students.

All kinds of things in the world are mostly unpredictable fate.At the beginning, Zhou Ruxin went from the countryside to the county to study high school, even if it was only a small county town, for Zhou Ruxin who grew up in the valley, everything was so strange and at a loss.

Then, one day, while chatting with a group of children, Teacher Fang, the class teacher, said casually, seemingly unintentionally: "Ah, Ru Xin, look, it just so happens that you and Xiaobo are children who lost their mothers when they were young. It's rare to be in the same class by fate, and Xiaobo is a bit older than you, so he might not be as good as brother and sister."

So just like that, Zhou Ruxin gained a "brother".When Li Xiaobo's mother passed away, he was only six or seven years old. A little boy has to learn to take good care of himself from an early age, so he is far more mature and stable than his peers.Hearing what the teacher in charge said at the beginning, he really felt pity for this "sister", so he would naturally take good care of Zhou Ruxin.

I remember that in the first and second grades of high school, the canteen of Zhou Ruxin’s school was still the kind of big pot meal, that is, eight people sat around a table, and a box contained meals for eight people, and there were four or five dishes on the table.However, teenagers eat a lot of food, and that meal often can't satisfy the empty stomach. Naturally, there will be those stronger boys who will wander around the cafeteria, searching for the food on other people's tables.At this time, if anyone is a little late, it is inevitable that they will not even be able to eat their own meals.

At this time, Li Xiaobo's elder brother's strength came into play. He is tall and has long legs. He goes straight to the cafeteria after class, and he can always help Zhou Ruxin "keep" that meal.Zhou Ruxin enjoyed such elder brother's care for half a year.Then, Li Xiaobo had a girl he liked, and even though Li Xiaobo repeatedly emphasized that he would never "prefer sex over girls", Zhou Ruxin still insisted that he not "keep" meals for her anymore.However, this brother-sister relationship has continued.

Although Li Xiaobo later went to the liberal arts class, this friendship has not been alienated because of this.Unexpectedly, the two were admitted to the same university later.During this long time, Zhou Ruxin was most puzzled by the fact that Li Xiaobo, who is so good, had such a difficult relationship.Watching him fall into love time and time again, seeing him drunk and sad because of broken love again and again, the only thing Zhou Ruxin can do is to help him buy wine when he is broken in love.

In his senior year, Li Xiaobo decided to leave after another lovelorn, never wanting to return to his hometown with so many painful memories.Later, when he was far away in a foreign land, he met his current wife, and they got married and had children as a matter of course. Many years later, looking back at the past, Li Xiaobo smiled: "Who hasn't been young and frivolous? Ah, no, you haven't, Ru Xin." Yes, haha."

Zhou Ruxin also smiled: "Brother Bo, actually you want to say that I have never been younger?"

Li Xiaobo looked at his "sister" who had been with him for many years, and unconsciously expressed a little pity in his words: "Ru Xin, it is better to say that you have always been too sensible than to say that you have never been young."

Whether you are sensible or ignorant, life will polish our edges and corners and turn us into what we are today.

Before, Zhou Ruxin didn't know that her classmates were also working in Huacheng.It was after Li Xiaobo was transferred to Huacheng a few years ago that he contacted everyone one by one, and this occasional gathering came about.Also because of the arrival of her "brother" when she was young, Zhou Ruxin finally felt that she had some sense of being in Huacheng.

Every time Li Xiaobo organizes a gathering for everyone, Zhou Ruxin will definitely arrive, and she will come early, because only before everyone arrives, she will have some time to chat with Li Xiaobo.When all the students came together, Li Xiaobo would take care of everyone, so naturally he didn't have time to talk with Zhou Ruxin.

So Zhou Ruxin arrived early this day, and the two of them were chatting about things in their work and life.Not long after, the students came one after another, and Li Xiaobo ordered the waiter to serve the dishes.

In fact, this kind of class reunion should be similar no matter where it is, that is, everyone gathers together, eats and drinks, tells some irrelevant anecdotes about others, occasionally recalls the past, and imagines the future.Maybe in a few years, everyone will start talking to each other about their children.

Zhou Ruxin has never eaten much, and she is not good at chatting with people. On such occasions, she usually eats slowly, and the rest of the time is basically just sitting there and listening to everyone chatting seriously.In fact, looking at these familiar and unfamiliar faces, listening to everyone chatting, the past seems to be coming, and it seems to be as far away as the previous life.

When Zhou Wen was in high school, he was rated as a male chauvinist by the girls. Sure enough, he found a Hakka girl who was completely devoted to her husband. Master" status, he will respond to everyone drinking or playing cards together, and never has to worry about his wife getting angry.

When Zhang Binbin was in high school, he was famous for his image of a creamy boy. Zhou Ruxin always remembered that he did not hesitate to confront Teacher Fang in order to get a "Aaron Kwok" hairstyle. He would rather write a [-]-word review than change his hairstyle.Unexpectedly, this flirtatious young man found a very capable nurse as his wife in the end. Even the salary card was kept in the hands of his wife, and he was only responsible for the work.At every gathering, he is the only male classmate who doesn't drink, because his nurse wife attaches great importance to healthy diet and firmly forbids him to drink.

He Jieying and Zhou Ruxin are the "only two" girls in Huacheng's classmate group. She was famous for her good temper in high school, and she is still gentle and gentle as an adult. She found a husband who is very good at doing business. She has never had any disputes with her husband because of this, Zhou Ruxin has always thought that a woman like He Jieying is really a good wife.However, with the deepening of the relationship between the two, Zhou Ruxin also knew that Ms. He Jieying was not as gentle and deceitful as her appearance. Most of the time, she was just too lazy to care about it, that's another story.

Occasionally, students from other classes would come to have dinner together. Zhou Ruxin was not very familiar with it, so everyone just had a meal for friendship.Because Li Xiaobo's story is enough to write a book, so every time when the classmates get together, everyone likes to "talk about the past", mainly to use Li Xiaobo's sturdy relationship history as a present meal.Of course, the premise is that Li Xiaobo's jealous lady is not at the table, haha.

Although everyone knows the brother-sister relationship between Zhou Ruxin and Li Xiaobo, they also know that the book on Li Xiaobo's relationship history has nothing to do with Zhou Ruxin.Uh, the only time I had a relationship was when I was young and frivolous, someone laughed at Li Xiaobo who had broken up with him N times: "Boge Boge, you have such a close relationship with Zhou Ruxin, instead of being broken in love, you might as well just find her as your girlfriend ah?"

At that time, Li Xiaobo had just drank a whole catty of Erguotou because of a broken relationship, and he said harshly on the spot: "Look for her? Even if I have lost love 99 times, I still won't look for her for the [-]th time."

Later, when the students were playing around together, someone mentioned this matter, and someone with a good intention asked Zhou Ruxin enthusiastically: "Ruxin Ruxin, you are not angry when Bo Ge said this? Tsk tsk, this is a shame. Tight."

Zhou Ruxin smiled: "No, no, he said that, it's really for my own good. We can be brothers and sisters, but we can never be lovers, because I am definitely not suitable for him."

The girl who asked the question carefully looked at Zhou Ruxin, seeing that she was not talking ironically, she was very depressed: "Ru Xin, I think you are very good except for a little bit more flesh, your nose is like your nose and your eyes are like your eyes. , especially just looking at this face, it's quite delicate, why doesn't it suit him? He must have looked down upon you a bit."

Zhou Ruxin looked at her and smiled speechlessly: "Isn't all the essence of mine growing on my face?"

No matter when, she has always regarded Li Xiaobo as her elder brother in her heart. She deeply knows that Li Xiaobo is extremely machismo in his bones. Although he likes to take care of the weak, but at the same time, he will never allow his other half to really compete with him. Yes, and Zhou Ruxin has always been an extremely independent person. Such a life experience made her learn to walk her own life path early on, so she is definitely not suitable for Li Xiaobo.Li Xiaobo said that he still wouldn't look for her for the [-]th time, this is a true confidant.

Years later, after a dinner party, Zhou Ruxin accompanied Li Xiaobo, who was hugging her baby girl, along the long avenue along the river. When the wind from the river blew, she faintly sighed. Why did you choose such a woman?"

Li Xiaobo was silent for a long time: "Ru Xin, your sister-in-law has her own advantages."

Zhou Ruxin didn't say anything more.How many things in the world are drinking frozen water in the cold winter, only I know.

Whether a marriage is suitable or not is like whether a pair of shoes fit or not. Only the person concerned can know.

Zhang Binbin doesn't like Zhou Wen's wife who is too independent, and Zhou Wen will definitely not accept a woman who even wants to control herself when she goes out to drink.

Perhaps, everything is God's best arrangement.

Zhou Ruxin was slowly picking up the dishes, while watching the students at the table with a smile and thinking about the past.

The topic was picked up by Li Xiaobo, and it was about the boys' dormitory conversations.Teenagers, who are oppressed by their studies during the day, naturally want to find some topics to vent their passions that have no place to rest before going to bed.

Zhang Binbin smiled and said: "I remember that what everyone liked most at that time was to rank the girls in the class. Hey, Jieying, you were very popular at that time. No matter who ranked, you were in the top three."

Zhou Wen echoed: "Really, even Bogo, who had a heart to belong to back then, would count you in the top three."

He Jieying smiled slightly: "Just talk nonsense, if I was really so popular back then, why would I still be single when I graduated from high school?"

Li Xiaobo replied: "Aren't they afraid that they won't be able to catch up? Back then, everyone was a coward, so they said it fiercely."

Zhou Ruxin patted He Jieying on the shoulder lightly: "Hey, Jieying, don't believe me, I remember that even in the girls' dormitory, when everyone ranked, you were always in the top three."

He Jieying replied with a "tsk tsk" and said, "Ru Xin, don't come join in the fun, when did you nerd hear that someone in the dormitory ranked us?"

Zhou Ruxin became seriously serious: "Really, after the college entrance examination that day, you went back home, and those of us who are far away from home are still in the dormitory, so Lao He organized everyone to discuss the ranking of girls in the class. Remember that Jiajia is the first, Boge's goddess Xiao Xiao is the second, and you are the third."

Everyone laughed when they heard it: "Wow, really, it seems that the girls in our class are still very fair and just. The top three ranks are the same as our boys' rankings. Ruxin Ruxin, you still have the following rankings." remember?"

Zhou Ruxin thought for a while: "I just remember that I am the ninth child, so there are only ten girls in our class."

Li Xiaobo almost burst into laughter: "I guess you are ranked in reverse by weight."

He Jieying patted Zhou Ruxin comfortingly: "Our Ruxin's face can still see people, so I'm not afraid."

Alright, alright, Zhou Ruxin looked at herself, and then at He Jieying: "Jieying, when did you become refined? This figure is even more devilish than it was back then."

He Jieying replied resentfully: "When I became an advertising creative person."

This topic was over for the time being, the boys started a new round of toasting each other, He Jieying was also drawn into the wine fight circle, Zhou Ruxin continued to fight with her favorite pickled fish.