Chapter 3: The Secret Realm of the Human Emperor
In the cold winter, the north wind howled, blowing on the face, and there were some bursts of sting. Lin Li stood downstairs in the girls' dormitory, wrapped in a medium-length padded jacket, rubbing his hands, and snorting hot in his palms.
Li Xuanyu walked out of the girls' dormitory, although she was wearing a thick dress in winter, it was still difficult to hide her delicate figure, and with that peerless face, even if her face was blown red by the cold wind, it was also unique.
"Long waiting!" In the distance, she saw Lin Li standing downstairs.
"It didn't take long, I just arrived." When Lin Li saw Li Xuan coming down, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Let's go!" Li Xuan jumped playfully and walked in front.
Lin Li walked slowly behind, and when he walked to the school gate, he suddenly ran out.
"Wait a minute!"
Not long after, Lin Li came back with two cups of milk tea.
"Here, warm and warm." As he spoke, Lin Li handed over a cup of milk tea.
"Thank you!" Li Xuanyao took it and thanked him.
"It's fine!"
Ningcheng, which has just snowed, is extremely beautiful. really responded to what Qin Yuanchun said: The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting.
The whole Ningcheng is like a carpet covered with silver, and the originally withered trees, because of the embellishment of snow, bloom with a little jewel-like light in the mild sun.
"You're having your birthday tomorrow?" Lin Li took a sip of piping hot milk tea, then looked at Li Xuan, who was enjoying the snow, and asked softly.
"Well, are you coming?" Li Xuanyao turned his head, and a smile bloomed on his peerless face.
Because of the contrast of the snow, coupled with his already fair skin, Li Xuanyao is like a fairy in the snow country.
"Of course, your birthday party, how can I be absent?" Lin Li's chest straightened, and his eyes lit up.
When Li Xuanyao heard this, she didn't speak, but drank milk tea, stepped on the snow, and looked at the snow under her feet.
"Whew!" When Lin Li returned to the dormitory, it was already dark, he shook the snowflakes on his body, took off his coat, and hung it on the hanger next to the door.
"Is it going down again?" Qian Ming asked without leaving the computer.
"Yes! When I go out, there is still the sun, and it will be big when I say it. What about peace? Not coming back tonight? Lin Li swept the dormitory, walked to his computer desk, picked up a thermos and poured a glass of boiling water.
"Looks like he's not coming back."
Lin Li let out an "oh" and was speechless.
Outside the window, the snow was falling, falling to the ground, Lin Li's hand stretched out the window, and pieces of snowflakes fell on his palm, not melting immediately, Lin Li looked at the hexagon in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face.
He really loves snow and has loved it since he was a child.
……
December 8th is her birthday.
Lin Li came to "Chang Remember" very early, and after making proper arrangements, he returned to school and waited for Li Xuanyao.
As night fell, Lin Li stopped a taxi, helped Li Xuanyao open the door, sat in, and then closed the door, and the taxi drove towards Chang Ming.
Li Xuanyao's birthday party was actually not as lively as she imagined, only her roommates and one or two friends who played quite well. Because Li Xuanyao herself is a little cold, coupled with that jealous face and excellent temperament, the friends who are with her can't help but feel a trace of inferiority and jealousy.
"Happy Birthday!"
In the private room, after the waiter cleaned up the "mess of cups and plates" on the table, the lights went out, and a singing of birthday wishes sounded, Lin Li pushed a snowflake-shaped cake of about 18 inches, entered the door, and then stopped in front of Li Xuan, and said softly.
"Quick, make a wish!"
"Hmm." Li Xuan said yes, then closed his glasses and hugged his hands.
Looking at Li Xuan, who was swaying in the candles, with a fair and delicate face, slightly messy hair, slightly messy eyelashes, and a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, Lin Li was stunned for a moment.
In a moment, Li Xuanyu opened her moving eyes, puffed out her cheeks cutely, and blew out the candle in one go. Lin Li woke up from his addiction, ran to the door, and turned on the light.
"Xuan, this is your first birthday in college, I wish you a happy day in the future, I ......" Lin Li choked up, and couldn't speak.
"Oh, cut the cake first, this cake looks delicious." It was still Li Xuanyao's roommate with a very high emotional intelligence, who seemed to see Lin Li's thoughts, and hurriedly came forward to alleviate his embarrassment.
The banquet dispersed, and the others left separately with great interest, Lin Li and Brother Peng said hello, and then walked out with Li Xuan.
"Do you want to go back now?" Lin Li asked.
"What can you do if you don't go back?" Li Xuan spread her arms and swirled in the snow with her head tilted.
"Xuan, I'm ......"
"Huh? What's wrong? Li Xuanyao turned around and looked at Lin Li, who wanted to speak and stopped, with some questions.
"Do you want to go back?" Lin Li raised his head and smiled, but that kind of smile was not so heartfelt.
"Okay!"
Li Xuan was bouncing in the snow, stepping on one footprint after another, she also likes to see the snow, she said: Whenever she sees snow, she will always feel at ease.
"How long have we known each other?" Lin Li and Li Xuanyao walked side by side, and suddenly said.
"Hmm...... It's been a long time, I can't remember exactly! Li Xuan bit her thumb, and after thinking about it for a while, she smiled a little shyly.
"We've known each other for 99 days since the day of the sorority." Lin Li clasped his hands behind his head and looked at the sky that had begun to flutter with snowflakes.
"It's been so long."
"yes." Lin Li pursed his mouth, as if he had made up his mind. "Xuanyao, in fact, from the first time I saw you on the stage, I was stunned, and then after slowly getting along, I found that I ......"
"Lin Li!" Li Xuanyao stopped and interrupted Lin Li's words.
Looking at Li Xuan's expression, Lin Li's heart suddenly sank.
"We're friends, aren't we? We don't have a good relationship now, but I enjoy this friendship, we can talk about everything, we can play together without any worries, we can talk to each other when we are unhappy, and we can tease each other when we are fine......"
"Xuanya, you know what? Sometimes I hold back some words in my heart, and if I don't say them for a long time, it will be uncomfortable. I know that maybe, after these words come out, my friend will not be able to do it, but I still can't control myself, because I can't bear it anymore. Lin Li stood in place, his face bitter.
"Lin Li, that's enough, in fact, I know what you're going to say, I beg you, don't say it, I don't want to lose your friend." Li Xuan's voice increased.
"Just, can it only be friends?" Lin Li laughed to himself.
"I'm going back." Li Xuanyao hurried to the street and stopped a taxi.
The taxi went farther and farther, and Lin Li stood in place. The snow in the sky was heavy, and bursts of snowflakes fell down, quickly burying the footprints that Li Xuan had just stepped on.
"Li Xuanyao, why are you playing with Lao Tzu, why are you playing with me......"
Lin Li grabbed a handful of snow and slammed it forward, screaming hysterically.
Zhang Ping'an lit two cigarettes, handed one to Lin Li, and then slowly walked to the door of the store. Lin Li took a deep breath, then exhaled a long string of smoke.
Neither of them spoke again, only listening to the noise outside the store, which was slowly fading. "Dut...... The user you are calling is turned off, sorry......"
Lin Li hung up the phone and sighed deeply.
Three days have passed since Zhang Ping'an slammed the door and left that day, and he didn't know how many phone calls he made in the past three days, but the final result was: the mobile phone has been turned off.
Lin Li has experienced a lot of vicissitudes in the past few days, Zhang Ping'an's disappearance, his vague feelings for Li Xuan, and the "heavy responsibility" of negotiating with other companies, Lin Li feels that he is a head or two big at this time, and his head looks like he is about to explode.
However, it is no longer possible to follow him. I put my phone in my pocket, returned to my place in the company, and continued to work with a heavy heart.
"Your milk tea, please take it and walk slowly."
Meeting, Lin Li handed a cup of prepared milk tea to a girl, then glanced at the store, and couldn't help sighing.
In the past three days, Lin Li did not close the encounter, but came here to continue business after work.
"Hello, may I ask, is Zhang Ping'an here?" Just when Lin Li was distracted, a crisp and beautiful voice came.
Lin Li raised his head, and when he saw that face, his face was stunned, and then he smiled bitterly.
"Since you have come back and appeared in front of him again, why should you pretend not to know him and torture him? Is it really fun to play with him? Lin Li suppressed the anger in his heart, didn't give the voice a chance to speak, and said in a deep voice.
"Lin Li, what do you mean by that?" The owner of the voice seemed to be puzzled.
"What do you mean? Chu Lin, are you still pretending to be stupid? Looking at Chu Lin's appearance as if he didn't know anything, Lin Li couldn't help it, and finally roared out loud.
"You mean, I didn't say goodbye in the first place?" Chu Lin's face was painful and said in a low voice.
"Since you're leaving, there's no need to show up, let him ...... peace"
"What's wrong with Ping'an?" As soon as Chu Lin heard Zhang Ping'an's name, she hurriedly interrupted Lin Li's words and asked in a hurried voice.
"Is it really not you?" Seeing that Chu Lin's expression was not deliberately contrived, Lin Li was shocked in his heart.
Chu Lin cast an inquiring gaze, Lin Li motioned for her to sit down, then turned around, grinded a cup of coffee, and put it in front of Chu Lin.
"I can't make the kind of milk tea you like, so let's make do with it first!"
Chu Lin didn't serve the steaming cup of coffee in front of him, but looked at Lin Li stubbornly. Lin Li sighed and finally told the ins and outs of the matter.
And Chu Lin, who listened quietly to the whole thing, was silent for a while, picked up the coffee and took a big sip of it, which was hot and bitter flowing into his throat. A flush appeared on her fleshy face, her big eyes were red, and her brow was furrowed.
Lin Li watched silently, and did not make a sound to stop him.
After a long time, Chu Lin finished drinking this cup of coffee like this. She gently put the cup on the bar, then raised her head, and said to Lin Li in a hoarse voice: "Lin Li, I, I want to ask you for one thing......
Chu Lin is gone, leaving the city again, and may never return here. In Lin Li's mind, the words that Chu Lin said echoed, his eyebrows were tightly locked, his eyes were staring ahead, he was stunned, and he didn't know what he was talking about.
"Lin Li, let's talk?"
After getting off work, Lin Li was sorting out the prepared materials, and Li Xuanyao suddenly appeared and said.
"Good!" Lin Li was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice.
Familiar streets, familiar road sections, familiar weather, the same people, but different moods.
Lin Li put his hands in his pockets, raised his head to feel the biting cold wind, and next to him, Li Xuan walked with his eyes, looking at the scenery around him. The two were silent, reluctant to speak.
"Remember here? Where we first ate. At that time, you said that the food here was unhygienic, but in fact, you thought that it was not high-grade enough, and I forced you in. Li Xuanyao stopped in front of a small restaurant, looked at the busy people in the hotel, and spoke playfully.
"Yes, at that time, I felt that it was the first time to take a girl out to eat, and such a small restaurant would always be a little shameful." Lin Li recalled the past and couldn't help laughing.
"However, despite the lack of grade, we still have a lot of fun!" Li Xuanyao's smile is still as simple, sweet and charming as it was at the beginning.
The two of them walked and stopped, looking at a familiar place, and gradually, memories of the past poured out from the depths of their memories.
"This intersection will never be forgotten!" After walking for a while, the two crossed a street, and at a fork in the road, Li Xuanyao stopped again.
Lin Li stared at the snow that had begun to melt under his feet, and there was no squeak. But how could he forget? It was here that he said what was in his heart to Li Xuanyao, but Li Xuanyao turned around and left.
That scene that affected Lin Li's entire college days, how could he say that he would forget it?
"Lin Li, last time I asked you, let's get acquainted again, is it okay to start from scratch? You didn't answer me, so now, if I ask you again, can we go back to the way we were before? ”
Li Xuanyao, this arrogant, cold, and generous...... can be said to be a perfect woman, but at this moment, her tone is pleading, and her voice is trembling.
Looking at such a pitiful appearance, how can Lin Li, who is still emotional, not feel heartache? He wanted to reach out, hold the woman in front of him in his arms, and use his life to care for her.
But he couldn't, he couldn't have anything to do with this woman anymore. Because he was afraid, he was afraid that this woman would be like that snowy night again, and he didn't dare to gamble with his feelings, even if he still loved it.
This may be the mustard in his heart!
"I'm sorry, our relationship is good now!" Lin Li bit his lip, his heart was cold, and he turned around and left.
He knew that this small action had already shown that he and this woman who had never forgotten had never been strangers ever since.
That night, Lin Li cried, even if it was the suppression of reality and all kinds of grievances after graduation, he endured it, but this tight but easily broken "string" was finally torn off by him.
After three years, the roles are reversed. This time, the lonely, helpless, aggrieved and heartbroken person who stood in that place became Li Xuanyao.