Chapter 668: Ten Years of Life and Death (6k, please vote!)
Not to mention repaying kindness with drops of water and springs of water, at least as a human being, you must have a basic heart of gratitude.
There are many high-end restaurants in Donghai, but Li Shao, who was in charge of this dinner, chose the place next to Donghai University.
It fits his character and suits the atmosphere of this reunion.
“Senior Cheng.”
Jiang Chen and the other two greeted him at the door of the restaurant.
Cheng Jianxin, who came by taxi, had a bright smile and a friendly face, which was not much different from the helpful senior of the student union back then.
“Everyone, long time no see.”
It’s hard to imagine that this man suffered the most painful tragedy in the world just last year.
Luo Peng controlled his emotions and joked: "Senior Cheng, you are unreasonable. Why didn't you inform us when you returned to Donghai? Are you planning to contact us juniors who always cause you trouble? ?”
Jiang Chen and others all laughed.
"How could that happen?"
Cheng Jianxin approached and said with the same joke: "Didn't you graduate? Now is the time to work hard for your career. I just don't want to delay your future."
"Senior Cheng, your words are so hypocritical. How long will it take to get together? How much future will it take?"
Luo Peng pretended to be dissatisfied.
“Senior Cheng, let’s go in first.”
Jiang Chen spoke.
Cheng Jianxin looked at him and nodded.
Several people entered the restaurant.
“Is this store new? It wasn’t there when I was there.”
"Well, it should be newly opened. Mr. Cheng, you haven't been back since graduation, right?"
Bai Zheli asked.
Cheng Jianxin, who left school three years ago, nodded, "The school has indeed changed a lot."
"After dinner, we can go in and take a look around."
Luo Peng suggested.
Cheng Jianxin hesitated, but nodded with a smile, "Okay."
Li Shao picked up the menu, "Let's order."
"You are all here now Donghai? "
After ordering, Cheng Jianxin looked around at the group of people.
Obviously,
He didn't know the current achievements of several junior students.
Moreover, Jiang Chen and others tacitly wore relatively simple clothes today.
“Well, I’ve been here for four years and I’m used to it.” Jiang Chen said.
"Okay, you have the ability, and you are worthy of being from Dongda University."
Cheng Jianxin looked proud.
As we all know, it is not easy to survive in a city like Donghai where land is at a premium.
After he graduated, he did not choose to stay here and work hard. Instead, he went to Sioux City with his wife, where he spent the best time in his life.
Of course.
To be precise, I was still my girlfriend at the time.
"That's not true. When I came to Donghai to study, I told my old man that I would never go back until I showed my appearance."
Cheng Jianxin looked at Luo Peng, who was smiling playfully, and smiled: "You haven't changed at all."
Luo Peng then asked meaningfully: "Senior, among us, who has changed the most? ”
Hearing this, Cheng Jianxin looked at the four people again, and finally his eyes fell on Bai Zheli.
“I think it’s Xiaobai.”
Bage awkwardly adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Senior, don't you think Xiaobai has changed his glasses, so you think he has changed the most? Xiaobai, take off your glasses and show them to senior."
After some joking, the atmosphere seemed to be back to the time when I was still in school.
Jiang Chen and others tacitly agreed not to mention the senior sister, nor did they show off their current achievements.
It stands to reason that as a celebrity at Dongda University, Cheng Jianxin should have heard to some extent about the deeds of Jiang Chen and others through his alumni. However, it is probably because of the tragedy he experienced that this man has closed himself off. .
"Why are you the only bachelors here? I still want to meet your girlfriends."
The food was served, and several people chatted while eating.
"How can I have a girlfriend if I don't have one?"
Cheng Jianxin looked at Luo Peng in surprise. He was well aware of this junior's love interest.
“You don’t have a girlfriend?”
His surprised tone made Li Shao laugh.
"Senior, what's your tone? Is it weird that I don't have a girlfriend?"
Luo Peng said: "We are all singles now, by the way, except Jiang Chen. ”
Cheng Jianxin looked at the junior student he once sympathized with the most.
His family is not very good, but it is a well-off family anyway, but the other party...
"Why don't you bring your girlfriend?"
he asked with a smile.
Jiang Chen replied: "She has classes."
"Has classes?"
Luo Peng answered the question on his behalf: "Senior, you don't know something, Jiang Chen My girlfriend is also from Dongda University. I don’t know if you have heard of her. She is one year younger than us. Her name is Li Shurui, and she is now the beauty of the Academy of Art.”
Cheng Jianxin looked surprised.
He indeed had never heard of the name Li Shurui.
After all, when he was a senior, Li Shurui was only a freshman, but he knew that there were so many beauties in the art academy.
“Jiang Chen, you have the ability.”
Cheng Jianxin looked impressed, which was indeed unexpected.
After all, most of the girls in the art academy are arrogant, let alone the beauty of the academy. It is definitely not an easy task to conquer such a girl.
He knew exactly how rough this young man was. He had helped him obtain various subsidies many times.
"When you have a girlfriend, don't forget your buddies. You have to help them solve their relationship problems."
Cheng Jianxin immediately joked without asking any more questions.
Everyone has his or her destiny.
"That's right, senior, are you saying that Jiang Chen is too boring? He only cares about himself and doesn't take care of us at all."
Luo Peng immediately agreed as if he had met a close friend. road.
The few people who were no longer the carefree college students were talking and laughing, and no one touched those sad things.
After dinner, while the sun was going down, a few people walked into their alma mater.
Revisit the old place.
It is inevitable to be moved by the scene.
The smile on Cheng Jianxin's face faded, and his expression finally revealed a hint of trance.
Li Shao and others looked at each other.
"Senior, the student union has been renovated now. It cost a lot of money and is quite impressive."
Luo Peng wanted to divert the other party's attention.
“There are also many newly planted plum blossoms in Nanshan. In winter, many people will come to the school to play and take photos.”
Bage added.
“Does this mean that these good things happened one after another after I left?” Cheng Jianxin joked.
Several people laughed in unison.
“Senior Jiang.”
A clear and sweet voice sounded.
Jiang Chen turned his head and saw Luo Li'er walking from the other side of the road. Her dense twin pony tails swayed as she walked. While attracting the attention of the boys around her, it also stirred their hearts.
Jiang Chen stopped.
Luo Peng and others also stopped.
“Is this Jiang Chen’s girlfriend?”
Of course Cheng Jianxin misunderstood, and he doesn’t blame him. After all, Luo Lier’s beauty is completely worthy of being the beauty of the academy. title. Luo Peng, who had pursued unsuccessfully, was a little embarrassed.
Li Shao coughed lightly and explained: "No, she is not Jiang Chen's girlfriend. Her name is Luo Li'er, and she is only in her sophomore year."
"Oh, this girl is quite beautiful."
Cheng Jianxin said with emotion.
"Of course, senior, she should be the school beauty of Dongda University now." Bage added.
School beauty?
Cheng Jianxin was surprised, but not too surprised.
This girl is indeed quite outstanding, with exquisite facial features, petite and exquisite appearance, just like she stepped out of a comic book.
"Why did you come to school?"
Luo Li'er walked up to him. Of course she saw Luo Peng, but she didn't care. She seemed to have forgotten the past, which was quite generous.
"Come with a senior to have a look."
Jiang Chen also wanted to find time to meet this girl, but he didn't expect to bump into her by such a coincidence.
Looking at this girl’s appearance, she must be living a pretty good life.
“Have you eaten?”
“Just finished eating in the cafeteria.”
The school belle, she still has to eat in person?
It seems that since Jiang Chen graduated, the licking dogs at Dongda University have been a bit inactive.
After saying hello, Luo Lier looked at Luo Peng and the others and smiled politely.
Luo Peng squeezed out a stiff smile. Although he had given up long ago, after all, he was a girl whose heart had been moved before. How could he remain calm?
“Contact your sister more when you have time, don’t let her worry.”
Jiang Chen said tactfully, he couldn’t be too straightforward in this situation.
“Yes, I know.”
Luo Lier nodded obediently, “I’ll go back first.”
Jiang Chen said “hmm”.
“After three days of separation, we should look at each other with admiration. This is true.”
After Luo Lier left, Cheng Jianxin looked at Jiang Chen jokingly.
"Senior, I've known for a long time that Jiang Chen's eye shape is the type that makes people look bad."
Luo Peng started talking nonsense again.
“You’re not bad either.”
Cheng Jianxin smiled.
Mr. Luo, who looked like a scumbag, smiled and said, "Compared to Jiang Chen, I am far behind now."
"Let's go."
Li Shao stopped the topic.
A few people came to a slope not far from the girls' dormitory. The slope was covered with green grass and was known as the "Lover's Slope" in the school.
Many people will bask in the sun during the day, and many couples will enjoy the moon here at night.
"Have a seat."
"I'll buy a few bottles of water."
Bage left.
The rest of the people climbed up the Lover's Slope and found a place to sit down.
"Senior Cheng, are you still making clothing in Su City?"
Luo Peng asked.
Cheng Jianxin nodded.
“How is the business?”
“It’s not bad.”
Cheng Jianxin said with a smile: “It’s a small business anyway, so I can make a living. And Su City It’s not as stressful as Donghai.”
Luo Peng hesitated, wanting to ask the other party if there was anything he needed help with, but he didn't know how to ask.
"Senior is running the business alone?"
Jiang Chen asked.
“I invited my mother over, how can one person come here so busy.”
Jiang Chen nodded.
The sun sets.
Gives Lover's Slope a layer of warm light and shadow.
In addition to Jiang Chen and others, there were many students chatting around, everyone chatting without disturbing each other.
Cheng Jianxin casually pulled up a weed and said, "Okay, I see you guys have had a hard time enduring it, don't worry, I'm fine."
Jiang Chen and others looked at each other and said, silent.
"When your senior sister's accident first happened, I really couldn't accept it. I almost thought I would not be able to resist it, but now I have come through it."
Luo Peng hesitated to speak.
The words "Jie Mie Shun" seem too pale.
"Senior Ouyang should hope that the senior can live happily."
Li Shao has never been a eloquent person, but at this time, he rarely spoke.
Cheng Jianxin played with the weed and smiled, "I do think so. Some people have left, but some people have to continue to live. After all, I am not alone, and I Her parents need to be taken care of. "
Luo Peng opened his mouth, but his throat was sore. As eloquent as he was, he couldn't say a word at this time.
“Senior Ouyang is a very good person.”
Jiang Chen said softly.
When he heard the news, he was indeed shocked.
It doesn't mean that good people don't get rewarded.
I can only say.
Nothing is permanent.
"Yes, I have never met such a good girl. After her accident, I thought about crying well one night, but I really couldn't cry."
Bai Zheli came back from buying water.
Jiang Chen and others took it in silence.
Cheng Jianxin said thank you.
Bage Li probably noticed the change in the atmosphere and sat down silently next to him.
Taking the water, Cheng Jianxin continued: "Last Spring Festival, I accidentally opened a book she bought at a street stall, "Song Ci is a Love Flower", and then I remembered that she was pregnant. When he was lying in my arms, he asked me what Su Dongpo’s sentence of “ten years of life and death” meant. I had been wanting to cry for a long time and finally got my wish. "
Jiang Chen and others all held water bottles. , listen quietly.
"As you all know, she and I met at the school's hometown meeting. After I took one look at her in the crowd that day, I fell in love. After half a year of chasing and fighting, by the Spring Festival of that year, we officially started Communicate. The longer we dated, the more I felt that she was the right person. We were both keen to see the outside world. So we lived frugally together for four years, worked part-time to make money, and traveled around the world." br>
Perhaps it was because he had been squeezing for too long, Cheng Jianxin seemed to be talking to himself, and said calmly: "We went to Qindao together and saw the unforgettable sea of rapeseed flowers in the beautiful Qindao Lake. We went to Dunhuang again, and then to Jiangcheng, to see the cherry blossoms at Jiangcheng University. We went to the Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin together. After graduation, we found jobs together in Suzhou and officially started living together. Those days were very difficult, but they were also the happiest. . ”
“We went shopping together after get off work, watched movies, and watched TV shows together. During the year we were in Suzhou, we traveled to almost all of Suzhou and got married successfully at the end of the year. It went very smoothly, and both parents were very satisfied. Looking back now, it may have been a bit too smooth, which led to the current situation. After finishing the funeral last year, my friends suggested that I go out for a walk to relax. In fact, I didn’t want to, but later I thought I had to face it anyway, so I went to those places we had been together before.”
“See the scenery we have seen together alone, and eat us alone. The delicacies we had eaten together. I imagined that she was still with me, from being confused at first to slowly accepting it later, and even went to Karamay because she once pointed at the double rainbow on the computer screen and asked me if it was really there. Such a magical place."
Cheng Jianxin unscrewed the water bottle, took a sip of water, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
“Maybe God felt guilty. On the third day I went there, I saw a double rainbow. At that moment, I felt that the whole world was quiet. She seemed to be beside me, holding my hand. , nestled on my shoulder. I never thought about how to live without her, but now I know that maybe she has always been there, just in a different form. "
This university, Four years of memories.
Perhaps Senior Ouyang once sat on this lover's slope, leaning on Senior Cheng's shoulder, watching the sun set.
Senior Cheng seemed to feel her presence, holding a water bottle and looking into the distance with a soft mouth.
Luo Peng, who regarded feelings as a game, took a deep breath and felt inexplicably tight in his chest and his heart dropped.
Jiang Chen also looked at the setting sun that was gradually setting in the west.
Some people have overcome the pain, but are trapped in their memories forever.
Just like the Song Dynasty poem.
Ten years of life and death are uncertain.
Without thinking.
Unforgettable.
(End of this chapter)