16

Perhaps it is a coincidence that Chen Yixuan and An Yumeng have the same total score in the college entrance examination.

After the score was evaluated, the two filled in the volunteer and applied for the same university and the same major. The results came out and I successfully entered this institution.

Because the total score is the same, and they are the students of the same place, their student numbers are connected:

One is number 13 and one is number 14.

In Chen Yixuan's own words, it is fate that they will be together for the rest of their lives.

However, the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny. They didn't graduate from college and separated.

The reason why they are separated rather than broken up is because neither of them mentioned these two words, but they tacitly did not contact each other.

The year they separated, it was a junior.

It was also the year I broke up with Chu Yu.

I heard that that year, something happened to An Yumeng's family.

I asked Chen Yixuan about the specific situation at the time, but he couldn't say clearly.

All in all, it is the middle of the road of Xiao'anjia.

An Yumeng told me that she was in a bad mood during that time, and even a little depressed for a while.

Thanks to Chen Yixuan's unwavering companionship with her, she survived that painful time.

That summer, they went to Tianjin together.

Chen Yixuan didn't believe in evil and took her to the Eye of Tianjin.

When the Ferris wheel carried the two to the top of the sky, he took out a handmade silver ring and proposed to her.

At that time, everyone, including me, thought that they would eventually marry after graduation, and the more they all felt that the "law of breakup" of Tianjin Eye was not enough.

It's a pity that after the summer vacation, the two of them still came to the end of this journey.

"At that time, I not only loved him, but also depended on and appreciated." An Yumeng's eyes were slightly red.

"Then why did you go abroad without him?" I don't understand.

She smiled, three points bitter, seven points helpless.

"I love him, but my life shouldn't be all about love." "I still have responsibilities that I have to bear," she said. ”

"At that time, my uncle connected me to a very good school in the UK, and there was a good chance that I could find a high-paying job after graduation." "This may be the only chance in my life to change my fate, and I have to take it," she said. ”

"But you should still tell him, not leave quietly." I sighed.

"You are Yixuan's best friend, and you know his character." An Yumeng shook her head slightly, "If I tell him, he won't agree to separate from me......"

"Moreover, I don't have the courage to ......"

Didn't have the courage to say that goodbye.

I don't have the courage to face parting with my lover.

I think I can understand why Xiaoyu is reluctant to tell me that she is going to have surgery, or let me accompany her through the last journey of her life.

Sometimes, what is more difficult to face than death is to say goodbye to the person you love.

17

I told Chen Yixuan the news of An Yumeng's return to China, and he was silent on the other end of the phone for a long time.

"So, do you want to come and see her?" I asked him.

She ...... Remember me? After a long time, Chen Yixuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Nonsense, as soon as she returned home, she was asking around for news of you." I say.

"Have you seen it?"

"Yes, she is in Beijing now, and I helped her find the house she rented."

"Did she tell you why she left quietly in the first place?" Chen Yixuan's voice seemed to tremble a little.

It turned out that after so many years, it was not that he was unwilling to tell me the reason for their separation, but that even he himself didn't know why An Yumeng wanted to leave.

I will convey everything An Yumeng told me.

He was silent for a long time, which made me think that the person on the other end of the line had walked away.

"I ...... Willing......" Chen Yixuan's voice was a little hoarse.

"What would you like?" I asked rhetorically.

"I'm willing to go abroad with her, I can work part-time and learn English at the same time, it's okay......"

"It matters." I interrupted him, "You want to, but she doesn't." ”

"She knows and believes you can do it." I paused, "But she prefers that you can have your own life, rather than sacrificing yourself for her choice." ”

"So, do you want to come and see her?" Again, I threw the question.

"Can you come with me?" After a long time, he asked an almost childish question.

"You don't mind, I don't care."

"Can you make an appointment for her?" There was a slight pause in the tone on the other end of the line, "I can do it all." ”

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just this Saturday, it's still the place last time."

18

The time was set at six o'clock in the evening, and with the experience of the last time, I went out half an hour early.

I thought I would be the first to arrive, but it turned out to be the last.

Chen Yixuan and An Yumeng have arrived, An Yumeng is sitting on a chair, bowing her head and playing with her mobile phone, while Chen Yixuan is standing cramped against the wall, like a child who makes a mistake and is punished.

He was visibly relieved to see me come in.

I glanced at him and asked him to talk to An Yumeng, and he shook his head again and again.

Helpless, I had to clear my throat and say, "Yumeng, it's quite early." ”

I pulled Chen Yixuan to sit down, and this time he didn't show off his row of mobile phones, but carefully took out an old MP4.

"Yixuan, where did you get this treasure from?" I quipped.

An Yumeng also saw this MP4, and a trace of imperceptible sadness flashed in her eyes, and she stopped talking.

"I didn't have time to pay you back at the time, the sound quality is not bad, but the battery is a little unused." Chen Yixuan pushed the MP4 in front of An Yumeng.

She didn't speak, just lowered her head and continued to look at her phone, and the whole private room was quieter than the subway station in the early morning.

"Why don't we order first?" I was the first to break the oppressive silence.

"Hmm." An Yumeng spoke for the first time.

During the banquet, the two of them still didn't speak, but they could talk and laugh with me.

For some reason, I suddenly burst into a nameless fire, and I struggled to control my emotions, raising my glass and proposing, "Let's three of us clink glasses together?" ”

The two of them hastily raised their glasses, still dodging each other's gazes.

I drank all the wine in the glass and sneered: "Isn't it just that we have been separated for a few years, and it is necessary to ignore each other like enemies?" ”

"Even if you can't have a lover and eventually become a family, at least you still have a friendship with classmates for many years, is it so difficult to try to be friends?"

"Chen Yixuan, are you a gentleman?"

Chen Yixuan blinked at me and stopped talking.

"And you, do everything possible to ask me to ask someone out for you, and then come over to watch you play on your phone, right?" The more I talked, the more angry I became, so I simply got up and left.

I went to the bathroom to wash my face, walked to the door of the private room but didn't go in.

In the hallway of the hotel there is a soothing piano tune, which is "The Wedding of Dreams".

I crouched in the doorway, listening to the music and thinking of the person who played the piano.

If you can light a cigarette, it must be extremely appropriate.

It's a pity that I don't smoke.

In the private room, An Yumeng began to tell Chen Yixuan about what she had seen and heard in the UK over the years.

It's nice to see you again after a long absence.

19

That day, I squatted until my legs went numb, and I walked away holding on to the wall.

They talked so much in the private room that they seemed to have forgotten that I hadn't returned.

I settled the bill for them and went home on my own.

It's kind of making up for the meal that was owed to them that year.

My family lives far away, so I can catch the last subway by leaving earlier.

On the way back, I thought about Chen Yixuan and An Yumeng, thinking about their past and future.

The subway stopped, and the passengers up and down the train waved goodbye to their companions. No matter where they go, they can still have expectations near and far.

Just like our indomitable and never-returning youth, people come and go, stop and go. If we can meet again, it is already the best gift of fate.

Affectionate only has the spring court month, which is still a flower falling from people.