43. Time passes

"Teacher An, your phone is ringing!"

A colleague's words pulled An Nian back from her memories, since she saw Gu Shen at the 50th anniversary celebration of Xincheng No. 1 Middle School, she was always unconsciously in a daze, always thinking of their previous days.

"Hello?"

There was a noise on the other side of the phone, followed by an excited voice from a person, "An Nian! I'm Wuyang, remember me? ”

An Nian thought for a while, the name was a little familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, she suddenly laughed, "Are you ...... Are you a sports committee? ”

"Hey, hey! Just remember it! When you were in school, you were so old and black that you almost forgot my real name! ”

An Nian smiled awkwardly over the phone, it was true that she seemed to have never called Wu Yang's name seriously.

"Hello? An Nian, are you listening? ”

An Nian hurriedly responded: "Here! ”

Wu Yang said excitedly: "I called this time to tell you that Chen Xinyao and I are going to get married, just next month, and you will come then!" ”

"You and Chen Xinyao?" An Nian thought about it for a while, during the time she was in Xincheng No. 1 Middle School, she didn't seem to find anything between the two, why did she get married? But then I thought about it, maybe I had been addicted to Gu Shen and couldn't extricate myself, so I didn't have time to pay attention to others!

"Don't ask how we got together, we'll be right when the time comes!"

An Nian couldn't refuse Wu Yang's enthusiasm, and finally agreed, after so many years, she had almost lost contact with her high school classmates, and she didn't know where Wu Yang knew her contact information!

Hung up Wu Yang's phone, An Nian simply packed up the things on the table and prepared to get off work, these days, the junior high school graduating class she took was about to take the exam, this was the last mock exam before the high school entrance examination, and everyone was nervous.

This is the first batch of graduates she bringed, and she is still quite excited, every time she does an invigilator, she can't help but sigh, it turns out that she is unwilling to be a teacher by vow, but she didn't think about it, and finally became a teacher.

An Nian thought while looking at the boys and girls passing by on the campus, occasionally a few of her students, greeting her, and some nodded politely when they saw her coming, at this moment, An Nian really felt that their time was long gone.

Obviously, there are not many steps from the teaching building to the school gate, but An Nian feels that it is a long walk.

Since she met Gu Shen again, An Nian's peaceful life has also been broken, and everything she doesn't want to think about is what she wants to think about with him.

An Nian shook his head and stood at the door ready to take a taxi. In fact, it's not that she can't afford to buy a car, mainly because she doesn't have a driver's license, and since that car accident in high school, she never dares to touch a car again. Therefore, over the years, she has either repaired her feather and picked her up from work, or she has taken a taxi by herself, think about it, the taxi money over the years is enough to buy a car!

was thinking about whether he should squeeze the subway in the future, so that he could save some money, when Xiu Yu's call came.

"Niannian, today, I may have to work overtime, and I can't pick you up!"

Listening to Xiu Yu's tone, he seemed to be a little tired, "It's okay, I can go back by myself, you can be busy first!" ”

Over the years, she owes Xiu Yu too much, and sometimes, she really hates herself, just because she is afraid of indebtedness, she wants to push it away, but in the end, she owes more and more.

An Nian was still in a fugue, and suddenly remembered the sound of a car horn beside her, which frightened her.

The window of the car was slowly lowered, and An Nian saw clearly that the person in the car was actually Gu Shen.

"Off work?"

An Nian nodded, not knowing what to ask for a while.

"Got time? Or...... Have a meal together? ”

An Nian was thinking, in fact, there was nothing to do today, because tomorrow was Saturday, and there was no need to be in such a hurry to prepare for class, she just felt that it would be embarrassing to go out with Gu Shen, but ......

Because parking is not allowed at the school gate, there will be security guards to pick up people after a while, Gu Shen looked at his co-pilot, and motioned An Nian to get in the car, the situation no longer allowed her to be entangled.

Along the way, An Nian didn't speak, she was thinking in her heart, how to behave when she ate for a while, so as to be less embarrassed.

"What do you want to eat? Chinese or Western? ”

An Nian looked out the window and just said, "Anything!" ”

Gu Shen said again: "That...... Let's have Chinese food! ”

Gu Shen took An Nian to a Chinese restaurant near the square, and this square used to be the place they came to most often.

Gu Shen got a cup of tea and took a sip, "The changes in the new city are really big!" There are places I can't even find! ”

An Nian chuckled, "It's okay!" Maybe you haven't been back for too long! ”

An Nian lowered her head and tapped the teacup gently, as if thinking about something. Gu Shen looked at her, she didn't seem to have changed much over the years, but she ......

"Why did you cut your hair short again?"

An Nian stroked his hair and said with a smile: "Since high school, my hair length has been about the same as this!" ”

Gu Shen nodded, he felt that An Nian didn't seem to be very willing to talk to him.

The dishes were all served, An Nian started eating without saying a word, and Gu Shen suddenly laughed.

"You don't seem to have changed at all!"

An Nian's hand paused and looked up at Gu Shen, "No one will always be the same!" ”

Gu Shen was suddenly choked up and looked at An Nian blankly.

An Nian didn't speak, and the whole meal seemed like Gu Shen was talking to himself.

"An Nian, I came back this time, and I plan to stay in Xincheng forever! Since then, I've been working here! ”

"Hmm!"

An Nian continued to eat with her head down, but she didn't taste it at all.

Gu Shen has been trying his best to find a topic, "Wuyang is getting married, do you know?" ”

An Nian put down her chopsticks, "Well, she called me!" ”

Gu Shen smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect that he would be the first one in our class to get married!" ”

An Nian nodded, "Thank you for inviting me to dinner today, I ...... Let's go first! ”

An Nian got up to leave, but Gu Shen stopped her, "Nian Nian!" You...... Isn't there anything to ask me? ”

An Nian looked ahead, tilted her head slightly, and tried not to let the tears fall. She took a deep breath, turned her head and said, "What do you think I should ask?" After so many years, even if it's ...... There were a lot of questions at the time, and now, I almost know the answers! So, nothing to ask! ”

An Nian shook off his hand and walked towards the door quickly, Gu Shen behind him shouted, "Don't you want to ask me how I've spent all these years?" ”

An Nian stopped at the door, Gu Shen thought that she would come back, just like before, but An Nian left without looking back.

Gu Shen sat down on the chair, it was his mistake, he always thought that as long as he turned back, An Nian would always be behind him, and now, they really couldn't go back.

An Nian returned to her current home, sat on the sofa in a daze, and turned up the volume of the TV to the loudest, but her crying could still be heard.

This night, she dreamed of her high school days again, that summer with Gu Shen, the sun was very blazing, as if staying outside for a while could burn people, Meng Zhuoran would ask them to go out to play from time to time, Shen Qing would sit in the shade of a tree and hold a book of poems sentimentally, Xia Chufan would hold her shoulders and ask herself to invite her to eat ice cream, everything was beautiful.

However, after waking up from the dream, An Nian found that the pillow was wet and wet, and in the empty room, he was the only one, and they were really separated in time.