Chapter 148: We Eventually Got Separated
After a long memory, An Nian came out of the memories and looked at Xia Chufan, who was sitting opposite, she came back, this time she invited herself to eat. She was still the same as before, still with short hair, like a boy, but with some more ups and downs in her eyes, and they were not seventeen years old.
In their twenties, when they reach the age of talking about marriage, they are no longer facing the pressure of exams and grades, and their lives have become a lot simpler and more complicated. Firewood, rice, oil and salt are far more than mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics and history, there are routines and formulas, but they have to face it every day and worry about it.
After asking Xia Chufan, she learned that Xia's mother was seriously injured because of an accident at work, so her mind is now like a child of a few years old, and she needs someone to be by her side all the time.
The snow began to fall outside the window again, An Nian looked at a table of dishes that hadn't been touched much, and smiled at Xia Chufan: "Patronizing and chatting, hurry up and eat vegetables, it should be cold in a while!" β
Xia Chufan picked up the chopsticks, but did not pick up the vegetables.
"Niannian, you, why did you repeat the grade back then?"
An Nian was slightly stunned, and laughed dryly, "Who hasn't repeated a grade, won't they repeat a grade if they don't pass the college entrance examination?" Hurry up and eat! There is no class this afternoon, so I'll go with you to see Auntie! β
"You're still the same, you skip over things you don't want to say, but the method is not clever."
An Nian also smiled, Xia Chufan put the dishes on his plate, lowered his head and said, "I have met Gu Shen and Su Qi, they have changed a lot. β
"Hmm."
"You didn't take the college entrance examination, isn't it because of us?"
An Nian raised his eyes to look at Xia Chufan and said with a smile: "How could it be because of you!" β
Xia Chufan didn't continue to ask questions, she didn't want to be embarrassed by the first meeting in so many years. An Nian ate two bites of food, turned his face to look out the window, and said slowly: "Have you ever heard a word?" β
Xia Chufan raised his head and looked at An Nian's side face, "No! β
An Nian chuckled: "You didn't even ask me what I said, just said no?" β
She didn't wait for Xia Chufan to answer, and said to herself: "No snowflake is innocent during the avalanche. β
She looked at Xia Chufan, who was a little confused, "Haha, I just saw that it was snowing outside, and I suddenly remembered such a sentence, and I felt that it was very appropriate." β
Xia Chufan didn't speak, but An Nian's smile gradually faded, and the pretended smile would stop in an instant, and the real laugh, even if it stopped, would still have a smile, she knew that An Nian was the former.
"After you left, I had a big fight with Gu Shen, and I promised him that after he went abroad, I would often send emails and videos to him, and he really believed it. You say he was such a smart person, why was he so stupid at that time? β
Facing An Nian's question, Xia Chufan had an answer in his heart, but he didn't say it: Gu Shen is not stupid, he just has hope and thinks that you won't just give up.
An Nian seemed to be talking to herself, and didn't pay attention to Xia Chufan's reaction.
"After Zhuo Ran's accident, my mother came to Xincheng to rent a house and accompany her to study. After he left, I did have contact with him for the first few months, but then it became less and less, and I refused his emails and video calls on the grounds that I wanted to prepare for the college entrance examination. I thought, just break it off like this, and treat it as if there was nothing. β
"However, later I found out that I was thinking too simply, the school is full of your shadows, no matter where I go, I can think of the days with you and Gu Shen."
"Although Xiu Yu has been encouraging me at that time, but I didn't survive after all, when I was approaching the college entrance examination, I was in a trance, and I was in a state of insomnia every day, and I came out halfway through the first Chinese exam, regardless of my parents' shouts, I ran a long way, and was finally scraped down by a car, and then, there was no then, and I could only repeat the grade."
An Nian said it lightly, but Xia Chufan listened to it very badly, she was alone, she was both pretending to take the college entrance examination in her heart, and regretting herself, this may be the real reason why she couldn't pass the exam!
"It's okay, it's not too miserable now, and we can meet again, can we?" Xia Chufan also learned her tone and said.
An Nian smiled and said nothing, Xia Chufan raised the teacup, "Come, replace wine with tea, and celebrate our reunion after a long absence." β
An Nian also raised the teacup, and at that moment, she saw the bracelet on Xia Chufan's wrist, it turned out that she had kept it for so many years.
After dinner, An Nian followed Xia Chufan to see Xia's mother, and finally took a taxi home.
After returning home, Xiu Yu had already cooked a meal, and when he saw her coming back, he went into the kitchen to serve the food, An Nian chased after him and hugged Xiu Yu from behind.
"What's wrong?"
An Nian rubbed Xiu Yu's back, "I've seen Chu Fan, and she still wears that bracelet." β
Xiu Yu turned around and looked at An Nian, "If you have time, call her to come to the house for dinner!" β
An Nian nodded, he looked at the current Xiu Yu, remembering that when he had just transferred to another school, Xiu Yu was already a freshman at that time, and the place where he went to school was far away from the new city, and it took a day and a night to take the train, and it was very expensive to take a plane.
But during the National Day holiday in the first year, Xiu Yu took a plane back in order to come back to see her, but lied to her that the school was closed early, so he came back early, in fact, he took the earliest plane and spent nearly a month of living expenses.
At that time, she had lost contact with Gu Shen. Xiu Yu has been silently treating her, and she even asked for leave to come back once before her college entrance examination, just to cheer her up.
In this way, Xiu Yu went back and forth, and the girls in the school felt that he had a girlfriend far away from his hometown, so they no longer pestered him.
Finally survived until the end of her college entrance examination, although she couldn't report to Xiu Yu in the same place, but, Xiu Yu still came to see her rain or shine, and when she finally realized that she couldn't delay Xiu Yu like this anymore, she quarreled with Xiu Yu, just downstairs in her dormitory, at that time, she was already a junior, and Xiu Yu had already started an internship.
When her roommates were regretting that she had lost such a good boyfriend as Xiu Yu, Xiu Yu told her that when her job was stable, they would go to her, no matter where she was.
Although he was reprimanded by his mother because he gave up his high-paying job, and even An Nian was counted down by Xiu's mother, Xiu Yu was determined to stay.
The meal had already been served, but Xiu Yu saw that An Nian had not moved his chopsticks, but had been staring at himself.
"What do you think? Skipping a meal? β
An Nian smiled, "I miss you!" β
"What do you want me to do? Eat fast! β
Xiu Yu's face was a little red, and An Nian smiled evilly: "Actually, you said that the two of us have come in such a big circle, if you took the initiative a little bit in junior high school, would I still use that?" β
Xiu Yu was suddenly choked and coughed a few times, "Let's eat!" β
An Nian looked at Xiu Yu's blushing face, it really looked like he was being teased by himself when he was in junior high school, and now that he thinks about it, some things may have been doomed from the beginning.
Time passed day by day, and the wedding in Wuyang was getting closer and closer, and the schools began to have winter vacations one after another.
After the invigilation ended, An Nian felt that his legs were no longer his own, and it seemed that the seat he had worked so hard to get up in was not easy to sit.
After the winter break began, the first event she ushered in was the high school reunion.
This party was organized by Wuyang, saying that he wanted to relive the memories of his youth before getting married, and he also specially invited Mr. Wang. An Nian originally didn't plan to go, but when she heard that Teacher Wang was also going, she agreed, and she hadn't been to see Teacher Wang for so many years after graduation, which was quite ashamed.
An Nian plans to take Xiu Yu to go, after all, his alcohol consumption is not good, in case he is the same as a freshman in high school, he will lose the adult if he is holding someone.
Hearing that An Nian was going to take him, Xiu Yu wondered: "I also know those people from your ninth class, so I still don't want to go." β
An Nian said righteously: "Do you want me to get drunk? β
Sure enough, Xiu Yu drove her to the party place without saying a word.
When An Nian arrived, there were not many people in the private room, An Nian saw Wu Xi at a glance, since graduation, this was the first time they met, although the appearance has changed, but the temperament has changed.
An Nian walked straight to Wu Xi, "Xixi! β
Wu Xi raised his head in surprise, and after seeing An Nian, his mouth opened in surprise and became an O-shape, "An Nian? β
The boy next to her also raised his head when he heard the name. An Nian saw that it was Xu Feng, it turned out that after so many years, they were still together.
An Nian and Wu Xi talked a lot, and most of the two lived together some interesting things. Teacher Wang didn't come, it is said that he was picked up by his son for the New Year, and An Nian was a little regretful.
Wu Yang booked this private room to set up three tables, he thought that everyone would come, but he didn't expect that everyone had their own jobs, and it was difficult to unify the time.
Wu Yang brought his fiancΓ©e, and everyone sighed, but they didn't expect Wu Yang to find such a beautiful wife, and they all took turns to ridicule.
An Nian rarely participated in their conversation, she looked around, and there were no Gu Shen and Su Qi among the people who came. The waiter had already started to serve the food, Wu Yang first announced his marriage, and after some sighing, Gu Shen and Su Qi came.
As soon as Wu Yang saw the two people who were late, he stuck his wine glass at the door, "Come on, come on, if you're late, you will punish yourself with three glasses first." β
Everyone was coaxing, Gu Shen didn't shirk, he stood at the door and drank three cups, and Su Qi was of course no exception. Gu Shen looked at Xiu Yu beside An Nian and nodded slightly to the two.
At this reunion after a long absence, everyone remembered a lot of memories of their youth, the representatives of the English class got married, the sports committee members were getting married, some people had settled abroad, some people had become fathers, and some people were still on the road, and some people were gradually separated.
Although Xiu Yu is a family member, there are still many better classmates from the Annian Office who came to toast, and some people even consulted him about legal issues.
Gu Shen was poured wine as soon as he entered the door, and then he drank a lot, went out and vomited several times halfway, watching him stumble and run out again, An Nian was entangled for a while, but still followed.
Gu Shen's face was slightly red, An Nian thought he was going to vomit again, but he didn't expect him to lean against the wall of the corridor and light a cigarette. Seeing An Nian coming over, he straightened up.
"When are you going to do something?" Gu Shen looked at her and asked with a smile.
An Nian was puzzled, "What's the matter?" β
Gu Shen pointed to her left hand, "Wedding!" β