Chapter 20: Childhood
"Principal, what's wrong?" Gu Ze, who was sitting in the office at the moment, saw the principal hang up the phone and asked.
"Didn't I just tell you that I would introduce you to a schoolgirl? I just called and said that someone was sick and couldn't come. Principal Zheng said regretfully.
"Who is this senior girl?" From the phone call just now, Gu Ze vaguely guessed something.
"Her name is Yi Yang, she is three years younger than you, and she transferred to our school in the third grade. I remember that her grandfather came to me and said that she was reluctant to speak because she had witnessed her mother's suicide and had been with her body for two days and one night, and asked me to help take care of her. Principal Zheng sighed, "You said that this is not a crime, how can such a young child stay with the corpse for two days and one night, not leave a shadow in his heart." ”
"The first time I saw her, her grandfather sent her to the door of the classroom and asked her to follow me in class, she pulled her grandfather's sleeve and never let go, she didn't speak, her eyes were dark and round, but there was no focus, as if the spirit was not in the body at all. I had no choice but to let her grandfather accompany her to go in, and then her grandfather accompanied her to study for half a year, and she went to school by herself. ”
Gu Ze's hanging hand clenched unconsciously, "It's been so many years, do you still remember these details." ”
Teacher Zheng smiled lovingly: "I actually have a bad memory, the reason why I remember these is because Yi Yang's grandfather is a veteran, and his salary has been used to fund the school all year round, and he has never wanted anything, and letting Yi Yang come to school is the only thing he asked me to help do, so I was impressed; The second is that Yi Yang's child is really special, I have always been afraid that she will not be able to get out of the shadows and will do something extreme, so I take special care of her. Who knew that she not only walked out of the shadows, but also grew into a kind and sunny person, and over the years, she donated a lot of money to the school. Most of the people who went out of our primary school went out to work when they were fifteen or sixteen years old, and there were only a handful of them who took the road of learning seriously. After leaving the campus, you and her are the ones who are doing well and have the energy to build the school. I'm very happy to meet both of you at the same time this year, and I wanted to introduce you two to each other, but it turned out to be ......"
Gu Ze: "President, I know her, we both went to the same university. ”
As soon as Principal Zheng heard that the two knew each other, he was instantly interested: "That's really fate, primary schools and universities are all in the same school, you are a senior, and if you have the conditions, you can take care of your younger sisters." Yi Yang's child is very bitter, he lost his mother when he was a child, and his father married another, as if he couldn't stand the abuse of his stepmother, so he was handed over to his grandmother to raise. Fortunately, I grew up with my kind grandparents, but my grandparents were gone six or seven years ago, and now she is left alone, she is not good at socializing with people, and she puts everything in her heart......"
Principal Zheng sighed for a while, and then remembered that the purpose of his call for Gu Zelai was to take him to visit the library and sports facilities he invested in and built last year: "Eh, look at me, when I get older, I talk endlessly, I have forgotten the purpose of bringing you here, go, take you to see the library......"
"Well, good. Gu Ze responded, but he had already lost his mind.
Gu Ze never seemed to have asked Yi Yang about her family situation. At first, she thought it was her privacy, and it was too abrupt to ask, if she wanted to say, she would find an opportunity to tell him, he was waiting for her to speak, and she was silent. dragged on like that, until something happened to her mother and Zhao Qike, all the evidence showed that she deliberately framed Zhao Qike, and her mother also personally accused Yi Yang of pushing her down the stairs, he was full of anxiety and irritability, and he had no time to take care of her. After that, he chose to go abroad, and they completely cut off contact, and they could no longer ask.
The two have been together for a year and separated for six years, and he only learned today that she had such an extreme mother, such a ruthless father, and such an unbearable ...... Childhood.
Yi Yang never told him about her family, and every time she saw him, she was full of energy, as if her eyes were full of light, and even with him, she felt that she should be a happy person. Living in a harmonious family, with parents who love her and elders who love her. But she didn't want to, her family ...... That's what happened.
What was she thinking about every time she smiled at him?
What kind of scarred and bloody flesh is under her feigned appearance of happiness? Only later, she will resolutely cut off all contact with everyone, no one will be contacted, no one will be found!
When they met again, she didn't want to have anything to do with him at all, those cold and alienated, hateful ridicule could not be pretended, she said vicious words in calm language, constantly reminding him that there was an insurmountable feud between them and a long time enough to dilute all their likes. She said that the best ending between them is to meet and not know each other!
This realization made Gu Ze feel a sudden pain in his heart and clenched his fingers.
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After lunch, Yi Yang wanted to go out for a walk, but Meng Ke didn't let him, saying that the fever had just subsided, and he would be blown cold by the wind as soon as he went out, so Yi Yang had to stay in the house.
"Doctor Meng, do I think the patient needs to breathe some fresh air?" Yi Yang sat on the sofa with a pillow, trying to find a suitable reason for the stitches.
"Yes, of course the patient needs to get some fresh air. Of course, Meng Ke knew what she had in mind, so he neatly pushed open the other window of the room, "This will give you fresh air."
This room has two windows, one opens to see the corridor on the third floor, and the other opens to face the beautiful view of Gangnam March. In the distance is shrouded in mist, verdant mountains and rivers, near is scattered houses, the houses are not high, only two or three floors, most of the green tiles and white walls, willow trees or peach blossoms are planted in front of the door, there is no lack of vitality in simplicity. I am accustomed to seeing the high-rise buildings, busy traffic, and bustling in big cities, and then look at the Jiangnan town at this time, the light boat is slowly traveling, and the cooking smoke is curling, and I can't help but love it.
"Three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the prophet of the plumbing duck in the spring river. The moment Meng Ke opened the window, Yi Yang had already walked to the window unconsciously.
"You can also recite poems. Meng Ke couldn't hide his smile.
"What is memorizing poems, I have been focusing on accumulation since I was a child, and I have a profound cultural heritage. ”
"Then can you send two more famous sentences about this situation?"
"Inspiration is a flash of inspiration, and it is fleeting, and there is something you want to have!"
Meng Ke didn't argue with her, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Do you like this place more than big cities, when you were in City A, you never were so relaxed, and you isolated yourself from others all day long." ”
"I thought everyone liked to be close to nature. Turns out you don't like it?"
"Let's be honest. ”
"Okay" Yi Yang surrendered, "I just don't like the fast-paced life in the big city, everyone is busy going to work, getting off work, and working overtime, the city is like a cold instrument, everyone has turned themselves into a part of the gears of this instrument, pushing it around day and night." When you stop one day, you find that the crushed years have become cars and house tickets, and you can only keep these in exchange for boasting and satisfaction, and submerge into the loess. ”
Meng Ke stared at Yi Yang with warm eyes like jade, "Then after a while, we will buy a house here, with blue tiles and white walls, and a big yard." The yard is full of all kinds of flowers and bamboo, or you can grow something else, I will go to the town to be a doctor, you can take pictures at home, if you want to take pictures, if you don't want to take pictures, you can water flowers and repair bamboo. ”
“……”
Meng Ke smiled, "If you don't speak, you will agree." I don't know what you've been through that has led to your pessimism about people and life now, but thankfully, you're still willing to confide in me a little bit of truth. Whether you want to get away from the hustle and bustle, or want to live a life where no one is disturbed, in short, I will always be there.