Chapter 125: The Ivory Tower Tragedy (121)

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On the last day of December of that year, there was a heavy snowfall in both Shanghai and Taichung. After a heavy snowfall, the two university campuses of Huangpu and Donghai were transformed into a beautiful Snow White. Snowflakes cover every school building and every flower, the ivory tower is full of dazzling white, the pine trees on the campus are covered with white velvet snowballs, and the branches of the trees are constantly shaking when the early morning breeze blows, as if to express the joy of welcoming the new year to the world. The flowers and plants that have been dried by the autumn wind are full of "crystal stamens" at this time, adding a bit of fairy tale color to the campus. The straight asphalt road is also covered with a long white carpet, and when you look at it, it is so pure and crystal that you can't bear to step on it.

Meng Ting, who is in Taiwan, immediately pushed open the window of the dormitory balcony after washing in the morning, feeling the slightly chilly breeze while looking at Tunghai University after the snow. The white snowflakes put on a clean and tidy coat for the classical and antique teaching building, which not only has a fairytale-like fairyland, but also has the charm of thousands of years of history reverberating in circulation. Winter is a quiet season, everything between heaven and earth is constantly looking for self-peace at this time, and the once impetuous heart seems to be calm in the silence of snowflakes.

After the sun comes out, the snowflakes begin to slowly melt under the sunlight, and the dirty air becomes fresher as the snow melts. Take a deep breath and you'll feel refreshed. The snow covering the school building turned into clear water in the sunlight, and the drops of water pierced the snow on the ground into small holes. The snow on the branches of the trees is not lonely, and the snow water flows down the trunks of the trees and into the soil to nourish the roots of the trees in winter. When a slight breeze blows, the branches will shake off one or two pieces of snow that are not too big or small, and fall to the ground and scatter among the snowflakes.

Meng Ting remembers that on the night of New Year's Day, Taiwan's Tunghai University held a grand light party, and colorful beams of light lit up the night sky on campus, writing legends and beauty between heaven and earth. The light is the text of that night, recording a change of time, bidding farewell to the old year and ushering in the new year. Meng Ting and her roommates enjoyed the light evening on the playground of the campus, where colorful lights were intertwined and bloomed, red like the morning sun, white like snowflakes, blue like the ocean, and pink like the sunset. The lights kept flickering, and the students on the ground kept shouting. That evening, Tunghai University became the highlight of the city, where the enthusiasm of the Fantasia soared and the memories of the years passed in the heart.

Meng Ting stood in the crowd, facing the cheerful shouts around her, her heart was as calm as water, although she was in a sea of passion, she did not feel a trace of noise. Looking at the colorful and dazzling lights, Meng Ting silently remembered Yu Manxue and Wang Letian. The change of the old and new year will always make the amorous person miss the departed friend, and even if there is more joy at the moment, it is difficult to hide the inner loss. Meng Ting thought about it carefully, Wang Letian had been gone for more than four months, and Yu Manxue had only been gone for more than two months. In Meng Ting's opinion, these few days seem to have passed for a long time. Looking up at the lights still flickering, the charming lights made Meng Ting seem to see the smiles of the two friends, and on the first night of the new year, they returned to their side, each telling about the warmth of the heavenly world. Meng Ting kept whispering to Yu Manxue and Wang Letian in her heart, and kept sending her best wishes, I hope that the world of heaven is as gorgeous as the lights of this night, and I hope that there are only smiles and no tears in the world of heaven.

After New Year's Day, Meng Ting's time in Taiwan has become a countdown, and the few days make Meng Ting cherish every day she spends even more. Meng Ting thought that she had planned to go to Alishan and Sun Moon Lake before coming to Taiwan, but now it is the cold winter, and this season is not a good time to go and enjoy it. Meng Ting did not feel any regrets, two weeks later, she and Taiwan are only a temporary farewell, in the future she will have countless opportunities to come here again, to listen to the beautiful singing of Alishan girls, to gaze at the fairyland of Sun Moon Lake reflecting the blue sky and white clouds. The Taiwan Strait will never be able to stop the Chinese sons and daughters from being of the same bloodline, and the pure hearts of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will eventually turn the dreams of their predecessors into reality. Perhaps, in the future, a cross-sea bridge will be erected between the mainland and Taiwan, and the undersea tunnel will firmly connect the two sides of the strait, and at that time, no matter where you are in China, as long as you have time, you can take the train into the treasure island, see Alishan, look at Sun Moon Lake, and see that the vast Taiwan Strait is no longer a moat.

One night two days before saying goodbye to Taiwan, Meng Ting suddenly received a video call from Yu Manxue's mother. Yu Manxue's mother told Meng Ting that she and her husband had adopted an orphan in the orphanage, and that the orphan was a very cute boy who was only four years old this year. Meng Ting was both surprised and delighted when she heard it. Meng Ting was so excited that she almost didn't sleep all night, her godmother would not be lonely in the future, and finally had the opportunity to watch her child grow up day by day. That night, Meng Ting also shared the good news with Yu Manxue in her heart, she told Yu Manxue that the two sisters have a common little brother from today onwards, and the goddess of fate did not bring all the despair to her side, and after shedding painful tears, hope came quietly inadvertently.

The next morning, Meng Ting got up early and left school, she came to the most famous commercial street in Taichung City, Meng Ting visited one shop after another in the morning, she wanted to buy more delicious food for her new brother. In a few hours, Meng Ting had two large bags of snacks in her hands. On the way back to school, Meng Ting even thought that when she put the snacks in front of her younger brother, the cute little guy would definitely call her sister happily. Meng Ting is an only daughter, she has never experienced the feeling of being a sister since she was a child, she did not expect that when she was about to leave Taiwan, God sent a four-year-old brother to herself, and in the future days in Shanghai, she can often grow up with her godmother and experience life together.

Meng Ting left Tunghai University at eight o'clock in the morning, and when she walked to the school gate, she turned to look at the campus that had been with her for more than four months. In the thin mist, Tunghai University glows with a different beauty, with evergreen pines standing still in the mist, classical and antique teaching buildings resembling cloud palaces, and even delicious breakfast in the dining room can be smelled. More than four months passed in the blink of an eye, and Meng Ting said in her heart: I can't forget that you let me get a new life from tears, I can't forget every corner of you that I have walked through, I will definitely come back to see you again in the future, don't say goodbye, dear Tunghai University.

At a quarter past ten in the morning, the plane flew into the sky on time, through the fog that had not completely dispersed, and above the clouds, the sun was still warm and bright. Meng Ting pulled down the visor and recalled in her mind the days at Tunghai University.