Part 2: The Ivory Tower Tragedy Chapter 3
Zhang Ailing once said that people are destined to meet two people in their lives, one is amazing and the other is gentle.
Compared with the middle school years, college leaves a person with more freedom and more time to let go of his heart and self. Perhaps, a few years later, when they walk out of this small world and enter the society, countless people will miss the bits and pieces of that time, the first encounter, the first hand-holding, the first difference, and the first feeling that they have never had. However, the love in the ivory tower is sometimes not all romantic and warm, and it will also carry more confusion and even loss.
Whether it is amazing time, or gentle years, whether it is warm love, or sad tears, they are all colors that belong to a person's prosperous era, but different people have different colors.
After the National Day holiday, the real rhythm of the university began. After returning, Meng Ting decided to establish a college life model for herself, to enrich herself, to make every day meaningful, to find busyness in fulfillment, and to forget her troubles in busyness.
On the first night after the start of school, the four people in Meng Ting's dormitory chatted freely, each telling about their life in the past seven days. Meng Ting also let her roommates look at the various scenery she took in the mountains, the original and charming mountain and forest scenes, which made the three roommates can't help but praise. In addition, Meng Ting also specially brought some fruits grown by herself from her hometown.
From about eight or nine o'clock in the evening until half past eleven in the evening, the four people in the dormitory talked about the strange things in the girls' world while eating the fruits of Meng Ting's hometown.
A week later, the college's student council began to recruit new students. Meng Ting signed up to participate, and won both the preliminary and re-examinations, and successfully entered the propaganda department of the college. What Meng Ting didn't expect was that the student union completed the term change, and Zong Wenbo became the vice president of the student union again, responsible for the two departments of culture, sports and publicity.
On the night when Meng Ting entered the Propaganda Department, Zong Wenbo started a heart-to-heart conversation with Meng Ting on QQ, and also praised Meng Ting's photos of the mountain scenery.
Meng Ting's simplicity and kind personality make her never think about the complexity behind simplicity and the tenderness in the depths of humor.
Since Zong Wenbo's first contact with Meng Ting on the day of the freshman report, in the time since, he has never forgotten this Bingqing Yujie junior sister in his mind. She is beautiful, gentle, and smiling, like a peach blossom in spring, especially the simplicity of her body is even more fascinating. After that short contact, Zong Wenbo did not relax any free moments, and kept chatting with Meng Ting on QQ, showing his charm and gaining the favor of Fang Xin. This time, Meng Ting turned out to be the officer in charge of his department, which made Zong Wenbo overjoyed, he silently thanked this God-given opportunity, as long as he grasped it well, he would definitely be able to hold hands with the person he liked, so as to enjoy the romance of falling in love.
Meng Ting has never experienced what Zong Wenbo thinks, and of course she has not imagined a place where children are in love. For Meng Ting, this is just a normal interaction between seniors and sisters, and there are no other color factors.
On the first Saturday night after the start of school, Gao Wenxiang sat on a bench next to Jingya Lake, looking at the calm and silent water of the lake, and was quietly waiting for He Meina's arrival.
After dinner, He Meina called and told Gao Wenxiang to wait by the shore of Jingya Lake, saying that there was a gift for him.
About half an hour later, with the sweet voice of "Wen Xiang" shouted. Gao Wenxiang turned to look, and facing the light of the street lamp, He Meina's graceful figure came into view. For tonight's meeting, He Meina deliberately dressed up carefully, combing her shawl-long hair straight and smooth, like a swinging wicker in the breeze. Dressed in a pink dress, with petal patterns woven on the shoulders and wrists, she was dressed in unison on He Meina's slender body. The clothes and body were also sprayed with strong perfume, which instantly overflowed the air at the distance between him and Gao Wenxiang, only the fragrance of flowers, not blandness.
Gao Wenxiang looked at the girl in front of him, with her delicate dress and delicate figure, like a beauty under the moon.
He Meina walked in front of Gao Wenxiang with a smile on her face, Gao Wenxiang's eyeballs had been attracted by the beauty of her class at this moment, and she became a captive in the visual impression.
"Wen Xiang, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." He Meina said in a sweet voice.
He Meina's opening to speak made Gao Wenxiang come back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "No, no, I just arrived for a while." Gao Wenxiang somehow began to get nervous.
He Meina picked up the exquisite box she was holding in her hand: "This is for you." ”
Before Gao Wenxiang could speak, He Meina immediately added: "I'll see it when I go back." ”
Gao Wenxiang was puzzled for a while, so he had to nod and say yes.
At this time, He Meina began to gaze at Gao Wenxiang's handsome face, with a longing tenderness in her eyes: "The National Day holiday has passed, how have you thought about it?" ”
"I ,,, me." Gao Wenxiang still couldn't speak.
"Wen Xiang, I still say the same thing, although we haven't known each other for a long time, I really like you, and today I hope you can give me an answer."
During the seven-day long vacation, Gao Wenxiang fell into a struggle of ideas.
Meng Ting's kindness and thoughtfulness to himself occupy half of his mind, and He Meina's charm and sublimation of his career in the future are also shrouded in his heart. He understands that as long as he chooses one side, it means that he has to give up the other side completely, and he is now like a canoe in the sea of love, not knowing where to choose is the direction of the other side.
Finally, the day before the start of school, he forced himself to make a decision, a person who was born and grew up in the mountains, if he wants to go higher in the future, he must not let go of any opportunity that appears around him. Obviously, He Meina has all the advantages and disadvantages for her future dream pursuit. Moreover, He Meina is not only beautiful, but also has an elegant temperament that overflows her body.
"Mina, I've got it figured." Gao Wenxiang finally said his decision, "I decided to be with you. ”
Hearing Gao Wenxiang's reply, He Meina immediately showed a smile like happiness on her face, like a sunflower that had been under the dark clouds for a long time and finally waited for the sun.
He Meina hugged Gao Wenxiang violently, enjoying this embrace of her own.
It was the first time Gao Wenxiang hugged the opposite sex, and his nerves seemed to be on the verge of collapse. The warmth of hugging each other is rapidly spreading to all parts of his body like a flame, and this incomparable warmth makes him can't help but hug He Meina with both hands.
At that moment, He Meina's delicate body was snuggled in her arms, breathing the fragrance of He Meina's hair in her mouth and nose, Gao Wenxiang felt that this was the most beautiful feeling in the world.
After a warm hug, He Meina continued to hug Gao Wenxiang and looked at Gao Wenxiang's eyes up close.
Under the illumination of the street lamp, He Meina is so good-looking, Gao Wenxiang couldn't believe the scene in front of him, he didn't expect that at the beginning of college, he was a person from the mountains, and he fell in love so quickly, and he was fell in love with an official lady, and this happiness seemed to fall from the sky. Gao Wenxiang began to let himself enjoy this warm moment quietly, hugging He Meina in his arms, and a sense of pride floated in his heart. Regardless of appearance, cultivation, or talent, He Meina can beat the crowd in the academy, and the Oiran in the academy has become his girlfriend from now on, compared to the many boys who have a crush on He Meina, the fireworks of success bloomed in Gao Wenxiang's heart.
He Meina put the gift in her hand in front of Gao Wenxiang's eyes, and Gao Wenxiang slowly opened the box, which contained a watch with a silver halo.
"Mina, this is too precious, isn't it?" Gao Wenxiang had a surprised expression on his face.
"Tell me if you like it?" He Meina asked.
"I've never seen such a delicate watch when it's so big."
"If you like it, if you like it, take it, after all, you will be my boyfriend from now on."
Gao Wenxiang once again hugged He Meina into his arms, and enjoyed this affection alone in the quiet time by the lake.
After returning to the dormitory in the evening, Gao Wenxiang lay on the bed and began to reminisce about the strong love tonight, and the warmth of hugging He Meina is still echoing at this moment.
He rolled over and suddenly saw the peaches that Meng Ting had given him on the way back to school. At that moment, the aftertaste of love instantly stopped surging and became silent. Meng Ting began to think of in his mind. What will Meng Ting do when she hears the news that he is in love with He Meina? This kind of thing can't be hidden, Meng Ting will know sooner or later, what way do you want to tell Meng Ting? Thinking of this, a torrent rushed towards him, making the beautiful love that he had just been intoxicated turn into rolling waves in an instant, making him restless.
The night of first love could have been a comfortable fall asleep and a memorable one. However, for Gao Wenxiang, a difficult problem was placed in front of him.
Compared with Gao Wenxiang's love, Meng Ting has pushed her college life into a tense rhythm for several days. In addition to being busy with classes and the propaganda department, the library has become a place that Meng Ting often visits. With a literary dream, she roamed around the library to her heart's content, from novels to prose to poetry, Meng Ting was willing to love it.
Reading a good book is like taking a spiritual journey, and life is full of worries and joys, and the years are flowing between the lines.
Meng Ting has always had a habit that as long as she reads, she must be accompanied by a notebook, and as long as she sees something wonderful, she will copy it down. Meng Ting believes that if you want to make achievements on the road of literature, you must not only read with your heart, eyes, and mouth, but also with your hands.
On Sunday night, as always, after dinner, Meng Ting came to the library with the borrowed "Flying Birds". Before the page was finished, the mobile phone vibrate, and Meng Ting saw that the caller ID was Gao Wenxiang. Meng Ting was both surprised and delighted, and all her thoughts were pulled back to reality from Tagore's pen by this call.
Meng Ting took the phone, and Gao Wenxiang said that he was waiting for her in the school's botanical garden, and asked her to come over and have something to say.
After hanging up the phone, Meng Ting couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the fresh warmth secretly jumped in her heart. Meng Ting immediately closed the book, packed her schoolbag, and quickly walked towards the botanical garden.
When I came to the botanical garden full of flowers, I saw Gao Wenxiang standing there straight, without a trace of expression on his face. Meng Ting's excitement and joy in her heart were soothed by the silence in front of her, and she didn't know what Gao Wenxiang's sudden meeting represented tonight.
"Wen Xiang, what are you looking for me?" Meng Ting asked, full of anticipation couldn't help but rise in her heart.
"Meng Ting, I have something I want to tell you." Gao Wenxiang said calmly.
"What's the matter? You say. ”
Gao Wenxiang began to hesitate, not knowing how to speak. Meng Ting on the side was puzzled and full of expectations.
"Meng Ting, I ,,, me,,, I know that you have always been good to me. We've known each other for a long time, and you're a kind-hearted person. It's ,,, is. Gao Wenxiang couldn't speak.
Meng Ting asked suspiciously, "Wen Xiang, what's wrong with you today?" What do you want to say to me? ”
"I don't know what to say, Meng Ting." Gao Wenxiang became anxious.
In fact, Meng Ting was more anxious than Gao Wenxiang, and she had a hunch that what Gao Wenxiang said would definitely surprise her, and she might even be disappointed.
"Wen Xiang, just say what you want to say directly, we have known each other for so many years, what else can't be said." Meng Ting forcibly suppressed the eagerness in her heart, waiting for what Gao Wenxiang was about to say.
Gao Wenxiang calmed his emotions for a moment, and then faced Meng Ting, his expression slightly formal.
"Meng Ting, what I want to say is that I'm already in love."
"What!" Meng Ting couldn't help but shout, Gao Wenxiang's words were like a loud thunder, and Meng Ting's brain suddenly went blank.
A few seconds later, Meng Ting woke up from the blank, her face was full of sadness and surprise, she couldn't believe it was true, thinking that it was just a joke made by Gao Wenxiang.
Gao Wenxiang read sadness from Meng Ting's expression, he didn't dare to look at Meng Ting, and looked at a few flowers and plants next to him.
The two men stood silently, silent, and the only sound in the air could be heard as the breeze swept through the flowers and leaves.
Meng Ting gently wiped away the tears overflowing from her eyes: "Wen Xiang, is your girlfriend's name He Meina?" ”
Gao Wenxiang was startled, and his eyes immediately shifted his gaze to Meng Ting.
"Don't be surprised, I'm just guessing." Meng Ting said expressionlessly.
"Meng Ting, you, do you know her?" Gao Wenxiang's face was full of doubts.
"You remember when we came home from vacation, she sent you a message on the train, and I accidentally saw her name."
"Meng Ting, I'm sorry, I know you've always been good to me, I'm ,,。"
"Wen Xiang, don't say you're sorry." Meng Ting immediately interrupted Gao Wenxiang's words, "You are not sorry for me, we are just friends, and you have the right to choose to fall in love with other girls." After Meng Ting finished speaking, she felt a tingling discomfort in her heart, and she was now pretending to be calm to show herself.
Gao Wenxiang watched Meng Ting's tears flow slowly, and he didn't know how to say the thousands of words in his stomach.
"Wen Xiang, you get along with others. If nothing else, I'll go back first. ”
When Meng Ting was about to turn around and leave, Gao Wenxiang couldn't help but stop her.
Gao Wenxiang still didn't know what to say, he could feel the sadness in Meng Ting's heart at this moment, but he really didn't know how to stitch it up at this moment. I had a lot of things in my heart that I wanted to say, but I couldn't find any suitable words.
Meng Ting knew what Gao Wenxiang wanted to express, and after standing quietly for a while, Meng Ting spoke: "Wenxiang, I know what you want to express, although I don't want to accept this fact, but the fact is the fact." I'll admit that I've always liked you, and I haven't said it, but you should know what I've done for so long. I also believe that you have hesitated between me and Ho Meina, and now it seems that she is more suitable for you. So, you don't have to think too much, get along with others, I bless you. ”
Meng Ting turned to leave, Gao Wenxiang quietly looked at Meng Ting's departing figure, and couldn't help but regret it, he seemed to have an impulse in his heart, wanting to rush up and hug Meng Ting, watching Meng Ting drift away, and finally disappear into the night.
Gao Wenxiang suddenly had an unprecedented sense of loss, he knew what it was like to be with Meng Ting, and he knew that in this world except for his mother, Meng Ting was the only person who could go directly to the depths of his heart. Recalling the company she had been, and recalling the care that Meng Ting took care of herself in the three years of high school, all of this came to an end tonight, and it will never appear again in the future.
There was no moonlight in the sky tonight, and after Meng Ting left, Gao Wenxiang sat on the stone bench in a daze and thought for a long time.
After leaving the botanical garden, Meng Ting ran to a tree where no one was around. The sadness that was suppressed in front of Gao Wenxiang is now all vented. At this moment, only by crying out loud can the pain in her heart be alleviated, and the tears can't stop flowing down with the crying, she didn't expect this to be the result. A few months ago, I had good expectations, excited to be in the same city and university with Gao Wenxiang, and I don't know how many times I depicted the warmth of falling in love with Gao Wenxiang on the Huangpu campus, but now all expectations have come to naught, and there will be no more long-for-like companionship in the future, and Gao Wenxiang no longer belongs to her.
In the dark night, Meng Ting squatted alone under the tree and listened to her cries, letting her tears drip onto her clothes and onto the grass under her feet, and her heart was now sad or sad.
After crying, silence returned under the tree, Meng Ting wiped her tears and quietly left, only the grass under her feet and the leaves on the branches knew what had happened here just now.
Walking on the road of campus night, Meng Ting's sadness and loss are still tormenting her. You and I each walked into each other's lives, but in the end it was I who left crying.
Meng Ting saw the couples holding hands from time to time around her, and the scene of being with her beloved, made her envious of a person who can only dream in her dreams. Meng Ting didn't know how to calm the pain in her heart next, let alone how she should stop thinking about Gao Wenxiang, but just treat him as an ordinary friend.
After coming downstairs to the dormitory, Meng Ting wiped her tear-stained face with wet wipes. Back in the dormitory, Meng Ting reluctantly said a few words to the three roommates, and then walked to the balcony to wash.
Yu Manxue, Yan Ning, and Zou Yanhua all felt Meng Ting's abnormality tonight, she was always smiling on weekdays, but today she didn't smile at all, and her eyes were still red, obviously crying.
After Meng Ting finished washing, as soon as she sat on the bed, the three roommates greeted her with concern and asked her what happened. Tonight's loss, tonight's sadness, and tonight's crying and tears made Meng Ting already tired, and she really didn't want to give any answer in the face of the inquiries of the three roommates.
Yu Manxue and the others saw that Meng Ting was reluctant to answer, so they had to give up, but through Meng Ting's lost appearance, they already knew that they must have encountered something sad for her. Especially Yu Manxue, she had already guessed that Meng Ting's performance tonight was mostly related to the boy she had always liked.
That was the first time Meng Ting had the experience of a sleepless night.
It was late at night, the three roommates had already slept, and although Meng Ting was the first to climb into bed to rest, she never fell asleep. The silent night can not only make people infinitely reverie, but also make people sort out the ups and downs of thoughts.
Meng Ting looked at the few photos with Gao Wenxiang on her mobile phone, and slowly swiped her fingers, as if she was projecting images from the past, but when she thought about it carefully, what was staged was endless loneliness.
In this silent night, the unprecedented loneliness unveiled the melancholy of loneliness in the bottom of my heart, and sorrow awaited sorrow.
Meng Ting opened QQ, came to her message board and wrote: "My pain, only I know, now I like to walk into a lonely night, turn over the past, those past things that have been kept in my heart, gained, owned, and now lost, all have a feeling of sudden dream." Actually, I never like the night, and there is an endless loneliness that comes to me; Now, I seem to be in love with the night again, because I and my tears are safe only when it is pitch black around me. ”
After writing this, Meng Ting felt that at this time, all she could do was to cry and use a piece of text to nostalgic for the past. After the sadness, everything will be calm again.
Meng Ting silently told herself that since it had become a fact, she would learn to let go of Gao Wenxiang. Now you can be sad and you can cry, but you can't be like this all the time. No matter where you go in real life, nine or eight times out of ten, people will still do what they should do when they get up tomorrow. After all, time washes away everything, and you can't stay in a sad hut and always be lost in the past.
When I woke up the next day, the early morning sun was exceptionally bright, and everything that happened yesterday seemed to be unaware of how long it had been, Meng Ting still returned to her track, going to class, doing publicity, and reading a lot of books. It wasn't until the evening that Meng Ting told the three roommates what happened yesterday, as Yu Manxue thought, the long-awaited relationship was finally exchanged for pain.