Chapter 113: The Ivory Tower Tragedy (109)
A gust of autumn wind leaves are falling, and an autumn rain is cool at once. Before you know it, the smell of summer is fading, and there is a touch of desolation in the evening air. In the days of golden autumn and September, the color of the sunset and sunset are gone, and the singing of the unknown is not heard, and the world is more peaceful and less manic with the footsteps of the season. Autumn is also a golden day, full of golden rice and heavy fruits and vegetables. In this season, there is the joy of harvest, there is the legend of flowers and full moon, the autumn rhyme flowers and butterflies are busy, the leaves and yellow fruits are ripe and fragrant all over the place, the autumn scenery is beautiful in the year, and the four seasons are good times in autumn.
In the evening of this day, for Meng Ting, she did not have any thoughts to perceive the fruits of the autumn harvest, and her heart was filled with the sad autumn feelings of countless literati and artists. Meng Ting looked at a few maple trees outside the balcony of the dormitory, under the evening breeze, the red leaves were swaying slightly, and when they collided with each other, they seemed to tell the sadness of the autumn geese flying south. At this time of the year, Meng Ting spent her time in joy, and the mountains in her hometown suddenly became busy in the golden autumn, and the ripe fruits were picked and filled with baskets one after another. The people in the mountains have been busy in these days, and after the spring sowing and summer are busy, they finally wait for the harvest time. Thinking about the past and feeling the present, Meng Ting didn't expect that the end of September, when she spent the first time alone outside her life, was when her good sister was suffering from AIDS. In the bustling metropolis, you can't feel that the season is turning from hot to cool except through the temperature in the air. It's not like a world in the mountains, where the thousands of plants and trees paint the colors of autumn, and the wild geese will say goodbye to you for a while. Meng Ting wanted to return to the mountains at this moment, and then climbed the familiar mountains, looked at the colors of the sad autumn in front of her, and cried to the mountain mother to her heart's content. However, I am now in Shanghai, on a campus with thousands of students, and this place will not provide me with a boundless place where you can express yourself freely, and even the tears of sadness will flow quietly in the dark night under the moon.
Meng Ting endured the pain in her heart and didn't let her tears flow out, she promised to accompany her through the most difficult days in the next day, and she must see her good sister defeat the disease and return to the same as before.
After watching the autumn scenery outside the window on the balcony for a while, Meng Ting turned around and returned to the dormitory. After walking into the dormitory, Meng Ting saw Yu Manxue packing up her belongings.
"Manxue, what are you doing here?" Meng Ting asked.
"If you have nothing to do, let's clean up, only my place is the most messy in the entire dormitory."
Meng Ting immediately stopped Yu Manxue: "Don't clean up anymore, you need to rest now, if it's really messy, I'll help you clean it up later." ”
"It's okay, Tingting, you said that if I can't come back, I can't leave you with a mess."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Meng Ting immediately said with some anger, "What can't come back!" I'm telling you, Manxue, you have to come back as it is. ”
Yu Manxue looked at Meng Ting and smiled: "Good, good, good, it's my crow's mouth." ”
"You're the crow's mouth! I can't say that again. ”
Yu Manxue smiled: "Tingting, I didn't expect you to look very cute when you got angry." ”
At this time, Zou Yanhua and Yan Ning returned to the dormitory, and after entering the door, they saw Yu Manxue's bed in chaos.
"Manxue, what's wrong with you?" Yan Ning asked.
"I'll clean up, see I'm too messy here."
Zou Yanhua immediately said: "What is the situation today? You've actually packed your things. ”
Zou Yanhua was not wrong, among the four people in the dormitory, only Yu Manxue was a rich girl, whether it was clothes, cosmetics and various decorations, she was several times more than the three roommates. For a long time, Yu Manxue's bed and desk often looked like a ruin after the war, and she didn't have any idea of cleaning up on weekdays, but today's sudden move is naturally surprising.
"That's right, Snow." Yan Ning suddenly asked, "I woke up early this morning and found that you were gone, and I heard Meng Ting say that you went to the hospital?" What happened to you? ”
Yan Ning's words not only stimulated Yu Manxue, but also stimulated Meng Ting, who was in great pain in her heart.
Yu Manxue smiled calmly: "Oh, it was a bad stomach ache yesterday, and I went to the hospital today to check that I found out that it was menstrual cramps, and it was fine." ”
Yan Ning nodded: "It's okay, as soon as I heard that you went to the hospital, it scared us." ”
Zou Yanhua noticed at this moment that Meng Ting's eyes were a little red and swollen, and there were still some tears on her face.
"Tingting, why do you have tears on your face?" Zou Yanhua asked suspiciously.
Since hearing the news that Yu Manxue is suffering from AIDS this afternoon, Meng Ting's heart has been overflowing with pain in every corner, and she has forgotten to wipe away the tears left after crying in the afternoon.
Meng Ting hurriedly wiped away the remaining tears on her face with her hand: "I'm fine, I'm fine." Meng Ting became nervous, "It's just a little homesick." ”
Meng Ting's casual reason made Yan Ning and Zou Yanhua laugh.
Yan Ning said with a smile: "Please, Tingting, there is less than a week to go before the National Day holiday." ”
Meng Ting, who was nervous, couldn't think of any other reason, and when she said the words of homesickness, Meng Ting herself felt really ridiculous.
After a while, Yu Manxue suddenly said to Meng Ting: "Tingting, I'm a little hungry, let's go to the restaurant for dinner together." ”
When Meng Ting followed Yu Manxue to the downstairs of the dormitory, Yu Manxue immediately said: "Tingting, after eating, you can walk around the campus with me, I want to go to every place I have been to again." ”
"Okay, I'll accompany you wherever you want to go on campus tonight."
"Why don't you do this, Tingting, let's buy a cup of oatmeal porridge and walk around while drinking, okay? To be honest, I'm not hungry at all, I just don't want to stay in my dorm anymore. ”
Meng Ting nodded and said, "Actually, I don't have an appetite now, you suddenly have such a thing, how can I have any appetite." ”
In this way, Meng Ting and Yu Manxue went to the restaurant to buy a cup of porridge each, and then met for a walk on the campus of Whampoa University in autumn as usual.
Walking back and forth among the pedestrians, no one knew that they were both in great grief in their hearts. Tears may be a luxury in the ivory tower of the good times, and for most people they are even distant and boundless in their imagination, but the good times are not fair to everyone, and in some dark corner of the night, there are still people who cry and feel the painful experiences that have happened around them.
Although the oatmeal porridge in the cup is sweet and delicious, the rich wheat aroma emitted is very similar to the harvest taste unique to this season. But Meng Ting's mind couldn't fall on milk and oats at all, and the only feeling in her heart at the moment was prayer, a deep emotional prayer, she prayed that Yu Manxue would be safe, and prayed that this evening walk was not the last, and there would be countless times in the future.