Hong Kong, 1974.

In the dark corridor, there was the sound of walking, one after the other, the person in front was dressed as a waiter, and it seemed that he was leading the person behind him to a room.

When he came to a door, the waiter who led the way opened the door, leaned in to let the person behind him in, and closed the door again.

The person who went in was a little restrained, but it was definitely not the cowardice of an honest man, and his temperament had the feeling of a roe deer's eyes.

"You are Tang Hao?"

At a table, a very elegant-looking man in a suit and vest spoke to him.

The young man who came in nodded.

"Did you bring the stone plate in the photo?"

The young man named Tang Hao first took out a pair of gloves from the leather bag he was carrying, and then took out a hexagonal object.

He seemed to mind touching the thing, and his expression was a little panicked and painful when he took it.

These details were seen by the elegant man.

"What's wrong with this thing? Why are you wearing gloves? ”

Tang Hao had some sweat on his face, with a reluctant smile, "It's nothing, I'm afraid of getting dirty." ”

"How long did you come to Hong Kong? Isn't your accent...? The elegant man's words were not finished.

"Last year, last year, I came here from a small place, you certainly don't know."

The elegant man paused, and out of professional habit, he also took out a pair of gloves before taking the stone plate.

"Well, how much do you know about the origin of this stone plate? Can you tell me? ”

"Mr. Shen, if you continue to ask like this, I won't sell it."

"I just want to know more, you see, I'm interested in that, I bought it, I should always know where it came from."

Tang Hao stretched out his hand, snatched the stone plate rudely, turned around and left.

"It's money for you, a lot of money."

Behind him came the sound of the box opening.

Tang Hao stopped and turned around to take a look.

The elegant man looked at him with a sincere look in his eyes.

"I don't ask, I want this stone plate. But last thing, there's a little rock in the picture, and I like to collect strange things, can that one be sold to me? ”

The corners of Tang Hao's eyes twitched slightly, and he unconsciously touched his wrist.

"Well, you don't want that thing anymore, I threw it away, it's just an ordinary stone."

"Well, if you have a chance in the future, you still have new things, and you can sell them to me, by the way, my name is Shen Huiyan."

Tang Hao didn't say anything more, silently put the stone plate on the table, and walked out with the suitcase containing the money.

Beihan No. 3 Middle School, night self-study is over.

At this time, the wind has stopped, but the snow has been drifting, looking at this posture, I am afraid that it will not stop for a while.

The snowflake was no longer as huge as a goose feather before, it turned into fine white fragments, slowly drifting in the misty night.

The snow under the street lamp is unusually beautiful, and Yuan Huaxing stands in the snow and watches quietly.

She stretched out a hand, and the snow fell in the palm of her hand, which quickly melted, and slowly withdrew her hand, and sadness came to her.

"There is no snow in the world that does not melt."

She is stranded in some old pictures, and this melting snow, just like the relationship between her and Chen Xiao, may never change back.

Little by little, the snow fell into her heart.

The dormitory management room is empty, and I can't see the dormitory manager sister recently, and the students who enter the dormitory building are all in a hurry, and she is the only one who seems to be reluctant to bear the cold outside, and slowly walks in.

She didn't go back to the dormitory, but went to the sundeck on the fourth floor.

Someone came to the sundeck, leaving footprints on the snow.

Is there anyone else who is in the same bad mood as her?

She followed the footprints to the low wall, and silently looked up at the night sky full of white spots, and could not see anything but fine snow on her face.

Maybe it's still self-inflicted, those illusions given by Chen Xiao are like the snow flying in the sky, near and far away.

She exhaled softly, and there was a thick layer of snow on the fence on her right, and someone wrote a word on it. Yuan Huaxing tilted her head to see that the word had been covered by the falling snow, but she still saw it clearly, it was a "star" word.

She froze for a moment, then looked around, and there was only herself in the entire sundeck.

"Could it be Chen Xiao?"

At this moment, a little light rose in her heart, and a faint warmth slowly dispelled the coldness in her heart.

She looked at the words that had been blurred, stretched out her fingers, and drew on the snow next to her, one stroke at a time, wholeheartedly, as if in this world, no one could disturb her seriousness...

Time is not traced, the final exam is coming as scheduled, and at this time, some people are happy and some are worried.

Today's last test is biology, and Yuan Huaxing quickly finished the paper, even if he checked it twice, he still handed it in earlier than the others.

When she handed over this paper, it meant that she was liberated earlier than all the students here.

The corridors are full of snow footprints, and the snow that fell a few days ago can't be shoveled clean. She ran downstairs, and if she hadn't seen the blackened bicycles in the carport, the campus would have been quiet and she would have thought it was a holiday.

She was waiting in the hall on the first floor, and that person was Liu Jing.

Liu Jing should have given things to Yuan Huaxing earlier, but she always dragged them around and forgot about them.

Those were some photos, taken at the last New Year's Day tea party.

Liu Jing came down from upstairs with a few students, took out a small envelope from the large pencil bag and handed it to Yuan Huaxing.

"Why did you come down and how did you do in the exam?"

"No, Mendel is almost confusing me."

"I think you're trying to Mendel off!"

"I don't want to see the word 'pea' in my life. ”

Yuan Huaxing couldn't help but smile, and the envelope in his hand was heavy.

"So many, how many rolls of film are you washing out?"

Liu Jing looked tired, "You pick it slowly, you see it's slippery outside, I have to push the bicycle home, and we will be chatting at that time." ”

"Okay, I'll give you the rest when we get back to school."

"You're not going home these days?"

"Come back, I haven't been home for a long time."

After saying goodbye to Liu Jing, Yuan Huaxing returned to the dormitory.

Yuan Huaxing sat on the bed and poured a thick stack of photos out of the envelope.

Flipping through and picking up, she found a lot of photos, all of which were taken of her, a lot of close-ups, and she couldn't help but purse her lips and want to laugh while she was puzzled.

"Liu Jing shouldn't have a crush on me, why did you shoot me so much."

After thinking about it, she flipped through it again, and at the end, there were a few photos, and she slowly picked them up.

One of them is taken by Chen Xiao, the photo is very clear, and her expression can be seen very clearly.

In the photo, Chen Xiao sits quietly in her seat, her eyes are looking in one direction, while several classmates around her are holding a cup and discussing something.

Chen Xiao's expression was very serious and even a little cold, and Yuan Huaxing found that the position she was looking at should be the direction in which she was talking to Xu Junfang.

"Chen Xiao is looking at me? But what kind of expression did she have? Not happy? ”

Yuan Huaxing found another photo, Chen Xiao was sitting in the corner, holding her chin with her hand and seemed to be thinking about something, but this photo was not specifically taken for her, she just entered the mirror behind those people.

Yuan Huaxing stared at the photo for a long time and decided that he wanted this one too.

The last photo, the above is Xu Junfang, he is facing the right half of his head, sitting in a wheelchair, talking to the person next to him, the person next to him is Xu Tielai.

Although he was talking to Xu Tie about something in the photo, his eyes were looking at the person taking the photo, and his eyes were very sharp, which was different from his usual eyes.

Are these really taken by Liu Jing? Yuan Huaxing was a little puzzled.

She also put away this photo and thought about giving it to Xu Junfang when the time came.

After picking out the photos, she began to pack her things and plan to take the bus home.

The bus doesn't go very fast because there are still a lot of ice edges on the road.

Yuan Huaxing had a phone call with her father in the commissary the day before yesterday, and on the phone, her father mentioned that he would give her a surprise, as for what the surprise was, Yuan Huaxing couldn't guess, she just looked forward to going home soon and revealing it.

When Yuan Huaxing returned to his home on Qiheng Street, it was already dark.

Yuan You had already started preparing meals, so when Yuan Huaxing came back, he could wash his hands and eat.

There was one more person in the house, and the windows in winter were hazy at this time. . .

Yuanyou couldn't help frowning when he saw that his daughter seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

"How can I see you getting thinner?"

Yuan Huaxing didn't want her father to find out what was wrong with her.

"Dad, your eyes are so sharp, are they better looking than before?"

"Don't tell me you did it on purpose? But you can't, you're not fat, what's so good about being so thin. ”

Yuan Huaxing definitely can't tell the truth, she doesn't have much appetite because she is in a bad mood.

"How can it be deliberate, I've been busy studying lately and I'm tired."

"Our home is too far away from your school, and I can't take care of you, so you won't live on campus next semester."

Yuan Huaxing stopped his chopsticks.

"Huh? Dad, did you mean to let me go home? So far away, you're kidding. ”

"What are you kidding, I mean it."

Yuan Huaxing is about to cry.

"What about the surprise? Is that it? Father. ”

Yuanyou smiled, "Silly girl, we have a new house." ”

Yuan Huaxing stretched his face and suddenly smiled.

"New house? Where? How many will you buy? You are doing a big thing here, you will buy a house when you say it, and you won't reveal it to your daughter at all. ”

"I bought it a few days ago, a second-hand house, and a small courtyard, and you Uncle Luo are in a community.

I've recently asked the decorator to renovate some of it, and tomorrow you come with me to take a look, and you'll be able to move the day after tomorrow, and you will be back too, so get your things in order. ”

Yuan Huaxing blinked.

"Dad, you're so efficient, but is the Quanmin community close to our school? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Yuanyou thought about it, it doesn't seem to be very close, one is in the northeast and the other is in the west, it seems that his daughter still has to live in school.

"It doesn't seem close, but it's much closer than it is now, at least in the city. You still have a semester and a half to take the college entrance examination, so let's live on campus for the time being. ”

Yuan Huaxing thought in his heart that if he didn't live in the school, he might have less intersection with Chen Xiao. Listening to my father's words, my heart finally relaxed.

"Dad, are you working with Uncle Luo now? Still in the special case team? ”

Yuanyou was stunned for a moment, "How do you know?" ”

"Su Yi, do you know each other? He came to our school to do an investigation and asked me something. ”

"Well, I know, but I'm not familiar with it, it was your Uncle Luo who sent him over, did you investigate Chen Xiao?"

"Well, this guy always runs to our school twice in three days, Chen Xiao has nothing to investigate, how can she kill someone."

"We didn't say that Chen Xiao killed someone, the Public Security Bureau is just investigating, look at you in a hurry, you simple child."

"Simplicity is simplicity, I just believe in her."

"You kid, you're too naïve, don't talk about this, eat well."

Yuan Huaxing made a little grimace, and when he picked up the chopsticks, he missed Chen Xiao again in his heart.