Chapter 2 Encountering Again But Silent Companionship

Li Miao's busy feet do not touch the ground this month, a series of important things such as mid-year inspections, instructions from superiors, and inspections by the inspection team make her complain, a month of continuous rotation, no weekends, often overtime, people lose a lot of weight, Lao Li and Ms. Wu are distressed, call her home for dinner every day, Li Miao naturally has no time, she usually goes home at ten o'clock in the evening after work, and she has to go home with a stack of case files to read, sleep at one or two o'clock in the morning, dinner is usually solved in the court canteen, if you miss the meal, you can only buy some fruit to satisfy your hunger. Lao Li and Ms. Wu bought her a house after graduating from college, the housing prices in third-tier cities are slightly cheaper, and the savings of the old couple are barely enough, Li Miao is responsible for the decoration design, and Li Miao is embarrassed to ask her parents for the money to buy furniture, so she saved her salary for two or three months to buy a piece, and now the overall decoration of the home is gray-blue, although it is cold and elegant. Li Miao stepped on high heels and limped upstairs, she went to deliver today, the defendant lived on a hillside in the suburbs, she didn't bring flat shoes, she stepped on these seven-centimeter high heels and climbed up, this will hurt her feet and she was unconscious, she went upstairs slowly, opened the door and locked the door, turned on the light, took off her shoes and lay on the sofa, a series of movements were skillful and quick, she was almost in this state every day after work. There is no way that there is a serious shortage of people in the grassroots courts, so she does the work of assistant judges and clerks alone, holding court sessions, making notes, issuing summonses, making phone calls and serving them to find the parties, and encountering parties with bad tempers, there may be conflicts and conflicts. She has long been accustomed to pulling out an amiable smile to communicate with people of all shapes, and no one has forgotten that she was originally a cold and alienated person who keeps a distance from everyone, except for one person. Li Miao was lying on the sofa staring at the ceiling blankly, her chest was a little stuffy, she seemed to see a person today, a person who was once familiar and now strange, maybe it wasn't him, it was just a little similar. Li Miao's mood was a little low, and she panicked when she thought of this person, as if she had a small blunt knife in her heart to sharpen slowly, and she would not be piercing but also painful.

Zhou Shunyao, who had just left the airport, yawned and was told that he had landed as soon as he woke up on the plane. During the competition, he was so anxious that he didn't get a full night's sleep. During the competition, it is necessary to formulate a training plan, neither delay the training nor despise the competition, and sum up the experience and boost morale after the competition. Although not being able to win the championship was the outcome he had long expected, he was also anxious when he saw the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys hanging their heads. The army is a place where talent is abundant, and these teenagers can't be hit by losing the first game, otherwise how can they survive this long and hard military career? He developed a series of methods, from a squad to a platoon to a company, level by level competition, and also set up a reward system to restore their confidence and boost their morale. Although the army is based on the principle of obeying orders, victory or defeat is a common thing, but Zhou Shunyao himself has a gentle personality, and the troops are mainly led by soft means, and the army is full of tough style There are benefits, but if it is a combination of rigidity and softness, the effect is better, and it is often twice the result with half the effort to convince people with virtue. He made a plan and handed it to Wang Ru, instructed his platoon leader and squad leader to lead the team to train well, changed his clothes and went straight to the airport, but fortunately he was not late. After getting off the plane, he looked around, looked at Zhou Shiyao who was leaning against the car door with sunglasses not far away, shook his head with a smile and walked towards her quickly. Zhou Shiyao looked at his younger brother who was coming towards him, his eyes were sour, this stinky boy had not gone home for five years and lost a lot of weight, his original white face was a little darker and much rougher, his jawline was clear, his eyebrow bones were prominent, his eyes were sharp, he was wearing a shirt and casual trousers, his steps were firm, his posture was straight, he had the handsomeness and calmness of a young man, her younger brother had grown up, he was still a sunny and smiling big boy when he went to military school, and he was reborn after a few years of grinding in the company, his shoulders were a little stiffer, and his smile was too restrained, I don't know whether to be happy or worried. After thinking about it, he walked across from her, patted her head and said, "Stunned to see such a handsome brother?" Zhou Shiyao rolled her eyes, she was too worried, her younger brother was still the younger brother after all. raised his hand and patted him on the head, and said dissatisfiedly, "I'm your sister, I'm not big or small, pat me on the head, don't take it as an example, otherwise I'll beat you." Zhou Shunyao shrugged, his sister was unforgiving, but she actually loved his four-year-old brother more than anyone else. Zhou Shiyao muttered while driving the door, "Dad, they must have slept, where are I going to take you to dinner?" Is noodles okay? Zhou Shunyao fastened his seat belt and began to look for music, and when he heard this, he said lightly, "Eat casually, and go home early after eating." Zhou Shiyao casually answered, "The beef ramen opposite the court is good, let's go there", and after speaking, she couldn't wait to bite off her tongue, she was too careless, knowing that the law and other things were her brother's sensitive area, just because of that girl, the girl that her brother couldn't catch. Sure enough, Zhou Shunyao's hands shook suddenly, clenched his hands, and then smiled, "Whatever, you are more familiar." Zhou Shiyao looked over, only to see his brother's dazzling smile, his face was a little more tired, leaning on the seat and his eyelids trembled slightly, the joy of the reunion just now was swept away, and the atmosphere in the car was a little colder. Zhou Shiyao looked at his younger brother and scolded in distress, "Zhou Shunyao, it's been a few years, why can't you take it and put it down." If you can't let go, you will chase it, and if you let it go, you will find someone else. Dad is a soldier, you are also a soldier, and you haven't learned half of his toughness and decisiveness. What are you afraid of? Afraid she's not the same as you?. Zhou Shunyao closed his eyes and was silent, yes, what is he afraid of, afraid that Li Miao will forget him? Thinking of this, Zhou Shunyao lowered the window irritably, she is in this city, she has always been here, and he has not set foot here for five years, he wants to see the city where he grew up, but everywhere he looks, he wonders if she has been here? Who has she been with before? Thinking like this, I became more and more bored, so I simply closed the window and fell asleep. Ten minutes later, the hotel arrived, it was a clean small noodle restaurant, the boss warmly greeted them and sat by the window, Zhou Shunyao stared blankly at the lights outside, I don't know what to think, the light fell on his face half bright and half dim, his eyes looked far away, his lips were pursed, and his aura was cold. Zhou Shiyao sighed and nodded her face without speaking, staring at the tissue in front of her in a daze, she had seen Li Miao before, she was an indifferent and quiet girl, her family grades were very good, she was admitted to the famous University of Political Science and Law in the north, and after graduation, she took the civil service examination and passed the judicial examination, and now she is an assistant judge of the court. I saw her two years ago, she was still cold but soft, maybe because of studying law, her eyes were very sharp. Like a beautiful camellia, it is nothing more than a camellia with thorns. If it weren't for her younger brother, Zhou Shiyao would like a girl like Li Miao very much, she is rational and calm, has principles and bottom lines, is always sober and self-aware, can love others but loves herself more, and lives transparently and brightly. But she hated her a little now, hated her for being too egoistic, hated that she had dyed her brother who should be dazzling with a sad ....... The person in front of her suddenly moved, the hand holding the water cup trembled slightly, she raised her head and saw Zhou Shunyao staring in one direction, nervous and expectant, she followed his eyes, a thin girl in high heels, limping, holding a stack of things and walking slowly, passing by their window and pausing for a few seconds, Zhou Shiyao suddenly became nervous, what if they saw each other? Fortunately, Li Miao didn't look at them, and paused before passing them. Zhou Shiyao laughed at herself in annoyance, Li Miao was really powerful, not only her younger brother, but even she trembled slightly nervously when she saw her. She sighed, her brother was planted.

Zhou Shunyao didn't know how to eat, he didn't expect to meet her just when he came back, she seemed to be thin again, she still couldn't wear high heels, her face was pale, was she too tired? Zhou Shunyao smiled self-deprecatingly, what qualifications did he have to care about her? As a friend? Oh, only as friends, they say it's good to be friends. It's just that there are probably no more embarrassing friends like them in the world, never contact, never intervene in each other's lives, as if they are not even as good as strangers. Zhou Shunyao came home late at night, inconvenient to greet his parents, tired, lying on the bed but unable to sleep, standing in front of the window and looking at the opposite light, it was a family of three, happy and warm crowded on the sofa to watch TV, the male owner doted on his wife and children playing, he shook his head helplessly, while hugging a ...... to stop them from messing around. Zhou Shunyao rubbed his eyebrows, he was so tired, he was annoyed to look at such a scene. Angrily, he closed the curtains and fell into the bed, trying to sleep, but his mind drifted to the ...... many years ago.

The first year of high school is coming to an end, the weather in midsummer is hot and irritable, Li Miao sits on the seat and fans the wind with a book, she can't stand this kind of weather the most, the heat is annoying. Zhou Shunyao was sweating profusely after playing, his school uniform jacket was draped over his shoulders, and he sat down with two bottles of cold mineral water, and habitually pushed the water to his peers and slept on the table. Li Miao saw that he was sweating profusely, frowning, panting, and uncomfortable, so his hand fanning the wind moved towards him, Zhou Shunyao felt a cool breeze coming from his sleep, mixed with a little light fragrance, and breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction, closed his eyes and muttered, "My Miao Miao is really sweet." Miao Miao's title is the relationship between the two is close, Zhou Shunyao is called with a dead face, he said that as a dear tablemate, even calling with a surname is really not conducive to exchanging feelings. Although Li Miao felt that they had no feelings to communicate, but both his parents and Luo Jin called him like this, Li Miao felt that it was normal for Zhou Shunyao to be called like this as a table mate and friend, so he went with him. Li Miao nudged it, and a cold voice sounded in his ears, "Zhou Shunyao, let me ask you something." He straightened up, turned his head to his cheeks, his eyes clear, and motioned for her to continue. Li Miao hesitated for a moment, and said sullenly, "You choose reason?" Zhou Shunyao said casually, "I must choose a reason to take the military academy, I want to go to Beijing, this is a goal that was set a long time ago." What about you? He thought that Li Miao was asking him about his future plans, his eyes were shining, looking forward to his dream, and asked her casually. He knew that she must have a clear goal and be responsible and calm about her life. Li Miao turned her head to look at the leaves outside the window, and whispered, "I choose an article, and I want to go to the Southern University of Political Science and Law." It shouldn't be common in the future, right? She lowered her head and took out the paper and began to write, but somehow the atmosphere was a little colder, Zhou Shunyao opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak.

Soon the first year of high school ended, and the arts and sciences class also came to an end. Zhou Shunyao and Li Miao are not people who give up the right choice for each other, so naturally Zhou Shunyao was assigned to a class, the best science class, on the third floor; Li Miao was still in the original second class, but it was changed to a liberal arts class, and she was still in the second class. One day during the summer vacation, Li Miao was lying in bed reading a book, and the summer weather really upset her, and she fell asleep after turning two pages of the book irritably. Suddenly, the phone rang, saw the message, and smiled lightly.

A bright sunny photo of Zhou Shunyao wearing army camouflage and smiling was lying quietly in his mobile phone, seemingly looking at the person on the bed. Li Miao looked at the mobile phone, and the irritability in his heart dissipated a lot, he is suitable for military uniforms, and he is worthy of being a soldier's child. Looking at the sunset in the west, she sighed slightly.

The sophomore life began, Li Miao's tablemate was a boy, named Cao Cheng, although his grades were not good, he wore round glasses on his chubby face, he was very good at drawing, he liked to squint and smile, but he was also cute and cute. Although Li Miao was cold, her face was a little warmer to the people who took the initiative to show favor and please, and soon she adapted to the days when there was no Zhou Shunyao in the liberal arts class, and she got along happily with her classmates, but she practiced calligraphy more frequently, and her spare time was full.

On this day, the first and second classes had the same physical education class, and they were free to move around after warming up, Li Miao had never liked sports, so she took out the magazines prepared in advance and sat in the corridor to read them. Suddenly, a white locust flower landed on the magazine, and when she looked up, she saw a smiling sunny face with white teeth exposed. She felt that Zhou Shunyao seemed to be a little different, but she couldn't think of anything different for a while. She pretended to be calm, cut her hair and said, "Why are you here?" Zhou Shunyao sat next to her, pouting, "I'm looking for you", she blushed slightly, and said unnaturally, "Why are you looking for me", Zhou Shunyao touched her hair and said, "You have a new tablemate, you can't forget my old friend, right?" ”。 Li Miao was still not used to being touched by others, and said while hiding, "Zhou Shunyao, you are like a primary school student, are you naïve?" He shrugged, grabbed the corner of her sleeve, and said, "Let's play basketball today, you come and cheer me on", Li Miao refused to "don't go, it's hot" without thinking about it, Zhou Shunyao scolded while pulling her, "You should exercise more, you can't catch a cold at every turn, your body is too weak." In the end, Li Miao sat on the playground and watched the basketball game for an hour, her eyes were short-sighted, although she did not wear glasses, she could vaguely recognize Zhou Shunyao's figure, he was always fresh and powerful, and his spirit was flying. She squinted her eyes and looked at the clear sky, but her heart was not so clear, and it seemed that it was not a good thing to be friends.

When Zhou Shunyao got off the court, he saw Li Miao staring at the sky blankly, sitting on the steps beside her with the ball, looking at the sky like her, nothing special, and not curious. Turning on the water, the water ran down his neck and dripped into the basketball jersey. Seeing this scene, Li Miao's face was a little hot, patted her face, took out the paper and handed it to him, and gently told her to "drink slowly". Zhou Shunyao took the paper, smiled brightly, looked at the people passing by on the playground, and said, "Don't you think we are a special match?" It's always very comfortable to get along with you, although my family is a little cold, but my heart is warm, and I am a beautiful person." Li Miao's heart jumped suddenly, the words "my family Miao Miao" sounded a little ambiguous at this time, she knew what Zhou Shunyao meant, he regarded her as a comfortable friend, maybe there would be a possibility beyond friends, but now they can only be friends. At that time, they didn't know that the arrangement of fate could not be escaped, and the precious feelings at the best age were not spoken, even if fate was destined, they would definitely experience a heartache, and many years later, the two recalled their youthful high school days, and still did not regret it, this was their best choice for each other at that time.