Liuying and "Jianghuo" met at the Architects' Forum.

Since the beginning of her memory, Liu Ying likes to squat under the old banyan tree in Guiye Courtyard and stack some small stones and bricks, repeating the stereotype to build the appearance of her heart, she thinks this is probably one of the other diseases of autistic people. In high school, Liu Hotaru highlighted his talent in architectural design, and then turned his time in a daze into sketching, and naturally chose this major in college, and the Architect Forum is one of the main ways for every architect to obtain the latest information in the industry.

At that time, Hotaru had been in Nairobi for half a year with the volunteer team, and the situation in the slums of Nairobi was unforgettable in Hotaru's mind, and a simple and practical idea was imprinted in her mind. The idea of the first school in the slums was born, thinking that since they couldn't change their surroundings, they would change the people in the environment and send them out of this desperate place. Although there are ideas, but the initial funds are the most important, without funds there is nothing, in this place where theft and robbery, guns and bullets are spreading, such a thing as donations will definitely be nothing. Liu Ying explained the situation in the forum and launched a fundraiser, and a person named "Jiang Huo" on the forum immediately sent her a private message, saying that he would bear all the costs of building the school.

Quan Shi was in a hurry, and Liuying didn't think too much about the person "Jiang Huo", so he accepted his money without knowing anything about him, and the purpose of each payment and related bills, Liuying would send him clearly and clearly in the form of pictures every once in a while. After going back and forth, the content of the chat between the two was not only school-related matters, but also occasionally mixed with some other topics. For example, Jiang Huo will give her a lot of advice on running schools or living in Nairobi.

For Liu Firefly, "Jiang Huo" is already a friend who has never met.

"I'm fine, what about you?" Liu Ying and "Jiang Huo" have always communicated with text messages, just like some kind of tacit understanding, "Jiang Huo" has never sent her voice messages, which makes Liu Ying let go of a lot of mustard, this way of separating the screen can make her a lot easier.

"I'm fine too. ”

Liuying looked at the four words on the screen, the chat seemed to end here, she was not very good at finding topics, and was about to put down her phone, but "Jiang Huo" sent another message.

"How's school?"

Liuying thought for a moment, and quickly replied on the keyboard with her fingertips: "The school is on the right track, although the income of the grocery store is meager, but at least it can make the school operate normally, the teachers' salaries can be paid normally, and the children's living conditions have improved a lot." ”

She clicked "send" and then added, "I'm back home." ”

Liuying thought about it and still had to let "Jiang Huo" know that he had returned to China, and the situation of the school could only be known through the email sent by the principal in the future, he was a donor, and he had the right to know this, and when the principal explained the situation of the school in the future, he also had to report to him.

I don't know how long it took before Jiang Huo sent another message: "You came back today?"

"Hmm. Hotaru replied simply.

"Welcome home. Four more simple words.

Liu Ying couldn't help but think, "Jiang Huo" is a person who is sometimes silent, and sometimes he can talk eloquently, I don't know what he is like in reality?

"Berg must have been crying very sadly when you left. ”

Hotaru looks at the screen, Berg is an orphan with depression in Nairobi who is dependent on Hotaru. He cried profusely when Hotaru left, but fortunately, by the time Hotaru left, his depression had already developed in a better direction, and of course, all thanks to "Jiang Huo", an architect with a graduate degree in psychology.

Liuying did not continue the topic of "Jiang Huo", but suddenly asked him: "Why do you want to study psychology in graduate school? This is very different from your undergraduate major." ”

"Jiang Huo" quickly replied: "For a person who is very important to me." ”

Liu Hotaru smiled inadvertently under the light of the mobile phone screen, probably this is one of the reasons why she likes to chat with "Jiang Huo", the chat mode of the two of them is always simple and clear, without any beating around the bush, she doesn't have to bother to guess the other party's obscure meaning, that's not what she's good at. The person who is very important to "Jiang Huo" must also be a very good person, she thought.

"The people who are important to you must be very good. Hotaru replied affirmatively.

"Yes, she is very good, so good that I have some low self-esteem, but I am proud of her in addition to being inferior. ”

She thought to herself and typed out on the screen, "She?"

"People I like. ”

"Jiang Huo" likes people, Liu Ying thought, it's so good.

When Liu Ying woke up the next day, it was already past nine o'clock, and the phone was still on the side of the pillow, she picked it up and looked at it, and the dialog box was still chatting with Jiang Huo.

"Have you slept already?"

"Good night. ”

After that, there was no more, she chatted with Jiang Huo a little late last night, and fell asleep unconsciously, and the last two messages failed to reply to him in time. Liu Hotaru threw down her phone, got up and opened the wardrobe and took a set of clothes from two years ago to change into, only to find that the clothes and pants were a little big. Fortunately, Liuying is not such a picky person, and she doesn't care too much about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

When Liuying went downstairs, she saw that Lin Ma was busy in the open kitchen, and when Lin Ma saw her going downstairs, she greeted her: "Miss, are you up? Today's breakfast is porridge, I will serve it to you." ”

Liuying hurriedly said: "No need Lin Ma, I'll just serve it myself, you are busy with yours." ”

Mother Lin replied: "It's not in the way, I'm just boiling it hot." The gentleman said that you will not eat at home at noon today, and he will not come back to eat because he has to work overtime anyway, but he has not been used to eating the company's meals, so I will make some soup and send it to him later. ”

"Is my brother busy?" asked Hotaru.

Mother Lin put a bowl of porridge for Liuying on the dining table, and replied: "Well, in the two years since you left, Miss, my husband has expanded thirteen chain stores, working day and night, sometimes I have to answer more than ten phone calls for a meal, and the meal is cold after the call, sometimes I have to fly to several places a day, and I have something wrong with my waist for many years, and I can't sit for a long time." By the way, Miss, now that you're back, you can go to work in your husband's company. ”

Liuying hurriedly replied: "Mother Lin, you forgot that I studied architecture, and going to work in the company is not equivalent to causing trouble for my brother?"

"Now there are so many people who don't have the right majors, who said that you can't do business if you study architecture. Mother Lin said with a smile.

Liuying didn't answer, she ate a bowl of porridge cleanly, then went upstairs and took her mobile phone and backpack to say hello to Lin's mother and went out. She hasn't been back for two years and doesn't know if the bus route has changed. Liuying walked to the bus stop and looked, she was glad that the bus route had not changed, otherwise it would have been a trouble. This bus Liu Ying is too familiar, she is a day student in junior high and high school, and the school she studied is on this bus line, at that time she and Shen Youxia moved out of Shen's house, Shen Youxia rented an apartment near this line for the convenience of Liu Ying's school, until he bought a house here later. The various stops of this bus can almost be memorized backwards.

Liuying sat in the bus, still wearing headphones and listening to soft music as when she was a student, and when she arrived at the stop of her high school, she subconsciously looked at the old sycamore trees on both sides of the school that had been pruned with a lot of branches, and many knots sprouted again, and the sound of students reading aloud came from inside. The bus stop on the left side of the school is the platform where the bus she is currently taking, and the advertisement in the platform window is an advertisement for EAST, and the advertising cloth is an antique courtyard house, which is the first EAST residence, designed by Liu Ying.

Xia Midou and Liuying made an appointment in a Western restaurant not far from her company, and Liuying has never liked places with many people, so Xia Midou deliberately chose a Western restaurant. Because there are almost no people in the western restaurant at noon, couples have to have a candlelight dinner, which is useless in the daytime, so naturally there are not many people.

It was only eleven o'clock when Liuying arrived at the agreed place after several twists and turns, she picked a place in a corner to sit down, asked for a hot drink, and was about to send a message to Xia Midou, but she took out her mobile phone from her bag and found a few missed calls, from Shen Youxia. I turned my phone on silent last night, forgot to turn it off this morning, and threw my phone in my bag when I went out, and I didn't notice it at all.

She dialed back, "Hey, brother." ”

"Where are you not answering the phone. ”

"I'm waiting for rice beans, I didn't hear my phone in my bag. Hotaru replied.

"Didn't you have an appointment, why did you pass so early?"

"Anyway, I didn't have anything to do at home, so I came over. What's wrong?"

"Aunt Qin just called and asked if you have time to go back to the opening ceremony. ”

"Opening ceremony?" asked Liuying, unexplained.

Shen Youxia suddenly remembered that he hadn't told Liu Ying about this, so he said again: "I forgot to tell you before, two years ago, someone donated a sum of money to Aunt Qin to rebuild the Guiye Hospital, which was originally scheduled to open a year ago, but the procedures were done intermittently for a year, and it was officially opened in a few days." Aunt Qin held a simple opening ceremony, and most of the people who walked with us at that time would pass, and I heard that the donors were also going to go, so Aunt Qin asked us about our wishes...... Your will is my will. ”

"Then go ahead. Liu Ying said, although she didn't have much affection for Guiye Academy, but after all, it raised her, it was her childhood, her starting point.

Shen Youxia was stunned for a moment, "Haven't you always disliked getting involved in these things?"

"So, I'm changing. ”

"You're you, what else to change, you're good. ”

Rokutaru smiled and said, "Then I'm going to get better." ”

Shen Youxia's mood seemed to improve, and he said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll tell Aunt Qin that we'll go back together." ”

In this case, let's reconcile with my brother, Liuying thought to herself, very happy.

Liu Ying hung up the phone and sent a message to Xia Midou "I'm here", and then casually flipped through the books in the built-in bookcase on the wall.