After taking the graduation exam, Xiao Jinyu couldn't wait to take the plane at dusk and fly back to China.

The sky at dusk is beautiful, and I don't know which unknown country this is. Each cloud is connected seamlessly, unlike the clouds of different shapes seen on the earth, which may be the difference between heaven and earth. The clouds in the sky are neat, and the afterglow of the sun is reflected on the clouds, like the sea, the sea that is not alarming, the golden sea, and there is an impulse to swim.

Xiao Jinyu leaned on the cabin window, looking at the beautiful scenery outside, how she wished that Qiao Shu and Gu Jingxue would be by her side at this moment, and enjoy this rare time together. She began to worry about Qiao Shu, she knew that Qiao Shu had cheered up now, but how many ups and downs Qiao Shu would face, the road she had traveled before, now she had to go through it again, and she was even more afraid that Qiao Shu had paid in vain. Gradually, she fell asleep.

At this time, the country has entered a new day.

Wang Mushi had already made breakfast for Qiao Shu, and specially made it according to the nutritious meal that Jiang Xirong quietly sent her last night, egg custard with porridge and a bowl of yogurt and tomatoes.

Qiao Shu looked at the bowl of tomatoes and thought of his grandmother.

My grandmother was a rural person, uneducated, short, and looked thin and small. Those who are not familiar with it will think that Grandma is bitter because of her high cheekbones and paper-thin lips wrapped around protruding teeth. In fact, it is not the case, judging people by their appearance should not be.

Qiao Shu remembers that there was a fertile land in the backyard of her grandmother's house, where many dwarf tomato trees were grown, and the fruits produced were also small, oval-shaped, like a girl's red face, also known as cherry tomatoes. In the spring, my grandmother bent over her waist and sowed seeds, and then the harvest was abundant.

There is a plane tree in the front yard of my grandmother's house, a real towering tree, the tree is very old, the annual rings are round and round, I can't count, and my grandmother doesn't remember how old the tree is, and every generation says that they were born with this tree. When I was a child, Qiao Shu sat under the tree in the hot summer, not feeling the taste of summer at all, and her grandmother would always make a bowl of chilled yogurt and tomatoes.

My grandmother got up before dawn and picked fresh tomatoes to wash them while the dew on the tomato leaves had not dried up. Remove the leaves, cut them in half from the middle, put them in a bowl, and refrigerate them in the morning before pouring in the thick yogurt and stirring well. Delicious in summer, icy and sweet.

Now my grandmother is nearly eighty years old, and although she is still in good health, she has long stopped doing it, and her family does not allow her to do it. Qiao Shu also hasn't eaten yogurt tomatoes for many years.

Qiao Shu ate the tomatoes in the first bite.

Wang Mushi's face was full of anticipation. "Is it delicious? I heard that eggs should be eaten with vegetables to be more nutritious, last night called to ask your grandmother how to make yogurt tomatoes, I know you like to eat, but since it is breakfast, I made it at room temperature. ”

"It's delicious." Qiao Shu replied with a smile. The tomatoes were delicious, just a little bit, not fresh tomatoes, not unrefrigerated, but grandma's taste.

Growing up, Qiao Shu believed that the color of tomatoes was the color of love, and the taste of tomatoes was the taste of love, the love that her grandmother gave her.

At this time, Qiao Shu really wanted to go to see her grandmother, but she didn't dare, she was afraid that her grandmother would be sad and worried when she knew her current situation. Grandma has worked hard all her life, and she doesn't want her to worry about her anymore.

Qiao Shu finished the last bite of the tomato and asked, "Grandma, is she okay?" ”

Wang Mushi sighed and said: "She's fine, but she keeps thinking about you, she wants you to see her, but I don't dare to tell her about your situation......"

"Mom, don't tell your grandmother. I'll call her. Qiao Shu instructed.

Qiao Shu set foot on the road to Lin Yi's house.

Like yesterday, Lin Yi gave Qiao Shu three sets of high leg raises, small steps, and squats. She still can't do it on her own, but she won't be able to get up because of a soft fall on her foot. Perhaps, there has been progress. Progress is small, but "no accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas. "The words of the ancients always make sense.

Because he discovered a way to keep his hands from shaking yesterday, Lin Yi wanted Qiao Shu to strengthen his training, maybe he could recover himself.

Spread a yoga mat on the ground, Qiao Shu flattened his legs and leaned back, his elbows propped up on the ground, and he stayed still when he leaned up to the angle he had yesterday. Lin Yi sat behind Qiao Shu, supporting Qiao Shu's head and waist, she raised her two hands and hung them in the air still, very steady, this is not an accident, it is not a coincidence, she did find a way to stop her hand trembling.

Leaning back for half an hour, Qiao Shu went to lunch and fell asleep. She was tired and fell asleep every time she fell upside down, but she also slept with a smile on her face, and she always believed that she could succeed.

The voice that woke up Qiao Shu came from Lin Yi, she opened her hazy eyes, and the people in front of her were not only Lin Yi and Jiang Xirong, but also a tall man - Song Mingsu.

Qiao Shu once thought that he was still asleep, and pinched himself, it hurt! Song Mingsu really stood in front of her. She got up from the bed and looked at Song Mingsu with doubt. "Song Mingsu? Why are you here? ”

Song Mingsu originally wanted to explain, but Lin Yi took the lead. "I asked him to come. That's what I said yesterday about helping. ”

Qiao Shu was even more confused, when did Lin Yi meet Song Mingsu? also asked him to be Qiao Shu's painting helper. She was puzzled. Was it the last time I went to look for her? No, Lin Yi was furious that time, how could he have the leisure to get to know Song Mingsu slowly. Even if she mentioned Song Mingsu to Lin Yi, it would be impossible for her to know each other from afar. She had three question marks.

"Then why him? How can he ......" Qiao Shu retorted, she didn't want Song Mingsu to hold her up for a while, nor did she want to look up and paint and see the face Song Mingsu.

Before Qiao Shu finished speaking, Lin Yi interrupted her. "Why can't it be him? You can't let go of the people, the acquaintances are a group of little girls, do you want your dad to see your hard and haggard appearance, and then go home and listen to your mom's constant nagging? ”

Qiao Shu calmed down, Lin Yi was right, her girlfriends couldn't come to do such a thing, let alone let Qiao Shibin come in person, otherwise it was very likely to stop her from chasing her dreams, other friends of the opposite sex all had girlfriends, and it was not appropriate to help her. ruled out, it is indeed more appropriate for only Song Mingsu to remain.

Lin Yi asked Song Mingsu to go to bed to support Qiao Shu, and Qiao Shu reluctantly leaned back to the right angle. Lin Yi held up the drawing board for her.

Qiao Shu felt the temperature of Song Mingsu's hands, blazing, like his enthusiastic heart. She was extremely unnatural, and when she picked up the brush, it was not because her hands were shaking that she couldn't draw well, but because she was irritable and couldn't draw satisfactorily.

Jiang Xirong watched Qiao Shu's performance from the sidelines and was dissatisfied, Qiao Shu was affected by external factors, and used her calm tone to soothe Qiao Shu's restless heart. "There are no distractions." Although she didn't understand why Lin Yi chose Song Mingsu, Lin Yi knew that Qiao Shu didn't like Song Mingsu, but she wanted to force it in, but if she came, she didn't want Qiao Shu to disrupt herself because of this kind of thing.

After Qiao Shu heard Jiang Xirong's words, she gradually forgot about the person behind her and devoted herself to the painting. She subconsciously painted the scene where Lin Yi sent her home yesterday.

The rich greenery seems to obscure the vast night sky, and the foliage is luxuriant, and the bright moonlight and starry light shine through the gaps in the leaves and reflect on the water. A man with a slight strand of gray hair walked on this road, and there was a girl next to him, who was not tall in front of him, and her ball head looked delicate and cute. The smiles on their faces could be faintly seen, and they both smiled happily.

Since it is a sketch, there is no color in the painting. But it was clear that the leaves were verdant and the night sky was full of stars, but the silver plate did not steal the limelight because of the many stars. It gives a sense of tranquility, beautiful and peaceful.

Jiang Xirong looked at the painting and applauded repeatedly. "As long as you return to your normal posture, you are still the shining pearl of the art world."

Qiao Shu suddenly smiled, Song Mingsu held Qiao Shu very easily just now, looking at Qiao Shu's beautiful appearance of flowers, looking at her now smiling like a flower, I felt that the country was overwhelmed.

Qiao Shu looked back at Song Mingsu and smiled at him, in fact, she didn't hate him so much, maybe she wouldn't fall in love with Song Mingsu, but it was more than enough to be a warm-hearted girlfriend. Song Mingsu was pleasantly surprised by Qiao Shu's smile at him, and hurriedly got off the bed and smiled back, but a big man smiled sweetly.

The painting is over. Jiang Xirong kicked Lin Yi and Song Mingsu out of the study, and she wanted to give Qiao Shu instructions on writing. After Qiao Shu wrote it last night, he sent it to Jiang Xirong by email, and Jiang Xirong also finished revising it early in the morning. There is generally no problem with the article, but some details need to be revised, even if Qiao Shu has not written a good article for several years, his skills have not regressed at all.

"There's nothing wrong with the article, just pay attention to the details. I intend to recommend you to attend the literati seminar in the city, and if you perform well, you will not only get some high appreciation, but also be remembered by some old writers, which will be more beneficial for your future development. Jiang Xirong handed an invitation to Qiao Shu.

Back then, Qiao Shu was always the first to sign up on a whim as soon as he saw all the activities related to literature or art. But now, her heart for writing remains the same, but she doesn't care about these fame and fortune anymore, and she doesn't want to work hard to face complex social relationships, she is tired of it in the two years after graduating from college, although she has to face it in the future, but she wants to ignore these for the time being.

Qiao Shu took the invitation, glanced at it casually and returned it to Jiang Xirong, and said indifferently: "Teacher Jiang, you once told me, 'If you are not indifferent, you will not be ambitious, and if you are not quiet, you will not go far', this is a letter written by Zhuge Liang to his son, and I didn't really understand what the meaning of this sentence you told me at that time." But I've been through so much lately, and I seem to understand. I don't want to participate in any social activities now, I just want to chase my dreams, and everything will be said when I chase my dreams. ”

Qiao Shu's eyes revealed two words - firm. She was so bent on drawing, writing, and running that she wanted to excel, and if she only knew a little about the skin, that dream would have failed. Her criterion for success is simple – to satisfy herself. But she's not happy with herself right now.

Jiang Xirong felt that Qiao Shu had grown up, and he was very pleased.

Yes, 25 years old should have grown up a long time ago. In the past, Qiao Shu Dan could get such an opportunity, she wished she could participate and become the most dominant one, which was also her pride at the beginning, she did have that kind of capital to be proud of, but she forgot that the height was unbearable, so that she encountered setbacks in the early stage and collapsed.

If Qiao Shu's life has been smooth sailing since she was a child, this incident will definitely crush her, and it will never be possible to make a comeback. Fortunately, she was surrounded by steep mountains all the way, and there were only a few places on the plains, and she had been bumped and bumped for a long time, but this time she fell harder, and she needed some time to heal.

After dinner, Song Mingsu drove Qiao Shu home.

"Why are you willing to be kind to me wishfully?" Even though Qiao Shu had asked such questions countless times, she still didn't understand.

"From my freshman year of high school to now, you've asked me countless times. I've repeated it many times, more than the stars in the sky, and I like you. Even though Song Mingsu looked at the road ahead, his eyes were full of Qiao Shu, and his eyes were full of love for Qiao Shu.

"If I didn't like you for the rest of my life, would you still be nice to me like this?" Qiao Shu turned her head to look at Song Mingsu, full of anticipation, she felt a little bit of a deer in her heart, but she didn't understand this feeling.

"Yes. No matter what you do, I will love you for the rest of my life, no, forever and forever, be good to you, accompany you, and stay by your side forever. Song Mingsu always felt that he was born because of Qiao Shu, and all his thoughts were on her, otherwise he would not have left his work on weekdays to accompany her. His warm and affectionate appearance is very similar to the king of Shang, he is willing to smile at the princes of the Beacon Opera, but unfortunately Qiao Shu is not Daji, even if Song Mingsu does the princes of the Beacon Opera, he will not be able to change the hearts of beauties. "If you are lonely, I will talk to you and relieve your boredom; If you think I'm noisy or annoying, I'll stand far away from you, look at you, and accompany you. ”

Qiao Shu smiled and said nothing, she felt that Song Mingsu was very stupid, too stupid.

When he arrived at the gate of the community, Qiao Shu found a big surprise - Xiao Jinyu! A woman with long flowing hair, thin and small, with a light in her eyes and an extraordinary temperament on her body. A beauty like Gu Jingxue standing next to her was also dim.

Qiao Shu was ecstatic, she wanted to run over and hug her, but she still couldn't run, Xiao Jinyu understood Qiao Shu's difficulty, and took the initiative to run to hug her. They haven't seen each other for two whole years, two years, 730 days, 17,520 hours, 1,051,200 minutes, 63,072,000 seconds, if thoughts turn into time, time turns into height meters, it is more than 7,100 times higher than Mount Everest.

"Hibiscus, you're finally back." Qiao Shu was so happy that she cried and laughed.

Xiao Jinyu remembered that before going abroad, Qiao Shu was very rational, but after not seeing her for two years, she changed, became sensual, and became haggard. Xiao Jinyu hugged Qiao Shu tightly. "I'm not leaving this time, I will always be with you and chase your dreams."

Song Mingsu and Gu Jingxue chimed in: "We will also accompany you!" ”

Although Qiao Shu had a hard time, he was very happy. Because she has companionship, companionship is, in a sense, a good medicine. What's more, she has many companions.