crossing the northern latitude

After discussing, they ate in the school cafeteria and planned to take a taxi to Jiang Bo's house.The rain is getting heavier, and it is inconvenient to walk with an umbrella.

I don't know if it's because of the bad weather or something else, Meng Tunan said a few words about going another day, but Lu Yan ignored him, saying that today he would see Li Xiaoyuan even if he was stabbed, and after a few words, Meng Tunan didn't agree. I am too lazy to persuade.

He soon arrived at Jiang Bo's house.Because I arrived almost an hour early and had plenty of time, I stopped by the canteen to carry a box of plum gardens.He hesitated for a while downstairs with his things in his arms, not knowing whether to go up first or not.But there was only one umbrella for the two of them, and waiting outside was not an option. Meng Tu Nanxin said that it would be impossible to wait like this, and dragged Bambi up to the third floor.

Bellfish F…E

Lu Yan wiped the drops of water off his shoulders, and was about to knock on the door. Meng Tunan didn't know what he heard, so he quickly stabilized the box of plums in his arms with one hand, and made a stop motion towards Lu Yan. Slowly stick it to the door and listen.

Lu Yan felt strange, so he could only approach the door and listen.They were quite close, with their ears to the door, but their eyes were on each other.They didn't know what they heard, their expressions changed, and Lu Yan's ears gradually turned red.

After listening for a while, both of them felt embarrassed before standing up straight. Meng Tunan raised his chin towards the upstairs, Lu Yan nodded silently, they went upstairs lightly, sat on the steps, and looked at each other.

Old houses have poor sound insulation, and they dare not speak too loudly.Meng Tunan almost asked Lu Yan in an airy voice, "Is it the voice of two men?"

"..." Lu Yan was silent for a while, and answered in a low voice uncertainly, "I don't know."

Shock was written all over Meng Tunan's face, "Dr. Jiang! I really... can't see it."

With that unbelievable emotion, the two sat and waited for almost 30 minutes before they heard that someone from Jiang Bo's house opened the door, and they didn't dare to poke their heads to look.

After guessing that someone had walked out of the building, Meng Tunan walked to the window and took a look. He only saw a tall figure with a black umbrella and a pair of men's leather shoes stepping into the rain. After walking a few steps, he closed the umbrella, Get into the driver's seat of a car.

"Secretary Gao..." Meng Tunan came back and whispered to Lu Yan, "...the two of them? Isn't it!"

"Who is Secretary Gao?"

"School leader." Meng Tunan was very frightened, "Didn't you watch the leader's speech when the flag was raised on Monday? Damn..."

"Don't talk about other people's right and wrong." Lu Yan seriously interrupted what Meng Tunan wanted to say, "Maybe it's a misunderstanding."

They waited for a while before going to Jiang Bo's house to knock on the door.Jiang Bo looked normal when he opened the door. There was delicious food at home, and there were two bowls and chopsticks on the table, which he didn't have time to collect.

Meng Tunan smiled and said, "It's a bit late... I knew we would have taken a taxi. Has Mr. Jiang been waiting long?"

He didn't know if it was because of that ear, but when he looked at Jiang Bo, he always felt that everything was suspicious.Isn't it hot to wear clothes with such a high collar?Did you wear some perfume?I didn't feel it before, but maybe because I have a little sense of "similarity", Meng Tunan finds Jiang Bo suspicious no matter how he looks at it.

Jiang Bo didn't seem to care too much about Meng Tunan's words, he was a little absent-minded, took his coat and said, "Let's go."

After closing the door, he thought he was going downstairs to go to another place, but Jiang Bo turned his head and went upstairs. Seeing their complicated and puzzled faces, he explained: "Li Xiaoyuan's family used to live in low-rent housing, and his mother... went to I'll take her over in the future, but it's not convenient for her to live with me as a girl, and there happens to be a room for rent upstairs, so I'll let her live upstairs to take care of me."

"Ah..." Meng Tunan nodded, "I didn't know you hid her upstairs after coming here so many times, Mr. Jiang, you are so secretive!"

Jiang Bo gave Meng Tunan a puzzled look.

Lu Yan bumped Meng Tunan's arm, signaling him not to talk nonsense.He asked, "Then is she still taking the college entrance examination this year?"

"Should be able to, but she won't take the exam in Dingyan. She's going to borrow from relatives in other provinces, and the formalities have been completed." Jiang Bo didn't say much, and knocked on the door, "You guys talk, I'll wait at the door , don't take too long."

The door opened.

Li Xiaoyuan, who hadn't seen him for a long time, showed his head and smiled when he saw them: "Please come in."

She cut her hair very short, her eyes and forehead were exposed, she lost a lot of weight, and she looked very energetic, like a different person.There was a piece of gauze on the back of the head and a long scar on the arm that had scabbed over.

Seeing her, Lu Yan felt awkward for some reason. Meng Tunan originally thought that they had a lot to say to each other, but after Li Xiaoyuan poured water for them and sat down, Lu Yan also remained silent. There was no movement, the two of them looked like strangers.

Meng Tunan sighed, and could only chat first: "Lu Yan has always wanted to come and see you... I heard that you are going to go to school in other provinces? We brought you something... Then this is Li Ziyuan, and then ..." He dug a few jars out of his schoolbag, "Here are the ginseng slices I bought, the money from Lu Yan, and here are some dried fruit preserves made by my family... and this! Lu Yan sorted it out for you Review notes...and this is my engraved chapter, engraved in Yin, is your name."

He took things out one by one, and the bulging schoolbag was empty all of a sudden.

The schoolbag was empty, and the conversation was cut off. Li Xiaoyuan took the things and just said thank you politely, saying that there was actually no need to buy them.She didn't look at the food, but took the review notes and the clear white seal with great care and looked at it with curiosity.

Not wanting to be silent all the time, seeing her playing with the seal, Meng Tunan explained: "The rough stone is called snowflake jelly... You probably won't need a seal, but I also know how to do it, so let's keep it as a souvenir."

"Thank you." Li Xiaoyuan held it up and looked at the light, "It's pretty."

After finishing the seal, there was another silence.

Lu Yan pointed to Li Xiaoyuan's head, and then said the first sentence since entering the door: "Is the injury still not healed?"

"It's much better. I got stitches on my head, and the stitches will be removed in a few days." Li Xiaoyuan said, "Everything else is fine, except that it's inconvenient to take a shower."

Lu Yan nodded: "Where are you going to school?"

Li Xiaoyuan: "A place far away."

"Will you take the college entrance examination this year?"

"Maybe will."

Meng Tunan bowed his head and pretended to play with his hands, listening to the awkward conversation between the two.After sitting for a while, Li Xiaoyuan said: "Meng Tunan, I have a few words to say to you alone."

I?

Unexpectedly, Meng Tunan panicked all of a sudden, and sent Lu Yan a look for help, but the other party ignored him, stood up and walked out wisely, and closed the door.

It took him a long time to force himself to turn around, and said: "It's really been a long time... You have changed so much, if I walk on the street, I might not dare to recognize you..."

Li Xiaoyuan nodded and just looked at him quietly.After a while, I remembered to greet him: "Sit down."

Meng Tunan immediately sat down obediently.

She looks changed a lot.Maybe it's because he always wore a cumbersome hairstyle before, but now he looks so fresh and refreshed, it seems like he's completely reborn.And I don't know if he has experienced a big change, there seems to be a lot of things in his eyes.

Meng Tunan didn't dare to look at it for too long, so he looked away.

"That... Those are all brought to you by Lu Yan." He forced himself to continue the chat, "It was also Lu Yan's idea to come to see you."

"thank you all."

"Are you... still coming back to class?"

Li Xiaoyuan shook his head.Saying that he has received compensation, he may go to study with his relatives in other provinces.

"Ah, you have relatives over there. I haven't heard of it before!" Meng Tunan didn't feel right after he finished speaking. Where did he hear about it.

"...I mean so far away."

"I don't come and go often. They think they have money and they are willing to let me go."

"Ah, that's it..." Meng Tunan continued to be embarrassed, "Then what... your new hairstyle looks good! Let me tell you, you must look good when you show your forehead."

Li Xiaoyuan touched his forehead and smiled indifferently.

"The hair clip you gave me..." She paused, "I wanted to use it, but Liang Qian stepped on it and broke it. I'm sorry for your kindness."

"Where is it?" Meng Tunan waved his hands in a cold sweat, "Next time I will give you one... no, two! I will ask Lu Yan to buy it for you too!"

Li Xiaoyuan chuckled: "I'm leaving next week."

Later, Meng Tunan kept chatting with her, and there was nothing to talk about when he talked about his illness. He was not familiar with her at first, and the more he talked, the more embarrassing he became.

The point is that Li Xiaoyuan seems to be a different person, making people very uncomfortable.

Meng Tunan still mentioned: "Lu Yan is outside, should I let him in?"

Li Xiaoyuan shook his head: "I won't see him anymore."

Only then did Meng Tunan become anxious: "After that incident, he has been blaming himself, always thinking that he hurt you, can you..."

"Why would he think that way?" Li Xiaoyuan was a little surprised.

"Because..." Meng Tunan paused, "It was he who told you his story, and he was wondering if those words might have irritated you..."

"That's right, there is indeed, I don't deny it." Li Xiaoyuan actually laughed, "But the happiest thing that happened to me in high school was meeting him. He was the one who made me believe in some things and let me decide on some things. Please don't let him responsibility."

Meng Tunan got up quickly: "I told him to come in, you tell him in person..."

"Wait." Li Xiaoyuan stopped immediately, "I still have something to tell you.

"…you say."

Li Xiaoyuan nodded: "Actually, if you don't come this time, I might be rotten in my stomach. Since we can see you again, it's just a wish..."

She paused, "I liked you."

Mengtunan: "..."

"Surprised, aren't you? When I was in junior high school... I don't know if I like it, maybe it's just a good impression?" Li Xiaoyuan said, "Maybe it's because you love to laugh... You never bullied me, even though you didn't do anything, I I’m still very grateful. Did you forget that you were the one who started calling Li Ziyuan? At that time, I even liked to hear you call this nickname. I didn’t feel much when I was in high school, because I gradually found that you loved everyone. In that way, I even thought you were frivolous and annoying later on."

After waiting for a while, he asked awkwardly, "... gone?"

"No more." Li Xiaoyuan sighed, "I just want to say it, there is no other meaning."

"...Oh." Meng Tunan nodded blankly, didn't know what to say, and gave a terrible answer, "I thought you would like Lu Yan."

"You really don't understand girls." Li Xiaoyuan waved the seal at him, "I like it very much, you are really good at giving gifts."

Mengtunan waved his hands stiffly: "No, no..."

Li Xiaoyuan smiled: "I wish you a happy life, anyway, we won't see each other in the future."

"Yes." He replied dryly, "I wish you a good life too."

"Let's go, the rain will stop soon," she said, "I won't see him."

"...Let's meet again." Meng Tunan frowned, "He has always been very guilty of you, and always felt that he hurt you... Lu Yan doesn't have many friends, and he really treats you as..."

"That's why we don't see each other anymore." Li Xiaoyuan paused, "He should be the kindest person I've ever met... I don't dare to face him, I want to cry."

What do you mean, Meng Tu Nanxin said that this is turning a corner and saying that I am not kind?

She turned around: "Thank you for coming to see me...you can go, I'm sorry."

They are all driven away, what else can I say.Meng Tunan turned around in a daze. His hands were already on the handrails. He didn't know where the impulse came from. He suddenly turned around and summoned up the courage to ask, "Do you know that there is a fish called stone fish?"

Li Xiaoyuan turned his head and looked straight over.

"I don't know." She said softly, "What are you talking about?"

Meng Tunan could only force himself to ask: "Is it on purpose?"

The question is strange, and the sentence elements are also incomplete.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Li Xiaoyuan actually raised an eyebrow at him, "I just did what I should do."

Ambiguous expression.

Vaguely, Meng Tunan felt that he knew the real answer. Anyway, at this moment, he was willing to believe this lie because he didn't want Lu Yan to know.

Yes, it's good to see you no more.If he said something behind his back, he might suffer more blows.

He knew that there was no need to continue asking, nodded: "I'm leaving."

When she opened the door and went out, she handed over a note: "Give him the trouble."

Meng Tunan took it.

The moment the hands touched, he asked with strong doubts, "Aren't you afraid that I will talk nonsense?"

Li Xiaoyuan asked him back: "Can you?"

Meng Tunan suddenly liked the girl's character.He smiled and shook his head: "No. To reassure you, I will tell you one thing in exchange."

He leaned down and whispered something in Li Xiaoyuan's ear.After listening to Li Xiaoyuan, there was not much surprise on his face, he just looked at Meng Tunan and smiled, and asked softly, "Aren't you afraid that I will talk nonsense?"

Mengtunan imitated her tone: "Can you?"

The two smiled at each other.

The door closed, locking Li Xiaoyuan and the secret inside.

Lu Yan hurriedly walked towards him, Meng Tunan saw that Jiang Bo was gone: "Where's the teacher?"

"Going home to go to the toilet." Lu Yan asked anxiously, "Should I go in?"

Meng Tunan handed over the note from Li Xiaoyuan, and relayed: "She is a little tired, she said she can't see anyone, let me tell you, please don't feel guilty because of her, and said that the happiest thing about her in high school was meeting you and talking about you. Make her believe in something..."

Lu Yan opened the note——

"The whole world will not be discouraged.

I wish you a bright future and always be safe. "

After reading it, Lu Yan was dumbfounded for a while, and looked at Meng Tunan in a daze, as if looking for some comfort.

"She... doesn't blame me?" Lu Yan was a little anxious.

"No wonder, really, I lied to you and I died suddenly." Meng Tunan immediately raised his hand and swore, "She said she doesn't want to see you anymore, you treat her well, she is afraid that she will cry herself."

Lu Yan looked at the door and took a step back slowly: "...Really."

Meng Tunan sighed, put his arms around his shoulders, and gave him another hug carefully.

"She said you are the kindest person." Meng Tunan whispered, "I think so too, you are the kindest deer in the world..."

Hope nothing can change him.

Hopefully.

That year, they each used their own methods to protect the girl.For a long time to come, the name Li Xiaoyuan never appeared in their lives again.