Chapter 9: I will follow you to the end of the world Yu Nansheng02
"If you eat in the cafeteria, don't eat at the one at the back. It's too expensive and the food isn't tasty!" I dragged Lu Shuang around the school.
The next time I met Lu Shuang was a week ago. I had just finished class that day and was about to go home with my books, but I met Lu Shuang on the way.
"Why are you here?" I asked in surprise.
She turned her head and called out vaguely, "Senior."
I was stunned, and then I was surprised when I realized what was going on.
"You came to school! You continued to go to school, that's great! But I heard from Shen Yuxi that you were among the top three admitted to University A. Why did you come to our school?"
"In the past, I only knew to study hard to change my living conditions. At that time, I didn't know what my dream was. But now, I think I understand, so I chose to come to S University to be your junior. Senior Sister Yu, please take care of me in the future."
Lu Shuang's respectful look made me laugh. I thought that the light in her heart must have been rekindled.
After entering college, Lu Shuang was obviously more lively than when she was in the newspaper office. It might be because the people around her were easier to get along with, and there was no intrigue in the newspaper office. She got along well with others, especially with me. Although I was about to enter my senior year and spent most of my time in the study room, she would come to chat and eat with me whenever she was free, helping me relieve the pressure of preparing for the exam.
Everyone knows that I have a junior high school girl who is always with me.
"Nan Sheng, how did you meet your junior school girl? She looks so pretty when she smiles!"
I looked at this boy, sized him up, pointed at him and said, "I'm warning you, stay away from our Lu Shuang!"
"Oh! The school girl's name is Lu Shuang! What a nice name, I like it!"
I glared at him, knowing he was joking and not caring.
When I told Lu Shuang about this, she was very surprised. She was biting a sandwich and holding a book for the next class in her arms. After hearing this, she was stunned and her face turned red. I thought she was cute and wanted to tease her even more.
"Don't push your luck!" she said.
I squinted my eyes and smiled, and said nothing more.
"This is true. Look, that's the guy! He's still looking at you and smiling!" I pointed at a classmate not far away who had his eyes on Lu Shuang. That guy was in the same class as me and could be considered Lu Shuang's senior.
Lu Shuang just took a glance and quickly lowered his head, glaring at me fiercely out of the corner of his eye.
I was just laughing.
Lu Shuang and I have become closer, especially now she smiles more than before and no longer sneers, which makes me very happy.
I often bring Lu Shuang home. When Qi Qi saw me bringing Lu Shuang home for the first time, both of us had cold expressions and ignored each other. But later we found out that we both liked the same star.
"Summer vacation will come soon, and Han Shao asked me to go back to the newspaper to work part-time." Lu Shuang lay on her side, watching TV and drinking a beverage, feeling very happy. Now she feels completely free in my house, just like she is at home.
I said, "Please, call me senior! Have some manners! Besides, if you want to go back, I will have to stay in the library during the summer vacation."
"You know what I mean, don't play dumb."
I was watching TV, but my mind was wandering. I hadn't seen Shen Yuxi for a long time. S City is so small, and I had never met him once.
"There's no need to mention this anymore. I'm already preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. Besides, City Daily is such a big newspaper, I can't just go back whenever I want." Although I said this, I was a little shaken in my heart.
"Miss, is your editor-in-chief uncle just trying to show off? He was able to get you in back then. Now, let alone learning a foreign language, he can still get you in even if you learn Martian."
"I just want to continue my studies, isn't that okay? Just focus on watching your TV!"
She cooperated, shut her mouth and stopped talking.
So much time has passed that I have become accustomed to the fact that even if there are no late-night calls, I will not have nightmares. I can sleep peacefully until the morning after drinking a glass of milk, then go to school and occasionally go for a night run.
I still keep the habit of night running, but I don’t know why or for whom.
Maybe I'm just used to lying to myself.
"Ms. Yu, could you bring my camera over for me? I forgot to bring it!"
I listened to the voice on the other end of the phone, and it didn't sound like the person was anxious at all. I rolled my eyes and said, "Lu Shuang, can you please put more effort into your acting? Forget about your camera. Even if you left your heart and brain at my house, I wouldn't send them to you!" After that, I hung up the phone.
After getting to know Lu Shuang, I found that she was actually a bit scheming. For example, now. Lu Shuang tried every way to get me to return to the newspaper office. She racked her brains just to get me in. However, her little tricks were not good enough, and I could see through them every time.
Qi Qi was off work today. When she came out of the room, she saw me getting angry. She swallowed her saliva and said, "Nan Sheng, I think there's nothing wrong with going to the newspaper office. It's just to visit colleagues. You and Shen Yuxi haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"
I said nothing and went back to my room.
When Lu Shuang came in the evening, she brought takeout directly, pretended not to see my anger, calmly arranged everything, and invited me to eat.
"I think Shen Yuxi missed you! When I passed by Shen Yuxi's office today, I saw him staring at your desk in a daze. Also, after you left the newspaper, Shen Yuxi never drank coffee again. Oh, this may be because of his taste. After all, he doesn't drink instant coffee, and the coffee brewed by others doesn't taste good either. Oh, I was overthinking it. Come, let's eat."
I feel helpless about Lu Shuang's bad taste.
"Nan Sheng, what Lu Shuang said is true. When I passed by Reporter Shen's office, I saw him staring at your desk in a daze several times. You have to know that he has no other disciples besides you, and no one can stay in his office for 10 minutes."
Lu Shuang bit his chopsticks, raised his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I was his apprentice for a while before, although it was very short."
Qi Qi almost spilled the drink in his hand.
Lu Shuang quickly changed the subject and said, "Nan Sheng, I really admire you for being able to work under Shen Yuxi for so long. He doesn't hold back when he scolds people. I only worked for a few days, but I couldn't stand it anymore."
I burst out laughing.
This is true. Others think that I am Shen Yuxi's apprentice, so I must feel very comfortable. However, they don't know how strong Shen Yuxi's ability to insult others is. Every time I do something wrong, I must strengthen my mental quality in advance before appearing in front of him. After all, Shen Yuxi's way of scolding people is not something that everyone can bear.
Now Lu Shuang has experienced the pain I felt back then.
"Our team followed the TV station people all day today. I was able to get off work so early thanks to Han Shao's kindness. I guess he and Shen Yuxi are still working overtime now." Lu Shuang said meaningfully.
Now?
I subconsciously looked up at the wall clock. It was already 11 o'clock, and I was still working overtime.
After dinner, Lu Shuang went home. She had a younger brother to take care of, otherwise she would rather hang out here with us.
I stood downstairs holding my cell phone. The wind was the most comfortable at this time of year. The four seasons in S City have always been very distinct. This kind of summer makes people feel a little sleepy.
I want to call Shen Yuxi.
It has been 4 months since I last saw Shen Yuxi. The last time I saw her was in the school lounge, and we haven't contacted each other by phone for a long time.
But what can I say after the phone call?
I feel like Shen Yuxi and I have nothing in common anymore.
That day, Lu Shuang came into my house early in the morning with breakfast in her hand. She didn't even knock on the door because she already had the key to my house. Qi Qi and I were forced to get up to eat breakfast. Everyone had two big dark circles under their eyes, but Lu Shuang was the only one who looked very energetic.
"You and I are not destined to be together, it's all thanks to my persistence!" Lu Shuang sighed as he looked at the photos in the magazine.
I was stunned for a moment and asked, "Lu Shuang, are you in love?"
I heard about Lu Shuang's possible love affair from Qi Qi. One day after get off work, Qi Qi came back and rushed over to me and shouted that someone was waiting at the newspaper office to pick Lu Shuang up. I was thinking about how to knit a scarf at the time, and I almost got stabbed in the hand by a bamboo stick.
When I brought this up, Lu Shuang was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at me and said, "What's the point of talking about love? I'm in the rising stage of my career now!"
"Then tell me, who was the person who picked you up at the newspaper office a few days ago?" Qi Qi asked bluntly. Before I could stop him, I saw Lu Shuang showing a somewhat dangerous smile.
"I was wondering who leaked the news. The whole newspaper office knew about it in just one afternoon. Qi Qi, you've killed me!"
Isn't it just to pick someone up? How can it be so serious? I don't understand.
Lu Shuang sighed and looked at Qi Qi with a sneer, and the latter kept hiding behind me.
"I was supposed to be doing a news report that day, but I had to take a leave because of something else. When I was about to go home that night, I found that I had left something at the newspaper office. I went back to get it, but was stopped by Shen Yuxi. He actually told me that my relationship should not affect my work!"
This is indeed what Shen Yuxi would say.
I smiled secretly and watched Lu Shuang chasing Qi Qi around the room.
I don't know how long this life will last. These past two days, after school, I've been taking a walk around the newspaper office. Because it's not far away, I no longer feel nervous when I pass that intersection. Even if I dream about my father, it's no longer a nightmare, which gives me some comfort.
But I still don’t have the courage to return to the society, and I feel some resistance subconsciously.
Late at night, I sat on the balcony with my notebook on the small round table. I heard from Qi Qi that Shen Yuxi had seen my notebook and discovered that I had a high sensitivity to news, which changed her opinion of me.
This notebook was a gift from my father when I first started college. He asked someone to bring it back from France.
At that time, I developed a strong interest in France and thought that I must go there with my father if I had the chance. However, now there is no chance, and I can only go alone in the future.
Lu Shuang did not go back tonight, but stayed at my place. Fortunately, there were many vacant rooms.
She walked over to me, handed me a glass of milk, and whispered, "Normally, at this time of night, I would drink wine, but you, a good girl, don't have wine to drink, so you can only drink milk. Come on, cheers."
I looked at her with amusement.
After my prejudice against her disappeared, I felt more and more that Lu Shuang was a very lovely girl. In fact, she was very beautiful, but she was forced into this state by her living environment.
"Are you really in love?" I asked her.
Lu Shuang was silent for a moment, then said, "It's not about falling in love, but about meeting someone who can help me fight against the unfairness of this world."
There are actually such people?
I was very happy, holding up the glass of milk and said, "We still need to toast to celebrate. People like you are hard to come by, don't lose them!"
She didn't drink the milk, but looked at me with burning eyes. In the middle of the night, Lu Shuang's eyes seemed to be able to see through everything and fell on me, making me unable to avoid it and could only face it.
"What about you? Are you ready to continue to escape? Is your dream buried along with your father?"
Everyone around me knows my suffering, so all topics will revolve around my father. However, Lu Shuang likes to rub salt into my wounds. It’s not that she wants to watch the show, but she deeply understands that only by rubbing salt into the wound can the wound heal faster.
She wanted me to come out.
"I don't know. I haven't made up my mind yet. I just think it would be nice to be a translator in the future. I have no intention of returning to the media for now."
She has stopped calling me a wimp.
"Yu Nansheng, sometimes I really hate you. Do you know why?" She stared at me with a serious tone.
I nodded and said, "Because I'm good-looking."
She patted my head.
"Don't joke around, I'm serious. When we first met, especially when I first saw you, I really hated you because you always acted like a savior, as if your kindness and justice could save the world. But you don't know that my world is dark, and I've never seen the sun." She paused, "Before I met you and him."
She continued, "But the more I read, the more I realized that you were more naive than I thought. Yes , you were naive. But it was this naivety that brought you to where you are today. You insisted on everything you liked, you insisted on your so-called sense of justice, and many people were reborn because of your persistence."
Like her, like those children.
"Yu Nansheng, will you continue to be so childish?"
After that night, Lu Shuang became very busy, and I also devoted myself to preparing for the exam. It was not until I finished the exam that I met Xia Xingfeng for the first time, the man who Lu Shuang said could lead her to fight the world.
"Hello, Miss Yu." Seeing me, the boy actually bowed to me with a blushing face .
I smiled and said, "You are so funny, how do you know I am Yu Nansheng?"
Xia Xingfeng said: "I saw your photo in Xiaoshuang's phone. She said you are her rival."
I was stunned for a moment, and Xia Xingfeng smiled and said, "But who would look at the photo of their opponent and look so disappointed in him? You must be Xiaoshuang's friend."
I nodded, extended my hand to him, and said, "Well, hello, my name is Yu Nansheng, and I'm Lu Shuang's friend."
Afterwards, we chatted outside the newspaper office. One of us waited for Qi Qi, and the other waited for Lu Shuang. It was dark, but I didn't expect that the first person to come out was Shen Yuxi.
He wasn't surprised to see me, but just glanced at me, nodded, and turned away.
I don't have any feelings.
"Miss Yu, do you know this person? He always comes back after you leave. I heard from Xiaoshuang that he is very busy at work."
Always comes back after I leave? But this is the first time I've seen him recently.
"You idiot, didn't Shen Yuxi come out just to see you? You are still indifferent! Can't you just go over and say hello to him? Let me tell you, our team has been crazy busy lately. Shen Yuxi doesn't even have time to eat, but runs out as soon as he gets off work. I didn't know it at first, it turns out it's because of you." Lu Shuang came over, stretched out her hand and grabbed my ear, muttering desperately.
Xia Xingfeng saved my ear from Lu Shuang's hands.
I smiled apologetically and looked in the direction where Shen Yuxi's figure disappeared.
"We don't have much to talk about. You know I've been turning a deaf ear to everything else since I started preparing for the exam."
I stood in a deserted place, watching Shen Yuxi coming back from a distance with a cup of coffee in her hand.
I sighed, walked over, and handed him the sandwich.
"Master, I'm not at the newspaper office. You can't abuse . It's not good to drink coffee on an empty stomach."
He seemed a little surprised that I showed up in this place, but he didn't say anything. He opened the door of the newspaper office and asked me sideways, "Do you want to come in?"
At this time, there were only a few people in the newspaper who were still working overtime to finish the report.
I thought about it and followed Shen Yuxi inside.
Everything was still familiar, even the position of the chairs had not changed. Qi Qi's desk was still at the door of the tea room, and there were still a lot of snacks on the table. No wonder she kept complaining about gaining weight recently.
"Here, eat something first, then drink coffee. Can you drink coffee like this?"
I took the cup from Shen Yuxi's table, went to the tea room, and made him a cup of coffee.
"You're still not coming back?"
I thought about it and didn't say anything.
