This weekend, Liu Gen has two important things to do.
Early Saturday morning, after the school team's morning training, Liu Gen took the bus to Nanhai Normal University and called Xu Yazhi at a canteen outside the girls' college.
After Xu Yazhi sent the letter, she was in a state of confusion for the past two days. She regretted writing the letter impulsively, but she couldn't help but look forward to Liu Gen's reply and phone call. She had been checking it every day for more than a week.
Whether there are letters or not, I keep my cell phone with me every day for fear of missing a call from Liu Gen.
This weekend, Wu Yong, the student union president, invited her to go to the city, but she refused. She got up early, put on her schoolbag, bought a loaf of bread and a bag of milk, and went to the school library reading room to study by herself. How could she concentrate on boring textbooks?
During the visit, she always picked up the mobile phone on the table and looked at it from time to time, thinking that if Liu Gen's letter did not come this weekend, or she could not receive his call, then she planned to go to Nanhai University Medical University in person and had to find him.
Talk to Yanagi in person.
She knew that Liu Gen was not good at talking, and she also knew about his family background. Maybe this made him feel inferior and unable to make up his mind, but she never thought that Liu Gen would fall in love with someone. She thought it was impossible. Based on her knowledge of Liu Gen's past,
You won’t find a girl you like so quickly.
The phone vibrated on the table, which made Xu Yazhi's heart tremble. She was so frightened that she hurriedly picked it up and saw that it was the school's landline phone. She thought it was Wu Yong coming to pester her again, so she said angrily:
"Chairman Wu, I really don't have time this weekend..."
When Liu Gen heard Xu Yazhi call "Chairman Wu" as soon as she opened her mouth, she knew to some extent that she was talking about the Wu Yong she saw last time. It seemed that the boy was really pestering her, so he said with a smile:
"It's me, Liu Gen."
"Liu Gen..." Xu Yazhi stood up from her chair with a look of surprise on her face: "You have arrived at our school? Where are you?"
"The canteen is on the left side of the entrance to your girls' college."
"Just wait, I'll be here soon, don't go away, don't go away!" Xu Yazhi stuffed the textbooks on the table into her bag, picked up the bag and ran towards the library reading room, as if she was worried that she would be late and not see her.
Like willow roots.
Liu Gen heard from Xu Yazhi's voice that she seemed very excited. He hung up the phone and sighed inwardly. If he told her the purpose of his visit later, she would be so disappointed and began to wonder if she was doing the right thing.
If she can't think about it, will there be any adverse consequences?
A few minutes later, Xu Yazhi ran to the canteen out of breath. When she saw Liu Gen standing at the door, she stopped at a distance, with her face red and eyes flashing with tears. She looked at Liu Gen lovingly, wanting to run up and pounce on him.
Into the arms of Liu Gen.
"Liu Gen, you are finally here..."
"See you again, Xu Yazhi." Liu Gen looked at her with a smile. It was getting cold. She was wearing a pair of jeans, a white shirt and a checkered sweater. Her hair was tied back into a ponytail, and her face was exposed unscrupulously.
Under the sun, it looked like there was a layer of rays of light shining on her face. She no longer looked cold. That smile was something Liu Gen had never seen before. It turned out that the ice beauty was no longer as cold as she used to be and it was hard to get close to her.
.
"I thought you wouldn't come to me." Xu Yazhi smiled sweetly.
"Isn't this coming?" Liu Gen smiled honestly.
"Let's go, find a place to sit." Xu Yazhi grasped the strap of her schoolbag tightly with both hands, looking a little shy, as if she didn't know where to put her hands, more like a guest.
"I'm thirsty." Liu Gen was indeed thirsty and was not polite.
"Really? Then come with me. Our school has several good restaurants and water."
Normal University is located in the suburbs. Unlike universities in urban areas, there are many places to go. In order to minimize students' outings, Normal University provides teachers and students with more leisure and entertainment venues on campus than ordinary universities in urban areas.
There are many facilities, including wine, water, coffee shop and other places where teachers and students can gather in their spare time.
Compared with Xu Yazhi, Liu Gen seemed a bit rustic. After he arrived at university, he had never bought any clothes except for the sportswear issued by the school team and the suit and leather shoes given to him when he attended the funeral of Li Jiahe's wife and son.
He is still wearing the black Samsung football sneakers from his hometown of Ganggou Village. His clothes are the long-sleeved trousers jacket issued by the school team for autumn and winter training. His hair has also grown longer, covering his two ears.
He hasn't had a haircut in months.
Following Xu Yazhi, we walked through a small forest with winding paths and arrived at a place as beautiful as a garden. There is a large oval lake. The weeping willows on the shore of the lake have long become dead branches and leaves, listlessly blowing in the wind.
Floating, there are many leisure water and specialty restaurants around. The houses are built very interestingly. Most of them have two floors upstairs and downstairs. There are many beautiful sunshade and rain shelters set up among the woods surrounding the lake downstairs, with vines placed inside.
Table and chairs.
At this moment, it is almost lunch time, and there are already many boys and girls sitting around in twos and threes chatting and drinking drinks.
Xu Yazhi found a Korean restaurant with relatively few restaurants. She thought that Liu Gen might not have eaten Korean barbecued pork belly yet, and she also knew that he had a big appetite, so she wanted to treat him to a good meal.
"Your school is very beautiful." Liu Gen sat down and looked around, praising her sincerely.
"It's far away from the city. If the school facilities are not good, how can there be room for so many teachers and students? There are farmers farming in the suburbs nearby. It's very chaotic. Usually, students rarely go out of school at night. I heard that there were two people there last year.
A girl went out at night, and the next day, working villagers found their bodies in the fields." Xu Yazhi waved to the waiter and ordered two barbecues.
Looking at Xu Yazhi's bright and shy smile, Liu Gen couldn't speak. How could he bear to drive away this rare smile?
Slowly being confused by her enthusiasm and smile, she couldn't figure out how to speak. Liu Gen, who was originally not good at speaking, became even more stupid at this moment.
"Xu Yazhi, do you have contact with other classmates?" Liu Gen asked about classmates in high school.
"Not many. You also know that when I was in high school, I rarely interacted with my classmates. Didn't you guys call me 'Ice Beauty' behind my back? Do you think I'm so cold and frosty that it's hard to get close to me?" Xu Yazhi smiled.
said.
Liu Gen was not surprised that she knew this nickname. Some boys did not call her by her name, but directly called her by her nickname.
"You really make it difficult for all of us to figure it out." Liu Gen replied sincerely with a smile.
"Actually, that's not my original personality." After the waiter brought charcoal fire and set up the barbecue rack, Xu Yazhi stared into Liu Gen's eyes and said, "Like other girls who look lively and cheerful, I also like singing and dancing. I am now
, or are you the leader of our school’s dance team? You’ve also joined the choir and will participate in the city’s college dance and chorus competition on New Year’s Day. Your school will also participate?”
"Uh... I can't tell. Among the many versatile talents in Normal University, you are still the backbone of literature and art. In high school, I never saw you dance or sing. Haha... I'm not interested in these.
, I didn’t know that our school also has a dance team and choir.” Liu Gen really didn’t understand this.
Xu Yazhi turned over the grilled pork belly, which was sizzling with oil. She put the cooked meat on a plate and let the willow roots enjoy the heat.
Liu Gen was not polite, picked up the meat and put it in his mouth. There was no salt, so it didn't taste like anything.
Xu Yazhi taught him to dip it in yellow sauce and wrap it in lettuce or perilla leaves, and then he tasted Korean pork belly delicacies. However, Liu Gen didn't like those kimchi very much, and felt that they were not substantial enough. There was just a little bit of stuff on each small plate.
It's not enough to fill the gap between teeth.
Liu Gen eats meat, and Xu Yazhi eats kimchi. Each has a different taste, which matches their personality, temperament and family background.
"Liu Gen, have you received my letter?" Xu Yazhi finally asked what she had wanted to ask for a long time, her face red with embarrassment.
"Got it." Liu Gen answered vaguely with his mouth full of barbecue. He wanted to say that this was what he came for today, but he didn't say the rest of the words. Even if he didn't say it, the other party would know it.
"Then what are you thinking?" Xu Yazhi did not dare to look into Liu Gen's eyes.
Liu Gen swallowed the barbecue in his mouth. At this time, he deeply realized that his mouth was short. He took a sip of water and asked tentatively: "When you were in high school, did you receive a letter from Xiangzi?"
Xu Yazhi was stunned and looked up at Liu Gen: "Did he tell you?"
"Haha... Xiangzi and I are buddies who talk about everything." Liu Gen felt a little embarrassed. Knowing someone else's secret turned out to be not a good thing.
"He did write me a letter secretly, but that's not really a letter. It's more appropriate to call it a note." Xu Yazhi smiled and deliberately emphasized: "But I never replied to him."
"Xiangzi...he cares about you very much." Liu Gen didn't know how to express it.
"I know." Xu Yazhi nodded.
Liu Gen said cautiously: "I remember that after something happened to his family, you asked me about his whereabouts, thinking that you cared about him."
"I just wanted to talk to you, not really know the whereabouts of Xiangzi." Xu Yazhi answered hastily for fear that Liu Gen would misunderstand.
Liu Gen thought to himself: It turns out that this is the case, and it is completely different from what I guessed.
"You really don't want to know where Xiangzi is now?"
Xu Yazhi shook her head.
"Then last time you mentioned to me that Xiangzi's father was sentenced to life imprisonment, is it true?" Liu Gen was worried that Xu Yazhi said that just to find something to say.
"That's true. When I called home, my parents said that Xiangzi's father was sentenced to life imprisonment because he surrendered."
"That's good, Xiangzi finally has hope." Liu Gen felt at ease this time. As long as what Xu Yazhi said was true, he had not deceived Xiangzi.
Xu Yazhi seemed to hear something behind Liu Gen's words and asked: "Liu Gen, do you know the whereabouts of Xiangzi?"
"Yes, actually he...Xiangzi met me by chance on Daxue Road after I returned from my military training at Nanhai Medical University, and he has been with me now." Liu Gen knew that Xu Yazhi did not like Xiangzi as much as he thought.
There is no need to hide this matter.
"Really...really?" Xu Yazhi's eyes widened: "He didn't go back to Qiong County with his father? I thought he...that was fine. He was right not to go back. If he went back, those people would