Jinling love story

Humility is too much.You are now a famous figure in the whole school. "Yu Qing continued. "That day you were interviewed on the school radio, and the girls in our dormitory were listening all the time. They didn't even go to the library to prepare for the final exam.And the video of your game is going crazy now.Some people say, originally good looks are enough, and eloquence is so good, don't you think it's annoying? "

"Hehe, you're exaggerating too much." Xia Ranjiang lowered her head shyly.

"Are you going to buy something? If you can trust me, let me help you refer to it?"

"Alright."

Xia Ranjiang hesitated, but for some reason he agreed.

After Xia Ranjiang finished speaking, he continued to walk forward, and Yu Qing strode to keep up.

"what are you looking for?"

"I don't know what to buy."

"Give it away?"

"Yeah. I bought it for my cousin."

Xia Ranjiang's voice fell to the ground in a low voice, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the word "cousin".Suddenly he was startled, as if he was back in the debate arena, being gradually lured into the encirclement by his opponent, but fortunately he found out in time and quickly escaped.

"Oh."

Yu Qing was thoughtful, her expression seemed to be much more relaxed.

"What does your cousin like?"

"I do not know either."

Xia Ranjiang gradually entered a state of defense, guarding against himself from saying the wrong thing.But this answer is my true thought——Tong Zhe is a son who lacks everything, and has never revealed any material desires.

"How about a pair of shoes? This style is not bad."

Following Yu Qing's voice, Xia Ranjiang saw a pair of earth-brown hiking shoes on the shelf, and suddenly realized that Tong Zhe seemed to have a pair that was exactly the same.

"Alright." Xia Ranjiang looked up and down the shoe for a long time, then winked at the salesperson. "I want a pair of these in size 42."

"Would you like to try it first?"

"No, I know the yardage."

"The most important thing today is done."

Xia Ranjiang exhaled heavily.But even though he said that, his heart was not completely relaxed—that pair of shoes was not a birthday gift for Tong Zhe, but a gift for himself.The real birthday present has yet to arrive.

"We are too efficient." Yu Qing seemed to be infected by Xia Ranjiang's emotions, and followed Xia Ranjiang closely. "Have you eaten yet? Why don't I treat you to dinner!"

"I've eaten, but my stomach is still full."

Xia Ranjiang didn't wait for Yu Qing to finish speaking, and immediately responded without thinking - just waiting for Yu Qing's words, so as not to embarrass Yu Qing by proposing that he wanted to leave alone.

"I've eaten it too." For some reason, there was a hint of excitement on Yu Qing's face. "There is a fun place, do you want to go?"

"what?"

Xia Ranjiang responded feebly, but he was searching for other ways to escape in his mind.

"You just come."

Xia Ranjiang regretted it now.I thought that Yu Qing would leave with a sense of humor after buying the presents quickly.I thought that if I refused to have dinner together, I could stay alone quietly, but now I was trapped by Yu Qing step by step.

At this moment, the lights are on.

As night fell, the gray city during the day tried its best to use sound and light to outline the busy traffic and brilliance of the night.Xia Ranjiang seems to prefer this kind of world constructed by lights and shadows—only because under the endless night, everything in the world has the opportunity to bloom the beauty that he most wants to present in the world, without being forced to reflect the sunlight that does not belong to him.

"Where are you going?"

"You'll know when you come."

Yu Qing trotted all the way, looking back at Xia Ranjiang from time to time, and following up from time to time.When he turned his head again, he found that Xia Ranjiang had stopped by the side of the road.

"What are you looking at?"

Yu Qing returned and stood behind Xia Ranjiang.

"Look there."

Xia Ranjiang slightly raised his hand and pointed to a shop not far away.There was a red carpet at the entrance of the shop, and there were many flower baskets on both sides. A few red silk congratulatory messages were thrown from the door, and the sudden cold wind made the red silk rattle.

"Oh, a new store. What's the matter?"

Yu Qing looked at Xia Ranjiang suspiciously, and then at the store, not understanding what made Xia Ranjiang suddenly interested.

"There, such a big doraemon." Xia Ranjiang's eyes were filled with a smile.

"Hey, let's go take a photo together."

Yu Qing was a little stunned, she didn't expect that Xia Ranjiang was still a child at heart.

But the two of them never expected that Tong Zhe was actually under the Doraemon doll.

At this time, Tong Zhe, as the mascot of the hotpot restaurant, has been standing at the door for most of the day.The boss's trick really worked. Many people were passing by, but when they saw this doll, they would stop for a while, and some would go straight into the shop.For a while, the hot pot restaurant was full of people, and there was a long queue at the door.

On this day, Tong Zhe didn't know how many people he took photos with, and he didn't know how many brats kicked his ass.Fortunately, the puppet has a breathable net, otherwise it would have been sent to the hospital for lack of oxygen.

"Let's stand on both sides."

Standing behind the puppet, Yu Qing saw that the family of three in the group photo had just left, and immediately dragged Xia Ranjiang forward to take a seat.

Tong Zhe's line of sight was limited to the front, only to feel that another group of people came to take a group photo, stood up straight again, and leaned to the side.

"Can I put my hand on your bell?" Xia Ranjiang asked suddenly.

"Fuck, what's going on? Why does this voice sound like Xia Ranjiang?"

Tong Zhe's blood rushed to his forehead, and he lost his hands and feet for a while, and almost fell down.

"No, why did Xia Ranjiang appear here? Besides, who came with him?"

Thinking of this, Tong Zhe felt a little unhappy.

Xia Ranjiang waited for Doraemon's answer, but saw that the huge monster was struggling to move its bloated and short left leg to his side, and two hands stretched out from under the neck, holding the huge head slowly. Turning slowly towards himself, the plastic skin made a "squeaky" friction sound due to excessive twisting.Seeing this scene, Xia Ranjiang took a few steps back in fear.

"can."

"Doraemon" answered in a low voice, nodded vigorously, and almost shook his head off.

Xia Ranjiang only felt a little hairy in his heart.But since "Doraemon" agreed, and this request was made by myself, I had to stretch out my hand hesitantly, and gently placed it on the bell on "Doraemon"'s chest.

"It's time to shoot."

Xia Ranjiang stared at Yu Qing's cell phone camera in front of him, and suddenly felt something on his back.Turning his head slightly, he saw that "Doraemon" was leaning his little arm against his shoulder in an extremely twisted posture, and his body was trying to get over it, as if trying to swallow Xia Ranjiang's whole body.However, the harder "Doraemon" tried, the farther Xia Ranjiang was pushed.

"Hey, you two are separated by a little distance, isn't it uncomfortable to look so ferocious?"

Yu Qing noticed the same thing, and waved "Doraemon" to stand aside.Finally got a satisfactory angle.A flash of light passed, and you're done.

"Show me." Xia Ranjiang ran over with a smile on his face.

Yu Qing opened the phone's photo album, and just called up the group photo just now, when she accidentally swiped her hand, other photos in the photo album jumped out.The next few photos are actually photos taken with Tong Zhe at the beach.

"Well, it's a pretty good shot."

"I don't know why this mobile phone is good for taking pictures, but the normal communication function is not very good. I think I bought a camera."

Xia Ranjiang was keenly aware of the strangeness on Yu Qing's face, feeling a little displeased, snatched the phone, put it in his pocket without looking at the photos.Although his face was a little embarrassed, he still squeezed out a smile, secretly watching Yu Qing's reaction from time to time.

"Okay, let's go. If it's too late, we won't be able to catch up."

Yu Qing rarely saw Xia Ranjiang smiling at him, and the doubts in his heart dissipated instantly.

After walking for less than 10 minutes, Yu Qing stopped at the entrance of an alley.

"It's inside." Yu Qing pointed to the depths of the alley.

Xia Ranjiang poked his head and looked inside.There was no one in the alley, and there were occasional knocking sounds from nowhere.The uneven path paved with two-meter-wide bluestone bricks extends to the corner.A row of equidistant hexagonal milky white glass lampshades casts a faint light yellow shimmer.The bitter cold wind whizzed past, and the polished and rounded bluestone bricks exuded a sense of coldness and chilling, but under the warm light, the lines on the bluestone bricks actually glowed with distinct layers of warmth, like a smear of starlight dotted the front. road.

Walking inside and making a detour, Xia Ranjiang was dragged into a house by Yu Qing before he could react.

After entering inside, Xia Ranjiang realized that this was not an ordinary store, but like an old factory.Different from the cold and lonely outside, there is a lively scene inside.The cloud-shaped chandelier hanging overhead floats in the air, and the whole room is as bright as day.In the middle of the line of sight hung a few big characters "Lan Xin Pottery Art" made of clay mixed with various colors.On both sides are towering display cases, which are full of strange pottery works.Behind the display cabinets, several pottery workbenches were crowded with people, laughing and laughing from time to time.

"Boss Liu, I'm here. I'm sorry it's a little late today."

Yu Qing yelled to the back of the counter.Suddenly a person stood up under the counter.

"Where is it? It is our honor that Miss Yu can visit our Lanxin Pottery. I have already reserved it for you. I have specially prepared your favorite ginger candy and peanut milk tea for you. This way please."

"Boss Liu is quite familiar with him. If you need anything, just tell him." Yu Qing whispered to Xia Ranjiang.

"What do you two want to do today? Here is the guide. If you need help, you can find Asheng, the best potter here."

After Boss Liu finished speaking, a slender boy next to him stepped forward, with his hands behind his back, and bowed slightly to Xia Ranjiang.

"I want to make a mug today." Yu Qing looked at the guide and asked Xia Ranjiang again. "what you up to?"

"Can you make a piggy bank here? Or a doll."

Xia Ranjiang thought for a long time, stood in front of the display rack and looked at each piece, and was suddenly attracted by a piggy bank in the shape of a beckoning cat.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want."

"Then let me be a robot cat."

"Sorry, we don't have a ready-made model of Doraemon for the time being."

"Then find a similar one, such as Lucky Cat, and change it. It shouldn't be difficult." Yu Qing cut the conversation and insisted.

After sitting for a while, Xia Ranjiang felt a little stuffy, took off his coat, rolled up his shirt sleeves, put on plastic gloves, picked up a pile of clay from the workbench, and smashed it on the turntable with a "slap".

"Actually, Doraemon is easier to do than Lucky Cat."

Xia Ranjiang was talking to himself, and caught a glimpse of Asheng next to him searching for patterns on his mobile phone.

"You can do this." Ah Sheng handed over the mobile phone, on which was a Doraemon puppet. "You can refer to the production method of this puppet shape. First, divide the whole into several parts. The head, body, and limbs are mostly spherical. After they are done, they will be stitched together. Let me help you."

"No, I'll do it myself." Xia Ranjiang blocked A Sheng's hand. "Just help guide me."

To Ah Sheng's surprise, the clay in Xia Ranjiang's hands seemed to have a magical power that he had never seen before, and it was quickly formed when flipped up and down, as if the clay was scattered from the original body, and now it is recreated with Xia Ranjiang's fingers. Transformed into a deity.Unlike other customers, Xia Ranjiang didn't seem to regard pottery making as a pastime, but had an indescribable sense of mission, and even splashed mud on his face several times without noticing it.In less than half an hour, Xia Ranjiang not only completed the basic shape of each part, but also completed the splicing, and even left slightly convex parts such as eyes, bells, pockets, etc., and it was just a matter of coloring.

"Hahaha, does it look like the newly unearthed terracotta warriors?"

Xia Ranjiang breathed a long sigh of relief, suddenly realized the abnormality on his cheeks, took off his gloves and wiped the mud stains on his face with the back of his hand, only to see that there were more gray-brown mud stains.

"Wow, you are a genius, you did it so quickly."

Yu Qing looked at the blank body in front of Xia Ranjiang, then at Xia Ranjiang's painted face, and burst out laughing.

"Wipe your face, you really look like a robot cat." Yu Qing handed over a pack of wet wipes.

"Should we paint?" Xia Ranjiang seemed impatient.

"Okay, I'll help you prepare the paint."

"Hey, wait a minute." Xia Ranjiang greeted Ah Sheng to come back. "I want to engrave a few words, can I?"

"No problem, it is usually engraved on the bottom of the body."

"I want to engrave on the inside."

"Huh?" Ah Sheng was a little surprised.However, I still took out a chopstick-shaped carving knife from the drawer under the workbench.

"This green body is almost fully enclosed. You have to make a small opening, otherwise the carving knife can't go in."

"Where should I speak more conveniently?"

"Here." Ah Sheng pouted, resting his chin with his hand, looked up, down, left, and right at the body, and pointed to Doraemon's bell. "It's thicker here. You can dig out a small piece and engrave it on the inside. After sealing it back, you can fill it up with some mud and more paint. It's basically invisible."

After Ah Sheng finished speaking, Xia Ranjiang picked up a knife and carefully dug out a hemisphere with a diameter of two to three centimeters around the bell, which just penetrated the inner wall.Light instantly filled the entire cavity.

"You help me prepare the paint."

Xia Ranjiang flirted with Ah Sheng, holding the newly dug hemisphere in his hand.

Maybe it's not strong enough, the flat part inside the hemisphere is only one centimeter square, presenting an irregular rectangle.Xia Ranjiang thought about what to engrave, but finally couldn't avoid it, and carved a few letters crookedly:

"XRJTZ."

"what are you doing?"

"what……"

Xia Ranjiang was startled, the carving knife in his hand fell, the tip of the knife brushed the side of his left palm, and blood oozes from a hole.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Yu Qing panicked, quickly took out a tissue from her bag, grabbed Xia Ranjiang's hand, and pressed it on the wound.

"It's okay, it's a small wound." Xia Ranjiang pulled his hand back.

Yu Qing looked embarrassed, and then caught a glimpse of the hemisphere blank held by Xia Ranjiang's left palm, with a few letters vaguely engraved on it.A corner of the paper towel covered part of it, but the rest of the letters stood out.

"XRJY..."

Seeing these letters, Yu Qing couldn't help but be moved.

Xia Ranjiang quickly turned the hemisphere over and stuffed it into the hole on Doraemon's chest.He picked up a small handful of mud and filled it with the gaps, and carefully smoothed it with the tip of his index finger.

After a while, Ah Sheng came over with a paint tray and sat beside Xia Ranjiang.

"Can you paint yourself?"

"Let me try, today I want to handle all the doraemons by myself."

"Well, it's almost dry and ready for coloring."

A Sheng touched the blank body with his fingertips, and sat on the side watching Xia Ranjiang paint.

Under the illumination of the ceiling lamp, the dried pottery body presents a quiet off-white color.Doraemon's big eyes stared straight at Xia Ranjiang.Xia Ranjiang was a little dazed looking at those eyes, as if he saw Tong Zhe.Thinking that the place where the words were engraved just now happened to be the heart of Doraemon, I couldn't help but feel a little proud of this accidental accident.However, even if Tong Zhe receives this birthday gift, he will not know that his true heart is actually inside this pottery puppet.

Xia Ranjiang picked up the brush, followed A Sheng's instructions, first painted a layer of pure white, followed by the sky blue head, back, and limbs, then drew the red nose, drew a red string around the neck, and tapped it with the tip of the pen. With golden bells and black eyes at the end, a lifelike Doraemon appeared in front of everyone.

"Not bad." Ah Sheng couldn't help applauding.

"Oh, right."

Looking at his masterpiece, Xia Ranjiang was quite proud.Suddenly remembered something, added some water to the pink paint box, before the paint was fully mixed with the water, dipped the surface with the palm of the hand like a dragonfly, and splashed on both sides of Doraemon's cheeks.

"Haha, this foundation is well applied."

Yu Qing's surprised expression turned into surprise, and she couldn't help admiring Xia Ranjiang's creativity.

"Do you still need to modify it?"

"No change, so be it."

"Okay. Then the next step is firing. But we may not get the finished product tonight. We will notify the two of you after we finish firing. It will take about two days, is that okay?"

"Okay. Let's go then."

When Xia Ranjiang got up, he felt a numbness in his calf.Looking around, the bustling scene in the store just now has become extremely deserted, the lights of the next tables have been extinguished, leaving only my own table still on.

After packing up, the two walked out of the pottery shop.Xia Ranjiang hummed happily, followed the rhythm and stepped on the Qingshi Road, and the quiet alley suddenly became lively.

"Hey, what did you do today?"

"Make a mug." Yu Qing followed Xia Ranjiang closely. "I've made several of them. There are a few on the display shelf in there that I made. The one I use at school, I made myself."

"Amazing."

"I even gave several to my classmates." Yu Qing paused. "Why don't I give you one too."

"Okay."

"Looking at your state today, you don't look like a novice."

"I've played with this before, and it's okay to make a simple thing."

"What did you engrave?"

"Uh... just engrave some casually, and treat it as your own signature."

"It is also understandable that celebrities all want to sign."

Back at school, Xia Ranjiang said goodbye to Yu Qing, and walked briskly towards the dormitory.

The hot pot restaurant is also close to closing at the moment.Tong Zhe took off all his burdens, sat on the bench in front of the hot pot restaurant, enjoying the joy of the end of the day, and suddenly sighed again, staring blankly at the changing light and shadow on the tall buildings in the distance.

"Where to sit alone."

"Brother Liu."

"Here."

Boss Liu of the hot pot restaurant sat beside Tong Zhe, took out a pack of Red Nanjing from his jacket pocket, took out one, and handed another to Tong Zhe.

Just as Tong Zhe was about to refuse, the words "can't smoke" stopped on his lips. He stretched out his hand to take the cigarette, put it between his lips, and put it on Boss Liu's lighter. A puff of green smoke rose up. Tong Zhexun squinted his eyes.

"Why, what's on your mind? You're young."

"No."

"At your age, all your thoughts are related to feelings." Boss Liu took a deep puff of cigarette, and then exhaled a smoke ring skillfully. "Brother Liu used to be like this. But after I met your sister-in-law and gave birth to a baby, all those sentimental people from before disappeared for some reason."

"Brother Liu, tell me, do you want to persist in wishful thinking?"

"Hehe, did I guess right?" Boss Liu asked the clerk to bring over two cups of tea after finishing speaking.

"I'm not a relationship expert, and I don't understand as many principles as you scholars. However, many things are basically the same in essence, but they are packaged in thousands of ways by their own characteristics. Just like this hot pot restaurant, the name is Doulao. It's still a hot pot restaurant."

The corners of Tong Zhe's mouth turned up, revealing a slight smile.

"The key is whether you can see the essence. This is the most difficult thing. Is wishful thinking really wishful thinking? Is wishful thinking now wishful thinking for a lifetime? I'm afraid not. The same rice supports all kinds of people, and everyone expresses it in different ways. Some people are extroverted, they are quite straightforward about their likes and dislikes, and they are more open-minded in doing things. These people are more open-minded. In your Nanjing dialect, they are called "big carrots". But some people are more introverted, and these people People have a lot of emotions in their hearts. But they don't know how to express them, or they are more shy. Often these people are the most vulnerable, not because they have no emotions, but because no one sees their emotions. There are also people who are slower It's hot, but when they get hot, the other party's heat has passed, and they can only burn themselves."

"understood."

"What do you understand? I'm just talking nonsense. Don't let me mislead you." Boss Liu sipped his tea. "By the way, this is your salary for three days, and I will give you another five hundred, a total of three thousand. Thank you so much for helping us a lot these days. Also, we also appreciate the suggestions you gave earlier. I tried it, and the gas is indeed saved a lot today. It seems that reading is still useful.”

"So much...thank you Brother Liu." Tong Zhe's gloomy mood was a little excited.

"Shh...but don't tell your sister-in-law."

"Ok."

Tong Zhe put the red envelope into the inner pocket of the padded jacket, and nodded emphatically.

"I have to go in and work. Otherwise, the lady boss will have to scold people again." Boss Liu got up and took a sneak peek into the store. "Let's keep in touch, and I will come to my brother's place for dinner in the future, and tell my brother if there are any difficulties."

"Okay, brother Liu, then I'll go first."

After Tong Zhe finished speaking, he turned and walked into the nearby warehouse, rolled out his bicycle and stepped on it.

"Hey, wait a minute. I have something to do."

Tong Zhe leaned his bicycle against the wall, and Boss Liu handed over a note.

"The proprietress told me to give you a contact information. Their niece is not bad, and she is also studying here. If you are interested, you can chat with me when you go back. Anyway, I have completed the task."

Tong Zhe smiled wryly in his heart, gestured OK to Boss Liu, held the note in his hand, stepped on the bicycle, stood up and pedaled with all his strength, and ran away for a long distance as if avoiding pursuit.Until I turned around, I could no longer see the hot pot restaurant.The midnight cold wind penetrates everywhere, and it seems that only the inner pocket close to the heart of Tong Zhe still has a trace of warmth.The note in the palm of my hand was too hard, and the corners were painful, so I crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

☆、Chapter 17

"Come to the entrance of the men's room on the first floor at two o'clock in the afternoon to discuss important matters. Remember that you can only come alone, and don't let others know."

Just after class in the morning, a strange text message popped up on He Xiaoyu's cell phone.

"A prank? But if it was a prank, wouldn't you use your mobile phone number to send it? It's unlikely to be a threat, and I haven't offended anyone. And it's still in the teaching building. Who would dare to do anything wrong in front of so many people in broad daylight. "He Xiaoyu tilted his head and thought for a long time, ruled out all the possibilities of making himself suffer, and finally decided to see what was going on.

At 1:50 in the afternoon, He Xiaoyu arrived at the agreed place on time.

"Why is there no one now?"

In the past, there were various club activities in this area every day, but now it is empty.A gust of wind blew past, and He Xiaoyu shuddered, looking around, he could only hear his own footsteps.

Suddenly, someone patted his shoulder, and He Xiaoyu was so excited that his spine felt numb, and he uttered a dialect in fright.

"Which one?"

"it's me."

He Xiaoyu turned his head sharply, half of his glasses fell off.After adjusting his glasses, he realized that it was Tong Zhe.It's okay if he didn't see clearly, but after seeing who it was, He Xiaoyu's fear added another layer of worry—for some unknown reason, He Xiaoyu seemed to have an innate sense of awe towards Tong Zhe, and when he saw him, he felt a sense of awe. Like a mouse meeting a cat.

"There's something that needs you to go."

"what?"

"Don't do it first, your benefits are indispensable."

Tong Zhe was as cold as ice, his brows were lowered, and an indescribable sense of oppression emanated from his whole body, tightly locking He Xiaoyu who bowed his head.

After speaking, Tong Zhe took out a kraft paper envelope from the inside pocket of his coat.

"Give this to Xia Ranjiang."

"Oh..." He Xiaoyu took the envelope, squeezed it, and looked it over again. "What's this?"

"money."

"Ah? What money?"

"Why ask so many questions? Remember, you can't say I gave it to you, you have to say it was taken by the courier."

"But why didn't you transfer the money to him?"

"I don't know what account he used...Are you stupid? Wouldn't the transfer be exposed?" Tong Zhe stared at He Xiaoyu with wide eyes. "In addition, giving you two hundred is considered hard work."

"I understand." He Xiaoyu was thoughtful. "But the hard work is fine, it's a trivial matter."

He Xiaoyu was turning around to leave when Tong Zhe stopped him again.

"How is Xia Ranjiang these days?"

"Isn't it always good...he's always with you."

"How about yesterday?"

"Yesterday? It's quite normal. Oh, by the way, he seems to be in a good mood recently. He used to be taciturn and didn't like to talk much, but now he seems to be a little excited. Yesterday was quite mysterious. He said that he finished something event."

Hearing this, Tong Zhe felt a little relieved, and before He Xiaoyu finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Back in the dormitory, He Xiaoyu was lying on the bed, holding the front of the envelope with both hands, carefully looking at the sticker under the seal, on which was printed a line: Chuanglin Translation Service Co., Ltd.

"No." The more He Xiaoyu thought about it, the more strange he became. "Why does the name of this company sound so familiar?"

Thinking of this, He Xiaoyu turned over and jumped out of bed, took out a notebook from Xia Ranjiang's bookshelf, and searched for something page by page.

Until the last page, He Xiaoyu was attracted by a line of red letters: "Chuanglin, 1700 yuan. Post."

"Soga."

He Xiaoyu suddenly remembered.Before, Xia Ranjiang occasionally mentioned that he was working as a part-time translator, but unlike other translation companies, this company claimed to pay by mail in order to avoid tax.

Sure enough, when He Xiaoyu flipped through the other pages, the names of other companies were marked with "transfer or remittance."

He Xiaoyu immediately breathed a sigh of relief: Just now I was thinking about going to the library ATM to transfer money in the afternoon.It's a good thing he didn't make up his own mind, otherwise Tong Zhe probably wouldn't let him go, not to mention self-defeating.

"You have to be good at acting."

He Xiaoyu put down the things in his hands, and quickly called the school courier point.In less than half an hour, a beautifully packaged courier appeared in front of He Xiaoyu.

In the evening, He Xiaoyu wore cow pajamas and earphones as usual, leaning against the edge of the bed, holding an iPad to fight the landlord.Hearing that the dormitory door opened, he turned his head and found that it was Xia Ranjiang. He quickly took off his earphones, and selected "Hosting" on the game interface.

"I have your express delivery today. I brought it for you. It's on the table."

He Xiaoyu said casually, but he was still a little worried, so he jumped down again.

Xia Ranjiang put down his schoolbag, took off his coat, breathed a few breaths into his red hands, picked up the courier bag, saw the mimeographed address on the package, turned around and looked at He Xiaoyu, his face flushed with excitement.

"What is it?"

Xia Ranjiang tore it for a long time without tearing it open. He Xiaoyu asked for it, took out the scissors from the drawer, cut along the edge of the file bag, reached out and took out the envelope inside, and handed it to Xia Ranjiang.

"I wiped so much money, are you rich?"

Before Xia Ranjiang opened the envelope, He Xiaoyu blurted out what he had held back for a long time.

Xia Ranjiang opened the envelope, and a dozen red notes inside were scattered on the desk.Xia Ranjiang counted, then took out the notebook from the bookshelf, turned to the last page, and crossed out the last line of red letters.

"It turns out that you can earn so much money as a translator."

He Xiaoyu paid close attention to Xia Ranjiang's expression, for fear that Xia Ranjiang would have any doubts.

"It's tiring. But it's fun. And it does make some money."

"This is your last pen? Your notebook is full of projects you did. It seems that you haven't seen any new ones after this one."

He Xiaoyu picked up Xia Ranjiang's notebook and flipped through it pretendingly, showing an incredulous expression.

"Recently, I have to prepare for the exam. There is an interview with the provincial TV station next week, and I have to do research with Yang Xincheng. There are too many things. I just came back from the library to search for information."

Xia Ranjiang opened the schoolbag, took out a book from it and handed it to He Xiaoyu.

"Didn't you keep looking for this book? There are a lot of new books in the library today, and I just kept on the bookshelf. The administrator put the label on it and I brought it here. You must be the first reader."

"I wipe, I love you so much."

"I thought the money was gone. It seems like a villain. Tell me, what do you want to eat, and find a place to have a meal on the weekend."

"It's fine if you mean it, you can eat whatever you want."

He Xiaoyu's attention is not on the book at the moment, but on the shredded express package - no matter how fake the package is, it has not gone through logistics after all, and there are too many flaws.Xia Ranjiang was still immersed in the pleasure of regaining what was lost.He Xiaoyu pretended to be sitting on a chair reading a book, and when Xia Ranjiang entered the bathroom, he quickly grabbed the express package and found the farthest trash can to throw it away.

After getting the money, Xia Ranjiang seemed to let go of the last grudge in his heart.Originally, he thought that he didn't care about this little loss, but even though he was rational, the years of hard work and frugality and fear made him have to value even a penny, let alone the hard work of his own hands.And He Xiaoyu, who has been living together for several months, can't fully understand - for him, although money is important, it is not difficult to obtain, just like a whale immersed in the vast Pacific Ocean from birth, from birth to death, there will be nothing in the mind. The word "drought".But Xia Ranjiang is like a green plant in the Sahara where the yellow sand stretches, trying its best to absorb water molecules from the dry and hot air to nourish the weak body.If 1700 yuan is a pot of water, Xia Ranjiang regards it as rain after a long drought, but to He Xiaoyu, it is nothing more than a column of water accidentally spurred by breathing air from the water surface, which is spectacular without much meaning.

"Tong Zhe, there is a 3 missing after the decimal point in your α value. I said why can't it be measured. Why are you so careless."

In the laboratory, Tong Zhe was wearing goggles, and absent-mindedly put one hand next to the computer keyboard. When his elbow touched the key, a row of letters appeared on the screen.

"Oh." Tong Zhe replied.

Holding the recording disk, the senior shook his head and walked away.

Tong Zhe has ignored Xia Ranjiang for two days.No calls, no messages.Sometimes thinking into a dead end, I once thought about simply jumping out of the current state and restoring the carefree life before.But when he thought of Xia Ranjiang's figure, the corners of his mouth raised in disappointment.Tong Zhe was struggling in his heart.Just like a rabbit, in order to survive, it keeps digging holes in the ground, but it digs too deep, but it can no longer jump out.A series of questions lingered in Tong Zhe's mind, but in the end they turned into countless faint crows, with flapping wings that upset Tong Zhe.In an instant, the dark sparrows dispersed, and Tong Zhe thought there would be a real problem, but what he saw was his own face, and it was a distorted face, with possession, jealousy and anxiety written on it.

Suddenly, with a "ding", a text message came from the phone.Tong Zhe woke up with a start, looked around, there was no one in the laboratory, and he fell asleep drowsily by himself alone.

"Happy birthday."

"It's Xia Ranjiang."

When Tong Zhe saw these four words, his mind suddenly became half sober.Just now, when I was half asleep and half awake, a kind of magical power seemed to unravel my doubts, and now I am not so entangled.

Tong Zhe hesitated for a moment, and still dialed Xia Ranjiang's number, but for some reason, a familiar phone rang from behind.Tong Zhe turned around and looked, he couldn't help being startled, Xia Ranjiang's face was pressed against the glass window - the glass window is a single-transparent glass, Tong Zhe can clearly see the outside, but Xia Ranjiang can only see the whole face Clinging tightly to the glass window, the facial features are almost distorted.

"How did you get in?" Tong Zhe opened the door.

"Scrub your face." Xia Ranjiang followed Tong Zhe into the laboratory with his hands behind his back. "I said I came to see you, and I gave your name, and then I gave my name, and the uncle downstairs opened the door for me."

"Nobody usually comes here."

"I'm not coming either. I'm here for you."

"Why are you looking for me?" Tong Zhe tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and said lightly.

"Today is your 20th birthday."

With his back to Xia Ranjiang, Tong Zhe twitched his eyebrows, his eyes flickering.

"Here, birthday present."

Xia Ranjiang took out a blue and green packaging box from behind, held it in both hands, and placed it in front of Xia Ranjiang.

"What is it?" Tong Zhe couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart when he saw the square box, like a fresh fish that thawed and flapped its tail immediately to regain its vitality.

"Open it and have a look."

Before Xia Ranjiang could finish speaking, Tong Zhe immediately tore it open with his hand and mouth