In 2003, the alien boom caused by the fall of the starship has not subsided. However, for the general public in Jiangnan Province, it is more worth paying attention to their own lives.

Compared with three years ago, the cheapest fast food in fast food restaurants has risen from three yuan to five yuan, and even the affordable Lanzhou is one dollar more expensive. For some reason, the fish in the market are getting more and more expensive. Fortunately, the five-yuan fried noodles and fried rice in the night market food stalls are accompanied by a small bowl of bone broth as usual. In the evening, some private self-employed people push simple fried stalls, while hiding from the city administrators, while beckoning business, a string of tenderloin, and fried quail that rises to four yuan, with sweet and spicy sauce, always attract the appetite of passers-by.

In the past three years, the arcade halls that once attracted boys, teenagers, and even young people to fight alongside each other have gradually declined, and have been replaced by Internet cafes one after another. A humble game called "MIR2" miraculously became popular all over the country. And a series of comic series websites, such as The Last Eden and Anime Unlimited, have gradually squeezed out the small bookstores that make a living by renting pirated comics and martial arts books. Jin Yong and Gu Long, who once made their fathers unbearable, have gradually given way to emerging novels that have risen on the Internet. Cheap novels led by "Dragon Lance" and "Dark Elves" came from across the ocean, leading some Chinese young people into another fantasy world different from martial arts mythology.

Everything is changing, whether it's things or people.

In front of the No. 1 High School in Huhai City, a car with a government license plate stopped, the door opened, and a young girl stepped down.

The girl was carrying a schoolbag, about sixteen years old, with a refreshing ponytail, and her delicate facial features had the graceful sweetness unique to oriental girls, but her crystal bright eyes were full of vitality. With a slender figure, she is one meter and in her early sevens, and she is a very outstanding beautiful girl.

"Uncle Wu, let's send it here. Bye-bye. The girl smiled and waved at the driver in the car.

"Okay, I'll pick you up when school ends that afternoon." The driver, Uncle Wu, nodded, and watched the girl walk into the school before driving away.

The ponytailed girl walks into the school and quickly finds the principal, who quickly calls a teacher and introduces her as the homeroom teacher she has transferred to the class.

"Hello teacher~" She bowed slightly to the teacher very politely. The principal and the head teacher suddenly laughed so much that their eyes were crooked, and they nodded again and again: "Okay, okay." Classmate Qin, your father and Secretary Qin haven't been busy lately, right? ”

"Not busy." The ponytail girl smiled.

After saying a few more words, the head teacher took the girl who had transferred to the school and walked to the key class she wanted to join. In front of more than 40 classmates in the class, the girl introduced herself generously, and as in the past, won the favor of many classmates - at least some female classmates and most male classmates.

In the next few classes, the ponytailed girl who was surrounded by girls and chattered about every time she got out of class, finally found a reason during the lunch break, and ran to a secluded music classroom alone.

"Hey, really, I'm so tired!" The ponytail girl put down the image she kept at all times, like a cat, raised her slender arm, and stretched hard.

The classmates don't know her family background yet, and if they do, they may be even more tired...... The ponytail girl thought to herself.

The window of music was open, and she walked over, propped herself up on the windowsill with her elbows, and outside an old willow tree swayed in the early summer wind, making a soothing rustling sound.

The father transferred jobs, and the ponytail girl followed him to the city. A new environment, a fresh start. But for some reason, there is always a little bit of loneliness. The youthful sorrows of a sixteen-year-old girl always come without reason and without warning.

"I'm not alone, I want to be alone~~~ People with companions are carnivaling, what about lonely people......

Beyond the window, looking at the long street~~~ joyful but silent, like a card.

The lights are like stars, shining the whole street, and the emotions of longing brighten my eyes.

I'm not alone, I want to be alone~~ People with companions are carnivaling, what to do with lonely people~~

I sing while thinking of you, imagining you looking at ......

I was moved, I was held, and I smiled with tears~

The scarf ~~ touched the lips lightly, a little warm ~ like a kiss,

Exhale and turn white smoke~~ Drifted between the eyebrows~ Bumped into nostalgia, and it snowed for a while......"

The ponytail girl's sandalwood mouth opened lightly, and gently hummed a song she liked, and the melodious singing voice like a silver bell floated in the quiet music classroom with a faint emotion.

"Hmm, who's it, it's obviously a scarf and snow in the summer......"

A lazy voice suddenly sounded, startling the girl, and she turned to see a teenager sitting behind several desks with squinting eyes and rubbing his head.

The boy probably hid here to sleep, but was woken up by the girl's singing. As he sat up, he looked at the girl, and his expression was obviously slightly stunned.

And the ponytail girl also went from being slightly frightened to being a little confused. Then, a bright smile bloomed on her delicate face. Under the warm afternoon sun outside the window lattice, this youthful smile is based on astonishment, accompanied by a little nostalgia, and even a trace of anticipation.

"Li Pu!" The ponytail girl raised her finger, pointed at the young man very angrily, and half-truthfully asked, "You are skipping class and sleeping again!" ”

"Hehe, it's Xia'er's squad leader."

Li Pu, who is already a seventeen-year-old and a sophomore in high school, looked up and down at the bickering opponent who had become a young and beautiful girl, and also laughed, "It's lonely and lonely, what, do you miss your boyfriend?" ”

"Talking nonsense again, that's just the lyrics, I just think the melody is good......" Qin Xia'er's face was red, a little annoyed, why every time she met this guy, she would be angry.

Li Pu didn't care about this, waved his hand and said, "Please, don't tell the teacher at every turn like in elementary school, it's lunch break now." Besides, they won't care about me, well, I'll continue to sleep......"

Li Pu went back very facelessly, leaving Qin Xia'er alone and wanting to go over and pinch him. However, she restrained her temperament, looked around, and ran outside the music classroom to look around.

Finally, she scrambled to the sleeping boy who was lying in a row of chairs and poked him with her finger.

"Hey, hey~~" Qin Xia'er honestly and unceremoniously disturbed people's naps. Hmph, who made him so annoying.

"Hmm, what are you doing?" Li Pu opened his eyes.

Qin Xia'er's eyes widened and asked expectantly, "What about classmate Chenxian?" Hasn't she always been inseparable from you? Where is she hidden by you? ”

Compared with the bad student Li Pu, she actually cares more about the female classmate who overwhelms her in all aspects in elementary and junior high school, intentionally or unintentionally.

Qin Xia'er asked this question as a matter of course. But after asking, he found that the expression between Li Pu's eyebrows dimmed slightly. There was a hint of loneliness that she had never seen in a teenager.

"She was picked up by her father three years ago and sent abroad." Li Pu was silent for a moment before replying: "I haven't been able to contact her, so I don't know where she is." ”

"Chenxian's classmate was taken away by her father?" Qin Xia'er couldn't believe it, and after confirming with the young man again and again, she glanced at Li Pu with a somewhat complicated expression, "Oh......"

“…… Sorry. Qin Xia'er pursed her lips, made her butt on the table next to the young man, and suddenly said thoughtlessly.

"Why do you want to say sorry?" This time, it was Li Pu's turn to be a little embarrassed, he would rather fight than be felt pitied.

This is a great opportunity to hurt people. But Qin Xia'er was a big mother and did not take advantage of the situation to pursue. The two of them sat in the quiet music classroom in the afternoon, and their thoughts seemed to wander to the other side of the vast ocean.

"It's a pity~~" Qin Xia'er suddenly interlocked her fingers, and her slender white arms stretched forward, "If she is also in this school, I can have a good chance of winning or losing with her." ”

"You haven't forgotten this stubble," Li Pu sighed, "It's too competitive." ”

"Of course not! Chenxian is my old enemy! Qin Xia'er clenched her small fists and said unconvinced: "Now I am much better than before, whether it is studying or anything else, I can win her!" ”

"Worry-free. Not to mention now, as early as a few years ago, Xiaoxian's interest was not in ordinary academic performance. But...... Hey, the basis for competition doesn't exist. I have to compare......"

Li Pu looked the girl up and down, pretending to be very seriously considerate, and made a very subtle gesture with his right hand and said, "Well, your breasts have been much better developed than Xiaoxian before. It's all close to D now, right? I'm afraid you've won. ”

"But!" He changed his words, "Xiaoxian was young after all, she went to a foreign country, and she has half foreign blood, maybe now she is also the size of the United States." Then you're still going to lose. ”

"Woo~~ stupid! Rogue! Pervert! ”

Qin Xia'er didn't expect Li Pu to speak so bluntly, so she couldn't help but hold her hands in front of her overdeveloped chest, kicked Li Pu indiscriminately in shame, turned her head and ran away.

Li Pumu sent the girl out of the music classroom. Unexpectedly, she went back and stuck out her tongue at him at the door of the music classroom, "Poof! Move bricks to death! ”

However, this grimace looks so cute, it really doesn't kill at all. Probably afraid of Li Pu's counterattack, she turned her head and fled with a smoke.

By her troubles until now, Li Pu's sleepiness has long dissipated, and a faint invisible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Even if she grows taller and her figure becomes a little convex and backward, she is still the Xia Er squad leader.

is still in my childhood memories, the fierce-mouthed, crying, housekeeper-in-law, serious and competitive...... And extremely kind girl.

"Eight women are a little bit more than eight women, but at least the dull high school days will be a little less boring."

In the past three years of living alone, the seventeen-year-old boy, who has been a little withdrawn, thought casually.

The summer breeze blows through the green treetops and into the music classroom. In the corridor outside, a ponytail girl walked briskly, her skirt corners fluttering, and her expression was still a little unpleasant. But for some reason, her steps were as brisk as a happy deer.

It was the early summer of 2003, a small reunion after a four-year hiatus.