Chapter 7 The First Return to Yanjing
City life is always noisy and lively.
It's late afternoon, and it's the most crowded time of the day.
The neon lights are also gradually starting to flicker, adding a bit of enchantment to this historic ancient city.
Earlier, Zi Yan drove Jiang Li and the others to Yenching University.
Along the way, Jiang Li was naturally shocked to see the earth-shaking changes in Yan Shangjing, which had been absent for 50 years, so he asked Wen Yu to sign up first, and he came to a food street at the back of the school.
Looking at the pedestrians and vehicles coming and going, Jiang Li couldn't help but feel a little lonely.
The low-rise house has now become a high-rise building, and the silk clothes that everyone regarded as a status symbol are no longer visible.
"It's completely different here from back then!" Jiang Li sighed helplessly after a long time.
As the saying goes, "Things are people, and everything is resting, and tears flow first when you want to speak." But now even this thing has changed.
Jiang Li looked around and walked towards a snack bar called "Zhang Ji Porridge Shop", he walked over, sat outside, asked for a bowl of white porridge, and then enjoyed the surrounding scenery while eating.
"Fifty years, it has not come out, even if this white porridge has changed its taste? Jiang Li tasted a mouthful of white porridge and said.
"Young man, what do you say? His white porridge has always tasted like this, and it is famous on this street, so don't talk nonsense if you don't know how to taste it. The diners at the table on the side, thinking that they were the old customers of this restaurant, couldn't help but feel unhappy when they heard Jiang Li's words.
Jiang Li smiled apologetically: "Maybe it's my problem." ”
In fact, the white porridge is very fragrant, and the cooking is very hot, but Jiang Li's heart is a little bitter.
Time passed very quickly, and just when Jiang Li lost his mind, several hours had passed.
Eight or nine o'clock in Yanjing, the flow of people is still a lot, new customers come batch after batch, this small restaurant is small, but it is complete, in addition to porridge, there are fried dumplings, barbecue, rice noodles, beer and drinks.
Jiang Li sat alone at a table, seeing that the place was full, and there were still people coming, the boss walked over, "Young man, can you let me have a while? There are still guests who have no place to sit!"
Jiang Li looked up, and several girls came over and looked at Jiang Li strangely as they stood aside.
This man's bowl was already empty, and he didn't leave when he finished eating, so he sat alone.
"Hmm!" Jiang Li stood up and made way for the girls, he looked at the street with a sad face, and then walked forward.
The three girls were all quite beautiful, and after ordering the meal, they looked at Jiang Li's emaciated back curiously, and one of them said: "What a weirdo, what's so beautiful about this street." ”
"He seems to be very sad, alas, you say that he is not seriously ill and is about to die, so I want to look here a few more times before I die. Another girl said.
"Maybe it is, you didn't see how white his face was just now, it's like applying a layer of powder, yes, it's oozing when you think about it. The last girl spoke.
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The time passed quickly, the night was getting darker and darker, and a thin cloud rose in the sky.
It was ten o'clock in the evening, and Jiang Li came to the door of Yenching University, but was stopped by the security guards on the grounds that it was already a night ban.
Jiang Li had no choice but to find a hotel nearby.
On the way back, Zi Yan told Jiang Li about the changes in Yanjing over the years.
The guesthouse was the inn of the past.
This time Wen Yu was confused, these are all common sense, do you still need to teach?
When he first arrived at the hotel, the owner resolutely refused to let him stay because of Jiang Li's illness, for fear that he would have an accident in his store, so he wanted to cry without tears.
Of course, the saying "money can make ghosts grind" is not false at all, after Jiang Li took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills scavenged from An Ran, the shopkeeper changed his previous attitude and agreed to let Jiang Li move in.
The night seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, and at eight o'clock the next day, Jiang Li walked out of the hotel and walked towards Yenching University.
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Someone said that to see how a school is, you must first look at its appearance.
If that's the case, then Yenching University lives up to its name.
The school is decorated with colorful flowers everywhere on campus, and it looks even more vibrant.
The unique style of the school buildings, decorated with verdant trees and delicate flowers, add a vigorous vitality, forming a kind of artificial beauty and natural beauty.
The flowers and trees beside the school road swayed in the wind, bringing a faint fragrance of flowers, sending a burst of fresh grass, and bringing the breath of learning, refreshing and intoxicating!
Jiang Li looked at this charming scenery, and his mood was unconsciously much better, but he was a little envious of these students.
Jiang Li released his divine sense and found the principal's office.
When Jiang Li walked to the front of the office, the principal, who was originally arranging work with a serious face, immediately greeted him with a smile, thinking that he had already seen Jiang Li's photo from An Ran.
It's just that what the principal didn't expect was that this Jiang Li was even thinner than he looked in the photo.
"Mr. Jiang, you came to school so early," the principal stretched out his hands and shook hands with Jiang Li, and his words were full of respect, not at all like the attitude towards an ordinary student.
"I haven't reported it yet, so I thought I'd come earlier. Jiang Li replied.
Seeing that Jiang Li was humble and polite, without the slightest rebelliousness of the children of the family, this also made the principal feel good, waved his hand, and signaled that he didn't have to care: "The reported matter, when Mr. An called me yesterday, I had already done it, Mr. Jiang, you can rest assured." ”
Jiang Li nodded, he naturally didn't have to worry about An Ran's efficiency: "Headmaster, where is my school?"
School?
The principal was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Mr. is talking about the classroom, Mr. An's major for you is the art department, music class 2." ”
"Music? Jiang Li smiled slightly and muttered in a low voice.
"By the way, Mr. Jiang, that's the case, freshmen need to participate in military training before they come to school, and then they start formal classes, do you see this military training? Do you want to give you a vacation?" The principal looked at Jiang Li's body and couldn't help but show a trace of worry.
Jiang Li understood the principal's worries, shook his head, and said simply: "No, I have my own body, and it may be beneficial to exercise a little." ”
Seeing Jiang Li say this, the principal had no choice but to agree, who made his backstage hard.
"Okay, Mr. Jiang, the military training will start tomorrow, you can go to the dormitory first, but I'm sorry, the dormitory has been allocated before, and now you need to be wronged to share a dormitory with others?"
When Jiang Li heard this, his brows frowned slightly, and he was a little displeased.
He has never liked to have too much contact with others, let alone share a dorm room.
But when he thought that he wouldn't be here for long, he wasn't a real student after all, so he felt a little better, nodded his head, and planned to stay.
After Jiang Li came out of the principal's office, he walked in the direction of the dormitory, but this place was really too big.
Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that this school palace is too big, and it's not a good thing." ”
"Oh, look at my memory, it's called university now. Jiang Li shook his head, laughed at himself, released his divine sense, and searched the location of the bedroom.
Jiang Li walked very slowly, constantly looking at the scenery of this school, as if he wanted to take in all of them.
And at this moment, when Jiang Li had just come to the tree-lined path not far from the bedroom, a strange feeling hit him instantly.
Jiang Li's mouth opened slightly, and he felt a sense of familiarity from his soul.
On the right, this feeling is coming from the right.
Jiang Li couldn't help but speed up his pace, and regardless of the vegetation and flowers on both sides of the road, he stepped directly on it.
After a moment, he stopped, and in front of him was a blue lake.
The surface of the lake is as horizontal as a mirror, reflecting the white clouds and vegetation on both sides.
When I came here, the feeling was noticeably stronger, and with it came a sense of pain.
"Ah, my head hurts. ”
Jiang Li held on for a few seconds, then knelt on the ground with his head in his arms and roared.
He gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressed the pain, and released his senses, wanting to enter the surface of the lake and find out.
The lake is very clear, there are no aquatic plants, and there are no living creatures, and what Jiang Li sees is water except water.
Jiang Li's consciousness was declining, and just as he was about to reach the bottom of the lake, the heart-rending pain intensified again.
Then he felt as if his soul was about to be torn apart.
"Poof. Jiang Li spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person was lying on his back, trembling constantly.
After a long time, this pain gradually eased a little, Jiang Li's brows were tightly locked, and he was indescribably solemn, but soon this solemnity receded, replaced by madness.
Jiang Li looked at the lake and roared: "It's been two thousand years, I've been waiting for two thousand years, I don't want to wait any longer, no matter what's down here today, I'm going to find out!"
And just when Jiang Li wanted to jump into the lake and check it out for himself, a pair of hands pressed on his right shoulder.
Jiang Li looked grim, slapped his hand away, turned around, and looked at him.