Or was the tremor so subtle that it couldn't be noticed, fake? Was it a fantasy that she was too eager to imagine?
Aunt Hotan kept watch all night, but no more miracles appeared on Grandpa's fingers. He slept and breathed with his eyes open as usual. No matter how hard Gong Xue tried, he massaged, read, read letters, and even put his father to bed.
Mom's anniversary celebrations were all brought out to stimulate him, and he showed no signs of wanting to wake up.
In the end, Aunt Tian couldn't stand it anymore. She guessed that Xiaoxue was hallucinating because of overwork. The two of them stayed up until after five o'clock. When the sky was dimming, Aunt Tian forcibly pressed Gong Xue, who was looking dull, on the ground.
On the single bed, "Hurry up and go to bed! You have to go to a meeting early in the morning, so don't be brave anymore!"
Gong Xue was indeed tired, not only physically, but most importantly mentally.
Like falling from the clouds, the strong feeling of weightlessness made her heart float depressedly due to loss, and she didn't know where the real footing was.
She still fell asleep in a daze.
She felt a pair of warm palms stroking her hair. They were so warm, like her father's hands, that she couldn't help but want to hide in them and never wake up...
It is not strange to meet old classmates at the commendation ceremony.
Shao Haichao is the learning model representative of the Experimental Middle School, and she is the learning model of the Foreign High School. Their name tags are placed next to each other on the table in the first row, which looks particularly eye-catching.
Gong Xue came a little late. When she arrived at the education center, most of the attendees were already seated.
She first saw her name tag, and then heard a familiar voice calling her name.
"Gong Xue, here!"
It's Shao Haichao.
This experimental middle school student recommended by Tsinghua University in 2006 greeted her warmly.
His volume was much better than his classmates' shyness, so much so that when he shouted, eyes from all directions gathered in her direction. Who doesn't know her? Even if they have never met her, they have all heard of Gong Xue's legendary
Experience. Isn’t this girl with a beautiful and clean appearance wearing an apricot down jacket the same as the foreign college entrance examination god who caused a sensation last year by giving up the college entrance examination?
Man, he is really good looking.
It is very different from the legendary image of an academic wearing black-rimmed glasses.
"Thank you." The girl next to Gong Xue took the initiative to lean over and clear the way for her.
When she went out, she only brought a wallet, not even a pen or paper. When she sat down, Shao Haichao handed her the extra pen and paper, "I know you don't care about this kind of activity."
Gong Xue raised her eyebrows and took it with a smile, "An old classmate understands me. Thank you!" She said thank you again.
Shao Haichao glanced at her, then looked at her again, and then couldn't help pointing to her red eyes and asked: "Did you stay up late? Or did you cry?"
"Obviously?" She rubbed her eyes, closed them, raised her head, and let the uncomfortable feeling pass. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who cries?" A rhetorical question dispelled Shao Haichao's attention and curiosity.
"Oh. It doesn't look like she's crying." In my memory, Gong Xue has never shed tears in front of others. I don't know what she looks like when she cries. Pear blossoms with rain? Shy and touching? Or is it touching pity?
The eyes hidden behind the lenses shone with a different kind of light. "If you are sleepy, you can lie here and squint for a while, and I will help you look at it," he said.
Gong Xue looked away, smiled and said no.
Shao Haichao asked her again about her plans for this year's college entrance examination. Gong Xue's answer surprised Shao Haichao, and she asked louder, "What? Are you going to take the entrance exam to Mobei University?"
How is that possible...
With her ability, it would not be a problem to get into Tsinghua University and Peking University. How could she get into a little-known provincial university?
Gong Xue held her forehead and reminded him helplessly: "I have to take care of grandpa."
Shao Haichao didn't speak for a long time. It wasn't until the lengthy and cumbersome commendation meeting was over that he stopped the beautiful figure who was leaving the venue quickly.
His lenses were refracted by the strong light and produced a dazzling white light. Gong Xue stood at the entrance of the passage, with her back to the surging crowd, watching him quietly.
Shao Haichao swallowed, moistened his dry throat, and mustered up his courage, "Can you think about it again? If it is really to take care of Grandpa Gong, I can...can help you...find a way." He
A relative at home has opened a domestic service center, and he can help with hiring caregivers.
No matter what, Gong Xue is grateful to this experimental academic who has been with her for three years.
Without Shao Haichao, her grades might always remain at a level lower than what they are now. Without his competition, she might already be a first-year student at Tsinghua University.
Deliberately ignoring the light contained in the eyes behind the pair of lenses, she showed a bright smile and waved to him, "Thank you, Shao Haichao! I have decided to stay in Mobei. I wish you early success! Realize your ideal!"
Shao Haichao said nothing. He watched in silence as she turned around gracefully, merged into the crowded crowd, and slowly disappeared from his sight.
This is youth, this is parting. Today I can still touch you and breathe the same air as you, but in the next second, you may disappear, and I will continue to move forward, and those shining fragments will be shattered.
Cracked in the torrent of time, no trace can be found again.
Gong Xue went to the bathroom, and when she left, the crowd had almost dispersed. A few staff members came out of the aisle carrying the scenery, and when they saw Gong Xue, they whispered a few words.
They recognized her. She was the most beautiful girl among the ten award-winning model students just now. They heard that her performance ranking was also the same. Some people had their hands free and extended their thumbs.
Under the attention of strangers, Gong Xue walked out of the education center hall uncomfortably. Pushing open the closed glass door, she came to a cold and beautiful world. A cold air rushed towards her face, and it seemed that there was a bit of crisp snowflakes.
Fragrant. She took a breath, stretched her huddled muscles, then put her hands in her pockets and walked down the stairs slowly.
It takes ten minutes to walk from the education center to the bus stop. She planned to walk there slowly to avoid the crowds at the end of the meeting.
The straight concrete road was covered with snow, and the world was silent as the crowds of people dispersed. Gong Xue walked slowly in the slight breeze after the winter snow. The wind carried the snow particles on the leaves and caressed her cheek, bringing
There was a burst of coolness. She slowed down and slid gently on the snow, trying to find the feeling of coexisting with the plateau in southern Xinjiang.
Looking at the box trees on the side of the road, she thought of the night she spent admiring the moon with Gao Yuan in the "Good Place", the words Gao Yuan said, and the agreement between them...
She paused, lowered her head silently, and closed her moist and sour eyes...
When she heard the footsteps, she thought it was an unrelated person, so she did not raise her head, but moved a little to the side to let the other person pass. Unexpectedly, the footsteps disappeared, and the person seemed to have stopped.
After a few seconds, or longer, Gong Xue, who had regained her composure, raised her head.
Opposite, more than one meter away from her, stood a person.
When Gong Xue saw the green figure standing upright under the box tree with a military posture and white epaulettes stained by falling snow, all her senses floated to the clouds at the moment when their eyes collided.
From the cliff of ten thousand feet, I suddenly floated up to the clouds of happiness.