The world you stop in is only an afterimage after all.
What goes into your stomach, the air you breathe.
"Good morning~ Ah Yao."
words heard.
Are all these things meaningless?
Before answering the question, you need to carefully look at the face of the person in front of you.
“···”
Different from the shyness before.
Although she still blushes now, she can now take the initiative to bring her beautiful face closer to her.
Separate after a short period of time.
"hey-hey."
Then she witnessed with her own eyes a shy but happy smile creeping up her cheeks. The sweet smile with two meanings as always, instantly defeated the meaningless thinking.
"Have you brushed your teeth? Just come over."
Su Yao put his hands in his pockets and joked casually.
"I eat three times a day, but I just ate a strawberry-flavored sandwich. Did you feel it?"
Xia Xianyue naturally put her slightly cold hands into her pockets. The distance was no longer as harsh as before. Now it was a very natural closeness.
Of course, there is a saying that if something like that happens once and then several times, it is impossible to maintain the status quo. Nothing is constant, let alone people.
"Strawberry? Are you sure it's not strawberry?"
"You're the one eating grass!"
“···”
March fifteenth.
Today we agreed to meet Xia Xianyue's mother.
It's not that Su Yao took the initiative to contact Xia Liangzhen, it was probably because she knew that her daughter was with her through her own means, and she always wanted to take the opportunity to repair the relationship.
Ahhh.
Because of her own existence, she felt guilty ten years ago, and of course she did not become a parliamentary representative ten years later. It seemed that she had not cared about how far she could climb a long time ago.
Su Yao moved into Xia Xianyue's place last week and started living together.
The original house was listed for rent, because there was no need to throw away or cut off any memories, so renting it out was more cost-effective in the long run. That area, for example, the hillside where I met Youye, although it has not been rented out for the time being due to the case,
I mentioned development, but it will be developed sooner or later. The entire area will probably be developed soon after.
It is not impossible to make a fortune from demolition in a few years.
I won about 30,000 yuan in sports betting.
The song was also sold for 2,000 yuan. There was no shortage of money for the time being, so Su Yao was not in a hurry to save money.
I only took the money to live together more reasonably and smoothly.
He and Xia Xianyue discussed the rent, living costs, etc. on May 5. Although she obviously didn't want it, she just wanted to make a soft meal for herself.
‘It’s not so detailed when calculating separately. It’s just that the pressure should be borne by two people. It makes no sense for me, a grown man, to live with his girlfriend and have to eat and drink for free.’
'Besides, being careful with your budget will look like living a good life, and will not make your mother think that we are playing house. Increase the impression score.'
'You can't just rely on yourself after getting married, right?'
After saying this, she didn't know what it was that really touched Xia Xianyue. In short, she was very shy and happy to take over the financial power.
Then finally came today.
It was the agreed day to meet her mother-in-law. Su Yao got up early and let Xia Xianyue decide what clothes to wear.
Ah, although I don’t want to be a soft-boiled person, but when it comes to clothes, I occasionally get dragged into the pedestrian street clothing store when I go out, so I just take advantage of the situation.
Impeccable soft rice.
Light blue, paired with lined thermal underwear and striped short sleeves, is a casual yet formal style.
"It looks good this way."
Xia Xianyue nodded with satisfaction.
"I feel like it's an interview."
Su Yao shrugged helplessly and wanted to pick up a cigarette, but thought about it and let it go.
"It won't be like an interview."
Xia Xianyue said seriously, "If she still treats Ah Yao like before, then I won't accept her."
"without···"
"jingle--"
Su Yao wanted to lighten the atmosphere, but the doorbell rang.
Xia Xianyue went to open the door, but Su Yao couldn't sit still and went to the door to greet her.
"I thought they wouldn't let me in."
Xia Liangzhen stood at the door.
It seemed that she came here as soon as she returned to China, dragging her suitcase with her. There was no secretary, so she came by herself in professional and smart ol' attire.
"Let me get it for you."
Su Yao reached out and took the lever from her hand. She stared at Su Yao without saying anything or stopping him.
"Hey, you don't even want to say thank you."
On the contrary, it was Xia Xianyue who had an opinion.
"There's no need to arch your elbows outward so obviously, right?"
Xia Liangzhen sighed and entered the house.
Look around the room.
Clean, open and bright.
Then he looked at Su Yao, who had put the suitcase in the corner for him, "Long time no see, Su Yao. Compared with ten years ago, there are so many changes."
"You are still as young as ever."
"Do you still hate me?"
“···”
If you are too direct, Su Yao will not be able to accept it for a while.
"What are you doing? You said such things suddenly."
Xia Xianyue hurried over and stood beside Su Yao like a chicken.
"If this matter is not explained clearly, no matter whether it is me or Su Yao, there will always be a thorn in my heart, right?"
"How can you happily sit down and have a meal with someone who is uncomfortable looking at you?"
“···”
Next, Xia Liangzhen sat on the sofa.
In front of Xia Xianyue, he told everything about what happened ten years ago, including meeting Su's mother again.
There's just one difference.
"About your father."
Xia Liangzhen gently crossed her legs, "Have you already met?"
"I've seen it."
Su Yao admitted frankly.
"Hate him?"
"As for whether you hate it or not, it's better to say that it feels like it happened a long time ago and it will be pursued endlessly."
"Then...is the same about me?"
"I've thought about it seriously now."
Su Yao smiled and said without reservation, "I don't regret interfering with classmate Xiaoxia's life. If I had to choose again, I would still let her come to play at home."
"!"
Xia Xianyue, who was sitting next to her and was still immersed in Su Yao's experience, turned red in the face.
This, this, this...
To put it into perspective, if you choose again, do you still want to be your own wife?
“···”
Xia Liangzhen was silent for a moment, smiled, and then stood up.
Bend down.
Say very seriously, "...thank you."
After that, the three of them had Chinese food together in harmony.
Later, the atmosphere became much more relaxed. Although Xia Xianyue liked to argue with her mother somewhat, she could tell that she was gradually letting go of her grudge.
After all, the obstacle between mother and daughter is herself. As long as she handles it well, there is no need to be as tense as before.
Originally, Xia Xianyue wanted to ask Su Yao to go out to buy groceries, but it turned out that Xia Liangzhen took the initiative to go out with Su Yao.
Thinking about it, that childish girlfriend couldn't help but say something coquettishly with her eyes that she wanted to go out for a walk with her. When she saw that she agreed to go out with Xia Liangzhen and left her at home, she felt a little resentful.
"I said... Su Yao."
As soon as she got off the elevator, Xia Liangzhen spoke, and her expression became much more serious compared to the relaxed expression she had in the room just now.
"Do you smoke?"
"Well...even though the ashtray has been cleaned and placed there, if you didn't smoke, it wouldn't exist."
"It is also necessary to entertain guests."
With that said, Xia Liangzhen took out a lady's cigarette and lit it.
“···”
"How should I put it? I really didn't expect it to go so smoothly."
"I never thought you would help me smooth things over and say nice things."
"you···"
Xia Liangzhen glanced at Su Yao, "Is it because you want revenge that you are with my idiot daughter?"
"Do you also like to watch bloody TV series?"
Su Yao asked back.
"Haha, not that free. Sorry, I was joking..."
Xia Liang was really smiling, but suddenly coughed so much that tears came out.
"If you are not in good health, it is recommended that you smoke less."
“···”
At that moment, Su Yao's face changed slightly when he saw Xia Liangzhen, but he immediately returned to his original state, "I have a special health manager, and I am very healthy. Instead of focusing on me, an old man, I should pay more attention to myself and my idiot daughter."
Bar."
"But thank you for your concern."
"Now that all these things have been said, let's finalize the wedding date."
"Now? On the way to buy groceries?"
"Any questions on the way to get groceries?"
"There are a lot of questions...for example, should this matter be discussed in front of another person?"
"Is there any difference between telling it to you and telling it to you and my daughter?"
"Well."
Finding that this man was looking at him with jealous eyes, Su Yao could only scratch his head. The only difference seemed to be that he had to talk to Xia Xianyue again.
“Spinach is on sale, 4 yuan and 2 wool.”
Xia Liangzhen thought for a moment, "I think we'll get married on April 3rd!"
"Is that an auspicious day?"
"Probably, after all, the price of spinach increased the next day."
"No, no, isn't this a bit too casual? And the next day is Qingming Festival."
“Salmon special price 12 yuan…”
"So can you think carefully and don't always make your decision based on the special price of food?"
"What to decide? I just think that salmon for 12 yuan is a good deal. Of course, you young people should consider the matter of marriage."
“···”
In the end, the exact date was not decided, but what Xia Liang really wanted to convey was to Su Yao.
Had dinner.
Because it was too late, Xia Liangzhen had just come back and was tired.
Just stay here for the night.
There are only two rooms.
Xia Liangzhen said she wanted to sleep with Xia Xianyue, but she was embarrassed to say she wanted to sleep with Su Yao.
Su Yao has no objection. You can't do the same thing as before while your mother-in-law is sleeping next door, right?
That's what he thought.
"squeak--"
As a result, in the early morning, I vaguely heard someone opening the door.
"Ah Yao~I'm coming."
“···”
"What are you doing, ignoring people?"
"...Go back."
"Hey, don't do harm to others."
This man shamelessly insisted on getting in, and leaned against him despite the coldness.
"Hehe, it's better to sleep comfortably holding a soft beautiful girl, right?"
"Do you think your jio feels warm when you stick it in?"
"It's just because it's cold that I want to get closer to keep warm!"
"Let's break up."
"babble?!"
"We'll get back together when we wake up."
"Ugh, how can you be dumped just because your girlfriend got into bed and got cold..."
"If you hate it, you know how to bully others..."
"Humph, I poke, I poke..."
The man's fingers began to poke Su Yao's face restlessly again.
"Don't make trouble. If you want to sleep, go to sleep. Or go back."
Su Yao was so annoyed. He was sleeping well, but he was forced to turn on his phone like this.
"No."
He blew hot air into his ear again, and whispered with the baby canteen close to him, "How can you sleep at this age?"
“···”
What can be tolerated and what cannot be tolerated.
"Eh?!"
"I, I just want to have a conversation and then go back."
"Oh, you will be heard...Dah."
“···”
Su Yao did nothing and sighed, "You can still pester me like an octopus after saying this, without your face turning red and your heart not beating, right?"
“···”
Xia Xianyue put her arms around Su Yao's neck and took the initiative to flatten it.
Just taste it and it will be divided.
His eyes were blurred, and he said with a sigh of relief, "It's too much. The little white sheep brought it to the door and still said this."
[Extra is omitted here*1]
···
the next day.
"Oops!"
Xia Xianyue's face changed as soon as she opened her eyes, and she said with tears in her eyes, "Ah Yao, I, I seem to have forgotten to crawl back..."
"Go back now."
"How, how is that possible?"
"Then why didn't you crawl back last night?"
"Obviously it was Ah Yao last night!"
"Me? What's wrong with me?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuorilt;It's going to be embarrassing."
"It doesn't matter, it's your face that's embarrassing, not me."
"How, how can you say that!"
Xia Xianyue's eyes widened.
"I'm going to get dressed and go out to wash up."
"Don't move!"
"?"
"I don't care! But if you are embarrassed, Ah Yao must be embarrassed together with me!"
"Hey! What do you want to do this morning?"
“···”
After stopping the idiotic behavior from classmate Xiaoxia who had just woken up and was still not very clear-headed, Su Yao could only take her to eat with him.
Unlike Xia Xianyue, who always felt embarrassed, Xia Liangzhen didn't even mention why her daughter wasn't there when she woke up.
Instead, breakfast was already prepared and the two of them were served to wash up and eat.
She didn't speak until she finished breakfast.
"I want to go to the branch here. There is a hotel specially prepared for me over there."
"Today's young people, it is indeed inconvenient to live with the elderly in many places."
As she spoke, her eyes drifted toward Xia Xianyue intentionally or unintentionally.
"...Hmm."
Xia Xianyue looked away for a moment.
"But it's understandable, after all, we are in the period of passionate love."
"As an old man, we cannot do anything to hinder the relationship between young people."
"I still hope to get married as soon as possible and then have grandchildren."
"You don't have to be patient after I leave, but one thing I must say is that safety measures must be taken. I don't want to see you two become parents before you graduate from college."
"Say, what are you talking about!"
Xia Xianyue's ears turned red from embarrassment.
"cough."
Su Yao was also a little embarrassed. Although Xia Xianyue was just looking for trouble at the beginning last night, but later... she probably had a sadistic mentality in some sense, deliberately doing something like that.
"So--"
Xia Liangzhen smiled slightly and pulled up the suitcase, "I will entrust you to take care of my idiot daughter, Su Yao."
"Um."
Su Yao responded with a smile and watched her go out.
The door is closed.
"I'm not an idiot! Why should Ah Yao agree to that sentence? Humph~"
"It's not like I'm an idiot and can't do what I did in the morning."
"Woooooo, don't mention it! Well, that was just when I got up... That, this..."
“···”
While talking to Xia Xianyue, Su Yao stopped on the balcony.
From here, you can see Xia Liangzhen driving out from underneath, followed by a white car. But he did not leave with Xia Liangzhen. The man was still parked underneath, peeking here secretly.
Even if she becomes Hui Su Yao, she will never forget that car and the silhouette of the person in the window.
"What is Yao looking at?"
"nothing."
When Xia Xianyue came over curiously, the car was urged to drive away by the car coming out from behind.
——
I want to say that I finally took the bait.
It was not in vain that he spent a lot of money to find someone to keep an eye on him, and he spent the whole day with Xia Xianyue. In Dongda University, he sometimes deliberately went for a walk near the lecture theater where he was, pretending that he had no intention of taking a walk.
how?
The "angel who turns on the lights in the library" as you call me and I are very much in love, but we are planning to get married. What do you think?
Do you want to stab me with a knife again?
But this thing is very strange.
Very strange.
Su Yao thought that something good was about to happen, and he would soon feel the pleasure of killing him again.
Counting this, it was the third day after Xia Liangzhen arrived.
Everyday, Xia Xianyue insists on holding hands and entering Winter University. It is different from the attention and envy she received in the past. Something unusual seems to have happened in the university today.
A large number of students came out of the lecture theater, and they were all surrounded by cordons set up by inspectors.
It's in a lecture theater on the ground floor of the teaching building.
Su Yao remembered that the classroom seemed to be for music theory classes.
Looking through the gap in the crowd, one could see a man gesticulating with a knife on the neck of a female student and confronting the inspectors surrounding him.
There was a dying person leaning against the door of the lecture theater, with a large amount of blood dripping from his body. He had been stabbed many times. He could see that there was a lot of air coming in, but little air coming out.
"This kind of thing..."
Xia Xianyue caught a glimpse of this scene and unconsciously held Su Yao's hand harder, not daring to take a second look.
“···”
Su Yao returned her hand in silence and stared inside.
The criminal is the person he wants to kill.
She didn’t know the person who died, and she didn’t know the woman who she held against with a knife.
There were too many people gathered around the scene.
"Classmate, please leave here first."
"Don't gather here, please leave!"
"It's very dangerous here, please go back first, we will take care of it."
“···”
The inspector and the school teachers were trying their best to find ways to evacuate the students. The slightly fat principal was discussing with the person in charge of the inspector, his face visibly turning pale.
It's too serious for this kind of thing to happen in school.
"Is that person a student of our school?"
"Yeah, he seems to be majoring in finance, and his family is pretty rich."
"What's the use of having money? After joining that kind of illegal organization and now doing this kind of thing, it's useless no matter how much money you have."
"It's so fucking scary. Can something like this happen in this school?"
"Maybe there are people like him in our school, but they haven't been exposed yet. I feel like I can't come to school recently. Why did it happen to be when I was taking the postgraduate entrance examination? What a bad luck."
"Okay, let's go quickly, I feel really nervous staying here..."
"Why are you panicking? He was surrounded in a lecture theater and how could he escape? It's that girl and the teacher sitting on the ground. It's so miserable... Sigh."
“···”
The crowd was talking a lot.
Evacuation is not a matter of time.
"Hahahaha...they are all stupid pigs!"
"They are all stupid pigs!"
"Are you so anxious to drive people away because you are afraid of hearing the truth?"
The sound came from the lecture theater. It was amplified by wearing a microphone.
In an instant, the discussion became much quieter.
The inspectors and teachers who were busy evacuating the students paused and looked back.
"The fool says, equality!"
"But everyone knows that there is no equality in the world."
"The irony is that even in this small classroom, you all classify people into three, six or nine grades!"
"The fool says: Freedom!"
"But everyone knows that there is no freedom in the world."
"That's why you are forced to study here in a boring way. If you enjoyed your freedom irresponsibly, society would have been destroyed long ago."
"The fool says: love!"
"But everyone knows that love will eventually betray us! The third dimension will betray us again and again!"
"The fool says: Never kill!"
"But everyone knows that after countless killings, the murderers will be engraved in history as heroes!"
"The Fool says: Never lie!"
"But everyone knows that fools always tell lies! Precisely because they tell lies, they are fools, and those who regard lies as nectar are real fools!"
"If we firmly believe in equality and engage in transgressive behavior, society will naturally leave us behind and abandon us!"
"No matter how beautiful the freedom that people praise is, the real freedom is so dirty. Are there any decent people among those who praise freedom?"
"People praise the beauty of love, but love that cannot be achieved is regarded as one-sided dross! When people see those who talk about love, they smile contemptuously as if they see something dirty!"
"So what if we are in love with each other? Not long after dating, most people's so-called "love" is shattered."
"How long will the "marriage" blessed by the media last? Those of you who like these boring gossips should know best."
"hehe···"
He laughed wildly, like a madman. His laughter made people feel uncomfortable all over.
Then he freed up his left hand to firmly grasp the shoulder of the girl who was being pointed by him with a knife.
"It hurts... ow, please..."
"Ugh...let me go."
The girl was so frightened that she kept trembling and begging for mercy.
"They are all stupid pigs who are willing to live in such a pigsty! They are kept in captivity and live like livestock without even realizing it!"
"See? This is freedom!"
"Kill whoever you want, and get whatever you want."
"You feel unwilling to be possessed by me?"
"Please, it's your honor to be favored by me. If I'm willing to touch you, you should smile."
When he got excited, the knife left blood marks on the girl's neck.
But girls can only grit their teeth and dare not move.
"Yes, you stupid pigs! No one knows, no one wants to think about it."
"Then let us tell you!"
"April 5th will be the end of the world! This world is all over!"
"Do you think it's weird?"
"Hehehe..."
"Stupid pigs can't see it. Only people like me can see it. The end of the world is always right in front of us."
He narrowed his eyes as if enjoying it.
"Everything you do and everything you have is created by our 'god'."
"In front of 'God', nothing existed five minutes ago. Even the current world is just an improvisation created by 'God' five minutes later."
"Now, 'God' says he is tired of this world and plans to restart it."
“···”
"It's nonsense...it's just some crooked things stuffed in here..."
The teacher who was leaning on the door gritted his teeth and said, "If the world was built in five minutes, ha... then how could we have a history of thousands of years?"
"Stupid pig! It's no use that you are still a teacher. 'God' can create the world, and of course he can also create memories."
"I tell you, the 'god' worshiped by our Saya cult is about to--"
"Ahhh!"
The moment he was looking at the crowd and concentrating, the teacher who was leaning on the back of the door while dying a moment ago suddenly jumped up and knocked him down, and at the same time, he grabbed the blade with his bare hands.
"Get away! You stupid pig!!!"
No matter how much he twitched the knife and hit the teacher with his knee, he couldn't get up right away.
The girl took the opportunity and ran away quickly.
"Puff——"
He finally took out the knife and stabbed the teacher, then spat and stood up.
"Bang--"
The sniper in the distance also found an opportunity to hit him in the head with a precise shot this time.
"Ah! Shot!"
"Dead, absolutely dead."
"Ahhhh, it's so scary!"
"Hurry, hurry, call the teacher an ambulance!!!"
There was a commotion in the crowd.
"Go back."
Su Yao took Xia Xianyue's slightly moist hand and turned around with a calm face.
At this time, he discovered that Xia Xianyue was still standing there and did not follow him.
"?"
Looking back, he found her looking at him with inexplicable and strange eyes.