Eight years ago, he set foot on this strange land for the first time, and he was helpless, but he stuck to his dreams, fought for the top, participated in various competitions, and occasionally went to the library to read books in his free time.

In addition to reading books in his free time, Song Pingsheng always likes to visit various places in Cambridge. From King's College to the Fitzwilliam Museum, from Trinity College to Trinity Lane, from Great St. Mary's Church in Cambridge to the River of Sword, he and Beryl met in the River of Sword.

The river is wide, the current is gentle, and the banks are magnificent buildings. Song Pingsheng was always drawing pictures and reading books on the shore, and when he looked at it from a distance, it became a beautiful landscape.

Beryl was able to be with Song Pingsheng because of her bravery.

The cool autumn breeze blows into every corner of the campus in the early morning, and the fallen leaves fall from the branches with the wind. Song Pingsheng walked among the tree-lined paths, listening to the sounds of autumn and smelling the breath of autumn.

He stepped onto the shore as usual, but today it was clearly different, he didn't sit down cleanly as usual, and then opened the book "The Theory of Architectural Space Combination".

Because he was accustomed to sitting down, leaving behind the figure of a girl.

The girl's skin is like snow, she looks extremely serious when she is immersed in a book, the autumn breeze blows her hair, and she looks elegant and beautiful in a white knee-length dress.

He couldn't help but lose his mind.

As if feeling a strong gaze, the girl raised her head slightly, her extremely beautiful green eyes were tender like water, and a smile instantly appeared on her face.

Song Pingsheng came back to his senses, felt his gaffe, left a word of sorry and prepared to go into the distance.

"Hey."

The girl called out and said, "This is where you often sit." ”

Song Pingsheng was stunned, obviously he didn't expect her to talk about this.

"I'm just curious about how the scenery will be different in this place to make you so fascinated."

"I've just been sitting here for a long time, and the view is really nice."

After the girl finished speaking, she got up, "Since you are here, come and sit together, it is interesting to enjoy the scenery together!" ”

Song Pingsheng still didn't move, as if he thought it was inappropriate.

The girl laughed, like a bell, pleasant to the ear. Walk up to him and introduce himself, "My name is Beryl, what's your name?" ”

“Dylan.”

“Dylan?” Beryl looked at him, "Are you Chinese?" ”

Song Pingsheng was interested in this topic and asked interestingly, "How do you know?" ”

"Because you give me a gentle, kind feeling, to use a Chinese idiom, that is, approachable."

She gently spat out the words "approachable", which is not fluent in Chinese but can be understood.

"Just like my grandmother." She added.

"Grandmother?"

"My grandmother is Chinese." Beryl replied that she was gentle and kind, hardworking and brave, and that she was the person I admired the most. ”

Song Pingsheng nodded, and returned to his original position to sit down, and Beryl saw this, and also walked over and sat next to him.

"Now can you tell me...... Do you have a Chinese name? Beryl asked.

Song Pingsheng was word-by-word, "Song, Ping, Sheng." ”

"Your name is so nice." Beryl complimented, sticking out his tongue again, "My Chinese name was given to me by my grandmother, called Xie Mantian, these three words are too difficult to write easily." ”

"Flowers and flowers are flying all over the sky, who has mercy on the red incense?"

Beryl's eyes lit up, "My grandmother told me that, too. Can you say that again? ”

"Flowers and flowers are flying all over the sky, who has mercy on the red incense?" Song Pingsheng smiled, "Thank you for the sky, it should be this sentence of flowers and flowers flying all over the sky." ”

"Which poet did you say this?"

"It's Lin Daiyu's funeral flower lyrics in "Dream of Red Mansions"."

"This is my grandmother's favorite book. When I was a kid, she used to tell me the storyline. ”

They talked very happily, as if they had met a confidant. Beryl stared curiously at the book beside him, looked up and asked, "Can I take a look at your book?" ”

Song Pingsheng nodded and handed her all the books.

Beryl glanced at it, dumbfounded.

The books are all based on architecture, such as "Architect Tadao Ando", "Modern Architecture", "Towards New Architecture", and "Theory of Architectural Space Combination".

Beryl asked, "You're from the Department of Architecture?" ”

Song Pingsheng nodded again.

"My brother always wanted to get into this major, but it was too difficult." "You're like my brother, you're always reading these kinds of books, but he's a little bit more active than you, and a little bit... He always loves to pick up girls. You ...... with him Very different. ”

Song Pingsheng laughed in a low voice, "How is it different?" ”

"My brother is a big carrot." Beryl pouted, "That's what my grandmother said. And...... From the beginning of school to the present, I found out that you are all alone, and there are girls passing by who tease you, and you politely refuse, so you are different from my brother. ”

"Since the beginning of the school year?" When Song Pingsheng heard what she said, his face turned slightly red.

"Yes, since you started school, except for the male students next to you, you are alone, and there is not a single female student." "It was a surprise to me. ”

"And you're so good-looking, I've noticed you from the first sight." Beryl said truthfully.

Beryl's love for Song Pingsheng has never been hidden, and he can't wait to use all the languages in the world to show him what he thinks in his heart.

It was the first time Song Pingsheng had seen such an active girl, although she had received countless love letters and confessions since she was a child, but this girl always made herself blush.

"Dylan, can you tell me why I always love to come to Sword River?"

Song Pingsheng looked up at the river, and there were couples on the bridge and on the boat who expressed their affection to each other, "Have you heard the poem "Farewell Kangqiao"? ”

Beryl shook his head.

"There used to be a Cambridge love here." Song Pingsheng said, "The girl met her first love at the age of the first love, which originated from Kangqiao, and they had a beautiful encounter." ”

"Cambridge refers to the whole of Cambridge, but I can better reflect the shadow in the poem from the Sword River, so I like it very much." After Song Pingsheng finished speaking, he gently read out the poem again.

Gently I go,

As I come gently;

I beckoned gently,

Be the clouds of the western heavens.

Beryl clapped his hands suddenly, "I remember, Memorial stone for xuzhimo at king's college."

Song Pingsheng smiled, like a spring breeze, "Yes, he wrote it." ”

"When you say that, I seem to like Cambridge more."

If the first side of Song Ping's life to see Beryl is to fall in love at first sight, then to describe the second side is to be mistaken at first sight for life.

During this period, Song Pingsheng participated in large and small competitions, was physically and mentally exhausted, rarely went to Jianhe to see calligraphy and paintings, and never saw Beryl for a long time.

The second relationship is on Christmas Day, when students meet tonight for Christmas and discuss the evening's activities. Song Pingsheng did not participate, and went for a walk in the Sword River as usual.

This time he met Beryl by accident and was unsuspected.

She saw Song Pingsheng and smiled, "Dylan."

Song Pingsheng also smiled, "Long time no see." ”

"It's been a long time since you've come, I've been waiting for you here, but you've never come, I thought you'd never come again." Beryl cried with a sad face.

"I've been busy playing lately." Song Pingsheng said truthfully, "You are waiting for me, is there something wrong?" ”

"I waited for you in the past because I wanted to see you." Beryl paused, "I'm waiting for you now, also because I want to see you, and...... I would like to invite you to my grandmother's house for Christmas. ”

In the past and now, the purpose of waiting for you is to see you.

Song Pingsheng seemed to understand the meaning, and his ears were red, which made Beryl feel more and more funny.

"My grandmother knows that you are Chinese and especially wants to meet you."

In this way, Song Pingsheng promised to go to Beryl's grandmother's house for Christmas, and before leaving, he specially bought scarves and gloves commonly used by the elderly as gifts.

Beryl's family is harmonious, and the family of seven lives. As soon as Song Pingsheng entered, he saw a young couple tidying up the Christmas tree, and a cute little doll holding her Christmas gift on the side.

After Beryl introduced each other, Song Pingsheng greeted them in a British way.

Beryl's mother was very happy, "Dylan, I often hear Beryl talk about you, saying that you are very handsome and talented, and when I saw her today, I really believed her." ”

Song Pingsheng lowered his head and smiled, glanced at Beryl, said a few words modestly, and said Merry christmas to them.

Beryl's grandmother was still on the second floor, and she couldn't wait to take Song Pingsheng to see her grandmother, bouncing and pulling him, "Dylan, if you meet my grandmother, I'm sure you'll like her, she's the most amiable person I've ever met." ”

Song Pingsheng followed her with a smile.

As Beryl explains, her grandmother retains the dress of a Chinese woman, looking exceptionally young in a cheongsam, smiling and with eyes as gentle as water.

Seeing Song Pingsheng, she pulled him affectionately, "Your name is Song Pingsheng?" ”

Song Pingsheng nodded, "Hello grandmother." ”

"Good, good." Grandmother clapped her hands, "I am a melancholy guest in the world, I know what is going on in tears, and I remember my life in the sound of broken intestines." ”

"Good name, really good name." The grandmother exclaimed, "Your parents must be cultural people, this is a good name." ”

"The sound of broken intestines recalls his life." Beryl exclaimed, "Grandmother, there are two words in it. ”

Hearing Beryl say this, the grandmother became more and more happy, "Yes, this is a poem by Nalan Xingde, and I used to read it to you when you were a child. ”

"Chinese names are so interesting." Beryl laughs, "It makes so much sense to choose a name like that." ”

Song Pingsheng looked at Beryl with a surprised face, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"That's right, grandmother." Beryl added, "Dylan once told me my Chinese name, and you said exactly the same verses. ”

Grandmother was amazed, and the more she looked at Song Pingsheng, the more she was happy, "Really? ”

Song Pingsheng waved his hand, "Don't dare, Pingsheng was just fortunate to read Mr. Cao Xueqin's works when I was a child." ”

Grandmother nodded, with a smile on her face, "It's not easy to have such knowledge at such a young age, it's not easy. ”

Song Pingsheng seemed to remember something, and hurriedly continued, "Grandmother, a little heart, I don't know what you like, I don't know if the gift I picked is to your liking." ”

The grandmother opened the gift and tried it on like a child, while smiling and thanking Song Pingsheng.

When Beryl and Song Pingsheng went downstairs, they bumped into a couple kissing at the corner of the stairs, and seemed to hear a sound, the woman looked up in panic, and the man leaned on the side of the stairs with a wicked smile.

Beryl feigned anger, "Brother! ”

The man took the gum in his mouth and grabbed the woman next to him, "Sorry, pay attention next time." ”

After speaking, he began to look at Song Pingsheng.

"Your boyfriend...... Looks dumbfounded. The man spoke, "He's a fool?" ”

Beryl went berserk, "Brother! He's not like you. ”

chewed the gum in his mouth and said lazily: "It's different, I'm a normal person." ”

Song Pingsheng: "......"

Beryl：“……”

Beryl didn't quarrel with him, grabbed Song Pingsheng and was about to move forward.

The man whistled behind them, staring closely at their background. Song Pingsheng felt the sight, turned around slightly, and raised his head.

The handsome face made the woman next to the man exclaim, and the man glared back.

Song Pingsheng felt the breath of danger......