Chapter 3: First Acquaintance

This is first and foremost a sad story.

The story begins in the year he graduated.

He was 23 years old.

Sunny, handsome, majestic and full of vitality.

Any flattering words are not too much for him.

With a net height of 1.83 meters, the strong muscles forged by labor in his childhood, and the warm smile that hangs on the corner of his mouth.

I wonder if the examiner was also moved by his sunshine.

But in that one-in-a-million competition, he won without any suspense.

Although the background of a prestigious school and excellent grades are important, I think what is more important is his dedication and attitude.

Confident but not complacent, humble but personable.

Such boys are naturally prey in the eyes of girls.

Even female colleagues at the level of an aunt want to introduce him to their daughters to be married.

The young girl swept her eyebrows and dressed up.

The older aunt will unconsciously reveal her solid family background and beautiful only daughter.

But he is a Tai Chi master and is well versed in human accidents.

Any bold and proactive pursuit was easily defused by him.

One after another enthusiastic girls were cooled down with helplessness.

Do you think that Ren Zhe told me this too?

Not.

He had a vague impression of these things.

Even when I told him, he was at a loss.

Because all his feelings are focused on one girl.

This girl is Li Yuxiu.

The year Ren Zhe worked was the third year they had known each other.

I've looked at the girl's picture.

Apricot skin eyes, ridged nose, goose egg face, slightly upturned lips, and raised corners of the eyes, revealing a sexy and mature that does not match age.

Especially the eyes.

It's not big, it's not beautiful.

But the face that suits her best.

These are two different frames of life.

One is a top student from a prestigious school, and the other is a running cousin in a bar.

One was looked up to, the other was constantly harassed.

One grows in the sun, the other wanders in the night.

But night and day met at dawn.

In the most clichΓ© but unbreakable phrase.

Everything is fate.

Ren Zhe never sleeps, every morning, he will meet the first rays of sunshine and run under the sun.

He doesn't go to nightclubs, doesn't know how to play online games, and doesn't go to the gym.

But he enjoyed the most natural and healthy life.

Wake up, go for a morning run, breakfast, study.

Study, lunch, nap, study.

Study, dinner, study, good night.

Monotonous and meaningful, I believe that everyone with dreams has experienced such a life.

Yet life was shattered just like this morning.

It was early in the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the sky at dawn was much darker than during the summer solstice.

It had just rained during the night.

There was also a faint layer of mist in the air.

Ren Zhe jogged along the riverbank next to the school as usual.

The city has not yet woken up at this time of year.

But the birds have begun to sing.

He listened to the familiar chirping of birds.

Run slowly along the river embankment.

Suddenly, there was a soft exclamation from a girl in the alley in front of her.

Ren Zhe followed the voice and ran over.

In the narrow alley, two drunken youths surrounded a girl in the middle.

The girl had shoulder-length long hair and a slightly tired face that looked pitiful.

But she was not cowardly, she assumed a defensive posture and clutched an umbrella tightly in her hand as a weapon.

The two young men were like cats playing with mice, and from time to time they would play with her body with their paws when the girl was not paying attention.

Mouthful words are muddled with obscene words.

When he succeeds, he will let out a smug smile.

The two of them alternated their hands one after the other, and the girl was a little too busy to take care of herself.

"Xiuxiu", Ren Zhe suddenly stood at the entrance of the alley and shouted loudly, "Your mother asked me to call you home." ”

The two men stopped their movements, looked at Ren Zhe at the entrance of the alley, and then walked towards the other side of the alley like a person who was fine, and even hummed a few words.

The girl then relaxed.

She stood in the alley and smiled at him in return.

Then I tidied up my clothes again.

Plaid shirts and slim-fitting jeans tightly wrapped around her bumpy body.

Ren Zhe also smiled at her and continued to run forward.

As he ran, he listened to the birds in the branches.

The weather has cooled, but the birdsong is still lively.

At some point, he noticed that the sound of a bunch of keys was right behind him amid the sound of birds chirping.

He looked back, and then he saw a shadow.

It was the girl just now.

She ran after him, and had already run for a long time.

saw Ren Zhe stop and look at her.

The girl smiled awkwardly.

Coquettish but not awkward.

"Thank you for saving me." The girl met Ren Zhe's gaze, as if she was a little overwhelmed, and brushed her scattered hair behind her ear.

Long fingers, slender fingertips, and further down are tender white wrists, with a row of letters tattooed on them, which are beautiful, but fancy, and they can't be seen clearly.

Ren Zhe frowned.

"Did I save you? I'm sorry, I just recognized the wrong person. ”

He said he was going to turn back.

But at one last glance, he saw the girl's eyes and pursed mouth.

It's beautiful.

He couldn't help but take another look.

The girl's eyes, which had been dimmed, lit up.

The time of youth, the ignorant teenager.

That glance was like a blissful lightning bolt.

The lightning bolt hit the girl right in both eyes.

"Then how do you know my name is Xiuxiu." The girl asked.

"I'm talking nonsense." Ren Zhe turned around and continued to walk, but his pace had slowed down.

"Liar. Didn't you just say you recognized the wrong person? Why did it become nonsense again, could it be that that person is also called Xiuxiu? The girl followed.

Ren Zhe was speechless.

"Okay, even if I help you, be careful when you go out at night in the future, it's better to wear longer." Ren Zhe glanced at her shirt with a full lower abdomen that the monk couldn't cover her navel, and said it casually.

"Oh, got it." The girl blushed and whispered.

"Okay, take care, go wash up, you'll be late for evening class."

Ren Zhe walked as she spoke, but she still stood still.

His eyes were a little red.

"What's wrong?" Ren Zhe took a few steps back.

"It's okay," the girl said, turning her head to the side, tears glistening on her long eyelashes.

Ren Zhe suddenly softened his heart.

It's not that he hasn't been alone with girls, and there are girls who have cried in front of him.

But this time, he suddenly felt a sour in his heart.

"You...... Have you had breakfast? Ren Zhe asked.

The girl shook her head slightly.

"Let's go together."

"Hmm", the girl showed a shallow smile in her tears, and she also had a pair of good-looking laughing nests.

All stories about falling in love have a wonderful beginning.

Good enough to cover all the shortcomings.

Otherwise, how could there be so many people, for a few moments of warmth, for a few oaths, even if they die, they will not regret it.

Ren Zhe and the girl had breakfast together at the door of the apartment, left their contact information, and hurried to class.

That day, he was a little distracted in class.

Li Yuxiu.

His mind flashed her name from time to time.

He thought she was just a restless college girl.

Sneaking out in the night to find some excitement, and when I came back, I happened to meet a rogue who hunted colors.

But he guessed wrong.

The little conversation at breakfast made him remember this girl who was as old as him.

Her parents died young.

She has been out on her own since she was sixteen years old.

She's washed dishes, handed out flyers, worked as a babysitter, and delivered takeaways.

Now working in a bar, night shift.

She lives in the alley where Ren Zhe met her.

Because there are the cheapest houses in the city to rent to students.

I've asked a lot of people why they fell in love.

Some people are able to tell you unequivocally that it is the attraction of appearance or behavior.

There are still some people who can't tell.

There is also a large proportion of the category.

It's mercy.

Especially women.

They will tell you.

At first, I didn't think it was love.

What touches their hearts is sympathy.

The other party's unfortunate experience, poor family, and troubled life.

It will make it easier for a person to resonate while listening.

It's like watching a palace fighting drama, it has to make you soften, make you cry, and make you unhappy.

At this time, your attention will be drawn and there will be no time for distraction.

But life is not a drama, and you need to respond in addition to watching and seeing.

You think you're saving.

In fact, it is just paying off debts.

When you're deep in it.

only to find out that you have control over his unfortunate life.

His misfortune then becomes your misfortune.

You need to pay off the debt of affection, the debt of sympathy, and the process is likely to be a lifetime.

This is the most reasonable reason I can find for Ren Zhe.

Otherwise, how could he suddenly not let go of Li Yuxiu.

The complexity of the relationship lies in this, you can't tell where the point is, anyway, the heart is there.

That night, Ren Zhe sent a message to Li Yuxiu.

He didn't know what to write.

But I just want to send it.

After thinking about it for a while, he deleted and changed it several times, and finally only sent three words.

"What are you doing?"

No response.

He was a little unwilling.

Wait while reading a book.

Zhou Dawei, who was in the same dormitory, came back late.

Seeing Ren Zhe staring at the book in a daze.

Walked up to him and took his hand and disturbed him a few times.

"Don't make trouble", Ren Zhe didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"Thinking of spring again?" Zhou Dawei habitually said.

"Fart." Ren Zhe smiled and slapped him.

"Don't say it, I think it's real this time."

Zhang Guangliang, who was lying on the bed, answered, "I didn't turn a page in one night, and I looked at my phone for a while, which is too abnormal." ”

"Hey, I said, Zhang Guangliang, I haven't found out for three years, you still have this voyeurism." , Ren Zhedao.

"That's not true, it's just that I think you're in heat today, so I'll keep an eye on you. You probably didn't notice it yourself. Zhang Guangliang said.

"Exaggerated." , Zhou Dawei said, "Who is Ren Zhe, the master who has been in the midst of thousands of flowers, and the leaves do not touch his body." You think it's you Zhang Guangliang, who makes a living from those island films all day long. ”

"Dawei, let's make it clear, who is okay to keep holding a USB flash drive in front of my computer and shouting more, more, and when it's over, I will pick the big chest and big butt torture."

"Stop, stop. What kind of aesthetic do you have, as long as it's a resource, the ones you gave me last time, one of them was directly like Cai Wenting, and I took off half of my pants and lifted them upside down. ”

"What's wrong with Xiao Cai, that's my goddess."

"Zhang Guangliang, the goddess is used to offer drops, and I will serve you if you have the ability to become your woman."

"Let's see if I'm not, then we'll see."

"Look, it's exposed, Zhang Guangliang, you're really a beast-hearted guy, you won't even let go of the teacher."

"David, you dare to laugh at me? Is it that your aunt hasn't come to train your itchy skin these days? ”

"That's what I call love, you don't understand." , Zhou Dawei said.

"Fart, Ren Zhe, listen, this guy is too shameless, he can say that adultery is love." , Zhang Guangliang said.

At this time, Ren Zhe was in the mood to gag with them.

His mind was all on his phone.

"Is this guy really in trouble?" , Zhou Dawei said.

Zhang Guangliang shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't know either.

"Ren Zhe", Zhou Dawei said, "Is it Shi Yin?" In the past two days of class, I think she likes to sit next to you. ”

"Return Lin Shiyin, sleep." , Ren Zhedao.

In fact, he didn't sleep well that night.

Although he climbed into bed early, he always couldn't sleep, and he was a little inexplicably irritable.

He has been to the bar a few times.

The overall impression on him was not very good.

And he had also heard that not all of those bars sold alcohol.

Li Yuxiu is on the night shift again.

Is there anything wrong with this?

This question tossed him over and over, but he couldn't figure it out.

He had no choice but to turn on the lamp and open the book.

Reading is the only way to calm him down at the moment.

The lamp was on all night.

At dawn, the phone rang.

Li Yuxiu's message came back.

"I'm sorry, I didn't let me take my phone at work, I just got off work."

Ren Zhe stared at his phone, and there was a smile in his bloodshot eyes.

"Let's go to sleep after eating." He replied.

Get up, take a shower, head out, and all in one go.

Ren Zhe was as excited as a headless fly.

Li Yuxiu was waiting for him in front of the small shop at the entrance of the apartment.

When he appeared, a smile flashed in her dry eyes.

Millet porridge and buns, light but not greasy.

Li Yuxiu is still asking the same question yesterday.

"Why can you call my name so casually?"

"When I was younger, I had a wolf dog at home."

"Is there a connection?"

"The dog's name is Xiuxiu."

Ren Zhe smiled heartily.

Li Yuxiu looked at him, the golden sunlight shining on his angular face.

Shine brightly.

After a while, Li Yuxiu reacted.

"You're so bad~" she sneered.

Ren Zhe laughed louder.

He originally had a lot of questions he wanted to ask Li Yuxiu.

But as soon as he saw Li Yuxiu, he felt that asking her these questions was a bit abrupt.

Li Yuxiu seemed to be able to sense his doubt.

She took the initiative to confess to him.

The place where she works is called Meet.

It is a very stylish bar.

This Ren Zhe has heard from his classmates.

But listening to the name, Ren Zhe felt that it still had an off-string sound.

And so it is.

Li Yuxiu said that to some extent, high style can only mean high consumption.

Keeping out some lower-income groups.

But as for the quality of people, not necessarily.

Fortunately, she is only in charge of cashiers and is not often harassed.

Infrequent means, occasionally, especially at night.

But night shifts pay a bit more than day shifts.

Normally, she has enough experience to deal with those hearts that are ready to move.

She always smiled like a flower in the face of every well-meaning or malicious eye.

Li Yuxiu goes to bed every morning, gets up at noon, and spends the afternoon in his seven- or eight-square-meter hut, reading books, or doing something else.

Dinner at half past five in the afternoon, and work at half past six in the evening.

Li Yuxiu's frank explanation made Ren Zhe feel very comfortable.

Out of the mud without staining, this is what a noble quality.