When Jiang Xiu woke up, she saw Zhong Yi sitting in front of the hospital bed at first sight, her long hair covering her face, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

When she was confused as to how Zhongyi could appear here, the other party seemed to notice that she had woken up, Zhongyi raised his head, raised a smile and said, "You're awake." ”

Jiang Xiu lowered her eyes slightly, her face still had a weak look, her hand hidden under the quilt unconsciously clenched into a fist, pulled the corners of her mouth, and her voice was hoarse: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for your trouble." ”

"Why is it so polite all of a sudden, it's really a little uncomfortable." Zhong Yi smiled softly, and asked warmly: "Are you hungry?" If you want to eat, just say, I'll ask Ah Sheng to buy it. ”

Probably because of her illness, Jiang Xiu's complexion was very poor, her eyes stayed on her face for a few seconds, and suddenly pulled out a trace of a difficult smile, turned her head and refused: "No need, I'm not hungry yet." ”

Zhong Yi had no choice but to sit down, put his hands on his lap in an orderly manner, bowed his head slightly, and looked at the floor in contemplation without saying a word.

Jiang Xiu's sullen temperament has not changed in the four years of college, she doesn't want to speak, and she won't pester her to ask. At this moment, the two of them couldn't say a word, only time passed faintly between the two, and no one wanted to open their mouths to break the silence.

Zhong Yi more or less heard some things about Jiang Xiu's malnutrition and hypoglycemia coma from the colleagues who sent Jiang Xiu to the hospital, worked overtime for a week, and had to work some part-time work after work, and had almost no time to eat three meals, and finally overworked to induce hypoglycemia and fell into a coma in the store where he worked.

"Jiang Xiu." Zhong Yi sighed secretly, and there were some things that always had to be said: "If you are very short of money, you can tell me, Xixi, and Xu Sa, and we will definitely help you." ”

"If you consume your body like this, you are not afraid that one day you will collapse and you will never be able to stand up again." She was worried about Jiang Xiu, really worried. That's why they persuaded her to give up some part-time jobs, and if she was short of money, they would definitely help her find a way, instead of gambling with her young capital and finally falling ill.

Jiang Xiu's originally godless eyes suddenly became indifferent, a mocking smile flashed under her eyes, she turned her head, sat up slowly with her arms propped up, and stared at Zhong Yi with her eyes distant, in her eyes, Zhong Yi's sympathy and pity for her had deeply pierced her heart, and also stabbed the roommate relationship they had maintained peacefully in the past four years.

"I'm just short of money, so I'm going to work hard." Jiang Xiu smiled sarcastically, she seemed to be submissive on weekdays, but she hid a huge black hole in her heart, constantly absorbing her self-esteem, and finally exposed all her scars and exposed them to everyone's field of vision: "But I don't need your help." I don't want to be looked down upon by you, and I don't need your sympathy! ”

"Kang so-......"

"My family background is indeed not as good as yours, my appearance is not as beautiful as yours, my personality is not as outgoing as Xu Sa, and I don't have Lin Xixi's parents who love her...... Even if I only work 24 hours a day, I'm still alive and well. I got it with my own hands, and I can still feed myself, and I don't need your sympathy and assistance, which will only make me look down on myself even more! Jiang Xiu's chest was against his knees, and the whole person curled up in a ball, sobbing quietly.

Zhong Yi was stunned for a moment, she couldn't have imagined that Jiang Xiu, who had always been indisputable with the world, would say these words. The words hit her heart, causing ripples, and her chest suddenly felt a little stuffy, suppressed and breathless.

Jiang Xiu was reluctant to reveal her carefully hidden scars to others, so as to gain the sympathetic eyes of others, and she was more merciful to her. Such a gaze is trampling on her self-esteem, always warning her that nothing is equal in this world,

She carefully blends into this unequal and cruel world, just to get rid of her bad background and erase the tainted past. So she studied hard, worked hard, and saved money desperately, but she still couldn't escape the harm caused to her by the past.

Zhong Yi lowered her eyes slightly, a trace of sadness passed under her eyes, she was like an aggressor, invading the last line of defense in Jiang Xiu's fragile heart, knowing her tragic past, but she didn't know how to comfort her for a while, and she didn't know what expression to put on so as not to hurt Jiang Xiu for the second time.

"I'm sorry." Her voice was soft, like a feather floating in the air, and it fell gently: "You have a good rest, I will come to see you tomorrow." ”

Zhong Yi walked out of the ward, Jiang Xiu slowly raised her head from her lap, her eyes were red, and the expression on her face could not tell the sadness, she looked at the direction Zhong Yi left, and snorted: "I'm sorry......"

Jiang Xiu was sick and hospitalized, and Zhong Yi did not inform Xu Sa and Lin Xixi, and the next day she came to the hospital as promised, holding a bouquet of cornflowers in her arms, and pushed open the door of the ward, only to find that Jiang Xiu, who was supposed to be lying on the hospital bed, was gone.

Ran to the nurse's station and asked where Jiang Xiu went? The other party replied: "The patient in bed 20 was discharged from the hospital yesterday, don't you know?" ”

"That's right, thank you." Zhong Yi tugged at the corners of his mouth, so he had to hold the cornflower and return to the company the same way.

may have felt guilty because she knew someone else's secret, and Zhong Yi didn't call Jiang Xiu as soon as possible and asked her if she was not in good health, why was she discharged from the hospital early?

It dragged on until a week later, and the bank text message reminded me that there was an extra small amount of money, which happened to be the hospitalization fee that Xu Huaisheng helped pay on his behalf.

Zhong Yi was entangled in whether to return the hospitalization fee to Jiang Xiu, they are roommates with a good relationship, and they should pay this money. Xu Huaisheng persuaded her to accept it, he said: "She is a girl with strong self-esteem, if you return it to her, it will only embarrass her." ”

In the end, Zhong Yi sent a text message to Jiang Xiu, concerned about her health? Let her pay more attention to rest and not be too tired.

After a few hours, Jiang Xiu texted back: Hmm.

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The second half of the senior year was not as easy as I imagined, and I had to be busy writing my thesis, preparing for graduation, and even worrying about the future......

After Xu Sa's second submission of the paper was brushed off, he lay down on the narrow bed in frustration and said vividly: "I think I still continue to study in graduate school, although I can't directly serve the motherland, but I can also add a 'scientist' to the motherland." ”

Lin Xixi kept shaking the small fan in his hand, moving back and forth on the keyboard with one hand, and made a crackling key pressing sound: "This broken computer, I should have smashed it a long time ago!" The lag was so severe that it deliberately slowed down the progress of my paper. ”

"Didn't you learn computers, Comrade Lin Xixi! It's time to put your expertise to work! ”

"Learning computers doesn't mean you can fix computers."

Xu Sa glanced at Zhong Yi, who was sitting across from the computer, and asked, "Zhong Yi, how is your paper?" ”

A wryful reply came from: "I'm planning whether or not to hack the school computer." ”

Xu Sahu's body was shocked, and he gave a thumbs up: "I'll cover, you break off." ”

"Hey, teammates with the Amuro group, if you like you, you're not afraid of being cheated by her." Lin Xixi hit the enter key a few times, and the computer that was originally stuck went black in an instant.

The door of the dormitory was opened, Jiang Xiu wore a dress, walked in with brisk steps, walked to his desk, pulled out a chair and sat down, and then looked at the English books in his hand very devotedly.

After Jiang Xiu came in, the atmosphere seemed to be a little weird, and they tacitly didn't speak to each other.

In the entire dormitory, only Jiang Xiu's thesis topic was selected, and he even won the quota of the school to send him abroad for graduate school. Xu Sa said, don't look at Jiang Xiu usually following behind us like a little follower, in fact, people are smarter than us, and they are willing to endure hardships.

knew that Jiang Xiu had to work ten times harder than ordinary people in order to get ahead, and that was what she deserved. Zhong Yi did not express this opinion, and she chose to keep quiet.

With the help of Xu Huaisheng, the thesis was successfully passed, and two weeks later ushered in the defense meeting, the weather was gloomy on the day of the defense, and when the defense meeting was successfully completed, when I came out, the sky was raining lightly.

The whole Z was shrouded in wet rain, and the sound of small cicadas seemed to cut through the rain and poured into everyone's eardrums.

Xu Huaisheng held a black umbrella and walked towards Zhongyi by stepping on the rain on the road, the umbrella surface was slightly raised, revealing a face wet by the northern rain, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of spring smiles.

He stretched out a hand towards Zhongyi: "Go, I'll take you somewhere." ”

"Where are you going?"

Zhong Yi did not hesitate to take Xu Huaisheng's hand, let him take her hand and keep moving forward, turning the winding path, passing through the intricate and old buildings and alleys, stepping on the cement steps, and finally arriving at the destination in his mouth.

"Where is this?" The rain had stopped, and there was still a small patch of rain in the low-lying area of the concrete floor, and the wind blew in her face, grabbing the hair that fell from Zhongyi's shoulders and drawing her gaze into the distance.

They were in a place that did not belong to this era, and at the foot was a tube building built at the end of the last century, with a rusty iron fence surrounding the rooftop, forming an unreliable protective measure.

Surrounded by the same scene of heavy colors from the end of the last century, it seems to have really returned to the sixties and seventies, where every family and neighborhood are constantly lively, and the cordial hometown words float along the wind.

"How did you find this place?" Zhong Yi curled the corners of his lips, and his eyes were full of happy smiles, which were about to overflow. She turned her head and said with a smile: "I have looked for many places, but the film I shot has never been satisfied, and I now understand that it lacks the breath and soul of that era." ”

"In those days it was called a "slum", and now people call it a "tube building", but it is about to be demolished. Xu Huaisheng raised his feet, took a few steps forward, and looked at the old buildings around him that were about to be swallowed up by the times: "Do you like this gift?" ”

"Gifts?"

"Well, there's a second one."

Xu Huaisheng glanced at her, walked to the other end of the roof unhurriedly, pulled open the rain cloth covering the ground, and the huge love heart composed of roses was impressively reflected in Zhongyi's eyes.

As soon as the wind blew, the petals fluttered with the wind, as if it was raining petals all over the sky, and I instantly lost my eyes. Xu Huaisheng stood in the love, with a doting smile on his face, he looked at Zhongyi, took out the ring prepared in advance, and affectionately said: "Zhongyi, happy birthday." ”

Zhong Yi froze in place for a while, with unprecedented shock on her face, she covered her mouth, the scene in front of her was too illusory, not real at all, almost made her not react.

"Don't like it?" The smile on the corner of Xu Huaisheng's mouth gradually condensed, and he asked cautiously.

Zhongyi shook his head, "I like it." It's just so surprising that I didn't expect you to bother so much. ”

"That's not enough to receive a gift." Xu Huaisheng raised the corners of his lips again, couldn't help sighing, strode in front of Zhong Yi, and put a ring on her ring finger: "In five years, let's get married." ”