People always think that by being in a new environment and facing new people, they can forget those unhappy things.
Liang Xia came to Jiang City and seemed to have forgotten those unhappy things. However, she herself didn't know whether she had forgotten them or not.
Liang Xia has already blacklisted Tang Cheng’s QQ. She originally wanted to blacklist Jiu Qiu’s QQ as well, but she didn’t have the heart to do it in the end.
During the time since coming to Jiang City, Jiuqiu has sent many messages to Liangxia, but Liangxia ignored them all. She seemed unable to convince herself to forgive Jiuqiu, because she felt heartbroken when she thought that Jiuqiu knew those secrets that would hurt her but didn't tell her.
Sometimes, Liang Xia would give up on herself and think that this friendship should just end like this, there is nothing to be nostalgic about. However, even if she and Jiu Qiu were no longer in contact, her family would still call to ask about her mother and Jiu Qiu's mother...
After being asked so many times, Liang Xia said to Jiu Qiu's mother: "Auntie, it's okay, we are all fine now."
Then, she called Jiuqiu again.
When Liangxia called, Jiuqiu was washing her hair in the bathroom.
The roommate heard the phone ringing and shouted towards the bathroom: "Lu Jiuqiu, there's a phone call. "
"Who's calling?"
"Liang Xia."
"Bang!" The washbasin rolled to the ground, and the roommate saw Jiuqiu running out of the bathroom barefoot with white foam on his hair.
Jiuqiu quickly wiped , picked up the phone, and tried to suppress the trembling in his voice: "Hello? Liang...Liangxia."
The voice on the other end of the phone was like an eternal glacier: "In order not to make my mother and aunt worry, just say that there is no problem between us, we are just busy with studies and don't contact each other much. Try to meet as little as possible after you go home. If you have to meet, you know what to do."
"Liang Xia...you still won't forgive me?"
"What do you need to forgive? Did you do anything wrong? No, it's just that you like Tang Cheng, and Tang Cheng likes you too. I've just been deceived by you for ten years. Jiuqiu, ten years is too long..." Liang Xia's voice was soft and weak, and she seemed unwilling to mention it again.
Jiuqiu wanted to say something, but Liangxia had already hung up the phone.
Jiuqiu put down her phone and immediately went into the bathroom, grabbing her wet and sticky hair so that no one would see her even if she cried.
Liangxia was sitting on a stone bench outside the library. Beside her was an osmanthus tree that exuded a rich fragrance. The wind brought with it a very pleasant osmanthus aroma. Upon closer inspection, she could see tiny osmanthus petals falling down.
Liang Xia reached out her hand and wiped away her tears. "Forget it..." she said in her heart.
Forget the past and start over.
Liang Xia's major is Chinese language and literature. She has been learning and touching "words" and "literature" from the beginning to the end. She has been a talented girl since she was young, so it is very easy for her to study this major, and it also enriches her knowledge reserves faster.
A talented, beautiful, usually taciturn beauty like Liang Xia can become the topic of conversation in this campus that is like a small society even if she does nothing .
The boys said she was pretty, and almost all of them wanted to chat her up.
The girls said she was weird, often alone, and difficult to get along with.
In short, Liang Xia refused to participate in any school activities and devoted herself to study and scholarships, hoping to use these two things to numb her heart.
Until the third month of freshman year.
It was mid-November and it was a cold day, but there was only floating dust in the air. There was no feeling of moisture at all, and it became a little difficult to breathe.
Liangxia had just finished her meal and came back from the cafeteria. She was about to go to bed and read a book. At this moment, her roommate came in and shouted, "Um... Lin Liangxia, someone is looking for you downstairs."
Liang Xia felt a little strange. Looking for her? She didn't think anyone in this school would come to look for her.
But Liangxia didn't ask any more questions and walked to the balcony to take a look first.
However, that glance surprised Liang Xia a little. She saw Jian Yingfei dressed like a bear, standing downstairs and waving at her.
Liang Xia smiled helplessly, went into the dormitory and wrapped a scarf around her neck. Just as she was about to leave, she turned around and said to her roommate, "Thank you."
"Ah..." The roommate was stunned for a moment and said, "You're welcome."
Liang Xia wrapped her scarf tightly and trotted downstairs. Before she even got close to Jian Yingfei, she asked, "Jian Yingfei, why are you here? Shouldn't you be in class at this time?"
"Phew - Jiang City is so cold." Jian Yingfei blew a breath into his palm and said, "I followed my seniors to Jiang City for social practice, so I came to see you. Liangxia, I only have three hours, and then I have to take the train back."
Liang Xia took off her gloves and handed them to Jian Yingfei: "Put them on. Let's go out and find a place to sit. There's heating."
"Oh." Jian Yingfei put on gloves, curled up into a ball, and followed Liang Xia unsteadily.
Liang Xia took Jian Yingfei to a coffee shop, and finally they warmed up. Jian Yingfei took off his hat, gloves, and down jacket. Jian Yingfei looked at Liang Xia with a smile, his face still flushed.
"What are you grinning at?" Liang Xia didn't understand what Jian Yingfei was laughing at, so she ordered him a cup of hot coffee.
"It's so nice to see you. I don't know how you are doing here. I sent you QQ messages, but you rarely replied." Jian Yingfei said cheerfully. Liang Xia heard a hint of complaint in his words.
Liang Xia explained: "I went there for the scholarship. Sometimes I saw your message late at night, and I didn't reply because I didn't want to disturb you. I planned to reply you the next day, but I always forgot."
"Okay, you're a busy man." Jian Yingfei took a sip of coffee and asked, "By the way, you and Lu Jiuqiu..."
When she heard Jiuqiu's name, the smile on Liangxia's face gradually disappeared. After a long time, she smiled again and said, "Don't talk about those things."
It's been three months, and the situation hasn't improved. Jian Yingfei had already guessed this result.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. Then... have you made any friends here?" Jian Yingfei said, leaning forward with his elbows on the coffee table, and asked curiously, "Are there any boys chasing you?"
Liang Xia touched the back of his head and smiled: "No."
"The people in Jiang City are so short-sighted!" Jian Yingfei said seriously.
Liang Xia burst out laughing: "Isn't it? They are all stupid, not as smart as you."
Jian Yingfei became shy when Liang Xia saw what he was thinking. He said stiffly, "No way."
"Don't talk about me, what about you? How are you doing?" Liang Xia asked.
Liang Xia had been alone in Jiang City for three months, and she often felt lonely. Jian Yingfei had finally come to Jiang City, and she wanted to talk to him more.
"I'm fine. I'm in Nanshi anyway, close to home. Liangxia, you don't have to worry about me. You and Jiuqiu are alone in a foreign place, and you're a girl, so you should worry about yourself." Jian Yingfei mentioned Jiuqiu intentionally or unintentionally, and his intention was obvious.
"Is she out of town too?" Liang Xia asked.
"In Haicheng."
Haicheng, that's really far away. Maybe that's it for them, they won't get back together.
"Then...what about the others?" Liang Xia lowered her head and asked in a low voice.
Jian Yingfei knew who the other people she was asking about were, but he pretended to be dumb and asked back, "Other people? Who? Oh, by the way, I only know Jiang Han, and Jiang Han seems to be in Haicheng too."
Liang Xia forced a smile and seemed not to be interested in this matter.
Jian Yingfei pursed her lips, raised her eyelids and secretly looked at the dazed Liang Xia, knowing that she shouldn't talk too much and shouldn't mention people who shouldn't be mentioned.
Jian Yingfei looked at the watch on his wrist and said reluctantly, "Liangxia, I...I don't have time anymore. I have to go."
Liang Xia said as she put on her coat: "I'll take you there."
"No, that's not necessary." Jian Yingfei quickly stood up and put on warm clothes while saying, "The train station is too far away."
Liang Xia watched Jian Yingfei quickly put on his clothes, and without even saying goodbye, he hurried out of the cafe.
"Oh." Liang Xia felt a little melancholy.
Not long after Jian Yingfei ran out, Liang Xia suddenly received a text message on her phone.
It was sent by Jian Yingfei.
It read: "Liangxia, I'm sorry. But I hope you can be happy."
This idiot... Liang Xia's eyes were hot and she held the phone tightly in her hand.
Yes, she will definitely be happy.
The rainy weather in Jiang City has lasted for many days, but one day, the sun will come out.
Jian Yingfei said that Jiang Han and Jiu Qiu were both in Haicheng, which was not a coincidence but a premeditated plan.
The first time Jiuqiu discovered Jiang Han’s existence was on the fourth day of military training after school started. Haicheng was very hot that day, and Jiuqiu could feel that his underwear was completely wet.
On the school playground, classes were practicing marching one by one, and in the formation, Jiuqiu saw Jiang Han, the leader of another class. He stood tall in front like a real soldier, and every movement was performed very standardly.
Jiuqiu was in a trance at that moment.
When everyone was resting, Jiu Qiu ran to Jiang Han's class and shouted in surprise to Jiang Han, who was sitting on the ground tying his shoelaces: "Jiang Han! Why are you here?"
Jiang Han just raised his head calmly and replied indifferently: "What a coincidence."
Then he lowered his head to adjust his shoelaces.
He was so natural, as if they were still in high school and saw each other every day.
Jiuqiu squatted down and said happily: "It's not a coincidence, it's too coincidental! When did you apply for this school? Eh... strange, why did you apply for this school? Our college entrance examination scores differed by at least 200 points, and we actually met in the same school?"
"If you like it, just apply for it. Why are there so many reasons?" Jiang Han's tone seemed a little impatient. However, Jiu Qiu didn't care. It was undoubtedly a blessing for her to meet her high school classmates in college.
"Jiang Han, I'll treat you to dinner tonight!" Jiu Qiu excitedly invited Jiang Han when she heard the instructor blow the whistle. Without waiting for Jiang Han to answer, she immediately said, "It's an appointment! Let's call!"
After saying that, she ran away like a happy little bird.
Behind her, Jiang Han's icy face finally revealed a hint of gentleness.
"Hey, Jiang Han, who is that pretty girl?" a curious boy in the class asked.
Jiang Han's expression immediately returned to being cold, and he turned around and said, "Don't think about hitting on her."
"Oh." The boy saw something was happening and immediately whistled, smiling with ill intent.
Jiang Han ignored him and returned to the team.
After the military training, Jiang Han received a call from Jiu Qiu. Jiu Qiu had already set the place and time for the meal, and was just waiting for Jiang Han to "come".
Jiang Han didn't hesitate and agreed readily.
But Jiang Han's reply was still just a few cold words: "Okay, I'll be there in a minute."
But for Jiuqiu, this was already a very straightforward acceptance of the invitation.
Jiang Han came to the agreed place slowly and saw Jiu Qiu was already waiting there. Even though Jiang Han was slow, he still arrived at the agreed time. Unexpectedly, Jiu Qiu arrived earlier than him.
"Come and sit down!" Jiu Qiu enthusiastically helped Jiang Han pull out a chair as if he were a VIP, and then pushed the menu in front of Jiang Han, "You order the food, it's my treat."
Jiang Han looked at the dishes on the menu silently. Jiu Qiu propped up his chin and looked at Jiang Han, as if he had found a treasure and said: "Jiang Han, it's great to have you here! I must treat you as a treasure."
"You care about me so much?" Jiang Han asked as he selected dishes with a pencil.
"Of course!" Jiu Qiu patted the table lightly, "Meeting you in this strange city is like finding my home."
Jiang Han raised his eyelids and asked doubtfully: "Do you like me?"
"It's not the destination you understand!" Jiuqiu frowned and muttered.
Jiang Han didn't care and just pushed the menu to Jiu Qiu, who handed it to the waiter without even looking at it. Jiu Qiu didn't know that inviting Jiang Han to dinner was actually the first step to owing Jiang Han.
When Jiuqiu met Jiang Han, he became a chatterbox, but Jiang Han just listened quietly and occasionally responded with a word or two.
Halfway through the meal, Jiang Han interrupted Jiu Qiu and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."
"Oh..." Jiuqiu was stunned when he was interrupted, and responded a beat slowly.
After Jiang Han went to the bathroom, Jiu Qiu realized that Jiang Han had already eaten more than half of the food, while Jiu Qiu had not touched anything. Just now, she was really too emotional and talked too much, and she did not ask Jiang Han if he would be annoyed by her like this.
In the past, she told Liang Xia everything she wanted to say, but now, Liang Xia is not by her side.
Thinking of this, Jiuqiu felt a little sad again.
"I'm almost done eating." Jiang Han came back at some point. He didn't even sit down before saying, "I have something else to do in the dormitory. Take your time eating and don't forget to pay the bill."
"Leaving now?" Jiu Qiu asked.
"Yeah." Jiang Han pulled out a tissue and wiped his mouth. "I'll treat you next time." After that, he left.
After Jiang Han left, Jiuqiu was no longer in the mood to eat.
Maybe she was really lonely and wanted to find someone to have a good chat with. But she didn't even have time to ask Jiang Han if he was willing to listen to her irrelevant words.
"Alas." Jiu Qiu scratched his hair dejectedly and shouted weakly, "Waiter, check out."
"Hello, your friend has just paid for this table's meal," said the waiter.
Jiu Qiu was stunned for a moment: "What?"
Has Jiang Han paid?
Didn’t we agree that you would treat me?
Did Jiang Han look down on her and think that she couldn't afford the meal? Thinking of this, Jiu Qiu called Jiang Han and questioned him about this matter.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Han did not deny it and said, "Yes, I'm afraid you can't afford it. What will you do then?"
"Jiang Han! You underestimate me too much. I don't want to pay attention to you anymore." After saying that, Jiu Qiu hung up the phone angrily and walked out of the restaurant.
The stars in the night sky of Haicheng are shining brightly, like countless eyes.
Jiuqiu looked up at the starry sky, feeling melancholy. When will life get better?
How long would she have to wait before she could really laugh?
I miss the old days, I miss the cool summer, I miss...
Thinking about someone who shouldn't be thought of.
Everyone has his or her own life. Only when life is filled will you stop thinking about those things that give you a headache.
In December, Liangxia received a response to the third manuscript he submitted.
It is a pretty good youth magazine. The editor said that Liang Xia’s short story passed the final review.
The lake in Liang Xia's heart finally began to ripple. This was the first time she felt genuinely happy since that incident.
In January, Liangxia received sample issues and royalties from the magazine. The royalties were several hundred yuan, which was considered very high.
It was also this month that Liangxia’s first semester of freshman year ended and she was going home.
At the same time, at different train stations, Liangxia and Jiuqiu dragged the same suitcase and walked towards the train station. Passing by the newsstand at the train station, Jiuqiu wanted to buy a bottle of water, but saw a name on the top of a pile of magazines - Liangxia.
Liang Xia’s “The Wounds of Time Are the Hardest to Heal”.
Jiuqiu's heart was pounding violently. She quickly took out the money and said to the boss, "A bottle of water and one of these." After the boss gave her the change, Jiuqiu dragged her suitcase and caught up with Jiang Han.
“Jiang Han, Jiang Han!” Jiu Qiu caught up with Jiang Han and waved the magazine in his hand, “Look, it’s Liang Xia! It’s Liang Xia, Liang Xia’s article is on the magazine.”
Jiang Han stopped and took a look at the magazine cover. He didn't feel much in his heart, and just said "Oh". But Jiuqiu was different. Jiuqiu's heart was beating violently, and she was happy for Liangxia. It was great that Liangxia could publish her work in the magazine!
Most importantly, she wanted to know what Liang Xia wrote.
After getting on the train, Jiuqiu couldn't wait to open the magazine's packaging. He turned to the page about Liangxia's work and read it carefully. It was a story that Jiuqiu was very familiar with. Although many changes had been made, Jiuqiu could easily find the shadows of the few of them in it.
Every lead character in it was like a piece of red-hot iron, cruelly branding it into Jiuqiu's heart.
The last sentence of the article is: "Let time heal the scars left by time."
Jiuqiu closed the magazine, lowered his head, and tears fell on the paper, leaving wet marks.
Jiang Han took the magazine from Jiuqiu's hand and handed her a tissue. Jiuqiu wiped away her tears, put the tissue in front of her nose, and blew her nose hard.
Jiang Han said disdainfully: "Okay, it's embarrassing or not."
Jiuqiu did not refute, but just raised his head and looked at the scenery outside the car window, his red eyes filled with pain.
She knew that no matter how hard she tried when she returned home this time, Liang Xia would never forgive her.
What exactly is she going to do?
Who will tell her...