be late

The cold light reflected on the smooth marble surface.

A wisp of Nan Xue's hair was blown up, and her chin was thin and white.

A moment of silence.

She hooked the bag on her shoulder with a white hand, looked down leisurely, saw the watch, said nothing, and for a moment, the thin white fingertips lifted from Shu Yubai's palm, and the cold silver chain stained her eyes. body temperature.

"Thank you."

she says.

Nan Xue stood there, unhurriedly wrapping the watch on. Her wrists were thin and white, revealing the blue veins of blood vessels. There were thin veins on the wrists, which bulged slightly with the movements.

Nan Xue put on the watch, took another look at her, and then turned around.

Shu Yubai hasn't seen her for three years, and this person's alienation has become even heavier. Since the meeting, she happened to have spoken to her three times.

No more words, no less words.

There used to be a red rope around Shu Yubai's neck, on which there should have been a ring.

The rope is gone.

The dark corridor was covered with white marble tiles, and there were lights flickering on the walls. Shu Yubai stood there, staring blankly at her back, and there was a noise like the tide.

She didn't look back, she just kept going.

A brilliant white light is at the end of the road.

It seems that it will melt away in the next second.

"Nan Xue!"

Shu Yubai called out behind her.

She stopped in front of her, turned around, her clear eyes turned to her, and the eyeballs were pitch black.

Seemingly staring at each other for a long time, but also for a short time, Shu Yubai heard his own voice saying, "Are you... free?"

Nan Xue looked down at the time, the thin silver pointer pointed to nine o'clock, she shook her head: "No time."

Ask again: "Is there something wrong?"

Shu Yubai's fingertips were a little cold, and a moment of sadness and self-mockery flashed in her eyes, so she could only say: "Uh, it's okay, you can do your work."

She watched the opponent's back as he walked out of the field for a long time, but she couldn't relax.

What does she want to do?

Shu Yubai squeezed his palms together, the gentle touch from his fingertips was still there, and never disappeared.

On the side of the road, a car was parked against the marble barricade. The people who came to see the exhibition were like a tide, surging densely. Nan Xue passed through the people in the square and saw the driver standing there waiting for her.

The driver opened the door and whispered:

"Go to the airport later, the road may be driving very fast."

"it is good."

Nan Xue ducked in.

There was a woman in the back seat of the car, a little older than Nan Xue, with a mature and soft temperament. When she saw Nan Xue coming in, she couldn't help laughing, and said, "I told you that I don't have time. You still have to go to the exhibition, and it will be later." , I can’t go back.”

As the driver got into the car, he whispered: "There is still half an hour, you are almost late."

The woman took her thin white arms.

Nan Xue didn't speak, and looked out of the window quietly.

Street corner full of people.

Like an old movie, flashing by on the gray car glass.

Opening night is over.

The bustle subsided for a short while, late at night, only the sound of the wind and the roaring of passing cars in the silent street corner.

Shu Yubai and Shi Chu went back together. Their air tickets were on the next day. After the opening day, it was time to return to China. How many paintings hung in the exhibition could be sold would be determined by the organizer after the exhibition. inform them.

"Walk."

At the beginning of time:

"Go back to teach."

The two dragged their suitcases and walked in the aisle, planning and preparing to check out.After checking out, I stood on the side of the road and hailed a taxi. The driver saw that they were all girls, so he came down to help carry the luggage to the trunk.

"Thank you."

The two thanked each other and went to the back row to take a seat.

The driver got into the cab and stepped on the accelerator.

"Go back to work now."

Shi Chu glanced at Shu Yubai, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Hey, I haven't imagined what you look like in class. When is your first class? I'll go to the class and watch it. How about it?"

Shu Yubai lowered his slender eyelashes, recalled blankly, and said, "Forgot, I'll check in the educational affairs system."

She randomly connected to the Wi-Fi of a roadside restaurant, poked into the favorite web page, checked it, and said: "Monday, the first and second classes, with freshman art history."

"One or two classes?"

Shi Chu immediately shook his head: "Forget it, I'm sure I won't be able to get up. What I was most afraid of in the past was the first two classes - stepping to the classroom all day long, and bumping into the teacher as soon as I entered."

"Get up so late?"

Shu Yubai brushed her long hair with her little finger, couldn't help but curled up her lips, and smiled: "At that time, I woke up at 06:30 every morning."

"...and occupy the first row?"

Shi Chu couldn't help but said: "You are a devil, what's there to occupy a seat in a big class?"

Shu Yubai leaned against the glass of the car, her eyes curled up, she shook her head, and explained rather ashamedly: "No, it's the last row."

"why?"

Shu Yubai coughed softly: "I like to read some miscellaneous books in that class, the first row is inconvenient."

At the beginning of time: "..."

Fine.

The two were chatting about the past, and in the blink of an eye, Shi Chu suddenly remembered something, she asked Shu Yubai: "By the way, I saw your ex at the art exhibition."

"Oh?"

Shu Yubai looked at her, curling his fingertips quietly.

Shi Chu was far away in the crowd, but she was seen wearing a black skirt and a light-colored top over her arms. She was very white, tall, thin and elegant, and she was right.

Shi Chu recalled, saying: "Although saying this may hurt you, but... I suspect..."

Shu Yubai's movements froze, he subconsciously sat up straight, looked back at her as if nothing had happened, but clenched his fingertips tightly, and she asked, "Huh?"

"I suspect that she has another girlfriend."

Shi Chu tentatively spoke out, observing Shu Yubai's expression.

"Is it."

Shu Yubai's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he fell silent for a moment.

It seems that there is something on his mind.

The car passed by silently, and she didn't say a word.

In the city in spring, the cherry blossoms on the side of the road are in full bloom. The soft petals have a sweet fragrance, and the branches are densely bent. From a distance, it looks like a phantom fog floating in the clear sky.

People put on thin clothes and passed by on bicycles.

The honk of the tram goes away.

Shu Yubai went back to his mother's residence.

"mom."

She pushed open the door, walked to the kitchen, and hugged her mother who was busy washing vegetables from behind.In the vegetable basket in the kitchen were macaroni, lettuce, and a plate of washed black-bone chicken, which was probably put there for soup.

My mother was wearing an apron and had gray hair. She seemed to be much shorter and thinner as she got older.

"Hey."

Li Nian said: "It can be counted back."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at Shu Yubai carefully: "You are skinny, cook some meat for you, eat more."

"Not thin."

Shu Yubai shook his head: "I've gained a pound."

"Is it?"

Li Nian turned to look at her.

Shu Yubai was wearing a plain cardigan, still with black hair, his jaw line always felt a little thinner, which made him laughable, his cheeks were white and smooth, still giving people a soft and soft feeling, gentle and harmless.

"You're fat, but you're still thin."

Li Nian pushed her and said, "Go and rest, stand here and get in the way."

Shu Yubai put the bag on the sofa, ignored the phrase "in the way", and went to help his mother wash the vegetables and rice, and the two chatted in the kitchen.

"Come back, do you still want to go?"

"Don't go."

Shu Yubai sighed softly: "I've settled down for the rest of my life, I guess, I'll stay here all the time."

"It's good, there are establishments in the system, and I can paint by myself."

Li Nian didn't expect anything from Shu Yubai. From her point of view, her daughter developed naturally and happily, and it was enough to support herself. Li Nian recalled the past and suddenly asked, "Are you and Xiao Nan still together?" ?”

I came out with my mother back then.

The mother didn't say anything, she was just stunned for a moment, recalling the clip of the two girls getting along, and belatedly thought: So that's the case.

That makes sense.

She wasn't very surprised, but felt unexpected and reasonable.

"what."

Shu Yubai said vaguely, "We're not together anymore."

"separated?"

Li Nian looked at her unexpectedly: "How can we divide?"

Shu Yubai: "..."

There are some things that cannot be explained clearly.

"Oh, what a pity."

Li Nian said worriedly: "To be honest, I really like Nan Xue, a little girl, so why did we break up... My daughter, work harder, when will you two get back together, tell mom."

Which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted, Shu Yubai felt a stomachache when she thought of Nan Xue, and she lost her mind for a while, thinking about the phrase "she has a girlfriend again" that Shi Chu said in the car, she felt very uncomfortable.

She was busy in the kitchen for a while, knocked over a bowl, and was finally kicked out by her mother.

In the evening, Shu Yubai was preparing lessons under the lamp, and finished the PPT one by one. When she was done, it was already ten o'clock, and she blankly typed the word "Nan Xue" on the keyboard, and clicked on a Weibo home page.

Clicked in again.

Only then did she realize that she had been thinking about her.

An incomprehensible avatar with a small golden V underneath, certified as a director of xx company and a long list of incomprehensible titles.

Shu Yubai slid over familiarly, and saw some of her postings, but he had watched them many times, and he was already familiar with them.

——At that time, in order to force herself to let go, she impulsively blocked and deleted Nan Xue from all social software friend lists.

As a result... For several years, she could only pay attention to her in this way.

When Shu Yubai looked at her name, he couldn't say it for a while, as if his eyes were burning, but he couldn't help but understand: she went to another field again.

Investing in luxury brands, and even trying to build a new e-commerce platform, her father's real estate business is still maintained, but she is obviously not interested in it, and remains the same as before.

It's been three years... She must have let it go already.

How many girlfriends have you talked about?

Shu Yubai thought to himself mockingly, maybe Qian Fan has died.

Turning off the lights, the cold air at night followed the wind to sleep, and there was a girl vaguely in the dream.

Snow-white face, black hair, a pair of black and white eyes are black and moist, looking at her quietly without blinking.

"elder sister……"

She kissed her and said, "Miss me?"

The lips were very soft, as if they contained the fragrance of cherry blossoms in the daytime, which brought a warm and seductive desire, and she was addicted to it. She leaned over and hooked her neck to kiss her, saying: "I miss you..."

Shu Yubai shuddered and woke up.

It's been three years since we broke up.

still dream of her from time to time

why?

Monday morning.

There are still few people in the cafeteria. At this point, not many people get up.

It was the first time for Shu Yubai to give a lecture in more than 20 years. Like many young teachers and professors in the Academy of Fine Arts, she is good at hand and can draw, but it is really difficult for her to give a lecture.

There are two kinds of teachers in the university, one is based on the scriptures, that is, reading PPT;

Shu Yubai didn't touch either.

She is the third category, belonging to: I heard that this teacher is very beautiful, and I come to the class purely for the "beauty" type.

Large courses like art history include students from various majors. Sometimes roll calls are sometimes not called, and university teachers basically don’t care about whether students come or not.

But Shu Yubai spoke seriously

Anyhow, I prepared all night.

The young female teacher is beautiful, has black hair, wears a long skirt, has white and smooth skin, speaks in a soft voice, and has a bit of a gentle temperament, but look at the resumes shown by others: really. Big boss level that's it.

After graduating from this school, she went back to her alma mater to teach. Over the past few years, she has participated in various exhibitions, won awards, and the several master-level painters she studied under are enough to surpass many of her peers.

Whispering underneath:

"The teacher is so gentle."

"Did she feel shy just now? She got stuck haha."

"Teacher, the voice is too low."

Some students raised their hands to tell her in the first row.

"Oh, let me speak louder... is that okay?"

She adjusted the microphone.

Seriously.

The ears are a little red.

——The new teacher is so cute!

The news spread suddenly and inexplicably.

Shu Yubai didn't know so much.

She was still the same as before, going to work, leaving get off work, preparing lessons, lecturing, drawing pictures in her spare time, and Shichu helped her take them out for auction, and a week passed quickly.

In the second week, the hospital leader suddenly came to the door.

Shu Yubai was sitting in the office, drinking water, when the leader leaned against the table and said, "That's right, Xiao Shu, I have a friend from outside who founded an art company, but she didn't In this line of work, I don’t know anything.”

"After a while, she will attend a very important dinner party, and all the people who go there are knowledgeable. She can't just go without knowing anything, so she asked me to help find a teacher who teaches art history."

"Oh."

Shu Yubai understood that this was asking her to give lessons to people outside.

"Meaning, she came here to take lessons? Or—"

"No, it means to let you go there, one-on-one, individual counseling."

The hospital leader coughed and said:

"The tuition fee will definitely not be less. Take a look, should you go or not?"

Shu Yubai was there, secretly showing an unscrupulous look.

She thought, this person's experience is similar to Nan Xue's, she also doesn't understand anything, she opened some art auction house for no reason, and she doesn't know what's going on in her mind.

"Teacher Shu?"

The leader of the school looked at her: "To go or not? Give me an answer. If I don't go, I will ask other teachers to see if they are free."

Shu Yubai came back to her senses, looked down at the get out of class schedule, there weren't many classes, and she wasn't busy, so she agreed with this subtle sense of familiarity: "Go, you don't need to find someone else."

"okay."

The hospital leader turned around and said, "Then I'll give her an answer."

"this way please."

A girl met her in the parking lot.

Shu Yubai followed her.

The place where we agreed to meet was in a tea house by the lake.

According to the girl who led the way, this tea house was opened by her boss. The taste is light, but the dishes are exquisite and the scenery is beautiful. The location on the third floor has a panoramic view and you can overlook the sparkling lake.

"Your surname is Shu?"

"Ah."

The girl said: "Coincidentally, my boss's predecessor was named Shu."

She shook her head and complained: "There is a picture hanging on the wall of her office. When someone asked, she said it was given by her predecessor."

"There is a signature on the painting, it's called... Shu Bai."

Shu Yubai: "..."

Seeing that she stopped leaving suddenly, the girl turned around strangely: "Mr. Shu, did you sprain your ankle?"

Shu Yubai stood there, a gust of wind blew up her skirt, she shook her head messily, the girl looked at her, and asked strangely: "Is it a little hot? Your face is so red."

"and many more."

Shu Yubai stopped under the teahouse and asked, "Can I change another day? I... have something to do temporarily."

"teacher?"

A voice called her softly.

Very light, the sound is neither loud nor small, like crushed ice.

Shu Yubai's slender eyelashes trembled as if in a dream.

There is wind, very light, very soft.

Shu Yubai looked back, froze, she tightened her sweaty fingertips, and her heart beat uncontrollably faster.

By the lake, she was standing against a willow tree that was sprouting buds, her thin white hands were idly supporting the trunk, she was wearing a light-colored knitted suspenders, a coat was draped over her shoulders, and the two legs under the short skirt were Straight and slender, dazzling white.

Nan Xue's eyes were clear, and she took a deep look with her eyes, but she didn't understand the meaning, so she called her softly.

Shu Yubai: "..."

It has been eight days since we last met.

Shu Yubai wasn't sure what she was thinking, and felt a little homely and timid for a while, looking at the girl who disturbed her in her sleep, her physiology was a step ahead of her psychology, her cheeks were burning, and her breathing was slightly stagnant as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

Shu Yubai took a step forward, actually more than one step, she looked at the people who were getting closer and struggled for a moment, it couldn't be said that it was the expectation, or the fear that the expectation would fail.

When the two met, neither of them spoke first.

Nan Xue glanced at her, touched her shoulder lightly with her index finger, and hooked her cuff lightly again, her brows were quiet and light, and she said, "Come this way."

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