The time was three hours ago.

At 8:54 a.m., Lu Liang rushed to Qi Jie's house on time to pick her up.

After all, they have known each other since childhood, although there have been some conflicts before, but if they really walk in one place, say a few more words, and the relationship will slowly become harmonious, and Lu Liang finally no longer has a cold face.

The two of them went shopping for a long morning, Lu Liang bought a few clothes for Qi Jie, plus a couple of early 2000s, looking high-spirited, it seems that the family's business should be really good recently. Qi Jie also bought him two sets of clothes, not much, and together they were almost less than two thousand yuan - this would give Lu Liang a very faceful feeling that he didn't lose much money, and at the same time found a big man who spent a lot of money for a red face.

They both felt like they were doing good.

In the middle of shopping, Lu Liang took Qi Jie's hand several times, Qi Jie did not refuse, and let him grasp his hand in his hand very softly, but each time it was less than half a minute, Qi Jie would definitely find a few good-looking clothes in the roadside store, and then, it seems, very inadvertently, he pulled out his hand - Lu Liang did not notice anything abnormal.

After shopping all morning, the two went to eat together at noon.

Lu Liang's talk is very strong, he said that this year's family business is expected to exceed 3 million, if it is really realized, the net profit can be 800,000 yuan, the two of them said well, no matter how much they earn, there is one-fifth of him here, that is, a small 200,000 - don't look at pork is very expensive, a pound is sold for more than three yuan, but ordinary people, such as Qi Jie, an ordinary teacher who has just been teaching for a short time, has a monthly salary of about 1,500 yuan, if she deducts insurance and various taxes, she can't earn 15,000 yuan a year.

Therefore, 200,000 yuan a year is really a huge amount of income.

Lu Liang said that he is optimistic about the house, just in the south of the city, very close to Qianfo Mountain, new community, new house, small high-rise, three bedrooms and two living rooms, more than 120 square meters, side households, north and south transparent, the pattern is particularly good, he plans to go to the 8th floor, just take the meaning of making a fortune, the total price is a little more than 360,000, but the developers of the community know, when the time comes, it is estimated that about 300,000 can be won, the old man has promised to give, and the summer vacation can start to decorate.

Though...... Although Qi Jie felt that the matter of the two getting married and buying a house should really be decided by calling her to take a look together, just like a second aunt who couldn't beat the house came to the house as a guest, and her fiancée, who had never passed the door, really didn't need to socialize...... But Lu Liang said that he was already optimistic, and Qi Jie didn't say anything, just listened with a smile from beginning to end, as if listening to something that had nothing to do with him.

Lu Liang said that I am very busy, and the decoration will find a decoration company to do it, but I need someone to keep an eye on it, but it is said that there is formaldehyde in the decoration materials, my mother is old, and her health is not very good, so you can go when the time comes, you are young.

Qi Jie said okay, I'm okay during the summer vacation, I'll go.

Lu Liang said that I have thought about the decoration style, to be more atmospheric, have you paid attention to watch a certain TV series? The Tang Dynasty court-style hotel inside, when I went out to talk about business with my father, I also saw a hotel of that style in Beihai Mansion, I like that feeling, atmospheric, look at the grade, let's decorate like that, when the time comes, I will explain carefully to the decoration company, you are responsible for staring at it.

Qi Jie continued to smile and said, OK.

It took an hour and a half to finally finish this lunch, and in the afternoon, Lu Liang wanted to take Qi Jie to the movies, saying that there was an American movie called "Proud Bones" being released, and several of his friends had seen it, and they all said it was very good.

But Qi Jie refused, she said that she was a little uncomfortable in the past two days, and there was a particularly naughty student in the class, which may have made him angry, so he wanted to go back to rest.

Lu Liang seemed a little unhappy, but he didn't care too much, he just said to Qi Jie, a bunch of children, you can teach you, you don't care if they learn or not, anyway, you will teach for the last year, and when we get married next year, you will resign, just cook at home, wash clothes or something. Women, can't earn a few dollars and go out to show up, it's not good, washing clothes, cooking and taking care of children at home is a serious thing, and serving your own man well is not better than anything else?

Qi Jie smiled and said yes, with a little happy look.

In the end, she didn't let Lu Liang send it, and took a car home by herself.

As soon as she got into the taxi, she closed her eyes and looked tired. When the car arrived downstairs, she gave money, got out of the car, and the whole person was loose, and stood in front of the corridor for a long time before she realized that she had arrived home.

Then, she went upstairs, climbed a few steps, and came down again.

Her car was parked in a parking space not far away, she went over, got into the car, lit the fire, reversed, and soon was on the street.

She drove very slowly, very slowly, very slowly.

And aimlessly, when you see an intersection, you will randomly choose a road with fewer cars and turn in.

Summer time at two o'clock in the afternoon: the weather is hot and the sun is poisonous.

There was a pair of lovers holding hands and walking towards them, the girl was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt with a milky white smiling face, and a small floral skirt that was over the knee.

Not far away, a young couple came out of the store with their child, about two or three years old, crying in their mother's arms, and while being carried out of the door, they stubbornly looked back at the big rag doll in the store......

Qi Jie suddenly stepped on the brakes.

Backbite!

The car behind was startled, while subconsciously honking the horn, while urgently turning to wipe the car in front, the two cars were wrong, but the window was lowered, and a man in his thirties stretched out his arm bare-chested and compared his middle finger, "Stupid you, can you drive!"

Qi Jie's face was expressionless, watching the car go away in the scolding.

Maybe the air conditioner in the car was too full, she suddenly felt a little cold, and subconsciously hugged her shoulders.

After a few moments, she let go of the brakes, made a look, slammed the steering wheel, and turned the car back.

Straight to school.

Outside the school gate, she stopped the car, locked it, and walked into the campus in the bright sun.

…………

"I used to ask a lot,

When will you come with me,

But you always laugh at me,

Nothing.

I'm going to give you my quest,

And my freedom,

But you always laugh at me,

Nothing.

Oh, when are you going to come with me?

Oh, when are you going to come with me?

The ground is walking under your feet,

The water is flowing around him,

But you always laugh at me,

Nothing!

Why don't you laugh enough,

Why do I always pursue,

Is it in your presence,

I still have nothing.

……”

God, it's really hot.

Li Qian's heart was really a little bored.

There are some things that he knows can't be impatient or impatient, and he has to take his time. But at this moment, he was so impatient in his heart that he wanted to look up to the sky and roar loudly.

It's past two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.

Just riding to school made me sweat profusely.

When he came to the roof, he simply took off his T-shirt and went shirtless.

sang several new songs that he had been practicing recently, but he always felt that the fire in his heart was burning more and more, so, for the first time since his rebirth, he suddenly sang rock.

From "Nothing", to "Elopement", from "The-Phoenix", to "Being".

The fire in his heart burned more and more.

After singing for more than half an hour, he stopped, picked up the water cup and took a few big sips, then buckled the lid and put it back, caught his breath for a moment, and picked up the guitar again.

Either because the weather was too hot, or because the fire in his heart was too strong, his face was red, and he was sweating.

The guitar sounded, and after a somewhat ordinary-sounding prelude, he suddenly began to sing.

…………

The school building seems to be ...... No movement?

Qi Jie climbed to the fifth floor in one breath, and was a little tired and gasped, so he stopped and looked up.

There was no movement on the roof.

Suddenly, she felt the urge to cry.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the sour feeling back, she wanted to turn around and go downstairs and go home, but she finally decided to go to the rooftop to take a look.

From the fifth floor to the rooftop, there is a two-fold staircase with a total of 36 steps.

She walked more carefully, one order, one order.

Suddenly, the guitar moved.

Qi Jie immediately stood there.

At that moment, she felt an uncontrollable joy in her heart.

It seems that all of a sudden, she has changed from someone else's fiancée back to a Chinese language teacher at National 13th Middle School.

Then, there is a stronger urge to cry......

…………

After a guitar movement and a somewhat ordinary-sounding prelude, the upstairs man suddenly began to sing.

Then, the clear but hidden vicissitudes of life, the fierce and indignant lyrics, and the rampage of the tune, soon made her feel a tingling sensation all over her body—as if a cold sword suddenly came from the sky, and easily pierced her!

The voices of the people singing upstairs are still clear, but they are full of indescribable casualness and uninhibitedness, as well as some complex emotions that are indescribable but enough to understand-

"Ideals are always flying around, ethereal;

The reality is still real, and there is no way to hide. ”

Just these two sentences immediately captured Qi Jie's heart.

Almost subconsciously, she held her breath.

And at this time, contrary to the casual and uninhibited just now, the guitar upstairs suddenly became violent, and the voice suddenly rose, like a shout, and like a roar - between those words, there seemed to be an urge to tear everything apart!

Qi Jie's heart suddenly pinched-

"The heart is full of **, and the body has no strength,

I didn't want to feel sad, so I had to pretend to be.

Flying around, I flew around, full of hope.

I'm like a bird!"

The guitar suddenly became soft again, the rhythm was a little swaying, and the singer put away the irascible roar just now, and suddenly regained that casual but uninhibited taste.

"I don't feel tired, but I have nowhere to go.

Emptiness threw me down the street, like a sick person fleeing death. ”

Then, the fierce strumming resumed, and the violent roar resumed.

"It's a good place to wander and you can't close your eyes.

The buildings are so brilliant and the lights are so bright.

Flying around, I'm flying around, reality is a cage.

I'm like a bird!"

That violent electric current hit her again and hit her hard!

Qi Jie stayed there, only to feel numb, and he couldn't even raise his hand.

Reality is a cage...... Reality is a cage...... Reality is a cage......

Suddenly, that sour and helpless feeling came back to her heart again, she only felt a sour nose, and instantly had an urge to cry!

And at this time, the singing of the people upstairs did not stop-

"They gave me a pair of wings, they gave me a direction.

They said it was happiness, and I was hopeful.

I fly with full power, and then I see the truth,

There is no happiness there, only a big wall.

Flying around, I flew around, full of hope.

I'm like a bird!"

Completely uncontrollable, Qi Jie's eyes quickly blurred, and then, a big, big teardrop fell silently and quickly slid down her cheeks!

The guitar upstairs is intermittently soft or grumpy.

At the same time, to the rhythm of the guitar, the upstairs man repeatedly sang softly-

"Flying around,

Fly

I'm flying around,

Like a bird. ”

Mom said, "...... In fact, Xiaoliang's child is really good, this is what we have seen since childhood, your father and I have also watched that child grow up since childhood, can you still run? Besides, you haven't known him for a year or two, and you've known him since childhood, you can tell yourself, what's wrong with Xiaoliang? Moreover, people's family backgrounds are good, you marry in the past, and your life will definitely be comfortable, otherwise, your parents love you so much, will they order such a family affair for you?"

Dad said, "Xiaojie, I haven't heard you have any dissatisfaction with this marriage before, why is this time coming, and you say this and that?" isn't it...... You got a boyfriend when you were in college?"

…………

"Flying around,

Fly

I'm flying around,

Like a bird. ”

"Dad, Mom, how many times have I told you, I really don't want to go to any women's college, there is not even a long beard walking around the whole school, if I go to that kind of school, sooner or later I will go crazy! Besides, I don't want to be a teacher in the future, what kind of education department to study! It's not enough for you two to contribute to the education of the motherland, why do you have to drag me along? I won't go to school! I won't go to school! I won't go to school! I won't go to death!"

“…… Look at your child, what Xiaoliang said is not unreasonable, girls, study an education major, just come back to teach after graduation, your parents have taught for so many years, there are always a few good friends, you come back from graduation, if you think that the thirteenth middle school is not good enough, let your father show his old face to find someone for you, let's go to the relationship, let you enter the first middle school, okay? And that women's college, how good, clean and worry-free, there are not so many messy things in other schools......"

"Lu Liang is going to train me according to the standard of a child daughter-in-law, a women's college, I can't see men all day long, majoring in education, and coming back to teach for two years is just right for his husband and children...... Why do you want to be beautiful? Are you still not my own parents? Are you thinking about me, or would you prefer to train a qualified child daughter-in-law for Lu Liang?"

…………

"I'm flying around,

I'm flying around,

I'm flying around,

Like a bird. ”

“…… Xiaojie, come, see what this is?...... Haha, your aunt bought it for you, try it...... Hehe, it's delicious, mom doesn't eat it, you eat it, this is your candy...... Mom told you, today, I'm going out with your father, I'm going to meet with you Uncle Lu and Aunt He to discuss things, we've given you and Xiaoliang's marriage! How's that, aren't you happy? This family affair must be down, and when our Xiaojie grows up, you can get married with confidence! You don't have to think hard about what kind of man you want to find before you can rest assured! Look, your parents have picked it for you......

"Mom, what do you mean by family affairs? Do you mean that I will marry Xiaoliang when I grow up?"

"yes, how's it going, okay?"

"But...... But I don't like Xiao Liang......"

"Why don't you like Xiao Liang? Xiao Liang is so good, and he is willing to play with you and give you candy to eat, right?"

"But...... He had snot, and, and...... He also likes to get angry, and when he's angry, he pushes me, and then he pushes me down, and it hurts! He ignores me when I cry, and he scares me that he's going to beat me......."

"Xiaoliang will definitely not be in the future, now our Xiaojie is already his daughter-in-law, right?"

"But ......"

…………

Qi Jie burst into tears.

…………

At this time, the violent strumming of the strings suddenly turned, and returned to the swaying rhythm of the beginning, and the upstairs man sang lazily and casually:

"I don't want to be numb anymore, I don't want to be at the mercy of anyone else;

I don't want to be in a lie anymore and let my life go to waste.

We used to live on the streets, let the cold wind beat our chests;

We used to clench our fists and fight for a little bit of freedom. ”

Then, the guitar suddenly swept up again, and he roared hoarsely-

"Let's sing together, sing the song of freedom,

Let's fly together and take to the skies.

Let's sing it together and sing the song of freedom.

Let's fly together......

Like a bird,

Like a bird,

Because we,

Born free!"