Tao Li had been thinking about the ball game in the afternoon, so much so that he was too absent-minded in the cafeteria and knocked over the freshly prepared meal in the hands of the person in front of him.

"I'm sorry!" Tao Li immediately apologized, looked at the miserable food on the ground, and immediately took out his meal card, "I'll buy you another one." ”

The girl glanced at him, without any expression on her face, and was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "No need. ”

After speaking, the girl didn't wait for him to react, turned her head and walked out of the cafeteria.

Tao Li was stunned, forget it, it's normal to have a bad attitude when encountering this kind of thing.

"Classmate, let's let. An aunt's voice came from behind him, and the cleaning staff in the cafeteria was holding a broom, ready to clean up the mess under Tao Li's feet.

Tao Li stepped aside, and his aunt muttered "waste" while cleaning up, he looked at it, and the guilt in his heart suddenly deepened.

The vegetables on the ground were the cheapest bean sprouts and cabbage, and there was a bowl of free soup without even rice. Tao Li wondered if his act of taking out his meal card just now was an offense to the dignity of a poor person.

About a week later, Tao Li saw the girl in the cafeteria again, about the same time as the last time.

She sat alone at a table, boredly picked up a sprout, chewed it, and took a small sip of soup.

Tao Li secretly observed her movements and thought it was funny. He grew up with little contact with the poor, and he went to private schools until he experienced a very different world in college.

Because freshmen are not familiar with the campus, they basically eat with their roommates, and they are rarely alone. He guessed that this girl should be a senior sister. Eating so slowly, there is no staple food, if you are not losing weight, you should be saving money.

He has seen his roommates eat rice in the free soup in the cafeteria at the end of the month when their living expenses are urgent, or drink water all the time in the dormitory, or eat steamed buns with warm water. Although it looks miserable, it is only a matter of one or two days, and most of them spend their living expenses lavishly and are embarrassed to ask their parents for it. When the parents call to ask for warmth, and then quietly complain about the high prices, expensive meals, and the fact that they have no money, the parents will immediately call for living expenses.

Tao Li looked at her, it had been a week since she last saw her and these bean sprouts and cabbage, it seemed that this was her daily life.

He didn't know where the impulse came from, so he sat down opposite the girl with the prepared meal.

The girl looked up, still looking at him with a blank face.

"Is there anyone here?" Tao Li smiled at her.

The girl stared at him for a few seconds, didn't speak, stood up and took the plate, walked all the way to the recovery place, directly threw out the plate and food, and walked out of the cafeteria.

"Damn, this woman is too proud. The roommates who were watching the excitement on the side all sat next to Tao Li with plates, and looked at the girl's departing back with some dissatisfaction, trying to save a little Tao Li's face.

I caused her to skip food again. Tao Li sighed and thought silently in his heart.

After that, Tao Li dragged on until almost 8 o'clock for several days before going to the cafeteria for dinner, but he never met the girl again.

Forget it, it's just a stranger, don't worry about it. Tao Li comforted himself in his heart, and gradually forgot about the existence of this person.

Two months later, the first final exam was coming. Not only did Tao Li look relaxed, but his roommates all seemed to be stress-free. Although B University is an art school, and the exam is not as difficult as a comprehensive university, Tao Li guessed that everyone should be ready to cheat.

"By the way, I have to go to the auditorium in the afternoon!" Lao Liu shook Tao Li's bedside and shouted. Lao Liu slept in Tao Li's lower bunk, because he was admitted to B University after two years of restudy, and his appearance was weathered, so he was called Lao Liu by his roommates.

"What are you doing?" Tao Li poked his head out to take a look, everyone was changing clothes, and only he seemed to know.

"The group instructor sent a notice, and the scholarship and bursary were issued or something, and they had to go. ”

"Oh. Tao Li nodded, remembering that he had already blocked all group messages about the school. However, the bursary ...... As if he had thought of something, he rolled over and got out of bed and put on his coat.

In the auditorium, the sleepy students filled their seats, and the leaders spat on the stage, making a few noises from time to time with a bad microphone signal, which shocked the students who had fallen asleep back to reality.

"Now, let's announce the scholarship award for the last academic year. After speaking, the Dean of Student Affairs began to read out the names and departments of the students who had won the scholarship one by one.

Scholarships are based on grades from the previous academic year, in other words, they don't have a dime to do with freshmen. Tao Li didn't care, and neither did the roommates, they just wanted to see if there were any seniors with good grades and good looks.

The students who received the scholarship all looked extremely proud, stood on the stage with bright smiles, and took photos with the leaders. Soon, after they stepped down, the dean of student affairs began to read the names of the students who received the bursaries.

This list is not long, because the amount of financial aid is not much every year, and college students are one of the most face-saving groups, so it is not a really difficult situation at home, and few people will apply.

Tao Li watched the students whose names were called come to the stage one by one, with indescribable expressions on their faces, and stood beside the leader at a loss, facing the scrutiny of thousands of pairs of eyes. He suddenly remembered that when his father donated to Hope Primary School and poor students every year, those children were like this.

Reluctantly, unwillingly, not understanding, but they have to do it, because they really need those hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I don't know why, the director on the stage suddenly stopped, and looked at the students on the stage again against the list in his hand, as if he was looking for someone.

There was a commotion behind him, and he turned his head to see a girl rubbing her eyes in a daze, walking from her seat to the podium. Sure enough, it was her.

Tao Li was pleased with his superb reasoning skills, and he looked at the girl on the stage. She didn't seem to wake up, but she was a little less cold than when she saw her before, two points more...... Tao Li was startled by his own thoughts, and his attention returned to the director.

The director handed the donation card to everyone, and the girl was obviously at a loss, repeatedly confirmed the donation card in her hand, and suddenly stood up, not knowing what to whisper to the director.

The director paused for a moment, looked at the student union president not far away, seemed to hesitate, but beckoned him and called him to the stage.

The students in the audience were a little curious about the sudden pause. Maybe they had slept enough, or maybe they were curious about what could make the director look busy, so they all put down their phones and looked at the podium.

The director and the student council president whispered a few words, and the girl looked a little impatient, and walked straight between the two of them, not knowing what to say. After a few minutes, the director shook his head, and the girl walked out of the auditorium directly.

Everyone was watching everything on the stage, and the discussion became louder. Lao Liu knocked on the handrail, turned around and asked, "Da Tao, you see this is ......"

Before he finished speaking, Lao Liu was stunned, and Tao Li was no longer in his seat.

"Hey!"

Tao Li stood in the cold wind, shouting vigorously as he chased. The girl in front of her did not look back at all and walked on her own.

"Hey, hey, call you!" Tao Li caught up with her and stopped her in the way.

The girl raised her head, glanced at him with a little puzzlement, and then turned her head to look at the road she had walked, before looking back at Tao Li: "Something?"

"......" In the face of such a direct inquiry, Tao Li actually froze for a moment, and it took a few seconds to react.

"Why are you leaving?" Tao Li looked at her, "Aren't you presenting awards?"

The girl frowned slightly, the doubts in her eyes deepened, and she glanced at Tao Li's chest before she slowly spoke: "Are you from the student union?"

"It's not. ”

"What does that have to do with you?" the girl glanced at him, turned sideways and continued walking outside.

"Hey, can you wait a minute!" Tao Li hurriedly chased after the girl and stopped the girl again.

The girl stood up and looked at him impatiently: "I have a name, can't you hear the microphone so loud just now?"

Tao Li paused, then nodded: "Your name is ...... Ai Xin, huh?"

The girl nodded in reply, but still looked at him with a bad face: "What the hell is the matter with you?"

"My name is Tao Li. He stood in front of Ai Xin, and it took him half a day to squeeze out this sentence.

"......" Ai Xin was a little speechless and glanced at him, "Okay, I see." With that, he raised his legs again and prepared to leave.

"No, no, no, you don't remember me?" Tao Li took a step back in front of her, "I accidentally knocked over your meal in the cafeteria, and I wanted to give you a new one, and you left." ”

"Oh. Ai Xin nodded, and by looking at his expression, he knew that he didn't think about it at all.

"So, if you have time now, I'll invite you to dinner, right?" Tao Li became nervous for some reason.

"I'm not available, I have to go home. ”

"Hey, you're a local?" Tao Li was interested.

"It's not. Ai Xin became more and more impatient, and looked at him with a frown.

"Shall I take you home?" Tao Li pulled out the car keys from his trouser pocket, on which a horse with its front legs raised glittered in the sunlight.

"No, I don't. Ai Xin sighed, took out a small card from his pocket and handed it to Tao Li, "This is my phone, call me if you have something to ask, I'm really going home now, thank you." ”

Before Tao Li could react, Ai Xin had already strode away. He looked at her back, and didn't chase it anymore, just took the small card in his hand and looked at it.

After a while, he smiled and solemnly put the card into the compartment of his wallet. At this time, he realized that it was already winter, and his back seemed to be soaked with sweat.

However, this joy did not last long, and at 8 o'clock in the evening, Tao Li stood in the dormitory corridor and smashed the small card. He called five times, digit-by-digit to make sure he hadn't dialed the wrong number, but he never heard one answer.

Sorry, the number you made was empty.

He stood where he was, his mind empty. One after another, there were boys who returned to the dormitory after self-study or dinner, and they would stare at him when they walked over.

After standing for ten minutes, Tao Li made a big decision.

After the final exams, there was hardly anyone in the school. Ai Xin walked on the road with his hands in his hands, hesitated for a while, and walked to the dormitory.

Ai Xin knocked lightly on the door, but no one answered. She pulled out the key and opened the door, which was empty, and the empty bed in the corner stood out, as if no one had lived there.

She walked over to the bed and gently stroked the bare bed, which had accumulated a layer of dust. And the table, which should have belonged to him, was already full of other people's clutter, and no one cared when the roommate, who had never appeared, would return.

Roommate. Ai thought to herself, it was a word that was very foreign to her.

The phone in her right pocket vibrate, and she took it out, and sure enough, it was the counselor's phone.

"I'm done now, come here. ”

"Good. Ai Xin hung up the phone, glanced at the bed again, turned around and locked the door and walked out of the dormitory.

As soon as she arrived at the corridor of the department, she felt a little cold, and she shivered and sneezed. She sniffed and walked to the counselor's office door, where a boy happened to open the door and come out.

"Is that you?" the boy was very surprised, and immediately returned to normal, and said hello.

"Huh?" Ai Xin glanced at him and recalled that it was the neurotic who had stopped him on the road before. She didn't want to say hello to him, so she went straight into the office and closed the door.

"Coming?" the counselor saw her, took off her glasses, and rubbed her temples a little tiredly.

Ai Xin didn't speak, sat on the sofa, and looked directly at the counselor.

"I've figured out your situation, it's indeed a mistake of the department, but the department is also for your good. The counselor took a sip of tea and slowly opened his mouth, "No matter what, you can't just leave in front of so many people, how ugly are you making the director?"

Ai Xinleng paused, as if he felt that the counselor's words were extremely incredible, and looked at him blankly: "Isn't it because you make me ugly?"

"Ahem. The counselor cleared his throat, "That's what you reported at that time, the number of places in the bursary is empty and empty, since you are eligible, it is normal for the department to report you." ”

"Qualified?" Ai Xin raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "What conditions? Are they diligent and studious, or are they motivated?

For some reason, being stared at by Ai Xin like this, the counselor forgot all the words he had just prepared, and he panicked for a while.

"In short, your mistakes have passed, and I am here in the hope that they will not happen again. Ai Xin stood up, her voice filled with unmistakable pressure.

"You ......" The counselor was a little embarrassed, and wanted to say something, but was directly interrupted by Ai Xin.

Ai Xin put on a smile, said "hard teacher" and went out of the office directly.

"Alas. The counselor sighed, none of the students in this class are fuel-efficient lamps.

"Coming out?" As soon as he saw Ai Xin come out, Tao Li immediately stood up and looked at her with a smile.

Ai Xin glanced at him, and it didn't seem to be in a good mood. She stared at Tao Li for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "You were smoking just now?"

"Well, there's no smoking in the hallway. Tao Li touched the back of his head embarrassedly.

"Give me one. ”

"Huh?" Tao Li was stunned, and when he saw Ai Xin's outstretched hand, he quickly took out a pack of soft China from his pocket, took out one and handed it to Ai Xin.

"Fire. ”

"Oooh. Tao Li took out the lighter again, and reached out to light it for Ai Xin. She glanced at Tao Li, took the lighter and lit the cigarette herself, and handed it to him.

Ai Xin took a puff, changed the cigarette to his left hand, and stretched out his right hand to greet Tao Li: "Bye-bye." ”

Tao Li immediately reacted and followed Ai Xin's footsteps: "You're leaving?"

"What?" Ai Xin looked at him, as if he remembered something, nodded, reached out and took out a hundred yuan from his wallet and handed it to Tao Li, "Oh, the cigarette money is for you, right?" ”

"......" Tao Li was choked for a moment, and his half-stretched right hand didn't know whether to take the money or not.

Ai Xin gave him a strange look, shoved the money into his hand and turned to continue walking.

"Wait, you're ...... today. Have you time to eat?" Tao Li held the money and walked around to Ai Xin, blocking the already narrow corridor space. This time, he couldn't let her run away again.

Hearing this, Ai Xin sighed for some reason, and looked at him as if he had made up his mind: "Is it that if you don't eat, you will keep biting me?"

Tao Li laughed and shrugged his shoulders: "So to speak. ”

"Let's go. Ai Xin didn't say anything more, bowed his head and walked out of the teaching building.

Tao Li led her all the way to the parking lot, with an irrepressible smile on his face. He didn't care how cheeky he looked now, he knew that the end result would be as he wanted.

"Do you have a restaurant you want to eat?" Tao Li pressed the car key and looked at Ai Xin.

"It's close. Ai Xin glanced at him, and suddenly had an idea, "Why don't I drive, it's hard to find navigation." ”

Tao Li was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and walked to the co-pilot's seat and sat down.

Ai Xin sat in the driver's seat, glanced at the car, and skillfully started the car and drove out of the school smoothly. Tao Li desperately suppressed the doubts in his heart and sat quietly in the passenger seat.

After a while, Ai Xin drove the car into the Dilong Bay community.

This is an upscale neighborhood near B University, mainly serviced apartments and villas, which also have a lot of private dishes and Western kitchens. Some students in the school who do not want to live in a dormitory and have money will also choose to rent a room here.

"Get out of the car. Ai Xin parked the car in the parking space at the entrance of a garden house, said a word, and unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car. Tao Li locked the car and took a look at the exterior of the house, which seemed to be a good Western food.

Ai Xin didn't speak, pressed a string of passwords at the door, and took Tao Li into the house.

"Sit down. She took Tao Li to the living room on the first floor, turned around and didn't know where he went.

Tao Li thought, probably to order food with the boss.

He observed the decoration and design of the whole house, which was very high in taste and price, and there was no shortage of some expensive furniture. But strangely, there are oil paintings hanging in many places that are very out of place with the overall design.

These paintings are definitely not by the work of famous artists, but if you are a new artist, this painting will look too immature, and the paintings are almost all very simple portraits, and the expressions are mostly sad or painful.

"It's coming. Ai Xin carried a large stainless steel basin, walked up to him, and put the basin heavily on the coffee table, "Your rice." ”

Tao Li looked down and saw that it was indeed a large pot...... Rice.

"Eat, you're welcome. Ai Xin also filled herself a bowl and ate it very naturally.

Tao Li looked at her, suddenly laughed, nodded, and picked up the white rice and ate it.

The two of them sat opposite each other like this, holding two bowls of white rice, and ate quietly for ten minutes, until Tao Li took the lead in eating a whole bowl of rice and put the dishes and chopsticks on the coffee table.

"Have you eaten enough?" Ai Xin looked at him.

"Hmm. Tao Li nodded and asked, "This is your home?"

Ai Xin nodded, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and laughed, picking up the phone and not knowing what he was scratching.

"What are you laughing at?" Tao Li looked at her.

"It's nothing, I just admire that you can eat a bowl of white rice. Ai Xin smiled and raised her phone, "I can't do it, I have to order a takeout." ”

"You ......" Tao Li gritted his teeth and looked at her, "You're fooling me?"

"yes, can't you see that?" Ai Xin nodded, looking at him innocently.

"......" Tao Li was impressed by her confident appearance, and after a while, he finally lowered his head: "I can see it." ”

"Don't be discouraged, aren't you also playing tricks on me?" Ai Xin finished ordering takeout, put away his mobile phone, and turned into the ice cube face he met for the first time, looking directly at Tao Li.

"Me?" Tao Li pointed to himself, looking at her suspiciously.

"Aren't you from the student council?"

"No, I'm a freshman just like you!"

"Then why did you chase her out that day?" Ai Xin was obviously stunned, she always thought that Tao Li wanted to teach her a lesson because of the bursary.

"......" Tao Li was silent for a few seconds before looking at Ai Xin, "I'm just curious." ”

The two looked at each other for a while, and then Ai Xin looked away and sighed: "It turns out that you are just full of food." ”

Well, Tao Li touched his stomach full of rice, and he was really full.

After sitting for a while, seeing that Tao Li didn't want to leave, Ai Xin simply lay on the sofa and watched the movie.

Tao Li wanted to ask her a lot of questions, but he didn't know where to start, these questions were all personal privacy, and he really couldn't ask them now. Only one thing he knows very well is that Ai Xin is by no means the poor person he thinks, at least, he has also been in contact with the rich.

After a while, the doorbell rang, Ai Xin got up and went to the door to take the takeaway, put it on the coffee table, and sat on the ground to eat. Tao Li glanced at it, and it was a box full of fried chicken and French fries.

After about twenty minutes of eating, Ai Xin stopped, took off the disposable gloves on his hand, wiped his mouth, and lay back on the sofa.

Tao Li laughed and looked at her with some curiosity: "You don't ask me when I'm leaving?"

Ai Xin's eyes were fixed on the phone screen, and he didn't look back: "You shouldn't be the kind of person who will leave if I tell you to go." ”

"Flutter. Tao Li laughed, and after a while, he continued to speak, "To be honest, I do plan to borrow it from you for a while, can I?"

"Brother. Ai Xin sat up and looked at him with a frown, "There are many hotels outside. ”

"Hmm......" Tao Li thought for a moment and made an embarrassed look, "I quarreled with my family, and my credit card was frozen. ”

"Oh, why are you arguing?" Ai Xin put away her phone and looked at him.

Tao Li was stunned, he had hardly quarreled with his parents, and he didn't know much about the reasons for quarrels with his parents, so he suddenly remembered the TV series he had watched, and immediately made up a reason: "My parents ...... There was a quarrel...... "The more he spoke, the more unconfident he became, and slowly lowered his head.

The expression on Ai Xin's face softened a little, and after being silent for a while, she nodded: "Then you can live here first, and when your financial resources are restored, remember to give me rent." ”

This girl is quite shrewd. Tao Li smiled secretly in his heart, and he still looked aggrieved on his face.

"Which room do I sleep in?"

"Whatever. Ai Xin fell on the sofa again, and the sound of the movie rang out at the same time, "You can sleep in whichever room you like, these three floors are my house." ”

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