Si Baekbang's deeds appeared in newspapers and broadcasts one after another, which made her a social hotspot for Jeju people for a while. Many caring people were moved by Si Baifang's experience and mailed her money, and a considerable number of them were anonymous. With this money, Si Baifang will no longer have to worry about money for a year or two, so she decided to quit her job at Goyang High School after this semester and concentrate on studying for graduate school at Jeju University to experience the life of a college student.

As soon as the admission results of Jeju University's graduate school came out, Wu Dao and Si Baifang analyzed and discussed which tutor would be the most suitable for the future, and finally decided on a tutor. Wu Dao immediately asked the graduate student brought by the tutor for the contact number and email address. Si Baifang was busy preparing for the radio program, so he never sent an email to the tutor. The day after the radio program aired, she emailed her mentor. Two days later, the supervisor replied to Si Baifang's email, saying that he knew about Si Baifang's experience and was happy to recruit her as his graduate student. The last suspense of Si Baifang's graduate school entrance examination has finally settled.

After Wu Dao worked as a substitute teacher for a year, he also saved some money. Although he was very reluctant to the students in his class, there were a lot of things that needed to be done in the third year of research, not to mention that Si Baifang had decided to leave, so he decided to resign with Si Baifang.

During the summer vacation, Wu Dao returned to Qicheng County. Si Baekbang has quit his job at Goyang High School and has no place to live in Jeju, and has returned to his hometown of Peony City.

When he was at home, his family, relatives and friends asked Wu Dao what he wanted to do after graduating from graduate school, and he was noncommittal, just following the wishes of others.

During the first year to the second year of graduate school, Wu Dao was busy with Si Baifang's postgraduate entrance examination, and he was also thinking about Si Baifang's affairs. When he was in his second year of graduate school, Tian Mowen asked Wu Dao whether he would take the doctoral examination or work after graduation, and if he wanted to take the doctoral examination, he could help contact the supervisor. On the one hand, Wu Dao wanted to continue his studies in order to fulfill his desire to be a scholar, but on the other hand, he did not want to leave Si Baifang. There is no doctoral program in foreign literature at Jeju University, and not only that, but there is no university in Jeju that has a doctoral program in this major, which makes Wu Dao feel desperate, if he wants to take the doctoral examination, he can only enter a foreign university, but if that happens, he will have to leave Si Baifang. Wu Dao regretted his decision to change his major, if he hadn't changed his major, he could now apply for a doctorate in modern and contemporary Chinese literature at this university, and for the sake of Si Baifang, he could give up the research he liked, but now regretting it is useless. He could only ask Tian Mo that he hadn't decided whether to take the exam or not. During this period, a French scholar gave a lecture at Jeju University, and Tian Mowen specially introduced Wu Dao to him, and hoped that Wu Dao could follow the scholar to study in France. Wu Dao wanted to study in France very much, but he was nostalgic for Si Baifang, and his French did not reach the level of studying abroad, so he did not make the trip in the end. Now that Si Baifang has been successfully admitted to graduate school, and he is about to enter his last year of graduate school, it is indeed time to consider and decide where to go in the future.

Wu Dao had difficulty deciding whether he should take a PhD or work after graduating from graduate school, which was a dilemma. One day, he suddenly thought of Zhao Wu, who he hadn't contacted for a long time, this friend had graduated at this time, and he didn't know where he would go next and what work he would do. Wu Dao called Zhao Wu and asked him about his future plans, and Zhao Wu said that he felt that doing scholarship was very boring, so he did not take the doctoral examination, and he was going to work, and the work unit was the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture. This answer surprised Wu Dao, but he knew that Zhao Wu was a very assertive person, and what he did must have his considerations.

At the beginning of the new semester, Wu Dao entered the third year of research, and Si Baifang became a freshman in the first year of research. At this time, Wu Dao was still hesitant about the future, and on the one hand, he hurried to write his graduation thesis, on the other hand, he was also preparing for the doctoral examination, and he also kept an eye on the recruitment information in Jeju.

At Jeju University, Wu Dao and Si Baekbang are still inseparable every day. The classmates around them thought they were a couple, and they neither recognized nor denied it, this was a tacit understanding between them. Wu Dao is very attached to this kind of life.

In mid-October, Shanghai will host a three-day symposium on Sino-French literature, which will be attended by well-known Chinese and French writers and scholars. There is no charge for the seminar, and accommodation and transportation are also subsidized. Tian Mowen asked Wu Dao and the two graduate students of the second graduate school, Liu Lili and Xu Yinuo, to sign up for the event. Wu Dao told Si Baifang about the seminar. Si Baifang had never participated in academic activities, and when he heard that there would be well-known writers and scholars to participate, he was very eager to go, so he asked his supervisor for leave and signed up.

Tian Mowen was going to go to Shanghai with his three graduate students, but the day before departure, he had something to do, so he canceled the plan and asked Wu Dao to take his two junior sisters there.

On the day of departure, four graduate students gathered at the south gate of Jeju National University early in the morning. Wu Dao told Liu Lili and Xu Yinuo in advance that there was a graduate student who was going to Shanghai with them to attend the seminar, but did not say who it was. Liu Lili and Xu Yinuo have both seen Wu Dao and Si Baifang together, and they thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, and when they saw that the person who was traveling with them was Si Baifang, they both smiled at Wu Dao, and Liu Lili also whispered:

"My sister-in-law is so beautiful."

Wu Dao smiled at Liu Lili and didn't say anything. He introduced Si Baifang, Liu Lili and Xu Yinuo to know each other, and then the four of them took a taxi to the train station, where they took a train to Shanghai.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when the train arrived in Shanghai. Before leaving, Wu Dao looked up the route on the Internet, and after walking out of the train station, they hurried to take the bus to the university where the seminar was held.

All four of them were in Shanghai for the first time, and along the way they admired the scenery outside the window, compared the differences between Shanghai and Jeju, and came to the conclusion that Jeju and Shanghai could not be compared at all. Si Baifang also told Wu Dao that she prefers Beijing compared with the two metropolises of Shanghai and Beijing, because Beijing has a long history and strong cultural atmosphere, and Shanghai is relatively inferior in this regard.

The bus traveled for almost an hour, and the four finally reached their destination. They hurried into the school and asked several people for directions, and finally found the seminar registration office. After registration, the conference team asked them to choose the mode of accommodation, either in the student dormitory specially used to undertake conference activities, or they could go outside to find a hotel to live in. The student dormitory is a four-person room, 30 yuan a day, if you go outside to live in a hotel, it is impossible to find such a cheap room. All four chose to live in student dormitories.

After arranging your accommodation, take a short rest and it's time for dinner. The four of them went out to eat again. After a day of running, the four of them were very tired, and after eating, they returned to the dormitory early to rest. The people in the same dormitory were all graduate students from various universities, and Wu Dao had a simple exchange with them, but they were not familiar with each other after all, and they didn't talk much.

On the second day, the workshop officially began. Writers and scholars invited to participate in the conference took the stage to give special lectures. Wu Dao and Si Baifang both listened very carefully.

In the first two days of the seminar, the conference activities were very full, and there were also activities in the evening, and the lectures held on those two days were all well-known writers and scholars, and Wu Dao and others did not go out. Wu Dao and Si Baifang discussed when they were in Jeju that they would take time to go to Lu Xun Park and Lu Xun's former residence after arriving in Shanghai, so Wu Dao also borrowed a digital camera from his classmates. In the morning lecture on the third day of the seminar, Wu Dao and Si Baifang were not interested in either the speaker or the topic, so they decided to "skip class" and go out.

After leaving the campus, Wu Dao and Si Baifang planned to go to Lu Xun Park first, and then walk to Lu Xun's former residence. Wu Dao bought a bouquet of white flowers at a roadside flower shop, and then the two of them took a bus to Lu Xun Park.

After arriving at the park, Wu Dao and Si Baifang first visited the Lu Xun Memorial Hall, looking at the furnishings inside, Wu Dao was deeply touched. On the way to Lu Xun's tomb after leaving the memorial hall, Wu Dao said to Si Baifang:

"Although Mr. Lu Xun is the writer I admire the most, in fact, I didn't have a deep impression of Lu Xun until I went to university. It was a friend who made me really understand Lu Xun. ”

"Which friend is it?" Si Baifang said.

"Remember when I told you about a friend who called himself a 'Zhao orphan'?"

"Remember, his name is Zhao Wu."

"That's right, it's Zhao Wu. I went to Jeju University in the same year as Zhao Wu and Jing Like, and we lived in the same dormitory. Before going to college, Zhao Wu was already well-read. Even now, my reading volume may not be as good as that of Zhao Wu, who has just entered his freshman year. Zhao Wu liked Lu Xun's articles and thoughts very much, and at that time he often told me and Jing Like about Lu Xun, which made me have the idea of reading Lu Xun, and then I was out of control. It was also from that time that I became real confidants with Zhao Wu and Jing Like. ”

"My reverence for Lu Xun was also influenced by a friend."

"Which friend is it? Do I know each other? ”

"You know."

"Who is it?"

"That's you."

The two men looked at each other and smiled.

When he came to Lu Xun's tomb, Wu Dao saw that there was an old man who looked very old and was offering flowers and bowing to Lu Xun's tomb. The old man was accompanied by a middle-aged man. When the old man turned around, he saw Wu Dao and Si Baifang, and said to them:

"Are you also here to pay tribute to Mr. Lu Xun?"

"Yes." Wu Dao and Si Baifang said in unison.

"There are not many young people who can come to pay tribute to Mr. Lu Xun now." The old man saw that Wu Dao had a camera in his hand, and said, "Young man, I forgot to bring a camera, you can take a picture of me." Every year on Mr. Lu Xun's memorial day, I will come here to pay respects. I'm so old, I don't know if I'll be able to come next year. If I can't come, this is the last time I will come to see Mr. Lu Xun, take a photo and keep a souvenir. ”

After listening to the old man's words, Wu Dao suddenly remembered that it was October 19, which was the day of Mr. Lu Xun's death. He and Si Baifang happened to come to Mr.'s tomb on this day, and met this old man again, which was really a great fate. Wu Dao said to the old man:

"Old man, are you old?"

"Eighty-five."

Wu Dao took a photo of the old man in front of Lu Xun's tomb, and asked Si Baifang to take a group photo of him and the old man. After that, Si Baifang also joined in, and the middle-aged man who accompanied him took a group photo of the three of them.

After taking the photo, the old man asked the middle-aged man who accompanied him to write an address to Wu Dao, asked Wu Dao to wash out the photo and send it to him, and then left. Wu Dao heard the middle-aged man say:

"We don't know people, and you still ask people to take pictures and send you photos, but they will definitely not send them."

"We are all people who love Mr. Lu Xun, and I believe they will definitely send it." The old man said.

Listening to the old man's words and looking at his staggering figure, Wu Dao's eyes moistened. He turned around, put the flowers he had brought with him in front of the tomb, bowed twice with Si Baifang, and left.

Time was very tight, Wu Dao and Si Baifang did not have time to visit Lu Xun Park, after leaving Lu Xun's tomb, they walked to Lu Xun's former residence to visit. Wu Dao knew that the former residence of Lu Xun in Shanghai was the last place where Lu Xun lived during his lifetime, and that this great writer and thinker had lived here for more than three years.

Walking into Lu Xun's former residence, Wu Dao seemed to have returned to Shanghai in the thirties, and heard Mr. Lu Xun's teachings: "May the Chinese youth get rid of the cold air, just go up, and don't have to listen to the words of the self-defeating people." Those who can do things do things, and those who can speak up can speak up. If there is a point of heat, a point of light, it will make it like a firefly, or it can shine a little light in the dark, and there is no need to wait for the torch. After that, if there is no torch, I am the only light. ”

When leaving Lu Xun's former residence, Wu Dao and Si Baifang took a group photo at the door. After that, the two returned to the school and continued to attend the seminar.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the seminar ended. The four Wu Dao bought return tickets for the next morning, so they still had one night to visit Shanghai. Liu Lili and Xu Yinuo proposed to go to the City God Temple. After the four of them finished dinner, they took the bus to get there. At night, the City God Temple is brightly lit and very bright. All four of them were eye-opening and played late before returning to the dormitory.

The next morning, the four graduate students returned to Jeju by train.

The day after returning to Jeju, Wu Dao washed out the photos he had taken with the old man in Shanghai and sent them to the address left by the old man.