The correct posture to conquer rogues
It was brought to class during Chapter 2.
Son, he is quite willing to be friends with Wu Jing.In a sense they are indeed the same kind of people.
What Ye Chaochuan applied for was not an ordinary university, but a research institution, which meant that it did not study courses, but studied academics for the purpose.
This is what he guessed after going there for an interview.
An old and dilapidated three-story building, the walls are covered with moss, and the colored sand has been dipped into dark green.As soon as you enter the building, your nose is filled with the smell of old books and old wood.
He and seven other students were first arranged to wait in an office on the third floor, and then called one by one to another room to be interviewed by a group of old professors wearing glasses.
After they were all interviewed, they still gathered in the original office. They had just said a few words before being chased away by a teacher.The group of professors had probably just finished discussing the results, and came out almost at the same time as them. When they got down to the second floor, they all went back to their offices and closed the doors.
The few of them looked at each other in blank dismay, because at this moment, they all felt like they were in prison.When they got downstairs, no one left immediately. They discussed the interview and left contact information for each other.
Ye Chaochuan also left contact information with the two boys, because one of them said that the three of their mentors belonged to the same research group, and they would be from the same school in the future.
He thinks this statement is quite interesting, and he is also afraid that if something goes wrong in the interview, or what procedures need to be followed for admission, he should discuss it with others so as not to make any mistakes at the critical moment.
On the second day after the interview, Ye Chaochuan went back to school and had to prepare his graduation thesis.
He slept for a long time before waking up, and Xia Man's call arrived.
"How was the interview?"
Ye Chaochuan lay down and didn't get up, put his phone on the pillow against his ear, and yawned: "That's it, the result hasn't come out yet."
Xia Man paused for a moment: "Damn, why don't you have an interview, just because of your looks, you must be fine."
Ye Chaochuan couldn't help laughing: "I'm still investigating other things."
Xia Man seemed to laugh too, and said in a low voice, "It's not an interview for a job. You have passed the exam. Isn't the interview just to see what you look like?"
"Are you looking for a job?"
"Hey, don't count, I just look at it first, practice my hands, and I will go to your place to find a job after graduation."
"..." Ye Chaochuan sat up from the bed, moved his place, and put his feet on the bed rails, "You are looking for your job, and I don't know where to go when I come out after three years."
"...Hey, it's a little early to say, let's talk about it after graduation." Xia Man laughed twice.
"..."
"Hey, our swimming pool is open, you can come to my place to learn swimming, including teaching and meeting."
Ye Chaochuan turned his head and looked through the window at the buildings in the distance and the green hills in the distance: "Well, when I have time."
☆, beer, cigarettes and two people
In May and June, the most beautiful time of the year, Ye Chaochuan went to the library all day as usual, without the guilt of skipping classes and confusion about the future, and his mood was unprecedentedly peaceful.
When the dissertation is handed in, the university career has come to a successful conclusion.After that, the graduates started a leisurely life of playing cards during the day and setting up stalls at night, or sleeping during the day and playing cards and setting up stalls at night.
As soon as it was dark, Tian Meng and Qi Hui would carry two large bags and two horses, and go to a stall on the side of the campus road to sell some old things they didn't use.
Meng Xiangdong wanted to do an internship and was busy with class graduation, so he handed over all his things to Tian Meng and Qi Hui.
Ye Chaochuan didn't have anything to sell. Later, Li Xiaojian said that they could sell the review materials for the postgraduate entrance examination, so he and Wu Jingsan also spread a pile of books on the side of the campus road.
This small stall also had to occupy a seat, and the two groups of them sat next to each other, playing cards and selling books at the same time, or buying two watermelons and a few bottles of beer, very carefree, youthful and frivolous.
However, this time is short.The passionate youth that Ye Chaochuan finally ignited came to an end in a hurry, just like a brilliant firework that died out in an instant.
As soon as July entered, it was time to leave school.
Every day, there are people who pull their suitcases and leave, some are crying and some are laughing, and they are lucky to be able to continue their relationship together after going out, but more often they will never see each other again.
After Meng Xiangdong got his graduation certificate, his job became regular, so he rented a house near the company.Tian Meng's unit has good benefits, and there is a dormitory for employees, but he will not live in it until he has worked for a year, so he went to Meng Xiangdong to live there for a while.
They chose a day, and they moved Meng Xiangdong and Tian Meng's things in one pot, even moving and cleaning up, these people worked hard all day.
Qi Hui is a graduate student in this school, and he will definitely move to the graduate dormitory, but he is not in a hurry to collect his things, he said that he will move after sending everyone in the dormitory away.
The remaining Ye Chaochuan, Li Xiaojian and Wu Jing are three people who will go to other places to continue their studies.
But it's useless for them to worry, the logistics company directly brought the business to the campus, and the students moved out the bags, weighed them, registered them, and let the company drive them away, just like paying public food.
On the last day of parting, first the whole class had a breakup meal together, and then the dormitory.
Ye Chaochuan, Li Xiaojian and Wu Jing ate again. Li Xiaojian was crying while drinking, her eyes were as red as rabbits.
The next day, Li Xiaojian left school.
Then Wu Jing, the night before he left, he bought a dozen beers and asked Ye Chaochuan to go to the top floor to talk about life, ideals and love.
In fact, they both downed a bottle of wine without even having a preface.
Wu Jing suddenly laughed out loud.
Ye Chaochuan glanced at him: "What are you laughing at?"
Wu Jing held the wine bottle and looked at the bright lights in the distance: "Laugh at me, laugh at you, laugh at us both."
It's so profound, it's like saying nothing, Ye Chaochuan opened a second bottle of wine.
He really wanted to drink, and wanted to think about his life, ideals and love on the roof of the building on such a breezy night.If Wu Jing hadn't called him, he would have come alone. With Wu Jing, even if he didn't speak, he wouldn't feel embarrassed.
Wu Jing is such an existence to him.
"I have long seen that you are the same kind of person as I am, although you have never admitted it." Wu Jing raised the bottle at him and took a sip.
Ye Chaochuan's ears were callused after hearing him say this, so he was not as angry as he was at the beginning, and just responded calmly: "I am not."
"Hehe, I didn't say which aspect it is, why are you so anxious to refute," Wu Jing narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Since I discovered my fault, I never want to have any contact with others, and I don't want to talk to others , In fact, I was quite scared, afraid that others would know.”
Ye Chaochuan froze for a moment, then said in a low voice: "I can understand."
"What about you?" Wu Jing asked.
He squinted his eyes and asked back, "What?"
"You are really like a little hedgehog, stabbing people if you disagree with me." Wu Jing shook her head lightly, "Have you not noticed that most people have a few classmates, friends or fellow villagers, but you don't, follow me Same."
Ye Chaochuan was drinking with the bottle wrapped, glanced at him, and put down the bottle: "Why don't I have one, isn't it Xia Man?"
Wu Jing snorted through her nose: "You two are in a long-distance relationship. You have no problem, but Xia Man has a problem."
Ye Chaochuan frowned, and clenched the wine bottle unconsciously. If Wu Jing had said this two months ago, he would have smashed the bottle of wine on his head. Now, he glared at Wu Jing , and then leaned back and took another sip of wine.
"Damn, do you know how nervous I was just now? I was afraid you would hit me on the head with a wine bottle." Wu Jing laughed a few times.
Ye Chaochuan raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly: "You also swear?"
"I said I learned from you, do you believe me?" Wu Jing glanced at him slowly.
The light on the roof was not strong, but Ye Chaochuan could feel the deep meaning in his gaze. He was annoyed by Wu Jing's behavior, as if he was obsessed with him.
He didn't say anything, but Wu Jing said unhurriedly, "Didn't you also learn from Xia Man?"
It would be a lie not to be surprised, but Wu Jing was so sensitive, Ye Chaochuan purposely squinted his eyes and glanced up and down at him: "You keep talking about Xia Man, do you have thoughts about him?"
"What's the matter, if I have an idea, can you help me connect?" Wu Jing looked at him with a smile.
"..." Ye Chaochuan was silent for a while, then took a sip of wine, "I've never seen you like this."
"Hey, I don't know what I like, and I don't know who I can like. I have met you for so many years." Wu Jing put down the wine bottle, propped her arms, and leaned back her upper body.
"Life is long and short, why bother to be persistent."
"I'm not as good as you." Wu Jing glanced at him, then turned her gaze away again, "If you don't have someone like Xia Man by your side, you can understand my feelings."
Ye Chaochuan had drank four bottles of beer so far, his stomach was so distended that he couldn't drink any more, so he took out a cigarette and lit it.
It was the first time Wu Jing saw him smoking, so she asked him for one.
People who just started smoking couldn't get out smoke rings. Wu Jing took a puff and choked, and then smoke came out of her nose and mouth.Half-puffing and half-spontaneously finishing a cigarette before Ye Chaochuan.
"One more." Wu Jing stretched out her hand.
Ye Chaochuan didn't say anything, and handed over another one.
Wu Jing took a puff of a cigarette, and then opened her mouth to spit it out: "We smokers and drinkers can be regarded as friends, do you plan to contact me after graduation?".
Ordinarily, ordinary friends would not ask such a question, because it is weird on the one hand, and embarrassing on the other.
Since Wu Jing asked, Ye Chaochuan replied, "No plan."
Wu Jing choked on a smile, and coughed for a long time before recovering: "I think so." He sighed a long time: "I saw the address where you sent things, although you are not from the same school as me, But in a city, right?"
That's right, Ye Chaochuan didn't send the things home, but sent them directly to City B.This was Ye Qing's idea for him. Ye Qing had a friend over there and promised to help arrange it. This would save a lot of trouble, so he followed suit.
Unexpectedly, Wu Jing saw it.
"En." Ye Chaochuan had no choice but to agree.
Wu Jing smiled wryly: "Just like that, you don't even intend to contact me. I really convinced you."
Ye Chaochuan snuffed out the cigarette butt and threw it far away: "It's not necessary."
"You really hurt people, I just want to be friends with you, just friends." Wu Jing's voice was very low, as if she was asleep.
"You will meet someone who is more qualified to be your friend than me in the future, why bother?"
They fell silent again.
The phone in Ye Chaochuan's pocket vibrated, and he took it out to see that it was a text message from Xia Man.
Xiaman started leading the group a few months ago, and he said he wanted to save money to pay off creditors.Ye Chaochuan said "no need to pay back" at first, but then he let it go.Xia Man was so busy that he could only find time to text him, which made him feel relieved.
"I have saved enough money to pay you back, and I will give you a gift. When will you go home?"
Holding his mobile phone, he watched the red light on the signal tower in the distance flickering like a Morse code, but he didn't see why after watching for a long time, he lowered his head and pressed the button and replied: "Thank you."
Later, he and Wu Jing continued to chat about life and ideals one after another. They both regarded this night as the last time they met. It seemed that there were many things to say, but unfortunately they were stuck in their throats. The last words seemed to imply Meaningful, but actually meaningless.
That night, they stayed on the roof until midnight.
When Ye Chaochuan woke up at noon the next day, Wu Jing's bed was already empty.
He stared blankly at the bare bed board for a while, and an indescribable regret welled up in his heart.
He called Ye Qing, he didn't go home during the summer vacation, he was going to visit city B.At that time, he had already boarded the train bound for City B.
If you connect City B with his home and current school on the map, it will be an acute triangle. City B is on the sharp apex, like a wedge stretching into the distance.
As soon as he got out of the train station, there was a scent of cream and baked cakes floating in the underground passage. He bought cakes and hot drinks, and walked to the ground while eating.
On both sides of the wide road, the tall buildings are full of design sense, and the sheets of glass reflect the soft and bright light in the morning.Pedestrians on the road are dressed in different clothes and have distinctive personalities, and even the smell of perfume on their bodies is incomparably in harmony with this fragrant city.
It is very prosperous, but Ye Chaochuan knows that he is just a passerby in it.
He had already booked a hotel before coming, and because he stayed for a long time, he also checked all the nearby facilities, including bus stations, subway stations, and mobile business halls.
At this time, the hotel was still not available, so he walked very slowly along the way. When he passed the mobile business hall, he stood on the other side of the road and looked at it for a long time.
He stepped into the business hall, discarded the old mobile phone card, got a new card and installed it in the new mobile phone, as if cutting a line with a "crack".
☆, living in prison, only indefinitely
Afterwards, he stayed in City B for a few days, took a map, sat down on the bus and subway one after another, and slowly observed the city while killing time.
"Hello, Mom, it's me." Ye Chaochuan called Ye Qing with his new phone number.
"Have you changed your phone number?"
"Ah."
"What's the full name of your school?" Ye Qing asked.
"What are you doing?" He deliberately didn't tell Ye Qing when he was taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and always skipped it vaguely.
"Xiaman called me two days ago. I said you went to City B. He asked me which school you went to. I don't even know your mother."
"That's it, I'll tell you when I need it, and," Ye Chaochuan bit his lips, "don't tell him the new number either."
"What's wrong with you kid?"
"Don't worry about it."
Ye Qing on the other end paused for a moment: "...Do you think I don't know anything. I will keep your news from Xia Man for you, but I hope you don't hide anything from me."
"What do you know?" He asked anxiously, trying to remain calm.
"When you applied for the college entrance examination, you used my computer and didn't clear the records." After saying this, Ye Qing hung up the phone.
Because of this phone call, Ye Chaochuan stayed in the hotel for a few days without going out.During this period, Ye Qing only called once, and hung up after one ring, and he didn't call back.
The research institution he was admitted to was different from ordinary universities, and there was no summer vacation. After just two weeks, he reported to the new school according to the time and place on the admission notice.
In the first year, they studied intensively in the main college with students from other branches, and they ate and lived in the headquarters.
Said to be the headquarters, the facilities are very simple, the dormitory building, teaching building, restaurant, auditorium, four points and one line enclose the students in it.
Classes during the day and various homework at night. On weekends, I go back to the branch with my classmates from the same college and accept the work assignments from the tutors.
The size and address of each branch are different. For example, the historical branch is behind the headquarters. Strictly speaking, the headquarters is in the yard of the historical branch.
The branch where Ye Chaochuan is located is remote, and every time he goes back, he has to spend a day because he has to spend three to four hours on traffic.
Back in the branch, look up at the dark green walls covered with creepers, then go into the small building to his tutor's office.
His tutor was surnamed Cui, a tall and thin old man with a pair of big glasses on his slender face, a high nose bridge, and deep lines on his forehead and mouth. He looked several years older than his actual age.He was wearing a blue-gray undershirt, holding a paper fan in his hand, and at first glance he looked like he was talking about cross talk.
Old man Cui took a sip of tea from the teacup, sipped and sipped his lips on the rim of the cup, and spat back the tea foam: "Have you read the literature?"
"It's over, I've written a review." Ye Chaochuan took out a few printed manuscripts from his bag.
Old man Cui took it and glanced at it, then threw it on the table and snorted: "I don't write by hand on these few pages."
"I'll change it later."
Most of these old professors don't know how to use computers. Although the unit has provided them, they are like a decoration when they are idle.On old man Cui's desk, there was a bundle of pens and two bottles of ink. The paper he used was red ruled paper, and he wrote in regular script.
"I have two books here, take them back and read them." Old man Cui raised his chin and pointed in a direction.
Ye Chaochuan walked over, squatted on the ground, and stretched out his hand tentatively while watching his eyes.
"Beside." Old man Cui closed his lips immediately after speaking, as if he was afraid of dust flying in.
Every teacher's office is equipped with two bookcases, but old man Cui's bookcase is always locked, and the books are placed in piles on the table, on the stool, or even on the ground.
Ye Chaochuan looked at the stack of books on the stool, trying to see which two books old man Cui was talking about, and put his hand on it.
Old man Cui said: "Yes." After speaking, he closed his lips tightly again.
Ye Chaochuan took out the two books, and old man Cui nodded: "Take them back and read."
Ye Chaochuan bowed his body slightly, and heard him say again: "From now on, you can also show me your homework after class."
"Okay, teacher."
Ye Chaochuan walked out of the office door, heaved a sigh of relief, he was so nervous that he was about to sweat.
The classes he took were assigned by the old man Cui. In addition, he also took electives such as research on red studies and script writing.At first he didn't say anything, but when the old man Cui asked about it, he reported back. At that time, the old man Cui said four words "not doing business properly".
He was very dumbfounded.
Old man Cui has a strange temper. When the students got together to chat, some people said that old man Cui was not very popular, and the teachers in the courtyard didn't like to deal with him.
Ye Chaochuan didn't know what other people's teachers were like. Old man Cui had a weird temper, but he was a top-notch scholar. This probably had something to do with his stinky and tough temper.
Knowledge is knowledge, which is higher than firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.Old man Cui said.
An old professor who doesn't bend his waist for five buckets of rice, rides a [-] bicycle to and from get off work every day to study, which is both admirable and lamentable.
The dormitory they live in now is a three-person room, and each bunk has a bed above it and a writing desk and a cabinet below it.One of his roommates is Zhou Li and the other is Kuai Pengcheng, both from RM University, which is the school Wu Jing was admitted to.
Their tutors are different, their research directions are different, and the courses they choose are also different. They basically don’t stay together in class. College classmates such as Meng Xiangdong and Li Xiaojian are so affectionate and sincere, and he feels that there are two "Wu Jing" around him.
Of course, he knew that he was the same in the eyes of those two people.
On this day, he received a call from Ye Qing. Since the last call, they hadn't contacted each other for two months.
"Brat, are you comfortable?" The two were silent for a while, then Ye Qing asked.
"What's the matter?" He was uneasy, not knowing what to say to Ye Qing.
"What's the matter, what's the matter?"
His eyes were sore, he raised his hand and pinched his nose: "Mom, I..."
"You don't have to do this, I don't blame you," Ye Qing paused, "Xia Man has come to our house twice, that kid is so clever, how could he not know, he pestered me to ask for a phone number, once when I was not in the house According to the call records, they dialed one by one, and they all reached Shen Tuo, alas, this kid."
"I'm causing you trouble." Ye Chaochuan felt a pain in his chest, but he couldn't tell whether it was because of Xia Man or his own mother.
"He came again this morning. He didn't pester me to ask any more questions. He said he was going to City B too. Be careful."
"It's okay, it's so easy to run into each other." Ye Chaochuan frowned unconsciously, "Thank you, Mom."
Ye Qing was very sad when she said those few words before, but her words suddenly changed here: "Do you remember what I told you? Don't hide anything from me."
"I remember……"
"Then let me ask you, what happened to Xia Man, is he the same as you?" Ye Qing's words hit the nail on the head like an awl.
"……I have no idea."
"I told you to make friends and girlfriends a long time ago. Even if you have a few more friends, you won't be able to do what you are doing now. Do you think it's you or me—" Ye Qing choked up and hung up the phone.
Ye Chaochuan put down the phone, leaned back in the chair, stared at the computer screen in a daze.
If Ye Qing hadn't put the blame on herself, no parent would be as magnanimous as her. Ye Chaochuan didn't know whether he should be thankful or regretful.
There was no entertainment at all in their postgraduate life, that is, to take advantage of the weekends when they didn't have to go back to the branch to go to some scenic spots together.
Now, Ye Chaochuan doesn't even participate in this event.He went to the public library to read books alone, or stayed in the dormitory to complete the handwritten manuscripts arranged by old man Cui.
The winter in this city is very cold, and the howling north wind makes people's faces dry and painful, and they are reluctant to take out their hands in their pockets.
Ye Chaochuan rushed to the branch hospital tremblingly alone, but the old man Cui summoned him urgently, and he didn't say anything on the phone, he was up and down all the way.
"You wrote this!"
A dozen papers fell in front of him. It was an assignment handed in a week ago. He stared at the top of the paper and couldn't lift it: "Yes."
Old man Cui closed his fan with a snap, and knocked on the manuscript paper: "How many points did you score in your professional courses?"
They had just been here for less than half a year, and hadn't passed the exam yet. Ye Chaochuan thought he was probably asking about the results of the postgraduate entrance examination, and opened his mouth to answer.
Old man Cui took the fan and tapped it again: "It's useless to take the test, I don't know the papers they issued?"
He had no choice but to shut his mouth obediently, it wasn't cold anymore, and his whole body began to sweat from the exhaustion.
"You are at the level of a middle school student, and you are not as good as you are." Old man Cui lowered his head slightly, staring at him from above his glasses with raised eyes, "You should retake this course."
"No." Ye Chaochuan raised his head, clenched his hands into fists underneath, but didn't blink his eyes, "I'll go back and practice."
"Hmph." Old man Cui withdrew his fan and sat up straight, "Then you should hurry back and practice."
Ye Chaochuan still stood still, wondering if old man Cui had finished his training, or if he really issued an order to evict the guests.
Sure enough, Old Man Cui took out a key from the drawer, walked slowly to the cabinet, opened the cabinet with the first key, glanced at Ye Chaochuan, went in and searched for it, took out a stack of bound manuscripts, and then Slowly lock the cabinet.
"Take it and look at it, be careful, don't get it dirty or wrinkled by me." Old man Cui explained word by word, and then waved his hand.
Ye Chaochuan put away the manuscript and put it in his bag, then took the subway back to the headquarters alone.
When he returned to the dormitory, the door was still locked. Those people went skating and it seems that they haven't come back yet. It's really not too cold.
He took out the manuscript that old man Cui had given him, put it in the bookshelf, and climbed into bed without eating.
He suddenly remembered a sentence Wu Jing said, "Everyone has a few classmates, friends, or fellow villagers." For example, Zhou Li and Kuai Pengcheng are alumni. There is brother Kuai Pengcheng's younger brother.This is that's friend, that is that's alumni, everyone is a node in the intertwined network of relationships, only he is alone.
He lay face down on the pillow and reached under it to feel something.
Time passes and never returns...
☆、Patients are coming, waving small flags
After the final exam, Ye Chaochuan was still living in the dormitory, waiting for Ye Qing to come.
A month ago, Ye Qing talked to him on the phone. Shen Tuo had a house in City B. Since Ye Chaochuan was here, Shen Tuo meant to let Ye Qing come over and they would celebrate the New Year here.
He agreed without thinking, as long as he could not go home, he was willing to accept.
On New Year's Eve 29, Ye Qing's unit was on holiday, Shen Tuo booked her a plane ticket, Ye Qing flew over and rested for a night, Shen Tuo brought her to pick up her son.
On New Year's Eve, Ye Chaochuan packed his things and stood at the gate waiting for his unreliable parents.
A black commercial vehicle stopped by the side of the road, the window was lowered, revealing Ye Qing's face: "Xiao Chuan, get in the car."
Ye Chaochuan took another look at the car, it seemed that one just passed by.He opened the rear door and got in.
"He opened it just now, but he didn't see the gate of your school." Ye Qing turned her face and said with a smile.
They haven't seen each other for a year, and the number of phone calls is much less than before, not to mention...
Ye Chaochuan looked up at the front mirror of the car, and could only see half of Ye Qing's face. Ye Qing was in good spirits, and there was nothing unusual about her.He glanced at Shen Tuo casually again, not to mention why.
Shen Tuo's house is not far from here, more than half an hour's drive away.
The environment of the community is quiet, and the security system is also strong. There is an access control at the gate and the entrance of the building. Several high-rise buildings are in European style. There are gardens and fountains in front of the buildings.
Shen Tuo lives on the 19th floor, a duplex of more than 100 square meters. The decoration is very luxurious, but it can be seen that no one has lived in it for a long time, and there is no popularity in the room.
The kitchen was also unused, and the refrigerator was empty.Their New Year's Eve dinner can only be eaten outside.
For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, there is no one to do housekeeping.On the first day of the new year, Ye Chaochuan simply tidied up the house, as long as it can accommodate people and eat.
Shen Tuo gave Ye Qing things in different ways every day, and even he followed suit. Shen Tuo gave him a new computer and asked him if he wanted to learn how to drive, but he refused.
From Shen Tuo's kindly asking Ye Chaochuan to live here, and trying to persuade Ye Qing to quit her job and go to City B to accompany Ye Chaochuan to school, it's not hard to imagine his intentions.
Since Ye Qing didn't agree to quit her job and come to City B, he certainly wouldn't increase the interference conditions to make things difficult for Ye Qing.
He was enough to embarrass Ye Qing.
"I'll take you to see a doctor, you can't just go on like this."
Shen Tuo company has something to leave for two days.Ye Chaochuan thought that Ye Qing would have to talk to him.
"I won't go." Ye Chaochuan glanced at Ye Qing and said flatly.
The corners of Ye Qing's lips twitched, as if it was difficult to speak: "Then what are you going to do, do you want to cure yourself, or don't you want to get better at all?"
"Let it be, I don't want to get married anyway."
Ye Qing walked up to him and twisted his ears: "You bad boy, you just make me feel guilty, don't you remind me every day that you are raised by a mother like me? son, right?"
"Who blames you." Ye Chaochuan let Ye Qing twist his ears without moving.
"I might as well not have given birth to you." Ye Qing twisted twice and couldn't bear it anymore. She covered her face and sat aside, sobbing softly.
"It's too late, I can't go back."
Ye Qing burped through her tears: "You can just be mad at me."
"Don't be like this, I really don't think there is anything wrong, as long as you don't blame yourself so much. I don't care what others think, I'm just afraid that you will be sad." Ye Zhaochuan patted her on the back lightly, eyes watching somewhere in nothingness.
"I didn't tell him," Ye Qing put down her hands and turned to look at him, her eyes and cheeks were flushed, "You always do whatever you want, you don't care about others, I can't help it , What's going on with you and Xia Man? Are you just hiding like this?"
"He may have been infected by me, and he may recover after a while." Ye Chaochuan smiled.
"Ah?" Ye Qing opened her mouth in surprise, and then sighed again, "You are really born by me, I will try my best to help you, the better one is the other."
Ye Chaochuan's current annual leave is the same as Ye Qing's, and when Ye Qing is about to leave, he will start school.Shen Tuo gave him a set of keys, allowing him to come and live at any time, and then the family went their separate ways.
During the Chinese New Year, Shen Tuo received a lot of presents, and Ye Qing asked him to give some to the teacher.So, in the first week of school, Ye Chaochuan went back to the branch to give old man Cui a gift.
Old man Cui's face was very displeased, he was standing tall and swinging his arms, like a puppet that has been unthreaded: "What are you doing, it's useless to send these things if you don't study hard, wait for you to graduate Let's talk about it later."
"There are many in the family, this is what my parents mean." Ye Chaochuan was holding the gift, and he didn't know what to say, so he kept his head bowed.
Old man Cui made himself a cup of tea, sat down to work again, waited for a long time for the tea to be almost cold, and then took a sip. When he looked up, he seemed to notice Ye Chaochuan: "Don't stand here with me, sir. Let it go, don't let it go."
Old man Cui waved his hand and finally left the things behind.
As soon as he returned to the dormitory and opened the door, Zhou Li turned his head, saw him, and glanced at him back and forth: "Old man Cui accepted it?"
"Yeah." Ye Chaochuan glanced back at him, took off his coat, took hand sanitizer and went to the sink to wash his hands.
After he washed his hands and came back, Zhou Li continued the previous words and said, "You are so strong, I will send it to my teacher tomorrow."
Ye Chaochuan ignored him, and at night, Zhou Li and Kuai Pengcheng really went out to buy something together.
The life in the branch is obvious to all, just look at those brothers and sisters who are blind-eyed, so they cherish the remaining six months of study and life.
When the spring comes, their seven classmates, three men and four women, make an appointment to play, watching peonies, tulips, botanical gardens, bamboo gardens, boating on the lake, climbing high and looking far, as long as it is a place where young people gather They all have to go for a walk.
If old man Cui didn't summon him, Ye Chaochuan would also go with them. A group of young men and women who look like scholars, no matter chatting or playing games, they can't get away from what they have learned. Compared with gossip and playing cards in college, I don't know how many levels higher. , It is inevitable to give birth to a sense of superiority.
At the end of the final exam, Ye Chaochuan felt that this year passed so quickly, and when he thought of going back to the branch school and spending time with old man Cui, he couldn't imagine it.
Because there was no summer vacation, they packed up everything after the exam, found a car in the courtyard, and dragged them to the new dormitory in the branch with their luggage.
There are only dozens of students in the branch they are in. There is no special student apartment, so they rent a few rooms in a nearby community.The seven newcomers were still allocated according to the original distribution. The four girls lived in a better place, with two bedrooms and one living room like the residents, while the three men lived in a dormitory converted from one bedroom and one living room.
On the first day of their stay, the girls bought their own vegetables and cooked a few simple dishes, and a good girl made a cake with a pot commonly used at home.The three big men went directly to eat, and took the initiative to wash the dishes and tidy up after eating.Ye Chaochuan followed Zhou Li and Kuai Pengcheng all the way, and did not do or say anything unnecessary.
It feels like playing house...
The next day, they went to the hospital to report, and the year-round shift life finally began.
Their offices are on the third floor, not on the same floor as the teachers.There are two large offices on this floor, one for the doctorate and one for the master's degree, so they share an office with the brothers and sisters of the previous two sessions.
Others are sitting with brothers and sisters of the same school, but Ye Chaochuan is alone, because he has only one brother, sitting in the doctor's office, and he is the first batch of students recruited by their branch, that is to say, old man Cui has never brought any students. until he came.
There is only one window facing north in the room, and the sun cannot be seen. Several long-tube lamps are turned on all day long. Rows of desks are separated by partitions, and everyone is buried in their own desks.There is no distinction between class and get out of class, work and get off work, and working days and rest days.
They can sleep until they wake up naturally, but they always go to the courtyard on time like office workers, and then work in the office for half a day after another, and go back at night in time for the community access control time, day after day.
Ye Chaochuan's work content is quite different from others. Others either help teachers with projects or read literature to prepare for publishing papers, while he is retaking a professional course.
Old man Cui looked at his report card from last year, and pointed to a score of [-]: "Fail!"
Ye Chaochuan couldn't help but shuddered in his heart: "This is a [-]-point system, and I passed."
Old Man Cui glanced at him contemptuously, then shook his head rhythmically: "I know, of course they won't let you fail, they have an unwritten rule, all those who fail will get [-] points."
"That can't be generalized, I happen to be [-] points." Ye Chaochuan endured the emotion in his heart.
What Ye Chaochuan applied for was not an ordinary university, but a research institution, which meant that it did not study courses, but studied academics for the purpose.
This is what he guessed after going there for an interview.
An old and dilapidated three-story building, the walls are covered with moss, and the colored sand has been dipped into dark green.As soon as you enter the building, your nose is filled with the smell of old books and old wood.
He and seven other students were first arranged to wait in an office on the third floor, and then called one by one to another room to be interviewed by a group of old professors wearing glasses.
After they were all interviewed, they still gathered in the original office. They had just said a few words before being chased away by a teacher.The group of professors had probably just finished discussing the results, and came out almost at the same time as them. When they got down to the second floor, they all went back to their offices and closed the doors.
The few of them looked at each other in blank dismay, because at this moment, they all felt like they were in prison.When they got downstairs, no one left immediately. They discussed the interview and left contact information for each other.
Ye Chaochuan also left contact information with the two boys, because one of them said that the three of their mentors belonged to the same research group, and they would be from the same school in the future.
He thinks this statement is quite interesting, and he is also afraid that if something goes wrong in the interview, or what procedures need to be followed for admission, he should discuss it with others so as not to make any mistakes at the critical moment.
On the second day after the interview, Ye Chaochuan went back to school and had to prepare his graduation thesis.
He slept for a long time before waking up, and Xia Man's call arrived.
"How was the interview?"
Ye Chaochuan lay down and didn't get up, put his phone on the pillow against his ear, and yawned: "That's it, the result hasn't come out yet."
Xia Man paused for a moment: "Damn, why don't you have an interview, just because of your looks, you must be fine."
Ye Chaochuan couldn't help laughing: "I'm still investigating other things."
Xia Man seemed to laugh too, and said in a low voice, "It's not an interview for a job. You have passed the exam. Isn't the interview just to see what you look like?"
"Are you looking for a job?"
"Hey, don't count, I just look at it first, practice my hands, and I will go to your place to find a job after graduation."
"..." Ye Chaochuan sat up from the bed, moved his place, and put his feet on the bed rails, "You are looking for your job, and I don't know where to go when I come out after three years."
"...Hey, it's a little early to say, let's talk about it after graduation." Xia Man laughed twice.
"..."
"Hey, our swimming pool is open, you can come to my place to learn swimming, including teaching and meeting."
Ye Chaochuan turned his head and looked through the window at the buildings in the distance and the green hills in the distance: "Well, when I have time."
☆, beer, cigarettes and two people
In May and June, the most beautiful time of the year, Ye Chaochuan went to the library all day as usual, without the guilt of skipping classes and confusion about the future, and his mood was unprecedentedly peaceful.
When the dissertation is handed in, the university career has come to a successful conclusion.After that, the graduates started a leisurely life of playing cards during the day and setting up stalls at night, or sleeping during the day and playing cards and setting up stalls at night.
As soon as it was dark, Tian Meng and Qi Hui would carry two large bags and two horses, and go to a stall on the side of the campus road to sell some old things they didn't use.
Meng Xiangdong wanted to do an internship and was busy with class graduation, so he handed over all his things to Tian Meng and Qi Hui.
Ye Chaochuan didn't have anything to sell. Later, Li Xiaojian said that they could sell the review materials for the postgraduate entrance examination, so he and Wu Jingsan also spread a pile of books on the side of the campus road.
This small stall also had to occupy a seat, and the two groups of them sat next to each other, playing cards and selling books at the same time, or buying two watermelons and a few bottles of beer, very carefree, youthful and frivolous.
However, this time is short.The passionate youth that Ye Chaochuan finally ignited came to an end in a hurry, just like a brilliant firework that died out in an instant.
As soon as July entered, it was time to leave school.
Every day, there are people who pull their suitcases and leave, some are crying and some are laughing, and they are lucky to be able to continue their relationship together after going out, but more often they will never see each other again.
After Meng Xiangdong got his graduation certificate, his job became regular, so he rented a house near the company.Tian Meng's unit has good benefits, and there is a dormitory for employees, but he will not live in it until he has worked for a year, so he went to Meng Xiangdong to live there for a while.
They chose a day, and they moved Meng Xiangdong and Tian Meng's things in one pot, even moving and cleaning up, these people worked hard all day.
Qi Hui is a graduate student in this school, and he will definitely move to the graduate dormitory, but he is not in a hurry to collect his things, he said that he will move after sending everyone in the dormitory away.
The remaining Ye Chaochuan, Li Xiaojian and Wu Jing are three people who will go to other places to continue their studies.
But it's useless for them to worry, the logistics company directly brought the business to the campus, and the students moved out the bags, weighed them, registered them, and let the company drive them away, just like paying public food.
On the last day of parting, first the whole class had a breakup meal together, and then the dormitory.
Ye Chaochuan, Li Xiaojian and Wu Jing ate again. Li Xiaojian was crying while drinking, her eyes were as red as rabbits.
The next day, Li Xiaojian left school.
Then Wu Jing, the night before he left, he bought a dozen beers and asked Ye Chaochuan to go to the top floor to talk about life, ideals and love.
In fact, they both downed a bottle of wine without even having a preface.
Wu Jing suddenly laughed out loud.
Ye Chaochuan glanced at him: "What are you laughing at?"
Wu Jing held the wine bottle and looked at the bright lights in the distance: "Laugh at me, laugh at you, laugh at us both."
It's so profound, it's like saying nothing, Ye Chaochuan opened a second bottle of wine.
He really wanted to drink, and wanted to think about his life, ideals and love on the roof of the building on such a breezy night.If Wu Jing hadn't called him, he would have come alone. With Wu Jing, even if he didn't speak, he wouldn't feel embarrassed.
Wu Jing is such an existence to him.
"I have long seen that you are the same kind of person as I am, although you have never admitted it." Wu Jing raised the bottle at him and took a sip.
Ye Chaochuan's ears were callused after hearing him say this, so he was not as angry as he was at the beginning, and just responded calmly: "I am not."
"Hehe, I didn't say which aspect it is, why are you so anxious to refute," Wu Jing narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Since I discovered my fault, I never want to have any contact with others, and I don't want to talk to others , In fact, I was quite scared, afraid that others would know.”
Ye Chaochuan froze for a moment, then said in a low voice: "I can understand."
"What about you?" Wu Jing asked.
He squinted his eyes and asked back, "What?"
"You are really like a little hedgehog, stabbing people if you disagree with me." Wu Jing shook her head lightly, "Have you not noticed that most people have a few classmates, friends or fellow villagers, but you don't, follow me Same."
Ye Chaochuan was drinking with the bottle wrapped, glanced at him, and put down the bottle: "Why don't I have one, isn't it Xia Man?"
Wu Jing snorted through her nose: "You two are in a long-distance relationship. You have no problem, but Xia Man has a problem."
Ye Chaochuan frowned, and clenched the wine bottle unconsciously. If Wu Jing had said this two months ago, he would have smashed the bottle of wine on his head. Now, he glared at Wu Jing , and then leaned back and took another sip of wine.
"Damn, do you know how nervous I was just now? I was afraid you would hit me on the head with a wine bottle." Wu Jing laughed a few times.
Ye Chaochuan raised the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly: "You also swear?"
"I said I learned from you, do you believe me?" Wu Jing glanced at him slowly.
The light on the roof was not strong, but Ye Chaochuan could feel the deep meaning in his gaze. He was annoyed by Wu Jing's behavior, as if he was obsessed with him.
He didn't say anything, but Wu Jing said unhurriedly, "Didn't you also learn from Xia Man?"
It would be a lie not to be surprised, but Wu Jing was so sensitive, Ye Chaochuan purposely squinted his eyes and glanced up and down at him: "You keep talking about Xia Man, do you have thoughts about him?"
"What's the matter, if I have an idea, can you help me connect?" Wu Jing looked at him with a smile.
"..." Ye Chaochuan was silent for a while, then took a sip of wine, "I've never seen you like this."
"Hey, I don't know what I like, and I don't know who I can like. I have met you for so many years." Wu Jing put down the wine bottle, propped her arms, and leaned back her upper body.
"Life is long and short, why bother to be persistent."
"I'm not as good as you." Wu Jing glanced at him, then turned her gaze away again, "If you don't have someone like Xia Man by your side, you can understand my feelings."
Ye Chaochuan had drank four bottles of beer so far, his stomach was so distended that he couldn't drink any more, so he took out a cigarette and lit it.
It was the first time Wu Jing saw him smoking, so she asked him for one.
People who just started smoking couldn't get out smoke rings. Wu Jing took a puff and choked, and then smoke came out of her nose and mouth.Half-puffing and half-spontaneously finishing a cigarette before Ye Chaochuan.
"One more." Wu Jing stretched out her hand.
Ye Chaochuan didn't say anything, and handed over another one.
Wu Jing took a puff of a cigarette, and then opened her mouth to spit it out: "We smokers and drinkers can be regarded as friends, do you plan to contact me after graduation?".
Ordinarily, ordinary friends would not ask such a question, because it is weird on the one hand, and embarrassing on the other.
Since Wu Jing asked, Ye Chaochuan replied, "No plan."
Wu Jing choked on a smile, and coughed for a long time before recovering: "I think so." He sighed a long time: "I saw the address where you sent things, although you are not from the same school as me, But in a city, right?"
That's right, Ye Chaochuan didn't send the things home, but sent them directly to City B.This was Ye Qing's idea for him. Ye Qing had a friend over there and promised to help arrange it. This would save a lot of trouble, so he followed suit.
Unexpectedly, Wu Jing saw it.
"En." Ye Chaochuan had no choice but to agree.
Wu Jing smiled wryly: "Just like that, you don't even intend to contact me. I really convinced you."
Ye Chaochuan snuffed out the cigarette butt and threw it far away: "It's not necessary."
"You really hurt people, I just want to be friends with you, just friends." Wu Jing's voice was very low, as if she was asleep.
"You will meet someone who is more qualified to be your friend than me in the future, why bother?"
They fell silent again.
The phone in Ye Chaochuan's pocket vibrated, and he took it out to see that it was a text message from Xia Man.
Xiaman started leading the group a few months ago, and he said he wanted to save money to pay off creditors.Ye Chaochuan said "no need to pay back" at first, but then he let it go.Xia Man was so busy that he could only find time to text him, which made him feel relieved.
"I have saved enough money to pay you back, and I will give you a gift. When will you go home?"
Holding his mobile phone, he watched the red light on the signal tower in the distance flickering like a Morse code, but he didn't see why after watching for a long time, he lowered his head and pressed the button and replied: "Thank you."
Later, he and Wu Jing continued to chat about life and ideals one after another. They both regarded this night as the last time they met. It seemed that there were many things to say, but unfortunately they were stuck in their throats. The last words seemed to imply Meaningful, but actually meaningless.
That night, they stayed on the roof until midnight.
When Ye Chaochuan woke up at noon the next day, Wu Jing's bed was already empty.
He stared blankly at the bare bed board for a while, and an indescribable regret welled up in his heart.
He called Ye Qing, he didn't go home during the summer vacation, he was going to visit city B.At that time, he had already boarded the train bound for City B.
If you connect City B with his home and current school on the map, it will be an acute triangle. City B is on the sharp apex, like a wedge stretching into the distance.
As soon as he got out of the train station, there was a scent of cream and baked cakes floating in the underground passage. He bought cakes and hot drinks, and walked to the ground while eating.
On both sides of the wide road, the tall buildings are full of design sense, and the sheets of glass reflect the soft and bright light in the morning.Pedestrians on the road are dressed in different clothes and have distinctive personalities, and even the smell of perfume on their bodies is incomparably in harmony with this fragrant city.
It is very prosperous, but Ye Chaochuan knows that he is just a passerby in it.
He had already booked a hotel before coming, and because he stayed for a long time, he also checked all the nearby facilities, including bus stations, subway stations, and mobile business halls.
At this time, the hotel was still not available, so he walked very slowly along the way. When he passed the mobile business hall, he stood on the other side of the road and looked at it for a long time.
He stepped into the business hall, discarded the old mobile phone card, got a new card and installed it in the new mobile phone, as if cutting a line with a "crack".
☆, living in prison, only indefinitely
Afterwards, he stayed in City B for a few days, took a map, sat down on the bus and subway one after another, and slowly observed the city while killing time.
"Hello, Mom, it's me." Ye Chaochuan called Ye Qing with his new phone number.
"Have you changed your phone number?"
"Ah."
"What's the full name of your school?" Ye Qing asked.
"What are you doing?" He deliberately didn't tell Ye Qing when he was taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and always skipped it vaguely.
"Xiaman called me two days ago. I said you went to City B. He asked me which school you went to. I don't even know your mother."
"That's it, I'll tell you when I need it, and," Ye Chaochuan bit his lips, "don't tell him the new number either."
"What's wrong with you kid?"
"Don't worry about it."
Ye Qing on the other end paused for a moment: "...Do you think I don't know anything. I will keep your news from Xia Man for you, but I hope you don't hide anything from me."
"What do you know?" He asked anxiously, trying to remain calm.
"When you applied for the college entrance examination, you used my computer and didn't clear the records." After saying this, Ye Qing hung up the phone.
Because of this phone call, Ye Chaochuan stayed in the hotel for a few days without going out.During this period, Ye Qing only called once, and hung up after one ring, and he didn't call back.
The research institution he was admitted to was different from ordinary universities, and there was no summer vacation. After just two weeks, he reported to the new school according to the time and place on the admission notice.
In the first year, they studied intensively in the main college with students from other branches, and they ate and lived in the headquarters.
Said to be the headquarters, the facilities are very simple, the dormitory building, teaching building, restaurant, auditorium, four points and one line enclose the students in it.
Classes during the day and various homework at night. On weekends, I go back to the branch with my classmates from the same college and accept the work assignments from the tutors.
The size and address of each branch are different. For example, the historical branch is behind the headquarters. Strictly speaking, the headquarters is in the yard of the historical branch.
The branch where Ye Chaochuan is located is remote, and every time he goes back, he has to spend a day because he has to spend three to four hours on traffic.
Back in the branch, look up at the dark green walls covered with creepers, then go into the small building to his tutor's office.
His tutor was surnamed Cui, a tall and thin old man with a pair of big glasses on his slender face, a high nose bridge, and deep lines on his forehead and mouth. He looked several years older than his actual age.He was wearing a blue-gray undershirt, holding a paper fan in his hand, and at first glance he looked like he was talking about cross talk.
Old man Cui took a sip of tea from the teacup, sipped and sipped his lips on the rim of the cup, and spat back the tea foam: "Have you read the literature?"
"It's over, I've written a review." Ye Chaochuan took out a few printed manuscripts from his bag.
Old man Cui took it and glanced at it, then threw it on the table and snorted: "I don't write by hand on these few pages."
"I'll change it later."
Most of these old professors don't know how to use computers. Although the unit has provided them, they are like a decoration when they are idle.On old man Cui's desk, there was a bundle of pens and two bottles of ink. The paper he used was red ruled paper, and he wrote in regular script.
"I have two books here, take them back and read them." Old man Cui raised his chin and pointed in a direction.
Ye Chaochuan walked over, squatted on the ground, and stretched out his hand tentatively while watching his eyes.
"Beside." Old man Cui closed his lips immediately after speaking, as if he was afraid of dust flying in.
Every teacher's office is equipped with two bookcases, but old man Cui's bookcase is always locked, and the books are placed in piles on the table, on the stool, or even on the ground.
Ye Chaochuan looked at the stack of books on the stool, trying to see which two books old man Cui was talking about, and put his hand on it.
Old man Cui said: "Yes." After speaking, he closed his lips tightly again.
Ye Chaochuan took out the two books, and old man Cui nodded: "Take them back and read."
Ye Chaochuan bowed his body slightly, and heard him say again: "From now on, you can also show me your homework after class."
"Okay, teacher."
Ye Chaochuan walked out of the office door, heaved a sigh of relief, he was so nervous that he was about to sweat.
The classes he took were assigned by the old man Cui. In addition, he also took electives such as research on red studies and script writing.At first he didn't say anything, but when the old man Cui asked about it, he reported back. At that time, the old man Cui said four words "not doing business properly".
He was very dumbfounded.
Old man Cui has a strange temper. When the students got together to chat, some people said that old man Cui was not very popular, and the teachers in the courtyard didn't like to deal with him.
Ye Chaochuan didn't know what other people's teachers were like. Old man Cui had a weird temper, but he was a top-notch scholar. This probably had something to do with his stinky and tough temper.
Knowledge is knowledge, which is higher than firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.Old man Cui said.
An old professor who doesn't bend his waist for five buckets of rice, rides a [-] bicycle to and from get off work every day to study, which is both admirable and lamentable.
The dormitory they live in now is a three-person room, and each bunk has a bed above it and a writing desk and a cabinet below it.One of his roommates is Zhou Li and the other is Kuai Pengcheng, both from RM University, which is the school Wu Jing was admitted to.
Their tutors are different, their research directions are different, and the courses they choose are also different. They basically don’t stay together in class. College classmates such as Meng Xiangdong and Li Xiaojian are so affectionate and sincere, and he feels that there are two "Wu Jing" around him.
Of course, he knew that he was the same in the eyes of those two people.
On this day, he received a call from Ye Qing. Since the last call, they hadn't contacted each other for two months.
"Brat, are you comfortable?" The two were silent for a while, then Ye Qing asked.
"What's the matter?" He was uneasy, not knowing what to say to Ye Qing.
"What's the matter, what's the matter?"
His eyes were sore, he raised his hand and pinched his nose: "Mom, I..."
"You don't have to do this, I don't blame you," Ye Qing paused, "Xia Man has come to our house twice, that kid is so clever, how could he not know, he pestered me to ask for a phone number, once when I was not in the house According to the call records, they dialed one by one, and they all reached Shen Tuo, alas, this kid."
"I'm causing you trouble." Ye Chaochuan felt a pain in his chest, but he couldn't tell whether it was because of Xia Man or his own mother.
"He came again this morning. He didn't pester me to ask any more questions. He said he was going to City B too. Be careful."
"It's okay, it's so easy to run into each other." Ye Chaochuan frowned unconsciously, "Thank you, Mom."
Ye Qing was very sad when she said those few words before, but her words suddenly changed here: "Do you remember what I told you? Don't hide anything from me."
"I remember……"
"Then let me ask you, what happened to Xia Man, is he the same as you?" Ye Qing's words hit the nail on the head like an awl.
"……I have no idea."
"I told you to make friends and girlfriends a long time ago. Even if you have a few more friends, you won't be able to do what you are doing now. Do you think it's you or me—" Ye Qing choked up and hung up the phone.
Ye Chaochuan put down the phone, leaned back in the chair, stared at the computer screen in a daze.
If Ye Qing hadn't put the blame on herself, no parent would be as magnanimous as her. Ye Chaochuan didn't know whether he should be thankful or regretful.
There was no entertainment at all in their postgraduate life, that is, to take advantage of the weekends when they didn't have to go back to the branch to go to some scenic spots together.
Now, Ye Chaochuan doesn't even participate in this event.He went to the public library to read books alone, or stayed in the dormitory to complete the handwritten manuscripts arranged by old man Cui.
The winter in this city is very cold, and the howling north wind makes people's faces dry and painful, and they are reluctant to take out their hands in their pockets.
Ye Chaochuan rushed to the branch hospital tremblingly alone, but the old man Cui summoned him urgently, and he didn't say anything on the phone, he was up and down all the way.
"You wrote this!"
A dozen papers fell in front of him. It was an assignment handed in a week ago. He stared at the top of the paper and couldn't lift it: "Yes."
Old man Cui closed his fan with a snap, and knocked on the manuscript paper: "How many points did you score in your professional courses?"
They had just been here for less than half a year, and hadn't passed the exam yet. Ye Chaochuan thought he was probably asking about the results of the postgraduate entrance examination, and opened his mouth to answer.
Old man Cui took the fan and tapped it again: "It's useless to take the test, I don't know the papers they issued?"
He had no choice but to shut his mouth obediently, it wasn't cold anymore, and his whole body began to sweat from the exhaustion.
"You are at the level of a middle school student, and you are not as good as you are." Old man Cui lowered his head slightly, staring at him from above his glasses with raised eyes, "You should retake this course."
"No." Ye Chaochuan raised his head, clenched his hands into fists underneath, but didn't blink his eyes, "I'll go back and practice."
"Hmph." Old man Cui withdrew his fan and sat up straight, "Then you should hurry back and practice."
Ye Chaochuan still stood still, wondering if old man Cui had finished his training, or if he really issued an order to evict the guests.
Sure enough, Old Man Cui took out a key from the drawer, walked slowly to the cabinet, opened the cabinet with the first key, glanced at Ye Chaochuan, went in and searched for it, took out a stack of bound manuscripts, and then Slowly lock the cabinet.
"Take it and look at it, be careful, don't get it dirty or wrinkled by me." Old man Cui explained word by word, and then waved his hand.
Ye Chaochuan put away the manuscript and put it in his bag, then took the subway back to the headquarters alone.
When he returned to the dormitory, the door was still locked. Those people went skating and it seems that they haven't come back yet. It's really not too cold.
He took out the manuscript that old man Cui had given him, put it in the bookshelf, and climbed into bed without eating.
He suddenly remembered a sentence Wu Jing said, "Everyone has a few classmates, friends, or fellow villagers." For example, Zhou Li and Kuai Pengcheng are alumni. There is brother Kuai Pengcheng's younger brother.This is that's friend, that is that's alumni, everyone is a node in the intertwined network of relationships, only he is alone.
He lay face down on the pillow and reached under it to feel something.
Time passes and never returns...
☆、Patients are coming, waving small flags
After the final exam, Ye Chaochuan was still living in the dormitory, waiting for Ye Qing to come.
A month ago, Ye Qing talked to him on the phone. Shen Tuo had a house in City B. Since Ye Chaochuan was here, Shen Tuo meant to let Ye Qing come over and they would celebrate the New Year here.
He agreed without thinking, as long as he could not go home, he was willing to accept.
On New Year's Eve 29, Ye Qing's unit was on holiday, Shen Tuo booked her a plane ticket, Ye Qing flew over and rested for a night, Shen Tuo brought her to pick up her son.
On New Year's Eve, Ye Chaochuan packed his things and stood at the gate waiting for his unreliable parents.
A black commercial vehicle stopped by the side of the road, the window was lowered, revealing Ye Qing's face: "Xiao Chuan, get in the car."
Ye Chaochuan took another look at the car, it seemed that one just passed by.He opened the rear door and got in.
"He opened it just now, but he didn't see the gate of your school." Ye Qing turned her face and said with a smile.
They haven't seen each other for a year, and the number of phone calls is much less than before, not to mention...
Ye Chaochuan looked up at the front mirror of the car, and could only see half of Ye Qing's face. Ye Qing was in good spirits, and there was nothing unusual about her.He glanced at Shen Tuo casually again, not to mention why.
Shen Tuo's house is not far from here, more than half an hour's drive away.
The environment of the community is quiet, and the security system is also strong. There is an access control at the gate and the entrance of the building. Several high-rise buildings are in European style. There are gardens and fountains in front of the buildings.
Shen Tuo lives on the 19th floor, a duplex of more than 100 square meters. The decoration is very luxurious, but it can be seen that no one has lived in it for a long time, and there is no popularity in the room.
The kitchen was also unused, and the refrigerator was empty.Their New Year's Eve dinner can only be eaten outside.
For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, there is no one to do housekeeping.On the first day of the new year, Ye Chaochuan simply tidied up the house, as long as it can accommodate people and eat.
Shen Tuo gave Ye Qing things in different ways every day, and even he followed suit. Shen Tuo gave him a new computer and asked him if he wanted to learn how to drive, but he refused.
From Shen Tuo's kindly asking Ye Chaochuan to live here, and trying to persuade Ye Qing to quit her job and go to City B to accompany Ye Chaochuan to school, it's not hard to imagine his intentions.
Since Ye Qing didn't agree to quit her job and come to City B, he certainly wouldn't increase the interference conditions to make things difficult for Ye Qing.
He was enough to embarrass Ye Qing.
"I'll take you to see a doctor, you can't just go on like this."
Shen Tuo company has something to leave for two days.Ye Chaochuan thought that Ye Qing would have to talk to him.
"I won't go." Ye Chaochuan glanced at Ye Qing and said flatly.
The corners of Ye Qing's lips twitched, as if it was difficult to speak: "Then what are you going to do, do you want to cure yourself, or don't you want to get better at all?"
"Let it be, I don't want to get married anyway."
Ye Qing walked up to him and twisted his ears: "You bad boy, you just make me feel guilty, don't you remind me every day that you are raised by a mother like me? son, right?"
"Who blames you." Ye Chaochuan let Ye Qing twist his ears without moving.
"I might as well not have given birth to you." Ye Qing twisted twice and couldn't bear it anymore. She covered her face and sat aside, sobbing softly.
"It's too late, I can't go back."
Ye Qing burped through her tears: "You can just be mad at me."
"Don't be like this, I really don't think there is anything wrong, as long as you don't blame yourself so much. I don't care what others think, I'm just afraid that you will be sad." Ye Zhaochuan patted her on the back lightly, eyes watching somewhere in nothingness.
"I didn't tell him," Ye Qing put down her hands and turned to look at him, her eyes and cheeks were flushed, "You always do whatever you want, you don't care about others, I can't help it , What's going on with you and Xia Man? Are you just hiding like this?"
"He may have been infected by me, and he may recover after a while." Ye Chaochuan smiled.
"Ah?" Ye Qing opened her mouth in surprise, and then sighed again, "You are really born by me, I will try my best to help you, the better one is the other."
Ye Chaochuan's current annual leave is the same as Ye Qing's, and when Ye Qing is about to leave, he will start school.Shen Tuo gave him a set of keys, allowing him to come and live at any time, and then the family went their separate ways.
During the Chinese New Year, Shen Tuo received a lot of presents, and Ye Qing asked him to give some to the teacher.So, in the first week of school, Ye Chaochuan went back to the branch to give old man Cui a gift.
Old man Cui's face was very displeased, he was standing tall and swinging his arms, like a puppet that has been unthreaded: "What are you doing, it's useless to send these things if you don't study hard, wait for you to graduate Let's talk about it later."
"There are many in the family, this is what my parents mean." Ye Chaochuan was holding the gift, and he didn't know what to say, so he kept his head bowed.
Old man Cui made himself a cup of tea, sat down to work again, waited for a long time for the tea to be almost cold, and then took a sip. When he looked up, he seemed to notice Ye Chaochuan: "Don't stand here with me, sir. Let it go, don't let it go."
Old man Cui waved his hand and finally left the things behind.
As soon as he returned to the dormitory and opened the door, Zhou Li turned his head, saw him, and glanced at him back and forth: "Old man Cui accepted it?"
"Yeah." Ye Chaochuan glanced back at him, took off his coat, took hand sanitizer and went to the sink to wash his hands.
After he washed his hands and came back, Zhou Li continued the previous words and said, "You are so strong, I will send it to my teacher tomorrow."
Ye Chaochuan ignored him, and at night, Zhou Li and Kuai Pengcheng really went out to buy something together.
The life in the branch is obvious to all, just look at those brothers and sisters who are blind-eyed, so they cherish the remaining six months of study and life.
When the spring comes, their seven classmates, three men and four women, make an appointment to play, watching peonies, tulips, botanical gardens, bamboo gardens, boating on the lake, climbing high and looking far, as long as it is a place where young people gather They all have to go for a walk.
If old man Cui didn't summon him, Ye Chaochuan would also go with them. A group of young men and women who look like scholars, no matter chatting or playing games, they can't get away from what they have learned. Compared with gossip and playing cards in college, I don't know how many levels higher. , It is inevitable to give birth to a sense of superiority.
At the end of the final exam, Ye Chaochuan felt that this year passed so quickly, and when he thought of going back to the branch school and spending time with old man Cui, he couldn't imagine it.
Because there was no summer vacation, they packed up everything after the exam, found a car in the courtyard, and dragged them to the new dormitory in the branch with their luggage.
There are only dozens of students in the branch they are in. There is no special student apartment, so they rent a few rooms in a nearby community.The seven newcomers were still allocated according to the original distribution. The four girls lived in a better place, with two bedrooms and one living room like the residents, while the three men lived in a dormitory converted from one bedroom and one living room.
On the first day of their stay, the girls bought their own vegetables and cooked a few simple dishes, and a good girl made a cake with a pot commonly used at home.The three big men went directly to eat, and took the initiative to wash the dishes and tidy up after eating.Ye Chaochuan followed Zhou Li and Kuai Pengcheng all the way, and did not do or say anything unnecessary.
It feels like playing house...
The next day, they went to the hospital to report, and the year-round shift life finally began.
Their offices are on the third floor, not on the same floor as the teachers.There are two large offices on this floor, one for the doctorate and one for the master's degree, so they share an office with the brothers and sisters of the previous two sessions.
Others are sitting with brothers and sisters of the same school, but Ye Chaochuan is alone, because he has only one brother, sitting in the doctor's office, and he is the first batch of students recruited by their branch, that is to say, old man Cui has never brought any students. until he came.
There is only one window facing north in the room, and the sun cannot be seen. Several long-tube lamps are turned on all day long. Rows of desks are separated by partitions, and everyone is buried in their own desks.There is no distinction between class and get out of class, work and get off work, and working days and rest days.
They can sleep until they wake up naturally, but they always go to the courtyard on time like office workers, and then work in the office for half a day after another, and go back at night in time for the community access control time, day after day.
Ye Chaochuan's work content is quite different from others. Others either help teachers with projects or read literature to prepare for publishing papers, while he is retaking a professional course.
Old man Cui looked at his report card from last year, and pointed to a score of [-]: "Fail!"
Ye Chaochuan couldn't help but shuddered in his heart: "This is a [-]-point system, and I passed."
Old Man Cui glanced at him contemptuously, then shook his head rhythmically: "I know, of course they won't let you fail, they have an unwritten rule, all those who fail will get [-] points."
"That can't be generalized, I happen to be [-] points." Ye Chaochuan endured the emotion in his heart.
You'll Also Like
-
The underworld is empty, I enter the horror game to catch ghosts
Chapter 253 2 hours ago -
Game Invasion: Awaken dual talents at the start!
Chapter 164 2 hours ago -
Unrivaled Tang Clan: Iron-Blooded Sun and Moon
Chapter 198 2 hours ago -
Rebirth of the Boy in This World
Chapter 104 2 hours ago -
Mysterious as the wind, always with me.
Chapter 310 2 hours ago -
Traveling Through the Swordsman: The Evil-Exorcist Swordsman Lin Pingzhi
Chapter 658 2 hours ago -
Genshin Impact: The Liyue People of Teyvat
Chapter 251 2 hours ago -
The rich man who plays around the world
Chapter 260 2 hours ago -
Fahai travels through time to Tang Sanzang
Chapter 795 2 hours ago -
The Legend of Dual Occupations
Chapter 83 2 hours ago