Chapter 4: Aftermath of the Exam

On May 6th, I received a text message from a senior brother who had graduated from a junior college, and after looking at the appearance, it turned out that he was engaged, invited me to dinner, and told me to come, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that time flies so fast, and before I knew it, we had grown so big, and I replied: "Certainly." ”

Two days later, I came to the place of dinner as promised, the time was 6 o'clock in the afternoon, it was very close to the central hospital where I practiced, it was 10 minutes to ride a bicycle, but it was quite friendly to me, I came to the private room and I saw him surrounded by everyone, he sat in the most conspicuous position, surrounded by friends who congratulated him on handing cigarettes, he took the cigarette, hurriedly took a few puffs, smoky, saw me come and smiled and said hello: "Senior brother, here!" I smiled and reached out in response! Then he told me to sit down next to him, saying that the brothers sat on one side, and her fiancée's sisters sat on the other, and I felt a little speechless, what does this mean?

Senior brother Tang Yi is a college student who has graduated for two years, we met in school, helped each other a few times, and chatted, naturally familiar, he is 24 this year, the person is not outstanding, a little short more than 160, slightly fat, black face, a little vulgar, usually talk saliva always like to spray on my face, he handed me a cigarette, I politely waved my hand and refused, he shook his head in a trance and smiled apologetically: "Alas, after many years, I have forgotten that you are not a smoker." I quipped, "What does my sister-in-law look like?" He chuckled and said, "What else, that's it." I looked at him and didn't speak.

Soon everyone arrived, and his fiancée sat across from him, surrounded by a circle of sisters, she first lit a cigarette without disobedience, and shouted in that hoarse voice: "Everyone is here to be friends, today is my engagement banquet with Lao Tang, everyone eat to your heart's content." Then everyone echoed, a few friends stood up and walked over to toast the sister-in-law, she drank it all, it can be seen that she is a very bold woman, and Brother Tang is quite a match, I looked at Brother Tang, and found that his face was not much joy, but a little sad, he looked at the fiancée opposite, seemed to want to say something, but didn't want to speak, I smiled and said to him: "What's the matter, Senior brother, it seems that you are not very happy." He looked at me, turned his head to stare at her fiancée, and then turned to me and said, "Senior brother, you don't know the hardships of our age! ”

"Bitter?" I asked, confused.

"Yes, she (fiancée) was introduced to me by my mother through a colleague in the factory, and she is 28 years old this year." Senior Brother Tang muttered.

"I'm a little older." I hesitated for a moment and said. But Senior Brother Tang then said: "It's not just this that I resist, we can be together, purely to talk and a suite, you don't know how many men have hugged her... In order to get married, our family spent half of our life's money..."After he finished saying this, he drank the liquor in the cup, and then collapsed in his chair with a confused look in his eyes.

I couldn't help but fall into deep thought, glanced at him, and whispered, "You're actually still young, and you don't need to get married so early." Senior Brother Tang smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said weakly: "You are too naïve... Everyone's family situation is different, it is not difficult to meet what you like, but it is difficult to meet the right one..."I felt very uncomfortable in my heart after hearing this, not only because I felt worthless because of what happened to Senior Brother Tang, but also worried about my own future, Senior Brother Tang added: "To a person like me who has no money, no car, no beard, and even a house that his parents bought, it is good to have a woman, at least her nature is not bad, and her appearance is okay." With that, he drank another glass of wine and staggered to the bathroom.

I looked at my sister-in-law, who had been drinking, constantly venting her anger with her friends about all kinds of troubles in life, her hair was dyed red, her hands were covered with nail polish, and she burst out a few foul words from time to time, and I felt that I was not the same person as them at all.

Thinking of this, I unconsciously remembered Jiaying, I haven't contacted her for a long time, it's not that I don't want to, but I really can't find a reason to ask her, she doesn't know what to do now, maybe she and her boyfriend are very happy, maybe she has forgotten me to the clouds, I thought, my heart is also painful, maybe it was affected by Brother Tang's words, unconsciously two lines of tears fell quietly, I was shocked by these two lines of tears, incredible touch, "I... Do you really miss her that much? "I questioned myself over and over again. Holding back my tears and not thinking too much, I picked up a bottle of hundred-year-old mush, poured the wine into the glass, and drank it all.

After eating, it was more than 10 o'clock in the evening, I said goodbye to Brother Tang, and then rode a shared motorcycle back to the dormitory, I am generally used to riding with headphones plugged in, playing DJ with a sense of rhythm, and this time I chose a sad pure music "Old Memory" to listen to in my ears, this melody makes me feel at ease, I look up at the stars in the sky, twinkle and flash, very beautiful, I am both happy and confused, the universe is so big, when can there be a star that belongs to me, And where are her stars, how far apart are our two stars, how am I going to meet you...

Thinking about it, I forgot to look at the road, hit the green belt next to me, and fell into the mud, so it's better to concentrate on cycling.

In a blink of an eye, the internship has ended, and I have learned a lot of things in this almost one-year internship, and I am no longer such a straight man of steel, to put it bluntly, I can go around the corner.

At 5:14 p.m. on December 28, 2019, I was about to leave the school after taking the 3+ certificate exam, and the crowd downstairs was very crowded, like ants moving, I finally squeezed out, took out my mobile phone and called a friend, but I didn't answer! It should not be that I have not finished the exam yet, and I didn't bother to wait for them, so I was alone and ready to leave, when suddenly a familiar figure passed in front of me in the hurried crowd, it was her! I saw Jiaying again, she was held by her best friend at this time, I glanced at her, she left, I didn't stop, but my heart was already a mess, mixed feelings, this is the first time I saw her in almost a year, it looks more beautiful than before...

I touched my face, full of acne, which bothered me very much, in fact, my original facial features were okay, a little handsome (smelly beauty, I really can't say ugly), but since the internship I began to have acne, and there are many thieves, I feel that the character is about to collapse, I thought, decided to stop, turned my head to look, and found that she had disappeared into the sea of people, I looked at her for a long time, and left without seeing her.

Out of the school gate, I thought about her appearance over and over again in my mind, and my heart was stirred for a long time, and I temporarily forgot the fact that she still had a boyfriend, and took the initiative to say the first thing to her in WeChat: "Happy exam." Ten minutes later she replied, "Thank you." I thought about it and messaged her again, "Do you find that math difficult?" ”

"It's hard."

"I don't understand"

"Hahaha." She said three sentences, and I knew that she seemed to be in a good mood today, and that she didn't bother with my rude behavior at school two years ago, which made me happy, so I continued: "I thought it was junior high school knowledge. ”

"Hahaha, so do I."

"I want to turn in in 10 minutes."

"I don't understand it at all." She said.

"I'm getting question 22 right."

"I wrote half of it." She said that it seemed like she was better at math than mine.

"It's a pity I don't know how to parse it."

"I'll write down the known conditions." She said.

"Haha, for example, right?" I quipped.

"No, the rest is written to understand."

Well, I was speechless for a while, math can't compare to her girl.

"Forget it, let's take the exam again next year, I'm going to get lost with the others now."

"You are there, send me a location." She asked suddenly with concern.

If you care so much about me, will there be a fraud? I thought about it for a long time, but my hand nodded honestly and said, "I don't even know where I am right now." She then said, "Where are you right now where I almost went the wrong way at noon." ”

"That's right."

"That's right."

"I suddenly found out that it was my uncle's house in front of me." I quipped.

"Hahaha"

"I know the location."

"That's good."

"Although it will take a long detour."

"It's good to know."

Looking at her kind words, I knew that she didn't care about what happened two years ago at all, which was a good thing, but...

I looked at the traffic and smiled bitterly, she has a boyfriend, it's nothing to talk about occasionally, but it's only occasional... It's just a mouth-to-mouth...

The next day, after I finished the English test, I also sent her a message as usual, saying: "I finished the test with a confused face and came out with a confused face. ”

"Hahaha." She replied quickly.

"You should be able to speak English very well."

"Okay horn."

"Except for high school students, junior high school students can generally understand it."

Well? I was shocked,! It turned out that the English test was in high school, and when I realized that this exam was hung up again, I had to answer helplessly: "It turns out that this English test is in junior high school, okay, I can't recognize it." ”

"Hahaha."

After that, I turned off my phone and prepared to ride home, the reason was already running out, and it would be rude to text again.