silent age

The school said it had contacted Xu Mu's family many times, but in the end only Xu Mu's mother was contacted.As for the cousin mentioned in Xu Mu's posthumous writing—the Jiang family, including Xu Mu's cousin Jiang Yijue, none of them would come forward.

Bai Sihuan plans to take a trip to Tianjin during the holiday, hoping to deliver the recorder to Jiang Yijue.

Bai Sihuan didn't know much about Jiang Yijue, so he was about to search his name on his mobile phone when the phone rang.

Lin Siying's call came very suddenly. After nearly two years of no contact, his name suddenly appeared on the screen of Bai Sihuan's phone, which made Bai Sihuan feel at a loss.

Ren's phone rang for more than twenty seconds, and Bai Sihuan pressed the connect button.

"Hello? Sihuan, it's me." Lin Siying's voice was still so gentle and never changed.

After being silent for quite a while, Bai Sihuan whispered, "Brother."

"I heard that you have gone to Jiangda University. How are you doing there? Are you used to the environment there?"

"Well, it's okay." For some reason, hearing this voice, Bai Sihuan felt like crying.I don't know whether to cry for the long-lost concern, or for the long-lost person.He endured his hoarse voice and said, "I've been here for two years, and I have to get used to it if I'm not used to it."

"As long as you live well...I have already returned to China. How about going to Jiangcheng to see you next week? A friend can take us to play." Lin Siying added, "Kingsley, you also know him."

Bai Sihuan doesn't have much memory of Kingsley, he just remembers that it was the first man he saw, such a good-looking man.

He is a beautiful boy with tear moles, and he talks sweetly. He has visited Lin Siying several times at Lin's house, and Cheng Sutang likes him very much.Bai Sihuan had never seen Cheng Sutang like someone so much besides Lin Heng.

Lin Siying said that he has a lot of girlfriends, once a girlfriend walked past him holding another man's hand in order to make him jealous, but he didn't recognize who she was.Lin Siying said that Kingsley is someone who wants to play for a lifetime.

Sometimes Bai Sihuan is really envious of such a person, he can play life if he wants to, and let whoever he likes like it.And he can only be tortured and suppressed by this life, and rejected by everyone.

Bai Sihuan was about to answer Lin Siying with a "yes", when Lin Siying said in a low voice, "Actually, I have something important to tell you about Lin Heng."

"..." Bai Sihuan squeezed the phone tightly and fell into complete silence.

"Sihuan, did you hear what I said?"

"..."

"Then... that's it, I'll contact you again when the time comes." Lin Siying said "goodbye", but before Bai Sihuan could respond, she said goodbye and hung up the phone.

It's about Lin Heng.

This person's name appeared in Bai Sihuan's mind again.

He squeezed the phone tighter and tighter, and finally threw it on the table.

My head seemed to be hurting again.

Bai Sihuan rubbed his temples, desperately thinking about other things, he wanted to divert his attention.

He thought of Xu Yan, and remembered that when Xu Yan passed by the store that day, he stared at a Burberry leather bag for a long time. He worked several jobs in a row just to buy that bag for her.

Thinking of this, Bai Sihuan immediately went out, regardless of whether he had saved enough money or not, and rushed directly to the shopping mall.

The leather bag is still on the cabinet, and the price is clearly marked, 50 yuan.

The memory is not broken, in the full-length mirror next to the cabinet, Bai Sihuan seems to have seen the scene of Lin Heng wearing the brooch for him that year.

Bai Sihuan looked away from the full-length mirror, without further ado, took down the leather bag, asked the waiter to swipe his card to pack and pay.

The 100 yuan I had just saved from my salary in the first two days was only [-] yuan left.He didn't even take the bus when he went back, Bai Sihuan walked directly.

After arriving at school, he asked Xu Yan out, handed her the purse, and said with some difficulty, "This...is for you."

It's just that Xu Yan didn't realize the unbearable pain contained in his labored voice. In Xu Yan's eyes, Bai Sihuan looked as if he was shy.

When Xu Yan got this surprise, he was so happy that he almost cried out.She hugged Bai Sihuan and shouted, "You are so kind to me!"

"Brother, you are so kind to me." The old and musty words suddenly entered Bai Sihuan's ears, and the forgotten voice suddenly remembered, the person who hugged him and leaned against his ear, as if Just met yesterday.

Bai Sihuan suddenly pushed Xu Yan away, took a step back, and lost all strength when pushing her.

Xu Yan stared at him blankly and asked, "Why, what's wrong?"

"I... I just came back, covered in sweat, and haven't taken a shower yet."

Xu Yan's expression relaxed, and his smile resumed: "Oh, then you go back and take a shower first, and then rest, we... see you tomorrow."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Bai Sihuan looked at Xu Yan's happy leaving figure, and the pain in his heart was more or less relieved.He thought, at least he can afford to make others happy, not all useless.

In the next few days, he only ate one meal a day, or he still went to work and ate working meals at the work place, so as to barely survive.

As the day when Lin Siying was coming was getting closer, Bai Sihuan's heart became more and more chaotic.

He didn't want to see Lin Siying, didn't want to hear any news about Lin Heng, didn't want to know anything about Lin Heng.It's just that he didn't know how to avoid Lin Siying.

On Friday, the general secretary of the school called Bai Sihuan to the administration building, saying that he had something to discuss with him.

Bai Sihuan didn't understand what the general secretary could talk to him, and he had the impression that the school's general secretary was not a good talker either.

When he was a freshman, he applied for a poverty bursary. Because there was an "office" stamp on the poverty certificate, the general secretary firmly refused to give him the bursary.

To change the certificate, he needs to go back to Shanghai to find Bai Ying in person, and ask Bai Ying to go to the relevant department to exchange for another certificate.

He called Bai Ying at the time to talk about this matter. Bai Ying was angry because Bai Yuancheng stole the money, and scolded Bai Sihuan, telling him not to bother her anymore, and don't call her again. .

This proof was not replaced after all.The whole class has 22 poverty bursaries, and they would rather leave them vacant and give them to those who don't need them, and the general secretary would not give them to Bai Sihuan.

This time I asked Bai Sihuan to look for him, but Bai Sihuan really couldn't think of anything good.

When I came to the general secretary's office, the general secretary was looking at the documents.Seeing Bai Sihuan coming in, he quickly smiled and asked Bai Sihuan to sit down.

The general secretary brought a form to Bai Sihuan, and Bai Sihuan took it and looked at it. It was an application form for a short-semester exchange student at the University of Macau.

"The University of Macau has cooperated with our school on a short-semester exchange program this year. Because of the high requirements of this program, both parties are only willing to take one student, and it must be from the Department of Civil Engineering or Architecture. Student Bai, the school plans to let You go, what do you mean?"

Bai Sihuan asked the general secretary suspiciously: "Shouldn't this opportunity be given to Mu Ran?"

Mu Ran in their dormitory is a well-deserved god of university. I have never seen him study hard, but he is much better at reading than Bai Sihuan. No matter what kind of exam it is, he will always get No.1.

After transferring to the Department of Architecture, Bai Sihuan never went to No.2.

The general secretary smiled and explained: "The school originally planned to let Mu Ran go, but he refused. Now in these two departments, the most suitable candidate that can be found is only you." Seeing that Bai Sihuan was still hesitant , the general secretary hurriedly added, "Don't worry, the cost of this project is all covered by the school. As long as you go there, you can win glory for the school!"

Bai Sihuan glanced at the time mark at the bottom of the form. The time is from next Monday to the end of the first month of summer vacation.

The general secretary said: "What about you, it's best to give me an answer now. If you agree, I will prepare in the next two days, and Teacher Deng from the Sunday school will go there with you. How is it? Student Bai? How are you thinking? "

Bai Sihuan felt that he had found an opportunity to avoid Lin Siying, and after hesitating for 2 minutes, he replied, "Okay."

On Sunday, Bai Sihuan packed his luggage and set off for Macau with Mr. Deng early in the morning. Before leaving, he sent a message to Lin Siying to say sorry.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived at the dormitory of the University of Macau.Bai Sihuan turned on the phone, and there was a message from Lin Siying lying inside, only three words: It's okay.

After putting down their luggage, they had to rest for less than half an hour before they had to meet Professor Sharon and his students.After handing Bai Sihuan to Professor Sha Lun, Teacher Deng went back to Jiangcheng.Bai Sihuan will stay here alone for two months, working on projects with Professor Sharon.

In the first two weeks, everyone's projects were quite tense, but in the last two weeks, it was a little easier, and there was more time for free activities.Coincidentally, at this time, Bai Sihuan heard the news that a new offshore casino had opened in Macau, and the major shareholder was Jiang Yijue.On Saturday of this week, Jiang Yijue will attend the opening ceremony of the offshore casino.

Before coming to Macau, Bai Sihuan thought that he would go directly to Tianjin to find Jiang Yijue after the Macau project was over, so he brought Xu Mu's recording pen with him.Unexpectedly, Jiang Yijue came by himself without him going to Tianjin himself.

Bai Sihuan completed the project requested by Professor Sharon early on, and on Saturday afternoon, he followed the directions on his mobile phone map to go to the offshore casino.

The casino on the sea is on a huge ship. Since it just opened today, there are a lot of rich people who come to join in the show. They are all dressed in bright clothes, which seem to shine under the sun. Bai Sihuan's clothes are so poor in the crowd. Especially conspicuous.

When he came to the casino, the receptionist reminded him to buy chips.Bai Sihuan followed the crowd of buying chips in a daze, and when he arrived at the place where chips were bought, everyone bought them at the starting price of several million, and even the poorest and most shabby ones were willing to spend [-] to [-].

When Bai Sihuan was in line, the waiter asked politely, "Sir, how many chips do you want to buy?"

Bai Sihuan hesitated for a long time, then asked in a low voice, "I'll buy two hundred, is that okay?"

The waiter was still polite: "Excuse me, sir, our ante here is 1000 yuan, and you must buy at least [-] yuan in chips."

"..." Bai Sihuan froze in place, not knowing what to do.

Seeing that Bai Sihuan hadn't moved for a long time, the waiter said politely, "Sir, if you haven't made up your mind yet, you can come back later."

Just at this time, a man in a suit and leather shoes walked over from the side, looked closely at Bai Sihuan, and suddenly said "Ouch", "Isn't this the young cousin from the Lin family!"

Bai Sihuan took a closer look and found that this person was actually Gu Zhen.

Back then in the deer park, Cheng Sutang said that Bai Sihuan was one of their nephews, but Gu Zhen always thought that Bai Sihuan was the cousin of the Lin family: "I really don't see it, you also have such a hobby."

Gu Zhen looked at him with his pockets in his pockets, and shook his head, as if to say that people really should not be judged by appearances.

Seeing this, the waiter smiled and said, "So it's someone Mr. Gu knows."

"I know him. Give him 100 million chips and let him in." Gu Zhen said generously.

"Yes." The waiter immediately gave Bai Sihuan 100 million chips.

Bai Sihuan didn't go to get the chips, and said with some embarrassment: "It doesn't take so much..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Zhen interrupted him: "Take it, you'll have something to play with later, maybe you won't feel it's enough after a while."

Bai Sihuan hesitated for a while, accepted the 100 million chips, and said "thank you" in a low voice.

Bai Sihuan didn't want to gamble at all, so he dangled around with the 100 million chips. This giant ship was so big that he dangled from one end to the other, not knowing where to go to find Jiang Yijue.

When he saw someone, he asked, "Excuse me, do you know where Mr. Jiang Yijue is?"

The person being asked either said he didn't know, or ignored him.

Finally, a young man came across and said to him: "You want to attract the attention of the major shareholders? Bet, if you win the bet, if the casino goes bankrupt, the major shareholders will come to see you in person."

Bai Sihuan listened to this person's jokes, and actually took it seriously.Randomly found a table of baccarat, put 100 million chips directly on it, and bet on a pair.

The person next to him looked dumbfounded, and asked his companion in a low voice: "What is the origin of this person? He came to this poor table, and he was so rich the first time he came. Buy it from him?"

"Looks like he knows how to gamble? You buy from him? If you lose, you won't have any pants left."

"That's right, the big upset among the upsets, I think he lost everything this time."

As soon as the words fell, the croupier opened the cards.Banker card: K, 8, 8 points.Player's card: K, 8, 8 points.

The two cards are the same, a pair.

The mouths of those who were whispering just now opened their mouths wide, and the smoke fell out of their mouths.

Bai Sihuan immediately piled up a large pile of chips, 100 million has been multiplied by eleven times, a total of 100 million.