Chapter Seventy-Three: Reunion Five Years Later

"Don't you feel scared?" Qiao Le asked.

Jia Yi shook his head and said, "I'm not afraid, after all, it was not an unbearable past, if I wasn't ready to face it at the beginning, then I should be ready now, what about you?" ”

"I don't know." He didn't know if he could bear it if he could dive into the memories again.

N University Campus.

As soon as Jia Yi and Qiao Le entered the school gate, they saw the basketball court on the concrete floor, and at noon, there was still no shortage of teenagers playing ball and onlookers cheering on the court.

Jia Yi instigated Qiao Le to show the younger students the style of the court, and he joined the cheerleading team and shouted cheers with the energetic girls, Qiao Le immediately took the ball from the junior brothers, and a clean and handsome jump shot won the shouts and applause of the girls present.

He smiled sheepishly, and looked up to see Jia Yi still standing on the edge of the court waving at him, and the scene seamlessly overlapped with the scene when the two of them first spoke, and he ran towards her panting, but stopped when he was still a few steps away from her.

Jia Yi was stunned at first, and then she also reacted, she smiled and said: "This is the debate material this time, take a good look, next week, we will partner up!" She pretended to reach out and hand it to Qiao Le, as if she really had something in her hand.

Qiao Le actually reached out and took it in the air, and said with a smile: "Really? ”

"Are you happy? In this case, I must be sure that this time! ”

"No, I just think you'll have a better chance of winning."

Jia Yi deliberately raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Hmm! Well, I'm actually pretty much the same as anyone else, and I'm looking forward to having a good time working together! That's it, you go play, I didn't leave beforehand. ”

Jia Yi turned around to leave, Qiao Le wanted to hold her as he did back then but still hesitated, he immediately ran forward and walked directly to her, and took a few steps back when she was about to collide,

Jia Yi was not surprised at all, but she still deliberately made a frightened appearance, expecting Qiao Le to speak.

"I don't have anything to do, don't worry, I'm just ......" Jole paused and said, "I just want to know when we can practice?" ”

"It's okay, you can make an appointment after reading it, I'm sure everyone in the debate team has this time consciousness." She was glad that she was able to say the words of the year word for word, but after she finished speaking, she was faintly worried, frowning and lowering her eyes, clenching her fists, carefully waiting for his answer.

"I'm standing so far away from you because I already know you can't have too close contact with the opposite sex." Qiao Le looked at Jia Yi and said slowly.

Jia Yi finally raised her head, she nodded with a smile, and said, "I actually know it, thank you for your understanding!" ”

The bright sunshine of mid-spring and the young boys and girls jumped together on this humble basketball court, youth, sweat and shouts, no one wasted time in vain.

"Good shot!" Qiao Le turned around and shouted at the junior brother behind him.

"So handsome!" Jia Yi also excitedly put his palm around his mouth and shouted at Qiao Le and them.

The two men continued to walk forward, and the memory of the campus suddenly opened the valve, they looked at the changed school roads and green belts, pointed to the sculptures of different shapes, and suddenly a group of men and women shouted and attracted them.

"Come and participate in the Venus Singer Competition! Sing the good voice of n! ”

"Generous gifts, a super dazzling stage are waiting for you!"

"Help roommates, girlfriends, and friends sign up, and there are also surprise gifts to give!"

……

It was another year of club propaganda activities, Jia Yi seemed to see herself in the crowd, she looked back at Qiao Le, and said, "I don't seem to have said thank you for the pork ribs rice back then!" ”

Qiao Le nodded, but didn't look at her, his eyes never left the group of junior brothers and sisters, and he also muttered in response: "Yes, I brought it to you at the risk of being scolded by the president for delaying the delivery of food." ”

The two stood in the shade of the tree for a while, looked up at the spicy sun, suddenly felt thirsty, and couldn't help but look at each other, but at this moment no one wanted to step out of the shade, and finally Jia Yi couldn't stand it and said: "Okay, let you make a choice, left hand or right hand, choose?" She clenched her two fists and looked at Qiao Le proudly, but he was not a master who was easy to deceive, and looked at Jia Yi with her arms crossed and said, "This is not fair! ”

She couldn't help laughing and begged, "Hurry up and choose!" ”

Qiao Le had no choice but to give up, pointed to Jia Yi's left hand, and said, "It's still the left hand." ”

Of course, he knew what the ending would be, but he still asked, as he did back then, "What about the right hand?" ”

Jia Yi raised his right fist and dangled it in front of his eyes, and said with a ghostly face: "The right hand is Qiao Le, who wants to invite Jia Yi to eat strawberry sundae!" ”

Qiao Le deliberately pouted and said: "Fortunately, I chose the left hand, if it is the right hand, I am afraid that someone will blame others after becoming fat!" ”

Jia Yi immediately rolled her eyes and only said one word: "Get out!" ”

Qiao Le still went to buy water, she stood where she was and waited for a while, but suddenly took out her mobile phone and called him.

The series of sounds of "toot-toot-toot" passed through the square in the afternoon, Qiao Le realized that the mobile phone in his pocket was vibrating, and quickly pulled out his hand to take out the mobile phone to see, it showed Jia Yi's name on it, he hesitated, and finally answered.

Jia Yi's heart that was floating by the collision of "toot-toot-toot" finally settled down, and she said to the phone: "I know that I was too willful back then, and I was willful in front of you alone, because I don't think you will hurt me, I can be a normal person in front of you, I really thank you, thank you for your tolerance, your forbearance and your ...... Be careful with me. ”

Qiao Le stood in the middle of the square, the sun was shining on his head and he was a little dizzy, and the outer wall of the mineral water bottle he was carrying in his arms kept dripping water droplets, soaking through his shirt, but he was motionless, his body seemed to freeze, and after a long time he said: "I know, I am very happy, and thank you for trusting me so much." ”

After Jia Yi got a response, she hung up the phone comfortably, she slowly leaned against the trunk of the tree, next to the shade, looking in the direction of the square, she saw Qiao Le walking slowly in this direction.

He had the same bright smile on his face, as if he had been sunburned for a while, the whole person was rendered by the sun, grinning and revealing white and neat teeth, Jia Yi stretched out his hand to him to ask for water, but he didn't hand the water directly to her, but held it high, deliberately teasing: "Grab it and talk about it!" ”

Jia Yi still didn't jump over and grab it as she did at the beginning, but leaned on the trunk of the tree and pondered for a while, and then rushed towards him, Qiao Le was still so alert, and when she rushed over to grab it again, she immediately bypassed.

Jia Yi had to pounce on Qiao Le as he had done in the past.

But this time, Qiao Le didn't open her side for fear of coming into contact with her, but directly held her with one hand, and handed the mineral water to her with the other, saying: "My forbearance is not necessarily a glorious thing, after all, I can clearly say it, instead of burying it in my heart, and achieve self-righteous greatness." ”

Jia Yi smiled and took the water, and the two unscrewed the cap of the bottle at the same time, touched each other's bottles, as if celebrating something, stood in the shade of a tree and looked at the sunlight of the white flowers in the square, and drank half a bottle in one go.

The next stop was the school building, where there were security guards patrolling the teaching area at all times, and they were able to sneak in by sneaking in with the group of students in class, but fortunately, not long after the two graduated.

There is no shortage of young and old students in N University, so they didn't cause others to have any special ideas, they successfully blended into the classroom and sat in the place closest to the door, this is a public elective class, and it is also the easiest class to care about roll call, the teacher standing on the podium is a strange face, but the expression of holding the list and shouting names is very similar to that of Yao Shitai back then, Jia Yi and Qiao Le couldn't help but laugh under the table, which attracted the attention of the teachers and students in the classroom, After all, the classroom atmosphere is the quietest and strictest when the name is called.

The two had to take the opportunity to slip out of the back door, ran out of the corridor in one breath, sat down on the blue chair with their backs against the red wall, and once again looked at the blue sky outside the classroom through the green shade, Jia Yi sighed and muttered, "How do you know that I will be late for Mrs. Yao's class that day?" ”

Qiao Le said: "I went to the academic office to check your class schedule, and it was not the time when you could get up at all. ”

"Did you check the class schedule because you wanted to know if we had a chance to go to class together?"

"No, I want to know when you're busy and when you're free, so I can make up a reason to show up at the right time."

"Thank you! It must be a lot of brains to make up so many reasons, I didn't even see through any of them back then, do you think I have a problem with IQ? ”

"Well, maybe, after all, not everyone will choose Mrs. Yao's class, and ...... who overslept."

"Hahaha, it's good to have you back then......"

The two sat on the chair and laughed for a while, looked at the white clouds, and talked a lot about the past. Time kept rushing forward in the rush of the bell after class, and I didn't dare to stop for a moment.

It was finally dark, and the exhausted duo finally arrived at their last stop - the owner of the restaurant where the graduation party was held had changed, but the tables and chairs were still the same, so much so that they found a large table that could fit 20 people.

But now there was another group of graduating people sitting there, drinking wine and talking about the happy times of the past four years, except that at the last toast, everyone could only hear the glasses clashing together.

They sat down at the small table next to them and ordered a few side dishes and some beers.

"Why did you go to Beijing as soon as you graduated?" Jole helped her pull the beer tab.

"Didn't you ask this question back then?"

Qiao Le didn't deny it, but still looked at her and handed her the beer.

Jia Yi pondered for a while and said, "Everyone has an uninvited ambition, and I am so self-conscious, so I went. ”

"But you obviously have the qualifications to study insurance......"

"My family's financial conditions don't allow me to go any further...... I have to go to work. ”

"And now, why is it back?" Qiao Le continued to ask.

"I can't stay in Beijing anymore, so I'm back......" she replied lightly.

"That's not the reason, the whole of China is so big, why is it N City?"

Jia Yi had to lower her head, think carefully about the answer, and said for a long time: "Maybe...... It's because I found out that I was with you and Yuanyuan after so long that I had the opportunity to be a normal and happy version of myself...... I don't have any friends in Beijing, they're just colleagues at work, and I don't dare to make deep friendships with anyone......"

She couldn't help but feel heavy, her head lowered more and more, almost touching the beer can, Qiao Le immediately reached out to take the can for her, and said, "If you had said that earlier, I wouldn't have guessed so much...... I thought the reason behind your flickering words was me...... I thought you came back because of me. ”

"Didn't you always know that I was a strong person? How can I tell all the I have in Beijing? Jia Yi smiled slightly, but couldn't hide her slightly red eyes.

"Then I must have thought about it at the time, you have to know the past five years...... From when you went to Beijing without saying goodbye and saying nothing to suddenly returning to N City...... All the words I didn't have time to say turned into resentment, and for five years, even Xiao Yin ...... "He didn't say any more, just poured himself wine."

"You haven't sued me before, why is it Xiao Yin?" Jia Yi wasn't sure if she was ready to listen to his answer, but she asked anyway.

Qiao Le drank a can in one go, the empty can was squeezed and deformed by his fingers in the palm of his hand, he didn't raise his eyes, only stared at the cups and plates on the table, and said: "She is very good, just like me back then, she ran to check the class schedule, and deliberately waited downstairs for me to get out of class; She was very afraid of the dark, and as soon as she walked to the road without night lights, she pulled me, and refused to relax at all, and finally someone reached out to my palm that had been hanging for so long; She cheered me on the pitch and shouted as loudly as you did...... She laughs so much like you......"

As he spoke, he began to cry, burying his whole face on the table full of food remnants, crying unwillingly, the eyes of the people around him had already gathered, whispering, and suddenly there were drunk people crying on the big table next to him, and everyone's eyes dispersed, thinking that it was the overflow of sadness of graduation, who would look at anyone else?

Jia Yi patted Qiao Le's back, while taking the tissue handed by others and stuffing it into his hand. The tip of her nose was also sore, and her eyes were filled with tears, and she tilted her head to prevent herself from crying.

She only patted his warm back and didn't say anything, she knew that Qiao Le's crying was good and necessary, and she couldn't persuade him, and he cried because he was worried about another person.

Qiao Le drank a lot of wine and cried a few times, and then he finally couldn't hold it anymore, and staggered to follow Jia Yi into the car, she helped the slightly drunk Qiao Le back to the apartment building, but he didn't let her go upstairs again, but turned around and said to her, "Thank you!" ”

"You really should thank me, how embarrassing it was to drink just now, it was all up to me to support it alone...... Is it better? ”

Qiao Le nodded and said, "The past is all right." ”

It turns out that what Meng Tiangao said is right, memories can really be repaired, he and Jia Yi are a friend who is willing to give, an ignorant acceptor, and has been involved with each other for so many years.

It's better than a friend, and it's just a friend of a friend.

"And what about the current one?" Jia Yi asked.

He looked up at the bright moon in the night sky and muttered, "The current one hasn't been solved yet...... Now I miss Xiaoyin very much, I miss it very much, I miss it very much......"

Jia Yi also followed his gaze, and the moonlight poured down in large sections, flowing down to their ankles, and then surging into the upper body of the person, soaking the whole body and cleansing the soul.

"Missing is a very powerful thought, powerful enough to heal a qiē, not to mention that you are not alone in your thoughts! She'll be fine! Jia Yi said movingly.

He nodded and said, "Well, it takes a lot of courage, and with courage, the memories of the past will no longer be a burden, and the current life can continue, so ...... Come on, Jiayi! He bent his right hand, clenched his fist, and waved it at Jiayi - a cheering gesture that had been common in their school days.

Jia Yi also did the same and responded: "Come on, Qiao Le! (To be continued.) )