Chapter 23 The Heart Road

Autumn has nothing to do with the wind and moon, nothing to do with the season, just because of the little chill in the tearing.

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Autumn 2008, The Bund, Shanghai.

It was dusk, the sunset was fiery red, and the sky and the sea were connected.

Jiang Ruoxue was alone, facing the Huangpu River, her long hair flying.

A foreign man, holding a sketch, walked up to Ruoxue.

In fluent Chinese, he said, "Miss, how do you see how I describe?" ”

"Oh?" Ruoxue came back to her senses.

She found out that the person who sketched was actually her.

With just a few brushstrokes and a few lines, her demeanor is vividly outlined.

"Why did you draw me?"

"Because your eyes are so bright and beautiful!"

"Thank you, it's my first time in Shanghai!"

"Oh! Oh, my God! No wonder! ”

"No wonder?"

"I see your eyes and I have a longing! That's right, it's the desire! So I couldn't help but draw it! ”

"There are so many people on the Bund, why me?"

"From your eyes, I can see that one day, you will shock the world!"

"Sir, you're serious!"

"Nope! Trust me! Others are just curious, and you, are eager, and you're eager to explore new worlds! Beautiful young lady, can you sign this sketch for me? ”

"I'm not a star, sir, are you mistaken?"

"I came to China to sketch, not to look for stars, otherwise there would be a lot of Hollywood. In a way, I'm just like you, miss, I just came from Guilin, and I saw an old man plowing the fields, and that was one of the best pictures I've ever seen! ”

Ruoxue simply picked up a pen and signed her name in the lower left corner of the drawing paper.

"Thank you, great! This is my biggest surprise of the day, I will be back in Europe tomorrow, beautiful young lady, good luck! The foreign man put away his easel and left happily.

"Interesting people!" Looking at his back, Ruoxue stroked her hair, smiled, and then disappeared into the vast sea of people.

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Jiang Ruoxue walked into the university, majoring in philosophy, and she heard Wu Zhiyuan's demonic name again.

He left behind a famous and shocking sentence: Every great revolution in the world begins with crime.

This simply subverts Ruoxue's values.

She tried to argue with the man, but he was gone.

Later, she learned that she and Wu Zhiyuan were in the same class.

Moreover, she also learned that Wu Zhiyuan was her professor's most proud protΓ©gΓ©, and there was no one.

One day, the professor left her alone and asked a few questions.

"Why do you study philosophy?"

"I want to pursue the truth!"

"About what?"

"Me and the world, I want to know, what role do I play in the world!"

"Do you want to look at the big from the small, so as to pursue the fundamental relationship between people and society?"

"Nope! I just want to know myself, who I am, like that proud protΓ©gΓ© of yours, but he is him, and I am me! ”

The professor shook his head and left, leaving Ruoxue alone, for some reason.

In the winter of the same year, Wu Zhiyuan's name reached his ears again.

He turned out to be a nationally wanted criminal, with a lame woman, fled from Xiangxi to the Inner Mongolia prairie, that woman is called Chen Xi.

According to news reports, Chen Xi was abducted and trafficked, and Wu Zhiyuan pursued him all the way, and finally killed all the traffickers cleanly.

"Senior brother, is what you're doing also a revolution? Are you using sin to justify your philosophical views? ”

Ruoxue cut out the newspaper and put it in her favorite German "Capital".

The following year, the news of Wu Zhiyuan came again, and he committed suicide at the Wucheng high-speed rail station.

On the same day, she threw Das Kapital and the newspaper clippings into the Huangpu River.

In 2010, she unexpectedly learned that Dawn School had been established to support thousands of underprivileged students.

Chen Xi's name set off a monstrous wave in her heart.

Wu Zhiyuan died, but Chen Xi was reborn!

She imagined that his grave must be covered with grass and lush.

It turned out that what he did was really a great revolution.

He died, and there were many children in the mountains, and he was redeemed.

She cut out a newspaper again and treasured it, and on the clipping, the words "Dawn School" were eye-catching.

In 2012, when rumors of the end of the world caused a stir on campus, she picked up a guitar and played and sang in a low voice in the classroom alone.

She graduated, and all she was accompanied by was a yellowed newspaper clipping.

After four years, the professor came back to her and asked: Have you found the answer?

She shook her head and said nothing.

Time flies, and in another four years, she has become a high-profile postdoctoral fellow.

During this period, she published many papers, which became a sensation, and even professors who have always been critical praised her.

However, she didn't find the answer she was looking for.

The professor was gray-haired and wrinkled, ready to return to his hometown in France and say goodbye to her.

It's been eight years, and for eight years, the professor has been like a teacher and a father, teaching earnestly, and rebuilding her with kindness.

However, he is also leaving, but I am afraid that if it is this parting, he will never see him for the rest of his life.

"Child, maybe this is not for you at all, there is no answer you want, the school is just a small pond, and outside is the sea, until now, don't you understand? Without hands-on practice, all philosophical theories are just empty words, I am gone, you should also go, go where you want to go, dear child, I will miss you! ”

These are the last words left by the professor.

On that day, many people went to say goodbye, but Ruoxue was not, alone, hiding in the classroom and crying.

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Winding mountains, the sky is bright.

Jiang Ruoxue's eyes were red and she opened a window.

Last night, she kept thinking about the past and couldn't sleep all night.

Unconsciously, she has been here for a few days, and surprisingly, she has not felt the slightest discomfort, although in the past few days, she has encountered a lot of thrills and difficulties, but the feeling in her heart is really real.

She fell in love here.

The professor was right, and here she found her answer.

"I'm going to shock the world?"

Thinking of the words of the foreign man on the Bund in Shanghai, Ruoxue laughed at herself.

She is just an ant fighting in the sea of suffering.

Fortunately, she saw the other side, a red and bright flower, beckoning to her.

"Bang bang bang!" At this moment, someone knocked on the door, disrupting Ruoxue's thoughts.

"Who?" Ruoxue asked softly.

"Little sister, it's me, open the door, there is something important!" Zheng Yong's voice came.

"It's big brother, wait a minute, I'll change my clothes!"

There was no time to wash, Ruoxue quickly changed a set of clothes, combed her hair at will, and opened the door.

For a moment, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Not only the eldest brother, but also an old woman with gray hair.

Seeing Ruoxue, the old man grabbed her hand for the first time and said excitedly: "Girl, you want to save my grandson!" ”

Ruoxue didn't know why, bent down, and asked softly, "Old man, who are you?" ”

"I'm Zhao Shanhe's grandmother!" The old man said, "You came to my house that night, and I saw your ......."

"Come in and say!" Helping the old man into the room and sitting down, Ruoxue poured her a glass of water and said, "Grandma Zhao, what's wrong with Shanhe?" ”

"This kid got up early yesterday morning and said that he wanted to do mobilization work for the school, but he ......," said the old man, "I didn't come back all day yesterday, and I waited for most of the night, but I still didn't see anyone......

"Did he say where to go?" Ruoxue asked.

"Konoha Village!" The old man said, "Girl, I know that this matter is difficult for some strong people, but I am too old to know who to ask for help, so I can only run to the school, I ......."

"Konoha Village!" Ruoxue's heart sank.

"Don't worry, old man!" Zheng Yong glanced at Ruoxue and said to the old man, "Maybe the child went to a friend's house to play and forgot the time!" ”

"No, it won't!" The old man shook his head, "This child, although he has been naughty since he was a child, has always been very measured and reasonable, he has never been home at night, I am worried about ......"

"...... like this," Ruoxue pondered for a moment, and Ruoxue asked, "Grandma Zhao, do you know what friends Shanhe has in Konoha Village?" ”

"Just the twin brothers of the Ye family, Xiaolong Xiaohu, those two children are very good, they help me carry water and chop wood every time they come!" The old man didn't think about it and said, "There are other children in the village, and the relationship with my family is very good, but, no matter what, it is impossible for the mountains and rivers not to go home!" ”

"Do you know the contact information of Ye Xinglong and Ye Xinghu's family?" Ruoxue asked again.

The old man shook his head.

Ruoxue took a deep breath and said, "Grandma Zhao, you sit down for a while, I want to find a way!" ”

"Good!" The old man's tone was quite calm, but the hand holding the water cup kept trembling.

"Old man, don't worry, it's okay!"

Zheng Yong comforted, glanced at Ruoxue, and walked out of the door.

The two didn't say a word, went straight to the office, and flipped to the phone number left by the Ye family.

"It should be this, Ye Tian, it is the father of the twin brothers! Thankfully, I got a phone call! ”

Relieved, Ruoxue dialed the number.

"Hello? Who is it! ”

"Hello, may I ask, are you the father of Xiaolong Xiaohu? I'm Jiang Ruoxue, a teacher at Dawn School! ”

"Ah, it's Principal Jiang! Hello! I'm Xiaolong Xiaohu's father, what's the matter with you? ”

"Brother Ye, that's the case, I want to ask, has Zhao Shanhe ever been to your house?"

"No, I haven't seen it!"

"That little dragon and little tiger, are they at home? Can you give them your phone and I ask them? ”

"Those two rabbit cubs, I don't know where to play, they disappeared yesterday morning, they didn't listen to their homework at home, they were naughty, and they haven't come back yet!"

"What?"

"Principal Jiang, what's wrong? What's wrong? Did those two rabbit cubs follow the bastard of the Zhao family to cause trouble again? ”

"No, no, nothing...... Brother Ye, Xiaolong Xiaohu is home, please call you back, okay? ”

"Yes, let the principal bother!"

Ruoxue put down her phone, her heart was heavy.

Zhao Shanhe and the twin brothers of the Ye family are most likely in an accident, and they may be related to the so-called gamblers.

But she didn't know how to tell Ye Tian, if something really happened, then the matter must be serious, if Ye Tian knew and looked for it, I am afraid that something would follow.

"No! I'm going to Konoha Village! Suddenly, Ruoxue stood up.

"What?" Zheng Yong was shocked and hurriedly said, "Siyuan said, let's not care about the outside affairs, don't get involved unless we have to, let alone ......"

"What's more, Konoha Village is a drug den, which is very dangerous, right?" Ruoxue interrupted Zheng Yong's words.

"Brother! Those kids are my students, they're my students, can I leave them alone? So how should I be a teacher in the future? How to teach them? They're all I have now, you know? ”

"Grandma Zhao came over the mountains and mountains before dawn, if she wasn't desperate, would she come to find me? I just didn't dare to look her in the eye! If I try to run away, I won't be able to face myself! ”

Zheng Yong's heart was shocked and he was speechless.

Ruoxue stopped talking and shook her hand away.

"Little sister, wait for me, I'll go with you!"

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