This year's Spring Festival came relatively late, and it took a long time after New Year's Day before the school had its winter vacation. In the first few days, Cheng Yu and Lan Yue's almost officially announced pas de deux once became a topic of gossip among girls, especially in the dormitory where Lan Yue was, the roommates were almost shocked to drop their jaws, and Lan Yue's eyes looked like Columbus had discovered a new world. However, the next relationship between the two parties was quite low-key, low-key to the point of indifference. As a result, this topic that should have been very hot disappeared with the approach of the Spring Festival. Maybe it's because the gap between the years is too big, everyone is not too optimistic about this relationship, or they don't think that their relationship will develop into a relationship.

However, the real situation is not what others see. The New Year's Day ball should indeed be regarded as the establishment of feelings for Cheng Yu, but for Lan Yue, it is the beginning of a lost path. Lan Yue has always felt that Cheng Yu has a deep domineering spirit, and this domineering spirit deeply attracts her and at the same time makes her feel like she is about to leave. In front of Cheng Yu, Lan Yue felt like a bird that had left the nest that had been picked up, with joy in her heart, but also melancholy and panic. Cheng Yu's way of chasing girls is a bit special, sometimes he will not hear from him for several days, and sometimes he will suddenly appear when you are not mentally prepared, and he will not ask her to do anything, or even have a meal or watch a movie together. Their so-called date is that Cheng Yu asks Lan Yue to accompany her to the platform of the laboratory building for a while, sometimes they will communicate in English for a while, Lan Yue will help him correct his accent, sometimes just stand next to each other for a while, listening to each other's heartbeat. There was only one snowy day, the weather was unusually cold, Cheng Yu pulled Lan Yue closer to the dressing room in the school auditorium, it was very warm in the dressing room, that time Cheng Yu not only hugged her, but also tried to touch her lips, but Lan Yue was still too young after all, and was completely frightened by this move, and actually struggled to push him away. And after that time, Cheng Yu never appeared on campus again. Lan Yue, who no longer had that figure in her sight, deeply understood what it meant to be lost and regretful. This feeling lasted until she was about to embark on the train home.

In fact, Lan Yue never thought that Cheng Yu would come to see her off, when Simin helped her carry the box down the sixth floor, she saw the tall figure standing on the snow opposite the dormitory building, and Cheng Yu rarely wore a medium-length woolen coat that day, tied with a plaid scarf, and silver-rimmed glasses made him look more elegant. He walked towards her with a light smile, and naturally took the box in Simin's hand that took Lan Yue,

"Leave it to me." Leaving down such a short four words, he pushed the box and walked straight out of the school gate.

Lan Yue didn't figure out what the situation was, so she could only follow quickly, turned around and waved her hand to give Zhan Simin an apologetic smile. In fact, Zhan Simin called the family's driver, Lao Zhang, to send a few roommates from other places to the station early in the morning, afraid that the car would not be able to sit down, so he asked Zheng Fei to drive a car over. At this time, Cheng Yu's sudden attack almost flashed Simin's head.

Lan Yue followed Cheng Yu into the taxi he called, although he didn't say anything all the way, but as soon as he got in the car, he held her hand tightly, and let her be so nervous that she didn't even pull it out twice.

"Lan Yue, I like you, and you like me too, right?" Sitting on the bench in the waiting room, Cheng Yu finally spoke.

"......" Lan Yue opened his mouth, but he didn't make any sound, he was so close to him, his clear facial features were like finely carved, and the eyes behind the lenses were even clearer and deeper. Of course she likes it, how could she not like him who is so handsome. But...... How can this be said.

"Don't answer in a hurry, you have a winter vacation to think, but if you think about it, you can't change it. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I'll do. Cheng Yu smiled a little slyly. Lan Yue felt a pang in her heart, how could this smile be so incompatible with this handsome face, she unconsciously opened her mouth again, but she was still hot and couldn't make a sound.

“……”

After that, she was tightly hugged by him until she got into the car.

Lan Yue didn't know that in order to send her, Cheng Yu also bought a ticket for the nearest station, he just led her all the way into the station and got on the bus with her, Lan Yue once thought that Cheng Yu was going to go home with her all the way, and she was so scared that she had the heart to cry. Fortunately, the train arrived at a station, and Cheng Yu finally got off the train. The 3 minutes at the small station is too short, the train will soon start again, Cheng Yu, who got off the train, put his hand on the window, Lan Yue also pressed his hand tightly through the window, at that moment, Cheng Yu's nose was sour, and Lan Yue was already in tears.

After that, Lan Yue was almost in a state of dementia and fog, until she returned to that familiar, peaceful courtyard......

This is an ancient house left by the ancestors, in this small county, there are not many such ancient houses, in recent years, the government has begun to register and protect them, which is also a scenery of the county. Listening to the deceased grandmother, many yards around here used to be the Lan family, and later, only the innermost inner house was left, which used to be a courtyard set of courtyards, and it was a long corridor to enter from the gate, and later, in order to separate the Lan family from other yards, the side door was opened from a narrow alley in the backyard, and it became a new single-family household. On the other side of the narrow alley is the enclosure of the temple. Therefore, on ordinary days, Lan Yue's home always has a quiet space and time that are solidified.

This winter, however, this tranquil courtyard doesn't seem to be peaceful. From the night he returned, Lan Yue had learned a sarcasm and quarrel with a gun and a stick, and despite the fact that he was separated from the floor and the living room, he could still clearly hear his mother's excited voice.

"Isn't it because my dad forgot to pick me up because of entertainment? I don't care, I don't know why my mother is so unrelenting. Lan Yue felt that her mother's thoughts were sometimes difficult to understand.

The following days were the same, as soon as Dad came back late, the cold war would turn into a war of words, and it was about to break out. Lan Yue knew that every time they quarreled, they were trying to avoid her, but the sound insulation of the old house was not good, and every time she would hear her mother ask questions like a prisoner, and her father would sometimes explain, and if she couldn't explain it, she would slam the door and stand in the yard smoking. She has always felt that for so many years, although her parents are not affectionate, they can also respect each other, they are both intellectuals, and their cultivation is still good. Especially the father who has been splashing ink for half his life, he is elegant and never hurts people. Could it be that mom menopause has arrived? Or is there something else wrong with each other?

It had been snowing all day, and the ancient carved wall tiles looked so calm and serene under the white cover. Lan Yue saw the tall back of her father in the snow through the half-hidden curtain, and the flying snow chips and rising smoke enveloped each other above his head. I have a very handsome father, if it was in ancient times, my father must have been a talented and suave young master like in the TV series. Lan Yue didn't know why she had such a thought. She gently pushed the door open......

"Dad, come to my house,"

"Yue'er, it's late, haven't you slept yet?"

"Dad, why are you standing in the snow, you're going to catch a cold. You and Mom, you guys? ”

"Yue'er, put on your clothes and accompany your father to the courtyard for a walk, okay?"

"Oh."

Lan Yue put on a down jacket, held her father's hand, and slowly walked out of the courtyard gate. It's been a long time since she's taken such a walk with her father, and in the past few years, her father has been very busy, and she has been preparing for the college entrance examination, and she is also very busy.

"Yue'er, do you think your father has neglected you in the past few years?"

"No, I know you're busy with work, and we all have our own things to do."

"Yes, the girl has grown up, how's it going? Are you still adjusting to university life? Are you young enough to talk to your classmates? Do you have any close friends? Lan Tianming disapproved of letting Yue'er go to school early from a very early age, including the later skipping grades, and he was even more opposed. Helplessly, his wife Xiao Ying is bent on doing everything, and it is difficult to listen to other people's advice. He felt that with Lan Yue's intelligence, if she went to school normally like other children, she should be able to be admitted to a prestigious school such as Tsinghua University and Peking University, instead of just going to an ordinary one. However, he couldn't bear to let the child repeat his studies, taking the college entrance examination once was equivalent to peeling off the skin, since he was admitted, he would go. For girls, it is not easy to go to undergraduate, and the major is also what I like, and I will be a case translator in the future, which is stable and comfortable.

"It's okay, I don't talk much, I don't show timidity, they take good care of me. However, some of the students are really old, Shen Yuzhu in our dormitory is two years older than me, both 22 years old, they come from the countryside, and they all go to school late. ”

"Really? It's not easy for children from the countryside, don't look down on others, and have a good relationship with your roommates. Do you know? Students, especially college roommates, are the most important connections in the future. ”

"Dad, I think you've changed, you never told me that before."

"In the development of society, people are going to change, and if they don't change, they will be eliminated by society, and when you grow up, you should also understand some of these truths. In the past, I was always closed to my own small circle, teaching and writing, but in the past few years, I have learned that the world around us is actually big and rich. You have inherited too much Lan family blood in your character, you are lofty, proud, and alone, you have to learn to change, so that you can be happy. Lan Tianming put his daughter's little hand into his pocket and kneaded it gently.

"So, is everything going to change? …… Include...... Your relationship with your mother? ”

Lan Tianming hesitated.

"Who said that? What did your mom say? …… We've been dating since you're so old, how can it change after more than 20 years? It's your mom who is too sensitive. ”

"Oh, really?" Lan Yue smiled secretly in her heart, it turns out that her parents are also in early love, and she is genetic, so it's no wonder that I! "Shall I help you persuade your mother? However, she doesn't seem to want me to get involved in adult affairs. ”

"Forget it, she's menopausal, it's best not to mess with her."

"Dad, I sometimes think about how good it would be if I didn't grow up." Lan Yue wrapped her two hands around one of Lan Tianming's arms and leaned her head on his shoulder like a couple.

"Huh? I remember you always thought you were growing too slowly? You see, you're in school in the morning, and you're skipping a grade. ”

"Oh, my mom made me dance, I knew what a kid knew at the time. Besides, what's good about growing up, the more you grow up, the more troubles you have. When I was a child, we were so poor that we had to treat my grandmother, and I didn't see you quarrel with your mother much. However, now that grandma is gone, our lives are getting better day by day, and the family is restless. ”

"Well, it's Mom and Dad who are bad and make you worried, we're fine. Besides, how can there be a husband and wife who don't quarrel, and when you have your own sweetheart and your own family in the future, you will understand. Lan Tianming gently scratched his daughter's palm.

"Shouldn't people who love each other understand each other and tolerate each other? Why do you have to quarrel? Besides, is there anything you can't say openly and honestly? Quarrels won't solve the problem. ”

"This ...... How to say it, people are complex emotional animals, different people have different understandings of love, and different ways of expression, if they recognize each other, they will be wet, and if there are differences, they need to run in. ”

"What if it doesn't work?" Lan Yue raised her head and looked at her father.

"......" Lan Tianming was silent, he had thought about this question, he had thought about it a long time ago, but he just thought about it.

"If you can't run in, will you just break up? Or rather...... Divorce? ”

"You think too much, Yue'er, I won't divorce your mother"

"Really?"

"Really! Dad doesn't lie to you," Lan Tianming tightened his hand holding his daughter in his pocket.

Lan Yue smiled and rubbed her face against her father's shoulder, tears faintly flashing in her eyes.

"Let's go back. I didn't say hello when I came out, and I shouldn't be in a hurry if I can't find your mother. ”

On the windowsill on the second floor, Xiao Ying watched the father and daughter walk back to their yard from a distance, and a scene from 22 years ago suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, when she also held Lan Tianming's arm and walked into this courtyard with snowflakes in the sky. To be exact, it should be carried out, Lan Tianming was covered in bruises at that time, because Lan Tianming's missing father was the Kuomintang, and the children in the compound often teased this counter-revolutionary dog. And she, the daughter of the Lan Mansion who was upright, helped him without hesitation despite the laughter of her companions.

Xiao Ying felt a burst of sadness.

Lan Yue, who returned to the room, couldn't sleep for a long time, she recalled what her father said just now, why did she seem to have heard it somewhere? "Learn to change ......", it was Cheng Yu, I said why I liked him, it turned out that he was like my father, "old-fashioned!" Lan Yue smiled secretly.

This night, Lan Yue had a long dream, in the dream there were Zhan Simin, Shen Yuzhu, Lu Xiaoqing, Sister Shan, strange, how could there be Zheng Fei, they built snowmen and had snowball fights together in this small courtyard, but why was there no Cheng Yu? She searched everywhere, and she couldn't find all the rooms......

"Cheng Yu! Brother Cheng! Brother Yu! ”

"Have you seen Cheng Yu?"

"Daddy! Have you seen Cheng Yu, a boy who looks a little like you. ”

"Oh. The boy? He seems to be waiting for you at the gate of the compound, go and ......"

The alleys in the ancient city are staggered, Lan Yue saw Cheng Yu's figure flashing past the gate, she chased after it, and only saw the back from the end of the alley, the figures of the two of them were running staggered in the parallel alleys, but they could never meet......