In the winter of 2008, there were only three days left before Chinese New Year's Eve, and the students of other grades of Perseverance Middle School had been on winter vacation for several days, and the students of the senior high school graduating class finally ushered in the long-lost holiday when the Spring Festival was approaching, although it was only a short twelve days, but it was already a wonderful happiness for the students of the third year of high school. This is a special winter, the coastal town in the south has not been so cold in Xiaomin's memory, the weather forecast says that the south will usher in a wide range of snowfall, Xiaomin is looking forward to whether this city that has not snowed for decades will snow, a fantasy of the white expanse of a beautiful scenery covered in silver, as tranquil as her mind can not help but be moved. Seeing snow is the desire of many southerners, especially in their hometown.

Chu Xiaomin thought that she was not a likable girl, she was withdrawn, even a little cold, and she didn't like to communicate with people, like a tasteless tofu brain with no salt or sugar. Zhao Dandan, who is at the same table, is Chu Xiaomin's good friend, and Zhao Dandan may be familiar only because of the relationship at the same table, or because the distance is close, the relationship is close, so he will naturally say something, and he will naturally be more familiar than others, and he will naturally become friends. The relationship between the two is not full of words, most of the time Xiaomin is listening quietly, and Zhao Dandan is talking non-stop.

On this day, Zhao Dandan mysteriously passed a note to Chu Xiaomin, with an indescribable playful smile on his face. When Chu Xiaomin opened the note, he saw a neat line of words written on the delicate lilac paper: After school, be sure to meet on the Phoenix Bridge. Zheng Yan. After reading the content on the paper, Chu Xiaomin couldn't help frowning, she hated troublesome things the most, and this was about a troublesome thing.

Chu Xiaomin's impression of Zheng Yan is also relatively vague, she has never spoken to him, but she knows that he has good grades, thin and tall, and he is also very good-looking, white and pure like snow, a little arrogant, always sitting quietly in the last row alone, and then often takes the first place in the class.

Why did such a person who had never crossed paths ask himself, Chu Xiaomin's heart was full of questions? Sometimes Chu Xiaomin also feels very strange, she is obviously not very beautiful, and her figure is ordinary, the convex is not very convex, the concave is not very concave, the height is not high in the south, it is the upper average appearance, but for some reason many boys give themselves love letters. Chu Xiaomin didn't know how many times in the dead of night she silently thought, what is good about me, can't I change it? The teenager who thinks of spring in adolescence is really troublesome, this is Chu Xiaomin's true emotion, she is just a quiet person, she just wants to live quietly, and she doesn't like a peaceful life to give birth to more waves. Chu Xiaomin thought, is it to see or not to see?

Zheng Yan was absent-minded all day, silently looking at the back in front of him, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, I don't know when he fell in love with the quiet girl, and liked to look at her silently when he was tired of doing questions. Come to think of it, I've been watching her silently for almost two years, maybe I've liked her for two years in my heart. For two years, Xiaomin was unconscious, he remembered in his heart the time she went to school every day, and then he always arrived at school at about the same time, just to be able to pretend to meet inadvertently, so that he could see her, and more so that she could look at himself more, many times inadvertently nodding his head to indicate that it was the practice he had practiced countless times in the bathroom in front of the mirror. Originally, he didn't want to show his heart, he hoped to quietly ask the other party's willingness after the college entrance examination, and then go to the same city with her, perhaps, there will be some possibilities between each other after that. However, too many people have shown their hearts to her recently, and finally Zheng Yan finally couldn't sit still. I thought to myself, I must not let others get ahead of the curve.

"It's snowing!" Suddenly, someone in the quiet classroom made a slight noise.

Suddenly, the sound of "it's snowing" resounded in the sky of the campus. A group of southern students who had never seen the world before were lying on the windowsill and huddled in the corridor to watch the light snow fall from the sky. The teachers looked at this group of children who were overwhelmed by their studies, and they couldn't bear to interrupt their interest, so they chose to stop the class.

Chu Xiaomin didn't huddle together with the cheerful team to watch the rare snowflakes, but just sat indifferently and looked up at the gloomy sky in the distance, as if in a daze. Zheng Yan stood in the corridor while looking at the snowflakes flying like catkins in the sky, while reaching out to let the snowflakes fall into her hands, and then melt little by little, and the afterglow of her eyes was always on her.

The head teacher is a Chinese teacher, and he wrote a line of words on the blackboard seriously: Ruixue Zhaofeng Year. Then, announcing self-study, I took a big step back to the office. There are only slightly immature faces in the classroom, pure and clear eyes.

Phoenix Bridge is an old bridge in a small city, I heard the older generation say that I have seen it there since I was a child, and some old people say that the bridge was built during the Qianlong period, and Zheng Yan doesn't care much about all this, and chooses to wait for her here, just because the opposite side of the bridge is her home. The cold wind was blowing, like a knife cut, Zheng Yan couldn't help but stand up his collar and shrank his head in the thick down jacket. Eyes don't forget to look at the road where they came, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, after tonight, there may be snow tomorrow, Zheng Yan thought in his heart.

Chu Xiaomin had already arrived home, and in the warm home, she seemed to have forgotten that there was someone waiting for her on the bridge across the road. She felt that she had not agreed to see him, which was not a breach of the contract, closed the door, and lay quietly on the soft bed, with indescribable comfort and happiness. However, her fingers couldn't help but tapped gently on the bed rhythmically, like a ticking second hand, as if a second had passed with each strike. She didn't know how long it was, but she couldn't help but get up, opened the window, and let the cold wind mixed with a little snowflakes meet her. She rubbed her eyes and looked in the direction of the Phoenix Bridge, and vaguely saw a tall black figure standing silently at the head of the bridge, stomping her feet and rubbing her hands from time to time, her eyes seemed to look in the direction she was. Chu Xiaomin pursed her lips, pondered for a moment, and ran to the door, her mother saw Xiaomin who was about to go out, Chu Xiaomin said without waiting for her mother to speak: "Mom, I'll go out to see the snow." Mom just stopped her, picked up a scarf and carefully wrapped it around her, so that she wouldn't catch a cold outside.

The thick scarf was swaying in the wind and snow, and it was really cold outside, Chu Xiaomin couldn't help but wrap his clothes tightly, but the palms in his pockets were sweating inexplicably.

Zheng Yan saw the figure that could be seen in the distance, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, his bright eyes smiled in a beautiful arc like a crooked moon, waved his hands, and shouted loudly: "I'm here." ”

Chu Xiaomin was suddenly taken aback, stunned for a moment, and said in a daze: "Hello." ”

Zheng Yan smiled like a child and said happily: "Hello! My name is Zheng Yan, what do you call me? ”

Chu Xiaomin knew that he was teasing himself, with a few black lines on his face, and said indifferently: "What's the matter with me, I'll tell my mother to come out to see the snow, there is not much time, let's talk about the point." ”

The two of them walked along the small bridge to the south of the city, Xiaomin was afraid that her mother would see that she was dating someone here, but Zheng Yan enjoyed the pleasure of walking side by side with Xiaomin on the small bridge, but there seemed to be a person between the two, Zheng Yan didn't dare to approach, and Chu Xiaomin didn't want to get close.

The snow had been falling all afternoon, and there was some snow on the floor, and it was very pleasant to step on it. The trees on the riverside are snow-white, thousands of trees are in full bloom like pear blossoms, and the lawn of the riverside park is also covered with a thin layer of snow, and the eyes can see that everywhere is white, which is very beautiful. Chu Xiaomin felt colder than at noon, and the snow seemed to be heavier. The two of them, who had been silent side by side for a long time, had quietly walked to the other end of the bridge.

Zheng Yan took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, condensing into a mist in the cold air. Zheng Yan stopped, and Xiaomin also stopped. Zheng Yan looked at Xiaomin gently, mustered up his courage, and said softly: "Xiaomin, I like you." ”

Chu Xiaomin was stunned for a moment, and her slightly red cheeks were buried in a thick scarf, which was imperceptible. Chu Xiaomin looked up into the distance and said indifferently: "Let me ask you a question, why do boys always confess to me, I am not beautiful, my studies are average, and I am not good at socializing with people, why do people always come to me?" ”

Zheng Yan scratched his short hair and said with a smile: "Maybe it's the tranquility on your body that makes you look mysterious like a mystery, so that boys have the urge to solve the puzzle." ”

Chu Xiaomin stroked the wind-blown hair around her ears, Zheng Yan saw that Xiaomin's hair was slightly wet, and immediately opened the umbrella and handed it over. Xiaomin generously took the umbrella and said calmly: "This is also the reason why you like me?" ”

Zheng Yan nodded lightly, and sighed: "Part of it, the other part doesn't understand, like it is like, there is no reason." ”

Chu Xiaomin sighed softly: "Actually, I may be different from what you think, I'm just not good at communication, where does the mystery come from, I'm just an ordinary girl, I like to be sloppy at home, and I don't like to read, that's all." If I had known the real me, probably no one would like me. ”

Zheng Yan looked at the girl beside him and said anxiously: "I like you, and I like what you said." ”

Chu Xiaomin suddenly smiled: "Today, you are not like the great talent that everyone is widely spread, your confession is very pale, and it seems that it is not convincing, but you can write articles as beautiful as poetry, why can't you say beautiful words when you see me?" ”

Zheng Yan looked at Xiaomin calmly, and couldn't help scratching his head, and said: "If I can say that I like you, I will use up all my courage, and I don't dare to say that I love you, but I just hope that I can like you more and more in the future, like you to love you, and love to be willing to be with you for the rest of my life." ”

The corners of Chu Xiaomin's mouth raised slightly, drew a beautiful outline, squinted his eyes and smiled: "I'm quite happy to hear you say this, but I don't plan to fall in love after the college entrance examination soon, so I can't promise you anything now, and I can't promise you anything in the future." ”

Zheng Yan knew that her smile was to be less embarrassed and sad, Zheng Yan also smiled, laughed like crying, and said calmly: "Maybe now is not the most appropriate time, maybe what I say doesn't count, at least before the college entrance examination, I want to be friends with you and become your best friend." ”

Chu Xiaomin looked at Zheng Yan, who was smiling so ugly, and smiled happily for the first time, and said with a smile from the bottom of his heart: "You can be friends." ”

Chu Xiaomin looked at Zheng Yan, whose hair and clothes were wet with snowflakes, standing silently at the head of the bridge, the two of them looked like two motionless snowmen, except that one snowman was holding an umbrella. Zheng Yan was speechless, Xiaomin was not good at words, the two looked at each other, Xiaomin saw some crystal light from Zheng Yan's beautiful eyes, and she was a little unbearable in her heart, and wanted to comfort the boy opposite but didn't know how to comfort her.

After a long time, Xiaomin said softly: "Come to the umbrella, otherwise you will be wet, and I will have to go back." ”

Zheng Yan gently took the umbrella and walked side by side, their shoulders almost leaning together, but Zheng Yan has not yet come out of the loss, and it may be good to be friends, but how much he hopes that she can like herself, go to the same city to study in the future, and write a beautiful story of the two in the same city.

The sky is getting darker and gloomy, the dim street lamps on the bridge are gradually brightening, and the dim light shines on Xiaomin's face, which is more and more beautiful, this is the most beautiful appearance of Xiaomin in Zheng Yan's heart.

The footsteps of "crunch, crunch", leaving two clear footprints in the shallow snow, but the short road seemed to have been walked for a long time, the two were silent, crossed the bridge, crossed the road, and arrived at the downstairs of Xiaomin's house. Xiaomin handed the umbrella to Zheng Yan, but Zheng Yan suddenly burst into tears and said: "I won't give up, I will continue to like you, I will always like you." ”

Xiaomin's heart softened, but her face was still silent, and she didn't know how to say for a while, so she said indifferently: "Bye-bye." ”

The moment he waved his hand and turned around, Xiaomin's heart seemed to be hit by a deer, and for some reason he was a little excited, a little lost, and a little distressed. I even wanted to look back at that delicate face, remembering that he was very good-looking and studied very well, except for losing some weight, it seemed that he couldn't find his shortcomings. The girls in the class all regarded him as a class grass, and even rated him as Duan Cao, usually Xiaomin just listened to it as a gossip, but today looking at Zheng Yan's face so closely, I really found that he was quite handsome, but he was too delicate, and he might be more beautiful than himself in women's clothes.

Zheng Yan stood downstairs for a long time before leaving.

Xiao Min returned to her room, she couldn't help but recall what happened just now, her face suddenly turned red, this semester she has rejected five or six boys who confessed to her, she once hated the boys who were restless in her heart during adolescence, and she shouted I love you if she didn't understand what love was, but today is the first time she rejected a boy in person, she can ignore the message as before, and ignore those love letters, Xiao Min also feels that she seems a little strange today. However, she tried to think that the result would be the same anyway, and it would be the same to refuse in person and not to deal with it. In short, her life is back to its usual blandness, and that's for the best.

Since that day, Zheng Yan has not spoken to Xiaomin again, but only gave Xiaomin the question notes he had compiled during the winter vacation in mathematics, physics and chemistry through Zhao Dandan. At the end of the note, a line was written: Friends should be like this, don't have a psychological burden.

It's time for the college entrance examination in a blink of an eye, Zheng Yan didn't play well, Xiaomin seems to be the same, Xiaomin didn't participate in the party after the exam, Zheng Yan couldn't find her in the crowd, and her eyes were full of loss. Not long after, the results came out, and Zheng Yan not only failed to be admitted to Tsinghua University as he wished, but his grades were much worse than usual. Zheng Yan is extremely depressed, he is a person with extremely strong self-esteem, he is from the countryside, the expectations of the whole family are heavy on him, learning is the only place he is proud of than urban children, and now this pride has been lost. At this time, he was worried about how Xiaomin did in the exam, and completely lost her news after the college entrance examination.

Xiaomin got sick after the college entrance examination, I don't know if it was because of poor health or because she failed the exam, and then she closed her door. Today's results came out, Xiaomin looked at the score and suddenly burst into tears, no matter how relieved her parents were, she couldn't control her crying. After a long time, Xiaomin stopped crying, and then received an unexpected phone call, Zheng Yan called.

Xiaomin didn't know where Zheng Yan asked for the phone number of her landline at home, at this time she was very depressed, and when she heard a gentle voice on the other end, she didn't know why her heart was even more sad.

"Xiaomin, it's me, Zheng Yan, the results are out, how did you do in the exam?"

"Not good."

"I'm also abnormal, I only scored 608 points, but I also figured it out, the college entrance examination is just a node in life, and we still have a lot of opportunities to work hard in the future. Have you figured out which university to apply to? Which city to go to? ”

"I don't know."

Zheng Yan said excitedly: "If you don't know, let's apply for the university in city B together, city B is a big city, there are many universities, there are many choices, and you can see the world more." ”

Xiao Min was silent.

Zheng Yan said calmly: "If you don't speak, I'll make you agree, you must apply to the university in City B, remember, you must report to City B." ”

Xiaomin remained silent. She knew that a score of 608 meant that Zheng Yan had failed the exam, and as one of the few students in the school who might have the potential to impact Tsinghua University and Peking University, Zheng Yan was indeed extremely abnormal. However, she didn't even dare to tell Zheng Yan her scores, she didn't get into the second book, and she felt sad when she thought of this, and then hung up the phone in a hurry.

At this time, Zheng Yan was stupidly looking forward to the future.

Soon after, Zheng Yan was admitted to a key university in City B, and he hurriedly called Xiaomin.

The voice on the other end of the phone was low, and Zheng Yan didn't know how to say anything if she wanted to comfort her, so she could only ask softly, "Which university to go to?" ”

Xiaomin choked up and was speechless.

Zheng Yan asked tentatively, "Which city?" ”

After a while, Xiaomin said with a crying voice: "I'll repeat it." ”

After being silent for a long time, Zheng Yan pretended to be relaxed and said: "It doesn't matter, work hard next year, I will re-sort out all the materials for you next week, and I will definitely be able to go to a good university next year." ”

A week later, Zheng Yan took three notebooks, which were comparative books of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and sorted out all the knowledge points of high school, and listed example questions for various question types. Zheng Yan knew that Chu Xiaomin's Chinese, English and biology were very good, and he didn't need his help, but the other three subjects were relatively poor, so he generally reviewed the knowledge of high school again in a week, the handwriting in the notebook was neat, and the key and difficult points were marked with various color pens.

When Zheng Yan handed the notebook to Xiaomin, Xiaomin looked at his bloodshot eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little moved, but only heard Zheng Yan say indifferently: "It's what a friend should do, don't say thank you." If you continue to study, there will be no problem next year, it stands to reason that you will not be so difficult to take the exam every year, and next year it should be easier, and I believe you can be admitted to a good university. ”

Xiaomin's eyes were slightly red, and the chick nodded like a peck of rice.

Zheng Yan didn't know where she got the courage, boldly rubbed her cute head, and smiled: "Good friends should study in the same city." ”

Xiaomin didn't nod or shake her head, Zheng Yan acquiesced, and her heart was happy and sad.

In September, Zheng Yan stepped on the northbound train alone, all the way to the north, his heart to the south, and landed in the small P city.