After telling the story, Liu Ronghua looked at Sun Yimin with satisfaction, slightly drunk.

Sun Yimin was immersed in surprise and admiration, and was speechless for a long time.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Ronghua reminded the old words again: "It's been a long time since I've had such a happy drink with my brothers, but it's a pity that Xiaoyu didn't come." ”

Sun Yimin sighed lightly.

Liu Ronghua said again: "Regarding the emotional entanglement of the three of you back then, I have never known the inside story. Why don't you tell me about it? ”

"Alas......" Sun Yimin sighed lightly, then drank hard, and said a sentence that had been buried in his heart, "Speaking of which, in fact, I was a little wronged back then." Because when I met Xue'er, Xue'er and Zhou Xiaoyu had already broken up. ”

Liu Ronghua was surprised: "Oh? How do you say that? ”

"It's a long story," Sun Yimin said, "do you remember the final exam of the second semester of the second year, when I failed the professional course "Signals and Systems"? ”

Liu Ronghua nodded, looked at Sun Yimin, and waited for him to continue.

The memories of youth are like a book hidden deep in the bottom of a box. Although it is difficult to find, it has not been lost. When he opened the cover covered with dust, he seemed to have found the past that was long gone.

"At that time, I was addicted to computer games and basketball, which caused me to miss my studies. In the final exam in July 2001, I was the only one in the class who failed that professional course. I was asked to retake this course for the next academic year.

It was a deep shame for me, and it made me determined to change myself: I was going to quit gaming, basketball, and all other entertainment, and in the days to come, catch up and make up for the lost studies. In order to avoid being instigated and tempted by you, and to seek a quiet learning environment, I left the dormitory and found a rental room outside to settle down. Do you remember? It was also at that time that we heard that Zhou Xiaoyu met a school girl through QQ, and he claimed to have chased her down and became his girlfriend. I said I wanted to meet my younger siblings, but because I have lived outside for a long time, I rarely meet you, so I have never met you. ”

"That's right." Liu Ronghua said, "I have only met his girlfriend Xue'er once. That summer, on the shores of Crescent Lake, I happened to meet him walking hand in hand with the girl. The girl is dressed up fashionably and cute, she looks pretty good, and the main thing is very white, which is really as good as her name. ”

Liu Ronghua said, took out two disposable plastic cups, and poured a small half cup of two pots on one person.

Sun Yimin did not refuse. With a few sips of bitter and hot soju into his throat, the tentacles of his thoughts began to extend into the depths of memory. Dimly, he felt as if he had traveled back in time to the long hallway of the rental house.

"The rental house is located in a large peasant house in the village near the school, and the layout of the building is a bit like a serviced apartment, with many rooms on both sides of a long hallway, and my room is at the end of the corridor on the second floor. Every day after school, I had to go up a flight of stairs and turn left and walk down a long aisle to get back to my room.

My room was very simple, except for a wooden bed and a dilapidated desk that had been appropriated from the school. The only window is facing the vast expanse of farmland.

After I moved here, as soon as I got out of school, I would close my door and concentrate on revision. It was the height of summer, and one night the mosquito coils at home ran out, and it was too late to remember before going to bed, because the nearby supermarket and convenience store had long since closed. I couldn't sleep at night because of the mosquitoes, so I simply got up and stood at the window in a daze. The moonlit fields were deserted, the night breeze stirred puddles in the rice paddies, swaying the shadows of the trees, and beyond that, the irritating croaking of frogs.

At some point, in the noise of frogs, I faintly heard a shouting voice in the distance, and the voice kept repeating the words: 'Xiaoxue, you come out!' The tone was hoarse, full of pain and despair, a struggle that knew it was hopeless but unwilling to give up. It sounds like a boy who is abandoned by his girlfriend and tries to make amends. But no one responded for a long time. In the end, the boy seemed to be tired of shouting, and all that was left was a low sob. I couldn't see anything from the window, but it felt like the sound was a bit familiar.

Since I don't leave the house, I haven't known anyone for a long time. But every day when I went in and out of my room and through the hallway, I often met a few girls, and the more times I found out, they rented a room across the door from me.

One of them stood out to me was a girl who wasn't pretty, but she looked cute overall. The facial features are delicate, and the ponytail is tied. Often dressed in a loose and casual t-shirt, paired with tight pink jeans, highlighting the not slender but very well-proportioned plump and rugged petite figure. And the fair and delicate skin that can be broken by blowing is the biggest highlight on her body. It is also a good interpretation of the wise saying 'one white covers a hundred ugliness'.

I remember that every time we met in the aisle, she always seemed to pretend to stare at me casually.

One day when I came back from school and took out the key to open the door, there was a sound of footsteps behind me. I turned my head and saw that it was the girl who was walking towards me, glancing at me with a look of hesitation on her face. I thought she was going back to her bedroom, but I didn't want her to come straight to me, and finally stopped in front of me, looked at me, lowered her head, and stopped talking......"

I don't know when, Liu Ronghua lit a cigarette. But at this time, he forgot to smoke because he was so engrossed in his hearing, and the tobacco between his fingers was full of ashes. In the dark blue smoke, he looked at Sun Yimin intently. Waiting for Sun Yimin to continue to tell:

"But in the end she said, 'Can you do me a favor?' ，

I was amazed, stood there for a long time, and asked, 'What's the problem?' ’，

She said, 'You...... Can you act as my boyfriend? ’

I was stunned by the sudden request. Ask her why.

She explained: 'There's a boy who has been pestering me, you can help me and let him know that I already have a boyfriend, so he will stop harassing me.' ’。

Then I remembered that night I heard the boy crying outside, and I seemed to understand something.

I politely declined her: 'I'm sorry, I can't do anything that hurts other people's feelings.' ’

'No sabotage, I'm not boyfriend and girlfriend with him. She hurriedly explained, 'We met online alumni and met. At the beginning, I had a good impression of him, so I treated him as a friend. But after he met, he started to pursue me frantically, pestering me, and making me feel so annoying, so I wanted to draw a line with him. ’”

Speaking of this, Sun Yimin stopped, took a sip of soju from a plastic cup, and moistened his throat.

"And you promised her?" Liu Ronghua asked.

"It didn't that day. But after this contact, we gradually became acquainted. I've been single for more than two years in college. I'm no longer addicted to games since I got away from you and Zhou Xiaoyu, but I suddenly became curious about falling in love, which can be regarded as a kind of vicarious satisfaction. Although I didn't particularly like Cher, she was cute in my eyes, and she was enthusiastic about me, so we slowly came together. I also knew that the boy downstairs had called out her name that night, and it was Cher, but I didn't know anything else at the time. Until one day, when we were walking hand in hand, talking and laughing on the commercial street at the entrance of the school, Zhou Xiaoyu suddenly walked towards us.

I hadn't met him for a long time, and when I was about to greet him for a while and introduce my new girlfriend to him, I saw that he looked surprised and indignant: "I understand, it's you." What kind of brother are you doing this! Then he turned around and left.

I hadn't figured out the situation yet, but I saw Cher staring at me with a surprised and uneasy expression: 'You know? ’

'Acquaintance, what's wrong?' The moment I asked this, I suddenly understood something, didn't it...... The boy that Xue'er wants to avoid being entangled with is Zhou Xiaoyu?

I urgently asked Cher for verification. She nodded in acquiescence.

At that moment, I also understood that the boy's cry I heard outside the window that night was also from Zhou Xiaoyu. Perhaps the tone change caused by the crying and hysterical cries made it impossible for me to distinguish his voice at the time.

I felt guilty. Since then, he has gone to the school dormitory countless times to find Zhou Xiaoyu to explain. But it was self-defeating, and the whole class knew about it, and he didn't have the face to stay in the dormitory, so he also moved out. We parted until we graduated. ”

"Alas, just because I was close to you, he cut off the relationship with me, and never paid attention to me since. Until graduation......" Liu Ronghua sighed.

Sun Yimin was silent.

Liu Ronghua looked at the other party and asked again: "So, you really didn't deliberately rob his girlfriend back then?" ”

Sun Yimin nodded.

Liu Ronghua said again: "It's strange to say, I clearly saw the two of them walking hand in hand on campus at the beginning, this relationship must be boyfriend and girlfriend." What Cher said must be a lie. ”

Sun Yimin said: "Yes, it's just that I haven't figured out what the reason why Zhou Xiaoyu was abandoned alive by Xue'er in the first place. ”

Liu Ronghua asked again: "Then what about later, you and Xue'er ......?"

"I was ashamed. But I also thought about it, even if I broke up with her because of this, she wouldn't be able to return to Zhou Xiaoyu. So I stayed with her for a year until I graduated. ”

"Broke up after graduation?" Ryu asked.

"After graduating, I looked for a job in my hometown and then started working, and I was very busy and rarely contacted her. To be honest, I don't have deep feelings for her, and my feelings for her may be more moved than liked. I never dreamed of being with her in the future, I just wanted everything to go with the flow. I feel a little guilty when I think about it, however...... I wanted to go back to school to see her during the May Day holiday, but I didn't inform her in advance because I wanted to surprise her. When I stepped into the campus, I ran into her holding hands with a boy, talking and laughing all the way. I was stunned on the spot, and I didn't speak for most of the day. But she looked calm, as if I had nothing to do with her, and smiled and only said: HI......"

"And then?" Ryu asked.

"I also said Hi~, and I went back the same day."

"Why is she like this, wasn't she quite enthusiastic about you before?" Ryu asked.

"I think she may be the kind of woman who loves one when she sees one. treated Zhou Xiaoyu before, it must be the same. ”

"Then you don't have nostalgia?" Liu Ronghua asked.

"I felt a little sad at the time. But I'm relieved now......"

Liu Ronghua was silent.

After a pause, Sun Yimin added: "I think I may really just 'act' her boyfriend." ”

After Sun Yimin finished speaking, he picked up the plastic cup and took a sip of soju. Perhaps unable to bear the heat in his mouth, he hurriedly swallowed it. It's like swallowing an unbearable past.

Liu Ronghua had a look of surprise on his face, staring at the other party for a long time. After a long time, he muttered: "Look at your description, Xue'er belongs to the kind of woman who is careless." This type of girl is really rare. ”

"I also thought so, so my impression of her got worse and worse, and I didn't contact her in the end." Sun Yimin said.