"Teacher An, I have an appointment today, let's go first!"

"Well, bye-bye!"

An Nian leaned back in the chair and stretched, smiling and watching her colleague leave, she breathed a long sigh of relief. Because tomorrow is May Day, the school will be closed at noon, and it is rare to rest, An Nian stood up and cleaned up briefly, ready to turn off the computer and get off work, when a news suddenly popped up on the screen: The 50th anniversary of the establishment of Xincheng No. 1 Middle School was celebrated. Look at the time, it's today.

An Nian watched the news, stayed for a while, and thought about it, she had been graduating from high school for almost seven years. After graduating from university, she came to a junior high school in Xincheng as a Chinese teacher, although she has been staying here, she has never been to Xincheng No. 1 Middle School all these years.

Out of the campus, An Nian stopped a taxi, and the driver asked her where she was going, and she actually said, "Xincheng No. 1 Middle School." ”

An Nian was about to change his words, and the driver looked in the rearview mirror, "Today, the 50th anniversary of the first high school, many previous graduates have come back to give their alma mater 'birthday'!" You're also a high school graduate, right? ”

"Count...... Right! ”

An Nian looked at the scene outside the car window that was rapidly receding, and thought: It's good to go back and take a look.

The more you walk in, the clearer the four big characters of Xincheng No. 1 Middle School become. An Nian looked at the crowded streets, and the unfamiliar and familiar environment, and couldn't help but think of the scene when she entered school.

At that time, Xincheng No. 1 Middle School, together with the High School Attached to Normal University, was known as the double hegemony of arts and sciences. The science of the first middle school is good, and the liberal arts of the attached middle school is good, and the two schools always have to compare with each other in the college entrance examination every year, compared with the admission rate, compared with the number of students in major famous schools, and the quality of students recruited.

Parents always have the idea that as long as they enter one of these two schools, they are basically stepping into the door of a university.

It is also because its achievements are so tempting that students in some of the surrounding small towns are crowded with their heads and want to enter one of these two schools. An Nian, who has been instilled since childhood that "only by being admitted to a good university, can there be a way out" is no exception. Under the favor of the goddess of fate, An Nian entered Xincheng No. 1 Middle School with the results that had just passed the admission line.

The parents were overjoyed and threw a feast in their small restaurant to invite neighbors, An Nian once thought that this was too exaggerated, but his arms couldn't twist his thighs.

Once An Nian's brother had outstanding grades, he was the kind of child from someone else's family, his parents had high hopes for him, and when he met people, he said that his son was talented and intelligent, but when he was in high school, his grades plummeted, and in the end, he was unknown to everyone!

The parents saw that their brother had no hope, so they pinned everything on their sister. Now, An Nian has been admitted to one of the top high schools in the district, and her parents are eager to send out invitations to the world.

On the day of the banquet, the neighbors came to congratulate, and they also asked An Nian questions, which seemed to be harmonious, but in fact, they were all secretly competing.

During the toast, she heard the disdainful voice of Aunt Zhang, a neighbor for many years, "Isn't it just a high school!" I also heard my uncle's advice to my cousin, "You must study hard and strive to do better than your sister in the exam!" ”

An Nian sighed for a while, this is the miserable life of students under exam-oriented education!

That day, my father was drunk and pulled An Nian to say a lot, and I couldn't remember the specific An Nian clearly, but I only remember that my father said earnestly: "You have to rely on yourself for the road ahead!" "An Nian, who has always been very big-hearted, suddenly had a sour nose.

In this way, An Nian became a freshman in the 13th class of Xincheng No. 1 Middle School. On the day of reporting, under An Nian's strong opposition, her parents were willing to compromise and let her go alone.

Before leaving, there was a feeling of a strong man's expedition, and his parents, grandfather, and brother stood in a row and lined up to say goodbye. An's mother wiped her tears and told An Nianqian, and it wasn't until the bus honked the horn that An Nian got on the bus.

Looking out the car window at the place where he has lived for sixteen years, this small town full of memories is getting farther and farther away from him, and An Nian's heart is indescribably complicated. However, after a while, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes again, the scenery in front of me was already full of high-rise buildings and traffic. An Nian was excited, imagining her new life here.

There were a lot of people at the station during the school season, and An Nian stood for a long time before he stopped a taxi.

An Nian arrived at the school with great expectations, passed through the crowd, and under the leadership of the student union, successfully found the new student registration office.

"Classmate, please show me your admission letter!"

"Ah, good!" An Nian stretched out his hand back, his back was empty, and his heart was cold, and then he thought that his schoolbag was still in the taxi. Inside there is not only an acceptance letter, but also her precious sketchbook.

An Nian turned around and ran out, knocking the person behind him into a stagger, only to hear the one full of resentment say: "You are in a hurry to blow up the bunker!" ”

An Nian shouted from afar, "I'm sorry! ”

But this turn of the head hit a person again, this person was much taller than An Nian, she hit the man's chest headfirst, her nose hurt, and two lines of tears flowed.

"Are you alright?" The man asked.

An Nian rubbed his nose and looked up, he was a handsome boy, with long, dense eyelashes, a tall nose, a three-dimensional facial contour, and a pair of deep eyes that couldn't help but make An Nian a little crazy.

The boy glanced at An Nian, who was in a daze, and shook his hand in front of her eyes, "Are you okay?" An Nian came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "No, it's okay." ”

"Are you alright?"

An Nian shook his head, suddenly thinking that he was looking for a schoolbag, and was about to turn around to leave, when the boy said again, "You......... It's called An Nian! ”

An Nian was a little puzzled, only to see the boy show a gentle smile, "I just met a driver uncle at the school gate, saying that a student left his schoolbag in his car, I glanced at the notice inside, and I thought about coming to the freshman registration office to see if I could meet you, but I didn't expect it, it was a coincidence!" ”

As he spoke, the boy handed her the bag. An Nian looked at the boy in surprise, "Thank you so much!" If I can't find it, I'm doomed. The boy looked at her excited appearance and said with a smile: "See if you have lost anything, if not, go and report for duty!" ”

An Nian checked it, everything was there, looked up and said, "Thank you so much!" My name is An Nian. After speaking, he smiled awkwardly: "You seem to already know what my name is!" ”

The boy smiled and said, "My name is Gu Shen!" Nice to meet you......."

Thinking of the stupidity of meeting Gu Shen back then, the corners of An Nian's mouth unconsciously raised. After getting out of the car, An Nian stood at the door, unable to say what it felt.

The students who greeted her at the door talked to her about the changes since the establishment of Xincheng No. 1 Middle School, and asked her if she was a previous graduate, An Nian nodded reluctantly, she only studied here until the third year of high school and then suspended her studies, and she didn't know if this was considered a previous graduate.

The student told her that there was an exhibition hall in the cultural and sports center, which was full of photos and works of previous graduates. An Nian nodded and walked in slowly.

Over the years, the school has changed a lot, after the expansion, the campus has become bigger, there are many new areas, some teaching buildings are still there, but obviously many times have been maintained, and the cultural and sports building is newly built, when they go to school, there are only a few sparse poplars, and a large open space.

Entering the cultural and sports building, the first floor is the exhibition hall, the whole exhibition hall is arranged in an orderly manner, and each exhibition area has a student as a commentator.

An Nian walked and looked, most of the exhibition area is talking about the glorious history of Xincheng No. 1 Middle School, several are excellent works of previous graduates, and there is an area called "Time Imprint", where the number of people is the most.

An Nian walked in and took a look, it turned out to be a group photo of some previous students, some during the event, and some graduation photos. From the establishment of the school to the present, according to the time of day, the characters in each photo are different, and the background is also changing, maybe the only thing that is the same is the youthful smile on their faces!

Along the timeline, An Nian quickly found a photo of their class, and when she saw classes eight and nine, An Nian's eyes were red. This is a group photo of the two high school freshman sports meets, and everyone's faces are smiling excitedly, full of youthful atmosphere.

At that time, everyone was still there.

Looking further back, it is the graduation photo of their class, compared with the photo of the sports meeting, there are many fewer people, there is no An Nian, and there is no Gu Shen.

An Nian wiped the corners of her eyes and continued to look forward. In front of him, a group of students claiming to be campus reporters were doing interviews around a person, An Nian shook his head, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard one of the students ask: "Mr. Gu, do you feel about being invited back to give a speech as an outstanding graduate of No. 1 Middle School?" ”

Mr. Gu? An Nian paused and stopped where she was.

"It's an honor to be back in such a capacity."

"Did you do anything you regret in high school?" A girl asked.

The person known as Mr. Gu paused, "The most regrettable thing may be to be an exchange student!" ”

"Isn't this an opportunity that a lot of people want? How can you regret it? The girl asked.

An Nian looked at the man who was interviewed, under the polish of time, he had already faded away from his youthful appearance, and he had reined in his edge, showing maturity and stability in his gestures.

An Nian looked at the man surrounded by the little reporters in a daze, and thought: I haven't seen you for so many years, Gu Shen, you have really changed a lot.

Gu Shen, who was interviewed, finally walked out of the encirclement of the group of little reporters, breathed a sigh of relief, and when he raised his eyes, he saw An Nian who was in a daze. The two looked at each other silently, and the space they were in seemed to freeze, as if isolated from the hustle and bustle of the exhibition hall.

In the end, Gu Shen opened his mouth first: "Long time no see!" Annian. ”

An Nian looked at the ground unnaturally, "Yes, it's been a long time!" ”

The two walked together on campus for a while, chatting a lot about the past, and when they walked to the playground, Gu Shen suddenly stopped, looked at An Nian and asked, "An Nian, if I hadn't gone abroad, would we be together?"

An Nian was very calm, as if she expected Gu Shen to ask like this, she turned her head and smiled bitterly and said, "If I could choose again, I would definitely not choose to come here in high school, so that I wouldn't meet you and meet them." ”

Gu Shen didn't seem to expect An Nian to answer like this, he was slightly stunned, and then said, "Then you ......"

An Nian's phone rang, after answering the phone, An Nian said that he was going back, the two walked to the school gate together, An Nian got into a black Audi, Gu Shen looked at the empty co-pilot beside him, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and drove away from the school.