Wu Shufang ignored me that week. Although Xu Zhengping and Cao Shuigen explained to her many times, she still couldn't accept my approach. I took the initiative to greet her and asked her to eat in the cafeteria, but she turned a blind eye and did not hear it.

She became more and more melancholy.

On Saturday morning, I went to the reading room early and took a window seat. A girl on the other side lowered her head and was very engaged in learning. The sound of me moving the stool alarmed her. She looked up.

"So early, Sadako Ai." I took the initiative to say hello.

"You're early, too." Ai Zhenzi smiled. Ai Sadako has a goose egg face and white and neat teeth. "You seem to be coming here every weekend."

"So you come to the reading room every weekend."

"Yes. I spend almost all of my weekends here. My family lives in the college, which is quite close to here, convenient. Ai Sadako said.

"I'm sorry I haven't noticed you for so long." I say.

"You're very dedicated, and besides, the reading room is so big. My dad admires you, Zheng Qihang. Ai Sadako said.

"What? Appreciate me? "I was amazed. What kind of character is Professor Ai who appreciates me?

"You're one of the few people in the class he can name. Once at dinner, he specifically mentioned you, saying that you are very suitable for studying medicine. ”

"I guess I was impressed when I was late for his class. He criticized me very harshly. I said.

"No, I know it's not."

We didn't talk about anything more. Because I'm really not very good at finding topics.

It's just that when we're tired of reading, we raise our heads and look ahead, and if we happen to look at Ai Sadako, we just laugh silently.

At eleven o'clock, Cao Shuigen suddenly led Wu Lianzi to my side.

"I knew you were here. Your old classmates are coming to see you again. Cao Shuigen said.

"Why do you still work as hard as you did in high school?" Wu Lianzi said with a smile. Wu Lianzi has a big red sweater on her upper body and a long black skirt, which is another flavor.

"Our Kim University's learning energy is well-known in the class." Cao Shuigen said.

"Pull it. Our Professor Ai's daughter is so hard-working. I said.

Ai Zhenzi looked up and greeted Cao Shuigen.

"Where there is a father, there must be a daughter. In the future, he will definitely be better than Professor Ai. Cao Shuigen said.

"Thank you." Ai Zhenzi smiled.

"Don't bother you, we're leaving." Cao Shuigen said.

I packed up my books and said goodbye to Sadako Ai.

Since there was still half an hour before the time to eat, we walked to the football field.

"When did you come?" Because of Cao Shuigen, I took the initiative to greet Wu Lianzi. The main reason is that Cao Shuigen is really infatuated with Wu Lianzi. There is not a day that is not in front of me and Xu Zheng three or two times.

"It's been an hour. We walked a little behind the library. Cao Shuigen's eyebrows revealed the joy in his heart.

"You complained a few days ago that my classmates didn't come to see you, and you didn't let you go to the normal school alone to see her. Isn't this coming? I said.

"You ask Renzi if that's what he said?" Cao Shuigen felt aggrieved. He was used to calling Wu Lianzi a lotus seed.

"That's what I said. You also know that Zheng Chengcan is infatuated with me, Cao Shuigen, wouldn't it be a little troublesome if you go alone. So I want you to go along. Isn't it more fun to be together? Wu Lianzi's face was sunny.

"Jin San will not find it funny." I say.

"No, I won't. We've just made an appointment to have a dance party in the lotus class next weekend, and we'll go together. As long as I can see lotus seeds, I am very happy. Cao Shuigen took a bite of a "lotus seed", showing their extraordinary relationship.

"Aren't you afraid of Zheng Chengcan?" I asked.

"Afraid of him? This time, we must let him die. Cao Shuigen said.

"Then it depends on how you behave." Wu Lianzi glanced at Cao Shuigen with her eyes.

I could tell Cao Shuigen was getting drunk. Wu Lianzi's appearance is indeed very charming.

"I'll make sure you're satisfied." Cao Shuigen is full of confidence.

"Remember to take your brother with you. I don't remember what his name was? Wu Lianzi said.

"It's called Xu Zhengping." I said, "Does he tutor on Saturday nights, too, Jin San?" ”

"He tutors in the afternoon, and he only wanders around the city at night." The meaning of Cao Shuigen's words is only understood by me.

"Then tell him to go back to school after class, and then we will go to the teacher training together." I say.

"You Jin Dafa speak, he should listen." Wu Lianzi said.

"I think it will." Cao Shuigen said.

We turned back to the school building. Along the way, there were college students who went to the cafeteria with rice bowls to eat.

"Let's go eat outside." Cao Shuigen proposed.

"Go ahead. I'll be exempt. I said.

"What are you talking about? Of course go together. Lotus seed, what is your opinion? Cao Shuigen asked Wu Lianzi's opinion.

"Zheng Qihang doesn't go, isn't it fun?"

"You two...... I'm not going to be good. ”

"Jin Da, you really don't want to go, brother, I won't force it." Cao Shuigen said.

"Let's go to the cafeteria, then." Wu Lianzi said.

"How's that going to work? Looks like you're going to have to go, Kimdae. You don't have to shirk it. Let's go, don't go to the classroom to get your rice bowl. Cao Shuigen was really panicked.

We walked towards the school gate.

The duckweed in the pond has withered. The slender willow hanging from the willow trees on the water's shore also carved the traces of autumn, and some of the slender willow leaves were gray and yellow.

In the distance, I saw my father greeting the doorman at the small door.

Then my father went inside.

I wondered: What kind of wind would blow my father to the academy?

Cao Shuigen and I explained, but I didn't run up to meet my father, I only called him when I saw him walking in the other direction.

My father stopped and looked in my direction. When he saw me, he was stunned for a moment, and then he came up to me.

"Set sail." My father called my name.

I walked over to my father. "Why are you here? Is it to study in the provincial capital? "I remember that my father almost always went to the provincial capital because of business learning.

"It's not. This time I'm coming to see you. Are these two your college classmates? ”

I introduced Cao Shuigen and Wu Lianzi to my father.

"That's right, I'll invite you to dinner." Father said.

"I'm about to invite everyone to a restaurant." Cao Shuigen said.

"Uncle is here, of course uncle please. You're still consumers, where did you get so much money? Let's go. "My father's attitude was very resolute.

My father took us to a small fried restaurant and stir-fried a few dishes. He asked for a small bottle of liquor, and Cao Shuigen and I drank a bottle of beer by ourselves.

After eating, Cao Shuigen sent Wu Lianzi to the bus station. My father and I went to my rented place.

"It's really nice to live at university right now." Father suddenly sighed.

"Wouldn't you be comfortable going to college?"

"How could I be comfortable at that time? I am busy with people, classmates, and teachers all day long. See who doesn't go well, and fix whom. I didn't bother to study at all. "Father's tongue is a little curly. Maybe it's because of the alcohol stimulus.

I just play the function of ear hearing.

"At that time, what we thought of was to obey the call of our superiors, go to the mountains and go to the countryside, and never thought of falling in love; It's like you now, in pairs, before the flower and the moon. Your mother was met when I was sent to the East Gate. ”

"So you have to cherish it. I heard from my mother that my grandmother was very opposed to it at that time. "Since my father mentioned my mother, I couldn't help but say a word about him. The father hurt the mother too much.

"I will." The father said perfunctorily and immediately changed the subject: "By the way, do you know why I came to see you today?" ”

"How do I know?" I was disgusted by my father diverting my subject.

"I was sent by Director Wu." Father said.

"Director Wu?"

"It's Wu Shufang's father. Wu Shufang called back two days ago and said that she didn't want to study and didn't want to study at the First Clinical College. Director Wu was very puzzled, he was so anxious to die, but he couldn't come to the provincial capital because of his official duties. Then he thought it might be because of you, so he sent me. Speaking of hang, why did you make Wu Shufang unhappy? ”

My father actually came to me for Wu Shufang's business, which I never dreamed of.

"How could I upset her? It was she who misunderstood me. I had to briefly explain the situation to my father.

"You can't blame her for that. Women in love are very sensitive, and a pair of eyes are often blindfolded. Why don't you move out? "I can't say how good my father's attitude was.

"I'm trying to move out. I told Zhu Defa that I would move out. The problem is that it's hard to get a house these days. I searched a lot but couldn't find a house. I said.

"Then did you explain it to Wu Shufang?" Father asked.

I explained it that day, but Wu Shufang didn't believe it at all. Later, when I looked for her again, she ignored me. What do you tell me to do? ”

"That's because she cares about you. In short, you have to be good to Wu Shufang no matter what. You know very well that she chose this school entirely because of you, and she genuinely likes you. ”

"I know. But—I'll tell you the truth about Dad, I really don't feel anything for her, at least not for now. It's not like me to like her if I save her. I said angrily.

"That's what I said. However, feelings can be cultivated. A man and a woman get along a lot, and the relationship naturally arises. ”

"I get along with Wu Shufang enough, we often eat together, and we are classmates." I replied.

"Oh, why don't you understand the world at all? Director Wu is now the director of the Hua'an Regional Education Bureau, and he can decide the fate of a teacher with one word. You've probably heard that I'm running for vice principal right now, right? ”

"Of course I heard." I say. I suspect that this may be the point of my father's conversation with me.

"In fact, everything is not important, the key is that the relationship between you and Wu Shufang must be further developed, and you can't stand still. Set sail, you have to realize that Director Wu is just a daughter, if you have a good relationship with her daughter, you can't predict how much favor you will receive! ”

"I don't want to grieve myself for the rest of my life for these promises."

"How can you say that you have been wronged for a lifetime?" The father stopped, "Didn't I say it earlier, feelings can be cultivated." Many people say that it is better to marry someone who likes you than to marry someone you like and not like you. ”

"Alright, let's not discuss this anymore." I tried my best to keep my emotions in check.

"But the problem is that you have to be good to Wu Shufang. As long as you are good to Wu Shufang, what else is there? Father still chattered, "Also, whether Dad can be promoted to vice principal, the relationship between you and Wu Shufang is the key." Set sail, my father is nearly fifty years old, and he has been the dean of academic affairs for so many years, but he has not been promoted. It's not that dad is incompetent, it's that it doesn't matter. Now, Director Wu has come to be the Secretary for Education, and it can really be said that everything is ready only to the east wind, so I hope you will fulfill your father this time. What's the point of being wronged? In this life, how can anyone not be wronged? ”

As he spoke, his father's eyes turned red, and he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

Maybe it touched his sentimentality? Some of the classmates who were delegated with my father were already at the deputy county level, but my father was not even at the deputy section level.

I was silent. I can only be silent.

"Really, set sail, this time you listen to Dad, you will definitely not be wrong." Father said again.

"I'll think about it." I decided to take a step back.

"That's right, it's not in vain that my father came to the provincial capital. Listen to Dad, quickly find a house and move out, as long as you move out, Wu Shufang will not misunderstand you. Also, what kind of beauty is that woman, who would make my son so infatuated? ”

"What infatuation? Who am I infatuated with? "I raise the decibels.

"That woman, she lives with you."

"How can I be infatuated with her? When did I tell you I had a crush on her? "I got loud, and it was so inexplicable.

"It's good not to be infatuated, it's good not to be infatuated. Dad just didn't expect a girl to share a house with you. Is she in the house now? I really want to meet her. ”

"I don't know." I said angrily.