Time is very fast, Zheng Yan's freshman life is very fulfilling, not only completed his studies well, but also worked part-time in order to earn living expenses, and he didn't even go back for the New Year, just thinking that the salary of part-time jobs would be higher during the New Year, so he stayed in City B. In a blink of an eye, it was May, Zheng Yan knew that May 2 was Xiaomin's birthday, and he couldn't hold back the turmoil in his heart anymore, so he booked a train ticket in advance and prepared to go home. Zheng Yan hasn't had much news of Xiaomin in the past year, but she only knows which school and which class she is tutoring in a few words from friends. He missed her so much that he came back. On the other hand, if he hasn't gone home for a year, he should come back to see his mother, otherwise he has already found a job in the summer, and if he doesn't come back by then, the mother will forget that she has such a son.

Zheng Yan stepped on the train back to the south with apprehension.

In the hometown in May, the breeze is full of green willows, the asphalt roadside trees are lush, and the small town that has been separated for nearly a year is still the same small town.

Zheng Yan didn't go home, he stayed at his aunt's house in the city first, put down his luggage, and after lunch, Zheng Yan hurriedly went out.

The noon sun was already a little scorching, Zheng Yan strolled down the street, his right hand gently caressing the gift he had carefully selected for Xiaomin, and suddenly, his heart beat rapidly, and his heart seemed to jump out of his chest. I haven't seen you for a long time, and the more I miss it.

Zhu Peng is Zheng Yan's good buddy, but he did not perform well in the college entrance examination and re-read, but it is a coincidence that Zhu Peng and Chu Xiaomin are in the same class to repeat, and almost all of Zheng Yan's news about Xiaomin has come from Zhu Peng this year. Today is the last day of class, and tomorrow May Day will be a three-day holiday, Zheng Yan told Zhu Peng in advance that he would go over to see him in the afternoon, but Zhu Peng obviously knew that Zheng Yan's drunkard did not mean to drink, but Chu Xiaomin.

In the afternoon, Chu Xiaomin walked into the classroom as usual, sat quietly in his place, spread out his books, and prepared for the afternoon review. It's just that Chu Xiaomin always feels that the atmosphere in today's class is a little weird, and there always seems to be strange eyes looking at him next to him. There was no class teacher in the afternoon class, and everyone looked relatively relaxed, perhaps because another year's college entrance examination was coming, no matter how relaxed everyone was, they could catch a trace of tension and pressure on their faces. After all, the students in the fourth year of high school can no longer fail, the big guys seem to have matured a lot in just one year, and even Zhu Peng, who is usually smug and naughty, calmed down, and listened to Zhu Peng himself say that he has made great progress this year, and if he is lucky, he can be admitted to a key university. However, as soon as he talked about Xiaomin's situation at the beginning, Zhu Peng pretended to be deaf and dumb, and ridiculed: "You won't ask yourself? ”

However, judging from the information provided by Zhu Peng, Xiaomin has made a lot of progress in her studies this year, and she is as calm as ever, she is still a little withdrawn as before, but she is as popular with boys as before, and several boys in cram schools have handed her love letters, but there is no news about the love letters.

Zheng Yan secretly hid in the seat next to Zhu Peng, looking at the familiar back with burning eyes, he didn't know what kind of emotions she would have if she turned around and saw herself, he just knew that he couldn't help himself when he saw the back he missed for a long time, and even wanted to cry a little. Perhaps, it is too lonely to be alone in City B, or maybe it is that I have really missed her too much this year.

Xiaomin vaguely felt that the back row was a little strange today, and couldn't help but turn around and glance at the last row before turning back, and the moment she saw Zheng Yan, she was suddenly a little stunned, her heart was originally like a calm lake, but at this moment, it seemed that a small pebble had fallen into it, and a ripple bloomed like a flower.

She didn't go to find out the news of the other party like Zheng Yan, she just lived a plain life as usual, she didn't know his news for a year, she just knew that he was in that city, that university, and she didn't know anything else. On rare occasions, she wanted to know his news, but she didn't know where to find his news, but over the past year she had slowly developed a habit of gently stroking the thick notebooks whenever she was depressed or nervous, so that she could feel at ease.

Now, when he came, she was a little panicked, although on the surface she could not see any change in her, and in the eyes of others she was as bland as usual, and even a little indifferent.

It's just that after a short glance at Xiaomin, Zheng Yan was as happy as a child, always with a silly smile on his face. Zhu Peng couldn't help but complain: "People don't look at you at all and look at you to be happy." ”

Zheng Yan just said humbly: "She knows that I am coming, that is enough." ”

This is a physics class, and the teacher is a fat man of medium stature, with a kind face, and the Mandarin with a slight hometown accent makes people feel a little funny, but it is even more intimate. The physics teacher's eyes fell on Zheng Yan, and suddenly found that this was not a student in this class, originally he didn't even realize Zheng Yan's existence for most of the class, but at this time, he found that with his character, he couldn't do anything to expel him strongly. Suddenly, I thought about it.

The fat teacher came up with a difficult question, and then smiled kindly: "Which classmate came up to do this problem?" ”

In the classroom, Ya Que was silent, his face was slightly dignified, and the topic was difficult, but Zheng Yan still smiled.

The fat teacher pointed at Zheng Yan and said with a meaningful smile: "Come, this classmate is full of smiles, thinking that he is full of confidence and answers to his classmates." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the classroom. The classmates have long been accustomed to this fat man's "bad eyes".

Xiaomin also smiled happily, for some reason, she seemed to be a little happier than usual.

Zheng Yan looked helpless, scratched his head in embarrassment, and could only bite the bullet.

In a year, many students who went to college forgot the knowledge of high school, but fortunately, Zheng Yan worked part-time as a tutor in college, but he can still remember. However, it is still a lot rusty.

Zheng Yan read the question a few times, and he had a rough idea in his heart, this used to be the last big question in physics in the college entrance examination, this fat man was really bad, and he deliberately embarrassed himself. The classroom was suddenly silent, and it was almost the pinnacle that could be heard when a needle fell on the ground.

In the focus of everyone's attention, Zheng Yan began to answer the question, the classmates did not have a bad feeling for this stranger who suddenly appeared in the class, and a few girls saw his delicate and handsome face at this time, and they were even more impressed, even if he couldn't do the question, there was nothing to be ashamed of. After all, in some girls' worlds, physics is completely anti-human.

Zheng Yan wrote the answer with a serious face, and calculated it from time to time, and the long ten minutes finally passed, Zheng Yan wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and finally finished answering the question.

The fat teacher couldn't help but nod and smiled: "This classmate, yes, I actually made it for you." ”

Zheng Yan's face was full of black lines, and he said embarrassedly: "Teacher, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for causing you trouble, I'll come over to find my classmates, if it's inconvenient for you, I'll leave first." ”

The fat teacher touched the stubble on his chin sparsely, raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly: "Looking for a male classmate or a female classmate?" ”

Zheng Yan blushed suddenly and stammered, "Both." ”

The fat teacher laughed and said, "It stands to reason that you should find a female classmate, this is the normal sexual orientation." ”

There was another burst of joyful laughter in the classroom. Xiaomin also followed suit.

The fat teacher looked at Zheng Yanmuran, who was so embarrassed that he couldn't embarrass himself, stood there, put away his evil smile, and said with a kind smile: "Little classmate, don't be nervous, they all know that I like to joke after all." Anyway, today is also the last afternoon class, and tomorrow will be a holiday, their minds have already drifted home, and they are not in the mood to listen to my lectures, let's chat, can you tell everyone which university you graduated from? By the way, let's talk about the look and feel of the university. ”

Zheng Yan was in a dilemma at this time, and couldn't help but see Xiaomin's eyes staring at him, and he suddenly had courage.

Zheng Yan reported the name of his university, and there was an exclamation below, it was a very good university.

Zheng Yan continued to admit frankly: "I have just been in college for a year, and I can't talk about any feelings, but college is definitely more free than middle school. However, I would like to talk about the mentality of the exam. I didn't do well in the college entrance examination last year, and I have seriously reflected on it this year, and it comes down to a bad mentality in the exam. At the beginning, I took the college entrance examination too seriously, and once the exam was not as smooth as I imagined, I panicked, and then spent too much time on the questions that I couldn't do, and as a result, some of the questions I knew were not completed. If I could do it all over again, I would definitely despise my opponent strategically and value my opponent tactically. I won't be able to ask questions, I won't be others, I will definitely not, with the mentality of grabbing points, I can grab as many as I can, without calculating how many points I should have taken, so that I can give full play to my true level. ”

Suddenly, the class burst into warm applause. Zhu Peng worked hard, and he found that Zheng Yan was a little different from before.

Zheng Yan couldn't help but look at Xiaomin again, and saw that she was as plain as ever, and the applause was as plain as water.

It's just that in the depths of Xiaomin's heart, she listened to Zheng Yan very carefully, and she was unexpectedly serious.

The fat teacher also nodded, and then also talked about the mentality of the college entrance examination, and agreed with Zheng Yan's point of view, but Zheng Yan and Xiaomin coincidentally couldn't remember what he said in their future memories.

Zheng Yan, who finally got rid of the embarrassment, just sat down next to Zhu Peng, Zhu Peng pushed Zheng Yan with his elbow, picked his thick eyebrows, and smiled wickedly at the corners of his mouth.

Zheng Yan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and honestly sat in his position to sort out his thoughts.

After class, the next class is chemistry, after experiencing the physics class, Zheng Yan became the focus of the class for a while, Zheng Yan originally wanted to wait for the recess to find Xiaomin, and ask her to have dinner tomorrow, but he could only write a note and ask Zhu Peng to help transfer it.

Zheng Yan reluctantly left the classroom, reluctantly glanced at the back that was deeply rooted in his heart, and walked away.

On the note, Zheng Yan wrote:

Xiaomin, I haven't seen you for a long time, the day after tomorrow is your birthday, I wish you a happy birthday in advance. I originally wanted to wait until the end of class to see you, but now I'm embarrassed to stay in the class anymore, and we will have a meal together the day after tomorrow to celebrate your birthday. My phone number is ***********.

At the check-in place, a line of words was written upright: Your best friend, Zheng Yan.

As soon as she got out of school, Xiaomin received a note from Zhu Peng, she knew that it was undoubtedly the note left by him, and when she looked at the familiar handwriting on the paper, she smiled indifferently and didn't ask Zhu Peng a word about Zheng Yan.

Zhu Peng was also helpless, only the two of them were the original classmates in the cram school, and it was the first time he spoke in the cram school today, but Chu Xiaomin still cherished words like gold. Zhu Peng couldn't help complaining in his heart: Zheng Yan likes who is not good, he likes a big ice cube, and he will feel good in the future. Zhu Peng has been a good brother to Zheng Yan in the past three years in high school, he knows how proud Zheng Yan is, and he also knows that Zheng Yan's pride and self-esteem have a great relationship with his family. He also knew that Zheng Yan did not go home during the entire winter vacation, and spent the New Year alone in City B, and they also called on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the two played games together all night. Zhu Peng said that although he usually looks giggled, he is also a serious person in his heart, which is Zhu Peng's own words. Although the words are rough, the reason is not rough.

Zhu Peng saw Zheng Yan's notes on Xiaomin's desk, and he knew that Zheng Yan had compiled a note for her, and he also had a copy of Zheng Yan's notes in his hand, which he had obtained from Zheng Yan's hand. In fact, he knew that Zheng Yan spent a week reorganizing a note, the main reason was to keep the old notes for himself, of course, he also hoped that the notes for Chu Xiaomin would be neat and beautiful, but it also hid Zheng Yan's careful thoughts that made Chu Xiaomin a little moved.

Zhu Peng knew all this, but he didn't know if Chu Xiaomin knew it.

Zhu Peng glanced at Chu Xiaomin, who was full of calmness, put away his usual cynical attitude, and said with unprecedented seriousness: "Cherish him well, he likes you very much, he deserves your liking, but he has a lot of things you don't know, if you don't want to understand him, you will lose him after all." ”

Chu Xiao Minran still looked indifferent, as if she hadn't heard Zhu Peng's words, but Zhu Peng knew that she had heard it.

Xiaomin didn't quite understand what Zhu Peng meant, and in Zhu Peng's words, he and he seemed to have become a couple. She was a little annoyed with Zhu Peng, and she was also a little angry with Zheng Yan. She saw Zheng Yan's message and thought that she should criticize that guy. Xiaomin also has a mobile phone, but his mobile phone number seems to have never been dialed by anyone except for his family, maybe he hid it too deeply, so that guy can't even inquire about his number.

Xiaomin walked down the tree-lined path home, she dialed Zheng Yan's phone, and a pleasant voice came from the other end, which was familiar, unfamiliar and very gentle.

"Is it Xiaomin?"

"Well, I am."

"It's really you, is this your phone number? I'll be able to contact you directly in the future. ”

"It's my number." Xiaomin originally wanted to reprimand him well, but he couldn't open his mouth for some reason, and for a while, he didn't know what to say, so he could only follow his words.

"Where are you now?"

"On the way home."

"I'm at Phoenix Bridge, waiting for you here."

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

Zheng Yan, who was full of smiles, suddenly lost his smile, thought about it repeatedly in his mind, and said seriously: "As a friend, I want to celebrate your birthday the day after tomorrow, do you have time?" ”

To Zheng Yan's surprise, Xiaomin said briskly: "Yes, but only at noon, our family celebrates my birthday in the evening." ”

Zheng Yan couldn't help but say happily: "Yes! That's great! ”

Xiaomin said lightly: "Then you go back quickly, I'm going home too, don't wait on the bridge." ”

Hung up the phone, Zheng Yan was a little distracted, and for some reason still liked to sit quietly on the bridge, recalling the road the two had walked together, as well as the snow.

Finally stayed up until the early morning of May 2, Zheng Yan, who woke up before dawn, could no longer sleep, listening to the sound outside the house, it was his mother who got up, cooking next to the stove, and feeding pigs, chickens and ducks.

Zheng Yan also got up to help his mother, carrying heavy pig food to feed the pigs, looking at the two big sows and seven or eight little piglets in the pigsty, Zheng Yan greeted with a smile, everything seemed to be so beautiful this morning, it seemed that the piglets were so cute rolling in the dirty pigsty.

Back in the house, Zheng Yan stroked his mother's hair and said gently: "Mom, don't raise pigs next year, don't work so hard, do less work, I don't have a problem with my part-time tuition and living expenses now." ”

Zheng Yan's mother looked at her sensible son, tears flashed in her eyes, and she promised on her lips, but she thought in her heart that she would have to save money to marry your daughter-in-law in the future, where could she do less, and work more and earn more money while she is in good health now.

After breakfast, Zheng Yan took a new shower, cleaned up neatly, and took a few serious photos in the mirror before going out and getting on the shuttle bus to the city.

When he arrived at the agreed place, Zheng Yan touched the small box in his pocket again, waiting anxiously and excitedly.

The first time Zheng Yan saw Xiao Min wearing a skirt, the pale green dress made Xiao Min particularly beautiful and moving, and Zheng Yan's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. Xiaomin smiled indifferently and said softly, "Where to eat?" ”

Zheng Yan came back to his senses and smiled, "What do you like to eat?" ”

"I'm all right, I'm not a picky eater."

"Let's have a steak, then."

"Yes."

Zheng Yan chose a music restaurant with a quiet environment, in fact, Zheng Yan had never eaten Western food before, and this year he had a job in college to fry steaks in a Western restaurant, so he learned to use a knife and fork, so he dared to ask Xiaomin to eat Western food.

The two of them sat quietly by the window on the second floor of the restaurant, there were not many people at noon, and the restaurant played pleasant music, which was very suitable for guests to have a pleasant conversation. While waiting for the food to be served, Xiaomin took the lead in asking, "How was the university?" ”

Zheng Yan smiled: "It's good, it's freer than high school, but the happiest thing for me is that I can work and earn money by myself." ”

Xiaomin said calmly: "It's good. ”

Zheng Yan said happily: "Xiaomin, happy birthday!" ”

"Thank you!"

"You look so beautiful today." Zheng Yan, who is not good at words, actually praised lamely.

"Wasn't I beautiful the day before yesterday?"

Zheng Yan was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Zheng Yan took out a small box from his pocket, and inside was a beautiful bracelet with a line of words engraved on it: 2009.5.2 Xiaomin Happy Birthday.

Xiaomin took the gift, put it on her hand very happily, and said thank you again.

Zheng Yan saw that Xiaomin liked this gift, and his heart was also ecstatic.

After lunch, the two were still chatting nonsense.

In the end, the waiter served a small cake with a small candle on it, the background music of the restaurant sounded a birthday song, Zheng Yan followed the rhythm and sang the birthday song softly for Xiaomin, Xiaomin seriously closed her eyes and made a wish, blowing out the candle.

Zheng Yan asked curiously, "What wish?" ”

"If you say it, it won't work." How could Xiaomin tell her that her wish was to be admitted to a university of finance and economics in City B.

Zheng Yan's clear and deep eyes looked directly into Xiao Min's eyes, and Xiao Min felt that his eyes seemed to be burned by his warm eyes. Zheng Yan said gently: "You must go to City B, I will wait for you in City B." ”

Xiaomin nodded slightly. This small action made Zheng Yan excited.

Zheng Yan said excitedly: "No matter what the future holds, at least every year if you allow it, I will accompany you for your birthday." ”

Xiaomin also nodded in agreement.

Today is about the happiest day in Zheng Yan's life, and there is no one, at least until today.

After a short reunion and a long parting, Zheng Yan took the train alone all the way north, but this time City B seems to be more cute than before, because it is the city agreed by the two.

This time, Zheng Yan had Xiaomin's phone, but in order not to delay Xiaomin's study, he only called every Sunday night to say hello, and he didn't say much, but Zheng Yan was already very satisfied.

In a blink of an eye, it was the college entrance examination again, and Zheng Yan knew from the phone that Xiaomin did well in the exam this time, Zheng Yan was really happy for Xiaomin, and he silently calculated the time when she came to City B in his heart.

When filling in the volunteer, Xiaomin told Zheng Yan that she planned to apply for the University of Finance and Economics in City B, which is a good university. Zheng Yan waited with joy in his heart.

However, it backfired, Xiaomin's father insisted that Xiaomin apply for the university in City X, and the family was ready to move to City X, he didn't want Xiaomin to be too far away from home, and hoped that she could study at a local university. Xiaomin had no choice but to obey her father's arrangement. She felt a little sorry for Zheng Yan in her heart, but she didn't know how to explain it to Zheng Yan.

In Zheng Yan's phone calls again and again, Xiaomin wanted to explain the situation again and again, but she didn't know where to start.

Zheng Yan found out the admission score of the University of Finance and Economics, Xiaomin was admitted steadily, and happily called to celebrate. As a result, there was endless silence on the other end of the phone.

Zheng Yan asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiaomin was silent for a long time, and said indifferently: "I didn't apply to the University of Finance and Economics, but to the university in X City." ”

Zheng Yan's heart suddenly sank, his mood plummeted, and he said disappointedly: "You promised me." ”

Xiao Min was lonely by Zheng Yan, but she didn't know how to comfort her, and said flatly: "We are best friends." ”

Zheng Yan said bitterly and disappointedly: "It turns out that we are just friends. ”

Xiao Min was in Zheng Yan's seemingly heart-rending pain, and there was endless silence on the other end of the phone, and I don't know how long it took, Xiao Min heard a beeping sound on the other end of the phone.

After that, for a long time, Xiaomin had no news of Zheng Yan, and she had always been used to Zheng Yan calling her, and whenever Xiaomin wanted to call Zheng Yan, she always didn't know what to say, and then she cut off contact. Life is back to a calm and watery state, and the difference from high school is that there are no boys who hand love letters to themselves, there are few male accounting majors in the first place, and the loose relationship between classmates in college makes her feel very comfortable, and she doesn't like to communicate with people more She likes to live alone. Except for the occasional Zhao Dandan who would call, Xiaomin seemed to have disappeared from the original circle of classmates.

It's just that when she arrived at college, she still carried those three notebooks.