Towards the end of the year, the temperature in Jiangcheng plummeted, and the whole city was shrouded in the cold, the humidity increased sharply, there was no sunlight, and there was no life at all.

Although Jiangcheng is located in the south, in Shao Yuanguang's opinion, the winter here is more difficult and colder than that in the north.

Since his injury, the school's classes have basically been handled by other teachers, and with a leg injury, Shao Yuanguang rarely goes out unless necessary, staying at home all day. Fortunately, the lighting in his house is not bad, and there is sunlight in the early morning and evening, so as not to become moldy and hairy.

Shao Yuanguang's balcony overlooks the door to the family quarter, and he sometimes stands on the balcony drinking a cup of coffee, occasionally expecting to see a familiar figure there.

However, all chance encounters are either predestined or premeditated, and if one person is determined to disappear from the life of another, the encounter becomes more and more difficult and unrealistic.

Shao Yuanguang drank all the coffee in his cup, and then roughly calculated that he had not heard from Bai Shutong for more than a month.

Thinking of this, he sighed, put down his coffee cup, turned around and went back to the house, packed his things and went out to leave.

In the morning, Gao Qi asked him to go to the hospital for a routine examination, and when Shao Yuanguang drove over slowly, it was already noon.

Gao Qi took a film, looked at it and pouted: "I'm not optimistic, there's fluid accumulation......" Gao Qi pointed to the kneecap in the film with the tip of his pen, thought about it and turned his head to look at Shao Yuanguang, "I said did you have a good rest?" Not afraid of becoming lame? ”

Shao Yuanguang came to see a doctor before, and Gao Qi instructed no less than dozens of precautions for the size of the doctor. He was annoyed by what he heard, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to these things, so he just took his medicine on time.

Gao Qi was dissatisfied when he heard this: "Do you know that taking medicine is only part of the recovery, and it is more about adjusting your mood?" And you are bored at home every day reading and writing papers, which is not called rest. ”

He is a doctor, Shao Yuanguang can't say anything about him, so he lets him criticize, just as the left ear goes in and the right ear goes out.

Gao Qi was tired of talking, and he knew that he didn't take it to heart, so he collected his things and went to the cafeteria with Shao Yuanguang to eat. During the banquet, Gao Qi couldn't stay idle, and talked about other things: "Are you still stiff with Xiaobai?" ”

Shao Yuanguang's face was silent, he ate with his head bored, and paused for a moment before saying, "No." ”

Now he and Bai Shutong are no longer deadlocked.

Gao Qi was mistaken and smiled: "Since it's all settled, don't be the boss." Gao Qi swallowed his meal and said vaguely, "Recently, the patient's family has also been relieved. In the end, the hospital relented and agreed to pay them compensation. ”

Gao Qi said, thinking that it was nonsense to think that evil would not prevail over righteousness, and couldn't help sighing, "Although the hospital is helpless, but the matter is solved, the family will not make trouble anymore, don't think about it too much, what should Xiaobai do, there is no need to drive her away for this." ”

Shao Yuanguang didn't say anything, lowered his head and said "um", and ate his own food.

Now that he has no idea what to do-

After coming out of the hospital, Shao Yuanguang took the medicine and drove home.

At the end of the semester, the students' exams were over, and students could be seen carrying suitcases and preparing to go home from time to time on the roads around Jiangda.

Shao Yuanguang thought of something, and the steering wheel under his hand suddenly changed direction, and the car turned into the school.

The Faculty of Science building was empty and filled with the atmosphere of the holidays. Shao Yuanguang had some difficulty climbing the stairs, holding on to the stairs and slowly walking upstairs, and from time to time students who came down from the upstairs greeted him.

When he saw them, he stopped and nodded at them, and if there were more familiar students, he would greet them and ask about their recent physical condition.

Climbing all the way to the Faculty of Science office, what used to take two minutes to solve is now taking 10 minutes.

He pinched his left knee, and instead of going to his office, he went to the top floor.

Passing by the dean's office, Shao Yuanguang stopped at the door next door. There was movement inside the door, and the sound sounded like a book was being put away. Shao Yuanguang lifted his heart, hesitated slightly, and reached out and knocked on the door.

After a few knocks on the door, the movement in the room stopped.

Shao Yuanguang thought for a moment and shouted outside the door: "Xiaobai, it's me." ”

There was no movement in the door, Shao Yuanguang waited patiently, and after waiting for a while, there was finally the sound of footsteps inside.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and when they stopped, the door lock was twisted, and a light □□ out of the door, and Shao Yuanguang squinted his eyes.

The door opened, and it was not Bai Shutong who opened the door, but Cao Feng.

Shao Yuanguang frowned and asked him, "Why are you here?" What about Xiaobai? ”

Cao Feng hesitated, turned sideways and let Shao Yuanguang into the house.

He has recovered from his left knee and no longer needs crutches, but he still has some difficulty walking. Cao Feng pursed his lips and said, "I'll help her collect things." After he finished speaking, he no longer greeted Shao Yuanguang, and returned to the bookcase by himself and began to pack up the books inside, taking them out one by one, sorting them out and putting them in the cardboard box.

Shao Yuanguang stood aside and watched, his eyebrows tightened, and he asked him hesitantly: "She is moving to another office again?" ”

Cao Feng paused in the movement in his hand, stood up and looked at Shao Yuanguang: "Teacher Shao, Tongtong has resigned." He hesitated for a moment, then added, "Didn't she tell you?" ”

Shao Yuanguang's expression was silent, and he paused for a long time before sighing silently. That's right, since Bai Shutong is preparing to go to the United States, it is a matter of time before he resigns, he should have thought of it a long time ago.

Shao Yuanguang nodded, and when he turned to leave, he felt lonely in his heart. His goal was achieved, and he walked step by step in the direction he planned, successfully prevented Bai Shutong from studying for his doctorate, and successfully persuaded her to go to the United States, but Shao Yuanguang's heart was full of inexplicable sadness and loss.

I don't know when, maybe he will never see Bai Shutong again, she disappeared from her life and became a hurried passerby. Or, a month ago, the side in the hospital may have been their last time together......

Shao Yuanguang held on to the wall, stood firm, and then slowly walked downstairs.

The way up the stairs is hard, and the way down the stairs is even more torturous-

Cao Feng put down the work in his hand and followed behind Shao Yuanguang, looking at his lonely and slowly departing back, he had something to say in his heart, but he didn't know how to say it.

Shao Yuanguang's attitude towards him has always been tolerant. This is somewhat out of his favor for Bai Shutong, Cao Feng is not ignorant of this, but thinking of Shao Yuanguang's attitude towards Bai Shutong and Bai Shutong's obsession with Shao Yuanguang, Cao Feng can't help but be angry.

He was angry that he was useless, he couldn't take care of her as meticulously as Shao Yuanguang, and he was also angry that Bai Shutong didn't know what to do, and he never appreciated his efforts, and he was even more angry with Shao Yuanguang, who obviously liked Bai Shutong, but he had a lot of concerns and didn't dare to speak out.

Cao Feng sighed sullenly, returned to the office, sealed a box of books, carried it on his shoulder, and quickly went downstairs.

He put the book on the motorcycle and drove to the family area of Jiang University with a cigarette.

Cao Feng moved the book upstairs, and his grandmother helped open the door and beckoned him in-

Bai Shutong was reading a book in the study at this time, staring at the TOEFL test questions in front of him in a daze. Cao Feng knocked on the door and came in, and she reacted and looked back at him in a daze.

Bai Shutong was like this for most of this time, he couldn't give up, staring at the book for a day, but at the end of the day, not a page was translated.

Cao Feng sighed and said, "Go out for a walk, read every day, don't be suffocated." ”

Bai Shutong shook his head and returned his gaze to the book. She had to pass the guò language test, and after the test she could go to the United States. But what's the point of going to the United States? For yourself? Or just listen to Shao Yuanguang's words? The farther away from him, the better?

Cao Feng walked over slowly, reached out and took the book from the table, put it in his hand, and asked her, "Is the TOEFL test good?" ”

Bai Shutong shook his head and thought for a while before saying, "Look at who took the test, I think it's very difficult......"

Cao Feng took the book and flipped through a few pages, and asked casually, "What school are you going to go to?" ”

"University of Pennsylvania." Bai Shutong said.

Cao Feng frowned when he heard this, remembering that Shao Yuanguang had originally graduated from that school. He put down the book and smiled: "Pennsylvania is good, psychology ranks quite high." He said, pausing, "It's said to be difficult to apply, you're lucky." ”

"I had a meeting with an old professor over there, and he emailed him to see my research plan, and he said he was willing to accept me, as long as my language was passed."

Cao Feng nodded, and wandered in the study for a long time, wandering as if he had nothing to say, and only spoke for a long time: "I met Shao Yuanguang in the office today." ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Bai Shutong. Bai Shutong was writing with his head down, and when he heard Shao Yuanguang's name, the tip of his pen paused for no reason.

She wanted to concentrate on writing, but she couldn't ignore the name anyway.

Bai Shutong recalled the scene of smashing the car a month ago in his mind. Except for his mother and Shao Yuanguang, I am afraid that there will be no one in this world who will treat themselves unconditionally like them.

She couldn't listen to her mother's words anymore, but Shao Yuanguang's words ......

Bai Shutong lowered his head and said "um", but did not speak.

"You didn't sue him, you resigned?" Cao Feng asked.

Bai Shutong shook his head, wrote with his head bored, and wrote for a while, then he looked up and asked Cao Feng: "Is he okay?" Is the injury healed? ”

Cao Feng shrugged, "It's almost, the legs are not neat yet." ”

Bai Shutong sighed and lowered his head again.

"He may have something to say to you......" Cao Feng said, "Why don't you give him a call?" ”

"Forget it." Bai Shutong said with a sullen head, "If he really has something, he will call me." ”

It's been a month and nothing has been heard. Since the last time she said goodbye to the hospital, Shao Yuanguang has never contacted her. He asked her to go, and she went away, but he stopped talking and asked her to come back. In that case, what is it for her to come forward with her bumping forward? -

After dinner, Cao Feng sent Bai Shutong home, and then he turned back to the dormitory.

The first thing he did when he got back to his dorm room was to flip through his computer and type in the website of the University of Pennsylvania.

After searching on the Internet, Cao Feng hesitated for a moment, sent a text message to Shao Yuanguang, and asked him, "Teacher Shao, when are you free?" I'd like to talk to you. ”

It was late at night, Shao Yuanguang did not reply, and early the next morning, Cao Feng received his reply: "I'm at home, come over at any time." ”