P12 That afternoon
There is a stone corridor on the campus, and there are two long rows of stone benches on the side of the corridor, and the corridor will be covered with lush vines in summer and autumn.
At that time, whether Su Mo was happy or unhappy, he would sit on one of the stone benches with his knees crossed, looking up through the lush green vines to see the sunlight shining through the cracks, or watching the fog fall from the sky in the middle of winter during the evening self-study class.
Not only did she see the flowers blooming in summer, but in late autumn, she was so stupid that she counted the falling petals, and even once after a heavy snowfall, looking at the frozen stumps, she carefully studied whether there would be a clear tear in the heart of the ice.
All of this happened in the third year of high school, after that strange boy suddenly broke into her world, so that the eighteen-year-old had no time to savor the sweetness and happiness brought by a little love, and then all her body and mind fell into an unprecedented entanglement and desolation.
Of course, these are all afterwords, and the current Su Mo is really just like a carefree child, riding the warm afternoon sunshine alone, sitting there so comfortably that he wants to take a nap.
Some flowers in the garden next to it were blooming just right, as if they were trying to release the last trace of strength in this late summer and early autumn, but at this time, a gust of wind blew, and a leaf fell leisurely on the top of his head, and Su Mo stretched out his hand and happened to take it in his hand.
With a serene expression, she carefully looked at the meridians of the leaf, and next to her was the book "Love in a Fallen City", because the breeze blew, and the pages of the book turned a few times.
"Su Mo!" Su Mo, who was deep in thought, followed the prestige, Zheng Yang came over from afar, Su Mo just nodded and smiled because he had something on his mind, and said hello.
"Good news for you, my cousin said your manuscript is very good!" Zheng Yang walked over and hurriedly announced the good news before he could sit down on the stone bench next to him.
"Really?" Su Mo sat up straight and listened carefully to what he said. "Of course! When have I ever lied to you! ”
"So it can be published?"
Su Mo asked a little impatiently.
"Well,——" Zheng Yang couldn't bear to lie, just considered the words and used the most appropriate way, "It still needs a final review, but it's definitely no problem!" ”
"Oh!" Su Mo was a little disappointed and leaned back on the railing.
"Why are you discouraged so early? My cousin said yes, so I will definitely be eight or nine and ten! This audit is just a program! Zheng Yang explained anxiously.
"It's been two months!" Su Mowu said to himself, looking at the vines above his head, and didn't look at Zheng Yang, "I'm just afraid that it will take too long." ”
"Well, Su Mo-" Zheng Yang understood something, a trace of distress crossed his eyes, he paused slightly, and asked softly, "Grandpa is okay lately?" ”
"The last time I went home, the doctor said everything was fine!" Su Mo glanced at Zheng Yang gratefully, she knew that he had understood what he meant, "I think grandpa should be very happy if he can see my published article." ”
"Yes, I feel like he'll be happy whatever you do!" Zheng Yang responded seriously.
Su Mo smiled, began to look up at the vines above his head again, and finally muttered to himself with some sadness: "Actually, every leaf has a day when it withers and falls!" ”
"Su Mo, we grew up together, I know your personality, you have no scruples on the surface, but in fact, you always love to pretend to be things in your heart." Su Mo smiled bitterly, and Zheng Yang continued to speak.
"But I don't want to see you like this, at least in front of me,"
Zheng Yang walked over, put his hands on Su Mo's shoulders, and then looked into her eyes, "I have always treated you as my sister, so no matter what happens, I will help you!" ”
"Hmm!" Su Mo was suddenly moved to the point that she felt a feeling of tears in her eyes, and she nodded at Zheng Yang.
Because the two families have been neighbors since childhood, Zheng Yang naturally knows Su Mo's family very well, Su Mo's grandfather suddenly fell ill last year, has been in the hospital for a long time, sometimes go back on a monthly vacation, from the conversation of the adults he also knows a thing or two about his grandfather's condition, people are old, many physical problems are uncontrollable, but it is difficult for Su Mo to have a particularly deep relationship with his grandfather since he was a child, Zheng Yang can only try his best to comfort her at this time There is no more way.
The reason why Su Mo asked Zheng Yang's cousin to publish an article was just to surprise his grandfather on his birthday, which could be regarded as a waste of his grandfather's high hopes for her since she was a child.