Chapter 25: Old Friends

"Long time no see." Ye Shishi also said hello.

"Hmm."

Lin Ming smiled and nodded.

Ye Shishi looked at the handsome young man in front of her, with some pity and pity in her eyes.

As a famous school grass in Changyi, and the top 50 results in the school, Lin Ming was a man of the year at that time. Now I actually went to No. 4 Middle School and ruined my whole life, which is really a pity.

If he can be admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the city, his future will definitely be very good.

However, the trajectory of life can no longer be changed after all. Because who has the chance to do it all over again, no matter how sorry it is, they can only let it drift away with the wind.

Ye Shishi thought to herself.

The school figures of that era either had good grades, were handsome, or could play basketball, Lin Ming accounted for both, and was the best male god in the eyes of many girls in Changyi.

There were not a few girls who sent love letters or confessions to Lin Ming back then. Even in Ye Shishi's heart, there are faint people who like him. Secret love was the most repressed emotion of that era. Ye Shishi had a crush on Lin Ming, but because of shyness, she didn't dare to confess.

Fortunately, she did not confess, and to this day, Ye Shishi is glad that she suppressed her impulse at the beginning. If Lin Ming agreed to her, maybe after the results came out, it would also be inevitable to break up.

Because the moment the results come out, the fate of the future is already sealed.

Two people are no longer people from the same world.

Ye Shishi is a high school in Yuncheng, a national school that can be ranked in the country. In the future, it will be easy to be admitted to the heavy book, and even the capital Mizuki.

And Lin Ming, trapped in a cage like No. 4 Middle School, is like rotting in a swamp, no matter how good his talent is, no matter how great his future is, he is a second-class university. Where does the future come from? With him, he is destined not to be happy.

Handsome? Can it be eaten as a meal?

Compared with Su Wenqi's well-behaved appearance and "precociousness" shown by rebellion on the inside, Ye Shishi, whose family background is only a well-off family, has already seen the reality of this society clearly.

People are warm and cold, and the world is hot and cold. In this era of laughing at poverty and not prostitution, just a kind and handsome man is useless.

Having money is king.

Although I was admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the city, it does not mean that the future is necessarily bright. But at least, even if you are only admitted to an ordinary university, you can read from one university and hold a diploma in your hand, which is much more noble than that of two universities.

In an enterprise, a graduate of one university and a graduate of two universities apply for a position at the same time, then the result is needless to say, and what is left for the graduate of the second university must be to ask you to go back and wait for the news. Unless the graduate of the second university is the son of the owner of that company.

This.

It is the mainstream and normality of this era, and it is also the social reality that Ye Shishi saw through early.

"So early? Morning exercise? Ye Shishi kept a smile on Lin Ming, even if in her heart, she already looked down on this old classmate of the fourth middle school, but at least on the surface, they were still friends.

"Hmm." Lin Ming nodded, Ye Shishi hid it very well, and she didn't reveal any strange expression, so Lin Ming didn't know that the old classmate in front of him had already put him in a position in his heart that could be alienated.

"What have you been doing lately, I didn't see you come to No. 1 Middle School to play with me."

"Study hard, the fourth middle school has a monthly holiday, unlike a middle school and a double holiday, where is the time to find you. What about you? How are you doing in No. 1 High School now? It's stressful. ”

"Okay." Ye Shishi made a gesture of hard work: "In this final exam, I feel that I can get to the top 20 of my grade, you know, I have been pressed by An Ran, and I really want to surpass her once." But every time I am thrown farther and farther away by her, I believe this is a great opportunity. ”

"Come on." Lin Ming cheered for her, and the two of them were like two old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, talking about their hearts familiarly. There is no unnatural and unfamiliar feeling at all, and they are very close to each other.

Yes.

Ye Shishi and Lin Ming are a pair of very good friends on the surface.

When they were in Changyi, Ye Shishi and Lin Ming had a good relationship, and the two talked about everything in the class and often discussed and studied. The most scandalous scandal in the school is the ambiguity between him and Ye Shishi.

Many people have already defaulted to them as a couple. even told others vividly that Lin Ming must have slept with Ye Shishi, as if they had seen it with their own eyes. Because Ye Shishi doesn't look like a junior high school student at all, she is fashionable, mature and charming, like a ripe red apple, she must have been reclaimed a long time ago.

So the label of the unclean and the bus was attached to Ye Shishi's body. Everyone in this world seems to have the magic of looking at a person from the surface and seeing through his/her heart. If she is pure and beautiful, and has never had a relationship with a man, people think that she must be a pure virgin who is pure and unpretentious. looks seductive and charming, sexy and colorful, and everyone can get along with friends. Everyone said that this person must have slept with many people, and he was a vixen with broken shoes. Even if you grow your mouth, pinch their ears, and yell at them that you're not that kind of person, they'll shake their heads and say they don't believe it.

Because in their eyes, what they say you are, you must be what you are.

The crowd is full of gold, and the bones are destroyed.

People only want to believe what they believe. Even if it is an illusion, even if many facts prove it, it is an illusion. But in their eyes, that's true. Even if you go and get a hymen verification report, send one to each person, and tell them in black and white, they will say that you went to get the membrane repaired.

This society is such a society. Just as Ye Shishi labeled Lin Ming with a future promising, people will also label her to tell everyone what kind of person she is.

But Lin Ming knew what kind of person she was, so Lin Ming didn't dislike this girl, and even admired it a little. He admired Ye Shishi's courage and her attitude towards life.

How simple is it to ruin a person?

I remember some time ago, there was a girl in the eighth middle school who jumped off the building. It was the people in the school who said that she was messing around outside, and the girl was so humiliated that she jumped from the roof of the school building.

The cost of killing is pitifully low.

And Ye Shishi, at least can get out of Changyi's rumors that are not good for her, still maintain her own life, and be the most authentic self, which represents a great courage.

In this era, there are few people who can be so fearless in gossip.

"By the way, what is your penguin number, do you have contact information?"

"Yes."

"How much?"

“8325...”

Ye Shishi looked very enthusiastic, and she didn't face the superiority of a No. 4 middle school student at all. This is her strength, and it is where she is best disguised. No matter how many unfavorable labels people put on her, for a boy, at least you can't hate her.

Lin Ming told her about the Penguin, and Ye Shishi wrote it down very carefully. She has a good brain and a strong memory, and the 7-digit Penguin number can be easily memorized. And when she goes back, she will definitely add your number. As for whether you will take the initiative to contact you in the future, it depends on how far you have achieved.

If you are rich, Ye Shishi is still your good friend. If you are rich and handsome like Lin Ming, then it is not impossible to go further.

This girl is so realistic in her heart. And the arrogance and reality in this bone are disguised in this approachable enthusiasm.

At least for Lin Ming, he hadn't had much contact with her before he was reborn in the afterlife, so he didn't know what kind of person she was in her heart. After returning from rebirth, I still have mixed feelings when I see my old friends from more than ten years ago.

It's a pity that after graduating from junior high school that year, the two completely forgot about each other because they had no contact information. Although the road from No. 4 to No. 1 is not that far. But there are still some unspeakable reasons, after going to the fourth middle school, the inferiority complex in Lin Ming's heart also made him unable to face his former friend again.

Because a long time ago, he had liked her. This is inevitable for any boy who doesn't see his heart clearly. Just like when you are growing up, you have to keep trying to know which one is really right for you.

So Lin Ming never really knew her. I only know that this is a very strong girl, even in many rumors, she still can't defeat her, like a copper pea, tenacious efforts.

Therefore, Lin Ming admires her very much, and looks at it with the eyes of maturity now, such a girl's future achievements will definitely not be too low.

Lin Ming still remembered the gap between himself and her in the previous life in a trance, and there was still a little subtle emotional change in his heart. At that time, the love for An Ran could only be hidden in the depths of his heart because of Zhao Hao. In the three years of junior high school, Ye Shishi, who was good friends, has become a new longing and emotional outlet.

Their grades are not much different, and they are all born a natural pair, three years in junior high school, and they have a good relationship, and there have been some ridiculous past events and misunderstandings. To outsiders, it seems logical for the two of them to walk together.

But after three years, Lin Ming still didn't open his mouth after all.

This has nothing to do with Lin Ming's unwillingness or unwillingness, just because he was too arrogant at that time, so arrogant that only girls confessed to him, and there would be no reason for him to take the initiative to confess to girls.

It's a pity that by the time Lin Ming went to high school and understood that girls would actually be more shy than boys, it was too late.

In the last life, I was a loser. In front of the girl in front of her, it was obviously a score that was not much different, but she took a different path in life. Even looking at her photos on the school honor roll feels self-ashamed.

But in this life, I will eventually start all over again, go to another world, and always have a brilliant life that belongs to me.

"Huh?"

Ye Shishi looked at the handsome boy in front of her strangely, a little surprised by the other party's sudden change of mood. He stopped talking, staring blankly into the distance. With an inexplicable melancholy on his face, he seemed to be recalling something, as if he had an unspeakable story.

In the early morning, the sun is shining.

The morning bus creaked slowly past the trio. On the wide and mighty Yunhe River, a steamboat whistled through the river, and the sound was like a long note that flickered far and near, wafting over the city. A large gray-backed spotted eagle soars over the Yunhe River and passes by the river at dawn, drawing a brilliant arc and flying towards the wetland of Cuishan Lake in the suburbs. In the distance is the Zeng Wengong Bridge, which was only completed two years ago, and the traffic on the bridge is endless. The whole city seems to wake up to the sound of this car shuttle horn. The weather in the morning is clear and pleasant. Bathing in this morning sun, the whole person is much more comfortable.

Tens of thousands of feet in the sky, there is a large field of marshmallows like white clouds, which is slowly passing through the cloud river.

"Lin Ming, Lin Ming."

The girl's shout disrupted Lin Ming's thoughts.

Lin Ming came back to his senses, realized his gaffe, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I remembered some things just now." ”

Ye Shishi waved her hand and smiled: "It's okay, if you're thinking about something important, we won't bother you, we'll talk about it next time." ”

She thought that Lin Ming didn't want to continue talking to her and thinking about other things, so she was distracted. But in fact, how did she know that Lin Ming had more than ten years of life insights, and now that the old people meet, they just have more emotion and aftertaste.

Lin Ming knew that she had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, he shook his head with a wry smile and didn't stay: "Okay, let's talk next time." ”

When people get older, what they like most is memories.

Whether it's reminiscing about youth.

Or memories of regret.

Seeing her departing back, in a trance, she didn't seem to have asked Ye Shishi if she was doing now. But it doesn't matter, if the memories in the cellar have not changed in the slightest, then the life trajectory that should have been a meteor will eventually become different, and what should have been met will eventually be met in the future.