There is a deinking river in the port city, and there is a lead washing pond in the port city.

Although the lead washing pond is named after the "pool", it is the largest artificial lake in the entire university town and even the entire port city.

If you visit the lake on a summer night, you can see the smoke and waves of the lead washing pond, under the action of light, the lake seems to be moored with thousands of stars, emitting a ever-changing light, in this place, you can see the lakes and mountains and forests in the park, and also look at the shadow of the buildings of the school, it is really full of poetry and picturesqueness.

As a landmark attraction of HKU, the meaning of the lead washing pond for many students is even more extraordinary, and the word "wash lead" itself has the meaning of washing away the lead, symbolizing the intellectuals, indifferent to fame and fortune, tolerant and indisputable way of life, for a long time, this quiet and far-reaching lake, has long been turned into the spiritual totem of generations of Hong Kong University students.

At this time, it is dusk, and the afterglow on the surface of the lake of the lead washing pond is beautiful, and it is a wonderful scene of sparkling and clear weather.

Cao Aiqing sat on the stone chair on the shore, looking at the rippling yellow waves, she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head, and the breeze in the golden autumn swept the tips of her hair, blowing the beautiful reflection in the water.

People are looking at the scene, there are people in the scene, and occasionally two or three students pass by to witness this scene, and they can't help but stop for a moment, take a photo, or directly pluck up the courage and come forward to talk, but the result is that the girl shook her head and refused.

There are a few people who don't give up, and after being rejected, they have a bit of a mixed posture, and they don't leave, even if Cao Aiqing doesn't react, but they just continue to talk without a match.

College is not as good as high school, people from all over the world gather in one place, all kinds of people have it, plus the hormones of youth have been suppressed for three years, once they explode, people's skin has become a lot thicker.

"Squad leader?"

Just when Cao Aiqing was in a dilemma, a cramped sound suddenly came into her ears.

Cao Aiqing is not a class leader now, and the person who can call her by this title now must be an old acquaintance from high school.

She looked up and saw an unfamiliar face.

"Guo Huai?"

The appearance of this person is unexpected, after all, only two people in their class were admitted to the University of Hong Kong, one is her, and the second is Guo Huai.

It's just that the current Cao Aiqing has very little impression of Guo Huai.

And the only thing that can make her remember this person is that he ...... Good math grades?

"I didn't expect to meet you here, squad leader."

Guo Huai stepped forward shyly, and several boys saw Cao Aiqing catching up with acquaintances, and suddenly felt helpless, and left in frustration after a while.

"yes, I didn't expect us to meet so soon."

Cao Aiqing responded with a smile, and the other party's helpless state made her subconsciously think of someone.

"Fate, squad leader, are you taking a walk here or waiting for someone?"

"I made an appointment with a natural ......"

"Ah, congratulations, after graduating from high school, you have finally achieved positive results, and our high school WeChat group is often talking about the two of you!"

Guo Huai blessed from the bottom of his heart, but he obviously didn't adapt to such an environment, although he was in front of Cao Aiqing, he kept standing, didn't dare to sit down, and could only scratch his head as a cover.

Cao Aiqing's heart was inexplicably sour when she heard this, she moved to the side, and said to Guo Huai: "Sit down and talk, don't stand, and I'm not a squad leader now, just call me by my name." ”

Guo Huai hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, I'm all called Shunkou, and I'm going to go to the teaching building of the department to deal with some things......"

At this time, Cao Aiqing saw that he was holding a transparent document bag in his hand, which contained some information, and the most conspicuous thing was undoubtedly an admission letter from the University of Hong Kong.

The girl was a little puzzled and asked, "What's the matter, so urgent?" ”

Guo Huai's face snorted, and he said, "That's it...... I...... So what...... If you want to change majors, go to ...... Mathematics Department go. ”

Cao Aiqing blinked, "I remember, you seem to be studying computers, right?" Why did you suddenly think of changing majors? ”

Guo Huai sighed and said regretfully: "Actually, at the beginning, it was my mother who asked me to report the computer, and she said that this major makes money, but I feel ...... I still prefer math. ”

Cao Aiqing expressed his understanding after listening, and heard from the people in the class that Guo Huai's hometown was in a small county in Jiangsu, and his mother entrusted him to his uncle's house in Hong Kong City in order to give him a better education.

Now that Guo Huai has been admitted to the University of Hong Kong, he can be regarded as living up to the expectations of his family.

"Major, you still have to be cautious, although the advice of your parents is very important, but you should think more about yourself, think about what you like, what you like, although you are picking a major now, but maybe in the future, it will last a lifetime of career......

Cao Aiqing seriously helped him analyze, Guo Huai looked at the girl's expression when she spoke, and couldn't help but say:

"Squad Leader......"

"What?"

Guo Huai blushed and took a breath, "It's nothing...... It's just that you suddenly feel like you're with nature...... It's really a good match, you are both the kind of people who are very assertive and have a good plan for their future...... I envy people like you, I really ......"

Cao Aiqing was a little overwhelmed by his brainless words, but this was a private matter between her and He Tianran, and at this embarrassing juncture, she had no intention of discussing this, so she changed the topic:

"Thank you...... By the way, Guo Huai, we are in the liberal arts class, since you like mathematics so much, why don't you choose science when you are in the second year of high school? ”

Guo Huai's face was embarrassed, his eyes evaded, and he replied hesitantly:

"Liberal Arts...... Liberal arts is our advantage in Hong Kong...... And the math is good...... You can also get points when you take the liberal arts exam. ”

Cao Aiqing was even more puzzling, she hadn't heard that Hong Kong still had this kind of partial advantage.

It's just that she doesn't know much about Guo Huai, and she can only regard it as a strategy for the other party to cope with the exam, so she doesn't ask any more questions, and reminds:

"Okay, I won't delay you, you can hurry up and do something, the teachers will get off work later."

"Hmm!"

Guo Huai nodded, turned around to leave, Cao Aiqing saw that he was sweating, and the front collar of the T-shirt he was wearing was also wet with sweat, leaving a circle of salt stains, it is estimated that he has been busy with this matter all day today.

Hong Kong City University is very large, and the buildings are indeed not close to each other, such as handling the transfer of students, it must be necessary for the two colleges to run back and forth, plus the interview and written examination will be arranged later, and all kinds of procedures are very cumbersome just to think about.

"You'll wait."

Cao Aiqing stopped Guo Huai, took out a bottle of water and a pack of tissues from his bag, handed them over, and encouraged:

"Come on, Mr. Guo, you can definitely do it!"

Guo Huai took the water and tissues in a daze, his lowered head was a little heavier, and he said "thank you" in a muffled voice, and then left without saying a word.

Looking at Guo Huai's back and drifting away, Cao Aiqing couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

She was thinking that Guo Huai and He Tianran seemed to have the same trait, but why did she only have a soft spot for the latter.

If the things He Tianran did for himself were transferred to Guo Huai, would he like him?

The answer is almost no.

Is it looks?

Yes, but not the most important thing.

Is it character?

There are, but they don't seem to matter.

Is it talent?

was naturally admitted to the film school, and Guo Huai also entered the University of Hong Kong, and from this point of view, they are also equal.

So, why didn't you fall in love with Guo Huai?

Cao Aiqing's brows tightened, she thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't think of a reason.

Until she lost her mind, she suddenly heard this sentence in her ears:

"I met Guo Huai just now, and I chatted with him for a few words, and he told me that you are here, so I hurried over......"

Cao Aiqing suddenly looked sideways, it turned out that He Tianran didn't know when, he had already sat down beside her, staring at her with a worried face.

The girl looked at the face that she had loved until now, and found that there was still love in his eyes when he looked at him, but there was ...... Another sense of guilt.

It's strange that he wasn't so ruthless, and he didn't say anything harsh.

But it was this kind of "guilt" that seemed to turn into 100,000 swords in an instant, and it was fiercely inserted into Cao Aiqing's heart.

She remembered the boys she had rejected before, and remembered why she couldn't bear to attack others' words, and in the end she would become the handle of others attacking her, and even trigger a series of malicious associations and slanders......

Cao Aiqing didn't know when, tears flowed from her eyes again.

In front of He Tianran, she really loves to cry.

He Tianran was stunned, and he stretched out his hand in distress to wipe away the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes......

"Smack~"

At this moment, Cao Aiqing gently knocked away his outstretched hand.

It turns out that sometimes a person is too kind, and it really makes people ...... It's annoying!

This action was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and for a while, He Tianran's mind was blank, and the prepared draft was swallowed back into his stomach.

And at this second, Cao Aiqing really understood why she liked He Tianran.

The bodhisattva in his heart has spoken through his own mouth.

Even Guo Huai, an outsider, just now, saw it.

But herself, until this moment, when their relationship came to this point, the girl suddenly understood why they were attracted to each other, and naively believed that each other was the love of her life......

If Guo Huai just has some of the same qualities as He Tianran, then He Tianran and Cao Aiqing are the same kind through and through.

This is why Cao Aiqing can like He Tiantian and not Guo Huai.

They are equally kind, and they also have a very sensitive heart, and the love between them begins with the previous appearances, personalities, etc., which are not important, and what determines that they can be together in the end is based on appreciating each other's similar "true selves".

Under this "true self", everything that is not important becomes the most important, it becomes the necessity of others, and it becomes unique.

Their love is a kind of luck, the joy of visiting their only soul mate in the middle of nowhere; And their separation is also a disaster, a helplessness to hold the best time in the palm of your hand, but you can only watch it slip through your fingers.

In the busy world, perhaps only in this purest age can you encounter such a pure encounter, and the poet seems to have already given the answer-

I'm lucky.

Miss, my life.

The girl with a clear skeleton sighed silently.

"Naturally, there is a question that has always been buried in my heart, and I didn't ask it before, because I thought that sooner or later the two of us would digest it. I've always had this confidence...... It's just that I didn't expect that we didn't have time to wait for that day...... And now, I want to ask. ”

Cao Aiqing said intently, and He Tianran listened in despair.

"You ask, I won't hide ......"

After receiving an affirmative reply from her boyfriend, the girl opened her mouth and closed it again, her eyelashes trembling slightly, as if she could not bear it, and it seemed to be difficult, until at last, she closed her eyes and asked:

"Are you...... Because you can't love the person you love the most, that's why you fall in love with me...... Is that right? ”

As soon as the sound came into his ears, He Tianran was stunned, and his heart was tumbling like a tide......

The greatest pain in life is that you know what is right, but the price of being right is too great, so big that people can always make the wrong choice, and then deceive themselves with a million reasons, and the wrong is both right.

He Tianran can use some slippery words to divert the focus; You can play an emotional card to ease the atmosphere between the two; No matter how bad it is, he can directly give a negative answer, and use Cao Aiqing's kindness to give them a breathing room in this relationship.

There are so many actions like this that they work and they work.

But these are all false and wrong......

It costs a lot to do the right thing, but He Tianran has already made a heartbreaking choice for Cao Aiqing, and he doesn't want to hurt this girl a second time......

He wanted to tell the truth, he didn't want to lie anymore, and he didn't want to run away anymore......

So the man, choosing to face the problem head-on, said a word heavy and painfully-

“…… Be. ”

The choice in love is often not only as extreme as "yes" and "no", but it is undeniable that when we peel off all the reasons and excuses, the presentation of the result will only be infinitely offset in these two directions, and the difference is only in the number.

Of course He Tianran can turn around, he can say Ai Qing, you also have things that I love very much, you are different from Wen Liang, you are independent individuals, and none of you can replace anyone.

However, such an answer is really like the kind of nonsense that is so correct that you can't find a single mistake.

He Tianran actually thought very simple at the beginning, Wen Liang changed him at the same time, and the future also changed, he couldn't wait for the future her, so He Tianran decided to let go of everything and not live up to Cao Aiqing's feelings for him, this girl really entered his heart.

But now...... Things were far more complicated than he thought.

The man knew very well in his heart that if Wen Liang's memory had fused earlier, if he had known a little more details of reincarnation at that time, then he would never have been with Cao Aiqing.

It is true that he loves Wen Liang, and it is also true that he loves Cao Aiqing, but fate played such a cruel joke on them.

Therefore, is He Tianran in love with Cao Aiqing because he can't love his favorite Wen Liang?

Yes.

This does not require any justification.

There's one more chapter after 0:00......

(End of chapter)