At first, he tried to be as objective and calm as possible, as if telling someone else's story, but cheaply, his breathing became short, his speech quickened, and he couldn't wait to finish the story quickly.

Later, his face became a little distorted, his suppressed emotions trembled and excited, and his words became staccato and broken, as if questioning everything he had said, whether he had really experienced it.

Yu Yu's expression was distant, looking at the beautiful and calm lake in the night, and he happened to miss the strange clouds on William's face.

William hastily ended the unbearable memories, and suddenly exhaled from his chest as if relieved, and most of the troubles that had been held in his heart for days seemed to be relieved.

The feathers on the other side of the seesaw fell leisurely, and William's body was slowly taking off.

He lowered his eyes and saw the tip of Yu You's slightly raised eyebrows in the moonlight, and his heart sank a little.

On the shore of the lake where the moonlight is like water, the white-clothed Yu You slowly rises again.

The wind blew her skirt and wide hem, and William seemed to see the winged Angel Rajel, wrapped in brilliant white flames and streamers, examining himself with a perceptive gaze.

He couldn't help but blurt out, "Do you think I made an unforgivable mistake?" ”

Yu You's eyes were a little regretful: "Wrong? Are you referring to the mistake of traveling together during spring break? Or is it a mistake to go to a party? Or are you wrong with her? ”

After a pause, Yu Yu continued: "What happened is irreparable, instead of being troubled by this incident and slumping, it is better to adjust your mentality......"

"My life is on thin ice, and I can't afford to make even one mistake......" After a long silence, William spoke again with difficulty: "My family is in Northwest Texas, and my family is very poor. When I was a child, my family lived in a simple prefabricated house, in the summer, there was no air conditioning in the house, and in the winter, there was no fireplace, and at night, my brothers and I had to sleep together to avoid being woken up from the cold. From elementary school to junior high school, the only thing I wanted to do was to get into Harvard University and escape from my upbringing. I studied hard, played chess, played sports, taught myself a lot of subjects that were not available in school, and spent weekends and all holidays in the public library in town......"

A smile tugged at the corner of William's mouth, but Yu Yu tasted the bitterness from it.

William said firmly, "...... But my dealings with Stella were pure, without any utilitarian purpose. ”

Speaking of this, William was speechless for a while, as if he had something on his mind, and he wanted to say it but couldn't say it for a long time.

Looking at Yu You's gentle eyes, he continued for a long time: "But...... What happened that night...... It's a bit weird......"

Yu You's sharp eyes swept over William, as if he was measuring and judging.

William's cheeks burned with this look, and he explained dejectedly: "I don't say this to excuse myself, but when I sent her back to her room that night, the beer she made me drink tasted so different from the one before, and when I was dizzy and tried to leave the room, I realized that the door was locked." I was so drunk that I couldn't open the door......" William paused, he hung his head, buried his head deep between his elbows in remorse, and there was a faint sobbing in his voice: "If I hadn't been drunk and unconscious, maybe the result would have been completely different......"

Yu sighed deeply and landed on the seesaw.

William raised his head, his eyes were full of tears, he subconsciously took one of Yu You's hands and said, "Now, she desperately wants to catch me, but, for some reason, the more she presses, the more I want to escape from ......"

At this time, William's eyes were full of confusion, remorse and helplessness, and he held Yu You's hand tightly, as if a drowning man had grasped a piece of straw in the sea.

"What should I do? Cynthia. William's voice was as small as a breeze blowing, and it was almost impossible to distinguish without listening closely.

Yu You didn't rush to withdraw her hand, and after a long time, she asked William, "Do you blame her?" ”

"No," William immediately looked up, wiped the tears from his face, and said, "She's not as stubborn as many people think, she's just a lost child. I'll never forget the time I spent with her, the lights on the Brooklyn Bridge, the carousel ride in the Crystal House, the starlight and sunrise on the beach off Highway 1 in Los Angeles......"

A glimmer of brilliance flowed in William's eyes, and then it turned dim again, such a William, Yu You had never seen it.

He stood up, walked side by side with Yu You, and said slowly, "...... But now, the relationship I cherished has been tarnished......"

"Only if you cheer yourself up first will you have a chance to bring this relationship back to its previous good ......" Yu You turned his head to look at William's tearful eyes......

Chenchen was the last to come out of the library, he looked down at his phone, the dormitory check-in time was almost up, and he walked quickly towards the lakeside path.

As soon as he walked near the small bushes by the lake, Chenchen saw Amanda, the school's gossip queen, who was hiding in the shadows of the trees and spying on something.

Chenchen followed her gaze and found a pair of speechless figures by the lake. The long and jade man has a straight back, broad shoulders, and a flaming red hair that is blown by the wind, which makes him look even more chic and uninhibited.

The girl beside him was dressed in an ankle-length white gauze skirt, and the night breeze blew the skirt like a sassy snow fluttering around her body.

Although they couldn't see the faces of the two people too far away, it was not difficult to identify who the pair were.

The picture in front of him stung Chenchen's eyes......

Amanda spotted Chenchen and made a shushing gesture at him, then, with a mysterious smile, continued to look around.

Seeing Amanda's ecstatic expression, Chenchen shook his head and continued to stride forward.

***

In the dimly lit carriage, Bai Xinrui lightly touched the button at hand, turned off the DVD player, and in the wide LCD screen diagonally above, the battle formation of the dragon mother in a white dress and the Jin Ge Iron Horse behind her all disappeared, and the quiet returned to the small space.

Turning on the light in the car, Bai Xinrui got up from her seat.

Aunt Yun, who was sitting in the front seat, immediately understood, and said earnestly: "Miss, brake carefully, go back and sit down." ”

Speaking, she had already rushed in front of Bai Xinrui, took out a bottle of freshly squeezed juice from the Xiaoice box, and took out the flat-bottomed crystal cup in the sterilization cabinet and placed it on the silver trailer that fixed the cup.

Bai Xinrui leaned into the seat in the front row without saying a word, and watched Aunt Yun uncover a stainless steel ice bucket wrapped in a leather sleeve step by step, and use a small silver clip to clip out two square pieces of crushed ice from it.

With a "clank" of ice cubes, the ice cubes slid into the crystal cup, and Aunt Yun skillfully unscrewed the cap of the juice bottle and poured the fresh and fruity cranberry juice into the crystal cup.

Seeing that the bright red and bright jam did not pass the ice cubes a little, a scene in the afternoon appeared in front of Bai Xinrui's eyes again.

At that time, Amy accompanied her to collect the new student card, and as soon as she came out of the finance office of the main building, she saw Mr. Thomas hurriedly entering the principal's office with a sad face.

Under the traction of the sixth sense, Bai Xinrui also quietly walked to the door of the principal's office, and the next words she heard through the gap in the door made her feel frightened.

"Are you sure that Ms. Huang said it herself?" Principal Nong was no longer his usual kindness, and his voice was serious and a little trembling.

"Yes." Mr. Thomas replied noncommittally.

"I don't believe William would do such a thing! As a principal, I can't expel a good student because of such a false accusation. Principal Nong's firm tone was a little angry, however, for some reason, Bai Xinrui seemed to be able to see a trace of worry hidden in the wrinkled corners of the old principal's eyes.

Suddenly, with a sudden brake, Bai Xinrui almost got rid of the half-drunk cranberry juice in her hand, and the sporadic juice spilled out of the cup and splashed onto her lemon-yellow daisy-patterned dress and milky white carpet.

Aunt Yun hurriedly took the glass in her hand, and while carefully wiping the juice on her body for her, she complained to the driver: "Why are you driving so carelessly?" ”

The white driver naturally couldn't understand Aunt Yun's soft reprimand, and humbly apologized to Bai Xinrui: "I'm sorry, eldest miss, there seems to be a group of ...... in front Goose. ”

Bai Xinrui pulled the curtain on the car window and looked out, the wide RV was driving on the winding path, and a group of large fishing gulls endemic to the coast of Rhode Island were stomping leisurely across the middle of the road.

She opened the window, and the smell of the ocean came to her face, and she knew that the familiar Genoa-Turin-style palatial mansion was not far away.

As soon as the car stopped, Bai Xinrui couldn't wait for Aunt Yun to help, and rushed out of the car and went straight to the door.

In the spacious hall, she shouted, "Mom-Mom-"

Just shouted twice, Casey, who was expressionless, walked down from upstairs and saluted Bai Xinrui, greeting solemnly but respectfully: "Miss, good afternoon, are you having a good week?" ”

Bai Xinrui hated Casey's fake British court-style red tape the most, and deliberately asked in English with a black accent in Brooklyn, New York, "Where is my mother?" ”

"My wife took sleeping pills before she fell asleep. These days, she's not in good spirits......" Casey replied.

Bai Xinrui took out her mobile phone and looked at the time, the wallpaper of the dark night stars showed that the current time was only half past five, what kind of sleep was this?

She glanced at Casey, passed past her, and walked up the stairs alone.

Pushing open the heavy carved gold-filigree teak door, the room is dimly lit, and the thick purple velvet curtain hides the beautiful sunset from the window.

Bai Xinrui slammed down, and the huge carved wooden door behind her slammed shut.

"Bang", the lights in the bedroom are all on.

On a large postclassical carved bed with gold leaf in the center of the room, a pale woman blocked the light with her plain white hands, barely holding herself up, her long curly black hair scattered on a dark red silk pillow studded with lace.

At the moment when she recognized that the person who came was Bai Xinrui, she immediately recovered her majesty from exhaustion, and asked sharply, "Do you still know how to go home?" Who did you slam the door to? ”

Bai Xinrui didn't seem to hear her words at all, and asked, "What are you doing at school today?" ”