Chapter 179: A Two-Year Covenant
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(BGM in this chapter - "Legacy", Tobu)
"Summer is really the season of sexy on the outside and innocent on the inside....." Shen Youyi propped up the windowsill of the corridor with both hands, looking at the neatly lined up students doing radio gymnastics on the playground, with an endless clear sky above their heads and a silent distant mountain behind them.
"Does Cheng Mo like summer? Boys should like summer, right? Long summer vacation, delicious ice cream, girls in skirts ....." Shen Youyi turned his head to look at Cheng Mo, who finally changed into a short-sleeved shirt and school uniform, and said with a smile.
This smile is as gentle as the sun and rain in September.
"I don't like it. Cheng Mo's eyes are also projected on the crowded playground, the sound of the horn is mechanically transmitted in the hot air, everyone is doing the same movements, stepping on the same beat, the campus life is calm and rigid, but Cheng Mo likes this simplicity without having to think about where to go tomorrow.
In fact, Cheng Mo hates summer the most, summer is not only a heavier load for him, but he also hates having to force himself into the world of books to find solace, saving himself from being tormented by the helplessness of fate and pain all night.
Now he finally saw the glimmer of light in the abyss, and the ropes floating in the distance.
"I don't like summer ...... either" Shen Youyi smiled, like Cheng Mo, she only said she didn't like it, but didn't say why, because she had to wear very light clothes in summer, and it was also a burden for her with a great heart.
"Your performance in the office just now was so wonderful, all the teachers were dumbfounded by you alone, no wonder so many students like to listen to your lectures, and what your father once told you really shocked me, in fact, I didn't realize that the humanities still have such an important role, and now I want to find some philosophy books to read....." Shen Youyi's expression was still reminiscing.
"Oh! I made up that sentence temporarily, my dad probably wouldn't be so hypocritical, I don't think he should care about the direction of the world, and he won't pity the humble fate of individuals in the torrent of the times, I guess, he writes books and researches, just because he likes to think, and can't stop thinking....." Cheng Mo withdrew his gaze from the crowd of people who were doing exercises, and shifted to the jade-colored Yuelu Mountain in the distance.
Shen Youyi's face was stunned, "You ..... just now Provisional ....."
Cheng Mo didn't understand why Teacher Shen was making such a fuss, glanced at Shen Youyi, and said lightly: "My dad didn't say this, but my dad is indeed a member of the school department." ”
Cheng Mo said in his heart: I have nothing more terrifying to say! He is still a Freemason.
"I know yes, where would the average person know the name of the school member, when you said that your father was the youngest member of the school in China, the teachers in the office were all a little scared and stupid, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences! What a loud name, I feel ..... It's a joke that a bunch of us are preaching to you....."
Shen Youyi put his hand back on the windowsill, and the index finger of his right hand touched his pale lips, and a slight redness appeared on his white cheeks, "It's really embarrassing! I feel that I am not qualified to teach you, and I said that I want to be your Big Dipper..... It's a shame!"
Cheng Mo shook his head, "No, Mr. Shen, the books you showed me were something I had never been exposed to before, I originally thought that serious books were great, and those books that were more literary and artistic were just a kind of spiritual crow/ Films, stacked with gorgeous words, set up an elaborate structure, tell a story that makes people indulge, let people escape from the misfortune and pain of reality, rather than the essence of things that are exposed, but I have been reading these books recently, and I found that I myself am too shallow, philosophy is great, it is a love for the wisdom of the whole human race, but it is too sharp and heavy, literature seems far less valuable than philosophy, but in fact it is the pursuit and placement of every individual soul, for the vast majority of people, boring philosophy cannot guide their direction, but literary books can, when people who have lost themselves look around, slowly walk in the world of literature, maybe they can really find their way home, but in fact, they have the same way....."
After a pause, Cheng Mo said softly: "Thank you for opening up a new angle for me..... Be my starlight. ”
In fact, Cheng Mo can have such feelings not only because of the books that Shen Youyi recommended to him, but because of Shen Youyi's gentleness and the 90 million income, the pressure on his survival has plummeted, and he can finally look at these high-level chicken soup literature with a more relaxed attitude.
Shen Youyi turned his head to look at Cheng Mo and blinked his eyes, "It seems that Cheng Mo likes philosophy very much?"
The corners of Cheng Mo's mouth curved slightly, "Actually, I didn't like it originally, I just used the philosophies of my predecessors to escape the deep confusion, irresistible disillusionment and spiritual desolation brought about by the shortness of life..... In fact, it is difficult for people who have not encountered a spiritual crisis to fall in love with such a mystical knowledge as philosophy. ”
Shen Youyi thought of Cheng Mo suffering from a serious heart attack, and his heart twitched again, feeling that God was really unfair, why was it so cruel to such a smart child, Shen Youyi couldn't help but hold Cheng Mo in his arms, "Cheng Mo, you don't call it escape, I don't think you should be so strong, people should learn to be weak sometimes, if there are any difficulties, if you are unhappy, you can tell Sister Xi, Sister Xi is willing to help you share the ....."
Cheng Mo was so embarrassed at this time, he didn't know where to put his hand, and Teacher Shen's soft mountains were on his chest, making his stone Buddha change his face, "Teacher Shen, I'm fine now, not as miserable as you said...."
Shen Youyi smiled and said softly: "Regarding your illness, I have asked the university doctor, it is really not possible for you to have a heart transplant, now the United States is more mature to do this, the cost of the operation is not sky-high, the main thing is to solve the problem of donors, you can rest assured, Sister Xi will help you through the difficulties...."
"Sister Xi..... You don't need to worry about this..... My father left a sum of money for me, and there is money for the operation....." Cheng Mo didn't expect that Shen Youyi would even take the initiative to bear this, and he stumbled a little when he spoke, and even his mother was going to run away, a person who was just a teacher would actually stand up and say that he wanted to share it with him.
Shen Youyi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that things were easier to do now, he held Cheng Mo's shoulders with both hands and stretched him away a little, looked at his fair face and said: "I will definitely be worried, your father will leave money with you, it will be better, if it is time to have surgery, I will entrust the university doctor to help me think of a way, don't worry if the money is not enough, Sister Xi will help find a way..."
Cheng Mo looked at Shen Youyi's lake-like eyes and was silent for a moment, "Sister Xi...... Why are you so good to me?"
Shen Youyi looked back at Cheng Mo and smiled, "Okay?"
Cheng Mo didn't speak, just nodded, and looked at Shen Youyi with unblinking eyes.
Shen Youyi smiled and said, "Probably because you look smart and strong, but you're actually a sensitive idiot....." Then Shen Youyi reached out and rubbed Cheng Mo's hair, "It's actually good to have a brother like you.... You can talk to me to relieve my boredom, you can share your life experiences with me, you can eat with me, you can talk to me about the same books, and you can teach me different knowledge..... So, you must live a wonderful life!"
"Sister Xi, if I get the top prize, will you have a bonus?" Cheng Mo looked at Shen Youyi and asked seriously.
"I don't know about that, uh! I guess there is..... What's the matter? Do you want to take the liberal arts top student to thank Sister Xi?" Shen Youyi's mouth was smiling, like a sunset flower swaying in the morning breeze.
Cheng Mo just nodded casually, but he was thinking in his heart: I will not only take the top prize, but also bring the results of class (9) to a higher level.
"That's good! Sister Xi will wait for you to submit a satisfactory answer to Sister Xi in two years, and then ...... Sister Xi will fulfill one of your wishes! Any wish can be ......"
Shen Youyi's face shone with a kind of light, an eternal light, like a cool breeze in the hot summer, quietly deposited in the bottom of his heart.
At the beginning of this summer, for Cheng Mo, it was incomparably soft, not as before, just filled with a disturbing heat, it seemed that fate began to favor him, began to compensate him, and poured out to him all the happiness he had never experienced.
The world emerged from the darkness and slowly unfolded before his eyes in a new way......