On the eve of New Year's Day, Liu Zhixi did not stay at school and returned to Chencheng by high-speed train. Su Qian personally drove the newly bought Mercedes-Benz trot and went to the high-speed rail station to pick her up. Sitting in the car, looking out the window at the familiar street scene, in the days of her absence, there has been a lot of change.

"Mom," Liu Zhixi said to Wenli in the passenger seat, "I want to work part-time and earn some pocket money." Wenli's willow eyebrows raised, "Zhixi, isn't the living expenses we gave you enough for your expenses?" Liu Zhixi smiled rarely, "No, I just want to exercise myself." "Your Uncle Lin knows a lot of people in the financial system in the provincial capital, or you should go to them for an internship." "Mom, I'm only a freshman now, and the professional class hasn't started yet, so I want to find someone in the education industry to teach English or something." Liu Zhixi said seriously, "And you know, I've always liked English. "Okay, you girl, I'll contact a friend and let you go to his part-time job then." "Thank you, Mom", Liu Zhixi had a bright face.

Pushing the door in, Shi Yue was using an Apple tablet to take a live class in the living room, and three pairs of slippers were neatly placed at the door, and at a glance, he knew that it was specially to welcome them home. The smell wafts from the kitchen to arouse people's appetites, and the nanny Aunt Zhang is busy with an apron. After not seeing him for a long time, Shi Yue gradually receded from darkness, coupled with the effect of the high-end skin care products that Wenli bought for him, his skin became fairer, and his facial features were more three-dimensional.

He has experienced a hard life since he was a child, cherishes everything now, and works hard, his teacher said that with his talent and hard work, it should not be a problem to be admitted to university. When Shi Yue told Liu Zhixi with joy, she was indeed proud of her younger brother, but in that corner of her heart, the wound was inflamed again.

"Sister, tell me about the subjunctive mood." As soon as she had dinner, Shi Yue pulled Liu Zhixi, "Sister, how did you do in the fourth-level exam?" I think you'll make it through. Liu Zhixi ignored the fatigue of the boat and car, communicated with Shi Yue until late at night, after a simple wash, fell asleep, she had to make herself hard, she had to make herself tired, so that she could try to forget some things that she remembered, and she could ignore the truths that she didn't want to believe.

In the dessert shop in the city, Liu Zhixi wore sunglasses and sat in front of the window, looking at the pedestrians coming and going outside the glass window. A young man of medium stature pushed the door open, and several little girls at the door glanced at him and let out a small exclamation. The man walked straight to Liu Zhixi, and a mango ice was placed in front of him.

"Thank you." He picked up the spoon, tasted it, and looked at Liu Zhixi with an inquiring gaze. She smiled, "Lao Lei loves this the most, he used to bring us to eat, he said this shop, he is a regular customer." "How do you know......" The man hesitated, looking for the right wording. The first time I saw you, I had a feeling, and Lao Lei, he was not surnamed Lei, he was originally surnamed Chu. At his funeral, I saw you hiding on the sidelines, and naturally I understood everything. Liu Zhixi said unhurriedly and took a sip of blueberry yogurt.

"What the hell do you want to do? Do you want to be upset with him? The man was a little annoyed, "He is a good teacher in your hearts, but have you ever wondered if he is a good husband and father?" My mother was seriously ill that year, but he didn't come home for a week under the pretext of taking fresh graduates with him. Later, my mother was desperate and cold, so she left the house. When I was growing up, the role of a father was always missing, and I waited for him to come home from school every day, and I didn't wait until dawn the next day. The clothes I wore since I was a child were all old clothes, and those new clothes were all used by him to support poor students. People say that he has great love in his heart, but I think he is selfish, he is taking the happiness of my mother and me to bury his vanity! The more the man spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he hid his face and wept. Liu Zhixi didn't make a sound, but in fact, deep down, she could understand him, because she had also fallen into a state of loneliness, hopelessness and discouragement.

"But, Yao Yao is innocent? How can you bear to do this? Liu Zhixi's sympathy was swept away, and she asked angrily. For what? To survive! One boy approached me and said I would pay me a lot of money if I tricked her into going to a bar. Liu Zhixi, not everyone is like you, born with a golden spoon, I also want to eat and live. The man said hoarsely, but the volume was not loud, and there was a sense of vicissitudes that did not match his age, like an old man struggling on the verge of death.

Liu Zhixi lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep for a long time, countless question marks floated in the air like foam, filling her empty mind, and instantly shattered into arrows, blood-red arrow directions, pointing directly at Lengjiang. One moment she felt hot, as if she was in a hot desert, and her face was dry under the scorching sun, and then it was like falling into an ice cellar, shivering with cold.

The next morning, Wen Li came to her room, found her unconscious, and hurriedly sent her to the hospital. She rested at home for a week, and then Su Qian arranged for a driver to drive her to school. Full of vitality, she carried a large bag of special products, rushed back to the dormitory, and heard a few gossips on the road, which was about Qin Yuanyuan. She had never cared about the gossip, and the words came in her ears and out of her nostrils, but they swirled around her throat, stained with some real temperature, and then quickly cooled down after leaving the human body, becoming an ethereal part of the air.

"Qin Yuanyuan was expelled." A girl in a pink sweater said. "Wouldn't it? She's so good. The girl with the bow next to her said incredulously. It's true, she went to seduce the head of the department for the sake of a publicly-funded exchange student quota, but was caught and raped in bed by his wife. "Huh? What? You can do such a cheap thing. Thanks to her lofty attitude, she did such a shameless deed! Liu Zhixi turned her head and glanced at the two girls, they were talking about Xingtou, as if a pie had fallen from the sky and picked it up for them, of course, if it was a conversation after tea and dinner, it could also fill their stomachs.

"Mom, that part-time job, I may not be able to go, I signed up for piano lessons outside the school", Liu Zhixi dialed Wenli's phone. Wenli was doing maintenance in the beauty shop, and said comfortably: "If you don't go, you won't go, Zhixi." "Mom, can I recommend it to my roommates?" Her English is superb! Liu Zhixi asked tentatively, but tried not to let Wenli guess her true purpose. OK, OK! Wenli replied briefly, and then told the masseuse to be lighter. Liu Zhixi hung up the phone, edited the part-time work location and requirements into a text message, selected "Yao Yao" in the phone book, and clicked send.

Back in the dormitory, I haven't been there for a week, and the dormitory has changed a lot, and the fragrance of flowers is intoxicating. Luo Tang happened to come back from outside, holding a bouquet of dew-stained roses in his hand, and his smile was more moving than the flowers in his hand. "In love, Tachibana." Liu Zhixi smiled and joked, "Hmm", Luo Cheng lowered his head slightly, but his eyes couldn't be closed with joy.

"Is it Wei Jianxu?" Liu Zhixi suddenly remembered the two girls she met on the road. "No, it's not, it's Liu Yulin." If there is really a "garden full of spring that can't be closed" in the world, it must describe Luo Tang's smile at the moment. "Ah, so fast", Liu Zhixi pretended to be angry, "You didn't tell me!" "I'm sorry, Zhixi, it's just the past few days, I called your aunt and said that you are sick, so I can't bother you." "Fool, I'm talking about fun, don't take it seriously!" Liu Zhixi sneered, looked at Luo Tang, who was full of apologies, and rubbed her hair.

Downstairs in the dormitory, a magnificent black Audi was parked, Liu Yulin gentlemanly opened the car door, and the students who came and went looked at him from time to time. His appearance is not very handsome, but his facial features are angular, and he has insisted on fitness for a long time, so that his figure is very strong, and he looks like a jade tree is in the wind. Luo Tachibana got out of the car, holding a huge Winnie the Pooh puppet in her hand, she was like a petite and beautiful flower, hiding under the shelter of a big tree. Her cheeks were slightly rosy, and although she was not greased and powdered, she was also very attractive.

Liu Zhixi came out of the library and walked to the dormitory building with a stack of books, the weather in January had turned cold, and the fallen leaves were like light butterflies, quietly falling on her shoulders. "Liu Zhixi! Coming back from self-study? Xin Chenxi saw her and greeted her with a smile, smiling like the sunshine melting winter snow. Hello Senior Xin! Every time she saw Xin Chenxi, her heart would be filled with inexplicable feelings, and from the first time she saw him, she had a different feeling, as if they were very familiar old friends and had known each other for a long time.

Fu Hongtao walked beside Xin Chenxi, still with a tepid attitude, an unnatural smile on his rough skin, but his eyes were firm and resolute. "Zhixi, after the exam next week, our college will hold a party to invite you and Luo Cheng to come", Xin Chenxi was still smiling. "Oh, okay, thank you! I told Luo Tang. Liu Zhixi's eyes smiled like a bright crescent moon. See you or leave", the corners of Xin Chenxi's mouth rose. "Okay, definitely", Liu Zhixi nodded slightly, and the smile in her eyes erupted, like still water flowing slowly in spring.

Liu Zhixi returned to the dormitory, Luo Cheng was watching Korean dramas on the computer, and the heroine in it spoke in a very sweet tone like candy in her mouth. She walked to the table and knocked on Luo Tang's head, "Xiao Tang, don't you want to be angry, the final exam is coming soon, don't you want to review?" Luo Cheng turned his head and smiled sweetly at her, "You have to remember the principle of prudence!" You can't overestimate assets, and you can't underestimate liabilities. ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Zhixi was stunned for a moment, and she didn't know what to do. "Youth is an asset, and time is a liability." Youth is fleeting, and time is merciless. So seize the good years! "Luo Tang opened a yellow-orange-orange plantain and put it in his mouth." What kind of logic do you have? "Liu Zhixi couldn't cry or laugh." Okay, Zhixi, I'm joking, I'll watch "Management" later. Luo Tang's smile is sweeter than plantain.

"Zhixi, I'm so uncomfortable." On the night after the party, Liu Zhixi was packing her luggage home, and Luo Cheng was lying on the bed and applying a mask, and suddenly whispered. Her voice was very soft, as if the embroidery needle had landed, but the needle was inserted in the gap in Liu Zhixi's heart. "Tangerine, what's wrong with you?" Liu Zhixi stopped what she was doing and looked at her seriously, "Tonight, aren't everyone very happy and happy?" Luo Tang's voice twitched, "But he's not happy." ”

This him, Luo Tang did not refer to it clearly, but Liu Zhixi guessed it as soon as he guessed. "Why bother so much?" Liu Zhixi said softly, although it was a question, there was no doubt in the words. "Zhixi, if only I had the courage to be as decisive as you", Luo Tang sat up and tore off the mask. "Me?" Liu Zhixi was a little surprised, because of many things, in fact, she didn't have the courage to cut off, she hated the Su family before, but she didn't have the courage to leave, and now her entanglement with Leng Jiang also made her feel like numb. Maybe many things are really the bystanders, the people who are stuck in the mud, always want to grab the straw that saves their lives, but they don't see that the sky has flown to save their sacred birds.

"He was alone, silently playing the guitar on stage, his eyes were melancholy and lonely, he was like a prince in a fairy tale, shining all over his body." After a long time, Luo Tang said faintly, the time interval was so long that Liu Zhixi mistakenly thought that she had fallen asleep. "Xiao Tang, the one riding the white horse is not necessarily the prince, he may also be Tang Seng." Liu Zhixi eased the atmosphere and pretended to be relaxed.

"No, he's the prince, and he's coming and coming into my life, into my dreams. He doesn't ride a white horse, he rides a holy unicorn. Luo Cheng said wistfully, Liu Zhixi stopped talking, she didn't want Luo Tang's illusions to be shattered, sometimes, silence is also a kind of fulfillment, and fantasy can also bring real happiness.