The old mansion of the Xie family, outside the corridor on the second floor, Mingyuan was waiting in front early. As soon as Shen Ci went upstairs, he suddenly saw his figure, and he didn't want to staggered by, so he said hello.

Mingyuan twisted his fingertips and stood up straight. He has his own aura, and his compelling momentum is from top to bottom, Shen Ci is not very adaptable, and he distances himself from him.

"There's something I want to tell you. Teacher Shen, why don't you move?"

The tea is fragrant, and the environment of the tea room is quiet and elegant. Mingyuan finished brewing the tea, and handed a new cup of tea to Shen Ci with his knuckled hands.

"I don't know what's going on with Mr. Ming. ”

Seeing that she took the tea, Mingyuan smiled in a low voice, "It's inevitable to be polite all the time, so it's better for us to change our name." I call you Shen Ci, and you call me by my name. ”

"Good. ”

All the thoughts in this world are probably due to the beauty of the encounter, so that impression is deeply imprinted in my mind and lingers for a long time.

The dispossessed boy curled up in the bitter cold wind, facing the fierce thugs in the narrow and long alleys, and there was no way to avoid it. Inexplicable malice often comes from a lack of empathy. didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, but in a few words, the young man Mingyuan got into trouble with them.

The cold wind of winter hit his bones inch by inch, and he was so cold that he couldn't even make a coherent movement. For a moment, Mingyuan had the illusion that he would die that winter. No one cares about it when you are alive, and no one misses it after you die.

Then, Shen Ci came. She chased away those people, borrowed everything around her and used everything she could use, seemingly reckless but methodically distanced herself from them, and beat them to the head.

When their figures were completely gone, the thirteen-year-old Shen Ci stretched out his hand to him and helped him up from the ground.

"Why don't you go home and stay in this winter. The north wind was howling, but her voice was exceptionally clear, and it came into his ears clearly. Mingyuan was frozen too hard, his lips were blue, and he was already speechless.

The girl in front of her has immature facial features, and she still looks young. She was dressed in a cotton suit and a scarf, and her watery eyes and baby-fat face made her look particularly harmless. Mingyuan pulled out his hands with difficulty and sighed, but the warmth brought by the steaming heat couldn't resist the chill he was receiving now.

Shen Ci saw that he was too cold, and took the person to a nearby store. The warmth in the air-conditioned room fell on him, and he felt alive. ordered him a cup of milk tea, and Shen Ci propped his head, "There seem to be a lot of gangsters here, you don't usually go to remote places, it's best to go together." ”

Mingyuan's hand leaned against the wall of the milk tea cup, his eyes drooped slightly, and he was a little cramped and uneasy, "You...... What's your name?"

"Lu Renga. ”

"I'll pay you back tomorrow. ”

Shen Ci didn't refuse, and casually responded with a good word. He carried his school bag, and the homework assigned by the teacher had not yet begun. Thinking of the shaky lights at home, the lights flickering from time to time, Mingyuan's eyes dimmed, and he naturally started to do his homework in the fast food restaurant.

Seeing him working so hard, Shen Ci couldn't bear to disturb him. He was thinly dressed, the wind outside was blowing hard, and he would probably have to freeze for a while when he returned. Shen Ci silently withdrew his gaze and did not ask

Since then, the two have often met. Rong University has regular power outages, and the speed of the campus network is too touching, so Shen Ci often goes to the Internet café to catch up with papers or usual homework.

Mingyuan saw her again at the Internet café. There are several schools nearby, and there are many Internet cafes, and from time to time, there are teachers such as class teachers and teaching directors who squat in Internet cafes and come to arrest people. Shen Ci was mistaken because of her young age, so that every time she encountered this again, she numbly took out her student ID to show her innocence.

After a long time, the teachers in the neighborhood are almost getting to know her. Sometimes when they are free, they will chat with Shen Ci.

Mingyuan, who went to the new Internet café to earn money by training for others: ......

Mingyuan's residence and school are not nearby, and the bus takes more than half an hour. After all, underage students run to an Internet café near the school, isn't this waiting to be caught?

But if you walk too much at night, you will also get ghosts.

Some teachers don't want him to stay in an Internet café for a long time, regardless of whether he is a student of their school or not. Shen Ci heard a noise coming from the corner and couldn't help but look curiously. When I turned around, I saw Mingyuan arguing with a teacher from No. 3 Middle School.

Shen Ci left his seat and stepped forward to pat the teacher, and the other party looked at him and was a little strange, "You know each other?"

"My classmates. Shen Ci smiled innocently, calm on the surface, and had no sense of weakness at all.

The teacher laughed when he heard this, said sorry and admitted the wrong person, and then left in a panic. Mingyuan was stunned in place, "You know?"

"It's familiar. Shen Ci glanced at his computer interface, which was still on the terminal game page. "What kind of game? It looks pretty eye-catching. ”

"Jianghu Emergency"

Hmm? It's an interesting name. Shen Ci's eyes moved, and he gave up the paper and immediately opened the game. After downloading, installing, starting, and registering an account, a series of processes were completed fluently, and Shen Ci was finally online.

She didn't ask which district Mingyuan was in or what ID. After entering, follow the beginner's tutorial and slowly explore. She switched places with people, and when she encountered something she didn't understand, she asked the people around her directly. Seeing that she didn't bother him, Mingyuan was also happy to mention it with two hearts.

Since then, the two have basically played games when they meet. "Jianghu Emergency" is an antique game with a high degree of freedom and a variety of gameplay. Shen Ci is not a plot control, he is dedicated to his book, and it didn't take long for him to reach the full level. During the time when the two were in contact, Mingyuan was always training, helping the boss go online, clear the daily life, raise pigs, go down, and improve his performance. He was very busy, and Shen Ci didn't bother him. From time to time, they can hear each other's next book and people on the Y/Y channel fancy, piercing the heart, and stabbing people in people's hearts. Both of them are sharp but venomous people, and even the scaremongers sometimes bring duets so that the players opposite them often come over to ask for swearing techniques.

Shen Ci: ......

At first, Shen Ci would concentrate on his papers when he came to the Internet café, and later he came to the Internet café almost exclusively for games. As for the dissertation, she is used to getting it done well in advance. The school's Internet speed was too spicy to bring the rivers and lakes to help, so she had to go to the Internet café to play.

But it didn't take long for that life to come to an end. Due to various factors, the game chose to close the service permanently. Immediately afterwards, Shen Ci's teacher had a new project, she had to enter the laboratory, so she would no longer visit the Internet café she frequented.

After she left, Mingyuan couldn't get used to it for a long time. When she was there, there was always someone around her who liked to play games while eating instant noodles, so I would order one for him. When she is troubled, she will scold people in a fancy way, and she will never speak again. Or buy an account to team up with him when he helps the boss play 22 and can't find a reliable teammate, and the whole city will not lag behind, and he will assist professionally......

There are many memories of getting along, which are always present in his brain.

It's just that thirteen-year-old Lu Renjia stayed in that year forever.

Mingyuan went to school, so that it was easy to go in and out of other occasions to make money part-time. But Shen Ci, he was a little unsure. He always felt that the other party was very mysterious, and that something was wrong everywhere.

She doesn't come to the Internet café every day, but every time she comes, it's almost after 6 p.m., and then she plays until 11 or 2 p.m., when the school is already closed. If she is a day student, if there are parents in the family, if you know that she is messing around like this, then you must not be angry.

"You go back so late every day, aren't you worried at home?"

Shen Ci waved his hand, "That's not going to happen, the place where I live is quite close to here." ”

There is something special about the place where she lives, it is not a student apartment, and it is not a room that she rents out. At the beginning, the school dormitory was not enough, so Qin Yan bought the teacher's apartment with a wave of his hand. The apartment is located in a location where you can swipe your card in, so she doesn't need to go through the school door and there is no curfew.

Go out of this Internet café and walk to the other side, and that's it. With such a distance, Shen Ci has nothing to worry about. The city's street lights illuminate, and although there is no surveillance, it is not a big deal.

Because there is a police station nearby.

Mingyuan silently retracted his gaze and continued to complete the boss's request.

When Shen Ci was busy, she said hello to Mingyuan in advance. "I'll see you later. ”

At that time, no one remembered to leave a contact information. One thought it was a passer-by from Pingshui, and the other thought that this place was so big that they would always meet. But then Mingyuan never saw Shen Ci again, he went to ask the nearby students, but he didn't ask.

He asked a lot of people, but he forgot to know which school's No. 3 middle school teacher Shen Ci was.

Shen Ci took a sip of tea, "You mean you're him?"

This thing is a bit mysterious, and Shen Ci's brain can't keep up with it because of the shock. More than ten years have passed, and people when they were young would have earth-shaking reasons due to many reasons such as the length of their facial features, temperament, and shape, so time has passed, and sometimes they can't recognize it. Thirteen years ago, Shen Ci and Mingyuan met, but she never knew the other party's name, and she never asked.

Now that she suddenly knew that the person was Mingyuan, she was in a complicated mood.

"As fate would have it, I didn't expect us to meet again in such a way. ”

Shen Ci let go of the tea, "I really didn't expect that it would be thirteen years." ”

Those distant memories, Shen Ci rarely recalled. When I suddenly looked back, I realized that many years had passed, and it seemed like a century ago.

The embarrassed young man who was silent and always ignored did not know when he had already gotten rid of his past predicament and became a successful person in the eyes of others, which is quite subtle to remember.

"Why did you tell me a fake name, Lurenga?"

"......" was dismantled in front of him, and Shen Ci shrunk his neck in embarrassment, "At that time, it was more middle two." ”

"I looked for you later, but I didn't find you, I thought we were friends. ”

Shen Ci's scalp was numb, this person's expression was too serious, and she had a feeling that she was being interrogated.

How do you want her to answer this?

"Isn't it because you don't treat me as a friend?" how did she remember that when she talked a lot, the person around her didn't care much about her.

Sometimes she has deep doubts that the other party does not want to see her.

"Then now we can be friends. ”

The reunion of the deceased may not be happy. The absence of each other from each other's growth process will inevitably bring a sense of alienation, and the longer the time, the deeper the distance, not to mention the negligible amount of time they occupy in each other's lives.

Mingyuan clasped the table softly, as if unintentionally, "The one who came to pick you up at the Internet café before, isn't he together?"

Mingyuan knew about Xu Zhiyuan's existence. The climate of Banyan City is relatively humid, and it often rains in winter. There was a time when it was raining outside for some time, and the rain was loud.

Mingyuan asked her, "You're going to stay all night at the Internet café tonight." ”

"Not necessarily, maybe I have an umbrella from a snail girl. ”

"You don't look like a fairy tale believer. Mingyuan's fingertips were white, and his eyes were slightly sarcastic.

There was a sound of footsteps on the solid wood floor, and the shadow brought by the tall figure covered Shen Ci's back. Looking at Ming Yuan, Xu Zhiyuan's long figure completely fell into his eyes, and the person who came was very tall, more than 180. If it weren't for the fact that his facial features were still young and immature, he would almost suspect that the other party would be seventeen or eighteen years old.

Mingyuan has been embarrassed since he was a child, and his body is malnourished. Compared with his peers, his figure is about to be thin, and he is not very tall.

"Not leaving?" the visitor patted the person in the chair and raised an eyebrow.

The man didn't squint, all his eyes stayed on Shen Ci, and he didn't give anyone else any looks.

Mingyuan's eyes darkened, and he felt a little uncomfortable, "The person who picked you up is here." ”

Shen Ci looked back and pulled the empty chair beside him, "Sit down for a while, I'll play an arena." ”

Xu Zhiyuan was holding an umbrella when he came, and his hand joints were red from the cold. Shen Ci's eyes flashed, and he immediately asked the network manager to send three cups of milk tea.

Holding the steaming milk tea in his palm, Mingyuan didn't drink much. Shen Ci's attention was not on him, her mind was in the arena, and she asked Xu Zhiyuan from time to time how to fight.

Mingyuan: ......

Usually, the arena is like abusing vegetables, crushing the whole field. Now he is being chased all over the field, and he is running around in embarrassment. The corners of Mingyuan's lips twitched, and he glanced at Xu Zhiyuan, who was concentrating on giving her tips, and he suddenly understood the twists and turns.

Xu Zhiyuan was very quiet, most of the time it was Shen Ci talking, he listened silently, and occasionally responded.

"Are you ready for the Saturday Debate?"

"Report to Senior Brother, the three sides of the square guarantee to complete the task. ”

Xu Zhiyuan's eyebrows were gentle, "If you win, remember to invite me to dinner." ”

"Shouldn't you have invited me?"

At that time, Shen Ci and Xu Zhiyuan, they stood together, automatically isolated others, and there was an enchantment between the two. Mingyuan even felt that he couldn't fit into their topic at all, and only had a sense of loss that didn't fit in.

"Broke up. Shen Ci exhaled.

"Sounds like you don't regret it. ”

Shen Ci laughed, "What has passed, what is there to regret." ”

Mingyuan quietly put on the news. He didn't know Xu Zhiyuan, and he didn't even know the other party's name. But looking at the two of them usually getting along, the degree of tacit understanding and naturalness can be understood at a glance that the relationship between the two is very good.

I just don't know why these two people parted ways.