CHAPTER XXXIV

"Going to the Soup and Fire" / Call me Meow

In my life, the most feared thing is not being able to meet someone who makes you have the urge to go to the soup.

The dark sky is full of shining stars, which is particularly dazzling. In the pale moonlight, the shadows of people appear exceptionally clear. Chen Ziang stood alone on the basketball court of No. 1 Middle School in City A, holding a burning cigarette butt between his fingers. The place he was staring at motionless was the school building across the field.

Over the years, when he missed that person, he was used to coming here to take a look. I don't walk around, I just stand here, looking at the school building with a certain history.

It's still early, it's the time for evening self-study, and the teaching building is bright. He could imagine the scene in each classroom, with students sitting in their seats, perhaps studying, whispering or eating snacks behind their backs. It's just that I don't know if anyone else will take a sneak peek of someone else's back with a mobile phone.

A little evening breeze gently stirred his short hair, the dry air was a little more humid, and a hint of loneliness flashed in his bright eyes under the sultry cicada chirping.

Many years ago, in the building in front of him. There was once such a girl who unscrupulously secretly patted his back. Even after being discovered by him, he smiled at him without twisting his white teeth. The girl who used to be, the day we first met, she wrote her name on a small piece of paper for people to hand to him, he threw it away, and she wrote it again.

She seemed to be an unknown through his world, and then asked him playfully, "Chen Ziang, since you are so smart, guess what my name is?" ”

Your name is Shen Bai.

He kept that sentence in his heart and never told anyone. He still remembered that when she introduced herself, her voice was very loud and crisp, and when he looked up, he saw her standing alone on the podium and giggling.

Remembering her name was just a chance event in his life with an almost zero probability. And later, this remembered name kept him from forgetting for many years.

It's been seven years, and he's been looking for her for seven years. When she took the initiative to break up, he had hatred in his heart, and he was even more resentful. He thought about meeting again, and he would not let her go easily. But never really seriously thought about what led to their breakup.

In his junior year, he felt the pressure he had never felt before, so heavy. From a very young age, Chen Ziang was educated by family to become a successful person. And this success must be manifested in an outstanding career. Therefore, his father had already paved the way for his life, just waiting for him to graduate and then naturally embark on the road he didn't like.

He majored in physics and preferred experimental research to galloping in the mall. Before an excellent boy becomes an excellent man, he hopes to achieve his future self through his own efforts. Chen Ziang has always known that if he doesn't try to struggle himself, then he will have to repeat the trajectory of others for the rest of his life.

He began to plan his future life, and Yao Qian was privately arranged by him without knowing it. Before he graduated, he had to ask for the restraints of his family. After you have the ability to make her do what she likes, marry her and become a wife.

He is a person who likes to express his heart with actions, which is diametrically opposed to Yao Qian. Yao Qian would ask him from time to time, do you like her? Will you leave her? Will you marry her? Will you live with her for the rest of your life? Chen Ziang will answer her questions very seriously the first time, like it, will not leave, will marry her, for a lifetime.

And women never get bored with these problems. Chen Ziang didn't like to answer later, and felt that there was no need to answer. His answer had not changed, and he thought she knew it.

In fact, now that I recall carefully, there is a reason why their relationship will continue to have contradictions in the future.

At first, he had a good relationship with her, and she would often skip class in order to see him. She would stay up late knitting a scarf for him in order to prepare a birthday present for him. Chen Ziang is a man of principle, and he has blamed her more than once for these things.

In the second semester of their junior year, they will have a period of cold war every once in a while. The reason for the Cold War is sometimes just for a small thing, maybe when Yao Qian called Chen Ziang that day, he forgot to bring his mobile phone with him. Maybe it was because it was through the mouth of a third person that Chen Ziang learned that Yao Qian's body was not feeling well that day.

If the previous conflicts were just to pave the way for a breakup, then what happened later may be the guide that led their relationship to the end of the road. Fire. Demand.

A few days before Yao Qian's twenty-first birthday, she was still having trouble with Chen Ziang. They didn't have any contact with each other, as if there was no such person in their own lives. Chen Ziang gets up on time every morning, goes to class, and then goes to the library with Wenxi to study. He was in a very bad mood in those days, and he didn't turn the page from the time he sat down to the time he left.

On the page, in addition to his handwriting, there are some crooked handwriting. It was inadvertently left by Yao Qian when he accompanied him to study on a certain occasion. Chen Ziang looked at the familiar words, was stunned for a moment, and then packed up his books and left the library.

He called her, but no one answered. I habitually thought I was angry with myself, so I kept calling her number. I don't know how many times, he finally started to feel a little uneasy. He went to her school to look for her, asked her classmates, her roommates, and said they didn't see her.

He ran around the campus like crazy, and even called the police. Finally, I remembered it and called Yao Qian's parents. They told him that Yao Qian had gone to other provinces for a tour, and he didn't say where he was going, but he said that he would come back in a few days.

Chen Ziang could only wait for news of her at school, and on her birthday, he sat alone on a bench on her campus for a night. didn't wait for her, only dyed with a cold. A month later, when I saw Yao Qian again, the stubble on his jaw had already come out. She hugged him and said sorry to him, but never explained why she left.

Whatever the reason, he could not pursue it, as long as she was safe and sound. Chen Ziang hugged her tightly and kissed her frantically, "Say you won't leave me, say you won't ignore me." ”

"I swear, I will never disappear for no reason again, and I will never ignore you again."

The oath is vivid, but she breaks it at any time and at will.

It didn't take long for him to vaguely feel that something was wrong with her. She wasn't in front of him as often as she used to, and when he went to her, she always had a myriad of excuses to get back and forth.

Once, he went to look for her and saw her coming out of the school building with a boy. The smile on her face is still so playful and smart. The boy reached out and patted her gently on the shoulder, and she just turned back to meet his gaze.

The two looked at each other, and the smile on the corner of her mouth suddenly retracted. Bowing his head and not knowing what to say to the people around him, he walked quickly to himself.

She asked him, "Why are you here?" ”

It was strange that he was accustomed to her rushing into his arms from a distance, and now that he saw her standing in front of him two steps apart, he felt very uncomfortable. His hand was raised, and just as he stretched out, she subconsciously closed her eyes.

The hand froze in the air, and then slowly brushed the broken hair that had scattered around her ear behind her ear, "I'm coming for you." ”

She covered her lower abdomen with one hand, frowned, and didn't say a word for a long time.

The person in front of me seems to have changed somewhat, but I can't see where it has changed. It's still that plain face, it's still that person. However, he always felt that something was missing, and he looked at the boy who was still standing not far behind her, and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

Following his gaze, she also glanced back and nodded, "Well, it's busy." ”

The tall figure, standing in front of her, showed a little loneliness. His jaw, which had always been high, was lowered at this time, and a small face was reflected in his eyes, "Then you go and get busy." ”

He would never force her, even if he really wanted to force her at that time.

"Okay."

Responding gently, she turned slightly, and walked towards the other boy under his gaze. Then the two walked side by side, and finally disappeared from his vision. If that day, she could look back, no matter how far she was, she could see him behind her. But she didn't, not once.

His heart was empty all of a sudden, and a feeling that he was about to lose her suddenly came to his heart, and it was fierce.

She finally said that sentence to him, "Chen Ziang, let's break up." ”

Very decisive, very decisive.

It was the second time he had lost contact with her, her voice coming from the phone, and he almost thought he was having a nightmare. Maybe when the day dawns and the dream wakes up, she will appear in front of him with a smile and tell him that it was a dream, and that's it.

After all, it's not a dream.

One of his roommates told him that he had seen her in the hospital. The roommate looked at him cautiously and asked him, "Ziang, has anything happened between you and Shen Bai?" ”

Chen Ziang instantly understood what he meant, and heard him say, "I accompanied my girlfriend to go for a check-up, you know, there are only two kinds of girls who go to the obstetrics and gynecology department." One is pregnant, the other is ....."

A light piano music sounded in my ears, which was the bell for the end of the evening self-study class. The quiet campus was lively with the laughter of the students for a while. also pulled Chen Ziang's thoughts back from afar.

Chen Ziang extinguished half of the cigarette butt in his hand, and after the students walked back to the dormitory, he slowly walked to the teaching building alone.

How long has it been since he came to this classroom, Chen Ziang held on to the door of the classroom and walked in unhurriedly. He sat down in a familiar position, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a spot in the back left.

There, once sat a girl who liked him; There, once there, sat a girl he liked.

"Who's in there? Hurry back to your dorm room and go to bed. ”

A stern voice sounded at the front door of the classroom, Chen Ziang looked up at the teaching director who walked in, stood up and bowed slightly, "Teacher, long time no see." ”

Although Chen Ziang has graduated for many years, it is difficult for an outstanding student like him to be forgotten. The dean looked at him with satisfaction, "Chen Ziang? It's been a long time, how did you think of it? ”

"Come and see here." Chen Ziang replied, but his gaze quickly swept somewhere behind him.

"It's so late, if you don't mind, come to the office and have a cup of tea with me."

The dean took Chan back to his office, poured him a cup of tea, and asked him about his work, and he answered them all.

"How many classes of students have I brought with me in this school, but it is the first time I have seen a student so late, and I rushed back. Are you in a hurry? ”

Chen Ziang paused, "I suddenly remembered something, so I came over to take a look." ”

Before tonight, he used the cooperation case between Marriott and Mo Sen to threaten Gu Jinchen. Those things that he didn't know about were finally laid out in front of him.

The teaching director wanted to see if there was anything he could help with, but seeing Chen Ziang's indifferent face, he didn't ask any more questions, and only chatted casually.

Coming out of the office, Chen Ziang did not return to the classroom. With the permission of the dean of students, one person walked around the campus. If you haven't passed through a place, you will think of Yao Qian. This campus seems to be full of her figure. He reached for it, but there was nothing. 166 Reading Network