"Well, the milk tea I brought you, with ice and whole sugar."

He Tianran let go of Cao Aiqing, walked to the chair and picked up the paper bag, and took out the milk tea brought all the way from it, Cao Aiqing took it and held it in his hand, and said with a smile:

"Hehe, hey, so attentive today, there must be something, right?"

He Tianran's hand that was about to insert the straw paused, and his mind was spinning, and he said:

"There's something I do want to tell you."

"What?"

He Tianran smiled evilly, "Actually, I didn't buy this milk tea." ”

Cao Aiqing was stunned, "Who is it?" ”

The boy shrugged, "A guy who likes you, who called us classmate Cao so popular?" ”

The girl understood that her boyfriend was ridiculing her confession at the radio station, her face flushed, she reached out and patted He Tianran fiercely, and said angrily:

"You hate it, you know every day that you're kidding me!"

He Tianran shrank and laughed, just like that, a little couple walked in the direction of the Hong Kong University canteen while drinking milk tea.

There are as many as 21 canteens on campus, each with the same or diverse characteristics, and there are also new dishes on a regular basis, and Cao Aiqing's favorite is the 17th canteen, not far from the School of Architecture, because there are free Western desserts every day.

However, since the two of them set off from the radio station, they went to the nearest six canteens, which are famous for Sichuan cuisine, the price is very affordable, and the taste is also very authentic, less than 50 yuan can eat a hearty three dishes and one soup, and the rice bowl set is even cheaper, of course, this price is only for students on campus.

Although the canteen of the film school is also very good, but in terms of scale and dishes, it is far inferior to the University of Hong Kong, He Tianran entrusted the blessing of his girlfriend, and he has come to eat every day these days, and the way to the canteen of the University of Hong Kong is more frequent than going to his own school, which can make Cai Cianming and Hu Yue envious.

"Wait, I'll go get you a few more bags of cold drinks, you can bring them back and give them to your roommate."

Cao Aiqing finished swiping the meal card, busy Zhang Luo, He Tianran took the food, took an empty spot with the dinner plate and occupied it in advance, waiting for his girlfriend to finish busy.

"Last time, you said you wanted to drink mung bean soup, but today it is gone, and we will come early tomorrow."

After a while, Cao Aiqing took a plastic bag with some soy milk and yogurt, and sat down happily in front of He Tianran.

Among the things that the people of Hong Kong are proud of, the address "on the campus of Hong Kong City University" printed on the packaging of these cold drinks should be counted as one.

Judging the quality of a university from the quality of the canteen seems to be a somewhat absurd analysis, but I have to admit that when I look back on the university, there are always many memories related to the cafeteria, especially couples like He Tianran and Cao Aiqing.

Since He Tianran was going to speak as a freshman representative tonight, the two of them specially had the luxury of ordering a few more dishes, mapo tofu, fish-flavored eggplant, roasted white, and a kung pao chicken.

Recently, Cao Aiqing's meal card has been swiping Cao Aiqing's meal card, which made He Tianran a little embarrassed, and he said, "I'll invite you to eat out in two days, how about it?" ”

Cao Aiqing shook her head and said softly: "Why are you so expensive, the twenty-one canteens of the University of Hong Kong are not enough for you to eat?" Your family doesn't care about you now, I have to save you some money, how is your part-time job? ”

He Tianran knew that she wanted to get around this topic, but she still insisted: "If you don't eat, go and have fun, do you have any places you want to go?" ”

Cao Aiqing was also a little moved by what he said, and she hesitated: "Hmm...... I heard that the theme park of Universal Studios opened recently, and several of my classmates around me were saying......"

"Then let's go, you don't have to worry about this, your boyfriend still has the money to take you to the amusement park." He Tianran swore solemnly.

"No, don't want your money...... You eat eggplant, and this canteen is famous for its eggplant. ”

Cao Aiqing sandwiched a piece of fish-flavored eggplant and put it into He Tianran's bowl, and the boy said inarticulate while shaving rice: "You and I know what to do so well." ”

Not to mention, this eggplant is really delicious, He Tianran feels that he can cook three bowls of rice in a row with this dish.

"Now, here's for you."

Cao Aiqing looked at He Tianran's eating appearance and smiled, took out a bank card from his small wallet and handed it over.

"Wrap me?"

He Tianran couldn't understand it.

"What's the matter, I'm still waiting for you to take care of me! I went to get this card a few days ago, didn't we say okay last time, we are going to eat, drink and have fun together, so ...... So I will save a part of my living expenses every month as our future entertainment funds, just ...... It's just that now there isn't a lot of money...... It's only a thousand yuan, you take it first...... Hmmm......"

Cao Aiqing said so, but when He Tianran really reached out to take it, he still felt that the finger on the other end of the bank card was slightly retracted, and he was very reluctant.

He's really a cute little money fan.

He Tianran snatched the card in his hand and showed off:

"It's 1,000 now, I'll save 1,000 later, and we'll slowly save it in the future, put the card on me, and put the password on you, how about it?"

Cao Aiqing was sad for a while, and when she heard this, she said happily: "No, you know the password." ”

"I know? Is it your birthday or mine? ”

"It's the day you confessed, hehe~"

After Cao Aiqing said this, she immediately buried her head in eating, trying to hide the shyness on her face.

He Tianran's heart warmed after hearing this, and he put the card in his pocket, and he couldn't help but say: "If it weren't for the fact that there were many things today, I would like us to go after eating." ”

Cao Aiqing raised her head and glared at him sweetly.

"You're stupid, you're going to go during the two-day holiday~"

As soon as these words came out, He Tianran's heart suddenly seemed to be clamped by a pair of hands, and he was stunned for a beat.

His expression froze on his face, and Cao Aiqing noticed his strange appearance, and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. After a moment, He Tianran replied angrily.

In September, college students spend two-thirds of their time in military training, and there are only a few days left in class, and they are about to go to the eleventh long vacation, and in September of this year, it is difficult to say in words.

"Ai Qing ......"

"Huh?"

"You know...... Did Bai Tingting break up with Xue Yong? He Tianran asked cautiously.

Cao Aiqing paused, slowly put down the chopsticks in her hand, her expression was complicated, and she said softly:

"On the weekend, Tingting told me, and then I called Xue Yong and asked him why he was so fun-loving when he was in love, and he didn't defend anything, but when he hung up the phone, he said let me take care of you...... Natural, you ......"

"I ...... I don't want to lie to you Ai Qing, that day...... I happened to go to her house with Wen Liang, because I had to discuss things with the master in the gym, this year the master taught me a lot of things, I am really grateful to him, so I had a meal with Wen Liang's parents in the evening, and after the meal, I received a call from Bai Tingting, so that day ...... I'm ...... with Wen Liang Xue Yong, who went to find it together......"

He Tianran recounted the situation of the night that night with anxiety in her heart, Cao Aiqing listened carefully, her expression became silent little by little, she tilted her head slightly, and asked:

"And then?"

The boy knew that his girlfriend was very sensitive to the relationship between him and Wen Liang, and what he was going to say next made He Tianran extra cautious.

"And then because of Xue Yong's matter, I want me and Wen Liang to be more honest with each other, friends can't do it, and they don't have to be enemies, right? So we walked and chatted and walked to the Bund on the Demojiang River, where there happened to be a live broadcast challenge...... I'll let Wen Liang go up and sing a song...... I meant ...... Let her sing a song for herself, that thought ......"

"So why did you run away when she was singing?"

He Tianran was still hesitating in his mind how to phrase it, but Cao Aiqing suddenly took over the topic and asked directly.

The young man's brain was only buzzing when he was asked, and his tongue was a little unfavorable, "You, you, you know?" ”

"I know, I swiped it when I was playing with my phone yesterday, who would have thought that the 'negative ex-boyfriend' that the whole network is looking for is my current boyfriend?"

Cao Aiqing's expression became more and more cold, and every word she spit out seemed to be cold, and she asked repeatedly:

"Why are you running?"

He Tianran's face was hesitant, his brows furrowed tightly because of the memory, and he said frankly:

"Because...... Because I can hear that there is still something in her singing that I can't let go, but I don't want to, I can't delay her, she deserves to meet someone better, but that person must not be me He Tianran, and ...... And I already have you by my side now, if I am going to get along with her in a disconnected way, then how am I going to face you?

To be honest, Ai Qing, I'm not a saint, I don't know what would happen to me and Wen Liang if I stayed by the river that day...... So I decided to leave early, which may seem unforgiving, but ...... But long pain is better than short pain, right? Since she can't let go of me, then I'll help her, let her let go of me, I'll go more decisively, and she will be happier, right...... Am I wrong to do this? ”

For a while, He Tianran's emotions were filled with sadness and grievances, and that night, some gratuitous memories filled his mind, which made him feel painful, and he always thought that these fragments came from a dream a few months ago.

It's just that no one can completely recount all the memories of a dream, and neither can he.

However, the difference is that Cao Aiqing inadvertently mentioned the eleventh long holiday just now, which made him feel like a world away, because at this time last year, his sadness was still vivid.

The warm and cool crossing made He Tianran understand a truth, the long road of life, will eventually face countless choices, your study, your partner, your work, and even the small canteen and the dishes ordered, these countless choices make up the current life.

He Tianran is very satisfied with his current life, although he also has great sadness and reluctance.

However, he has no regrets.

He Tianran's tightly knit brows suddenly touched a coldness, he raised his eyes to see that Cao Aiqing's face was already sunny and rainy, at this time she stretched out two fingers, gently rubbed the sorrow between her boyfriend's eyebrows, she looked guilty and self-blame, and said:

"Naturally, today, as the freshman representative of the film academy, you should go and apologize to her in private, I just scared you...... I'm not angry......"

He Tianran's mood suddenly improved a lot, and now as long as Cao Aiqing is happy, he is happy, he said:

"I thought you were going to be jealous again......"

"What's the ...... I'm not a small-bellied person...... Actually......" Cao Aiqing withdrew his hand and said seriously: "Actually, I was a little angry when I saw the video, but I thought about it again, my perspective is different, why should I be angry?" In my opinion, my current boyfriend chose to turn away when his ex-girlfriend kept him, and he chose to be loyal to me, so why should I be angry? Comrade Xiaohe is so reliable, and now he is so honest with me, I should reward him~"

In the face of his girlfriend's generosity, He Tianran felt very happy, and at the same time, he also understood that in this matter, if he hesitated for half a minute at that time, then even if they were in love with each other, there would definitely be a rift because of the video.

The so-called heart-to-heart comparison is just that.

"What else do you want to say to me? Just let me apologize? What about the rewards? The bank card doesn't count just now! You were pretending to be just now, so scared that I didn't know how to say anything, Ai Qing, you can do it, your courage is rising~"

He Tianran completely relaxed, Cao Aiqing pursed her lips, tilted her head, but didn't speak, the boy stood up and sat next to his girlfriend and kept teasing and asking, and for a while the interaction of the young couple aroused the envy of some other people in the cafeteria......

"Oh, don't tease me, what I want to say has already been said on the radio station just now......"

Cao Aiqing broke free from He Tianran's slapstick movements, and the latter also stopped suddenly, and the couple looked at each other for two seconds, and their faces turned red at the same time.

"Since you asked me about the gift...... That...... Then I'll give this to you. ”

Cao Aiqing couldn't stand her boyfriend's burning gaze, and was the first to break the silence.

"Really? What? He Tianran said happily.

The girl began to rummage through her small bag, and then she grabbed something out of it and spread it out in her palms.

He Tianran looked at it, time seemed to be visible to the naked eye at this moment, and the autumn cicadas, which were still chirping wantonly outside the cafeteria, disappeared in an instant......

It was a moon-white bodhi rosary.

"Didn't you also have a string of Bodhi seeds that you used to play with, I recently saw that you haven't worn it, and I'm still a little unaccustomed to the empty hand, I think eighty percent of you lost it, if you like it, you can take this too."

Cao Aiqing told the origin of the bracelet, and He Tianran's face was cloudy, and he asked, "...... Where did you come from? ”

"Huh? It was the last time we went to Quanling Temple on vacation to make a vow, an old monk came to sell to me, and I bought it as a collection! By the way, when you slept in the gazebo and I went to buy you water, I wanted to tell you, but you said that you had a nightmare, and I was so scared that I forgot to tell you, and then I remembered it, so I kept it in my bag. ”

He Tiantian's Adam's apple churned, he took the Buddha beads, and was silent for a long time.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Ai Qing ......"

"Huh?"

The boy looked at his girlfriend, his mouth opened, as if he was making some decision, hesitated for a moment, and asked a clueless sentence:

"You...... Which Ai Qing are you? ”

Cao Aiqing was stunned for a moment, patted He Tianran's head, and said with a smile:

"If you're going to play tricks on me, I'll really ignore you!"

He Tianran was slapped by this, his trance-like expression was retracted, and he also laughed, and he calmly wrapped the rosary around his hand, feeling a little tight.

"You have to take it away this time, but don't lose it, the monk sells it quite expensive, what he says is fateful, he is not happy to give him fifty, he insists on asking me for a hundred yuan!"

Cao Aiqing pouted and complained, and poured some mapo tofu into He Tiantian's bowl with a soup spoon in his hand.

"Like...... I didn't lose ......," He Tianran muttered.

"And where did your original string go?" Cao Aiqing asked suspiciously.

"I can't remember...... It's just gone anyway......" He Tianran changed his words and scratched his head.

"That's lost, hum, you still want to lie to me, big liar!"

Faced with his girlfriend's accusations, He Tianran could only smile awkwardly and did not defend himself.

"But your question just now is so strange, Wen Liang also said something similar to me."

Cao Aiqing took a peanut from the Kung Pao chicken and put it in He Tianran's mouth, the boy chewed it twice, and asked:

"She said something similar?"

The girl nodded, "Well, the last time you had a meeting, didn't I go to the café with her for a while, and she asked me when I last saw her, and I told her that the last time we met was at the orientation party in high school." ”

"That's not weird." He Tianran also recalled.

"No, it was the latter sentence of her, she said, she thought it was in our wedding dressing room, I didn't know how to answer her at the time, I thought I was not of legal age to get married, I thought she remembered wrong, or ...... She had an inexplicable dream like you? ”

Cao Aiqing looked at He Tianran, and smiled as she spoke, as if she was talking about a daily trivial matter.

"Haha, how can it be such a coincidence, I guess I remembered it wrong."

He Tianran put his focus back on the dishes on the table and began to gobble them up.

"Right."

The two had dinner, Cao Aiqing still had classes in the afternoon, He Tianran accompanied her to walk around the campus twice, and he also had a party to prepare for in the evening, so he couldn't accompany him more, so the two only got intimate for a while, and then went to their own business.

On the boulevard back to the film school,

He Tianran looked at the lost Bodhi bracelet in his hand, and his heart was heavy.

The sunlight cut under the shade of the leaves hit his face, yin and yang.

Suddenly, a deep and familiar male voice sounded in his ears—

"Ding - the system binds the host completely."

He Tianran was startled by this voice, he looked left and right, and a few passing classmates walked past him with a smile and laughter, and the boulevard returned to calm.

The boy stood still for a long time, and the voice did not appear again, except for the rustle of the leaves in the breeze, as if it were just an auditory hallucination.

(End of chapter)